OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Marine Biology Research 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
On Caretta caretta’s shell: first spatial analysis of micro- and macro-epibionts on the Mediterranean loggerhead sea turtle carapace	11
A new genus and species of fish parasitic cymothoid isopod (Crustacea) from Indian waters, with a key to the branchial-attaching cymothoid genera	10
Temperature-related timing of the spring bloom and match between phytoplankton and zooplankton	9
Reproductive cycle and gonadal development of the Atlantic sea urchinArbacia punctulatain the Gulf of Mexico: changes in nutritive phagocytes in relation to gametogenesis	9
A comparison of bacterial communities from OMZ sediments in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal reveals major differences in nitrogen turnover and carbon recycling potential	8
Kinorhynch communities from Alabama coastal waters	8
Phylogenetic position of the hemiuroid genus Paraccacladium Bray & Gibson, 1977 (Trematoda: Hemiuroidea) and the status of the subfamily Paraccacladiinae Bray & Gibson, 1977	8
Taxonomy of the Brazilian Apodida (Holothuroidea), with the description of two new genera	8
Review of jellyfish trophic interactions in the Baltic Sea	8
Baleen whale distribution, behaviour and overlap with anthropogenic activity in coastal regions of the New York Bight	8
Phylogenetic affiliation of the lepocreadiid trematodes parasitizing some marine fishes in the North-western Pacific	7
Using growth rates and otolith shape to identify the population structure ofUmbrina canosai(Sciaenidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic	7
A histology-free description of Tetrastemma cupido sp. nov. (Nemertea: Eumonostilfera) from Sagami Bay, Japan	7
Deep-sea smelts, pencil smelts, and barreleyes (Teleostei: Argentiniformes) from oceanic islands and seamounts off northeastern Brazil	7
Effects of salinity on haemolymph osmolality, gill Na⁺/K⁺ ATPase and antioxidant enzyme activities in the male mud crab Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796)	7
A new species of Renocila Miers, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a fish parasitic isopod from Andaman Island, India	7
Impacts of anthropogenic contaminants and elevated temperature on prevalence and proliferation of Escherichia coli in the wild-caught American oyster, Crassostrea virginica in the southe	6
Population structure of bycaught harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) in Norway	6
Reproductive cycle of the red sea cucumber, Parastichopus tremulus (Gunnerus, 1767), from western Norway	6
Biodiversity of caridean shrimps on rocky bottoms of two preserved islands on the southeastern Brazilian coast	6
Phylogenetic conservatism of abiotic niche in sympatric Southwestern Atlantic skates	6
Hypoxia exerts oxidative stress and changes in expression of antioxidant enzyme genes in gills of Mytilus galloprovincialis (Lamarck, 1819)	6
Scyphozoan jellyfish blooms and their relationship with environmental factors along the South-eastern Arabian Sea	6
Epizoic barnacle (Xenobalanus globicipitis) infestations in several cetacean species in south-eastern Brazil	6
Environmental influence on the inter-annual demographic variation of the narrownose smooth-hound shark (Mustelus schmitti, Springer 1939) in the Northern Argentine Coastal System (El Rincón, 38	5

Chaotic genetic patchiness in the pelagic teleost fish Sardina pilchardus across the Siculo-Tunisian Strait	5
Under pressure: Cassiopea andromeda jellyfish exposed to increasing water temperature or lead, cadmium and anthropogenic gadolinium contamination	5
A trans-isthmus survey of marine tardigrades from Costa Rica (Central America) with descriptions of seven new species	5
A new species of parasitic copepod of the genus Lernaeenicus Lesueur, 1824 (Siphonostomatoida: Pennellidae) from the torpedo scad Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus) off Kerala coast of Arabia	5
Biological invasions in artificial habitats: factors that determine the presence of native and exotic peracarid Crustacea species in Southwestern Atlantic	5
Recombinase polymerase amplification combined with lateral flow dipstick for the rapid detection of Prorocentrum donghaiense	5
Encounters with the rare genus Helicosalpa (Chordata, Thaliacea, Salpida), using citizen science data	5
A new species of Zeuxo (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from Japan, with remarks on carapace pigmentation as a potentially useful taxonomic character	5
Damage assessment and survival estimates in the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) caught by mechanical dredging in the northern Alboran Sea	5
Fluorescence signatures of persistent photosystem damage in the staghorn coral Acropora cf. pulchra (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) during bleaching and recovery	5
A new species of branchial fish parasitic isopod, Norileca Bruce, 1990 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), from the Andaman Islands, India	4
Reproductive biology of the bopyrid isopod Robinione overstreeti, a branchial parasite of the ghost shrimp Callichirus islagrande (Decapoda: Callichiridae) in the Gulf of Mexico	4
Behavioural responses in the sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) to permanent magnets and pulsed magnetic fields	4
Phragmope discrepans,gen. & comb. nov. (Mesophyllaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta), the species known as ‘Mesophyllum engelhartii’from South Africa	4
Diet composition and biomass consumption of harbour seals in Telemark and Aust-Agder, Norwegian Skagerrak	4
Influence of fragment size on post transplantation growth and survival of domed scleractinian corals	4
Microplastics – an emerging threat in the Indian waterbodies	4
Reproductive biology of the dart squid,Lolliguncula diomedeae(Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) from Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico	4
Trophic resource partitioning among four sympatric lutjanid species in the southern Mexican Caribbean Sea	3
Two new species of the marine flatworm Pericelis (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from southwestern Japan with an amendment of the generic diagnosis based on phylogenetic inference	3
A comparison of the prokaryotic communities associated with seven seaweed species, sediment, and seawater from the Penghu archipelago, Taiwan	3
Sabellariid (Polychaeta: Annelida) reefs as nursery ground for the hermit crab Clibanarius symmetricus (Randall, 1840) on the Amazonian coast of Brazil	3
Scraping and grazing herbivorous/detritivorous fish display opposite feeding behaviours under different protection regulations	3
A new species of Pantopipetta (Pycnogonida: Austrodecidae) from the North Pacific, with a note on the palp articulation	3
Presence of microplastics and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in sea cucumbers under different anthropogenic influences in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)	3
Can shell shape be used to find the origin of South American mussels?	3
Reproductive timing and synchronized reproduction of the sea urchinPseudechinus magellanicus(Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae) in central Patagonia, Argentina	3
Differences in the concentrations of trace elements among different hard structures and their potential application in species identification: a case study on Loliginidae cryptic species	3
Feeding biology of the brittlestarOphioderma appressum(Say, 1825) (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in a tropical shallow reef from the Brazilian coast	3
Description of a new species of deep-water crab of the genus Homolodromia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 from the northern Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Homolodromiidae)	3
Spatial patterns and key drivers of zooplankton in the north central Indian Ocean	3
Local movements and site-tenacity of minke whale in Iceland in relation to feeding and a northward distribution shift	3
Swimbladder filling in herring larvae: effects of food oil on the water surface	3
Invertebrates found on floating Sargassum horneri (Fucales, Sargassaceae) under the Kuroshio Current in the Pacific Ocean	3
Night underwater rides: the activity of a sandy beach gastropod is affected by interactive effects of light availability and water level	3
Bioluminescence of greenNoctiluca scintillansfrom the coastal waters of Kochi (southwest coast of India) andin vivoexperiments on bioluminescence in response to mechanical stimuli and it	3
Short-term microplastic exposure triggers cellular damage through oxidative stress in the soft coralCoelogorgia palmosa	2
Optimization of fishery resources assessment methods and ecological effects evaluation of artificial reefs	2
Spatial and temporal variations in the species composition and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates along the coast of the Eastern Black Sea	2
Trophic assessment and isotopic niches of the sympatric penaeids species Penaeus brasiliensis and P. paulensis in SW Atlantic estuarine systems	2
Reproductive biology of mangrove clamsGeloina expansa(Mousson, 1849) from mangrove at Kendari Bay, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia	2
New records of Recent brachiopods (Terebratulida) from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge	2
First record of the mating system in the grey smoothhound shark (Mustelus californicus)	2
Conserve immatures and rebound the potential: stock status and reproduction of whiting (Merlangius merlangus [Linnaeus, 1758]) in the Western Black Sea	2
The embryological and larval development of the sea urchin Diadema savignyi (Audouin, 1809) (Diadematoida: Diadematidae) from the South China Sea	2
Redescription of the type species of the genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), with notes on geographic distribution of the New World species	2
Genomic attributes and recent advances in detection of white spot syndrome virus in shrimp: a review	2
Preferential prey and attacking strategy of the purple dye murex (Bolinus brandaris) on three common bivalve species from Tunisia (Central Mediterranean Sea)	2
