OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Sciences 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex, mate guarding, and reproductive state as potential modulators of herbivory in an aquatic consumer	27
Riparian cover buffers the effects of abiotic and biotic predictors of leaf decomposition in subtropical streams	21
Asymmetric competition for habitats between the temperate Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and the tropical Indo-Pacific eel A. marmorata	17
Validity, applicability, and universality of fractal scaling laws for lakes in China	17
Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers	16
Hydrological conditions determine shifts of plankton metacommunity structure in riverine floodplains without affecting patterns of species richness along connectivity gradients	15
Modeling future dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles in small temperate lake trout lakes	14
The relative importance of abiotic, biotic, and spatial factors in structuring the stream macroinvertebrate metacommunity in a temperate rainforest	14
Differential abundance, composition and mesohabitat use by aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa in ponds with and without fish	12
Climatic and geographic variation as a driver of phenotypic divergence in reproductive characters and body sizes of invasive Gambusia holbrooki	12
Point and nonpoint sources of microplastics to two Southeast Michigan rivers and reduced biofilm function on plastic substrata	12
Predicting the density of zooplankton subsidy to a stream with multiple impoundments using water quality parameters	12
Fish community and its relationships with environmental variables in the channel connecting Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River	12
Turnover structures in macrobenthic communities rather than nestedness in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	12
An extensive review of marine pigments: sources, biotechnological applications, and sustainability	11
Correction: Agro is not cool: DNA damage and oxidative stress in anurans evidencing the devastation of subtropical grasslands	11
Compositional uniqueness and species contribution to beta diversity of aquatic macrophyte metacommunities from coastal wetlands	11
Zooplankton size-structure dynamics of a lowland tropical floodplain lake	11
Ecosystem services of urban rivers: a systematic review	11
Influence of an anthropogenic disturbance gradient on the abundance and biochemical characteristics of heterotrophic bacteria on beaches of the central coastal zone of Veracruz	11
Characterizing spatial and temporal variation in stable hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) between two distinct lentic freshwater food webs	11
New insight into and characterization of DOC and DON for inland waterbodies in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China	10
Benthic-pelagic equilibrium of carbon transfer in high-altitude lakes: featuring the role of lake’s characteristics and seasonal variation	10
Out of gas: re-flooding does not boost carbon emissions from drawdown areas in semiarid reservoirs after prolonged droughts	9
Influence of gut microbiome on health and development of penaeid shrimps	9

Urban land use homogenizes fish assemblages across mesohabitats in headwater streams	9
The spatiotemporal responses of phytoplankton to environmental variables in 7 coastal lagoons of Kızılırmak Delta (Samsun, Türkiye)	9
Effects of inter- and intraspecific competition and food availability on shredder invertebrates from an Amazonian stream	9
Hydrology influences carbon flux through metabolic pathways in the hypolimnion of a Mediterranean reservoir	9
Correction to: Experimental desiccation indicates high moisture content maintains hyporheic biofilm processes during drought in temperate intermittent streams	9
Seasonal dynamics of Hildenbrandia rubra in a Mediterranean marine cave: insights into the algal community and biodiversity	9
Factors regulating proliferation and co-occurrence of loricate ciliates in the microzooplankton community from the eastern Arabian Sea	9
Patterns of genetic diversity of brown trout in a northern Spanish catchment linked to structural connectivity	9
Assemblage pattern, guild compositions and seasonal dynamics of ornamental and food fishes in the Indian Sundarbans estuarine system: a model-based approach for sustainability	8
Patterns and controls of carbon dioxide concentration and fluxes at the air–water interface in South American lowland streams	8
Why does the relationship between benthic primary production and lake morphometry vary regionally?	8
Tracing climate change with riverine ecotones and macroinvertebrates: is there need for extended monitoring at low elevations in western Himalaya?	8
Combined effects of fungicides and temperature affect non-target aquatic fungal assemblages	8
The influence of land use, microhabitat and aquatic insect subsidies on predatory riparian arthropod distributions	8
Factors that influence the toxicity levels of metals in water and soils: a case study of Lake Nike, Enugu, Nigeria	8
Spatial and temporal patterns in the chemistry of temperate low order Andean streams: effects of landscape gradients and hydrology	8
Echoes of life: unveiling the cryptic legacy of Megabalanus azoricus dead shells on epibiont assemblages	8
High temperature, predation, nutrient, and food quality drive dominance of small-sized zooplankton in Neotropical lakes	8
Aquatic diversity in a connected floodplain system: the role of environmental, spatial, and dispersal traits on macroinvertebrate communities	7
How does the phytoplankton community respond to the effects of La Niña and post-drought events in a tide-dominated Amazon estuary?	7
Mercury–dissolved organic matter interactions: insights on the removal of both pollutants in conventional drinking water treatment	7
Unraveling the phytoplankton altitudinal dynamics in relation to environmental variables in a Himalayan River, Teesta, India	7
Community stability and seasonal biotic homogenisation emphasize the effect of the invasive tropical tanner grass on macrophytes from a highly dynamic neotropical tidal river	7
Combined effects of salinization and temperature on microbial-mediated oak decomposition and invertebrate consumption	7
Limnological history of three lakes from the former asbestos mining region of Thetford Mines (southern Quebec, Canada)	7
Heavy metal contamination in fish: sources, mechanisms and consequences	7
Taxonomic and functional aspects of diversity and composition of plankton communities in shallow lentic ecosystems along the human impact and environmental gradients	7
