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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Remote sensing and geostatistics in urban water-resource monitoring: a review	135
Impact of dam construction on precipitation: a regional perspective	81
A trickle, not a flood: environmental watering in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	44
Wetland ecological character and wise use: towards a new framing	23
Evaluation and empirical study of Happy River on the basis of AHP: a case study of Shaoxing City (Zhejiang, China)	23
Extensive coral reef decline in Nha Trang Bay, Vietnam: Acanthaster planci outbreak: the final event in a sequence of chronic disturbances	21
Population structure of the chub mackerel (Scomber colias) in the North-east Atlantic inferred from otolith shape and body morphometrics	21
Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands	21
Assessment of the causes and solutions to the significant 2018–19 fish deaths in the Lower Darling River, New South Wales, Australia	19
Ten key issues from the Global Wetland Outlook for decision makers	18
Policy changes in dam construction and biodiversity conservation in the Yangtze River Basin, China	17
Recurrent coral bleaching in north-western Australia and associated declines in coral cover	16
Reconstructing Kenya’s total freshwater fisheries catches: 1950–2017	15
Key steps to improve the assessment, evaluation and management of fish kills: lessons from the Murray–Darling River system, Australia	14
Spatial and temporal variations in particulate organic carbon in Indonesian waters over two decades	14
Spatio-temporal variability of amphipod assemblages associated with rhodolith seabeds	14
Reproductive biology of female blue swimmer crabs in the temperate estuaries of south-eastern Australia	13
Flow to nowhere: the disconnect between environmental watering and the conservation of threatened species in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	13
Contrasting natal origin and movement history informs recovery pathways for three lowland river species following a mass fish kill	12
Lacking character? A policy analysis of environmental watering of Ramsar wetlands in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	12
Morphological and genetic characterisation of the introduced copepod Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus (Cyclopoida: Lernaeidae) occurring in the Murrumbidgee catchment, Australia	12
Spatial variation of ostracod (Crustacea, Ostracoda) egg banks in temporary lakes of a tropical flood plain	12
New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat	11
Effect of climate variability on water quality trends in New Zealand rivers	11
Development of a 16S metabarcoding assay for the environmental DNA (eDNA) detection of aquatic reptiles across northern Australia	11

How fish kills affected traditional (Baakandji) and non-traditional communities on the Lower Darling–	10
Tidal–diel patterns of movement, activity and habitat use by juvenile mangrove whiprays using towed-float GPS telemetry	10
Shifting baselines and political expediency in New Zealand	10
Development of the text of the Ramsar Convention: 1965–1971	10
Australian forested wetlands under climate change: collapse or proliferation?	10
Contamination by antibiotics and their degradation and removal methods	10
The ‘ecological character’ of wetlands: a foundational concept in the Ramsar Convention, yet still cause for debate 50 years later	10
Humpback whale (	10
Fifty years of criteria development for selecting wetlands of international importance	10
Dietary analysis and mesocosm feeding trials confirm the eastern rock lobster (	10
Rewilding watersheds: using nature’s algorithms to fix our broken rivers	10
Kills in the Darling: assessing the impact of the 2018–20 mass fish kills on the fish communities of the Lower Darling–	9
Water quality dynamics of floodplain lakes in relation to river flooding and cattle grazing	9
Identifying physiological and environmental influences on otolith chemistry in a coastal fishery species	9
The effect of environmental conditions on seasonal and inter-annual abundance of two species in the Yangtze River estuary	9
What’s wrong with the Australian River Assessment System (AUSRIVAS)?	9
Comparison of an extracellular v. total DNA extraction approach for environmental DNA-based monitoring of sediment biota	9
Hydra vulgaris assay as environmental assessment tool for ecotoxicology in freshwaters: a review	9
Abundance, distribution and reproduction of the Data-Deficient species (Squalus blainville) around Sardinia Island (central western Mediterranean Sea) as a contribution to its conservation	9
Climate change and cyanobacteria harmful algae blooms: adaptation practices for developing countries	9
Performance of acoustic telemetry in relation to submerged aquatic vegetation in a nearshore freshwater habitat	9
Preliminary investigation of reproductive hormone profiles in the blacktip shark (	9
Ecohydraulic model for designing environmental flows supports recovery of imperilled Murray cod (	9
Ecosystem structure and resilience of the Florida Bay Estuary: an original ecosystem model with implications for everglades restoration	9
Cross-jurisdictional larval supply essential for eastern Australian spanner crabs (	8