Annual variation in leaf canopy across a seagrass distribution range is modulated by local environmental variation	2
Plumularioidea (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME)	2

Reproductive ecology and growth of marine catfishes (Ariidae) supporting sustainable fisheries in Banc d’Arguin National Park, Mauritania	2
A comparison of spring body condition, maturation status, and diet in the European sardine, Sardina pilchardus (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from contrasting environments off the Moroccan Atlantic coa	2
Differences in the timing of egg extrusion and reproductive investment between primiparous and multiparous females of the southern king crab Lithodes santolla	2
Colour polymorphism and genetic structure in the cannonball jellyfish (Stomolophus meleagris, L. Agassiz, 1860) in the Gulf of California	2
Filling in data gaps on the phaeton dragonet [Synchiropus phaeton (Günther, 1861)]: a study on biological characteristics in the eastern Mediterranean (Aegean Sea, Greece)	2
Intertidal burrowing shrimps (Axiidea: Callianassidae, Callichiridae; Gebiidea: Axiannassidae, Upogebiidae) collected along the Brazilian coast	2
Mito-nuclear discordance in West African mangrove crab species (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) suggests uni-directional mitochondrial introgression, despite prolonged evolutionary independence	2
Zoogeographic patterns of Red Sea fishes – are they correlated to success in colonization of the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal?	2
Morphological and genetic characterization of the invasive rayed pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata radiata (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pteriidae) populations from contrasting environments along the Tuni	2
Sea pens and bamboo corals in Skagerrak and the Norwegian trench	2
Stock characterization of Greater Lizardfish, Saurida tumbil (Bloch, 1795) along the west coast of India using morphological and molecular markers	2
A rare polyclad genus Bulaceros (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Pseudocerotidae): new species and new record from Indian coral atolls	2
An integrative approach reveals a new species of Zoantharia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), Terrazoanthus silveirai, in the South-western Atlantic Ocean	2
Age, growth and feeding habits of boarfish (Capros aper) in the Aegean and Ionian Seas (Greece)	2
Influence of warm core eddy on the vertical distribution of autotrophic pico- and nanoplankton in the Bay of Bengal	2
Hand dredging for the wedge clam (Donax trunculus) in the Algarve coast (southern Portugal): fishing yield, bycatch, discards and damage rates	2
Spatio-temporal occurrence patterns of epibiota along the leaves of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in the Northern Adriatic Sea	2
Characterization of hydrological features and plankton during neap tides in a subtropical lagoon south of the California Current	2
The diet of juvenile Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) feeding in new northern nursery areas along the Norwegian coast	2
Age and growth of Ceratoscopelus warmingii (Myctophidae) in the South China Sea based on sagittal otolith microstructure	2
Nine new records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Indian waters	2
Spatial and temporal characteristics of harmful algal blooms in Zhejiang Province waters during 1933–2018	2
Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)	2
Population genetics of the hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus (Belonidae) indicate high connectivity in Tanzanian coastal waters	2
Phylogeographic analysis of Thyrsites atun (Perciformes: Gempylidae) reveals connectivity between fish from South Africa and Chile	2
First insights into population parameters and spatial distribution of the two morphotypes of Mactra stultorum (brownish and whitish) (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca: Bivalvia) along the southwestern	2
Inferring ecological strategies of Psenopsis spp. (Teleostei: Centrolophidae) inhabiting Indian waters from morphological features	2
A new species ofDynoidesBarnard, 1914 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from Canada, with notes on geographic distribution of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean species	2
Taxonomic status and geographic distribution ofPhycogorgia fucata(Valenciennes 1846) (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)	2
First in situ observations of the free-floating gelatinous matrix of blackbelly rosefish Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche, 1809)	2
Growth and biochemical profiling of marine microalgae Chlorella salina with response to nitrogen starvation	2
Tri-oceanic connectivity of the supposedly cosmopolitan polychaete,Harmothoe imbricata(Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from the COI marker	1
