| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Nutrient sources, composition, and consequences | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 2,199 |
| 2 | Faunal Communities in Seagrass Beds: A Review of the Influence of Plant Structure and Prey Characteristics on Predator: Prey Relationships | Estuaries and Coasts | 1984 | 851 |
| 3 | Microphytobenthos: The Ecological Role of the "Secret Garden" of Unvegetated, Shallow-Water Marine Habitats. I. Distribution, Abundance and Primary Production | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 796 |
| 4 | Tidal Straining, Density Currents, and Stirring in the Control of Estuarine Stratification | Estuaries and Coasts | 1990 | 778 |
| 5 | Nutrient Changes in the Mississippi River and System Responses on the Adjacent Continental Shelf | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 696 |
| 6 | Climate change impacts on U.S. Coastal and Marine Ecosystems | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 622 |
| 7 | Couplings of Watersheds and Coastal Waters: Sources and Consequences of Nutrient Enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts | Estuaries and Coasts | 1992 | 524 |
| 8 | Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay, 1950–2001: Long-term change in relation to nutrient loading and river flow | Estuaries and Coasts | 2004 | 517 |
| 9 | Inputs, Transformations, and Transport of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Chesapeake Bay and Selected Tributaries | Estuaries and Coasts | 1995 | 508 |
| 10 | Dependence of Fishery Species on Salt Marshes: The Role of Food and Refuge | Estuaries and Coasts | 1984 | 503 |
| 11 | Gas Exchange in Rivers and Estuaries: Choosing a Gas Transfer Velocity | Estuaries and Coasts | 2001 | 479 |
| 12 | Sources of nutrient pollution to coastal waters in the United States: Implications for achieving coastal water quality goals | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 466 |
| 13 | Nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: Is it a major cause of coral reef decline? | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 443 |
| 14 | Beyond Light: Physical, Geological, and Geochemical Parameters as Possible Submersed Aquatic Vegetation Habitat Requirements | Estuaries and Coasts | 2001 | 438 |
| 15 | Effects of hypoxia, and the balance between hypoxia and enrichment, on coastal fishes and fisheries | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 410 |
| 16 | Pattern and Process of Land Loss in the Mississippi Delta: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Wetland Habitat Change | Estuaries and Coasts | 2000 | 409 |
| 17 | Do we have enough pieces of the jigsaw to integrate CO2 fluxes in the coastal ocean? | Estuaries and Coasts | 2005 | 374 |
| 18 | An Estuarine Benthic Index of Biotic Integrity (B-IBI) for Chesapeake Bay | Estuaries and Coasts | 1997 | 354 |
| 19 | The economic effects of harmful algal blooms in the United States: Estimates, assessment issues, and information needs | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 329 |
| 20 | Estimating Densities of Small Fishes and Decapod Crustaceans in Shallow Estuarine Habitats: A Review of Sampling Design with Focus on Gear Selection | Estuaries and Coasts | 1997 | 321 |
| 21 | Challenges and opportunities for science in reducing nutrient over-enrichment of coastal ecosystems | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 317 |
| 22 | Oceanography of the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coastal Ocean and estuaries with application to coastal ecology | Estuaries and Coasts | 2003 | 315 |
| 23 | Effects of Salinity on NH 4 + Adsorption Capacity, Nitrification, and Denitrification in Danish Estuarine Sediments | Estuaries and Coasts | 1999 | 296 |
| 24 | The Importance of Suppression of Turbulence by Stratification on the Estuarine Turbidity Maximum | Estuaries and Coasts | 1993 | 293 |