Otolith chemistry delineates the influence of natal origin, dispersal and flow on the population dynamics of golden perch (	8
Microplastics in commercial bivalves harvested from intertidal seagrasses and sandbanks in the Ria Formosa lagoon, Portugal	8
Review of options for creating and maintaining oxygen refuges for fish during destratification-driven hypoxia in rivers	8
Continuing the discussion about ecological futures for the lower Murray River (Australia) in the Anthropocene	8
Attribution of river water-quality trends to agricultural land use and climate variability in New Zealand	8
Is the Paraíba do Sul River colourful? Prevalence of microplastics in freshwater, south-eastern Brazil	8
Reproductive biology of the finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with evidence of both annual and biennial reproduction	8
Intraspecific variation in diel patterns of rocky reef use suggests temporal partitioning in Port Jackson sharks	8
A decade-long study on mayfly emergence patterns	8
Shape variation of the prawn Macrobrachium jelskii (Palaemonidae: Decapoda) in the Neotropical semiarid drainages: an intra- and inter-basin investigation	7
Spatial variation and drivers of vegetation structure and composition in coastal freshwater wetlands of subtropical Australia	7
Succession of marine fouling community influences the associated mobile fauna via physical complexity increment	7
Evaluation of a novel research trap for surveys of blue swimmer crab populations	7
Elevation and land use as drivers of macroinvertebrate functional composition in Afromontane headwater streams	7
Field trials to determine the efficacy of aerators to mitigate hypoxia in inland waterways	7
The more the merrier: using environmental flows to improve floodplain vegetation condition	7
Long-lived life history for onaga Etelis coruscans in the Hawaiian Islands	7
Individual variation influences avoidance behaviour of invasive common carp (	7
Blue, green and in-between: objectives and approaches for evaluating wetland flow regimes based on vegetation outcomes	7
Multi-decadal trends in large-bodied fish populations in the New South Wales Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	7
Conventional tagging of sharks in Western Australia: the main commercial species exhibit contrasting movement patterns	7
Reframing the human–wetlands relationship through a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands	7
Invasive Japanese foraminifera in a south-west Australian estuary	7
Population demographics of golden perch (	7
Assessment of microplastic accumulation in aquatic insects of different feeding guilds collected from wastewater in Sohag Governorate, Egypt	7

Hybridisation experiments between freshwater prawns Macrobrachium amazonicum and M. pantanalense (Decapoda: Palaemonidae), and the effects of geographical isolation	7
Coastal wetland rehabilitation first-pass prioritisation for blue carbon and associated co-benefits	7
Host-associated microbiota of yellow stingrays (Urobatis jamaicensis) is shaped by their environment and life history	7
Biology and conservation of the unique and diverse halophilic macroinvertebrates of Australian salt lakes	7
Potential water pollution from recycled concrete aggregate material	7
Resilience of a native soil seed bank in a floodplain lake subjected to cropping, grazing and extended drought	6
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	6
What eats a cauliflower coral? An assessment of predation on the endangered temperate soft coral,	6
Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (	6
Drivers of zooplankton dynamics in a small tropical lowland river	6
Bioenergetics of blue swimmer crab (	6
An investigation of genetic connectivity shines a light on the relative roles of isolation by distance and oceanic currents in three diadromous fish species	6
Rapid age estimation of longnose skate (	6
Age estimation of barramundi (	6
Age and growth of tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) from Western Australia	6
Comment on Davies	6
Drivers restricting biodiversity in Australian saline lakes: a review	6
Distribution of nitrogen-cycling genes in an oxygen-depleted cyclonic eddy in the Alfonso Basin, Gulf of California	6
Historical abundance and distribution of the native flat oyster (	6
Implications of water quality policy on land use: a case study of the approach in New Zealand	6
Functional responses of mangrove fauna to forest degradation	6
Friend or foe? Development of odour detection, differentiation and antipredator response in an embryonic elasmobranch	6
Organic matter and metal loadings influence the spatial gradient of the benthic bacterial community in a temperate estuary	6
Effects of magnetic fields related to submarine power cables on the behaviour of larval rainbow trout (	6
Occurrence of emerging contaminants and analysis of oestrogenic activity in the water and sediments from two coastal lagoons in south-eastern Brazil	5
Life-history characteristics of the eastern shovelnose ray,	5
Potential fluctuation of δ	5
Understanding salt-tolerance and biota–stressor interactions in freshwater invertebrate communities	5
Everyone has their limits: reproductive mode drives amphibian responses to land use in coastal areas	5
Sea-level rise, marine storms and the resilience of Mediterranean coastal wetlands: lessons learned from the Ebro Delta	5
