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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Community-powered urban stream restoration: A vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems	24
Urbanization and stream ecology: Moving the bar on multidisciplinary solutions to wicked urban stream problems	24
Hydrology has stronger effects than periphyton stoichiometry on lotic invertebrate functional diversity across North America	23
Co-occurring lotic crayfishes exhibit variable long-term responses to extreme-flow events and temperature	22
Biotic interactions could control colonization success during stream restoration	22
Periphyton C and N stable isotopes detect agricultural stressors in low-order streams	22
Hatching dynamics of invertebrate dormant stages in temporary ponds are influenced by multiple hydrations	21
Multiplex qPCR assays for detection of 2 imperiled anuran species, Anaxyrus californicus and Spea hammondii, from environmental DNA	20
Front Cover	20
Trace metal–macronutrient colimitation of algal biofilms in streams with differing ambient inorganic nutrients	16
Nutrient limitation of periphytic algal assemblages in agricultural streams across grassland to boreal landscapes	15
Front Matter	14
Algal-driven priming of cellulose decomposition along a phosphorus gradient in stream mesocosms	13
Q_cthreshold departs from theoreticalQ_cin urban watersheds: The role of streambed mobility data in managing the urban disturbance regime	13
Highlighting assumptions of community engagement in urban stream restoration	11
Context matters: An insider’s view on freshwater ecosystem research in Latin America	11
Front Cover	10
Local and regional drivers of macrophyte beta diversity in tropical coastal rivers	9
Seiche- and storm-driven benthic oxygen uptake in a eutrophic freshwater bay determined with aquatic eddy covariance	9
Intermittency mediates macroinvertebrate and crayfish effects on leaf breakdown in temperate headwater streams	8
Chemical fragmentation of stream systems and fish species richness: The upstream effects of water pollution	8
Differential responses of fish assemblages to environmental and spatial factors are mediated by dispersal-related traits in Neotropical streams	8
Contrasting Raz–Rru stream metabolism and nutrient uptake downstream of urban wastewater effluent sites	8
Evaluating the efficacy of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect an endangered freshwater mussel Lasmigona decorata (Bivalvia:Unionidae)	7
A broadly applicable, objective freshwater mussel assemblage health index (MAHI)	7

Using unsorted sweep-net samples to rapidly assess macroinvertebrate biodiversity	7
Including equity in urban stream restoration: From historical wrongs to new paradigms	7
Macrophyte-mediated fluctuations in stream ecosystem function	7
Invasive fish (Gambusia affinis) as an ecological filter for macroinvertebrate colonization of experimental ponds	6
Relationships between surface water abstraction and aquatic macroinvertebrates	6
Quantifying spatial and temporal relationships between diatoms and nutrients in streams strengthens evidence of nutrient effects from monitoring data	6
The relationship between watershed protection and water quality: The case of Québec, Canada	6
Wildfire and drying legacies and stream invertebrate assemblages	6
Environmental controls on long-term growth of freshwater mussels in an oligotrophic lake	6
Beta diversity of stream insects differs between boreal and subtropical regions, but land use does not generally cause biotic homogenization	6
Environmental DNA detection range for Hydrilla verticillata, a prolific invasive plant	5
Referees for 2024	5
Dietary preferences of Ninespine Stickleback in high Arctic tundra streams	5
Autonomous suction harvesting as a novel approach to aquatic invasive plant control	5
Front Cover	5
Front Matter	5
Assessing stream biological integrity across gradients of flow permanence and hydrologic connectivity	5
Morphological plasticity in a caddisfly that co-occurs in lakes and streams	4
Front Cover	4
Consequences of nuisance algal blooms of Didymosphenia geminata on invertebrate communities in Rocky Mountain streams	4
Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)	4
A seasonally dynamic model of light at the stream surface	4
Molecular insight reveals broad-scale spatial patterns in floodplain ciliate assemblages, whereas morphology reflects local environmental controls	4
The role of emergent physical and chemical properties of Florida spring complexes in predicting fish assemblage structure	4
Primary production modeling identifies restoration targets for shifting shallow, eutrophic lakes to clear-water regimes	4
Front Matter	4
Water abstraction reduces taxonomic and functional diversity of stream invertebrate assemblages	3
Propylene glycol-based antifreeze is an effective preservative for DNA metabarcoding of benthic arthropods	3
Identifying the environmental variables that predict crayfish assemblage structure in agricultural headwater streams	3
Front Matter	3
Front Cover	3
Front Matter	3
