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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A grey nurse shark from the Northern Territory of Australia shares a mitochondrial haplotype only recorded from the western Australian population	156
Effects of common carp on water quality and submerged vegetation: results from a short-term mesocosm experiment in an artificial wetland	89
Source diagnostic assessment of dissolved black carbon in selected lacustrine systems of northern Pakistan	27
Influence of calcium on the toxicity of saline solutions to the mayfly,	21
Mapping knowledge structure and research frontiers of underwater acoustic tomography: a scientometric study	20
Abrupt historical change in the nature of a Ramsar Wetland: Seaford Swamp, greater Melbourne, Australia	17
Lobster predation on barren-forming sea urchins is more prevalent in habitats where small urchins are common: a multi-method diet analysis	17
Leaf morphology affects microplastic entrapment efficiency in freshwater macrophytes	15
Reproductive phenology and the influence of temperature in two sympatric New Zealand freshwater mussel species	15
Early life-history characteristics of Conger leptocephali in the western South Pacific	13
An archaeological example of Aboriginal management of a hydro-ecological system in the Murray River valley, South Australia	13
Baseline assessment of microplastics and biochemical response of Anadara antiquata as a sentinel species for biomonitoring in Fiji	13
Age and growth of Pomatomus saltatrix in the south-western Pacific Ocean (eastern Australia), with a global comparison	13
A step-by-step guide to ageing octopus	13
Shallow but striking genetic structure in the highly connected New Zealand sand dollar (Fellaster zelandiae)	12
Closing the driver–response loop for halting and reversing wetland degradation and loss from agriculture	12
Enhancing river flows v. environmental engineering as contrasting approaches to wetland conservation in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	11
Corrigendum to: Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	11
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	11
Trophic ecology of sympatric juvenile stingrays within a nursery area	11
Species-specific trophic enrichment factor of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in fish otolith organic matter	10
Dietary overlap of carcharhinid sharks in the Gulf of Papua	10
When and how much a non-native tree species changes the temporal patterns and biomass of litterfall input in subtropical streams	10
Residency and movement patterns of juvenile yellowfin bream Acanthopagrus australis, stocked on estuarine artificial reefs	10
Genomic population structure of great hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna mokarran) across the Indo-Pacific	10

Evaluation and analysis of water-regulation value of ecosystem in Qinghai area of Qilian Mountain National Park, China	10
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands	10
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
Contributions of nano- and picophytoplankton to the phytoplankton biomass in Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf	9
An analysis of tomistoma (Tomistoma schlegelii) attacks on humans	9
Unravelling a specialised diet of an Amazonian catfish in a controlled flood-pulse area by combining stomach-content and stable-isotope analyses	9
Community-level effects of ivermectin and moxidectin from cattle dung: zooplankton as study case	8
Knowledge of macrophyte requirements and tolerances holds the key to successful shallow lake restoration – a New Zealand perspective	8
Lipid composition of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis from the Black Sea: fatty acid-based indices as environmental biomarkers	8
Mahseer conservation in Asia: trends and insights from scientometric analysis	8
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	7
Status and trends in wetland conservation policy under climate change in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	7
Using integrative taxonomy to distinguish cryptic halfbeak species and interpret distribution patterns, fisheries landings, and speciation	7
Spatial resolution of shell microchemistry for tracking dispersing pelagic mussels in a large open embayment in northern New Zealand	7
Incentive for farmers to save water by confirming the rights to agricultural water in the Yellow River Basin	7
Age and growth of the endangered Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) by using microchemical analysis	7
Trophic interactions between native and exotic cichlids in a shallow tropical estuary (Lake Vembanad, India)	7
Presence and abundance of microplastics in edible freshwater mussel (Batissa violacea) on Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu	7
Is the Paraíba do Sul River colourful? Prevalence of microplastics in freshwater, south-eastern Brazil	7
Assessing the aquatic metabolic-balance response to future condition in a Mediterranean site: from an experimental-design perspective	7
Spatio-temporal variations of habitat quality in the Greater Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, based on LUCC and simulation	6
Benthic macroinvertebrates in rivers of agricultural lands in Argentina: the functional diversity response to environmental stress	6
Braiding Indigenous oral histories and habitat mapping to understand urchin barrens in southern New South Wales	6
A 6-year survey of plastic ingestion by aquatic birds in southern Portugal	6
Assessment of multiple paternity in spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) litters from eastern Australian waters	6
Trophic resources use pathways between two coexisting freshwater shrimp (Palaemon argentinus and Macrobrachium borellii)	6
Otolith parameters and body size relationships of Boops boops Linnaeus, 1875 and Nemipterus randalli Russel, 1986 from the Antalya Bay, Mediterranean coast of Türkiye	6
Mismatch between shape changes, early growth, and condition for a temperate reef fish from an oceanic island	6
The aquatic ecological health-state assessment and the influencing mechanism of Poyang Lake	6
Recognising diversity in wetlands and farming systems to support sustainable agriculture and conserve wetlands	6
Early warning and monitoring of the safety risk of coastal nuclear power plant cold source under the stress from Phaeocystis globosa blooms	6
Reconciling blue spaces: evaluating social equity and justice in state-led Indigenous marine development programs	6
Corrigendum to: Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	6
Amphipod assemblages associated with native habitat-forming seaweeds of the Alboran Sea: influence by environmental protection and biogeographical patterns	6
