OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Limnology is 1. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
On the taxonomic richness, evenness and divergence of periphytic algae in Amazon streams	21
A 40-year numerical experiment of circulations in Lake Biwa (1): summer gyre systems	15
Taxonomic re-evaluation of the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex (Rotifera) in Japanese freshwaters	14
Takayuki Hanazato (1957–2021) in memoriam	13
Effect of increasing temperature on periphyton accrual under controlled environmental conditions	12
Hovenia dulcis Thunb. (Rhamnaceae) invasion in the riparian zone alters the dynamics and decomposition of organic matter in subtropical streams, but not of associated invertebrate assemblages	10
The first report of the non-indigenous Chydorus brevilabris Frey, 1980 (Crustacea: Cladocera) in Asian freshwaters	10
Nematode fauna associated with freshwater microbialites in Bacalar Lake, Quintana Roo, Mexico	10
Route selection by fish during post-spate movement in a braided river: a potential effect on local assemblages	10
How the morphology of two closely related riverine sympatric species are reflected in ecological niche overlapping? A case study of two Capoeta species	10
Interspecific interactions between coexisting Siberian and Ezo salamander larvae examined by stable isotope analyses	9
Hydrography of Crater Lake of Isabel Island, Nayarit, México	8
Ecological advantage of polarized light pollution: positive effect of a dark lake patch at a canal inflow on habitat of non-biting midges	8
Application of environmental DNA metabarcoding in a lake with extensive algal blooms	8
Biomonitoring of freshwater lentic habitats using desmids	7
New data on morphology, distribution, and relationship of two Asian endemics Netzelia tuberspinifera and Netzelia mulanensis (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) co-existing in the largest natural freshwater lake	6
Biodiversity, distribution and production of macrozoobenthos communities in the saline Chernavka River (Lake Elton basin, South-West Russia)	6
Heavy metals in surface waters of Laguna de Bay, Philippines: current levels and trends	5
Spatial pattern of freshwater habitats and their prioritization using additive partitions of beta diversity of inhabitant piscine assemblages in the Terai–Dooars ecoregion of Eastern Himalayas	5
Absorption properties of dissolved organic matter in East Asian temperate lakes	5
Temporal dynamics of Chironomid (Diptera) diversity under flood–drought pulses in a shallow tropical floodplain lake	5
Vertical mixing and oxygen flux caused by daily sea breezes in a shallow stratified lake	5
Acknowledgement to reviewers	4
Benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages detect the consequences of a sewage spill: a case study of a South American environmental challenge	4
The relative importance of spatial and environmental processes in the assembly of larval Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) communities along a transition landscape in southern Brazilian streams	4

A study on the coloration mechanism of Ao-ike Pond, Aomori Prefecture, Japan: refinement of the image analysis methods	4
Forest expansion affects Odonata assemblage in floodplain: a case study in the Kiso River, central Japan	4
Impacts of a floating photovoltaic system on temperature and water quality in a shallow tropical reservoir	4
Establishment of environmental DNA method for detecting invasive African-clawed frogs in Japan	4
Water hyacinth infestation in Lake Tana, Ethiopia: a review of population dynamics	4
Simple extraction and analysis of environmental DNA using glass fibers in suspension form	3
Influence of environmental settings, including vegetation, on speciation of the redox-sensitive elements in the sediments of monomictic Lake Kinneret	3
Growth and grazing mortality of Synechococcus during its summer bloom in a brackish hypertrophic lake (Lake Sanaru, Japan)	3
Eddy-covariance measurements of turbulent fluxes across the oxygen-depleted benthic layer in a shallow stratified lake	3
Litter decomposition of exotic and native plant species of agricultural importance in Amazonian streams	3
Antibiotic resistance of fecal indicator bacteria from fishponds and nearby water sources in the Ayeyarwady Delta region of Myanmar	3
Correction: Redescription of Utaperla orientalis (Plecoptera, Chroloperlidae) from Hokkaido: the first record of a Utaperla stonefly in Japan	3
The effects of presence of macrophytes on resource uptake by phytoplankton and zooplankton in a tropical reservoir	3
