OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies in Oceanography is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-08-01 to 2023-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Manifestation and consequences of warming and altered heat fluxes over the Bering and Chukchi Sea continental shelves	78
DNA metabarcoding reveals organisms contributing to particulate matter flux to abyssal depths in the North East Pacific ocean	32
Annual cycle of export fluxes of biogenic matter near Hanna Shoal in the northeast Chukchi Sea	30
Environmental impacts on walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) distribution across the Bering Sea shelf	28
Phytoplankton dynamics and bloom formation in the oligotrophic Eastern Mediterranean: Field studies in the Aegean, Levantine and Ionian seas	28
A nutrient limitation mosaic in the eastern tropical Indian Ocean	28
Shifts in the physical environment in the Pacific Arctic and implications for ecological timing and conditions	26
Impact of excess and deficit river runoff on Bay of Bengal upper ocean characteristics using an ocean general circulation model	24
Freshwater export pathways from the Bay of Bengal	22
The first deep-sea mooring station in the eastern Levantine basin (DeepLev), outline and insights into regional sedimentological processes	22
Atmospheric inputs of nutrients to the Mediterranean Sea	21
Vertical distribution of planktonic ciliates in the oceanic and slope areas of the western Pacific Ocean	20
Metabarcoding analysis of regional variation in gut contents of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the North Atlantic Ocean	19
Can mesopelagic mixed layers be used as feed sources for salmon aquaculture?	18
Response of deep-sea deposit-feeders to detrital inputs: A comparison of two abyssal time-series sites	18
Biogeochemical drivers of changing hypoxia in the California Current Ecosystem	18
Distribution of dissolved iron in the Pearl River (Zhujiang) Estuary and the northern continental slope of the South China Sea	17
Distributional shifts among seabird communities of the Northern Bering and Chukchi seas in response to ocean warming during 2017–2019	17
On the wave-current interaction during the passage of a tropical cyclone in the Bay of Bengal	17
Ecological responses to climate perturbations and minimal sea ice in the northern Bering Sea	16
Vertical distribution and diel migration of mesopelagic fishes on the northern slope of the South China sea	16
The breeding seabird community reveals that recent sea ice loss in the Pacific Arctic does not benefit piscivores and is detrimental to planktivores	16
On the salinity structure in the South Adriatic as derived from float and glider observations in 2013–2016	16
Response of Pink salmon to climate warming in the northern Bering Sea	16
Micronektonic fish species over three seamounts in the southwestern Indian Ocean	16

Plankton distribution within a young cyclonic eddy off south-western Madagascar	16
Climate-related changes in the biomass and distribution of small pelagic fishes in the eastern Bering Sea during late summer, 2002–2018	15
Eddies and currents in the Bay of Bengal during summer monsoons	15
Methane distributions and sea-to-air fluxes in the Pearl River Estuary and the northern South China sea	15
Quasi-biweekly oscillations in the Bay of Bengal in observations and model simulations	14
Coupled effects of ocean current on wind stress in the Bay of Bengal: Eddy energetics and upper ocean stratification	14
Alternative energy pathways in Southern Ocean food webs: Insights from a balanced model of Prydz Bay, Antarctica	14
DNA-based diet analysis of mesopelagic fish from the southern Kerguelen Axis	14
Evidence for recent thermohaline variability and processes in the deep water of the Southeastern Levantine Basin, Mediterranean Sea	14
Global patterns and inferences of tuna movements and trophodynamics from stable isotope analysis	14
Effect of freshwater advection and winds on the vertical structure of chlorophyll in the northern Bay of Bengal	14
Carbon export and drivers in the southeastern Levantine Basin	14
Feeding habits of the Pacific Bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) larvae in two nursery grounds based on morphological and metagenomic analyses	14
Integrated ecosystem research in the Pacific Arctic – understanding ecosystem processes, timing and change	13
Unusually low euphausiid biomass during the warm years of 2014–2016 in the transition zone of the California Current	13
The effect of oceanographic variability on the distribution of larval fishes of the northern Bering and Chukchi seas	13
Plankton abundance, biovolume, and normalized biovolume size spectra in the northern slope of the South China Sea in autumn 2014 and summer 2015	13
Quasi-biennial Rossby and Kelvin waves in the South Indian Ocean: Tropical and subtropical modes and the Indian Ocean Dipole	12
Micronekton biomass distribution, improved estimates across four north Atlantic basins	12
Vertical structure and temporal variability of currents over the Chukchi Sea continental slope	12
Evaluation and projection of global marine heatwaves based on CMIP6 models	12
Body condition of phocid seals during a period of rapid environmental change in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska	12
Hydrography of the Eastern Mediterranean basin derived from argo floats profile data	12
Otolith oxygen isotope analysis and temperature history in early life stages of the chub mackerel Scomber japonicus in the Kuroshio–Oyashio transition region	12
