OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Harmful Algae is 10. 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
Allelochemicals determine competition and grazing control in Alexandrium catenella	132
Annual variation in domoic acid in phytoplankton and shellfish samples from Daya Bay of the South China Sea	120
Editorial Board	81
Perturbations in a pelagic food web during the NE pacific large marine heatwave and persistent harmful diatom blooms	81
Editorial Board	76
Gambierdiscus species diversity and community structure in St. Thomas, USVI and the Florida Keys, USA	59
Optimal growth conditions of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri causing massive fish mortality in Northern Norway	57
Novel insights into toxin changes associated with the growth of Alexandrium pacificum: Revealing active toxin-secretion ability and toxin cell quota variation	50
Sub-tropical benthic/epiphytic dinoflagellates of Aotearoa New Zealand and Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands	50
A non-microcystin-producing Microcystis wesenbergii strain alters fish food intake by disturbing neuro-endocrine appetite regulation	44
Intraspecific genetic diversity with unrestricted gene flow in the domoic acid-producing diatom Nitzschia navis-varingica (Bacillariophyceae) from the Western Pacific	42
The Occurrence of Karenia species in mid-Atlantic coastal waters: Data from the Delmarva Peninsula, USA	41
Using qPCR and high-resolution sensor data to model a multi-species Pseudo-nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae) bloom in southeastern Australia	41
Diversity and distribution of harmful microalgae in the Gulf of Thailand assessed by DNA metabarcoding	40
Editorial Board	39
The queen scallop Aequipecten opercularis: A slow domoic acid depurator?	39
Genomic characterization of coexisting anatoxin-producing and non-toxigenic Microcoleus subspecies in benthic mats from the Wolastoq, New Brunswick, Canada	38
Application of clay minerals to remove extracellular ichthyotoxins produced by the dinoflagellates Karlodinium veneficum and Karenia mikimotoi	38
Domoic acid in Canadian Pacific waters, from 2016 to 2021, and relationships with physical and chemical conditions	36
Benthic harmful microalgae and their impacts in South America	36
Eutrophication and climatic changes lead to unprecedented cyanobacterial blooms in a Canadian sub-Arctic landscape	34
Diverse harmful microalgal community assemblages in the Johor Strait and the environmental effects on its community dynamics	34
Cyanobacterial bloom monitoring and assessment in Latin America	32
On the conditions promoting Pseudo-nitzschia spp. blooms in the eastern English Channel and southern North Sea	31
Environmental controls of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Chinese inland waters	31

Clearance rates and toxin accumulation by North Atlantic bivalves during harmful algal blooms caused by the dinoflagellate, Dinophysis acuminata, in NY, USA, estuaries	30
Marine phycotoxin levels in shellfish—14 years of data gathered along the Italian coast	30
Effects of nitrate on the saxitoxins biosynthesis revealed by sxt genes in the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium pacificum (group IV)	30
Phytoplankton community and HAB species in the South China Sea detected by morphological and metabarcoding approaches	29
Accumulation and depuration of 4,5-dihydro-KmTx2 from Karlodinium veneficum in the bivalves, Mercenaria mercenaria and Sinonovacula constricta	29
Research on the biology and ecology of the harmful algal bloom species Phaeocystis globosa in China: Progresses in the last 20 years	29
Daily variations of Ostreopsis cf. ovata abundances in NW Mediterranean Sea	28
From bloom to tap: Connecting harmful algal bloom indicators in source water to cyanotoxin presence in treated drinking water	27
Multi-year dynamics of harmful algae in Disko Bay, West Greenland	26
Characterizing carotenoids in cyanobacterial cultures – Opportunities and implications for paleolimnological studies	24
Temporal bloom dynamics of the marine dinoflagellate Tripos furca in the Penang Strait	24
Constructed wetland mesocosms improve the biodegradation of microcystin-LR and cylindrospermopsin by indigenous bacterial consortia	23
Photoacclimation and photophysiology of four species of toxigenic Dinophysis	23
Alexandrium catenella (Group I) and A. pacificum (Group IV) cyst germination, distribution, and toxicity in Jinhae-Masan Bay, Korea	23
Colonial morphology weakens the response of different inorganic carbon uptake systems to CO2 levels in Microcystis population	22
A novel strategy of bloom forming cyanobacteria Microcystis sp. in response to phosphorus deficiency: Using non-phosphorus lipids substitute phospholipids	22
Editorial Board	22
A deep learning method for cyanobacterial harmful algae blooms prediction in Taihu Lake, China	22
Molecular investigation of harmful cyanobacteria reveals hidden risks and niche partitioning in Kenyan Lakes	22
Transcriptomic comparison unveils saxitoxin biosynthesis genes in the marine dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum	22
Discovery of a series of portimine-A fatty acid esters in mussels	21
Co-occurrence of Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae) ribotypes from the Chinese and Malaysian coastal waters and their toxin production	21
Nutrient limitation and seasonality associated with phytoplankton communities and cyanotoxin production in a large, hypereutrophic lake	21
Editorial Board	21
Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial genomes of the Pseudo-nitzschia HAB species	20
Spatial and biological oceanographic insights into the massive fish-killing bloom of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway	19