| 25 | Microphytobenthos: The Ecological Role of the "Secret Garden" of Unvegetated, Shallow-Water Marine Habitats. II. Role in Sediment Stability and Shallow-Water Food Webs | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 288 |
| 26 | Variability of Mangrove Ecosystems along the Brazilian Coast | Estuaries and Coasts | 1990 | 283 |
| 27 | Role of Larger Herbivores in Seagrass Communities | Estuaries and Coasts | 1984 | 281 |
| 28 | Control of Phytoplankton Biomass in Estuaries: A Comparative Analysis of Microtidal and Macrotidal Estuaries | Estuaries and Coasts | 1992 | 281 |
| 29 | Nature's Pulsing Paradigm | Estuaries and Coasts | 1995 | 280 |
| 30 | Interpretation of Metal Concentrations in Estuarine Sediments of Florida Using Aluminum as a Reference Element | Estuaries and Coasts | 1990 | 278 |
| 31 | Conservative mixing of stable isotopes across estuarine salinity gradients: A conceptual framework for monitoring watershed influences on downstream fisheries production | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 268 |
| 32 | Sediment-Water Oxygen and Nutrient Exchanges along the Longitudinal Axis of Chesapeake Bay: Seasonal Patterns, Controlling Factors and Ecological Significance | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 261 |
| 33 | Loss on Ignition and Kjeldahl Digestion for Estimating Organic Carbon and Total Nitrogen in Estuarine Marsh Soils: Calibration with Dry Combustion | Estuaries and Coasts | 1991 | 254 |
| 34 | Macroalgae, Nutrient Cycles, and Pollutants in the Lagoon of Venice | Estuaries and Coasts | 1992 | 254 |
| 35 | Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen: Implications for nutrient over-enrichment of coastal waters | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 254 |
| 36 | Global patterns of dissolved inorganic and particulate nitrogen inputs to coastal systems: Recent conditions and future projections | Estuaries and Coasts | 2002 | 251 |
| 37 | Florida Bay: A History of Recent Ecological Changes | Estuaries and Coasts | 1999 | 250 |
| 38 | Wetland Loss in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Multiple Working Hypotheses | Estuaries and Coasts | 1997 | 245 |
| 39 | The Value of Salt Marsh Edge vs Interior as a Habitat for Fish and Decapod Crustaceans in a Louisiana Tidal Marsh | Estuaries and Coasts | 1994 | 244 |
| 40 | Scales of Nutrient-Limited Phytoplankton Productivity in Chesapeake Bay | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 241 |
| 41 | Quantifying Eelgrass Habitat Loss in Relation to Housing Development and Nitrogen Loading in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts | Estuaries and Coasts | 1996 | 241 |
| 42 | Carbon Dioxide Concentration and Atmospheric Flux in the Hudson River | Estuaries and Coasts | 1997 | 240 |
| 43 | A 2,500-Year History of Anoxia and Eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay | Estuaries and Coasts | 1993 | 231 |
| 44 | Dispersal of River Sediments in Coastal Seas: Six Contrasting Cases | Estuaries and Coasts | 1995 | 230 |
| 45 | Modeling seagrass density and distribution in response to changes in turbidity stemming from bivalve filtration and seagrass sediment stabilization | Estuaries and Coasts | 2004 | 230 |
| 46 | The Introduction and Spread of Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) in South San Francisco Bay | Estuaries and Coasts | 1992 | 229 |
| 47 | Harmful Algal Blooms in the Chesapeake and Coastal Bays of Maryland, USA: Comparison of 1997, 1998, and 1999 Events | Estuaries and Coasts | 2001 | 224 |
| 48 | Relationships between Benthic Community Condition, Water Quality, Sediment Quality, Nutrient Loads, and Land Use Patterns in Chesapeake Bay | Estuaries and Coasts | 2000 | 223 |
| 49 | Composition, Abundance, Biomass, and Production of Macrofauna in a New England Estuary: Comparisons among Eelgrass Meadows and Other Nursery Habitats | Estuaries and Coasts | 1995 | 222 |
| 50 | The Use of Sediment Cores to Reconstruct Historical Trends in Contamination of Estuarine and Coastal Sediments | Estuaries and Coasts | 1993 | 218 |
