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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Front Matter	38
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	37
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	31
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	30
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	23
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	22
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	19
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	18
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	16
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	14
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	14
Stream metabolism response to storm flow in urban watersheds near Cleveland, Ohio, and Denver, Colorado	13
Influence of urbanization on organic matter processing and nutrient immobilization in wadeable streams (southeastern USA)	13
Leaf species, mixtures, and microbial preconditioning shape fine particulate organic matter production by shredding invertebrates	10
Short-term changes in ecosystem functioning after a wildfire in a tropical headwater stream	9
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	8
Floodwater monitoring and soil incubations reveal complementary nutrient retention patterns in a reconnected floodplain wetland	8
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	8
Front Cover	7
Concentration–discharge relationships of chlorophyll describe the origin and fluxes of river algae across ecoregions	7
Front Cover	7
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	7
Front Matter	6
Hydrochemical effects of degrading freshwater mussel shells	6
Three decades of mussel assemblage recovery dynamics following a harvest moratorium and water-quality improvements	6

Front Cover	6
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	6
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
Macroinvertebrates incorporate ancient carbon through use of chemoautotrophic and photoautotrophic resources in a model floodplain setting	5
Effects of leaf-litter species and chemistry on aquatic insect habitat selection	5
Front Matter	5
Referees for 2024	5
Freshwater floodplain habitats buffer native food webs from negative effects of nonnative centrarchids and bullfrogs	5
Predicting potential distributions of freshwater invasive species in novel environments	5
Understanding temporality in the lives of rivers and riverine human communities through seasonal calendars	4
Surprising improvements in stream biotic integrity despite increased urban development and warming temperatures	4
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	4
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	4
Re-oligotrophy in the Upper Mississippi River, USA, occurred in just a few years	4
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	4
Front Cover	4
Microplastics in fish relative to point-source proximity and trophic level in an urban river	3
Front Cover	3
A framework for integrating stream ecosystem theories into spatial modeling of fish richness and assemblage structure	3
Biogeochemical patterns vary with hydrogeomorphology in riparian soils along a boreal headwater stream	3
Referees for 2022	3
Subsidies of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, not energy subsidies, strengthen immune responses in a terrestrial predator	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
Zoogeochemical impacts of freshwater mussels on stream metabolism are mediated by their ecophysiological and behavioral traits	3
Lessons learned from 20 y of monitoring suburban development with distributed stormwater management in Clarksburg, Maryland, USA	3
Dissolved free amino acids could be odorants for imprinting and homing by Atlantic Salmon	3
Dispersal ability and biogeographic gradients influence gene flow of 3 aquatic insects in Laurentian Great Lakes interdunal wetlands	3
Front Matter	3
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	3
Interactions between microplastics and benthic biofilms in fluvial ecosystems: Knowledge gaps and future trends	3
Distribution and parthenogenetic fecundity of obligate and facultative parthenogenetic strains of the mayfly Ephoron shigae	3
Evidence for pulse-shunt carbon exports from a mixed land-use, restored prairie watershed	3
Functional insights into succession in a phyllospheric microbial community across a full period of aquatic plant litter decomposition	3
CO₂ and acidification effects on larval frog immune function, growth, and survival	3
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	3
Salting behaviors influence urban stream conductivity in Boston, Massachusetts (USA)	3
Forest management perspective on riparian areas in the face of invasive forest insect pest outbreaks	3
Heat and smoke from wildfires influence water temperature and dissolved oxygen levels in headwater streams	2
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	2
Front Matter	2
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	2
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	2
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	2
Distribution of water chemistry, trace metals, and Chironomidae in coastal freshwater rock pools	2
Headwater-stream salamander movements and home-range size increased under drought	2
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	2
Long-term responses of benthic diatom assemblages to phosphorus fertilization in an Arctic stream	2
Front Matter	2

Front Matter	2
Development of local pollution tolerance and multimetric indices responsive to urbanization in central Texas, USA	2
Differentiating physical and biological storage of N along an intermittent Antarctic stream corridor	2
Front Matter	2
Identifying invertebrate indicators for streamflow duration assessments in forested headwater streams	2
Referees for 2025	2
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	2
Community structure and metals concentration together determine aquatic-to-terrestrial metal subsidies in urban and forested streams	2
Parochlus Enderlein, 1912 (Chironomidae, Podonominae) in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, evidences dispersal via continental America	2
Response of dissolved organic matter to variation in nutrient availability and phytoplankton community composition in a mesotrophic, temperate-zone reservoir	2
Muskrat disturbances and their analogues reduce invasive plant dominance within a Great Lakes coastal wetland	2
Freshwater salinization syndrome alters retention and release of chemical cocktails along flowpaths: From stormwater management to urban streams	1
Nutrient processing domains: Spatial and temporal patterns of material retention in running waters	1
Front Cover	1
Implications of forest insect pest outbreaks for riparian–stream ecosystems	1
Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators	1
Characterizing the association between oil and gas development and water quality at a regional scale	1
Museum records provide unique information about the distribution of the Yellow Lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa (Unionidae)	1
Substantial pulses of aquatic insects emerge from tidal freshwaters along the James River Estuary, Virginia, USA	1
Effects of mayfly metamorphosis on foodweb tracers: Stable isotopes, body composition, and fatty acids	1
Isotopic niches of Silver Carp and two native planktivores in a large reservoir	1
Environmental drivers and spatial patterns of antibiotic-resistant, enteric coliforms across a forest–urban riverscape	1
Hydrology has stronger effects than periphyton stoichiometry on lotic invertebrate functional diversity across North America	1
Drying-regime characteristics predictive of riverine fish occurrence and density	1
Snail distribution may influence parasite–host interactions along a spring-fed stream gradient in Idaho, USA	1
Freshwater mussel (family: Unionidae) species vary in response to dewatering simulation	1
Using models of local environmental conditions for biological assessment	1
How extreme drought events, introduced species, and disease interact to influence threatened amphibian populations	1
Thermal history mediates the ecological role of body size in a freshwater fish	1
Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration	1
Chemical fragmentation of stream systems and fish species richness: The upstream effects of water pollution	1
Using a BACI design to assess stream ecology and chemistry response after wildfire	1
Geology and habitat features drive energetic functions in streams	1
Predictors of zoobenthos communities in a large shallow lake vary depending on temporal scale	1
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1