Seasonality and interannual variability of the Sri Lanka dome	12
Micronekton distribution as influenced by mesoscale eddies, Madagascar shelf and shallow seamounts in the south-western Indian Ocean: an acoustic approach	12
Connectivity between seamounts and coastal ecosystems in the Southwestern Indian Ocean	11
Seasonal and interannual variability of nitrate in the eastern Chukchi Sea: Transport and winter replenishment	11
Numerical modelling of tidally generated internal wave radiation from the Andaman Sea into the Bay of Bengal	11
Is there an effect of Bay of Bengal salinity on the northern Indian Ocean climatological rainfall?	11
Holocene monsoon and sea level-related changes of sedimentation in the northeastern Arabian Sea	11
Die–offs, reproductive failure, and changing at–sea abundance of murres in the Bering and Chukchi Seas in 2018	11
Quantitative modelling of the spatial dynamics of South Pacific and Atlantic albacore tuna populations	11
Distribution of blue whale populations in the Southern Indian Ocean based on a decade of acoustic monitoring	11
Vertical distribution and migration of mesopelagic scatterers in four north Atlantic basins	11
A suboxic chlorophyll-a maximum persists within the Pacific oxygen minimum zone off Mexico	11
Mesopelagic fish composition and diets of three myctophid species with potential incidence of microplastics, across the southern tropical gyre	11
Walleye Pollock breach the Bering Strait: A change of the cods in the arctic	10
Upper layer thermohaline structure of the Bay of Bengal during the 2013 northeast monsoon	10
Impact of the migration behavior of mesopelagic fishes on the compositions of dissolved and particulate organic carbon on the northern slope of the South China Sea	10
An acoustic method to observe the distribution and behaviour of mesopelagic organisms in front of a trawl	10
Satellite estimation of carbon export by sinking particles in the California Current calibrated with sediment trap data	10
Hadal fauna of the South Sandwich Trench, Southern Ocean: Baited camera survey from the Five Deeps Expedition.	10
Stratification, plankton layers, and mixing measured by airborne lidar in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas	10
Potential changes in the distribution of suitable habitat for Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) under climate change scenarios	10
Spatial changes in the summer diatom community of the northern Bering Sea in 2017 and 2018	10
Interannual variability in primary production and shelf-offshore transport of nutrients along the northeast Pacific Ocean margin	10
Comparison of mesozooplankton communities at three shallow seamounts in the South West Indian Ocean	10
Seasonal patterns of near-bottom chlorophyll fluorescence in the eastern Chukchi Sea: 2010–2019	9
Sediment trap and deep sea coretop sediments as tracers of recent changes in planktonic foraminifera assemblages in the southeastern ultra-oligotrophic Levantine Basin	9

Seamounts, plateaus and governance issues in the southwestern Indian Ocean, with emphasis on fisheries management and marine conservation, using the Walters Shoal as a case study for implementing a pr	9
ENSO phase-locking biases from the CMIP5 to CMIP6 models and a possible explanation	9
Spatio-temporal trends in zooplankton biomass in the northern Humboldt current system off Peru from 1961-2012	9
Benthic megafauna assemblage change over three decades in the abyss: Variations from species to functional groups	9
Seasonal variations of biochemical and optical properties, physical dynamics and N stable isotopic composition in three northeastern Mediterranean basins (Aegean, Cretan and Ionian Seas)	9
Stable isotope patterns of mesopelagic communities over two shallow seamounts of the south-western Indian Ocean	9
Are shifts in species distribution triggered by climate change? A swordfish case study	9
Coccolithophore export in three deep-sea sites of the Aegean and Ionian Seas (Eastern Mediterranean): Biogeographical patterns and biogenic carbonate fluxes	9
Thirty-year time series study at a station in the abyssal NE Pacific: An introduction	9
Advection and in situ processes as drivers of change for the abundance of large zooplankton taxa in the Chukchi Sea	9
Distinctive spring phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Strait in 2018: A year of historically minimum sea ice extent	9
Ocean circulation and frontal structure near the southern Kerguelen Plateau: The physical context for the Kerguelen Axis ecosystem study	9
Spatio-temporal distribution modeling of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the Pacific Ocean off Peru using artisanal longline fishery data	9
Stable isotope analysis reveals feeding ecology and trophic position of black marlin off eastern Taiwan	9
Dynamics of intraseasonal oscillations in the Bay of Bengal during summer monsoons captured by mooring observations	8
Sediment trap-derived particulate matter fluxes in the oligotrophic subtropical gyre of the South Indian Ocean	8
Maintenance of the southern Bay of Bengal cold pool	8
Stomach content analysis of mesopelagic fish from the southern Kerguelen Axis	8
Responses of Gulf of Alaska plankton communities to a marine heat wave	8
Horizontal and vertical movement patterns of sunfish off eastern Taiwan	8
Seasonal and spatial variability in the vertical distribution of pelagic forage fauna in the Southwest Pacific	8
