OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biological Bulletin is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea StarAcanthastersp. on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef	34
Flocculation of PVC Microplastic and Fine-Grained Cohesive Sediment at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations	32
Hypoxia and High Temperature as Interacting Stressors: Will Plasticity Promote Resilience of Fishes in a Changing World?	28
Variability in Toxicity of Plastic Leachates as a Function of Weathering and Polymer Type: A Screening Study with the Copepod Nitocra spinipes	27
Impacts of Low Oxygen on Marine Life: Neglected, but a Crucial Priority for Research	22
Bivalves as Biological Sieves: Bioreactivity Pathways of Microplastics and Nanoplastics	17
Integrative Approaches to Understanding Organismal Responses to Aquatic Deoxygenation	16
Mechanistic Temperature-Size Rule Explanation Should Reconcile Physiological and Mortality Responses to Temperature	15
Breathless through Time: Oxygen and Animals across Earth’s History	15
Local Adaptation in Marine Foundation Species at Microgeographic Scales	15
The Crustacean Antennule: A Complex Organ Adapted for Lifelong Function in Diverse Environments and Lifestyles	15
Functional Traits of Terrestrial Plants in the Intertidal: A Review on Mangrove Trees	15
Efficacy of Microplastic Separation Techniques on Seawater Samples: Testing Accuracy Using High-Density Polyethylene	14
Selection Experiments in the Sea: What Can Experimental Evolution Tell Us About How Marine Life Will Respond to Climate Change?	13
Optimal Foraging Theory Explains Feeding Preferences in the Western Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp.	12
Dopamine as a Multifunctional Neurotransmitter in Gastropod Molluscs: An Evolutionary Hypothesis	12
Development of the Accessory Nidamental Gland and Associated Bacterial Community in the Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes	11
Metabolic Responses of Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars (Acanthastersp.) to Acute Warming	11
Continuous and Regular Expansion of a Distributed Visual System in the Eyed ChitonTonicia lebruni	10
Too Hot to Eat: Wild and Lab-Bred Lymnaea stagnalis Differ in Feeding Response Following Repeated Heat Exposure	10
DNA-Based Detection and Patterns of Larval Settlement of the Corallivorous Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star (Acanthastersp.)	10
Recovery of Burrowing Behavior After Spinal Cord Injury in the Larval Sea Lamprey	9
The Waiting Stage, Prolonged Residency in Nursery Habitats by Juveniles of the Predatory Sea StarMarthasterias glacialis	8
Molecular Characterization of the Cytochrome P450 Epoxidase (CYP15) in the Swimming Crab Portunus trituberculatus and Its Putative Roles in Methyl Farnesoate Metabolism	8
Incubation Temperature and Maternal Resource Provisioning, but Not Contaminant Exposure, Shape Hatchling Phenotypes in a Species with Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination	8

A Review of Asteroid Biology in the Context of Sea Star Wasting: Possible Causes and Consequences	8
Progress Toward Complete Life-Cycle Culturing of the Endangered Sunflower Star, Pycnopodia helianthoides	7
Interactive Effects of Increasing Temperature and Decreasing Oxygen on Coastal Copepods	7
Dominance Hierarchies in Marine Invertebrates	7
Echidnas of the Sea: The Defensive Behavior of Juvenile and Adult Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars	7
Controversial Roles of Oxygen in Organismal Responses to Climate Warming	7
Ecological Review of the Ciona Species Complex	7
Dynamics of Mud Blister Worm Infestation and Shell Repair by Oysters	6
Microbiome and Metabolome Contributions to Coral Health and Disease	5
Experimental Evolution Shows Body Size Decrease in Response to Hypoxia, with a Complex Effect on Plastic Size Response to Temperature	5
Getting Out of Arms’ Way: Star Wars and Snails on the Seashore	5
Reduced Oxygen Impairs Photobehavior in Marine Invertebrate Larvae	5
N-Acetyl Neuraminic Acid (NANA) Activates L-Type Calcium Channels on Isolated Tentacle Supporting Cells of the Sea Anemone (Aiptasia pallida)	5
Cloning and Selfing Affect Population Genetic Variation in Simulations of Outcrossing, Sexual Sea Stars	5
Receptor Tyrosine Kinases ror1/2 and ryk Are Co-expressed with Multiple Wnt Signaling Components During Early Development of Sea Urchin Embryos	5
Factors Modulating the Female Reproductive Performance of the Fiddler CrabLeptuca uruguayensiswith Short Reproductive Season	4
Distinct Phenotypes Associated with Mangrove and Lagoon Habitats in Two Widespread Caribbean Corals, Porites astreoides and Porites divaricata	4
Climate Change and Shell-Boring Polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): Current State of Knowledge and the Need for More Experimental Research	4
Assessing the Viability of American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) Embryos in Salt Marsh and Sandy Beach Habitats	4
Ghost Factors of Laboratory Carbonate Chemistry Are Haunting Our Experiments	4
Opsins in the Cephalic and Extracephalic Photoreceptors in the Marine Gastropod Onchidium verruculatum	4
Differential Tolerance and Seasonal Adaptation to Temperature and Salinity Stress at a Dynamic Range Boundary Between Estuarine Gastropods	4
Increasing Temperature Results in Higher Allocation of Energy to Protein Synthesis in Sea Urchin Larvae (Lytechinus pictus)	4
There and Back Again: The Unexpected Journeys of Metridium de Blainville, 1824 between the Old Oceans and throughout the Modern World	4