Biological traits analysis of free-living nematodes as indicators of environmental quality at Lake Bacalar, Mexico	2
Biogeochemical characteristics of the Hövsgöl–Ustilimsk water system in Mongolia and Russia: the effect of environmental factors on dissolved chemical components	2
Is the littoral zone taxonomically and functionally more diverse? Investigating the rotifer community of a tropical shallow lake	2
Characteristics of streambed morphology at reach and unit scales in a sandstone-dominated headstream area of the Kantō Range	2
The presence of macrophytes changes the beta diversity of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) assemblages in Cerrado streams in Northeastern Brazil	2
Impact of throughfall deposition and its runoff through different land use surfaces on the chemistry of Ganga water, Varanasi	2
Closed-circuit hypolimnetic withdrawal and treatment: impact of effluent discharge on epilimnetic P and N concentrations	2
Can botanic gardens serve as refuges for taxonomic and functional diversity of Odonata? The case of the botanic garden of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain)	2
A study on spatio-temporal variations in physicochemical parameters and ciliate community structure of three freshwater bodies from Delhi, India	2
Water temperature and some water quality in Lake Toba, a tropical volcanic lake	2
Spatial–temporal heterogeneity in a small lake and its implication for paleoclimate reconstruction	1
Geographical fine-scaled distributional differentiation caused by niche differentiation in three closely related mayflies	1
Seasonal variations of rotifer communities in three climatic zones: effects of environmental parameters on changes of functional groups	1
Ten-year ecological investigation into eight-barbel loach, Lefua tokaiensis (Nemacheilidae, Cypriniformes)	1
Simplification and replacement of diatom functional traits from a subtropical floodplain lakes paleolimnological records	1
Interstitial water chemistry and soil particles determine vegetation in Ozegahara Mire, Japan	1
First occurrence of Cylindrospermopsin in the Azores (Lake São Brás, S. Miguel Island)	1
Development of specific detection assays from environmental DNA of invasive diatom Cymbella janischii in Japan	1
Temporal patterns of alpha and beta diversities of microzooplankton in a eutrophic tidal river in the eastern Amazon	1
Radiocesium transfer into freshwater planktonic Chlamydomonas spp. microalgae in a pond near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant	1
Dam promotes downriver functional homogenization of phytoplankton in a transitional river-reservoir system in Amazon	1
Lead cytotoxicity associated with temperature variation in Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1822) (Mollusca, Gastropoda) hemocytes	1
Cadmium uptake and oxidative-stress-induced DNA alterations in the freshwater cladoceran Moina macrocopa (Straus 1820) following consecutive short-term exposure assessments	1
Stream water acidification in the Far East of Russia under changing atmospheric deposition and precipitation patterns	1
Trophic niche partitioning of Mekong giant catfish Pangasianodon gigas in a tropical reservoir: evidence from stable isotope and fatty acid analyses	1
Response rate of submerged macrophyte chlorophyll content under changing light conditions	1
Distribution patterns and niche segregation of three closely related Japanese ephemerid mayflies: a re-examination of each species’ habitat from “megadata” held in the “National Census on River Enviro	1
Rainfall and drainage basin shape strongly control temporal and spatial variation of dissolved organic matter in a tropical lake	1
Long-term changes in morphological traits of Daphnia pulex in Lake Fukami-ike, Japan	1
Differential use of trophic resources between an exotic and a coexisting native snail	1
First report of the invasive freshwater sponge Heterorotula multidentata (Weltner, 1895) in Europa: a latent threat for aquatic ecosystems?	1
Development of novel PCR primer sets for DNA barcoding of aquatic insects, and the discovery of some cryptic species	1
Stream habitats and human disturbances explain the diversity of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) assemblages in Neotropical Savanna headwater streams	1
Application of a Bayesian structural time series model for evaluating 11-year variation in pH in the headwaters of the Tama River, Japan	1
Do the snail (Filopaludina bengalensis) and mussel (Lamellidens marginalis) vary in bioturbation effects? Inference from the changes in water quality and producers	1
Phylogenetic diversity of the picocyanobacterial community from a novel winter bloom in Lake Biwa	1