Most cited papers in Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
What are the most cited papers in Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies?
The most cited paper in Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies is "Ecological responses to recent climate change" (Gian-Reto Walther, Eric Post, Peter Convey et al., 2002), with 10,060 citations. Next come "Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems" (6,683) and "A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems" (6,637).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,221 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecological responses to recent climate change Gian-Reto Walther, Eric Post, Peter Convey et al. · Nature | Mar 2002 | 10,060 |
| 2 | Historical Overfishing and the Recent Collapse of Coastal Ecosystems Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Michael Xavier Kirby, Wolfgang Berger et al. · Science | 27 Jul 2001 | 6,683 |
| 3 | A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe et al. · Science | 14 Feb 2008 | 6,637 |
| 4 | Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Peter J. Mumby, Anthony J. Hooten et al. · Science | 13 Dec 2007 | 5,989 |
| 5 | The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services Edward B. Barbier, Sally D. Hacker, Chris J. Kennedy et al. · Ecological Monographs | 14 Oct 2010 | 5,687 |
| 6 | The Ecological Role of Water-Column Microbes in the Sea F Azam, Tom Fenchel, JG Field et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series | 1983 | 5,476 |
| 7 | Fishing Down Marine Food Webs Daniel F Pauly, Villy Christensen, Johanne Dalsgaard et al. · Science | 6 Feb 1998 | 4,744 |
| 8 | Anthropogenic ocean acidification over the twenty-first century and its impact on calcifying organisms James C. Orr et al. · Nature | Sep 2005 | 4,738 |
| 9 | Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services Boris Worm, Edward B. Barbier, Nicola Beaumont et al. · Science | 2 Nov 2006 | 4,566 |
| 10 | Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems Michelle Waycott, Carlos Manuel Duarte, Tim J. B. Carruthers et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 8 Jul 2009 | 3,987 |
| 11 | Climate Change, Human Impacts, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs Terry P. Hughes, Andrew H. Baird, David R. Bellwood et al. · Science | 14 Aug 2003 | 3,973 |
| 12 | DETERMINATION OF CHLOROPHYLL AND PHEO‐PIGMENTS: SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC EQUATIONS1 Carl J. Lorenzen · Limnology and Oceanography | Apr 1967 | 3,799 |
| 13 | A blueprint for blue carbon: toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO 2 Elizabeth Mcleod, Gail L. Chmura, Steven Bouillon et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 20 Jan 2011 | 3,612 |
| 14 | Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals Terry P. Hughes et al. · Nature | Mar 2017 | 3,495 |
| 15 | Confronting the coral reef crisis David R. Bellwood, Terry P. Hughes, Carl Folke et al. · Nature | Jun 2004 | 3,446 |
| 16 | Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Heike K. Lotze, Hunter S. Lenihan, Bruce J. Bourque et al. · Science | 22 Jun 2006 | 3,407 |
| 17 | Climate Change and Distribution Shifts in Marine Fishes Allison L. Perry, Paula J. Low, Jim R. Ellis et al. · Science | 12 May 2005 | 3,190 |
| 18 | CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREES: A POWERFUL YET SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR ECOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius · Ecology | Nov 2000 | 3,122 |
| 19 | Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems Scott C. Doney, Mary H. Ruckelshaus, J. Emmett Duffy et al. · Annual Review of Marine Science | 12 Dec 2011 | 3,056 |
| 20 | Towards sustainability in world fisheries Daniel F Pauly, Villy Christensen, Sylvie Guénette et al. · Nature | Aug 2002 | 3,025 |
| 21 | Photosynthetic rates derived from satellite‐based chlorophyll concentration Michael J. Behrenfeld, Paul G. Falkowski · Limnology and Oceanography | 1997 | 2,993 |
| 22 | Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities Ransom A. Myers, Boris Worm · Nature | May 2003 | 2,974 |
| 23 | Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef Terry P. Hughes · Science | 9 Sep 1994 | 2,941 |
