Most cited papers in Fish Ecology and Management Studies
What are the most cited papers in Fish Ecology and Management Studies?
The most cited paper in Fish Ecology and Management Studies is "River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles" (J.E. Nash, John V. Sutcliffe, 1970), with 24,392 citations. Next come "Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges" (8,498) and "Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity" (7,637).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,137 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River flow forecasting through conceptual models part I — A discussion of principles J.E. Nash, John V. Sutcliffe · Journal of Hydrology | Apr 1970 | 24,392 |
| 2 | Freshwater biodiversity: importance, threats, status and conservation challenges David Dudgeon, Angela H. Arthington, Mark O. Gessner et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 12 Dec 2005 | 8,498 |
| 3 | Global threats to human water security and river biodiversity Charles J. Vörösmarty, Peter B. McIntyre, Mark O. Gessner et al. · Nature | 28 Sep 2010 | 7,637 |
| 4 | A working guide to boosted regression trees Jane Elith, John R. Leathwick, Trevor Hastie · Journal of Animal Ecology | 8 Apr 2008 | 6,617 |
| 5 | The Natural Flow Regime N. LeRoy Poff, J. David Allan, Mark B. Bain et al. · BioScience | Dec 1997 | 6,478 |
| 6 | USING STABLE ISOTOPES TO ESTIMATE TROPHIC POSITION: MODELS, METHODS, AND ASSUMPTIONS David M. Post · Ecology | Mar 2002 | 6,472 |
| 7 | Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines Stuart H. M. Butchart et al. · Science | 29 Apr 2010 | 4,942 |
| 8 | Cube law, condition factor and weight-length relationships: history, meta-analysis and recommendations Rainer Froese · Journal of Applied Ichthyology | 7 Jul 2006 | 4,242 |
| 9 | Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity Andrea J. Reid, Andrew K. Carlson, Irena F. Creed et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 22 Nov 2018 | 3,663 |
| 10 | Landscapes and Riverscapes: The Influence of Land Use on Stream Ecosystems J. David Allan · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics | 2 Nov 2004 | 3,653 |
| 11 | Fragmentation and Flow Regulation of the World's Large River Systems Christer F. Nilsson, Catherine Ann Reidy, Mats Dynesius et al. · Science | 14 Apr 2005 | 3,529 |
| 12 | Basic Principles and Ecological Consequences of Altered Flow Regimes for Aquatic Biodiversity Stuart Edward Bunn, Angela H. Arthington · Environmental Management | Oct 2002 | 3,392 |
| 13 | Predation, Body Size, and Composition of Plankton John Langdon Brooks, Stanley I. Dodson · Science | Oct 1965 | 3,304 |
| 14 | Uninformative Parameters and Model Selection Using Akaike's Information Criterion Todd W. Arnold · Journal of Wildlife Management | Aug 2010 | 3,119 |
| 15 | Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities Ransom A. Myers, Boris Worm · Nature | May 2003 | 2,974 |
| 16 | Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes Marten Scheffer, S. Harry Hosper, Marie-Louise Meijer et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Aug 1993 | 2,840 |
| 17 | The Ecology of Interfaces: Riparian Zones Robert J. Naiman, Henri Décamps · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics | Nov 1997 | 2,805 |
| 18 | Review of Ecological Effects of Roads on Terrestrial and Aquatic Communities Stephen C. Trombulak, Christopher A. Frissell · Conservation Biology | Feb 2000 | 2,766 |
| 19 | Assessment of Biotic Integrity Using Fish Communities James R. Karr · Fisheries | Nov 1981 | 2,707 |
| 20 | High‐resolution mapping of the world's reservoirs and dams for sustainable river‐flow management Bernhard Lehner, Catherine Reidy Liermann, Carmen Revenga et al. · Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 31 May 2011 | 2,601 |
| 21 | Physiology and Climate Change Hans‐Otto Pörtner, Anthony P. Farrell · Science | 30 Oct 2008 | 2,554 |
| 22 | A Method for Assessing Hydrologic Alteration within Ecosystems Brian D. Richter, Jeffrey V. Baumgartner, Jennifer R. Powell et al. · Conservation Biology | Aug 1996 | 2,520 |
| 23 | Mapping the world’s free-flowing rivers Günther Grill et al. · Nature | 8 May 2019 | 2,486 |
| 24 | A hierarchical framework for stream habitat classification: Viewing streams in a watershed context Christopher A. Frissell, William J. Liss, Charles E. Warren et al. · Environmental Management | Mar 1986 | 2,354 |
