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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	39
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	33
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	33
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	29
Front Matter	24
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	19
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	17
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	15
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	14
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	12
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	11
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	11
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	11
Front Matter	10
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	9
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	9
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	9
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	9
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	8
Front Cover	7
Influence of urbanization on organic matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadeable streams (southeastern USA)	7
Front Cover	7
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado	7
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	6
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	6

Front Matter	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	6
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	5
Using DNA barcoding to evaluate freshwater mussel and fish-host relationships in the Flint River (Georgia, USA)	5
Spatial and temporal variation in dissolved organic matter in urban streams in metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	5
Response of nutrient limitation to invasive fish suppression: How carcasses and analog pellets alter periphyton	5
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	5
Referees for 2024	5
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Front Matter	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Front Cover	5
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	4
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	4
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	4
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River, USA, occurred in just a few years	3
Practical pathways for protecting headwater streams in urbanizing areas	3
Experimentally induced low flows indicate climate change may shrink trophic niches of mountain-stream predators	3
Front Matter	3
Referees for 2022	3
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	3
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	3
Front Cover	3
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
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Long-term responses of benthic diatom assemblages to phosphorus fertilization in an Arctic stream	2
Community structure and metals concentration together determine aquatic-to-terrestrial metal subsidies in urban and forested streams	2
Front Matter	2
Front Matter	2
Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	2
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	2
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	2
Front Cover	2
Front Cover	2
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	2
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	2
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	2
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	2
Partitioning and drivers of aquatic insect beta diversity in mountain streams	2
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon	2

Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream	2
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	2
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	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
Front Matter	2
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	2
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	2
Front Cover	2
The effects of temperature and light on ecosystem metabolism in a Japanese stream	2
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed	2
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1
Catchment soil characteristics predict organic carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus levels in temperate lakes	1
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	1
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	1
Substantial pulses of aquatic insects emerge from tidal freshwaters along the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA	1
Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators	1
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	1
The contribution of autochthonous resource to the diet of aquatic consumers is unrelated to its spatial distribution in tank bromeliads	1
Front Matter	1
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	1
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	1
Isotopic niches of Silver Carp and two native planktivores in a large reservoir	1
Thermal history mediates the ecological role of body size in a freshwater fish	1
Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale	1
How extreme drought events, introduced species, and disease interact to influence threatened amphibian populations	1
Using models of local environmental conditions for biological assessment	1
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	1
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland	1
Development of local pollution tolerance and multimetric indices responsive to urbanization in central Texas, USA	1
Environmental drivers and spatial patterns of antibiotic-resistant, enteric coliforms across a forest–urban riverscape	1
Relationships between macroinvertebrates and detritus in freshwater wetlands	1
Museum records provide unique information about the distribution of the Yellow Lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa (Unionidae)	1
Using a BACI design to assess stream ecology and chemistry response after wildfire	1
Variation in processes structuring fish assemblages as inferred from metacommunity analyses: Differences between headwater and adventitious streams within a river network	1
Distribution of water chemistry, trace metals, and Chironomidae in coastal freshwater rock pools	1