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| 2 | Biotic resistance in marine environments | Ecology Letters | 2013 | 102 |
| 3 | