OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of African Journal of Aquatic Science is 2. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Green technology for bioremediation of the eutrophication phenomenon in aquatic ecosystems: a review	32
A review of the populations of tilapiine species in lakes Victoria and Naivasha, East Africa	14
Quality assessment of groundwater in an agricultural belt in eastern Nigeria using a Water Quality Index	13
Disaggregation and assessment of estuarine pressures at the country-level to better inform management and resource protection – the South African experience	11
Phytoplankton community structure in relation to physico-chemical factors in a tropical soda lake, Lake Shala (Ethiopia)	11
Ten research questions to support South Africa’s Inland Fisheries Policy	8
The Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (FBIS) – mobilising data for evaluating long-term change in South African rivers	8
Assessing fish community response to water quality and habitat stressors in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	8
Effects of fragmented mangroves on macrozoobenthos: a case study of mangrove clearance for powerline right-of-way at Oproama Creek, Niger Delta, Nigeria	7
Seasonal variation in water quality, plankton diversity and microbial load of tropical freshwater lakes in Nigeria	6
Quality assessment of surface water using the Nile Chemical Pollution Index (NCPI) and microbiological pollution of the Rosetta Branch (Nile River, Egypt)	6
Identifying multiple geographically restricted phylogeographic lineages of Moggel (Cyprinidae: Labeo umbratus) in South Africa	6
Spatial distribution of zooplankton in relation to some selected physicochemical water quality parameters of Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia	5
Diversity of macrophytes in relation to environmental conditions in wetlands along the lower part of the Gilgel Abay River catchment in Ethiopia	5
A critical review of macroinvertebrate-based bioassessment approaches in Africa’s lotic systems: developments, challenges, and legal requirements	5
Seasonal variation and drivers of zooplankton, macroinvertebrate and littoral fish communities from irrigation ponds in a semi-arid region in the Eastern Cape (South Africa)	5
Estimation of pesticide mixture interaction in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) using survival analysis	5
Rotifers in the Niger River, Niger: diversity and abundance in relation to environmental parameters	4
Mass developments ofEuglena sanguineaEhrenberg in South Africa	4
Impact of flood regime on phytoplankton communities in the large African reservoir, Lake Nasser, Egypt	4
A review of the limnology of the Okavango Delta, Botswana	4
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 2: two-dimensional hydrodynamic modelling in support of an eco-social assessment	4
Assessment of water quality for suitability and human health risk: a study of the Owan River, Edo State, Nigeria	4
Bioaccumulation of trace metals in the ocypodid burrowing crab, Paratylodiplax blephariskios, in Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa	4
The impact of rubber effluent discharges on the water quality of a tropical rain forest river in Nigeria	4

A comparative review of decision support tools routinely used by selected transboundary River Basin Organisations	4
A trait database for southern African freshwater invertebrates	4
DRIFT: incorporating an eco-social system network and time series approach into environmental flow assessments	4
Development of a multimetric index for assessing the ecological integrity of some selected rivers and streams in the north-eastern part of Lake Tana sub-basin, Ethiopia	4
Risk assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of the Ekulu River in Enugu State in Nigeria	3
Freshwater ecosystems and interactions with the SDG 2030 Agenda: implications for SDG implementation in South Africa	3
Water quality of the Blue Nile at Khartoum, Sudan, before complete filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam	3
Assessment of subsurface riverbed clogging by fine sediments in a semi-arid catchment of north-western Algeria	3
Assessment of metal pollution in sediment and its impact on the macrobenthic community of Richards Bay Harbour, South Africa	3
Development of a Water Quality Assessment Index for the Chania River, Kenya	3
The effect of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) invasions on native fish communities in the subtropical Blyde River, Mpumalanga province, South Africa	3
An assessment of water and sediment quality of aquatic ecosystems within South Africa’s largest floodplain	3
Structural assemblages of plant species in the Owabi Ramsar Wetland in the Ashanti Region of Ghana	3
Settlement of the invasive mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in a warm temperate estuarine embayment in South Africa	3
The contribution and value of the trait-based approach to water resource protection	3
A protocol and tools for setting environmental water temperature guidelines for perennial rivers in South Africa	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 3: the application of an eco-social model to assess options for managing ecological status	3
The Elephant Marsh, Malawi – Part 1: reconstruction of the historic hydromorphology	3
Drivers of periphyton biomass in south-western Cape rivers, South Africa, and the implications for management	2
Ecological quality of the Alibori River, northern Benin, using macroinvertebrate indicators	2
Long-term study of the drought impact on the phytoplankton concentration and assemblages in two water supply reservoirs in Namibia	2
Macrophyte species diversity and distribution in relation to water quality of the Cheleleka Wetland in Ethiopia	2
Spectral classification, mapping and physical habitat implications of a riparian invasion by Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb. in the Touws River, Klein Karoo, South Africa	2
Potential live feeds for larval fish culture in Ethiopia	2
Stock assessment of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) in Lake Tana, Ethiopia	2
Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward	2
Limnological features and water-quality changes of two Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes, Lake Abaya and Lake Chamo	2
Assessment of river health using benthic macroinvertebrates in the Dwars River, Olifants Water Management Area, Limpopo province, South Africa	2
Comparative biotolerance of water spinach, Ipomoea aquatica, to heavy metal pollution in the Agodi Reservoir and the Ogunpa River, Oyo State, Nigeria	2
Assessment of water quality and associated human health risk of a tropical freshwater body in Edo State, Nigeria	2
Flow alterations and nutrient loading reduce primary producer variability in a temporarily closed microtidal estuary in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	2
Evidence for overfishing of tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus (Castelnau 1861) in the Kavango River, Namibia	2
Short-term recovery of macroinvertebrate communities following a flash flood in an urban river: a case study of the Palmiet River in Durban, South Africa	2
The extent of hybridisation between largemouth bass and Florida bass across two river systems in South Africa	2
Validation of lipid extraction and correction methods for stable isotope analysis of freshwater food webs in southern Africa	2
Colonisation theory and invasive biota: the Great Fish River case history, 35 years later	2
Species composition and distribution of mayflies (Ephemeroptera) in relation to land use systems along the Thika River, Kenya	2
Effects of atrazine on the endocrinology and histoarchitecture of the testes in African Catfish,Clarias gariepinus(Burchell, 1822)	2
The application of Bayesian networks to evaluate risks from multiple stressors to water quality of freshwater ecosystems	2
Zooplankton distribution and community structure as a function of environmental variables in the Niger River and its tributaries in Niger	2
Investigating the potential for saltpan restoration for the provision of multiple ecosystem services	2
Macroinvertebrate community structure and diversity in relation to environmental factors in wetlands of the lower Gilgel Abay River catchment, Ethiopia	2
Tidal influence on fish faunal occurrence and distribution in an estuarine mangrove system in Ghana	2
Cadmium exposure induces testicular oxidative damage and histopathological changes in the freshwater leech Limnatis nilotica (Savigny, 1822): the protective role of salicylic acid	2
Species composition and diversity of epiphytic microalgae on Myriophyllum spicatum in the El-Ibrahimia Canal, Egypt	2