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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Climate change and marine turtles: recent advances and future directions	86
Marine mammal conservation: over the horizon	84
Emergent research and priorities for shark and ray conservation	65
South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling	32
Have whales returned to a historical hotspot of industrial whaling? The pattern of southern right whale Eubalaena australis recovery at South Georgia	29
Bycatch mitigation of protected and threatened species in tuna purse seine and longline fisheries	28
Co-occurrence of gray whales and vessel traffic in the North Pacific Ocean	25
Fluctuations in Hawaii’s humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae population inferred from male song chorusing off Maui	23
Residency, demographics, and movement patterns of North Atlantic right whales Eubalaena glacialis in an offshore wind energy development area in southern New England, USA	22
In plane sight: a mark-recapture analysis of North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	21
Up in the air: drone images reveal underestimation of entanglement rates in large rorqual whales	21
Marine turtle regional management units 2.0: an updated framework for conservation and research of wide-ranging megafauna species	20
Elevated accumulation of the toxic metal mercury in the Critically Endangered oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus from the northwestern Atlantic Ocean	20
Vertical movements of a pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus): insights into the species’ physiological limitations and trophic ecology in the Red Sea	19
Foraging habitat of North Atlantic right whales has declined in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, and may be insufficient for successful reproduction	19
Large-scale space use of large juvenile and adult smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata: implications for management	18
Exposure to permethrin or chlorpyrifos causes differential dose- and time-dependent behavioral effects at early larval stages of an endangered teleost species	18
Reestablishing a stepping-stone population of the threatened elkhorn coral Acropora palmata to aid regional recovery	17
A new blue whale song-type described for the Arabian Sea and Western Indian Ocean	16
Key issues in assessing threats to sea turtles: knowledge gaps and future directions	16
Feminization of hawksbill turtle hatchlings in the twenty-first century at an important regional nesting aggregation	16
Body size data collected non-invasively from drone images indicate a morphologically distinct Chilean blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) taxon	16
Hawksbill sea turtle life-stage durations, somatic growth patterns, and age at maturation	16
Evidence of fine-scale genetic structure for reef manta rays Mobula alfredi in New Caledonia	15
Green turtle population recovery at Aldabra Atoll continues after 50 yr of protection	15

First evidence of underwater vocalizations in green sea turtles Chelonia mydas	13
Ship-strike forecast and mitigation for whales in Gitga’at First Nation territory	12
Marine turtles of the African east coast: current knowledge and priorities for conservation and research	12
Assessment of the status and trends in abundance of a coastal pinniped, the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea	12
Quantifying sublethal Florida manatee-watercraft interactions by examining scars on manatee carcasses	12
Home range and movements of Amazon river dolphins Inia geoffrensis in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins	12
Interannual variability in acoustic detection of blue and fin whale calls in the Northeast Atlantic High Arctic between 2008 and 2018	12
Seasonal monitoring of Hida salamander Hynobius kimurae using environmental DNA with a genus-specific primer set	11
Shedding light on the river and sea lamprey in western European marine waters	11
Acoustic occurrence of baleen whales, particularly blue, fin, and humpback whales, off eastern Canada, 2015-2017	11
Marine distribution and foraging habitat highlight potential threats at sea for the Endangered Bermuda petrel Pterodroma cahow	11
Unexpected residual habitats raise hope for the survival of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis along the Occitan coast (Northwest Mediterranean Sea)	11
Patterns of nesting behaviour and nesting success for green turtles at Raine Island, Australia	11
Spatio-temporal distribution of spinetail devil ray Mobula mobular in the eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean	11
Broad-scale geographic and temporal assessment of northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) maternity colony-landscape association	11
Population status and trend of the threatened ivory gull Pagophila eburnea in Svalbard	10
Evaluating prevalence of external injuries on nesting loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta in southeastern Florida, USA	10
