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Most cited papers from Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey

What are the most cited papers from Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey?

The most cited paper from Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey is "Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?" (Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al., 2004), with 7,767 citations. Next come "Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch" (2,174) and "Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea" (1,286).

Showing 50 of 60 papers. Every paper with more than 180 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#Paper
1 Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic? Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science 6 May 2004 7,767
2 Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch Martin Edwards, Anthony James Richardson · Nature Aug 2004 2,174
3 Plankton effect on cod recruitment in the North Sea Grégory Beaugrand, Keith Brander, J. A. Lindley et al. · Nature Dec 2003 1,286
4 Climate change and marine plankton Graeme C. Hays, Anthony James Richardson, Carol Robinson · Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19 Mar 2005 1,251
5 Reorganization of North Atlantic Marine Copepod Biodiversity and Climate Grégory Beaugrand, Philip Chris Reid, Frédéric Ibañez et al. · Science 31 May 2002 1,215
6 Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels Stephen J. Thackeray et al. · Nature Open access 29 Jun 2016 1,047
7 Trophic level asynchrony in rates of phenological change for marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments Stephen J. Thackeray et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 5 Jan 2010 909
8 Climate Impact on Plankton Ecosystems in the Northeast Atlantic Anthony James Richardson, David S. Schoeman · Science 9 Sep 2004 794
9 Ecological effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation Geir Ottersen, Benjamin Planque, Andrea Belgrano et al. · Oecologia Jun 2001 764
10 Climate change and food safety: A review Cristina Tirado, Renata Clarke, Lee‐Ann Jaykus et al. · Food Research International 25 Jul 2010 672
11 From plankton to top predators: bottom‐up control of a marine food web across four trophic levels Morten S. Frederiksen, Martin Edwards, Anthony James Richardson et al. · Journal of Animal Ecology Open access 15 Sep 2006 600
12 CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms Jan W. Pawlowski et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 6 Nov 2012 574
13 Climate Variability, Fish, and Fisheries Patrick Lehodey, Jürgen Alheit, Manuel Barangé et al. · Journal of Climate 15 Oct 2006 473
14 Long‐term changes in phytoplankton, zooplankton and salmon related to climate Grégory Beaugrand, Philip Chris Reid · Global Change Biology 29 May 2003 466
15 Climate influence on Vibrio and associated human diseases during the past half-century in the coastal North Atlantic Luigi Vezzulli, Chiara Grande, Philip Chris Reid et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 8 Aug 2016 445
16 Calanus and environment in the eastern North Atlantic. II. Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on C. finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus Jean‐Marc Fromentin, Benjamin Planque · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 1996 414
17 Using continuous plankton recorder data Anthony James Richardson, Anthony W. Walne, Anthony W. G. John et al. · Progress In Oceanography 24 Nov 2005 393
18 Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances Charles H. Wigington, Derek L. Sonderegger, Corina P. D. Brussaard et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access 25 Jan 2016 390
19 Global impacts of the 1980s regime shift Philip Chris Reid et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 23 Nov 2015 369
20 A regime shift in the North Sea circa 1988 linked to changes in the North Sea horse mackerel fishery Philip Chris Reid, Maria de Fátima Borges, Einar Svendsen · Fisheries Research Feb 2001 338
21 Changes in marine dinoflagellate and diatom abundance under climate change Stephanie L. Hinder, Graeme C. Hays, Martin Edwards et al. · Nature Climate Change 10 Feb 2012 331
22 Impacts of climate change on European marine ecosystems: Observations, expectations and indicators C.J.M. Philippart, Ricardo Anadón, Roberto Danovaro et al. · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Open access 8 Mar 2011 324
23 Phytoplankton change in the North Atlantic Philip Chris Reid, Martin Edwards, Harold G. Hunt et al. · Nature 5 Feb 1998 317
24 Long-Term Oceanographic and Ecological Research in the Western English Channel ALAN J. SOUTHWARD, Olivia Langmead, Nicholas J. Hardman-Mountford et al. · Advances in marine biology Book chapterOpen access 2004 316
25 Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific Roberta C. Hamme, Peter W. Webley, William Rex Crawford et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Oct 2010 306