Environmental-level antibiotics disrupt Microcystis stoichiometry: An overlooked risk in the context of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms	19
Description of two new species Chattonella tenuiplastida sp. nov. and Chattonella malayana sp. nov. (Raphidophyceae) from South China Sea, with a report of wild fish mortality	19
Connections and clustering of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin events among coastal embayments in an archipelago partly mediated by advection	18
Relationships between blooms of Karenia brevis and hypoxia across the West Florida Shelf	18
Compounds to mitigate cyanobacterial blooms affect growth and toxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa	18
Monitoring cyanobacteria blooms with complementary measurements – a similar story told using high-throughput imaging, optical sensors, light microscopy, and satellite-based methods	18
Playing hide and seek: Distribution with depth of potentially harmful epibenthic dinoflagellates of Southern El Hierro Island, Canary Islands (NE Atlantic)	18
Insights into the differential removal of various red tide organisms using modified clay: Influence of biocellular properties and mechanical interactions	18
Microcystin congeners in Lake Erie follow the seasonal pattern of nitrogen availability	17
Identification of epigenetic histone modifications and analysis of histone lysine methyltransferases in Alexandrium pacificum	17
The cytotoxicity of the haptophyte Chrysochromulina leadbeateri towards the Atlantic salmon gill cell line ASG-10	17
Interaction among spring phytoplankton succession, water discharge patterns, and hydrogen peroxide dynamics in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida	17
Socioeconomic disruptions of harmful algal blooms in indigenous communities: The case of Quinault Indian nation	17
Mixotrophy in the bloom-forming genus Phaeocystis and other haptophytes	17
Insights into the nature of ichthyotoxins from the Chrysochromulina leadbeateri blooms in Northern Norwegian fjords	17
The relationship between salmon (Salmo salar) farming and cell abundance of harmful algal taxa	17
Extracellular polymeric substances enhanced photosynthesis over respiration in Microcystis aeruginosa	17
Grazers modify the dinoflagellate relationship between toxin production and cell growth	17
The Ciliate Euplotes balteatus Exhibits Removal Capacity upon the Dinoflagellates Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum shikokuense	17
Diversity of the holopelagic Sargassum microbiome from the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt to coastal stranding locations	16
Exploration of resting cysts (stages) and their relevance for possibly HABs-causing species in China	16
Editorial Board	16
Exceptional landscape-wide cyanobacteria bloom in Okavango Delta, Botswana in 2020 coincided with a mass elephant die-off event	16
Exposure of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) to modified clay treatment of Karenia brevis as a bloom control strategy	16

Daphnia populations are similar but not identical in tolerance to different protease inhibitors	15
Thecal plate morphology, molecular phylogeny, and toxin analyses reveal two novel species of Alexandrium (Dinophyceae) and their potential for toxin production	15
Enhanced eDNA monitoring for detection of viable harmful algal bloom species using propidium monoazide	15
Selection and characterization of plant-derived alkaloids with strong antialgal inhibition: growth inhibition selectivity and inhibitory mechanism	15
Are little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) impacted by dietary exposure to microcystin?✰	15
Transcriptomic responses to phosphorus in an invasive cyanobacterium, Raphidiopsis raciborskii: Implications for nutrient management	14
Monitoring of toxic cyanobacterial blooms in Lalla Takerkoust reservoir by satellite imagery and microcystin transfer to surrounding farms	14
Species and genetic diversity of notorious dinoflagellates Pfiesteria piscicida, Luciella masanensis, and relatives in marine sediments of China	14
Temporal and spatial variation in the efficiency of a Floc & Sink technique for controlling cyanobacterial blooms in a tropical reservoir	14
Drivers of a window of opportunity for Dinophysis acuminata in a mussel seed-bank hotspot in Northwestern Patagonia	14
Morphology, phylogeny, and host range of the novel early-diverging oomycete Sirolpidium dinoletiferum sp. nov. parasitizing marine dinoflagellates	14
The value of toxin profiles in the chemotaxonomic analysis of paralytic shellfish toxins in determining the relationship between British Alexandrium spp. and experimentally contaminated Mytilus sp.	14
Growth and anatoxin-a production of Microcoleus (Cyanobacteria) strains from streams in California, USA	14
Nutrient availability in a freshwater-to-marine continuum: Cyanobacterial blooms along the Lake Okeechobee Waterway	14
Six marine thecate Heterocapsa (Dinophyceae) from Malaysia, including the description of three novel species and their cytotoxicity potential	14
Multispecies mass mortality in the Beagle Channel associated with paralytic shellfish toxins	14
Editorial Board	13
The benthic toxic dinoflagellate Ostreopsis cf. ovata in the NW Mediterranean Sea: Relationship between sea surface temperature and bloom phenology	13
Editorial Board	13
Physical drivers of Noctiluca scintillans (Dinophyceae) blooms outbreak in the northern Taiwan Strait: A numerical study	13
A critical review on operation and performance of source water control strategies for cyanobacterial blooms: Part I-chemical control methods	13
Light-driven differences in bacterial networks and organic matter decomposition: Insights from an analysis of the harmful cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806	12