Reproductive output, foraging destinations, and isotopic niche of olive ridley and loggerhead sea turtles, and their hybrids, in Brazil	10
More vaquita porpoises survive than expected	10
Passive acoustic monitoring reveals spatiotemporal segregation of two fish-eating killer whale Orcinus orca populations in proposed critical habitat	10
Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara oral history, use, and conservation status in the Mexican Caribbean and Campeche Bank	10
Mark-recapture estimates suggest declines in abundance of common bottlenose dolphin stocks in the main Hawaiian Islands	10
Disentanglement network data to characterize leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea bycatch in fixed-gear fisheries	9
Captive breeding and the conservation of the threatened houbara bustards	9
Microbial communities of wild-captured Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)	8
Shifting phenology of an endangered apex predator mirrors changes in its favored prey	8
Space use, interaction and recursion in a solitary specialized herbivore: a red panda case study	8
Three decades of stranding data reveal insights into endangered hawksbill sea turtles in Hawai‘i	8
Effects of moisture during incubation on green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) development, morphology and performance	8
Potential of electric fields to reduce bycatch of highly threatened sawfishes	8
Implications of wind and vessel noise on the sound fields experienced by southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca in the Salish Sea	8
Influences of natural and anthropogenic habitat variables on Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins Sousa chinensis in Hong Kong	8
Clicking throughout the year: sperm whale clicks in relation to environmental conditions off the west coast of South Africa	8
Role of incubation environment in determining thermal tolerance of sea turtle hatchlings	8
Rice’s whales in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: call variation and occurrence beyond the known core habitat	7
Impacts of invasive cane toads on an Endangered marsupial predator and its prey	7
Using reproductive hormone concentrations from the muscle of white sharks Carcharodon carcharias to evaluate reproductive status in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean	7
Decomposition of Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle carcasses and its application to backtrack modeling of beach strandings	7
A novel mark-recapture-recovery survey using genetic sampling for polar bears Ursus maritimus in Baffin Bay	7
Habitat use and selection patterns inform habitat conservation priorities of an endangered large carnivore in southern Europe	7
Challenges and priorities for river cetacean conservation	7
Invasive grass negatively affects growth and survival of an imperiled butterfly	7
Costs of parthenogenesis on growth and longevity in ex situ zebra sharks Stegostoma tigrinum	7
Revising the marine range of the endangered black-capped petrel Pterodroma hasitata: occurrence in the northern Gulf of Mexico and exposure to conservation threats	7
Age-specific survival and reproductive rates of Mediterranean monk seals at the Cabo Blanco Peninsula, West Africa	7
Modeling ringed seal Pusa hispida habitat and lair emergence timing in the eastern Bering and Chukchi Seas	6
Underwater hearing and communication in the endangered Hawaiian monk seal Neomonachus schauinslandi	6
Biology and conservation of marine turtles in the northwestern Indian Ocean: a review	6
Regionally endothermic traits in planktivorous basking sharks Cetorhinus maximus	6
Environmental DNA approach complements social media reports to detect an endangered freshwater stingray species in the wild	6

Iterative species distribution modeling results in the discovery of novel populations of a rare cold desert perennial	6
Using sonobuoys and visual surveys to characterize North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) calling behavior in the Gulf of St. Lawrence	6
Characterising seabird vessel interactions associated with demersal ocean trawling: vessel attendance by birds depends on intrinsic and extrinsic predictors	6
Embryo deformities and nesting trends in Kemp’s ridley sea turtles Lepidochelys kempii before and after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill	6
Spatial ecology of endangered roseate terns and foraging habitat suitability around a colony in the western North Atlantic	6
Annual, seasonal, and diel patterns in blue whale call occurrence off eastern Canada	6
Female philopatry in smalltooth sawfish Pristis pectinata: conservation and management implications	6
Dive behavior of North Atlantic right whales on the calving ground in the Southeast USA: implications for conservation	6
Pleistocene paleodrainages explain the phylogeographic structure of Malaysian populations of Asian arowana better than their chromatic variation	6
Artificial sperm insemination in externally fertilised fish as a novel tool for ex situ and in situ conservation of valuable populations	6