Widespread exposure of marine parks, whales, and whale sharks to shipping	6
Trends in Indian Ocean marine fisheries since 1950: synthesis of reconstructed catch and effort data	5
Variation in boldness behaviour across individuals, sexes and strains of the guppy (Poecilia reticulata)	5
Abundance, distribution and behaviour of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) along the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Central America	5
The revelry of plastic! Quali-quantitative variation of microplastics in freshwater before and after Carnival in south-eastern Brazil	5
Repairing Australia’s inland river and groundwater systems: nine priority actions, benefits and the finance gap	5
Hierarchical population genetic structure and signatures of adaptation in Lates calcarifer	5
Fifty years of criteria development for selecting wetlands of international importance	5
Improving the size selectivity of crayfish fyke-net codend, applying the hexagonal mesh and sorting grid	5
No effects of abiotic and anthropogenic factors on reef-associated neonate shark abundance within a shark nursery-area system	5
Multifaceted effects of bycatch mitigation measures on target or non-target species for pelagic longline fisheries and consideration for bycatch management	5
Ramsar on repeat: quantifying US policy action by political party	5
Assessing the use of environmental flows and stocking for the persistence of a flow-dependent spawner in a drying climate	5
Recognising the importance of shellfish to First Nations peoples, Indigenous and Traditional Ecological Knowledge in aquaculture and coastal management in Australia	5
Comment on Finlayson et al. ‘Continuing the discussion about ecological futures for the lower Murray river (Australia) in the Anthropocene’	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
First insights into the vertical habitat use of young porbeagles in the north-western Atlantic with implications for bycatch reduction strategies	5
Decadal monitoring shows seagrass decline and community shifts following environmental disturbance in Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland, Australia	5
The role of environmental factors on beta diversity of periphytic algae in a tropical reservoir	5
Stream position shapes functional composition of aquatic insect metacommunities	5
Variation in shell morphology and life-history traits of Potamopyrgus antipodarum, a highly invasive freshwater snail in Chile	5
Geographical variations in genetic group composition, life-history traits, and statolith shape for Sepioteuthis spp. in the Northwest Pacific	5
Sewage-derived nitrogen dispersal and N-fixation in Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia	5
Fish biodiversity and inferred abundance in a highly valued coastal temperate environment: the inner Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand	5
Molecular ecology of the Javanese ricefish, Oryzias javanicus (Bleeker): genetic divergence along the Indonesian Archipelago	4
Investigating microplastic contamination and biomagnification in a remote area of South Australia	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
Environmental considerations related to floating offshore wind farms: a case study from waters around New South Wales, Australia	4
The impact of community water ecological design on promoting health behaviours among the elderly	4
Movement patterns of Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) and golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) in a northern Murray–Darling Basin dryland river	4
Influence of hydroperiod on aquatic food-web structure and energy production in a floodplain wetland: implications for environmental flow management	4
Australians’ perceptions of species diversity of, and threats to, the Great Barrier Reef	4
Search for the vulnerable giants: the presence of giant guitarfish and wedgefish in the Karimunjawa National Park and adjacent waters	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
Assessing the impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on shrimp growth, physiology, antioxidant, immune responses and gut microbiota	4
Species delineation, phylogeography and conservation of temperate perches (Actinopterygii: Percichthyidae) from an endemism and climate change hotspot	4
The seafloor character of the Roman Rock area in False Bay, South Africa	4
Monitoring tropical freshwater fish with underwater videography and deep learning	4
SARAS: a tool for the assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services in semiarid dam reservoirs	4
A consistent vegetation classification for wetland conservation and management in the Murray–Darling Basin, Australia	4
Biodiversity patterns of macrofauna associated with Halodule wrightii (Ascherson) in meadows of north-eastern Brazil	4
A tale of two key species in a subtropical mudflat: four-fold density increases produce minimal ecological response in macrofauna	4
Climate extreme triggers cold-water community rescue	4
Sources and trophic transfer of trace metals in wild fish from coastal areas in the South China Sea	4
Exploring the interplay of biotic interactions and salinity stress in freshwater invertebrate assemblages: reply to Chessman (2022)	4
Connecting young people to Country through marine turtle conservation: exploring three case studies in Western Australia’s Pilbara region	4
An unexpected source of CO2 and CH4 emissions: a case of littoral zones of small wetlands during the growing season	4
Wetlands as social ecological systems, and relationality in the policy domain	4
Evaluation and empirical study of Happy River on the basis of AHP: a case study of Shaoxing City (Zhejiang, China)	4
Downstream migration of telemetry-tagged adult common galaxias (Galaxias maculatus) in a coastal river system	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
New South Wales rocky reefs are under threat	4
Organophosphate-based flame retardant (tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate) reduces fecundity and impairs embryonic development in marine invertebrates	4
Fine-scale variability in catch and growth rates of western rock lobsters (Panulirus cygnus) show heterogeneous life-history parameters	4
Disturbed by pH? Nacre tablet thickness of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) is a poor temperature proxy	4
Response of turtle hatchlings to light emitting diodes at sea	4
The distribution and significance of stingray feeding pits in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay), Australia	4
First evidence of multiple paternity and hybridisation in Australian sawsharks	4