| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | An overview of ecological status, vulnerability and future perspectives of European large shallow, semi-enclosed coastal systems, lagoons and transitional waters | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2014 | 275 |
| 2 | Spatial and temporal variations of hydrological conditions, nutrients and chlorophyll a in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Spain) | Hydrobiologia | 2005 | 150 |
| 3 | The science of European marine reserves: Status, efficacy, and future needs | Marine Policy | 2012 | 145 |
| 4 | User-friendly guide for using benthic ecological indicators in coastal and marine quality assessment | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2006 | 140 |
| 5 | (null) | Hydrobiologia | 2002 | 117 |
| 6 | Nutrient And Particulate Inputs Into The Mar Menor Lagoon (Se Spain) From An Intensive Agricultural Watershed | Water, Air, and Soil Pollution | 2006 | 114 |
| 7 | Are Water Beetles Good Indicators of Biodiversity in Mediterranean Aquatic Ecosystems? The Case of the Segura River Basin (SE Spain) | Biodiversity and Conservation | 2006 | 111 |
| 8 | Response of biotic communities to salinity changes in a Mediterranean hypersaline stream | Saline Systems | 2006 | 106 |
| 9 | Effects of salinity changes on aquatic organisms in a multiple stressor context | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2019 | 105 |
| 10 | Hydrological Classification of Natural Flow Regimes to Support Environmental Flow Assessments in Intensively Regulated Mediterranean Rivers, Segura River Basin (Spain) | Environmental Management | 2011 | 102 |
| 11 | Conservation physiology of marine fishes: state of the art and prospects for policy | | 2016 | 89 |
| 12 | Long-Term Dynamic in Nutrients, Chlorophyll a, and Water Quality Parameters in a Coastal Lagoon During a Process of Eutrophication for Decades, a Sudden Break and a Relatively Rapid Recovery | Frontiers in Marine Science | 2019 | 88 |
| 13 | Presence of Pesticides throughout Trophic Compartments of the Food Web in the Mar Menor Lagoon (SE Spain) | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2000 | 82 |
| 14 | Measurement and evaluation of livelihood assets in sustainable forest commons governance | Land Use Policy | 2013 | 82 |
| 15 | Bias in freshwater biodiversity sampling: the case of Iberian water beetles | Diversity and Distributions | 2008 | 77 |
| 16 | Hydrographic, geomorphologic and fish assemblage relationships in coastal lagoons | Hydrobiologia | 2007 | 76 |
| 17 | Global CO2 emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems | Nature Communications | 2020 | 73 |
| 18 | Concordance between ecotypes and macroinvertebrate assemblages in Mediterranean streams | Freshwater Biology | 2007 | 69 |
| 19 | A conceptual framework for the integral management of marine protected areas | Ocean and Coastal Management | 2009 | 69 |
| 20 | Ecosystem services and main environmental risks in a coastal lagoon (Mar Menor, Murcia, SE Spain): The public perception | Journal for Nature Conservation | 2018 | 68 |
| 21 | Ramblas in south-east Spain: threatened and valuable ecosystems | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 2005 | 66 |
| 22 | Defining criteria to select reference sites in Mediterranean streams | Hydrobiologia | 2009 | 65 |
| 23 | Conservation of Freshwater Biodiversity: a Comparison of Different Area Selection Methods | Biodiversity and Conservation | 2005 | 63 |
| 24 | Climate change response of the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (Spain) using a hydrodynamic finite element model | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2012 | 63 |
| 25 | Towards sustainable management of Mediterranean river basins: policy recommendations on management aspects of temporary streams | Water Policy | 2013 | 61 |
| 26 | Assessing conservation priorities for insects: status of water beetles in southeast Spain | Biological Conservation | 2005 | 60 |
| 27 | Inter- and intra-annual variations of macroinvertebrate assemblages are related to the hydroperiod in Mediterranean temporary ponds | Hydrobiologia | 2009 | 59 |
| 28 | Ecogeomorphological consequences of land abandonment in semiarid Mediterranean areas: Integrated assessment of physical evolution and biodiversity | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 2014 | 59 |
| 29 | Nutrient Bioaccumulation in Phragmites australis: Management Tool for Reduction of Pollution in the Mar Menor | Water, Air, and Soil Pollution | 2010 | 57 |
| 30 | Comparing the sensitivity of diverse macroinvertebrate metrics to a multiple stressor gradient in Mediterranean streams and its influence on the assessment of ecological status | Ecological Indicators | 2010 | 57 |
| 31 | Oxidative stress biomarkers in Eurasian eagle owls (Bubo bubo) in three different scenarios of heavy metal exposure | Environmental Research | 2014 | 57 |
| 32 | Validation of a QuECheRS method for analysis of neonicotinoids in small volumes of blood and assessment of exposure in Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo) nestlings | Science of the Total Environment | 2017 | 55 |
| 33 | The influence of natural flow regimes on macroinvertebrate assemblages in a semiarid Mediterranean basin | Ecohydrology | 2013 | 54 |
| 34 | Blood lead levels and δ-ALAD inhibition in nestlings of Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) to assess lead exposure associated to an abandoned mining area | Ecotoxicology | 2011 | 53 |
| 35 | The effects of drying on sediment nitrogen content in a Mediterranean intermittent stream: a microcosms study | Hydrobiologia | 2012 | 53 |
| 36 | Preconditioning effects of intermittent stream flow on leaf litter decomposition | Aquatic Sciences | 2011 | 52 |
| 37 | Establishing physico-chemical reference conditions in Mediterranean streams according to the European Water Framework Directive | Water Research | 2012 | 51 |
| 38 | Chemical defenses in Sacoglossan Opisthobranchs: Taxonomic trends and evolutionary implications | Scientia Marina | 2004 | 51 |
| 39 | Sediment Respiration Pulses in Intermittent Rivers and Ephemeral Streams | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2019 | 48 |
| 40 | Connectivity between coastal lagoons and sea: Asymmetrical effects on assemblages' and populations' structure | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2019 | 47 |
| 41 | An integrated Pan-European perspective on coastal Lagoons management through a mosaic-DPSIR approach | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 46 |
| 42 | Macrophytic, epipelic and epilithic primary production in a semiarid Mediterranean stream | Freshwater Biology | 2003 | 45 |
| 43 | Selecting areas to protect the biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems in a semiarid Mediterranean region using water beetles | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 2004 | 42 |
| 44 | Which are, what is their status and what can we expect from ecosystem services provided by Spanish rivers and riparian areas? | Biodiversity and Conservation | 2013 | 39 |
| 45 | Social equity and marine protected areas: Perceptions of small-scale fishermen in the Mediterranean Sea | Biological Conservation | 2020 | 39 |
| 46 | Behind the Scenes: Mechanisms Regulating Climatic Patterns of Dissolved Organic Carbon Uptake in Headwater Streams | Global Biogeochemical Cycles | 2018 | 36 |
| 47 | Are Taxonomic Distinctness measures compliant to other ecological indicators in assessing ecological status? | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2006 | 35 |
| 48 | Factors that influence mercury concentrations in nestling Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo) | Science of the Total Environment | 2014 | 35 |
| 49 | Assessing the Hydrodynamic Response of the Mar Menor Lagoon to Dredging Inlets Interventions through Numerical Modelling | Water (Switzerland) | 2018 | 35 |
| 50 | The case of Mar Menor eutrophication: State of the art and description of tested Nature-Based Solutions | Ecological Engineering | 2020 | 35 |
