OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Botany 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Temporal changes in the composition and biomass of beached pelagic Sargassum species in the Mexican Caribbean	69
Functional traits in macrophyte studies: Current trends and future research agenda	45
Macroecology of macrophytes in the freshwater realm: Patterns, mechanisms and implications	42
Epiphytic biofilms in freshwater and interactions with macrophytes: Current understanding and future directions	36
Physiological processes affecting methane transport by wetland vegetation – A review	24
Distribution of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea: A big jump to the northwestern Mediterranean Sea	21
The importance of plants for methane emission at the ecosystem scale	21
Seed germination, seedling growth and seedling development associated physiochemical changes in Salicornia brachiata (Roxb.) under salinity and osmotic stress	20
The past, current, and future distribution modeling of four water lilies (Nymphaea) in Africa indicates varying suitable habitats and distribution in climate change	19
Responses of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea to depth and spatial gradients in its native region (Red Sea): Morphology, in situ growth and biomass production	18
Phenotypic responses of a submerged macrophyte (Vallisneria natans) to low light combined with water depth	15
Responses of the germination and growth of Ulva prolifera parthenogametes, the causative species of green tides, to gradients of temperature and light	14
Growth rates of pelagic Sargassum species in the Mexican Caribbean	14
Evidence of non-structural carbohydrates-mediated response to flooding and salinity in Limonium narbonense and Salicornia fruticosa	13
Comparative analysis of the complete chloroplast genome of seven Nymphaea species	12
Testing the interactive effects of flooding and salinity on tidal marsh plant productivity	12
Current trends in seagrass research in China (2010-2019)	12
The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on the biological control of invasive aquatic weeds	12
Earthquake-driven destruction of an intertidal habitat cascade	11
Increased salinity reduces seed germination and impacts upon seedling development in Nymphaea L. (Nymphaeaceae) from northern Australia’s freshwater wetlands	11
Ploidy state of aquatic macrophytes: Global distribution and drivers	10
Hydrological alteration induced changes on macrophyte community composition in sub-tropical floodplain wetlands of Nepal	10
Impact of plant species and intense nutrient loading on CH4 and N2O fluxes from small inland waters: An experimental approach	9
Towards linking freshwater plants and ecosystems via functional biogeography	9
An ecological niche model based on a broad calcium-gradient reveals additional habitat preferences of the invasive charophyte Nitellopsis obtusa	9

Phenology and ecology of the alien seagrass Halophila stipulacea in its northern range limit in the Mediterranean Sea	9
Long-term coexistence between the macroalga Caulerpa prolifera and the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in a Mediterranean lagoon	9
Distribution of macrophytes in relation to physico-chemical characters in the south western littoral zone of Lake Tana, Ethiopia	8
Chloride allocation in the euhalophyte Suaeda salsa from different habitats in field and controlled saline conditions	8
Growth and nutrient uptake characteristics of Sargassum macrocarpum cultivated with phosphorus-replete wastewater	8
Plant functional connectivity of Nymphoides fallax in geographically isolated temporary wetlands in Mexican highlands	8
Diversity and origins of Butomus umbellatus (flowering rush) invasion in North America	8
Reproductive behavior and role in maintaining an aggregative form of the freshwater green alga Marimo, Aegagropila linnaei, in Lake Akan, Hokkaido, Japan	8
Hybrid between Lemna minor and L. turionifera (L. × japonica, Lemnaceae) in East Europe is more frequent than parental species and poorly distinguishable from them	8
Effects of macrophytes on potential nitrification and denitrification in oligotrophic lake sediments	8
Morphological and reproductive studies on the green filamentous pest Rhizoclonium-like affecting Agarophyton chilensis commercial farms in southern Chile	8
Short-term effects of macrophyte removal on emission of CO2 and CH4 in shallow lakes	8
How Characean algae take up needed and excrete unwanted ions – An overview explaining how insights from electrophysiology are useful to understand the ecology of aquatic macrophytes	8
Reproductive ecology of Zostera marina L. (eelgrass) across varying environmental conditions	8
Initial short-term nitrate uptake in juvenile, cultivated Saccharina latissima (Phaeophyceae) of variable nutritional state	8
Deep-water Zostera marina meadows in the Mediterranean	7
Functional traits response to flooding depth and nitrogen supply in the helophyte Glyceria spiculosa (Gramineae)	7
A reciprocal transplant experiment sheds new light on a classic marine seagrass-algal symbiosis and suggests influence of epiphytic symbiont on seagrass microbiota	7
How clone can you go? Seedbank density and a multiscale assessment of genotypic diversity in the seagrass Halodule wrightii	7
The oldest record of North American Lychnothamnus (northeastern Sonora, Mexico): Implications for the evolution, ecology, and paleogeographic distribution of the genus	7
Characterization of seagrasses at two new locations in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (El Jobo and Matapalito, Costa Rica)	7
Ecophysiology of two endemic Amazon quillworts	7
Community-based monitoring reveals spatiotemporal variation of sargasso inundation levels and morphotype dominance across the Caribbean and South Florida	7