26 Interaction between top-down and bottom-up control in marine food webs Christopher P. Lynam, Marcos Llope, Christian Möllmann et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Feb 2017 304
27 Causes and projections of abrupt climate‐driven ecosystem shifts in the North Atlantic Grégory Beaugrand, Martin Edwards, Keith Brander et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 17 Jul 2008 304
28 Mixotrophic basis of Atlantic oligotrophic ecosystems Manuela Hartmann, Carolina Grob, Glen Adam Tarran et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 26 Mar 2012 301
29 The Continuous Plankton Recorder: concepts and history, from Plankton Indicator to undulating recorders Philip Chris Reid, J. M. Colebrook, J. B. L. Matthews et al. · Progress In Oceanography Aug 2003 293
30 Rapid biogeographical plankton shifts in the North Atlantic Ocean Beaugrand Grégory, LUCZAK CHRISTOPHE, EDWARDS MARTIN · Global Change Biology 12 Jan 2009 289
31 Marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and carbon cycles Grégory Beaugrand, Martin Edwards, Louis Legendre · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 May 2010 279
32 Marine plankton phenology and life history in a changing climate: current research and future directions Rubao Ji, Martin Edwards, David L. Mackas et al. · Journal of Plankton Research Open access 7 Jun 2010 265
33 Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients Michael T. Burrows, Amanda E. Bates, Mark J. Costello et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 25 Nov 2019 257
34 Long-term effects of ocean warming on the prokaryotic community: evidence from the vibrios Luigi Vezzulli, Ingrid Brettar, Elisabetta Pezzati et al. · The ISME Journal Open access 14 Jul 2011 257
35 Sampling by the continuous plankton recorder survey A. J. Warner, Graeme C. Hays · Progress In Oceanography 1994 249
36 Biogeochemical fluxes through mesozooplankton Erik T. Buitenhuis, Corinne Le Quéré, Olivier Aumont et al. · Global Biogeochemical Cycles Open access 7 Apr 2006 244
37 Regional climate change and harmful algal blooms in the northeast Atlantic Martin Edwards, David G. Johns, Sophie C. Leterme et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Open access Mar 2006 237
38 Ocean climate anomalies and the ecology of the North Sea Martin Edwards, Grégory Beaugrand, PC Reid et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 2002 235
39 Large bio-geographical shifts in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean: From the subpolar gyre, via plankton, to blue whiting and pilot whales Hjálmar Hátún, Mark Payne, Grégory Beaugrand et al. · Progress In Oceanography Mar 2009 235
40 Changing zooplankton seasonality in a changing ocean: Comparing time series of zooplankton phenology David L. Mackas, Wulf Greve, Martin Edwards et al. · Progress In Oceanography 22 Nov 2011 232
41 Phyto REF : a reference database of the plastidial 16S rRNA gene of photosynthetic eukaryotes with curated taxonomy Johan Decelle, Sarah Romac, Rowena Stern et al. · Molecular Ecology Resources Open access 5 Mar 2015 229
42 CPR sampling: the technical background, materials and methods, consistency and comparability S.D. Batten, Robin A. Clark, Juha Flinkman et al. · Progress In Oceanography Aug 2003 226
43 Seasonal movements and behaviour of basking sharks from archival tagging: no evidence of winter hibernation DW Sims, Emily J. Southall, Anthony James Richardson et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 2003 224
44 A long‐term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to nutrient levels Abigail McQuatters‐Gollop, ‪Dionysios E. Raitsos, Martin Edwards et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Open access Mar 2007 218
45 Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health Paul Tett et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 30 Aug 2013 214
46 Climate‐related increases in jellyfish frequency suggest a more gelatinous future for the North Sea Martin J. Attrill, Jade Wright, Martin Edwards · Limnology and Oceanography Open access 2007 213
47 Ecosystem Services for 2020 Charles A. Perrings, Shahid Naeem, Farshid S. Ahrestani et al. · Science 14 Oct 2010 211
48 Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape DAVID W. SIMS, Matthew J. Witt, Anthony James Richardson et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 8 Feb 2006 205
49 The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus: Environmental factors and life history traits Webjørn Melle, Jeffrey A. Runge, Erica Head et al. · Progress In Oceanography Open access 28 Apr 2014 202
50 the response of marine ecosystems to climate variability associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation Kenneth F. Drinkwater, Andrea Belgrano, Ángel Borja et al. · Geophysical monograph Book chapter 2003 201

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