OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Marine and Freshwater Research 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Early life-history characteristics of Conger leptocephali in the western South Pacific	156
A grey nurse shark from the Northern Territory of Australia shares a mitochondrial haplotype only recorded from the western Australian population	87
Effects of common carp on water quality and submerged vegetation: results from a short-term mesocosm experiment in an artificial wetland	26
Lobster predation on barren-forming sea urchins is more prevalent in habitats where small urchins are common: a multi-method diet analysis	19
Mapping knowledge structure and research frontiers of underwater acoustic tomography: a scientometric study	19
Baseline assessment of microplastics and biochemical response of Anadara antiquata as a sentinel species for biomonitoring in Fiji	17
Abrupt historical change in the nature of a Ramsar Wetland: Seaford Swamp, greater Melbourne, Australia	16
A step-by-step guide to ageing octopus	16
Reproductive phenology and the influence of temperature in two sympatric New Zealand freshwater mussel species	14
An archaeological example of Aboriginal management of a hydro-ecological system in the Murray River valley, South Australia	14
Corrigendum to: Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	13
Influence of calcium on the toxicity of saline solutions to the mayfly,	13
Leaf morphology affects microplastic entrapment efficiency in freshwater macrophytes	13
Age and growth of Pomatomus saltatrix in the south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia), with a global comparison	13
Evaluation and analysis of water-regulation value of ecosystem in Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park, China	12
Testing the waters to find the ‘goldilocks’ zone: fine-scale movement of	11
When and how much a non-native tree species changes the temporal patterns and biomass of litterfall input in subtropical streams	11
Closing the driver–response loop for halting and reversing wetland degradation and loss from agriculture	11
Residency and movement patterns of juvenile yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis, stocked on estuarine artificial reefs	11
Dietary overlap of carcharhinid sharks in the Gulf of Papua	10
Enhancing river flows v. environmental engineering as contrasting approaches to wetland conservation in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	10
Trophic ecology of sympatric juvenile stingrays within a nursery area	10
Species-specific trophic enrichment factor of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in fish otolith organic matter	10
Shallow but striking genetic structure in the highly connected New Zealand sand dollar (Fellaster zelandiae)	10
Corrigendum to: Evaluating management effectiveness of the Moulouya River Estuary Ramsar Site in Morocco: an application of the R-METT tool and implications for conservation	10

Genomic population structure of great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) across the Indo-Pacific	9
Mahseer conservation in Asia: trends and insights from scientometric analysis	9
Community-level effects of ivermectin and moxidectin from cattle dung: zooplankton as study case	9
Stability and change in a changing environment: soft-bottom benthic molluscs in the Peel–Harvey Estuary over 42 years	9
Spatial patterns in the cover and composition of macroalgal assemblages on fringing and nearshore coral reefs	9
Knowledge of macrophyte requirements and tolerances holds the key to successful shallow lake restoration – a New Zealand perspective	8
Contributions of nano- and picophytoplankton to the phytoplankton biomass in Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf	8
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	8
Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	8
An analysis of tomistoma (	8
Using integrative taxonomy to distinguish cryptic halfbeak species and interpret distribution patterns, fisheries landings, and speciation	7
Assessing the aquatic metabolic-balance response to future condition in a Mediterranean site: from an experimental-design perspective	7
Incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights to agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin	7
Is the Paraíba do Sul River colourful? Prevalence of microplastics in freshwater, south-eastern Brazil	7
Status and trends in wetland conservation policy under climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	7
Lipid composition of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Black Sea: fatty acid-based indices as environmental biomarkers	7
Age and growth of the endangered Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) by using microchemical analysis	7
Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (	7
Widespread exposure of marine parks, whales, and whale sharks to shipping	6
Corrigendum to: Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	6
Benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers of agricultural lands in Argentina: the functional diversity response to environmental stress	6
Recognising diversity in wetlands and farming systems to support sustainable agriculture and conserve wetlands	6
The aquatic ecological health-state assessment and the influencing mechanism of Poyang Lake	6
Trophic resources use pathways between two coexisting freshwater shrimp (Palaemon argentinus and Macrobrachium borellii)	6
Spatial resolution of shell microchemistry for tracking dispersing pelagic mussels in a large open embayment in northern New Zealand	6
Early warning and monitoring of the safety risk of coastal nuclear power plant cold source under the stress from Phaeocystis globosa blooms	6
Assessment of multiple paternity in spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) litters from eastern Australian waters	6
Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island	6
A 6-year survey of plastic ingestion by aquatic birds in southern Portugal	6
Trophic interactions between native and exotic cichlids in a shallow tropical estuary (Lake Vembanad, India)	6
Estimation of soil loss and sediment yield by using the modified RUSLE model in the Indus River basin, including the quantification of error and uncertainty in remote-sensing images	6
