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#	Title	Journal	Year	Citations
1	Environmental effects of marine fishing	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1995	602
2	You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2008	573
3	Dangerous targets? Unresolved issues and ideological clashes around marine protected areas	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2003	399
4	Brazilian wetlands: their definition, delineation, and classification for research, sustainable management, and protection	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2014	383
5	Ponds and pools as model systems in conservation biology, ecology and evolutionary biology	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2005	352
6	The effects of introduced tilapias on native biodiversity	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2005	349
7	Conservation hotspots of biodiversity and endemism for Indo‐Pacific coral reef fishes	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2008	334
8	15 years of pond assessment in Britain: results and lessons learned from the work of Pond Conservation	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2005	332
9	Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2016	307
10	Marine protected areas and ocean basin management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2000	304
11	Reinventing residual reserves in the sea: are we favouring ease of establishment over need for protection?	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2015	280
12	Integrating ecology with hydromorphology: a priority for river science and management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2009	271
13	The determination of ecological status in shallow lakes - a tested system (ECOFRAME) for implementation of the European Water Framework Directive	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2003	266
14	A simple field method for assessing the ecological quality of riparian habitat in rivers and streams: QBR index	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2003	240
15	Habitat preference modelling as a conservation tool: proposals for marine protected areas for cetaceans in southern Spanish waters	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2005	224
16	Rhodolith bed diversity in the Gulf of California: the importance of rhodolith structure and consequences of disturbance	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2003	220
17	Are circle hooks an effective tool for conserving marine and freshwater recreational catch-and-release fisheries?	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2004	213
18	Conservation by restoration: the management concept for a river-floodplain system on the Danube River in Austria	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1998	204
19	Habitat recovery and restoration in aquatic ecosystems: current progress and future challenges	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2016	203
20	Conservation and monitoring of pond biodiversity: introduction	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2005	197
21	Effects of changing temperature on benthic marine life in Britain and Ireland	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2004	194
22	Have we neglected the societal importance of sand dunes? An ecosystem services perspective	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2010	194
23	Community shifts, alternative stable states, biogeochemical controls and feedbacks in eutrophic coastal lagoons: a brief overview	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2008	193
24	Quality assessment using River Habitat Survey data	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1998	191
25	The Alliance for Freshwater Life: A global call to unite efforts for freshwater biodiversity science and conservation	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2018	190
26	Distribution, structure and function of Nordic eelgrass (Zostera marina) ecosystems: implications for coastal management and conservation	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2014	187
27	Marine reserves in fisheries management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1994	186
28	Marine research, resources and conservation in the Azores	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1995	184
29	Use of focal species in marine conservation and management: a review and critique	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2001	175
30	Conservation and management of northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl beds	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2003	172
31	The Pelagos Sanctuary for Mediterranean marine mammals	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2008	171
32	Beach nourishment: an ecologically sound coastal defence alternative? A review	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2006	169
33	Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2009	169
34	River restoration and geomorphology	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1994	168
35	Wetlands: conservation's poor cousins	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2016	163
36	An assessment of the ecological impacts of inter-basin water transfers, and their threats to river basin integrity and conservation	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1992	161
37	Alternatives to taxonomic-based approaches to assess changes in transitional water communities	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2006	160
38	Temporary ponds and their invertebrate communities	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1997	156
39	Effects of river regulation and diversion on marine fish and invertebrates	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1994	155
40	Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2014	153
41	Ghosts of the coast: global extinction risk and conservation of sawfishes	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2016	151
42	The role of coarse woody debris in forest aquatic habitats: Implications for management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1995	150
43	Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no‐take marine protected area	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2012	150
44	A botanical classification of standing waters in Britain: Applications for conservation and monitoring	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	1992	144
45	Dynamics of fish assemblages on coral reefs subjected to different management regimes in the Abrolhos Bank, eastern Brazil	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2008	141
46	A geomorphological framework for river characterization and habitat assessment	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2001	140
47	Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2002	140
48	Taxonomic confusion and market mislabelling of threatened skates: important consequences for their conservation status	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2010	139
49	Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2016	139
50	A review of marine protected areas in the northwestern Mediterranean region: siting, usage, zonation and management	Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	2001	135

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