Positional and ontogenetic variation in vertebral centra morphology in five batoid species	5
A comparison of catch efficiency and bycatch reduction of tuna pole-and-line fisheries using Japan tuna hook (JT-hook) and circle-shaped hook (C-hook)	5
Feral horses (	5
DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of highly diverse aquatic mites (Acarina) can improve their use in routine biological monitoring	5
Forecasting water consumption on transboundary water resources for water resource management using the feed-forward neural network: a case study of the Nile River in Egypt and Kenya	5
Seasonal variation in basal resources supporting fish biomass in longitudinal zones of the Usumacinta River Basin, southern Mexico	5
Carbon sources supporting Australia's most widely distributed freshwater fish, Nematalosa erebi (Günther) (Clupeidae: Dorosomatinae)	5
A comparison of visual observation and DNA metabarcoding to assess the diet of juvenile sea turtle	5
Anguillids in the upper Nu–Salween River, South-East Asia: species composition, distributions, natal sources and conservation implications	5
Reproductive biology of a bamboo shark as a framework for better fisheries management	5
Leaf morphology affects microplastic entrapment efficiency in freshwater macrophytes	5
Life history plasticity affects the population structure and distribution of the widespread migratory fish Galaxias brevipinnis	5
Life history of two data-poor but commercially valuable tropical reef fishes, Parupeneus barberinus and Mulloidichthys flavolineatus, from the Saipan fishery, Northern Mariana Islands	5
Phenology and litter production in the mangrove genus Xylocarpus along rainfall and temperature gradients in tropical Australia	5
Use of voluntary environmental contracts for wetland governance in the European Mediterranean region	5
Movements and growth rates of bronze whaler sharks (	5
Life on the farm: are zooplankton communities in natural ponds and constructed dams the same?	5
Climate change adaptation planning for an internationally important wetland, the Muir–Byenup System Ramsar Site in south-west Australia	5
Is acidification of samples for isotopic analysis of carbon and nitrogen necessary for shoreline marine species?	5
Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data	5
Structure, distribution patterns and ecological responses to hydrological changes in benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a regulated semi-arid river: baseline for biomonitoring studies	4
Socio-ecological impacts of industrial aquaculture and ways forward to sustainability	4
Effects of the mangrove forest environment and tree species characteristics on fiddler crab communities	4
Baited remote underwater video sample less site attached fish species along a subsea pipeline compared to a remotely operated vehicle	4
Preliminary age and growth of the deep-water goblin shark Mitsukurina owstoni (Jordan, 1898)	4
Molecular evidence reveals introduced populations of Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny, 1826) (Annelida, Lumbricidae) with European origins from protected freshwater ecosystems of the southern Alborz Moun	4
Is traditional fisheries management correctly addressing the possible causes of fish production decline? The relationship between environmental degradation and artisanal river fisheries in the Magdale	4
Estimating the invasion extent of Asian swamp eel (Monopterus: Synbranchidae) in an altered river of the south-eastern United States	4
DNA metabarcoding reveals multiple co-occurring species in	4
Genetic diversity and restricted genetic connectivity in an endangered marine fish (	4
Effects of metal accumulation on oxidative metabolism of	4
Mapping the spatial distribution of wetlands in Argentina (South America) from a fusion of national databases	4
Relationships, social networks and the emergence of recovery-based river management: implications for practice and policy	4
Corrigendum to: Identifying physiological and environmental influences on otolith chemistry in a coastal fishery species	4
Community structure of epiphytic bacteria on Potamogeton pectinatus and the surrounding bacterioplankton in Hongze Lake	4
Spatial heterogeneity of the seed bank at a peat lake in Australia	4
Feeding ecology of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna	4
Wetlands as social ecological systems, and relationality in the policy domain	4
Conservation value of a subtropical reef in south-eastern Queensland, Australia, highlighted by citizen-science efforts	4
Impacts of VIE tagging and Rhodamine B immersion staining on two measures of performance for a small-bodied fish	4
Environmental DNA as a non-invasive alternative for surveying aquatic communities in tank bromeliads	4
Nuclear–follower foraging behaviour between Western Australian common octopus and brown-spotted wrasse	4
Oil and gas exploration and development in the Lake Eyre Basin: distribution and consequences for rivers and wetlands, including the Coongie Lakes Ramsar Site	4
Saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) attacks in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia	4
Characterising fish habitat use of fringing oyster reefs using acoustic imaging	4
Trophic ecology of sympatric juvenile stingrays within a nursery area	4
Assessment of silver eel (Anguilla anguilla) route selection at a water-regulating weir using an acoustic camera	4