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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Sex, mate guarding, and reproductive state as potential modulators of herbivory in an aquatic consumer	24
Riparian cover buffers the effects of abiotic and biotic predictors of leaf decomposition in subtropical streams	21
Validity, applicability, and universality of fractal scaling laws for lakes in China	17
Asymmetric competition for habitats between the temperate Japanese eel Anguilla japonica and the tropical Indo-Pacific eel A. marmorata	17
Mayfly taxonomic and functional diversity in hydrologically extreme habitats of temporary pools in the Mediterranean karst intermittent rivers	16
The relative importance of abiotic, biotic, and spatial factors in structuring the stream macroinvertebrate metacommunity in a temperate rainforest	15
Hydrological conditions determine shifts of plankton metacommunity structure in riverine floodplains without affecting patterns of species richness along connectivity gradients	15
Differential abundance, composition and mesohabitat use by aquatic macroinvertebrate taxa in ponds with and without fish	14
Point and nonpoint sources of microplastics to two Southeast Michigan rivers and reduced biofilm function on plastic substrata	14
Turnover structures in macrobenthic communities rather than nestedness in the Yellow River Delta wetland, China	12
Fish community and its relationships with environmental variables in the channel connecting Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River	12
Seasonal dynamics of Hildenbrandia rubra in a Mediterranean marine cave: insights into the algal community and biodiversity	12
Modeling future dissolved oxygen and temperature profiles in small temperate lake trout lakes	12
Characterizing spatial and temporal variation in stable hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) between two distinct lentic freshwater food webs	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
Patterns of genetic diversity of brown trout in a northern Spanish catchment linked to structural connectivity	11
Predicting the density of zooplankton subsidy to a stream with multiple impoundments using water quality parameters	11
Zooplankton size-structure dynamics of a lowland tropical floodplain lake	11
Climatic and geographic variation as a driver of phenotypic divergence in reproductive characters and body sizes of invasive Gambusia holbrooki	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	10
Influence of gut microbiome on health and development of penaeid shrimps	10
An extensive review of marine pigments: sources, biotechnological applications, and sustainability	10
New insight into and characterization of DOC and DON for inland waterbodies in the Songnen Plain, Northeast China	9
Ecosystem services of urban rivers: a systematic review	9

The spatiotemporal responses of phytoplankton to environmental variables in 7 coastal lagoons of Kızılırmak Delta (Samsun, Türkiye)	9
Correction to: Experimental desiccation indicates high moisture content maintains hyporheic biofilm processes during drought in temperate intermittent streams	9
Effects of inter- and intraspecific competition and food availability on shredder invertebrates from an Amazonian stream	9
Benthic-pelagic equilibrium of carbon transfer in high-altitude lakes: featuring the role of lake’s characteristics and seasonal variation	9
Out of gas: re-flooding does not boost carbon emissions from drawdown areas in semiarid reservoirs after prolonged droughts	9
Community stability and seasonal biotic homogenisation emphasize the effect of the invasive tropical tanner grass on macrophytes from a highly dynamic neotropical tidal river	9
Echoes of life: unveiling the cryptic legacy of Megabalanus azoricus dead shells on epibiont assemblages	8
Factors that influence the toxicity levels of metals in water and soils: a case study of Lake Nike, Enugu, Nigeria	8
Hydrology influences carbon flux through metabolic pathways in the hypolimnion of a Mediterranean reservoir	8
Heavy metal contamination in fish: sources, mechanisms and consequences	8
Why does the relationship between benthic primary production and lake morphometry vary regionally?	8
High temperature, predation, nutrient, and food quality drive dominance of small-sized zooplankton in Neotropical lakes	8
Urban land use homogenizes fish assemblages across mesohabitats in headwater streams	8
Factors regulating proliferation and co-occurrence of loricate ciliates in the microzooplankton community from the eastern Arabian Sea	8
The influence of land use, microhabitat and aquatic insect subsidies on predatory riparian arthropod distributions	8
Combined effects of fungicides and temperature affect non-target aquatic fungal assemblages	8
Patterns and controls of carbon dioxide concentration and fluxes at the air–water interface in South American lowland streams	8
Unraveling the phytoplankton altitudinal dynamics in relation to environmental variables in a Himalayan River, Teesta, India	8
Spatial and temporal patterns in the chemistry of temperate low order Andean streams: effects of landscape gradients and hydrology	7
Effects of dissolved inorganic level and sediment types on the plant traits of Myriophyllum spicatum L. and its exudates input to sediment	7
Combined effects of salinization and temperature on microbial-mediated oak decomposition and invertebrate consumption	7
How does the phytoplankton community respond to the effects of La Niña and post-drought events in a tide-dominated Amazon estuary?	7
Assemblage pattern, guild compositions and seasonal dynamics of ornamental and food fishes in the Indian Sundarbans estuarine system: a model-based approach for sustainability	7
Dynamic phytoplankton community structure in a subtropical reservoir during an extended drought, Central Texas, USA	7
Tracing climate change with riverine ecotones and macroinvertebrates: is there need for extended monitoring at low elevations in western Himalaya?	7
