OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology is 5. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	41
Diving behavior and energetic strategy of leatherback sea turtles during internesting intervals on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands	32
Seasonal response of respiration and thermal tolerance of PSII to sea surface temperature variation in two foundation seaweed species	27
The ecological effects of hard-bottom habitat degradation on the Florida stone crab	24
Incubation duration and predicted hatchling sex ratios of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (1988–2021)	20
Empirical measurements of ammonium excretion in kelp forest fishes: Effects of body size, taxonomy and trophic guild	19
Mangrove macroalgae increase their growth under ocean acidification: A study with Bostrychia (Rhodophyta) haplotypes from different biogeographic provinces	18
Unravelling the secret life of MultiAnnual delayed gametophytes in the order of the Laminariales	18
Effects of sediment type and light availability on the burying behaviour of small sandeel (Ammodytes tobianus)	18
Sink and swim: Tracking submergence patterns and anomalous behavior in sea turtles	16
Limited population genetic structure in the littoral gastropod Nerita tessellata (Neritimorpha, Neritidae) suggests high dispersal across the Caribbean Sea	16
Diving behavior, foraging strategies, and energetics of female Steller sea lions during early lactation	16
Burrowing behaviour of soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) following human disturbance	15
How close can we get to seeing the private lives of fur seals and sea lions? Experimental UAV flights on the Southern Brazilian coast	14
Male acoustic display in the sand goby – Essential cue in female choice, but unaffected by supplemental feeding	14
Effects of predator density on the predation efficiency of the dogwhelk (Reishia clavigera)	13
Ripped and torn off: insights into autumn carbon loss in shallow subarctic sugar kelp	13
Assessment of the impact of anthropogenic airborne noise on the behaviour of Cape fur seals during the breeding season in Namibia	12
Prey preferences and trophic relationships of sympatric Atlantic spotted (Stenella frontalis) and common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico	12
Physiological responses of the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Cassiopeidae) to temperature and implications for their range expansion along the east coast of Australia	12
Thermal stress and availability of potential mates drive decisions related to thermoregulatory burrow retreat and emergence in fiddler crabs	11
Stable isotope analysis of New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) whiskers shows distinct regional ecological niches	11
Eastern Baltic cod larvae in a salinity gradient: Choice of salinity and the role of neutral buoyancy	11
Interacting effects of local and global stressors on mussel beds and ecosystem functioning	11
Macroalgal canopies provide corals limited protection from bleaching and impede post-bleaching recovery	11

Editorial Board	11
Differences in larval acidification tolerance among populations of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica	10
Environmental constraints on the photosynthetic rate of the marine flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis	10
Burrowing crabs' influence on tidal marsh vegetation species composition and abundance in a temperate back-barrier marsh, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA	10
Reduced predator avoidance behavior and higher exposure to thermal stress for prey during heat wave events	10
Assessing the potential of eDNA analysis for spawning surveys in marine environments: A case study on Japanese jack mackerel	10
Thermal fluctuations independently modulate physiological plasticity and the dynamics of the gut microbiome in a tropical rocky shore oyster	10
The importance of activity metabolism in understanding bioenergetics of free ranging snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)	9
Growth stimulation of toxic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum cordatum with herbicide glyphosate	9
Multispecies approach shows high tolerance of temperate marine sponges to nitrogenous fertiliser	9
Evaluating the effectiveness of baited video and traps for quantifying the mobile fauna on artificial reefs in northern China	9
Unexpected biotic homogenization masks the effect of a pollution gradient on local variability of community structure in a marine urban environment	9
Kelp-bed dynamics across scales: Expanding distributional analysis capacity with spatial pattern metrics and modelling	8
Ghost crab predation of loggerhead turtle eggs across thermal habitats	8
Editorial Board	8
The predation potential of the Japanese spiny lobster Panulirus japonicus towards sea urchins in relation to lobster size and urchin type	8
Intergenerational effects of ocean acidification on reproductive traits of an estuarine copepod	8
Red king crab larval survival and development are resilient to ocean acidification	8
Medetomidine promotes settlement but inhibits recruitment of the introduced colonial ascidian (Botrylloides violaceus)	8
Effects of sediment and water column acidification on growth, survival, burrowing behaviour, and GABAA receptor function of benthic invertebrates	8
Biomarker responses of Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Lamarck 1819) regarding marine mucilage in the Sea of Marmara	8
Prey interactions in tiger sharks: Accounting for visual perception in animal-borne cameras	8
Biofouling assemblages on anthropogenic structures reflect seafloor access for benthic predators	8
Influence of seasonality and sex on the behavioral thermoregulation of the crab Neohelice granulata	8
Valve gaping behaviour in the European oyster (Ostrea edulis) in response to changes in light intensity when combined with variations in salinity and seawater temperature	8
Seasonal and site-specific differences in biofouling communities on Pacific oyster Mariculture farms	7
Effects of UV radiation on photosynthesis of Sargassum muticum	7
Summer heatwaves affect coastal Antarctic plankton metabolism and community structure	7
