OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Limnology and Oceanography Letters is 9. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Tried and true vs. shiny and new: Method switching in long‐term aquatic datasets	120
Aquatic reflectance derived from Sentinel‐2 Multispectral Imager data for inland waters in the conterminous United States	82
Nitric oxide supersaturation in the surface waters of the oligotrophic Atlantic Ocean	75
Ice‐melt period dominates annual carbon dioxide evasion from clear‐water Arctic lakes	64
A global review of pyrosomes: Shedding light on the ocean's elusive gelatinous “fire‐bodies”	55
Unveiling differential thermal sensitivities in marine phytoplankton within the China Seas	50
Biogeochemical‐Argo floats show that chlorophyll increases before carbon in the high‐latitude Southern Ocean spring bloom	49
Diverse impacts of day and night temperature on spring phenology in freshwater marshes of the Tibetan Plateau	44
Sequestration by the biological carbon pump: Do we really know what we are talking about?	44
Eutrophication triggers diel and seasonal shifts of carbon dioxide and oxygen in tropical urban coastal waters	39
Grazer‐induced changes on mechanical properties of diatoms frustule: A new proof for a watery arms race	35
Cross‐contamination risks in sediment‐based resurrection studies of phytoplankton	34
Blooms also like it cold	32
Exploring the mismatch between the theory and application of photosynthetic quotients in aquatic ecosystems	31
Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud‐based analysis	29
Lagging spawning and increasing phenological extremes jeopardize walleye (Sander vitreus) in north‐temperate lakes	29
Field measurements and model predictions of turbulent kinetic energy in canopies of sparse vegetation under tidal flows	26
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Divergent responses of the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii to ocean acidification during light and dark periods	25
An ecological framework for microbial metabolites in the ocean ecosystem	25
Recent warming of the Kuroshio Current has promoted offshore sediment transport in the Yellow Sea	24
Increased anoxia following species invasion of a eutrophic lake	24
Key bacterial groups maintain stream multifunctionality in response to episodic drying	24
Seasonal patterns of microbial diversity across the world oceans	23
Parameterizing air–sea CO ₂ transfer in a macroalgal habitat and assessi	22

Clarifying water clarity: A call to use metrics best suited to corresponding research and management goals in aquatic ecosystems	22
Coupling air–water CO ₂ flux and primary production dynamics under hydro	22
Energy inputs imprint seasonality and fractal structure on river metabolic regimes	21
Calcium carbonate and phosphorus interactions in inland waters	21
Widespread decline in the abundance of sea cucumber assemblages in atolls of the protected Rowley Shoals, northwestern Australia	20
The cycling of glycine betaine and homarine in marine microbial communities: Quantitative flux measurements and the role of competitive uptake inhibition	20
Show and tell: approaches for effective figures	20
Biotic and thermal drivers alter zooplankton phenology in western Lake Erie	20
Biologically driven isotope fractionation in ultrastructurally different shell portions of freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera): Implications for stream water δ¹⁸O	20
Taxonomic identity, biodiversity, and antecedent disturbances shape the dimensional stability of stream invertebrates	19
The role of surface water waves on cyanobacterial blooms in lakes	19
Arctic fishes reveal patterns in radiocarbon age across habitats and with recent climate change	19
Local water year values for the conterminous United States	19
Taking steps to address inequities in open‐access publishing through an early career publication honor	19
Brachiopods as archives of intrannual, annual, and interannual environmental variations	19
Shedding light on cobalamin photodegradation in the ocean	19
Widespread synchrony in phosphorus concentrations in northern lakes linked to winter temperature and summer precipitation	18
Confirming existing parameterizations for methane gas transfer velocity in lakes based on direct and high‐frequent methods	18
Enhanced stream greenhouse gas emissions at night and during flood events	18
Rapid phytoplankton response to wind forcing influences productivity in upwelling bays	17
Thermal buffering by tidally generated internal bores on the shallows of a remote coral atoll	17
Quantifying methane emissions from Laurentian Great Lakes estuaries using in situ measurements, remote sensing, and machine learning	17
Uptake of Prochlorococcus ‐derived metabolites by Alteromonas macleodii MIT1002	17
Harnessing nature's buffer: Assessing the role of bivalve shells in coastal alkalinity regeneration	17
Salinity is diagnostic of maximum potential chlorophyll and phytoplankton community structure in an Eastern Boundary Upwelling System	16