Spatio-temporal variations of habitat quality in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, based on LUCC and simulation	6
Assessing trap bias in the endemic Australian genus of freshwater crayfish,	6
Reconciling blue spaces: evaluating social equity and justice in state-led Indigenous marine development programs	6
Assessing the use of environmental flows and stocking for the persistence of a flow-dependent spawner in a drying climate	5
Fifty years of criteria development for selecting wetlands of international importance	5
Braiding Indigenous oral histories and habitat mapping to understand urchin barrens in southern New South Wales	5
Decadal monitoring shows seagrass decline and community shifts following environmental disturbance in Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland, Australia	5
Hierarchical population genetic structure and signatures of adaptation in Lates calcarifer	5
Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target or non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management	5
Comment on Finlayson	5
Variation in shell morphology and life-history traits of	5
Amphipod assemblages associated with native habitat-forming seaweeds of the Alboran Sea: influence by environmental protection and biogeographical patterns	5
Geographical variations in genetic group composition, life-history traits, and statolith shape for	5
Recognising the importance of shellfish to First Nations peoples, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in aquaculture and coastal management in Australia	5
Stream position shapes functional composition of aquatic insect metacommunities	5
The revelry of plastic! Quali-quantitative variation of microplastics in freshwater before and after Carnival in south-eastern Brazil	5
Variation in boldness behaviour across individuals, sexes and strains of the guppy (	5
Fish biodiversity and inferred abundance in a highly valued coastal temperate environment: the inner Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand	5
Improving the size selectivity of crayfish fyke-net codend, applying the hexagonal mesh and sorting grid	5

Environmental conditions on the Pacific halibut fishing grounds obtained from a decade of coastwide oceanographic monitoring, and the potential application of these data in stock analyses	5
Repairing Australia’s inland river and groundwater systems: nine priority actions, benefits and the finance gap	5
Sewage-derived nitrogen dispersal and N-fixation in Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia	5
Ramsar on repeat: quantifying US policy action by political party	5
The distribution and significance of stingray feeding pits in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay), Australia	5
Assessing the impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on shrimp growth, physiology, antioxidant, immune responses and gut microbiota	4
Molecular ecology of the Javanese ricefish, Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker): genetic divergence along the Indonesian Archipelago	4
The ‘ecological character’ of wetlands: a foundational concept in the Ramsar Convention, yet still cause for debate 50 years later	4
Downstream migration of telemetry-tagged adult common galaxias (	4
An unexpected source of CO2 and CH4 emissions: a case of littoral zones of small wetlands during the growing season	4
No effects of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on reef-associated neonate shark abundance within a shark nursery-area system	4
Co-design and Traditional Owner participation in an assessment of abundance and size of Donax deltoides (garlaany, pipi) in Ngambaa Country, New South Wales, Australia	4
A consistent vegetation classification for wetland conservation and management in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	4
The seafloor character of the Roman Rock area in False Bay, South Africa	4
Disturbed by pH? Nacre tablet thickness of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a poor temperature proxy	4
New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat	4
Investigating microplastic contamination and biomagnification in a remote area of South Australia	4
SARAS: a tool for the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in semiarid dam reservoirs	4
Effects of age composition of Pacific bluefin tuna on their spatiotemporal distribution of active breeding in the south-western North Pacific and on its recruitment strength	4
Ecological monitoring and assessment of freshwater ecosystems: new trends and future challenges	4
First evidence of multiple paternity and hybridisation in Australian sawsharks	4
Response of turtle hatchlings to light emitting diodes at sea	4
First insights into the vertical habitat use of young porbeagles in the north-western Atlantic with implications for bycatch reduction strategies	4
Movement patterns of Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in a northern Murray–Darling Basin dryland river	4
Connecting young people to Country through marine turtle conservation: exploring three case studies in Western Australia’s Pilbara region	4
Fine-scale variability in catch and growth rates of western rock lobsters (	4
Climate extreme triggers cold-water community rescue	4
Biodiversity patterns of macrofauna associated with Halodule wrightii (Ascherson) in meadows of north-eastern Brazil	4
Abundance, distribution and behaviour of humpback whales (	4
Wetlands as social ecological systems, and relationality in the policy domain	4
Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data	4
Species delineation, phylogeography and conservation of temperate perches (Actinopterygii: Percichthyidae) from an endemism and climate change hotspot	4
The role of environmental factors on beta diversity of periphytic algae in a tropical reservoir	4
The recent challenges encountered in water resources and management in Pakistan: how does legal framework exist in water governance and environmental policy to a sustainable approach to socio-economic	4
Evaluation and empirical study of Happy River on the basis of AHP: a case study of Shaoxing City (Zhejiang, China)	4
Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	4
Influence of hydroperiod on aquatic food-web structure and energy production in a floodplain wetland: implications for environmental flow management	4
Understanding salt-tolerance and biota–stressor interactions in freshwater invertebrate communities	4