OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Environmental Biology of Fishes is 4. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Advisory Editor profile: Lisa Natanson	31
Disentangling determinants of nearshore fish and crayfish assemblages in a canyon-shaped Mediterranean reservoir	29
Population structure of the Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) in United States waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean	29
Spawning habitat characteristics and egg mortality in relation to river geomorphology and run-times of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in a metropolitan river system, northern Japan	26
Distribution and abundance of the Patagonian lamprey (Geotria macrostoma) in the largest unfragmented river of southern Patagonia, Argentina	22
An introduction to the second of two special issues on frontiers in elasmobranch biology	19
Seasonal occurrence and environmental drivers of pelagic shark species in Los Cabos, Mexico, assessed using citizen science	18
Reproductive ecology of the butid Oxyeleotris urophthalmus (Bleeker, 1851) in the intertidal zone of the Mekong Delta, Vietnam	18
Summer physical habitat associations and movement of sympatric juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Dolly Varden char (Salvelinus malma) in coastal streams of British Columbia	18
Identification of Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma) in the Canadian Arctic east of the Mackenzie River	18
Scalloped hammerhead shark Sphyrna lewini relative abundance comparison in three offshore marine protected areas of the Eastern Tropical Pacific	17
Connectivity and high genetic diversity in populations of the dog snapper Lutjanus jocu (Lutjanidae: Perciformes) from the South Western Atlantic, recovered with multilocus analysis	16
Sponge species identity and morphology shape occupancy patterns of a Caribbean sponge-dwelling goby (Elacatinus horsti)	15
Evaluating the present and prospective situation of an endangered freshwater fish, Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi, in Iraq using species distribution modeling	15
Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to assess the spatiotemporal occurrence of the imperiled River Redhorse (Moxostoma carinatum) in the Escambia-Conecuh River system of Florida and Alabama, USA	15
A review of tonic immobility as an adaptive behavior in sharks	15
Determining the natal origin of the reintroduced allis shad (Alosa alosa) in the Rhine River using otolith microchemistry	14
Contrasting fish assemblages among floodplain ponds in a remnant riverine swamp	13
Temporal genetic variation of the Chinese longsnout catfish (Leiocassis longirostris) in the upper Yangtze River with resource decline	12
The effects of artificial light at night on the foraging activity of Japanese eels: implications of recreational fishing data	12
Trophic ecology of Pacific sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon longurio) in Santa Rosalia, Gulf of California, Mexico	12
Evidence for successive breaching events by basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae)	12
Dynamic rates of Freshwater Drum near the northern extent of their range: evidence of environment-recruitment relationships	12
Persistent declines in sightings of manta and devil rays (Mobulidae) at a global hotspot in southern Mozambique	12
Identification of a Prionobutis microps Weber, 1907 larva using morphological and molecular approaches leads to a new distribution record for Eastern Arabian Sea, India	11

Potential nursery area for the endangered oceanic manta ray in the Gulf of California, México	11
Capture, husbandry, and oxygen consumption rate of juvenile Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus)	11
Salinity fluctuations due to urbanization of coastal environments and their potential effect on the genetic divergence of the Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis)	10
Environmental enrichment enhances feeding success during the early parr stage of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)	10
Diet variations and morphological changes of the rockcod Patagonotothen tessellata (Teleostei: Nototheniidae) in Chilean Central Patagonia	10
Using parentage-based tagging to estimate survival of Chinook salmon fry in a large storage reservoir	10
Intraspecific diversity of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations in eastern Canada	10
An ecothermal paradox: bull trout populations diverge in response to thermal landscapes across a broad latitudinal gradient	10
New reports reveal novel habitats and geographic range extension of endangered Urogymnus rays across the Indian coastal and riverine ecosystems	10
Relationship between in-river return rate of hatchery-origin chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta and coastal water temperature and body weight at release on the Japan Sea side of Honshu, Japan	9
Eastward journey: a second capture and first genetically confirmed record of Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus in the Laptev Sea (Siberian Arctic)	9
Fish assemblages at the surroundings of a port terminal of liquefied natural gas in the central coast of Peru	9
Upstream movement of juvenile eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) in a southwestern European river	9
Small mouth, big appetite: diet analysis of invasive smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) in Cultus Lake, British Columbia	8
Influence of characteristics of tropical reservoirs on the fish trophic guilds structure	8
Diet habits and trophic ecology of Rio Grande Sucker and Rio Grande Chub	8
Nile tilapia growth and reproduction: a dynamic energy budget approach	8
Effects of generations in captivity and elevated rearing temperature on Ontario hatchery brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) fry quality and survival	8
Stable isotopes and diet metabarcoding reveal trophic overlap between native and invasive Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) subspecies	8
Pleistocene glaciation and Anthropocene fragmentation influence genetic variation in the Illinois state–listed mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii)	8