Diazotrophy in the Indian Ocean: Current understanding and future perspectives	15
Impacts of riverine heatwaves on rates of ecosystem metabolism in the United States	15
A dataset of individual wet weights of benthic macroinvertebrates	15
LAGOS‐US RESERVOIR: A database classifying conterminous U.S. lakes 4 ha and larger as natural lakes or reservoir lakes	15
Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low‐light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light	15
Phosphate limitation threshold for phosphonate utilization and methane production by carbon–phosphorus lyase in Stutzerimonas frequens	14
Extent, patterns, and drivers of hypoxia in the world's streams and rivers	14
A matter of salt: Global assessment of the effect of salt ionic composition as a driver of aquatic bacterial diversity	14
Eutrophication and ice phenology influence methane storage in north temperate lakes	14
Oyster shells as archives of present and past environmental variability and life history traits: A multi‐disciplinary review of sclerochronology methods and applications	14
Contrasting greenhouse gas dynamics along a coastal‐to‐oligotrophic ocean continuum	14
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Anthropogenic nutrient inputs affect productivity–biodiversity relationships in marine tintinnid assemblages	13
Combining genetic and isotope frameworks improves reconstruction of fish provenance across riverscapes	13
Sulfate enrichment in estuaries of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico: The potential effect of sulfide oxidation on carbonate chemistry under a changing climate	12
Resolving the environmental factors that determine pond thermal refuge quality	12
DOC, grazers, and resilience of phytoplankton to enrichment	12
Tropical river discharge dominates riverine carbon export to Australia's coastal waters	12
Age‐based δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C values of otolith organic matter reveal trophic ecology in marine fishes	12
A new approach to predicting and understanding cyanobacteria bloom toxicity	12
Oceanographic heterogeneity facilitates gelatinous zooplankton niche space and diversity	12
Interactive effects of increasing chloride concentration and warming on freshwater plankton communities	11
Temperature‐driven diet shift in an invasive omnivorous crustacean feeding on plankton	11
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Ponds are neither dimictic nor polymictic: A variable transition season between stratified summers and mixed autumns	11

A rationale for higher ratios of CH₄ to CO₂ production in warmer anoxic freshwater sediments and soils	11
Efficient cobalamin uptake and cycling contribute to the lack of cobalamins in the surface cobalt‐binding ligand pool in the North Pacific	11
Qualitative and quantitative changes in phenology of chlorophyll a concentrations during the transition from eutrophy to oligotrophy	11
Boat wakes enhance oyster reef mortality in a short‐fetch estuary	11
Seasonal variation in methane ebullition in a temperate hydropower reservoir impacts annualized estimates	11
The role of environmental and life history traits in larval growth and settlement success of the blenny Ophioblennius trinitatis	11
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Dissolved organic matter offsets the detrimental effects of climate change in the nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera	10
Century‐scale resilience of stored seagrass blue carbon	10
Species richness and intraspecific variation interactively shape marine diatom community functioning	10
Emerging patterns of CO ₂ :	10
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Imprint of Indian Ocean Dipole on nitrous oxide dynamics	10
Contrasting impacts of warming and browning on periphyton	10
Decadal warming has intensified Microcystis ‐dominated cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie	10
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Direct contribution of invertebrate holobionts to methane release from coastal sediments	10
Reconstructing life‐time reproductive histories using steroid hormones in cephalopod beaks	10
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Earlier ice melt increases hypolimnetic oxygen despite regional warming in small Arctic lakes	9
Concurrent global change and marine heatwaves disturb phototrophic more than heterotrophic protist diversity	9
Polyphosphate phosphorus in the Great Lakes	9
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Toward a consensus framework to evaluate air–sea CO₂ equilibration for marine CO₂ removal	9
Climate‐influenced phenology of larval fish transport in a large lake	9
A model of near‐sea ice phytoplankton blooms	9
Microbial regulation of global macroalgal blooms (green tides): From holobiont interactions to bloom dynamics and biogeochemistry	9
Mud in the city: Effects of freshwater salinization on inland urban wetland nitrogen and phosphorus availability and export	9
Tagging of water masses with covariance of trace metals and prokaryotic taxa in the Southern Ocean	9