OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Freshwater Science is 2. 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
Environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals alter metabolism, denitrification, and diatom assemblages in artificial streams	23
Comparison of the detection of 3 endangered frog species by eDNA and acoustic surveys across 3 seasons	21
Effects of road-salt application on Cladocera assemblages in shallow Precambrian Shield lakes in south-central Ontario, Canada	20
Beta diversity of stream insects differs between boreal and subtropical regions, but land use does not generally cause biotic homogenization	19
Nutrients and warming alter mountain lake benthic algal structure and function	19
Unique surface density layers promote formation of harmful algal blooms in the Pengxi River, Three Gorges Reservoir	19
Microplastic selects for convergent microbiomes from distinct riverine sources	18
When the rainforest dries: Drought effects on a montane tropical stream ecosystem in Puerto Rico	18
Large portion of USA streams lose protection with new interpretation of Clean Water Act	17
Influence of stream characteristics and population size on downstream transport of freshwater mollusk environmental DNA	17
Length-mass equations for freshwater unionid mussel assemblages: Implications for estimating ecosystem function	17
The relative influence of the environment, land use, and space on the functional and taxonomic structures of phytoplankton and zooplankton metacommunities in tropical reservoirs	17
Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect the endangered Spectaclecase Mussel (Margaritifera monodonta)	16
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	15
Linking carbon and nitrogen spiraling in streams	15
Diatom enumeration method influences biological assessments of southeastern USA streams	15
Use of environmental DNA to detect the invasive aquatic plants Myriophyllum spicatum and Egeria densa in lakes	15
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	14
Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds	14
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	14
A seasonally dynamic model of light at the stream surface	14
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	14
Goals and approaches in the use of citizen science for exploring plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: A review	13
Propylene glycol-based antifreeze is an effective preservative for DNA metabarcoding of benthic arthropods	13
Litter decomposition in Afrotropical streams: Effects of land use, home-field advantage, and terrestrial herbivory	13

Diverse, equitable, and inclusive scientific societies: Progress and opportunities in the Society for Freshwater Science	12
Temporal shifts in intraspecific and interspecific diet variation among 3 stream predators	12
Discrete groundwater inflows influence patterns of nitrogen uptake in a boreal headwater stream	11
Effects of predator cues carry over from egg and larval stage to adult life-history traits in a damselfly	11
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	10
River management alters ecosystem metabolism in a large oligotrophic river	10
Interdisciplinary approaches to freshwater ecoacoustics	10
Warming and nutrient-depleted food: Two difficult challenges faced simultaneously by an aquatic shredder	10
Building resilience into water management through public engagement	10
How to get your feet wet in public engagement: Perspectives from freshwater scientists	10
Extensive variation in the morphological anti-predator defense mechanism of Gammarus roeselii Gervais, 1835 (Crustacea:Amphipoda)	9
Dispersal limitation by structures is more important than intermittent drying effects for metacommunity dynamics in a highly fragmented river network	9
Decoupled structure and function of leaf-associated microorganisms under anthropogenic pressure: Potential hurdles for environmental monitoring	9
Structural and functional assessment of multi-stressed lowland waters	9
Streamwater nutrients stimulate respiration and breakdown of standardized detrital substrates across a landscape gradient: Effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon quality	8
The cost of predator avoidance behaviors in an invasive freshwater snail	8
Long-term data reveal highly-variable metabolism and transitions in trophic status in a montane stream	8
The behavioral responses of 2 Appalachian crayfish to cool and warm spectrum LED lights at night	8
Perspectives on the functional assessment of multi-stressed stream ecosystems	8
Occupancy and abundance of stream salamanders along a specific conductance gradient	7
Effects of site selection and taxonomic resolution on the inference of stream invertebrate responses to environmental conditions	7
Closing the gap on wicked urban stream restoration problems: A framework to integrate science and community values	7
Diel variation of nutrient retention is associated with metabolism for ammonium but not phosphorus in a lowland stream	7
Mechanisms for engaging social systems in freshwater science research	7
Stream macroinvertebrate reintroductions: A cautionary approach for restored urban streams	7
Linkages between temperature, macroinvertebrates, and young-of-year Coho Salmon growth in surface-water and groundwater streams	7
Understanding the relationship between stream metabolism and biological assemblages	7
Detection of 4 imperiled western North American freshwater mussel species from environmental DNA with multiplex qPCR assays	7
Nitrate uptake enhanced by availability of dissolved organic matter in tropical montane streams	6
Evaluating the efficacy of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect an endangered freshwater mussel Lasmigona decorata (Bivalvia:Unionidae)	6
Macroinvertebrate biomonitoring in Latin America: Progress and challenges	6
The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: The case of Québec, Canada	6
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	6
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	6
Using nature preserve creek cleanups to quantify anthropogenic litter accumulation in an urban watershed	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	5
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	5
Thermal habitat of Brook Trout in lakes of different size	5
Abundance, distribution, and geometry of naturally occurring streambank soil pipes	5
Macroinvertebrate oviposition habitat selectivity and egg-mass desiccation tolerances: Implications for population dynamics in large regulated rivers	5
Variation in stream network relationships and geospatial predictions of watershed conductivity	5