| 25 | The micronucleus test Werner Schmid · Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects | Feb 1975 | 2,315 |
| 26 | Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems Bernhard Lehner, Günther Grill · Hydrological Processes | 13 Feb 2013 | 2,185 |
| 27 | Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform the science and management of environmental flows N. LeRoy Poff, Julie K. H. Zimmerman · Freshwater Biology | 23 Sep 2009 | 2,105 |
| 28 | Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen Karen A. Kidd, Paul J. Blanchfield, Kenneth H. Mills et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 22 May 2007 | 2,097 |
| 29 | Plankton Production and Year-class Strength in Fish Populations: an Update of the Match/Mismatch Hypothesis David Henry Cushing · Advances in marine biology | 1990 | 2,094 |
| 30 | Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays Nicholas K. Dulvy et al. · eLife | 21 Jan 2014 | 2,066 |
| 31 | Freshwater Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Biogeographic Units for Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation Robin Abell et al. · BioScience | May 2008 | 2,061 |
| 32 | Widespread Sexual Disruption in Wild Fish Susan Jobling, Monique Nolan, Charles R. Tyler et al. · Environmental Science & Technology | 30 Jul 1998 | 1,992 |
| 33 | Lakes as sentinels of climate change Rita Adrian, Catherine M. O’Reilly, Horacio E. Zagarese et al. · Limnology and Oceanography | Nov 2009 | 1,976 |
| 34 | New perspectives for estimating body condition from mass/length data: the scaled mass index as an alternative method Jordi Peig, Andy J. Green · Oikos | 10 Sep 2009 | 1,940 |
| 35 | Synthesizing U.S. River Restoration Efforts Emily S. Bernhardt et al. · Science | 28 Apr 2005 | 1,900 |
| 36 | Adaptation to natural flow regimes David A. Lytle, N. LeRoy Poff · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 22 Oct 2003 | 1,784 |
| 37 | Evaluating presence–absence models in ecology: the need to account for prevalence Stéphanie Manel, Hywel C Williams, Steve J. Ormerod · Journal of Applied Ecology | Oct 2001 | 1,783 |
| 38 | Freshwater biodiversity conservation: recent progress and future challenges David L. Strayer, David Dudgeon · Journal of the North American Benthological Society | Mar 2010 | 1,773 |
| 39 | The thermal regime of rivers: a review Daniel Caissie · Freshwater Biology | 10 Jul 2006 | 1,760 |
| 40 | Fragmentation and Flow Regulation of River Systems in the Northern Third of the World Mats Dynesius, Christer F. Nilsson · Science | 4 Nov 1994 | 1,753 |
| 41 | Global warming benefits the small in aquatic ecosystems Martín Daufresne, Kathrin Lengfellner, Ulrich Sommer · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Jul 2009 | 1,706 |
| 42 | Primary Production in Flowing Waters1 Howard T. Odum · Limnology and Oceanography | Apr 1956 | 1,693 |
| 43 | An Experimental Test of the Effects of Predation Risk on Habitat Use in Fish Earl E. Werner, James F. Gilliam, Donald J. Hall et al. · Ecology | Dec 1983 | 1,687 |
| 44 | Nutritional constraints in terrestrial and freshwater food webs James J. Elser, William F. Fagan, Robert F. Denno et al. · Nature | Nov 2000 | 1,675 |
| 45 | A global perspective on environmental flow assessment: emerging trends in the development and application of environmental flow methodologies for rivers Rebecca E. Tharme · River Research and Applications | Sep 2003 | 1,663 |
| 46 | How much water does a river need? Brian D. Richter, Jeffrey V. Baumgartner, Robert Wigington et al. · Freshwater Biology | Feb 1997 | 1,639 |
| 47 | Population diversity and the portfolio effect in an exploited species Daniel E. Schindler, Ray Hilborn, Brandon E. Chasco et al. · Nature | Jun 2010 | 1,633 |
| 48 | The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter, Angela H. Arthington et al. · Freshwater Biology | 2 Sep 2009 | 1,621 |
| 49 | New tetranucleotide microsatellites for fine‐scale discrimination among endangered chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Carolyn Anne Greig, David P. Jacobson, Michael A. Banks · Molecular Ecology Notes | 5 Jun 2003 | 1,609 |
| 50 | A ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon Zhenyu Tian et al. · Science | 3 Dec 2020 | 1,592 |
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