OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Pacific Science is 0. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Thermal Preference and Tolerance of the Black Abalone Haliotis cracherodii (Leach 1814) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)	8
Abarenicola pacifica Burrowing Behavior and Its Implications for Zostera marina Seed Burial, Restoration, and Expansion	6
Epizoic Cyanobacteria and Algae on the Pelage of Pinnipeds: A Literature Review and New Data for the Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina	6
Diet Analysis of Hawai‘i Island's Blackburnia hawaiiensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Using Stable Isotopes and High-Throughput Sequencing1	6
Does Huxley's Line Apply to Myxomycetes?	5
Errata	5
Pacific Hibiscus Species (Malvaceae) in sect. Lilibiscus. 2. Hibiscus kaute sp. nov., a Missing Link from Eastern Polynesia1	4
Parasitological Records of Eight Rockfish Species (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from Pacific Baja California, Mexico	4
Cruising the Currents: Observations of Extra-Limital Saltwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801) in the Pacific Region	4
Molecular Systematics of the Native Seagrass, Ruppia cf. Maritima (Ruppiaceae, Alismatales), on Hawai‘i Island1	4
Limnological Characterization of Three Tropical Crater Lakes in the Archipelago of Samoa (Lanoto‘o, Olomaga, Mataulano)1	4
Pre-Contact Vegetation and Persistence of Polynesian Cultigens in Hālawa Valley, Moloka‘i	4
State of the State Tree: Historical and Modern Ecology of Kukui (Candlenut, Aleurites Moluccanus) in Hawai‘i	4
Influence of Culture Media and Temperature on Growth and Sporulation of Ceratocystis lukuohia	4
Fly on the Wall: Comparing Arthropod Communities between Islands with and without House Mice (Mus musculus)1	4
Validation of the USPED Erosion and Deposition Model at Schofield Barracks, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i	3
Status of Landbirds in the National Park of American Samoa1	3
Indo-Pacific Eels (Anguilla marmorata) from the Caroline Islands Belong to the Micronesia Population Based on Total Number of Vertebrae Counts	3
New Dog Parasite (Toxocara canis) Discoveries at Melanesian and Polynesian Sites in Tropical Remote Oceania	3
Genetic Composition in Populations of the Endangered Hawaiian Shrub, Schiedea adamantis St. John (Caryophyllaceae) and the Importance of Ex situ Collections	3
Insights Into Ungulate Distributions Show Range Expansion, Competition, and Potential Impacts on a Sub-Tropical Island	2
Efficiency and Efficacy of DOC-200 Versus Tomahawk Traps for Controlling Small Indian Mongoose, Herpestes auropunctatus (Carnivora: Herpestidae) in Wetland Wildlife Sanctuaries	2
Status of Forest Birds on Tinian Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, with an Emphasis on the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha takatsukasae) (Passeriformes; Monarchidae)1	2
A Brief Assessment of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Abundance in Forest and Non-Forested Habitats Across an Altitude Gradient on Mauna Loa, Hawai‘i1	2
Evaluation of the Humphead Wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus, in Shallow Water Habitats in Saipan Lagoon, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands1	2

Northern and Southern Forests of Socorro Island Harbor Different Communities of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi	2
Temporal and Spatial Abundance of Acanthaster cf. Solaris (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in a National Park in the Gulf of California, Mexico: 2005–2016	2
Pacific Species of Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus (Malvaceae). 4. The Origin of Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis: A 300-Year-Old Mystery Solved	2
Peculiar Molting Behavior of Large Hermit Crabs1	2
Reduction in Cover of Two Introduced Invasive Macroalgae by Herbivores on Coral Reefs of Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i1	2
Population Size and Habitat Occupancy by the Endangered Mariana Crow	2
Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona Abbott1 Contributions to a Celebration of the Centennial of Her Birth	1
Factors Affecting the Density of Metabetaeus lohena (Decapoda: Alpheidae) at a High-Density Anchialine Pool Environment on the Kona Coast of the Island of Hawai‘i	1
Tribute to Professor Dieter Mueller-Dombois	1
Declining Soil Nutrient Status Can Constrain Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Pacific Island Countries: A Country Scale Assessment	1
On the Origin and Current Distribution of the Oceania Snake-Eyed Skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago	1
Field Notes on Sex-Bias in Gibberulus dekkersi Maxwell, Hernandez Duran, Rowell & Rymer, 2021 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae: Strombidae) on the Great Barrier Reef	1
Three New Records of Marine Macroalgae from Viet Nam based on Morphological Observations and Molecular Analyses	1