Physical forcing controls spatial variability in primary production in the Indian Ocean	8
Assessing the effect of riverine discharge on planktic foraminifera: A case study from the marginal marine regions of the western Bay of Bengal	8
Observation of a mesoscale eddy dipole on the northern Madagascar Ridge: Consequences for the circulation and hydrography in the vicinity of a seamount	8
Seamount effect on circulation and distribution of ocean taxa in the vicinity of La Pérouse, a shallow seamount in the southwestern Indian Ocean	8
Thermal fronts and attracting Lagrangian Coherent Structures in the north Bay of Bengal during December 2015–March 2016	8
Extreme oceanographic conditions in the northwestern Bering Sea in 2017–2018	8
Investigation of the 2018 thick-billed murre (Uria lomvia) die-off on St. Lawrence Island rules out food shortage as the cause	8
The MADRidge project: Bio-physical coupling around three shallow seamounts in the South West Indian Ocean	8
Diel vertical migration of zooplankton and micronekton on the northern slope of the South China Sea observed by a moored ADCP	8
Determining the effect of multiscale climate indices on the global yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) population using a time series analysis	8
Variations in black-footed albatross sightings in a North Pacific transitional area due to changes in fleet dynamics and oceanography 2006–2017.	8
Estimating abundance of Risso's dolphins using a hierarchical Bayesian habitat model: A framework for monitoring stocks of animals inhabiting a dynamic ocean environment	8
Grazing control and iron limitation of primary production in the Arabian Sea: Implications for anticipated shifts in Southwest Monsoon intensity	8
Impacts of global warming on larval and juvenile transport of Japanese eels (Anguilla japonica)	8
Modelling the Mediterranean pelagic ecosystem using the POSEIDON ecological model. Part I: Nutrients and chlorophyll-a dynamics	8
Influence of oceanographic and climatic variability on the catch rate of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) cohorts in the Indian Ocean	8
SST variability in the eastern intertropical Indian Ocean – On the search for trigger mechanisms of IOD events	8
Effects of the timing of sea ice retreat on demersal fish assemblages in the northern bering and Chukchi Seas	8
Biological production in the Indian Ocean upwelling zones - Part 2: Data based estimates of variable compensation depth for ocean carbon models via cyclo-stationary Bayesian Inversion.	8
The two-component model coincidence: Evaluating the validity of marine dissolved organic radiocarbon as a stable-conservative tracer at Station M	8
Stratification in the northern Bering Sea in early summer of 2017 and 2018	7
Structure of the Bay of Bengal oxygen deficient zone	7
Exploring ecosystem structure and function of the northern Kerguelen Plateau using a mass-balanced food web model	7
Effects of the 2013–2016 Northeast Pacific warm anomaly on physical and biogeochemical variables off northwestern Baja California, derived from a numerical NPZD ocean model	7
Decadal changes in diversity and occurrence of microalgal blooms in the NW Arabian/Persian Gulf	7
The response of microzooplankton (tintinnid) community to salinity related environmental changes in a hypersaline marine system in the northwestern Arabian Gulf	7
The state of the atmosphere in the 2016 southern Kerguelen Axis campaign region	7
Deep-sea benthic foraminifera record of the last 1500 years in the North Aegean Trough (northeastern Mediterranean): A paleoclimatic reconstruction scenario	7
Distribution and long-term change of the sea surface carbonate system in the Mozambique Channel (1963–2019)	7
Habitat associations of cetaceans and seabirds in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean	7
Seasonality of surface stirring by geostrophic flows in the Bay of Bengal	7
The impact of lateral advection on SST and SSS in the northern Bay of Bengal during 2015	7
Species composition and biomass density of mesopelagic nekton of the South China Sea continental slope	7
Spatio-temporal variability of chlorophyll in the northern Indian Ocean: A biogeochemical argo data perspective	7
Seasonality combined with the orientation of surfaces influences the microbial community structure of biofilms in the deep Mediterranean Sea	7
Variability in fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) occurrence in the Bering Strait and southern Chukchi Sea in relation to environmental factors	7
Lagrangian analysis of surface transport patterns in the northern south China sea	7
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) distribution and movements in the vicinity of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area	7
Lagrangian study of mesoscale circulation in the Alaskan Stream area and the eastern Bering Sea	7
Marine debris pathways across the southern Indian Ocean	7
Timing of spring sea-ice retreat and summer seabird-prey associations in the northern Bering Sea	7
Seasonal changes in the zooplankton community and population structure in the northern Bering Sea from June to September, 2017	7
Processes governing the seasonality of vertical chlorophyll-a distribution in the central Arabian Sea: Bio-Argo observations and ecosystem model simulation	7
Anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and impacts on oceanic N2O fluxes in the northern Indian Ocean: The need for an integrated observation and modelling approach	7