Effects of water level fluctuations on the trophic state of a connected lacustrine system (Southern Andes, Patagonia, Argentina): applicability of the CDOM method as a tool for monitoring of eutrophic	7
The role of the environment and connectivity with large rivers and streams on local fish diversity of tropical headwater streams	7
Effects of dissolved inorganic level and sediment types on the plant traits of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and its exudates input to sediment	6
Physically stable yet biologically sensitive: multiyear ecological dynamics of anoxygenic phototrophs in stably redox-stratified Lake Cadagno	6
Plankton assemblages in a tropical West African estuary	6
Structural and functional responses of lotic biofilm to abrasive sediments and P enrichment: an indoor experimental approach	6
Anthropogenic activities destabilized riverine bacterial communities by increasing synchrony between taxa	6
Effect of Asian clam shells on aquatic fauna in an artificial ditch	6
Macroinvertebrate functional traits differed with land use practices at Patagonian streams	6
Dynamic phytoplankton community structure in a subtropical reservoir during an extended drought, Central Texas, USA	6
Contribution of riverine dissolved organic carbon to organic carbon decomposition in the Ariake Sea, Japan, a coastal area suffering from summer hypoxia	6
Origin and dynamics of surface water - groundwater flows that sustain the Matusagaratí Wetland, Panamá	6
Food web simplification driven by land use in lowland riverine wetlands	6
Population genetics of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata; Linnaeus, 1766) in the Persian Gulf: structure and historical demography	6
Cross-species coprophagy in small stream detritivores counteracts low-quality litter: native versus invasive plant litter	6
Protecting river eco-hydrological processes: insights from water temperature studies	5
Phytoplankton taxonomic and functional diversity in two shallow alluvial lakes with contrasting river connectivity	5
Evaluation of Zayandehroud basin health in the Iranian plateau	5
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) characterization in subantarctic shallow lakes and beaver ponds	5
Ecological and environmental characteristics of a seagrass-dominated hypersaline coastal Mediterranean lagoon: a multidisciplinary approach	5
Marine protected areas of Africa: current challenges and future opportunities in conservation	5
Leaf litter decomposition rates in freshwaters differ by ecosystem	5
Assessing environmental and spatial drivers of non-marine ostracod metacommunities structure in Northern and Southern Patagonian environments	5

Characteristics of N2O release from polluted creeks in the Taihu Lake Basin: sources and microbial populations	5
Microbial contamination in a large drinking water reservoir in north Vietnam	5
Catchments affect growth rate of Northern Pike, Esox lucius, in subarctic lakes	5
Interactions between diurnal winds and floodplain mosaics control the insect boundary layer in a river corridor	5
Seasonal hydrology shapes the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish associated with aquatic macrophytes in a neotropical floodplain lake	5
A global analysis on the relationship between water retention time and dissolved carbon across inland waters	5
Does the spatial aggregation of ponds affect crustacean zooplankton diversity and grazing efficiency in the agricultural multi-pond system?	5
New insight into barium toxicity in the gills of the European clam (Ruditapes decussatus): a focus on redox status, fatty acids profiles, and histological structures	5
Distribution of inorganic nitrogenous species and nitrification in the mangrove environment of the Indian Sundarbans	4
Cold-tolerant traits that favour northwards movement and establishment of Mediterranean and Ponto-Caspian alien aquatic invertebrates	4
Genetic diversity studies of Baikal endemic sponges at the interspecies and population levels using high-resolution microsatellite markers	4
Diurnal variations in greenhouse gas diffusive emissions from a river covered with submerged macrophytes: environmental and biotic driving factors	4
Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake	4
First insight in cyanobacterial and algal communities from cave stream (Stopić Cave, Serbia)	4
Molecular level characterization of DOM along a freshwater-to-estuarine coastal gradient in the Florida Everglades	4
Macroinvertebrate interactions stimulate decomposition in WWTP effluent-impacted aquatic ecosystems	4
Riparian and watershed land use alters food web structure and shifts basal energy in agricultural streams	4
Benthic communities of saline rivers in the arid zone of south Russia: saliny tolerance, production, trophic conditions	4
Water surface variability in oceanic and estuarine coasts of Amapá, Brazil	4
Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages	4
Significant diurnal variation of CO2 flux from a shallow eutrophic lake: effects of submerged aquatic vegetation and algae bloom	4
Environmental drivers alter PUFA content in littoral macroinvertebrate assemblages via changes in richness and abundance	4
Structural and functional changes in macrophyte species composition in softwater lakes after 60 years of land use	4
Transitional circulation patterns from full ice cover to ice-off in a seasonally ice-covered lake	4
Changes in river ice cover in the context of climate change and dam impacts: a review	4
Fatty acid flux disparities between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a shaded river can alter the nutritional content of consumer resources	4
Effect of glyphosate on the sporulation of aquatic fungi: an in-vitro experience	4
Avoidance behavior of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) shoals to low-frequency sound stimulation	4
Spread and persistence of the invasive dinoflagellate Ceratium furcoides (Levander) Langhans through South America: watersheds in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	4
The structure, composition, and predicted microbiome functional genes in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) grow-out ponds with different survival rates through high-throughput sequencing	4
Composition, structure, and distribution of diatom assemblages in Mediterranean thermal spring ecotones affected by natural and human disturbances	4
Fish body geometry reduces the upstream velocity profile in subcritical flowing waters	4
Influence of groundwater discharge on the hydrochemistry of coastal lagoons and marsh environments in Punta Rasa Natural Reserve area, Argentina	4
Impact of two invasive species, roach and the zebra mussel, on pelagic zooplankton species abundance in Lower Lough Erne	4