A de novo transcriptomic approach to study the influence of marine water depth in Macrocystis pyrifera alginate production	7
Gene expression and evolution of Family-1 UDP-glycosyltransferases—insights from an aquatic flowering plant (sacred lotus)	7
Comparative transcriptome and cross-section analyses provide insights into the mechanisms underlying Sargassum fusiforme responses to the harmful algal bloom-forming dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi	6
Thermal fluctuations and nitrogen enrichment synergistically accelerate biomass yield of Pyropia haitanensis	6
Comparison between parapatric mangrove sister species revealed higher photochemical efficiency in subtropical than tropical coastal vegetation under chilling stress	6
Population genetics of invasive and native Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini: Taking the first steps to initiate a biological control programme in South Africa	6
Microsatellite-based analysis of the genetic diversity and population structure of the seagrass species Thalassia hemprichii from southern Viet Nam	6
Reciprocal competitive effects of congeneric invaders, Trapa natans L. and Trapa bispinosa Roxb. var. iinumai Nakano, in established freshwater plant cultures	6
Temperature and turbidity as drive forces to the growth of Egeria densa (Planchon) under to controlled conditions	6
Plant community composition patterns in relation to microtopography and distance to water bodies in a tropical forested wetland	6
Genetic diversity of common reed in the southern Baltic Sea region – Is there an influence of disturbance?	6
Interactions between sulfide and reproductive phenology of an annual aquatic plant, wild rice (Zizania palustris)	6
Physiological and biochemical characterization of new wild strains of Kappaphycus alvarezii (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) cultivated under land-based hatchery conditions	6
Easier than it looks: Notes on the taxonomy of Typha L. (Typhaceae) in East Europe	6
Fatty acids of Cladophora glomerata and Chaetomorpha vieillardii (Cladophoraceae) of different niches inhibit the pathogenic microbial growth	6
Broad morphological and reproductive variability of the endangered macroalga Lychnothamnus barbatus in the depth gradient	6
Influence of Butomus umbellatus L. lineage and age on leaf chemistry and performance of a generalist caterpillar	6
Assessing growth of pelagic sargassum in the Tropical Atlantic	6
Areal extent of vegetative cover: A challenge to regional upscaling of methane emissions	6
Chromosomal evolution in seagrasses: Is the chromosome number decreasing?	5
Herbivory increases on freshwater plants exposed to artificial light at night	5
Leaf anatomical traits and their ecological significance for Acrostichum aureum (Pteridaceae), a remarkable fern species growing in mangroves	5
Resurgence of Zostera marina in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon, Portugal	5
Evaluating a novel biodegradable lattice structure for subtropical seagrass restoration	5
Fish grazing enhanced by nutrient enrichment may limit invasive seagrass expansion	5
Phytomyxid infection in the non-native seagrass Halophila stipulacea in St Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands	5
Ecological niches of an introduced species Typha laxmannii and native Typha species in Austria	5

The interspecific competition of tropical estuarine macrophytes is not density-dependent	5
Genetic relationship among 12 Trapa species/varietas from Yangtze River Basin revealed by AFLP markers	5
Genetic analyses reveal fine-scale genetic structure between lagoon and open water spoon seagrass (Halophila ovalis) populations around Dongsha Island	5
Transplanting experiment and transcriptome sequencing reveal the potential ecological adaptation to plateau environments in the allopolyploid Isoetes sinensis	5
Characterization of key genes involved in anthocyanins biosynthesis in Nelumbo nucifera through RNA-Seq	5
NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD ITEMS CONSUMED BY ANTILLEAN MANATEES (Trichechus manatus manatus) ALONG THE COAST OF PARAÍBA, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL	5
Macrophyte functional traits in channelized streams	5
Range expansion of Marinomyxa marina, a phytomyxid parasite of the invasive seagrass Halophila stipulacea, to the Caribbean	5
The success of the invasive macrophyte Hydrilla verticillata and its interactions with the native Egeria najas in response to environmental factors and plant abundance in a subtropical reservoir	5
Depth distribution of three submerged macrophytes under water level fluctuations in a large plateau lake	5
Aquatic macrophytes in Ethiopian Rift Valley Lake Koka: Biological management option to reduce sediment loading	5
Establishment of mangrove ecosystems on man-made islands in Kuwait: Sustainable outcomes in a challenging and changing environment	5
The colonization of a coastal lagoon by a mangrove ecosystem: Benefit or threat to the lagoon?	5
Comparison of protein extraction methods for 2DE-based proteomic analysis of duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza, a small aquatic model plant	5
Interaction of substrate muddiness and low irradiance on seagrass: A mesocosm study of Zostera muelleri	5
Impacts of the yellow River and Qingtongxia dams on genetic diversity of Phragmites australis in Ningxia Plain, China	5
Regional macrophyte diversity is shaped by accumulative effects across waterbody types in southern China	5
Fertile drifting individuals of the invasive alien Sargassum muticum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) reach the coasts of the Canary Islands (eastern Atlantic Ocean)	5