Taxonomic and functional aspects of diversity and composition of plankton communities in shallow lentic ecosystems along the human impact and environmental gradients	7
The role of the environment and connectivity with large rivers and streams on local fish diversity of tropical headwater streams	7
Limnological history of three lakes from the former asbestos mining region of Thetford Mines (southern Quebec, Canada)	6
Origin and dynamics of surface water - groundwater flows that sustain the Matusagaratí Wetland, Panamá	6
Plankton assemblages in a tropical West African estuary	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
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	6
Macroinvertebrate functional traits differed with land use practices at Patagonian streams	6
Population genetics of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata; Linnaeus, 1766) in the Persian Gulf: structure and historical demography	6
Mercury–dissolved organic matter interactions: insights on the removal of both pollutants in conventional drinking water treatment	6
Food web simplification driven by land use in lowland riverine wetlands	6
Physically stable yet biologically sensitive: multiyear ecological dynamics of anoxygenic phototrophs in stably redox-stratified Lake Cadagno	6
Assessing environmental and spatial drivers of non-marine ostracod metacommunities structure in Northern and Southern Patagonian environments	6
Seasonal hydrology shapes the taxonomic and functional diversity of fish associated with aquatic macrophytes in a neotropical floodplain lake	5
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) characterization in subantarctic shallow lakes and beaver ponds	5
Phytoplankton taxonomic and functional diversity in two shallow alluvial lakes with contrasting river connectivity	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
Leaf litter decomposition rates in freshwaters differ by ecosystem	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
Contribution of riverine dissolved organic carbon to organic carbon decomposition in the Ariake Sea, Japan, a coastal area suffering from summer hypoxia	5
Structural and functional responses of lotic biofilm to abrasive sediments and P enrichment: an indoor experimental approach	5
Evaluation of Zayandehroud basin health in the Iranian plateau	5

Does the spatial aggregation of ponds affect crustacean zooplankton diversity and grazing efficiency in the agricultural multi-pond system?	5
Changes in acidity, DOC, and water clarity of Adirondack lakes over a 30-year span	5
Protecting river eco-hydrological processes: insights from water temperature studies	5
Cross-species coprophagy in small stream detritivores counteracts low-quality litter: native versus invasive plant litter	5
A global analysis on the relationship between water retention time and dissolved carbon across inland waters	5
Genetic diversity studies of Baikal endemic sponges at the interspecies and population levels using high-resolution microsatellite markers	4
Composition, structure, and distribution of diatom assemblages in Mediterranean thermal spring ecotones affected by natural and human disturbances	4
Transitional circulation patterns from full ice cover to ice-off in a seasonally ice-covered lake	4
Dormant and active ostracod communities in six rice fields of Yunnan, China	4
Changes in river ice cover in the context of climate change and dam impacts: a review	4
Avoidance behavior of grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) shoals to low-frequency sound stimulation	4
Ecological and environmental characteristics of a seagrass-dominated hypersaline coastal Mediterranean lagoon: a multidisciplinary approach	4
Influence of groundwater discharge on the hydrochemistry of coastal lagoons and marsh environments in Punta Rasa Natural Reserve area, Argentina	4
Canopy development influences early successional stream ecosystem function but not biotic assemblages	4
Tracking repeat spawning anadromous fish migrations over multiple years in a fragmented river suggests philopatry and sex-linked variation in space use	4
First insight in cyanobacterial and algal communities from cave stream (Stopić Cave, Serbia)	4
Effect of glyphosate on the sporulation of aquatic fungi: an in-vitro experience	4
Environmental drivers alter PUFA content in littoral macroinvertebrate assemblages via changes in richness and abundance	4
Riparian and watershed land use alters food web structure and shifts basal energy in agricultural streams	4
Molecular level characterization of DOM along a freshwater-to-estuarine coastal gradient in the Florida Everglades	4
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	4
Cold-tolerant traits that favour northwards movement and establishment of Mediterranean and Ponto-Caspian alien aquatic invertebrates	4
Diurnal variations in greenhouse gas diffusive emissions from a river covered with submerged macrophytes: environmental and biotic driving factors	4
Structural and functional changes in macrophyte species composition in softwater lakes after 60 years of land use	4
Macroinvertebrate interactions stimulate decomposition in WWTP effluent-impacted aquatic ecosystems	4
Production of dissolved organic matter from lily pads (Nymphaea odorata) in a mesotrophic freshwater lake	4
Distribution of inorganic nitrogenous species and nitrification in the mangrove environment of the Indian Sundarbans	4
Fish body geometry reduces the upstream velocity profile in subcritical flowing waters	4
Benthic communities of saline rivers in the arid zone of south Russia: saliny tolerance, production, trophic conditions	4
Fatty acid flux disparities between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in a shaded river can alter the nutritional content of consumer resources	4
Water surface variability in oceanic and estuarine coasts of Amapá, Brazil	4