Diversity and seasonal prevalence of starch hydrolysing, phosphate solubilizing and nitrogen-fixing bacterial groups of rooted and un-rooted regions of tropical mangrove sediments of Sundarbans, West	1
Variations in seaweed-associated and planktonic bacterial communities along the coast of Ghana	1
Shell shape as an indicator of phenotypic stocks of Tehuelche scallop in Northern Patagonia, Argentina	1
Effect of water trophic status on bio-optical properties and productive characteristics of phytoplankton of the Black Sea coastal waters near Sevastopol	1
Nicippe isaki, a new species of Pardaliscidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Svalbard	1
Relationships between environmental heterogeneity and fish beta diversity in a tropical bay	1
Effects of tropical cyclone Amphan on the copepods of the Ganges estuary	1
Biometric parameters and biochemical composition of wild wreckfish (Polyprion americanus)	1
Early developmental stages of the sea urchin Sphaerechinus granularis (Lamarck, 1816) (Echinoidea: Toxopneustidae)	1
Recolonization behavior of rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) and common starfish (Asterias rubens) eradicated from mussel bed	1
Annual reproductive cycle of a successful Lessepsian immigrant in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Pomadasys stridens (Forsskål, 1775) (Family: Haemulidae)	1
Normalizing home ranges of immature Kemp’s ridley turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) in an important estuarine foraging area to better assess their spatial distribution	1
A new species ofMetacirolanaKussakin, 1979 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the coral reefs of Viti Livu, Fiji, with a revised diagnosis to the genus	1
First evidence of trace metals and persistent organic contaminants from an endangered marine species, Mobula mobular (Bonattere, 1788) caught in Hellenic waters (Saronik	1
Recent spread of non-indigenous ascidians (Chordata: Tunicata) in Icelandic harbours	1
Preparation and characterization of biosorbent Sargassum myriocystum for zinc removal	1
Study of the characteristics of intestinal bacteria of little yellow croaker (Larimichthys polyactis) and big head croaker (Collichthys lucidus) from the Lyusi fishing ground	1
Grateloupia oligoclora (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta): a new species from China based on morphological observation, life history and rbcL gene sequence analysis	1
First record of stonefish metabolism: baseline respiration and spontaneous activity of tropical marine Synanceia verrucosa	1
Bacterial composition and putative functions associated with sponges, sediment and seawater from the Tioman coral reef system, Peninsular Malaysia	1
Disruption of biofilm formation by fractions from book gills and carapace of horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas	1
A preliminary investigation of epibiotic macrofauna on the mangrove horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802) in Singapore	1
Fecundity pattern and spawning dynamics of the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis	1
Pelagic anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of The Gully Marine Protected Area	1
The interspecific abundance–occupancy relationship in rocky intertidal communities	1
Effect of different measuring techniques, preservation methods and storage duration on the morphometric measurements of crustacean larvae	1
Distribution and habitat of Scalpellidae (Cirripedia: Thoracica) in the Norwegian and Barents Seas	1
Advances in population monitoring of the mangrove ‘uçá’-crab (Ucides cordatus): reduction of body size variance for better evaluation of population structure and extractive potential	1
Toxicity of iron-based nanoparticles to Nannochloropsis oculata: effects of Fe₂O₃-NPs on oxidative stress and fatty acid composition	1
Maturity and reproduction in the Arabian carpet shark, Chiloscyllium arabicum from the Saudi Arabian waters of the Arabian Gulf	1
The underreported presence of the subtidal seagrass Cymodocea nodosa in rocky intertidal pools of the Canary Islands	1
Protective effects of indigenous lactic acid bacteria in Artemia salina challenged with Vibrio parahaemolyticus : an in vit	1
On some cryptic sponges associated with Lessonia trabeculata holdfasts in the South-eastern Pacific	1
Crustacea biodiversity in tubes of Ceriantharia (Cnidaria; Anthozoa), including the description of a novel species of Amphipoda from southeastern Brazil	1
Reproductive cycle of sea urchin Echinometra vanbrunti (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Gulf of California	1
Spirulina- a marine miracle for sustainable food system	1
Life-history traits facilitate the population success of the sergeant major Abudefduf saxatilis (Linnaeus, 1758, Perciformes: Pomacentridae) in the Caribbean Sea	1
Decline of Seriatopora (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae) fecundity in Taiwan in 2018–2019	1
Canal differentiation in multiporate conceptacles of Mesophyllaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), with recognition of Thallis gen. nov. from South Africa, and Perithallis gen. nov., Pri	1