OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Endangered Species Research is 6. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions	76
Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon	73
Understanding individual and population-level effects of plastic pollution on marine megafauna	72
Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation	44
Comprehensive health assessment of green turtles Chelonia mydas nesting in southeastern Florida, USA	28
South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling	28
Have whales returned to a historical hotspot of industrial whaling? The pattern of southern right whale Eubalaena australis recovery at South Georgia	26
Urban manta rays: potential manta ray nursery habitat along a highly developed Florida coastline	24
Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries	23
Fluctuations in Hawaii’s humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae population inferred from male song chorusing off Maui	23
Co-occurrence of gray whales and vessel traffic in the North Pacific Ocean	21
Residency, demographics, and movement patterns of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis in an offshore wind energy development area in southern New England, USA	21
Acoustic seasonality, behaviour and detection ranges of Antarctic blue and fin whales under different sea ice conditions off Antarctica	20
Elevated accumulation of the toxic metal mercury in the Critically Endangered oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean	19
Getting to the bottom of bycatch: a GIS-based toolbox to assess the risk of marine mammal bycatch	19
Up in the air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales	18
In plane sight: a mark-recapture analysis of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	18
Exposure to permethrin or chlorpyrifos causes differential dose- and time-dependent behavioral effects at early larval stages of an endangered teleost species	17
Post-release survival of fallout Newell’s shearwater fledglings from a rescue and rehabilitation program on Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i	16
Hawksbill sea turtle life-stage durations, somatic growth patterns, and age at maturation	16
A new blue whale song-type described for the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean	16
Foraging habitat of North Atlantic right whales has declined in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and may be insufficient for successful reproduction	16
Assisted colonisation trials for the western swamp turtle show that juveniles can grow in cooler and wetter climates	16
Large-scale space use of large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata: implications for management	15
Vertical movements of a pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus): insights into the species’ physiological limitations and trophic ecology in the Red Sea	15

Estimating effectiveness of speed reduction measures for decreasing whale-strike mortality in a high-risk region	15
Feminization of hawksbill turtle hatchlings in the twenty-first century at an important regional nesting aggregation	15
Body size data collected non-invasively from drone images indicate a morphologically distinct Chilean blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) taxon	15
Dugong (Dugong dugon) movements and habitat use in a coral reef lagoonal ecosystem	15
Reestablishing a stepping-stone population of the threatened elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to aid regional recovery	14
Ensemble Random Forests as a tool for modeling rare occurrences	13
Evidence of fine-scale genetic structure for reef manta rays Mobula alfredi in New Caledonia	13
The gut bacterial microbiota of sea turtles differs between geographically distinct populations	12
Green turtle population recovery at Aldabra Atoll continues after 50 yr of protection	12
Fine-scale movement and habitat use of whitespotted eagle rays Aetobatus narinari in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA	12
Genetic evidence for allopatric speciation of the Siberian ibex Capra sibirica in India	11
Home range and movements of Amazon river dolphins Inia geoffrensis in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins	11
Shedding light on the river and sea lamprey in western European marine waters	11
Interannual variability in acoustic detection of blue and fin whale calls in the Northeast Atlantic High Arctic between 2008 and 2018	11
Linking monitoring and data analysis to predictions and decisions for the range-wide eastern black rail status assessment	11
Assessment of the status and trends in abundance of a coastal pinniped, the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea	11
Quantifying development to inform management of Mojave and Sonoran desert tortoise habitat in the American southwest	10
Marine turtles of the African east coast: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research	10
Population estimate and rate of increase of southern right whales Eubalaena australis in southeastern Australia	10
Quantifying sublethal Florida manatee-watercraft interactions by examining scars on manatee carcasses	10
Seasonal monitoring of Hida salamander Hynobius kimurae using environmental DNA with a genus-specific primer set	10
Unexpected residual habitats raise hope for the survival of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis along the Occitan coast (Northwest Mediterranean Sea)	10
Analysis of the fecal microbiome in Kemp’s ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys kempii undergoing rehabilitation	9
Reproductive output, foraging destinations, and isotopic niche of olive ridley and loggerhead sea turtles, and their hybrids, in Brazil	9
Mark-recapture estimates suggest declines in abundance of common bottlenose dolphin stocks in the main Hawaiian Islands	9
Spatio-temporal distribution of spinetail devil ray Mobula mobular in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean	9
Population status and trend of the threatened ivory gull Pagophila eburnea in Svalbard	8
Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015-2017	8
Field-based oxygen isotope fractionation for the conservation of imperilled fishes: an application with the threatened silver shiner Notropis photogenis	8
Marine distribution and foraging habitat highlight potential threats at sea for the Endangered Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow	8
Clicking throughout the year: sperm whale clicks in relation to environmental conditions off the west coast of South Africa	8
Sperm whale presence observed using passive acoustic monitoring from gliders of opportunity	8
Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara oral history, use, and conservation status in the Mexican Caribbean and Campeche Bank	8
Rehabilitated sea turtles tend to resume typical migratory behaviors: satellite tracking juvenile loggerhead, green, and Kemp’s ridley turtles in the northeastern USA	8
Evaluating prevalence of external injuries on nesting loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in southeastern Florida, USA	8
Implications of wind and vessel noise on the sound fields experienced by southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca in the Salish Sea	7
Three decades of stranding data reveal insights into endangered hawksbill sea turtles in Hawai‘i	7
Broad-scale geographic and temporal assessment of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colony-landscape association	7
Shifting phenology of an endangered apex predator mirrors changes in its favored prey	7
Habitat use and selection patterns inform habitat conservation priorities of an endangered large carnivore in southern Europe	7
More vaquita porpoises survive than expected	7
Age-specific survival and reproductive rates of Mediterranean monk seals at the Cabo Blanco Peninsula, West Africa	7
Patterns of nesting behaviour and nesting success for green turtles at Raine Island, Australia	7
Disentanglement network data to characterize leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries	7
Captive breeding and the conservation of the threatened houbara bustards	7
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals spatiotemporal segregation of two fish-eating killer whale Orcinus orca populations in proposed critical habitat	7
Role of incubation environment in determining thermal tolerance of sea turtle hatchlings	7
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species	7
Space use, interaction and recursion in a solitary specialized herbivore: a red panda case study	7
Invasive grass negatively affects growth and survival of an imperiled butterfly	6

Embryo deformities and nesting trends in Kemp’s ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys kempii before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	6
Investigating the efficacy of a proposed marine protected area for the Endangered humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at a remote island group in Seychelles	6
Stakeholder engagement in the governance of marine migratory species: barriers and building blocks	6
The paradox of endangered European rabbits regarded as pests on the Iberian Peninsula: trends in subspecies matter	6
Dive behavior of North Atlantic right whales on the calving ground in the Southeast USA: implications for conservation	6
Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat	6
Environmental DNA approach complements social media reports to detect an endangered freshwater stingray species in the wild	6
Potential of electric fields to reduce bycatch of highly threatened sawfishes	6
Impacts of invasive cane toads on an Endangered marsupial predator and its prey	6
First evidence of underwater vocalizations in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas	6
Microbial communities of wild-captured Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)	6
Effects of moisture during incubation on green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) development, morphology and performance	6
Four decades of research on distribution and abundance of the Bolivian river dolphin Inia geoffrensis boliviensis	6
Fine-scale acoustic telemetry in a riverine environment: movement and habitat use of the endangered Mary River cod Maccullochella mariensis	6
Revising the marine range of the endangered black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata: occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico and exposure to conservation threats	6
Underwater hearing and communication in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi	6