OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Aquatic Invasions is 3. 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
Abundance and growth of the invasive Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea, in the lower Columbia River, USA	93
Comparative population dynamics of zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations in two similar closely adjacent warm-water Texas reservoirs	17
Non-native marine and estuarine fouling bryozoans detected along North American Coasts: a twenty-year synthesis	9
Ecological niche dynamics of three invasive marine species under the conservatism and shift niche hypotheses	8
The distribution and spread of quagga mussels in perialpine lakes north of the Alps	8
Long-term evaluation of the impact of urbanization on native and non-native fish assemblages	8
Potential overwintering areas of the alien apple snail, Pomacea canaliculata, in Japan at its northern distribution limit	8
Field surveys reveal physicochemical conditions promoting occurrence and high abundance of an invasive freshwater snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)	8
Adaptive mechanisms of invasion of Chthamalus challengeri (Hoek, 1883) in the trans-oceanic zone of coastal China	7
Continued persistence of non-native ascidians in Southern California harbors and marinas	7
Current temperatures limit the potential impact of a commonly traded predatory gastropod	7
Horizon scanning for potentially invasive non-native marine species to inform trans-boundary conservation management – Example of the northern Gulf of Mexico	6
Temperature and salinity tolerances of juvenile invasive Japanese mystery snails	6
Taxonomic studies of Piaractus brachypomus (Cuvier, 1818) (Serrasalmidae): a non-native species collected from Polish water bodies and laboratory culture	6
Pontederia crassipes invasiveness on Jeju island is linked to a decline in water pH and climate change-driven overwintering	6
Expansion of the alien East Asian river prawn Macrobrachium nipponense (De Haan, 1849) in southwestern Ukraine and assessment of its commercial usage prospects	6
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Matching field-based ranges in brackish water gradients with experimentally derived salinity tolerances of Conrad’s false mussel (Mytilopsis leucophaeata cochleata) and zebra mussel (Dreissena polymor	5
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Molluscan assemblages on artificial structures: a bioinvasion perspective from Northeast Brazilian ports	5
Modeling the dispersal of the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa (Rhodophyta, Ceramiales) in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument	4
Here today, gone tomorrow – the Levantine population of the Brown mussel Perna perna obliterated by unprecedented heatwave	4
Environmental related variation in growth and life-history traits of non-native sailfin catfishes (Pterygoplichthys spp.) across river basins of South China	3
Aliens eating aliens: an introduced amphipod as a potential prey of an invasive rocky shore crab in laboratory experiments	3
Investigating Calico Crayfish (Faxonius immunis Hagen, 1870) as a possible “sleeper” invasive species in northern Wisconsin, United States	3

Models based on chronological data correctly predict the spread of freshwater aliens, and reveal a strong influence of river access, anthropogenic activities and climate regimes	3
Distribution in the estuary and salinity tolerance of armored catfish (Loricariidae) in Central Vietnam	3
Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community	3
Consumption pressure in estuaries peaks at intermediate salinities	3
Massive colonization by the solitary ascidian Microcosmus exasperatus Heller, 1878, on the sandy bottom of the Israeli littoral	3
Non-native species in Poyang Lake Basin: status, threats and management	3
Demographic and genetic structure of the quagga mussel, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis, in the Moselle River ten years after first observation	3
Population structure and density of a new invasive species Rangia cuneata in the Szczecin Lagoon (Odra/Oder estuary, Poland)	3
Presence of a second Eriocheir species in Europe as confirmed by molecular and morphological data	3
Successful colonization of the Red Sea Yellowspotted Puffer, Torquigener flavimaculosus in the Mediterranean without a genetic bottleneck	3
Establishment and ecological integration of the New Zealand mud snail in Spirit Lake, Mount St. Helens, Washington State, USA	3
The temporal abundance-distribution relationship in a global invader sheds light on species distribution mechanisms	3