OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine Ecology-An Evolutionary Perspective is 3. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The Mediterranean in check: Biological invasions in a changing sea	28
Mass mortality of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis in Turkey (eastern Mediterranean)	19
Keratose‐dominated sponge grounds from temperate mesophotic ecosystems (NW Mediterranean Sea)	15
pH variability off Goa (eastern Arabian Sea) and the response of sea urchin to ocean acidification scenarios	13
Response of the bacterioplankton composition to inorganic nutrient loading and phytoplankton in southern Korean coastal waters: A mesocosm study	13
Consistent genetic divergence observed among pelagic Sargassum morphotypes in the western North Atlantic	13
Colonisers of the dark: biostalactite‐associated metazoans from “lu Lampiùne” submarine cave (Apulia, Mediterranean Sea)	13
Impact of vehicles on benthic macrofauna on a subtropical sand beach	12
Stable isotopic signatures of sediment carbon and nitrogen sources and its relation to benthic meiofaunal distribution in the Arctic Kongsfjord	10
A potential new threat on the coral reefs of Puerto Rico: The recent emergence of Ramicrusta spp.	10
Submarine groundwater springs are characterized by distinct fish communities	9
Reef microhabitats mediate fish feeding intensity and agonistic interactions at Príncipe Island Biosphere Reserve, Tropical Eastern Atlantic	9
Depth distribution of canopy‐forming algae of the order Fucales is related to their photosynthetic features	9
First evidence of an intensive bloom of the coccolithophore Syracosphaerahalldalii in a highly variable estuarine environment (Krka River, Adriatic sea)	8
Responses of humpback whales to a changing climate in the Southern Hemisphere: Priorities for research efforts	8
Diversity and geographical distribution of resting stages of eukaryotic algae in the surface sediments from the southern Chinese coastline based on metabarcoding partial 18S rDNA sequences	8
Depth and grazing intensity are the main drivers of subtidal hardground benthic community structure on tropical south Atlantic reefs	8
Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting	7
Population genetics of cold‐water coral associated Pleustidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) reveals cryptic diversity and recent expansion off Iceland	7
Population genetics reveals global and regional history of the apex predator Galeocerdocuvier (carcharhiniformes) with comments on mitigating shark attacks in north‐eastern brazil	7
Spatial and seasonal variations of dinoflagellates and ciliates in the Kongsfjorden, Svalbard	7
Environmental factors driving the distribution of the tropical coral Pavona varians: Predictions under a climate change scenario	7
Asymmetric effects of changes in the habitat‐forming algae Sargassum on different associated mobile faunas along São Paulo coast, Brazil	6
Long‐term variability of the coastal ocean stratification in the Gulf of Naples: Two decades of monitoring the marine ecosystem at the LTER–MC site, between land and open Mediter	6
Phylogenetic diversity of culturable marine bacteria from sediments underlying the oxygen minimum zone of the Arabian Sea and their role in nitrate reduction	6

Cryptofauna associated with rhodoliths: Diversity is species‐specific and influenced by habitat	6
Food source or refuge: What is behind amphipod choices for seaweeds?	6
Effects of Ficopomatus enigmaticus ecosystem‐engineered habitat structure on population parameters of the amphipod Melita palmata: A NIS‐NIS interaction study	6
Patterns of spatial and temporal distribution of the macrobenthic fauna on an estuarine macrotidal sandy beach on the Amazon coast (Brazil)	6
Are populations of economically important bonefish and queen conch 'open' or 'closed' in the northern caribbean basin?	6
Vertical and temporal distribution of chytrids infecting diatoms in the Gulf of Naples (Italy, Mediterranean Sea)	5
Coastal mesozooplankton respond to decadal environmental changes via community restructuring	5
Concurrent effect of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreak and thermal anomaly of 2020 on coral reef communities of the Spratly Islands (South China Sea)	5
Composition and diversity of prokaryotic communities sampled from sponges and soft corals in Maldivian waters	5
Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)	5
Trait‐based diversity of deep‐sea benthic megafauna communities near the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site	4
Strategic foraging: Understanding hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) prey item energy values and distribution within a marine protected area	4
Population structure, maturity and relative growth of the porcelain crab Pachycheles laevidactylus Ortmann, 1892 (Decapoda, Porcellanidae) in a temperate zone	4
Maturity of a giant: age and size reaction norm for sexual maturity for Atlantic leatherback turtles	4
Influence of the 2011 Tohoku tsunami on the genetic structure of wild sea urchin (Mesocentrotus nudus) populations in Sanriku, Japan	4
Multi‐species fish foraging associations during tool use by the graphic tuskfish Choerodon graphicus (De Vis 1885) (Labridae)	4
Small‐scale macrobenthic community structure along asymmetrical sand waves in an underwater seascape	4
Contrasting effects of the El Niño 2015–16 event on coral reefs from the central pacific coast of Mexico	4
Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific	4
Stationary underwater cameras assess more efficiently clear‐water mangrove fish assemblages: A comparison of non‐extractive techniques	4
Microplastics in the menu of Mediterranean zooplankton: Insights from the feeding response of the calanoid copepod Centropages typicus	4
Small‐scale spatiotemporal variability and distance–decay relationships in intertidal micro‐ and meiobenthic assemblages	3
Metabarcoding reveals marked seasonality and a distinctive winter assemblage of dinoflagellates at a coastal LTER site in the Gulf of Naples	3
Holoplankton and meroplankton communities in surf zone waters of a temperate SW Atlantic sandy beach: Seasonal patterns	3
Characterization and biogeographic affinity of megazoobenthos in the Central Mediterranean Sea	3
Dynamic spawning patterns in the California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) inferred through paralarval observation in the Southern California Bight, 2012–2019	3
Advances in the study of the trophic niche of batoids with distribution in Mexican waters	3
Spatio‐temporal variability of benthic macroalgae in a coral reef system highly influenced by fluvial discharge: Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico	3
Matrilineal evidence for genetic structure and Late Pleistocene demographic expansion of the Ornate goby Istigobiusornatus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea	3
Effects of the ridge‐and‐runnel system on macrofaunal spatial distribution on a macrotidal sandy beach in the Brazilian Amazon coast	3
Comparison of the spatio‐temporal distribution of the roughneck shrimp Rimapenaeus constrictus (Stimpson, 1874) (Crustacea, Penaeoidea) from monthly samples collected 20 years apart: Effects of	3
After the nursery: Regional and broad‐scale movements of sharks tagged in the Caribbean	3
The phylum Chloroflexi and their SAR202 clade dominate the microbiome of two marine sponges living in extreme environmental conditions	3
Epibiosis in sedimentary coastal environments: Effects of an introduced barnacle on a native mussel	3
Phytoplankton ecology in different coastal habitats along the northern Bay of Bengal	3
Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	3
Photo‐identification confirms polyandry in loggerhead sea turtles	3