Lake Tagimaucia Montane Lake as a Potential Late Holocene Environmental Archive in Fiji's Volcanic Highlands	1
Biodiversity of Hawaiian Peyssonneliales (Rhodophyta). 1. Two New Species in the Genus Ramicrusta from Lehua Island1	1
Eleotris (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from Indonesia with Description of Three New Species Within the ‘melanosoma’ Neuromast Pattern Group	1
Range Expansion, Pairing Patterns, and Taxonomic Status of Brewster's Booby Sula leucogaster brewsteri	1
The Structure and Dynamics of Endangered Forest Bird Communities in the Mariana Islands	1
Impacts of Tropical Rainforest Conversion on Soil Nutrient Pools in Viti Levu, Fiji	1
High Latitude Coral Larval Recruitment: Spatiotemporal Process Variability in the Gulf of California1	1
Seed Rain, Dispersal Distance, and Germination of the Invasive Tree Spathodea campanulata on the Island of Tahiti, French Polynesia (South Pacific)	1
Status of Laysan and Black-Footed Albatrosses on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i	1
Susceptibility of Endemic Myoporum (Naio) Species and Populations to Klambothirps myopori in Hawai‘i	1
Understory Arthropod Diversity in a Mixed Dryland Ecosystem, Hawai‘i	1
Investigating the Diel Occurrence of Odontocetes around the Maui Nui Region Using Passive Acoustic Techniques1	1
Factors Affecting Breeding Success of White Terns (Gygis alba; Aves: Laridae) in Urban Environments of Honolulu, Hawai‘i	1
A Short-Term Winner? Dramatic Increases in the Population of Mushroom Coral Lobactis scutaria (Anthozoa: Fungiidae) in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i from 2000 to 2018	1
The Impact of Light Attraction on Adult Seabirds and the Effectiveness of Minimization Actions	0
Cetaceans of the Northern Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea1	0
The Historical Ecology of Game Species Introductions in Hawai‘i1	0
Pacific Species of Hibiscus sect. Lilibiscus (Malvaceae). 3. Hibiscus mabberleyi L.A.J. Thomson sp. nov. and H. × denisonii Burb.	0
Vegetation Succession Following Clearcutting of Lowland Hawaiian Rainforest on the Island of Hawai‘i	0
Revision of the Genus Rhyacichthys Using Integrative Taxonomy	0
A 60-Year Record of Plant Colonization on Alpine Lava Flows, Maunaloa, Hawai‘i: Climate Change, Substrate Control, and Human Disturbance	0
Automated Recording Unit Detection Probabilities: Applications for Montane Nesting Seabirds1	0
Morphological Differences in the Island-Endemic Hawaiian Subspecies of the Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata	0
A New Species of Eutiara, in the Pandeidae Family (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) from Tahiti Island, French Polynesia	0
Association Affairs	0
Examining the UV-Absorbing Properties of Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae) and Its Potential Use as a Sunscreen	0
Diel Vertical Migration of Dominant Planktonic Microcrustaceans in a Stratified Tropical Lake?1	0
Influence of Light and Substrate Conditions on Regeneration of Native Tree Saplings in the Hawaiian Lowland Wet Forest1	0
Gap Model Simulation of Metrosideros-Cibotium Stand Structure and Displacement Dieback	0
South(East) by Southwest: Identification of a New Halocaridina rubra Holthuis, 1963 (Decapoda: Atyidae) Genetic Group From O‘ahu, Hawai‘i	0
Recent Dynamics and Trends of Landbird Populations on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands	0
Behavior of Hawaiian Petrels and Newell's Shearwaters (Aves: Procellariiformes) Around Electrical-Transmission Lines on Kaua‘i Island, Hawaiian Islands1	0
Event-Based Stable Isotope Analysis of Precipitation Along a High Resolution Transect on the South Face of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i	0
Impact of a Mesoscale Cyclonic Eddy on the Phytoplankton Biomass of Bay of La Paz in the Southern Gulf of California	0
Nesting Success of Lepidochelys olivacea (Cheloniidae) In Situ Incubation in the Cabo Pulmo National Park, Baja California Sur, Mexico	0
Introduced Mangroves along the Coast of Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i may Represent Novel Habitats for Megafaunal Communities	0
Ethelia hawaiiensis (Etheliaceae, Rhodophyta), a New Mesophotic Marine Alga from Manawai (Pearl and Hermes Atoll), Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i1	0

Cryptic Cryptogam Revealed: Hypnea corona (Gigartinales: Cystocloniaceae), a New Red Algal Species Described from the Hypnea cornuta Complex1,2	0
A Comparative Study of the Floristic Diversity and Structure of Relictual Littoral and Swamp Forests in the Island of Tahiti (French Polynesia, South Pacific)	0
Prioritization of Restoration Needs for Seabirds in the U.S. Tropical Pacific Vulnerable to Climate Change	0
A Conversation on the UH Botany Department, Vegetation Ecology, and Life with Professor Emeritus Dr. Dieter Mueller-Dombois	0
Spatial Ecology of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae, Cetacea-Balaenopteridae) from the Mexican Central Pacific1	0