Post-spawning growth acceleration in fish as a result of reduced live weight and thus, increased food conversion efficiency	8
Conservation connections: incorporating connectivity into management and conservation of flats fishes and their habitats in a multi-stressor world	8
Thyroid hormone signaling in the evolution of carotenoid coloration in Neotropical cichlids with reversed sexual dichromatism	8
Variation of dispersal and early life growth patterns in masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)	7
Optimizing larval rearing strategies for the endangered catfish Horabagrus nigricollaris: Integrating stocking density and substrate preferences	7
Phylogenetic and ecological processes shape genome size variation in the order Characiformes	7
Exploring fish functional trait assemblages in Eastern Mediterranean rivers: a study across multiple scales using network analysis	7
Sand tiger shark Carcharias taurus mating season in the northwest Atlantic Ocean inferred from wound healing dynamics	7
Genetic origin and morphometric traits of invasive African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) in a protected area in southeastern Brazil	7
Necessary condition for an endangered species, Rhinogobius brunneus, to live in the shortest river leading to a deep inner bay in the Japan Sea	7
Trophic ecology of three sympatric batoid species (Dasyatis pastinaca, Raja clavata, and Raja maderensis) from the Azores, NE Atlantic	7
The effect of boat sound on freshwater fish behavior in public (motorized) and wilderness (nonmotorized) lakes	7
Advisory Editor profile: John Robinson	7
Effects of a common antidepressant on behavior and dispersal in the globally invasive freshwater eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)	7
Nutrient sequestration by a highly invasive armored catfish in a Florida spring ecosystem	7
Bone appétit: DNA metabarcoding as a non-lethal alternative to morphological dietary assessment in Atlantic bonefish (Albula vulpes)	7
Varied growth patterns of 25 fish species in the Yunnan section of the Lixian River	7
Interactions of coral reef cleaner species in the Mexican Caribbean	7
Effects of chemical pollution on the behaviour of cichlid fish	7
Geographic variation in stable isotope ratios of subtropical American eel (Anguilla rostrata)	7
Trophic ecology of banded guitar ray Zapteryx exasperata (Jordan & Gilbert, 1880) during El Niño and “The Blob” in the Mexican Pacific	6
Modeling river connectivity for Pseudorasbora parva in Japanese paddy field ecosystems using MaxEnt	6
Influence of biological, ecological, and anthropogenic factors on microplastic contamination in coastal fishes from Southeastern Brazil	6
Influence of a major tsunami event on larval and juvenile fish assemblage composition associated with a seagrass habitat in Okirai Bay, Japan	6
A multi-stage framework for validating targeted environmental DNA (eDNA) assays: from in silico design to in vitro and in situ testing for fisheries monitoring	6
Isotopic turnover dynamics in larval pacú (Piaractus mesopotamicus): bridging the gap between maternal transmission and trophic ecology	6
Dietary niches of endemic and range-expanding salmonids in the western Canadian Arctic	6
Spatiotemporal use of a tributary by lake sturgeon over a 10-year period	6
Understanding the drivers of fish beta diversity from beaches on a reduced flow stretch in an Amazonian River	6
Behavioural responses of a cold-water benthivore to loss of oxythermal habitat	6

Life history trade-offs mediated by digene parasites in the protected White Sands pupfish (Cyprinodon tularosa)	6
Parsimony analysis to track fish living areas via isotopic signatures in otoliths	6
Describing the diet of a generalist feeder: the striped searobin (Prionotus evolans) from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (USA)	6
Is the seagrass greener on the other side? Faster growth in Biscayne Bay, Florida’s nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) compared to neighboring conspecifics of Bimini, The Bahamas	6
Declines in sightings and changing visitation patterns of reef manta rays at an important aggregation site in Mozambique	6
Osmoregulation and HSP70 abundance in freshwater catfish Rhamdia quelen under acute salt exposure	6
The regularity of the striped mullet Mugil cephalus spawning in accordance with Gulf of Mexico tides	6
Importance of marine-estuarine-riverine connectivity to larvae and early juveniles of estuary-associated fish taxa	6
A critical evaluation of adult blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, distribution off the United States East Coast	6
Image analysis approach to estimate fecundity of live-bearer rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) along the California Coast	5
A Field Guide to the Fishes of the Salish Sea is a portable work of art	5
Effects of plasticity and genetic divergence in phenotypic trait expression of sulfide spring fishes	5
First records of holothurian predation by the ocellated eagle ray (Aetobatus ocellatus) in Réunion island	5
Identifying wild and hatchery-reared largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) using otolith microstructure: a snapshot for the invasion situation in China	5
Effects of recreational disturbance history on female Trinidadian guppies’ responses to chemical predation cues	5
Movement propensity differs in two morphs of the plainfin midshipman, Porichthys notatus	5
Linked foraging and bioenergetics modeling may inform fish parasite infection dynamics	5
Ontogenetic feeding ecology of the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the Colombian eastern tropical Pacific	5
Environmental conditions influence exploration, antipredation behavior, and fin condition in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)	5
Advisory Editor profile: Eva Enders	5
There’s no place like home: high site fidelity and small home range of bonefish (Albula vulpes) inhabiting fringing reef flats in Culebra, Puerto Rico	5
Fish community structure varies by location and presence of artificial islands: a case study in Hamilton Harbour, Lake Ontario	5
First record of a pectoral-fin abnormality in the broadnose skate Bathyraja brachyurops (Elasmobranchii, Arhynchobatidae)	5
