OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Freshwater Science 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	35
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	32
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	29
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	26
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	23
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	18
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	16
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	13
Front Matter	12
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	11
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	11
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	10
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	10
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	9
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	8
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	8
Front Matter	8
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	7
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	7
Front Cover	6
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Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	6
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6

Front Cover	6
Front Matter	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	5
Front Matter	5
Referees for 2024	4
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	4
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	4
David M. Rosenberg (1943–2021): A personal reminiscence	4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	4
Front Matter	4
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	4
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	4
Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy	3
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators	3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Front Cover	3
Salting and management behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	3
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	2
Front Cover	2
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed	2
CO₂ and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival	2
Co-occurring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature	2
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Water abstraction reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages	2
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	2
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	2
Front Cover	2
Referees for 2022	2
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	2
Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	2
Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream	2
Community structure and metals concentration together determine aquatic-to-terrestrial metal subsidies in urban and forested streams	2
Front Cover	2
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	2
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	2
The effects of temperature and light on ecosystem metabolism in a Japanese stream	2

Front Matter	2
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon	2
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	2
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	2
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	2
The role of emergent physical and chemical properties of Florida spring complexes in predicting fish assemblage structure	2
Substantial pulses of aquatic insects emerge from tidal freshwaters along the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA	1
Using models of local environmental conditions for biological assessment	1
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland	1
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	1
Front Matter	1
Distribution of water chemistry, trace metals, and Chironomidae in coastal freshwater rock pools	1
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	1
Chemical fragmentation of stream systems and fish species richness: The upstream effects of water pollution	1
Environmental drivers and spatial patterns of antibiotic-resistant, enteric coliforms across a forest–urban riverscape	1
Assessing stream biological integrity across gradients of flow permanence and hydrologic connectivity	1
How extreme drought events, introduced species, and disease interact to influence threatened amphibian populations	1
Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators	1
The contribution of autochthonous resource to the diet of aquatic consumers is unrelated to its spatial distribution in tank bromeliads	1
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	1
Partitioning and drivers of aquatic insect beta diversity in mountain streams	1
Long-term responses of benthic diatom assemblages to phosphorus fertilization in an Arctic stream	1
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	1
Catchment soil characteristics predict organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels in temperate lakes	1
Thermal history mediates the ecological role of body size in a freshwater fish	1
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	1
Variation in processes structuring fish assemblages as inferred from metacommunity analyses: Differences between headwater and adventitious streams within a river network	1
Isotopic niches of Silver Carp and two native planktivores in a large reservoir	1
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1
Front Matter	1
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	1
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	1
Front Matter	1
Front Matter	1
Hydrology has stronger effects than periphyton stoichiometry on lotic invertebrate functional diversity across North America	1
Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale	1
Relationships between macroinvertebrates and detritus in freshwater wetlands	1
State of the ART: Using artificial refuge traps to control invasive crayfish in southern California streams	1