Changes in Community Composition and Functional Traits After Cyclones and Fire in a Pacific Rainforest	0
A Terrestrial Vertebrate Palaeontological Reconnaissance of Lord Howe Island, Australia	0
Continuous Reproduction Causes Stable Population Structure of Antipatharian-Associated Shrimp Sandyella tricornuta (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)	0
New Faunal Records from a World Heritage Site in Danger: Rennell Island, Solomon Islands1	0
From the Pasture to the Present: The History of Grass Introductions in Hawai‘i	0
Phylogenetics Confirms a Unique Instance of Endemicity in a Polyphagous Hawaiian Moth Pest and Uncovers a Remarkable New Species	0
Low Genetic Diversity in the Highly Morphologically Diverse Sida fallax Walp. (Malvaceae) Throughout the Pacific1	0
Vegetation Patterns in Waisoi Primary Rainforest, Southeast Viti Levu, Fiji	0
Landscape Development From Point Zero	0
Pacific Hibiscus (Malvaceae) in sect. Lilibiscus. 1. Hibiscus kokio and Related Species from the Hawaiian Archipelago1	0
First Occurrence of the Genus Australatya (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) in Melanesia and Polynesia with Description of a New Species	0
Seasonal and Elevational Differences by Sex in Capture Rate of ‘Ōpe‘ape‘a (Lasiurus semotus) on Hawai‘i Island	0
Potential Distribution and Environmental Niche of the Black Corals Antipathes galapagensis and Myriopathes panamensis in the Eastern Tropical Pacific1	0
Association Affairs	0
Effects of Warming Temperatures on the Feeding Interactions of an Omnivorous Crab, Pugettia producta (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae)1	0
Biology and Impacts of Pacific Islands Invasive Species: Falcataria falcata (Miquel) Barneby and Grimes (Fabaceae)	0
Caulerpa Bikinensis (Chlorophyta) Preference for the Mesophotic Depths of Pacific Atolls1	0
A Synopsis of the Genus Jacquemontia (Convolvulaceae) in the Indo-Pacific with the Description of One New Species	0
Microclimatic Effects of Kō (Sugarcane, Saccharum officinarum) Row Planting in the Leeward Kohala Field System, Hawai‘i Island	0
Nest Architecture of an Endangered Hawaiian Yellow-Faced Bee, Hylaeus anthracinus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) and Potential Nest-Site Competition from Three Introduced Solitary Bees1	0
A Century of Wake Fish Surveys: Comprehensive Annotated Checklist of the Fishes of Wake Atoll1	0
Evaluation of Reproductive Success of the Olive Ridley Turtle Lepidochelys olivacea (Testudinata: Cheloniidae) Using Different Incubation Treatments	0
Metazoan Parasites of the Pacific Silverstripe Halfbeak, Hyporhamphus naos (Osteichthyes: Hemiramphidae) in Mazatlán Bay, Mexico	0
Climate-Induced Forest Mortality in the Tropical Pacific Islands: What Do We Really Know?	0
Hawai‘i’s Toxic Plants: Species Richness and Species–Area Relationships	0
Shrub Dieback and El Niño Drought in Hawai‘i: Life Stage Demography and Population Rejuvenation	0
Population Divergence and Evolution of the Hawaiian Endemic Sesbania tomentosa (Fabaceae)	0
‘Ōhi‘a Lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha): A Most Resilient and Persistent Foundation Species in Hawaiian Forests	0
Modeling Scenarios for the Management of Axis Deer in Hawai‘i1	0
Notes on the Introduced Small Mammals of Tinian, Mariana Islands1	0
Gastrointestinal Helminths in Nactus spp. (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Six Papua New Guinean Islands	0
New Geochemical Diagnostic Methods Point to Pumice Rafts as the Most Likely Source for Niue Soils	0
A Third Pond on the Mauna Kea Summit Plateau	0
Hawaiian Subalpine Plant Communities: Implications of Climate Change	0
Variation in the Size–Structure of Dominant Branching Coral Taxa (Acroporidae: Acropora) and (Pocilloporidae: Pocillopora) in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea1	0
Context Influences the Role of Birds in Pest Control: The Interactive Effects of Agricultural Crop and Farm	0
Pollination Biology of an Endemic Hawaiian Tree, Erythrina sandwicensis (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), in a Novel Ecosystem1	0
Differences in Feeder Visitation by Invasive Rose-Ringed Parakeets (Psittacula krameri) between Hawaiian Islands1	0
Light-Level Geolocators Reveal that White-Throated Needletails (Hirundapus caudacutus) Follow a Figure-Eight Migration Route between Japan and Australia1	0
Landscape Configuration Influences ‘Ōma‘o (Myadestes obscurus) Song Diversity	0
Fine-Scale Distribution, Abundance, and Foraging Behavior of Salvin's, Buller's, and Chatham Albatrosses in the Northern Humboldt Upwelling System1	0
Ingestion of Plastics in a Wild Population of the Pacific Fat Sleeper (Dormitator latifrons)	0
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Fire on Saipan, CNMI	0
A Survey of Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tetepare Island, Solomon Islands, Including Six New Island Records1	0