Migratory behavior of aggregating male Tiger Grouper (Mycteroperca tigris) in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands	5
Selection of zooplankton prey by larval yellow perch across multiple lake systems	5
Parasite component community of a mangrove-dwelling killifish species	5
Molecular identification of larval sand lance (Ammodytes spp.) caught in the Hudson Bay System 2010–2018	5
Adapted to past, present and future aquatic environments: a review of the biology and ecology of the eurytopic Indo-Pacific tarpon Megalops cyprinoides	5
Thermal niche and habitat use by co-occurring lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and brook trout (S. fontinalis) in stratified lakes	5
SNP-based species identification of sympatric Carcharhinus galapagensis and C. obscurus sharks to support conservation monitoring in oceanic habitats	5
Ultrastructure of steroidogenic cells and immunolocalization of 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3 (17β-HSD3) in mature testes of Potamotrygon wallacei (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)	5
Movements of anadromous coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in Puget Sound, Washington, USA	5
Age, Growth and Maturity of the Bonnethead Sphyrna tiburo in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico	5
Global assessment of manta and devil ray gill plate and meat trade: conservation implications and opportunities	5
Habitat use of the Etowah bridled darter, a locally endemic fish species	5
Trends and distribution of hardhead catfish in Texas estuaries—shifting relative abundance of a highly ubiquitous generalist predator	5
Correction to: Cascading effects of climate change on recreational marine flats fishes and fisheries	5
Variability of prey preferences and uptake of anthropogenic particles by juvenile white seabream in a coastal lagoon nursery ground	5
Environmental influences in the population dynamics of Psalidodon paranae (Characidae) from a Neotropical microbasin	5
Evidence of mating scars in female tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) at the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazilian Equatorial Atlantic	5
Occurrence of the endangered whitespotted eagle ray Aetobatus narinari around the Lesser Antilles island of Saint Kitts: a photo-identification study	4
Advisory Editor profile: Yoshitaka Sakakura	4
Morays need to get a grip!—The California moray (Gymnothorax mordax) uses its body and the environment for leverage during feeding	4
Species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) assay for monitoring the distribution of the endangered carmine shiner Notropis percobromus in Manitoba	4
Spatiotemporal distribution and feeding ecology of the brown croaker (Miichthys miiuy) in the southwestern sea of Korea	4
Assessing physical qualities and fatty acid profiles of early-stage bonefish (Albula goreensis) leptocephalus larvae reared in captivity to better understand early life history traits and inform conse	4
Advisory Editor profile: Bjarni K. Kristjánsson	4
On being the wrong size, or the role of body mass in fish kills and hypoxia exposure	4
Relationships between egg size and maternal size, life history forms, and habitats of Greenlandic Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)	4
Current status and future perspectives of Neotropical freshwater stingrays (Potamotrygoninae, Myliobatiformes) genetics	4
Armour reduction and pelvic girdle loss in a population of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from western Newfoundland, Canada	4
Correction to: Insular and mainland interconnectivity in the movements of oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) off Mexico in the Eastern Tropical Pacific	4
Barrier spatial structure of co-occurring spawning of three small pelagic fish in the Northern Patagonia Estuarine Zone of Chile	4
Integument morphology of the smallest Amazonian freshwater stingray Potamotrygon wallacei (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygoninae)	4
Intra- and interspecific behaviors during the breeding season of the sand-dwelling goby Istigobius campbelli	4
Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals urgent conservation needs for the southernmost population of ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis)	4
Ecomorphology of Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus): on the influence of size, sex, and river location	4
A review of elasmobranch breaching behavior: why do sharks and rays propel themselves out of the water into the air?	4
Author Correction: Environmental and spatial modeling of the critically endangered sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus, in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean	4
Widespread occurrence and repeated evolution of ultra-black camouflage in the pelagic deep-sea anguilloid eels (Anguilliformes)	4
Reef fish biodiversity and occurrence of endangered sharks within a small marine protected area off Sint Maarten, Dutch Caribbean	4
Phylogeography and demographic history of the swordtail fish Xiphophorus multilineatus	4
Economic assessments of recreational flats fisheries provide leverage for conservation	4
Recovery of a headwater stream population of brown trout after a fish kill in southeastern Minnesota, USA	4
A fragmented fish community: evaluation of the present distribution and drivers of fish communities in the lower uThukela River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	4
Examination of freshwater drum populations at the center of their latitudinal range: implications for development of diverse recreational angling opportunities	4
Advisory Editor profile: Peter Klimley	4
Goldeye (Hiodon alosoides) population dynamics in Lake Oahe and Lake Sharpe, South Dakota	4
Assessing the potential for red tide (Karenia brevis) algal bloom impacts on Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) along the southwestern coast of Florida	4
Influence of water temperature on thyroid hormones and on the movement behavior of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in water flow	4
Advisory Editor profile: Jason Podrabsky	4