| 24 | The Identification, Conservation, and Management of Estuarine and Marine Nurseries for Fish and Invertebrates Michael W. Beck, Kenneth L. Heck, Kenneth W. Able et al. · BioScience | 2001 | 2,641 |
| 25 | A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves Alistair James Hobday, Lisa V. Alexander, Sarah E Perkins-Kirkpatrick et al. · Progress In Oceanography | 6 Jan 2016 | 2,396 |
| 26 | The performance and potential of protected areas James E. M. Watson, Nigel Dudley, Daniel B. Segan et al. · Nature | Nov 2014 | 2,385 |
| 27 | Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying sensitivities and interaction with warming Kristy J. Kroeker, Rebecca L. Kordas, Ryan Crim et al. · Global Change Biology | 21 Feb 2013 | 2,349 |
| 28 | Impact of Anthropogenic CO 2 on the CaCO 3 System in the Oceans Richard A. Feely, Christopher L. Sabine, Kitack Lee et al. · Science | 15 Jul 2004 | 2,319 |
| 29 | Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects Jed A. Fuhrman · Nature | Jun 1999 | 2,315 |
| 30 | Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Ellen K. Pikitch, Christine Santora, Elizabeth A. Babcock et al. · Science | 15 Jul 2004 | 2,315 |
| 31 | Effects of terrestrial runoff on the ecology of corals and coral reefs: review and synthesis Katharina Fabricius · Marine Pollution Bulletin | 13 Dec 2004 | 2,292 |
| 32 | Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene Terry P. Hughes et al. · Science | 5 Jan 2018 | 2,281 |
| 33 | Long-Term Region-Wide Declines in Caribbean Corals Toby Alan Gardner, Isabelle M. Côté, Jennifer A. Gill et al. · Science | 21 Jul 2003 | 2,246 |
| 34 | Rebuilding Global Fisheries Boris Worm et al. · Science | 30 Jul 2009 | 2,230 |
| 35 | Coral reefs in the Anthropocene Terry P. Hughes, Michele L. Barnes, David R. Bellwood et al. · Nature | 30 May 2017 | 2,179 |
| 36 | Impact of climate change on marine pelagic phenology and trophic mismatch Martin Edwards, Anthony James Richardson · Nature | Aug 2004 | 2,174 |
| 37 | Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems Caitlin M. Crain, Kristy J. Kroeker, Benjamin S. Halpern · Ecology Letters | 3 Nov 2008 | 2,164 |
| 38 | The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats Marta Coll et al. · PLoS ONE | 2 Aug 2010 | 2,157 |
| 39 | Seagrass ecosystems as a globally significant carbon stock James W. Fourqurean, Carlos Manuel Duarte, Hilary A. Kennedy et al. · Nature Geoscience | 18 May 2012 | 2,131 |
| 40 | Ecological goods and services of coral reef ecosystems Fredrik Moberg, Carl Folke · Ecological Economics | May 1999 | 2,116 |
| 41 | Global Trajectories of the Long-Term Decline of Coral Reef Ecosystems John M. Pandolfi, Roger Bradbury, Enric Sala et al. · Science | 14 Aug 2003 | 2,025 |
| 42 | Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features Graham J. Edgar et al. · Nature | 4 Feb 2014 | 1,943 |
| 43 | The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius, Hugh P. A. Sweatman et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | Oct 2012 | 1,928 |
| 44 | Biology of mangroves and mangrove Ecosystems K. Kathiresan, Brian L. Bingham · Advances in marine biology | 2001 | 1,909 |
| 45 | Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors C. Drew Harvell, Kiho Kim, JoAnn M. Burkholder et al. · Science | 3 Sep 1999 | 1,845 |
| 46 | Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Andrew H. Baird et al. · Nature | Apr 2018 | 1,801 |
| 47 | Coral Point Count with Excel extensions (CPCe): A Visual Basic program for the determination of coral and substrate coverage using random point count methodology Kevin E. Kohler, Shaun M. Gill · Computers & Geosciences | Mar 2006 | 1,791 |
| 48 | Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services Dan A. Smale, Thomas Wernberg, Eric C. J. Oliver et al. · Nature Climate Change | 4 Mar 2019 | 1,776 |
| 49 | Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts Todd C. LaJeunesse, John Everett Parkinson, Paul W. Gabrielson et al. · Current Biology | Aug 2018 | 1,752 |
| 50 | Marine heatwaves under global warming Thomas Lukas Frölicher, Erich Markus Fischer, Nicolas Gruber · Nature | Aug 2018 | 1,727 |
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