Fisheries restrictions and their cascading effects on herbivore abundance and macroalgae removal at Kenyan coral reefs	7
Editorial Board	7
Fussy eaters, bait loss and escapees: How reliable are baited-hook assessments of shark abundance in shallow, coastal waters?	7
Effect of prolonged seawater warming on Zostera marina ecotypes of the northeast Pacific	7
eDNA metabarcoding detection of nearshore juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) and prey fish communities	7
Comparison of two calcein administration techniques for marking the shell of the blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) infected with pathogenic microalgae Coccomyxa	7
Investigating leatherback surface behavior using a novel tag design and machine learning	7
Establishment of oxidative stress biomarkers in oocytes from healthy and bleached scleractinian corals	7
Comment on “Toxic impact of aluminium on the natural phytoplankton community during spring in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean”	7
A rockling's choice: The trade-off between thermal preference and physical structure in the five bearded rockling, Ciliata mustela	7
Editorial Board	7
Antagonistic impacts of benthic bioturbator species: Interconnected effects on sedimentary properties, biogeochemical variables, and microbial dynamics	6
High sclerobiont calcification in marginal reefs of the eastern tropical Pacific	6
Microphytobenthic responses to endobenthic bioturbator density, temperature and eutrophication in a global change mesocosm experiment	6
Hypersalinity effects on O2 flux across the diffusive boundary layer of leaves in the tropical seagrass Thalassia testudinum	6
Characterizing behavioral and physiological changes in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) with changing thermal regimes in the Canadian Pacific west coast	6
Thermal sensitivity of gill Na+/K+ ATPase activity in juvenile red drum	6
Polar micro- and meiobenthos is resistant to prolonged light limitation: Mesocosm shading experiment in the White Sea intertidal	6
Contrasting decadal recruitment patterns in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in the Gulf of Maine	6
Marker pigments and carbon biomass of phytoplankton on the northeastern Mediterranean Sea coast	6
Exploring chemical stimuli guiding the pea crab Dissodactylus primitivus towards its echinoid host Meoma ventricosa	6
Modeling growth of multiple recruitment cohorts of Dungeness crab co-occurring within the central Salish Sea	6

Juvenile Dungeness crab foraging behavior and lipid composition is altered more by food quantity than seawater pH in a multi-stressor experiment	6
Gamma (γ)-aminobutyric acid (GABA) improves feeding, growth rate, and growth hormone of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus at high stocking density	6
Effects of temperature on the performance of Palaemon serratus (Pennant, 1777) larvae from winter and summer laying	6
Photo identification for sea turtles: Flipper scales more accurate than head scales using APHIS	6
Divergent mechanisms for crushing shelled prey in parallel lineages of durophagous stingrays (Myliobatoidei)	6
Selective pressure on ontogenic stages of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis, L.)	6
Methods for precipitating plasma proteins for stable isotope analysis of elasmobranch blood	6
Effects of semidiurnal water column acidification and sediment presence on growth and survival of the bivalve Mya arenaria	6
Sargassum leachate initially inhibits then stimulates phytoplankton growth in coral reef waters	6
Diversity, non-additive effects, and functional redundancy drive sponge community filtration in a shallow, tropical ecosystem	6
Impacts of an invasive alga on recruitment of a temperate reef fish	5
The physiological responses of the Florida stone crab to changes in salinity	5
Carryover effects and feeding behavior of Atlantic surfclams in response to climate change	5
Conditions that promote oyster settlement coincide with areas of high boating activity in a developed coastal habitat	5
Body colourations affect predation risk from fish in fiddler crabs	5
Faecal inorganic matter affects androgen metabolite levels in seals before migration	5
Effects of ocean acidification and warming on the specific dynamic action of California Grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) larvae	5
Herbivory effects of sea urchin species on a coral reef (Bora-Bora, French Polynesia)	5
Spatial and temporal variation in the diversity and structure of understorey macrofaunal assemblages within Laminaria hyperborea forests in the northeast Atlantic	5
Editorial Board	5
Merging technologies and supervised classification methods to quantify capture behavior on hook-and-line	5
Differential impacts of light on coral phenotypic responses to acute heat stress	5
No evidence of altered relationship between diet and consumer fatty acid composition in a natural plankton community under combined climate drivers	5
Growth and ecophysiology of two Antarctic benthic predators; Isotealia antarctica and Urticinopsis antarctica.	5
Evidence for local adaptation of oysters to a within-estuary gradient in predation pressure weakens with ontogeny	5
Comparative predator-mediated habitat use in early juvenile southern Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi), snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio), and red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)	5
Effects of experimental manipulations of the density of a key grazer Cymbula granatina on rocky-shore community composition in the Benguela ecosystem, South Africa	5
Estimation and comparison of connectivity measures for the dispersal of Lepeophtheirus salmonis sea lice among Atlantic salmon farms in new Brunswick, Canada	5
High variability in nest site selection in a loggerhead turtle rookery, in Boa Vista Island, Cabo Verde	5
Major and trace nutrient concentrations in sub-Antarctic forage fish around the Kerguelen Islands: All are not equal for nutrient recycling by top predators	5
Combined effects of temperature and burial on seed germination and seedling growth rates of the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides	5