The 1^st step to healthy ecosystems: Application of a new integrated assessment framework informs stream management in the Tukituki catchment, New Zealand	5
Macroinvertebrate taxonomic and trait-based responses to large-wood reintroduction in lowland streams	5
Nitrate depletion dynamics and primary production in riverine benthic chambers	5
Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to back off from riparian development	5
Contrasting Raz–Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites	5
The ideal meander: Exploring freshwater scientist drawings of river restoration	5
Water depth, flow variability, and size class influence the movement behavior of freshwater mussels (Unionida) in Great Lakes river drainages	4
Site exposure, substrate, depth, and the thermocline affect the growth of native unionid mussels in a stratified lake	4

Partitioning and drivers of aquatic insect beta diversity in mountain streams	4
Using unsorted sweep-net samples to rapidly assess macroinvertebrate biodiversity	4
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	4
Variation in processes structuring fish assemblages as inferred from metacommunity analyses: Differences between headwater and adventitious streams within a river network	4
The host mussel Sinanodonta woodiana alleviates negative effects of a small omnivorous fish (Acheilognathus macropterus) on water quality: A mesocosm experiment	4
Pond drying cues promote cannibalism in larval Anax junius dragonflies	4
Seiche- and storm-driven benthic oxygen uptake in a eutrophic freshwater bay determined with aquatic eddy covariance	4
Aquatic vegetation dynamics in the Upper Mississippi River over 2 decades spanning vegetation recovery	4
Quantifying stream periphyton assemblage responses to nutrient amendments with a molecular approach	4
Do body mass and habitat factors predict trophic position in temperate stream fishes?	4
Elevate your work through incorporation of public engagement	4
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	4
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	4
Optimizing stormwater management to facilitate urban stream restoration via a science-based approach	3
Calcium stress in Daphnia pulicaria and exposure to predator-derived cues: Making a bad situation worse?	3
Towards more realistic estimates of DOM decay in streams: Incubation methods, light, and non-additive effects	3
Environmental factors structuring diatom assemblages in thermo-mineral springs of Sardinia, Italy	3
Modeling thermal metrics of importance for native vs non-native fish across stream networks to provide insight for watershed-scale fisheries management	3
Reproductive life history of 2 imperiled and 1 widely-distributed freshwater mussel species from the southwestern United States	3
To model or measure: Estimating gas exchange to measure metabolism in shallow, low-gradient stream habitats	3
Hydrology and pool morphology shape the trophic base of macroinvertebrate assemblages in ephemeral stream pools	3
Biological traits of macroinvertebrates from Puna peatbogs: Patterns along spatial environmental gradients	3
Spatial population structure of a widespread aquatic insect in the Colorado River Basin: Evidence for aHydropsyche oslarispecies complex	3
A minimally-invasive protocol for molecular sex identification of the Chinese soft-shelled turtlePelodiscus sinensis	3
Confronting existing knowledge on ecological preferences of stream macroinvertebrates with independent biomonitoring data using a Bayesian multi-species distribution model	3
Leaf-litter stoichiometry and microbial phosphatase activity, respiration, and decomposition as phosphorus enrichment endpoints: A laboratory experiment	3
Catchment soil characteristics predict organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels in temperate lakes	3
Nitrogen stimulation of periphyton biomass in rivers: Differential effects of ammonium-N and nitrate-N	3
Responses of survival, growth, and feeding of the invasive Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata) to salinity stress	3
Wildfire and drying legacies and stream invertebrate assemblages	3
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	2
Intermittency mediates macroinvertebrate and crayfish effects on leaf breakdown in temperate headwater streams	2
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	2
State of the ART: Using artificial refuge traps to control invasive crayfish in southern California streams	2
Controls on productivity of submerged aquatic vegetation in 2 spring-fed rivers	2
Relationships between macroinvertebrates and detritus in freshwater wetlands	2
Nonconsumptive effects of Brook Trout predators reduce secondary production of mayfly prey	2
Population structure and habitat availability determine resource use by Rainbow Trout in high elevation lakes	2
Water abstraction reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages	2
Co-occurring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature	2
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	2
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	2
Abundance and distribution of testate amoebae bearing siliceous plates in freshwater lakes and ponds along the east coast of North America: Importance of water depth and pH	2
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	2
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	2
Integrating the influence of untreated sewage into our understanding of the urban stream syndrome	2
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	2
Invertebrate grazing and epilithon assemblages control benthic nitrogen fixation in an N-limited river network	2
Invasive fish (Gambusia affinis) as an ecological filter for macroinvertebrate colonization of experimental ponds	2
Local and regional drivers of macrophyte beta diversity in tropical coastal rivers	2
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	2
Updated occurrence data and species distribution modeling of the invasive amphipod Apocorophium lacustre in North America	2
Co-varying patterns of genetic diversity and structure with life-history traits of freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia:Unionidae) in the Poyang Lake drainage, China	2
Heterogenous distribution of kākahi (freshwater mussel Echyridella menziesii) environmental DNA in 5 New Zealand lakes of differing size and geomorphology	2
The contribution of autochthonous resource to the diet of aquatic consumers is unrelated to its spatial distribution in tank bromeliads	2
Occupancy of invasive Northern Crayfish (Faxonius virilis) in northern streams is associated primarily with water temperature	2