| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Eutrophication and harmful algal blooms: A scientific consensus | Harmful Algae | 2008 | 1,582 |
| 2 | Harmful algal blooms and climate change: Learning from the past and present to forecast the future | Harmful Algae | 2015 | 555 |
| 3 | Harmful algal blooms and eutrophication: Examining linkages from selected coastal regions of the United States | Harmful Algae | 2008 | 530 |
| 4 | Pseudo-nitzschia physiological ecology, phylogeny, toxicity, monitoring and impacts on ecosystem health | Harmful Algae | 2012 | 429 |
| 5 | An unprecedented coastwide toxic algal bloom linked to anomalous ocean conditions | Geophysical Research Letters | 2016 | 400 |
| 6 | Trichodesmium– a widespread marine cyanobacterium with unusual nitrogen fixation properties | FEMS Microbiology Reviews | 2013 | 210 |
| 7 | Domoic acid: The synergy of iron, copper, and the toxicity of diatoms | Limnology and Oceanography | 2005 | 165 |
| 8 | N 2 Fixation by Unicellular Bacterioplankton from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans: Phylogeny and In Situ Rates | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2004 | 163 |
| 9 | The potential role of anthropogenically derived nitrogen in the growth of harmful algae in California, USA | Harmful Algae | 2008 | 160 |
| 10 | Persistent spatial structuring of coastal ocean acidification in the California Current System | Scientific Reports | 2017 | 146 |
| 11 | Distribution of sea urchins living near shallow water CO2 vents is dependent upon species acid–base and ion-regulatory abilities | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 2013 | 133 |
| 12 | Nitrogenous preference of toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) from field and laboratory experiments | Harmful Algae | 2007 | 121 |
| 13 | Inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by the toxigenic diatom Pseudo-nitzschia australis (Bacillariophyceae) | Harmful Algae | 2008 | 111 |
| 14 | Nitrogen utilization by the raphidophyte Heterosigma akashiwo: Growth and uptake kinetics in laboratory cultures | Harmful Algae | 2007 | 108 |
| 15 | Nutrient regulation of phytoplankton productivity in Monterey Bay, California | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2000 | 106 |
| 16 | Iron enrichment stimulates toxic diatom production in high-nitrate, low-chlorophyll areas | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2010 | 104 |
| 17 | Processes influencing seasonal hypoxia in the northern California Current System | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 100 |
| 18 | The significance and scope of evolutionary developmental biology: a vision for the 21st century | Evolution & Development | 2015 | 92 |
| 19 | The heterotrophic bacterial response during a mesoscale iron enrichment experiment(IronEx II) in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean | Limnology and Oceanography | 2001 | 84 |
| 20 | Evidence for the grazing hypothesis: Grazing reduces phytoplankton responses of the HNLC ecosystem to iron enrichment in the western subarctic pacific (SEEDS II) | Journal of Oceanography | 2007 | 80 |
| 21 | Emiliania huxleyi increases calcification but not expression of calcification-related genes in long-term exposure to elevated temperature and p CO 2 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2013 | 79 |
| 22 | Variability of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the Juan de Fuca eddy region and its adjacent shelves | Limnology and Oceanography | 2009 | 76 |
| 23 | Installing extra bicarbonate transporters in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 enhances biomass production | Metabolic Engineering | 2015 | 76 |
| 24 | Diversity of Diazotrophic Unicellular Cyanobacteria in the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 2002 | 73 |
| 25 | Temperature and acidification variability reduce physiological performance in the intertidal zone porcelain crab Petrolisthes cinctipes | Journal of Experimental Biology | 2014 | 72 |
| 26 | Are meta‐ecosystems organized hierarchically? A model and test in rocky intertidal habitats | Ecological Monographs | 2015 | 72 |
| 27 | An ecological study of a massive bloom of toxigenic Pseudo‐nitzschia cuspidata off the Washington State coast | Limnology and Oceanography | 2009 | 67 |
| 28 | Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2015 | 67 |
| 29 | The effects of haloclines on the vertical distribution and migration of zooplankton | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology | 2002 | 62 |
| 30 | Enzymatic hydrogen sulfide production in marine invertebrate tissues | Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, Molecular & Integrative Physiology | 2002 | 62 |
| 31 | Life Histories, Salinity Zones, and Sublethal Contributions of Contaminants to Pelagic Fish Declines Illustrated with a Case Study of San Francisco Estuary, California, USA | Estuaries and Coasts | 2012 | 55 |
| 32 | Evolution of chemical, biological, and physical water properties in the northern California Current in 2005: Remote or local wind forcing? | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 54 |
| 33 | Influences of the Juan de Fuca Eddy on circulation, nutrients, and phytoplankton production in the northern California Current System | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 52 |
| 34 | The role of stochastic thermal environments in modulating the thermal physiology of an intertidal limpet, Lottia digitalis | Journal of Experimental Biology | 2017 | 52 |
| 35 | Effects of OTU Clustering and PCR Artifacts on Microbial Diversity Estimates | Microbial Ecology | 2013 | 47 |
| 36 | Nitrogen uptake kinetics in the Ross Sea, Antarctica | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2001 | 42 |
| 37 | Impacts on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the Pacific Northwest during the warm ocean conditions of 2005 | Geophysical Research Letters | 2006 | 41 |
| 38 | Projecting Cumulative Benefits of Multiple River Restoration Projects: An Example from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River System in California | Environmental Management | 2008 | 41 |
| 39 | Nitrogen Utilization and Toxin Production by Two Diatoms of the Pseudo‐nitzschia pseudodelicatissima Complex: P. cuspidata and P. fryxelliana | Journal of Phycology | 2013 | 40 |
| 40 | Mesozooplankton Graze on Cyanobacteria in the Amazon River Plume and Western Tropical North Atlantic | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2017 | 40 |
| 41 | Relevant scales in zooplankton ecology: Distribution, feeding, and reproduction of the copepod Acartia hudsonica in response to thin layers of the diatom Skeletonema costatum | Limnology and Oceanography | 2004 | 38 |
| 42 | Trace metals and nitrogenous nutrition of Antarctic phytoplankton: experimental observations in the Ross Sea | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2002 | 37 |
| 43 | The effect of inorganic nitrogen speciation on primary production in the San Francisco Estuary | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science | 2012 | 37 |
| 44 | Ecosystem connectivity and trophic subsidies of sandy beaches | Ecosphere | 2016 | 37 |
| 45 | Feeding capabilities and limitations in the nauplii of two pelagic estuarine copepods, Pseudodiaptomus marinus and Oithona davisae | Limnology and Oceanography | 2013 | 32 |
| 46 | Spatial patterns of nitrogen uptake and phytoplankton in the equatorial upwelling zone (110°W–140°W) during 2004 and 2005 | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2011 | 31 |
| 47 | Rapid induction and disappearance of electron-dense organelles following sulfide exposure in the marine annelid Branchioasychis americana | Invertebrate Biology | 2007 | 30 |
| 48 | Population Structure and Genetic Diversity among Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Beds and Depths in San Francisco Bay | Journal of Heredity | 2012 | 29 |
| 49 | Individual‐Based Modeling of Delta Smelt Population Dynamics in the Upper San Francisco Estuary: I. Model Description and Baseline Results | Transactions of the American Fisheries Society | 2013 | 29 |
| 50 | Observational evidence against mountain-wave generation of ice nuclei as a prerequisite for the formation of three solid nitric acid polar stratospheric clouds observed in the Arctic in early December 1999 | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2004 | 27 |
