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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A Scavenging Behavior of Cyclammina cancellata (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) on a Crustacean Carcass: Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotope and Microbiome Analyses	21
Growth Rate in Cultured Crustose Coralline Algae of the Genus Phymatolithon and Sporolithon From Taiwan	16
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)	16
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Genetic Diversity Losses in Mantis Shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria Offspring Created for Supportive Releases Using an Ecological Breeding in Earthen Pond Method	15
Habitat Use and Foraging Ecology of Three Sea Turtle Species Nesting in Northwest Costa Rica	15
Nematode Size Fraction Data Improves Explanatory Power of Multivariate Model of Macrobenthic Assemblage in Clam ( Ruditapes ) Fishery Grounds	12
Assembly rules vary seasonally in stable phytoplankton associations of the Gulf of Naples (Mediterranean Sea)	12
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Genetic connectivity of the common octopus (Octopus insularis) along the southwestern Caribbean	11
Ontogenetic shifts in feeding habits of orangemouth weakfish (Cynoscion xanthulus): From estuarine benthic feeder to marine nektivore top predator	11
The Gulf of Naples as a model system for plankton ecology studies	11
Meiofauna: Anthropogenic impacts on hidden players in ecosystem	10
Multi‐year monitoring shows higher species richness and diversity of fish assemblages in a Danish seagrass meadow as compared to neighbouring non‐vegetated areas	10
Ecological Process Explains the Rensch's Rule in Penaeidae (Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata)	10
Assessing the Diversity of Decapods (Crustacea: Malacostraca) With Environmental DNA ( eDNA ) in C	10
Current Wild Population Status of Protected Mother‐Of‐Pearl Oyster Pinctada mazatlanica in Mexican Pacific Reefs	10
Size spectra, biomass, and trophic groups of free‐living marine nematodes along a water‐depth gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	9
Reassessment of the olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea nesting population at Nancite Beach, Costa Rica	8
Spatial and Seasonal Variation of Species Richness and Biomass of Macroalgae (Rhodophyta) on Mangrove Roots on the Brazilian Amazon Coast	8
The Roles of Secondary Calcifiers in Reef Construction and Maintenance in Coral and Rocky Reefs of the Mexican Pacific	8
Latitudinal biodiversity gradients of rocky intertidal assemblages: Spatial scales and complex associations with environmental factors	8
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Can the Movement of the Deep‐Sea Bivalve Acesta excavata Lead to a Dynamic Habitat?	8
Meiofaunal Dynamics in Oceanic Islands: Insights From Spatial Distribution, Substrate Influence and Connectivity	7

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Polychaetes and fish in a tropical bay in southeastern Brazil: Community concordance and influence of environmental variables	7
Spatio‐Temporal Dynamics of Benthic Amphipods in a Tropical Coastal Lagoon: Population Patterns and Environmental Correlations	7
Seasonal distribution of solitary and colonial benthic ascidians (Chordata) with ecological gradients in and around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India	7
Future Climate Change Scenarios of Increased CO₂ and Temperature Strongly Affect a Coral Reef Meiobenthic Harpacticoid (Crustacea) Community	7
Trophic structure using ecological relationships between five dominant commercial fish in Kolahi to Dargahan	7
A Study on Tintinnids (Loricate Ciliates) From the Mangrove Proximal Zone Waters of Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair), South Andaman	6
Early Warning of Critical Transition in the East Venezuelan Sardine Habitat	6
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	6
Boring Pattern of Isopods in the Intertidal Hard Mud Substratum of Gulf of Khambhat, With Two New Records From Gujarat Coast	6
Response of Diatoms to the Addition of Bamboo in the Eastern Arabian Sea	6
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Depth‐Related Variability in the Microbiome and Zooxanthellae Community Composition of the Caribbean Sheet Coral Agaricia lamarcki	6
An Assessment of Demersal Elasmobranch Occurrence and Associated Habitats Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)	6
Relative Growth and Morphological Sexual Maturity in Four Ghost Shrimp Species (Decapoda, Axiidea)	6
Mass Mortality of the Invasive Sea Urchin Diadema setosum in Türkiye, Eastern Mediterranean Possibly Reveals Vibrio Bacteria Infection	5
“Another Kid on the Block”: Testing the Effects of Artificial Substrates on the Recruitment of Juvenile Fishes in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico	5
High Level of Predation of Atlantic Salmon Smolt During Marine Migration	5
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Migratory contingents of brown trout reveal variable exposure to anthropogenic threats along a fjord‐river continuum	5
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The eternal life of taxonomic monographs: The series on the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples	5
Is integrated taxonomy useful to study diversity and ecology? An example from crustacean zooplankton at the Long‐Term ecological research site MareChiara (LTER‐MC)	5
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Zooplankton community and copepod carcasses and non‐predatory mortality in six tropical estuarine systems (Northeast of Brazil)	4
Core microbiome of corals Pocillopora damicornis and Pocillopora verrucosa in the northeastern tropical Pacific	4
Can Copepods Feed on Kelp Detritus? A Laboratory Study With Calanus finmarchicus	4
Does the same refuge signify the same reproductive tactics? Comparing the mating systems of two symbiont alpheid shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda)	4
Diversity and distribution of foraminifera and tintinnids (bio‐indicators) from Pulicat Lake, India	4
Serpentinite‐hosted chemosynthetic community of South Chamorro Seamount, Mariana Forearc	4
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The Role of Temperature in the Termination of Dormancy in Zooplankton	4
Predation Strategies of the Portuguese Man‐of‐War Physalia physalis	4
Plastics and the ocean: Origin, characterization, fate, and impacts. Andrady, A.L. (ed.) 2022. John Wiley & Sons, 484 pp. ISBN 9781119768401 (Hardcover: £148)	4
Seasonal Changes of Size Spectra of the Benguela Offshore Mesopelagic Ecosystem Compartment in Relation to Primary Production	4
Juvenile Species in Beach Seine Bycatch Along the Coast of Ghana: Any Implications for Fisheries?	4
How many are they? Estimates of demographic patterns of reproductive females of southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) in the southern coast of Brazil	4
Unusual formations in the B. R. Chinchorro Bank: Miniature atolls	3
Holoplankton and meroplankton communities in surf zone waters of a temperate SW Atlantic sandy beach: Seasonal patterns	3
Ecological Drivers of Kinorhynch Diversity in the Southern Gulf of Mexico	3
The planktonic food web in the Gulf of Naples based on the analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios	3
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The Greenland–Scotland Ridge in a Changing Ocean: Time to Act?	3
Fishers as Potential Dispersal Agents for Corals: Balancing the Impact of Small‐Scale Fisheries on a Pillow Coral Bed	3
Comparison of Predatory Capabilities of Invasive European Green Crabs ( Carcinus maenas ) and Native Red Rock Crabs ( Cancer produ	3
Divergent Communities of Marine Nematodes in Impacted Beaches of Bandar Abbas (Iran)	3
Species diversity, trophic structure, and taxonomic distinctness of molluscan assemblages associated with Sargassum beds in a historically impacted bay	3
Environmental and Spatial Factors Shaping Bacterial Communities in Eelgrass Sediments Along the Japanese Coast	3

Quantifying direct and indirect linkages between seagrasses, environment and associated macrofauna in a temperate lagoon	3
Evidence of increased mussel abundance related to the Pacific marine heatwave and sea star wasting	3
Cryptic biodiversity inhabiting coral reef sponges	3
Multi‐Species Fish Foraging Associations Involving Common Sydney Octopus With Crimsonband Wrasse, Günther's Wrasse and Yellowfin Bream	3
Individual and population‐level variation in susceptibility to temperature in early life history stages of giant kelp	3
Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791), a poorly studied bivalve, in the Kara Sea: Distribution and growth variability	3