OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective is 2. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The differences in the trophic structure of semi‐enclosed and open coastal communities under the influence of an alien top predator (red king crab in the Barents Sea)	25
Genetic Diversity Losses in Mantis Shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Offspring Created for Supportive Releases Using an Ecological Breeding in Earthen Pond Method	15
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Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)	11
Growth Rate in Cultured Crustose Coralline Algae of the Genus Phymatolithon and Sporolithon From Taiwan	11
Habitat associations between Streptococcus bovis/equinus complex and Streptococcus phocae, the causative agents of strep syndrome in sea otters, and the marine environment	10
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Ontogenetic shifts in feeding habits of orangemouth weakfish (Cynoscion xanthulus): From estuarine benthic feeder to marine nektivore top predator	8
Genetic connectivity of the common octopus (Octopus insularis) along the southwestern Caribbean	8
Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	7
Meiofauna: Anthropogenic impacts on hidden players in ecosystem	7
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The Gulf of Naples as a model system for plankton ecology studies	7
Latitudinal biodiversity gradients of rocky intertidal assemblages: Spatial scales and complex associations with environmental factors	6
Meiofaunal Dynamics in Oceanic Islands: Insights From Spatial Distribution, Substrate Influence and Connectivity	5
Epibiosis in sedimentary coastal environments: Effects of an introduced barnacle on a native mussel	5
Reassessment of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nesting population at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica	5
Multi‐year monitoring shows higher species richness and diversity of fish assemblages in a Danish seagrass meadow as compared to neighbouring non‐vegetated areas	5
Trophic structure using ecological relationships between five dominant commercial fish in Kolahi to Dargahan	4
Migratory contingents of brown trout reveal variable exposure to anthropogenic threats along a fjord‐river continuum	4
A Study on Tintinnids (Loricate Ciliates) From the Mangrove Proximal Zone Waters of Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair), South Andaman	4
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Future Climate Change Scenarios of Increased CO₂ and Temperature Strongly Affect a Coral Reef Meiobenthic Harpacticoid (Crustacea) Community	4
Polychaetes and fish in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: Community concordance and influence of environmental variables	4

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Mass Mortality of the Invasive Sea Urchin Diadema setosum in Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean Possibly Reveals Vibrio Bacteria Infection	4
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An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)	4
The Roles of Secondary Calcifiers in Reef Construction and Maintenance in Coral and Rocky Reefs of the Mexican Pacific	4
Differential feeding rates of native and alien predators on the invasive Asian date mussel Arcuatula senhousia (Benson in cantor, 1842) in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon	4
Population structure, maturity and relative growth of the porcelain crab Pachycheles laevidactylus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Porcellanidae) in a temperate zone	4
Mitochondrial DNA variation of Metapenaeus monoceros (Decapoda, Penaeidae) reveals high genetic variation within Bangladesh with distinct lineages in the Indian Ocean	4
Multiannual trends of toxic and potentially toxic microalgae (Ostreopsis cf. ovata, Prorocentrum lima, and Coolia monotis) in Sfax coasts (North of Gabes Gulf, Tunisia)	4
Seasonal distribution of solitary and colonial benthic ascidians (Chordata) with ecological gradients in and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India	4
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Comparison of the fish functional arrangement of two contrasting localities in the Gulf of Mexico	3
Strategic foraging: Understanding hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) prey item energy values and distribution within a marine protected area	3
“Another Kid on the Block”: Testing the Effects of Artificial Substrates on the Recruitment of Juvenile Fishes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico	3
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How many are they? Estimates of demographic patterns of reproductive females of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) in the southern coast of Brazil	3
Cryptic biodiversity inhabiting coral reef sponges	3
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Can Copepods Feed on Kelp Detritus? A Laboratory Study With Calanus finmarchicus	3
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Is integrated taxonomy useful to study diversity and ecology? An example from crustacean zooplankton at the Long‐Term ecological research site MareChiara (LTER‐MC)	3
Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific	3
Zooplankton community and copepod carcasses and non‐predatory mortality in six tropical estuarine systems (Northeast of Brazil)	3
Juvenile Species in Beach Seine Bycatch Along the Coast of Ghana: Any Implications for Fisheries?	3
Diversity and distribution of foraminifera and tintinnids (bio‐indicators) from Pulicat Lake, India	3
Plastics and the ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. Andrady, A.L. (ed.) 2022. John Wiley & Sons, 484 pp. ISBN 9781119768401 (Hardcover: £148)	3
High Level of Predation of Atlantic Salmon Smolt During Marine Migration	3
The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: The series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples	3
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Serpentinite‐hosted chemosynthetic community of South Chamorro Seamount, Mariana Forearc	3
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Does the same refuge signify the same reproductive tactics? Comparing the mating systems of two symbiont alpheid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)	3
Divergent Communities of Marine Nematodes in Impacted Beaches of Bandar Abbas (Iran)	3
Coastal mesozooplankton respond to decadal environmental changes via community restructuring	2
Quantifying direct and indirect linkages between seagrasses, environment and associated macrofauna in a temperate lagoon	2
Biodiversity and conservation of “solar‐powered” sea slugs from the Western Atlantic under climate change scenarios	2
Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting	2
Population biology of the endangered land crab Johngarthia lagostoma (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) in the Trindade Island, Brazil: Identifying crucial areas for future conservation strategies	2
Deepwater Sharks at Their Northern Limits—Distribution, Diet and Trophic Relations	2
Sea turtle research and conservation. Lessons from working in the field. NahillB., (Ed.) Oxford: Elsevier (Academic Press), 2021. 224 pp. Paperback: US$97.75. ISBN 9780128210307; Ebook: US$97.75. ISBN	2
Individual and population‐level variation in susceptibility to temperature in early life history stages of giant kelp	2
Holoplankton and meroplankton communities in surf zone waters of a temperate SW Atlantic sandy beach: Seasonal patterns	2
Unusual formations in the B. R. Chinchorro Bank: Miniature atolls	2
The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios	2
Small‐scale macrobenthic community structure along asymmetrical sand waves in an underwater seascape	2
Bottom‐up and top‐down control of seagrass overgrazing by the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla	2
Thinking beyond the data: When the sea went dark	2
Species diversity, trophic structure, and taxonomic distinctness of molluscan assemblages associated with Sargassum beds in a historically impacted bay	2
The Role of Temperature in the Termination of Dormancy in Zooplankton	2
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Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791), a poorly studied bivalve, in the Kara Sea: Distribution and growth variability	2
The Greenland–Scotland Ridge in a Changing Ocean: Time to Act?	2