Effects of impoundments on stream crayfish assemblages	3
Buried particulate organic C fuels heterotrophic metabolism in the hyporheic zone of a montane headwater stream	3
Hydrogeomorphology creates heterogeneous landscapes—But do fish care?	3
Resource limitation of autotrophs and heterotrophs in boreal forest headwater streams	3
Beaver recolonization influences aquatic insect emergence	3
Closing the gap on wicked urban stream restoration problems: A framework to integrate science and community values	3
Front Cover	3
Dispersal limitation by structures is more important than intermittent drying effects for metacommunity dynamics in a highly fragmented river network	2
Spatiotemporal patterns of macroinvertebrate assemblages across mountain streams with contrasting thermal regimes	2
Our failure to protect the stream and its valley: A call to back off from riparian development	2
Benthic cyanobacterial proliferations drive anatoxin production throughout the Klamath River watershed, California, USA	2
Leaf-litter decomposition and microbial responses to light and macroinvertebrate consumer manipulations in experimental streams	2
Wildfire effects on mass and thermal tolerance of Hydropsyche oslari (Trichoptera) in southwestern USA montane grassland streams	2
Have stream diatom assemblages changed a decade after the loss of a foundation riparian tree species in a headwater Appalachian watershed?	2
Modeling thermal metrics of importance for native vs non-native fish across stream networks to provide insight for watershed-scale fisheries management	2
Reconceptualizing the hyporheic zone for nonperennial rivers and streams	2
Front Matter	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
Front Cover	2
Nutrient availability modulates the effect of water abstraction on the metabolism of 2 lowland forested streams	2
Headwater streams in an urbanizing world	2
Occupancy of invasive Northern Crayfish (Faxonius virilis) in northern streams is associated primarily with water temperature	2
Front Cover	2
Temperature dependence of biofilm metabolism in a lowland stream	2
Effects of an annular solar eclipse on montane streamwater quality in New Mexico, USA	2
Front Cover	2
Influences of stream ecosystem respiration on stream network denitrification: Results from a simulation modeling experiment	1
Landscape-scale environmental variables are associated with burrowing crayfish distribution patterns in an Alabama watershed	1
Larval taxonomy of eastern Nearctic Polycentropus sensu stricto (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae)	1
Food, water quality, and the growth of a freshwater mussel: Implications for population restoration	1
Nitrate uptake enhanced by availability of dissolved organic matter in tropical montane streams	1
Building resilience into water management through public engagement	1
Lack of long-term effect of coarse woody debris dam restoration on ecosystem functioning and water quality in Coastal Plain streams	1
Debris dams retain trash, mostly plastic, in urban streams	1
Bloom and bust: Historical trends of harmful algal blooms in Muskegon Lake, Michigan, a Great Lakes estuary	1
Stream macroinvertebrate reintroductions: A cautionary approach for restored urban streams	1
Population structure and habitat availability determine resource use by Rainbow Trout in high elevation lakes	1
Assessing seasonal and biological indices of juvenile Chinook Salmon for freshwater decision triggers that increase ocean survival	1
Weak differences in sensitivity to major ions by different larval stages of the mayfly Neocloeon triangulifer	1
Front Matter	1
Predator-permanence hypothesis in time: Community dynamics in a seasonally flooded wetland	1
Response of denitrification rate and denitrifiers to human-disturbance intensity and physicochemical factors of overlying water in a subtropical stream, China	1
Joint species distribution models reveal taxon-specific sensitivities to potential anthropogenic alteration	1
Role of abiotic factors and habitat heterogeneity in the interactions between stream salamanders and crayfish in the southern Appalachians	1
Responses of survival, growth, and feeding of the invasive Golden Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata) to salinity stress	1
Macroinvertebrate ecosystem engineering affects streambed retention of microplastics	1
Benthic metabolism and nutrient uptake vary with geomorphology and season in a lowland river	1
Front Cover	1
Long-term monitoring reveals convergent patterns of recovery from mining contamination across 4 western US watersheds	1
Effects of subsidies from small anadromous Pacific salmon populations on stream and riparian food webs are mediated by channel gradient	1
How to get your feet wet in public engagement: Perspectives from freshwater scientists	1
Front Matter	1
Referees for 2021	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
Water availability and quality determine temporal synchrony and beta diversity of microcrustaceans in temporary pools	1
A perched culvert and natural obstructions limit fish dispersal in an intermittent prairie stream	1