| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The other ocean acidification problem: CO 2 as a resource among competitors for ecosystem dominance | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2013 | 199 |
| 2 | High temporal and spatial variability of dissolved oxygen and pH in a nearshore California kelp forest | Biogeosciences | 2012 | 184 |
| 3 | Probing the evolution, ecology and physiology of marine protists using transcriptomics | Nature Reviews Microbiology | 2017 | 176 |
| 4 | Lagrangian studies of phytoplankton growth and grazing relationships in a coastal upwelling ecosystem off Southern California | Progress in Oceanography | 2009 | 160 |
| 5 | Dynamical suppression of sea level rise along the Pacific coast of North America: Indications for imminent acceleration | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2011 | 142 |
| 6 | Transcriptional Orchestration of the Global Cellular Response of a Model Pennate Diatom to Diel Light Cycling under Iron Limitation | PLoS Genetics | 2016 | 129 |
| 7 | Diatoms in the desert: Plankton community response to a mesoscale eddy in the subtropical North Pacific | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2008 | 121 |
| 8 | A hierarchy of conceptual models of red-tide generation: Nutrition, behavior, and biological interactions | Harmful Algae | 2015 | 120 |
| 9 | Can variable pH and low oxygen moderate ocean acidification outcomes for mussel larvae? | Global Change Biology | 2014 | 114 |
| 10 | A double-integration hypothesis to explain ocean ecosystem response to climate forcing | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2013 | 113 |
| 11 | Midwater ecosystems must be considered when evaluating environmental risks of deep-sea mining | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2020 | 104 |
| 12 | Ocean commitments under the Paris Agreement | Nature Climate Change | 2017 | 88 |
| 13 | Surficial Hydrocarbon Seep Infauna from the Blake Ridge (Atlantic Ocean, 2150 m) and the Gulf of Mexico (690-2240 m) | Marine Ecology | 2004 | 77 |
| 14 | Green fluorescent protein regulation in the coral Acropora yongei during photoacclimation | Journal of Experimental Biology | 2010 | 77 |
| 15 | Vitamin B1 ecophysiology of marine picoeukaryotic algae: Strain‐specific differences and a new role for bacteria in vitamin cycling | Limnology and Oceanography | 2015 | 76 |
| 16 | Linking nitrogen dynamics to climate variability off central California: a 51 year record based on 15N/14N in CalCOFI zooplankton | Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography | 2003 | 75 |
| 17 | Carbonate-hosted methanotrophy represents an unrecognized methane sink in the deep sea | Nature Communications | 2014 | 75 |
| 18 | Six Month In Situ High-Resolution Carbonate Chemistry and Temperature Study on a Coral Reef Flat Reveals Asynchronous pH and Temperature Anomalies | PLoS ONE | 2015 | 64 |
| 19 | Diversity of the diatom genus Fragilariopsis in the Argentine Sea and Antarctic waters: morphology, distribution and abundance | Polar Biology | 2010 | 62 |
| 20 | Rain, waves, and short-term evolution of composite seacliffs in southern California | Marine Geology | 2009 | 60 |
| 21 | Major Role of Microbes in Carbon Fluxes during Austral Winter in the Southern Drake Passage | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 60 |
| 22 | Spatial patterns of fishing effort off San Diego: implications for zonal management and ecosystem function | Ecological Applications | 2010 | 59 |
| 23 | Methane seep ecosystem functions and services from a recently discovered southern California seep | Marine Ecology | 2015 | 57 |
| 24 | Cold induces acute stress but heat is ultimately more deleterious for the reef-building coral Acropora yongei | Scientific Reports | 2012 | 55 |
| 25 | Cross‐shore surfzone tracer dispersion in an alongshore current | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 53 |
| 26 | Remotely sensed spawning habitat of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) and Northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) within the California Current | Fisheries Oceanography | 2008 | 49 |
| 27 | Archaea in metazoan diets: implications for food webs and biogeochemical cycling | ISME Journal | 2012 | 49 |
| 28 | Cross‐shore tracer exchange between the surfzone and inner‐shelf | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | 2014 | 48 |
| 29 | Climatic Control of Upwelling Variability along the Western North-American Coast | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 44 |
| 30 | Wave‐driven setup and alongshore flows observed onshore of a submarine canyon | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2008 | 41 |
| 31 | Observations of drifter dispersion in the surfzone: The effect of sheared alongshore currents | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2009 | 41 |
| 32 | Inhibition of growth rate and swimming speed of the harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides by diatoms: Implications for red tide formation | Harmful Algae | 2014 | 40 |
| 33 | Living coral tissue slows skeletal dissolution related to ocean acidification | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 2019 | 36 |
| 34 | Mystery behind Hitchcock's birds | Nature Geoscience | 2012 | 34 |
| 35 | Observations of coastal cliff base waves, sand levels, and cliff top shaking | Earth Surface Processes and Landforms | 2016 | 34 |
| 36 | Coastal cliff ground motions from local ocean swell and infragravity waves in southern California | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2011 | 32 |
| 37 | Effects of warming and eutrophication on coastal phytoplankton production | Harmful Algae | 2019 | 26 |
| 38 | Empirical ocean color algorithms for estimating particulate organic carbon in the Southern Ocean | Journal of Geophysical Research | 2010 | 24 |
| 39 | Ground motions on rocky, cliffed, and sandy shorelines generated by ocean waves | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | 2013 | 23 |
| 40 | California Coastal Upwelling Onset Variability: Cross-Shore and Bottom-Up Propagation in the Planktonic Ecosystem | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 23 |
| 41 | Biogeochemical properties of eddies in the California Current System | Geophysical Research Letters | 2016 | 22 |
| 42 | Differences in the trophic ecology of micronekton driven by diel vertical migration | Limnology and Oceanography | 2019 | 22 |
| 43 | A Review of Coastal Fog Microphysics During C-FOG | Boundary-Layer Meteorology | 2021 | 22 |
| 44 | Uranium in Larval Shells As a Barometer of Molluscan Ocean Acidification Exposure | Environmental Science & Technology | 2014 | 21 |
| 45 | Worldwide Marine Fog Occurrence and Climatology | Springer Atmospheric Sciences | 2017 | 21 |
| 46 | Modeling surfzone to inner‐shelf tracer exchange | Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans | 2016 | 20 |
| 47 | High frequency (hourly) variation in vertical distribution and abundance of meroplanktonic larvae in nearshore waters during strong internal tidal forcing | Continental Shelf Research | 2016 | 20 |
| 48 | Eddy properties in the Southern California Current System | Ocean Dynamics | 2018 | 20 |
| 49 | Quality of UVR exposure for different biological systems along a latitudinal gradient | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences | 2009 | 19 |
| 50 | The optical and biological properties of glacial meltwater in an Antarctic fjord | PLoS ONE | 2019 | 19 |