Corrigendum to “Environmental controls of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in Chinese inland waters”	12
Diversity and distribution of benthic dinoflagellates in Tonga include the potentially harmful genera Gambierdiscus and Fukuyoa	12
Mechanisms of harmful effects of Microcystis aeruginosa on a brackish water organism Moina mongolica based on physiological and transcriptomic responses	12
Microcystin aids in cold temperature acclimation: Differences between a toxic Microcystis wildtype and non-toxic mutant	12
Alleviation of H2O2 toxicity by extracellular catalases in the phycosphere of Microcystis aeruginosa	12
Higher sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide and light stress conditions of the microcystin producer Microcystis aeruginosa sp PCC7806 compared to non-producer strains.	12
The new chytridiomycete Paradinomyces triforaminorum gen. et sp. nov. co-occurs with other parasitoids during a Kryptoperidinium foliaceum (Dinophyceae) bloom in the Baltic Sea	12
First report of PST-producing Microseira wollei from China reveals its novel toxin profile	12
Harmful algae and climate change on the Canadian East Coast: Exploring occurrence predictions of Dinophysis acuminata, D. norvegica, and Pseudo-nitzschia seriata	12
Severe cyanobacterial blooms in an Australian lake; causes and factors controlling succession patterns	12
Co-occurrence of freshwater and marine phycotoxins: A record of microcystins and domoic acid in Bogue Sound, North Carolina (2015 to 2020)	12
Mesocosm study of PAC-modified clay effects on Karenia brevis cells and toxins, chemical dynamics, and benthic invertebrate physiology	12
Toxicity and growth characteristics of epiphytic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus silvae in Japan	12
Determining ecological interactions of key dinoflagellate species using an intensive metabarcoding approach in a semi-closed coastal ecosystem of South Korea	12
The phyto-bacterioplankton couple in a shallow freshwater ecosystem: Who leads the dance?	12
Editorial Board	11
Paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in butter clams (Saxidomus gigantea) from the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska.	11
Cryo-electron microscopy of extracellular vesicles associated with the marine toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium minutum	11
Indications that algal blooms may affect wild salmon in a similar way as farmed salmon	11
Mechanisms of Phaeocystis globosa blooms in the Beibu Gulf revealed by metatranscriptome analysis	11
Possible functions of CobW domain-containing (CBWD) genes in dinoflagellates using Karlodinium veneficum as a representative	11
Transoceanic ships as a source of alien dinoflagellate invasions of inland freshwater ecosystems	11
Comparative study on the esterification of gymnodimine in different shellfish exposed to the dissolved toxin in seawater	11
Indole-3-acetic acid promotes growth in bloom-forming Microcystis via an antioxidant response	11
Dissolved organic nitrogen, dinoflagellates and cyanobacteria in two eutrophic lakes: Analysis by inferential modelling	11
Seafood consumption during harmful algal blooms: The impact of information regarding safety and health	11
Divergent responses of an armored and an unarmored dinoflagellate to ocean acidification	11
Control of cyanobacterial blooms with iron addition can favor stress-tolerant toxic species	11
Biodiversity, phylogeny and toxin production profile of cyanobacterial strains isolated from lake Latyan in Iran	11
Succession of diversity, assembly mechanisms, and activities of the microeukaryotic community throughout Scrippsiella acuminata (Dinophyceae) bloom phases	10
Toxins from harmful algae in fish from Scottish coastal waters	10
Review of harmful algal bloom effects on birds with implications for avian wildlife in the Chesapeake Bay region	10
Fate of hepatotoxin microcystin during infection of cyanobacteria by fungal chytrid parasites	10
Production of extracellular superoxide contributes to photosynthesis via elimination of reducing power and regeneration of NADP+ in the red-tide-forming raphidophyte Chattonella marina complex	10
Responses of the marine carbonate system to a green tide: A case study of an Ulva prolifera bloom in Qingdao coastal waters	10
Systematic exploration of transcriptional responses of interspecies interaction between Karenia mikimotoi and Prorocentrum shikokuense	10
Alexandrium on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea shelf: Impact of upwelling in a warming Arctic	10
Sublethal effects on the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria after exposure to Aureococcus anophagefferens Chinese strain isolates	10
Effects of terrestrial dissolved organic matter on a bloom of the toxic cyanobacteria, Raphidiopsis raciborskii	10
A three-dimensional mixotrophic model of Karlodinium veneficum blooms for a eutrophic estuary	10
Strain variability in toxin profiles and toxic potential of Dinophysis fortii populations from Southwestern and Northern Japanese coastal waters	10
Identification of novel microcystins in algal extracts by a liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry data analysis pipeline	10
Evidence for the production of asexual resting cysts in a free-living species of Symbiodiniaceae (Dinophyceae)	10
Long-term changes in spatiotemporal distribution of Noctiluca scintillans in the southern North Sea	10
Responses of mussel farms to harmful algal bloom governance are shaped by the scale of production: Implications for equitable blue economy	10
Polyphyletic origin of saxitoxin biosynthesis genes in the marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium revealed by comparative transcriptomics	10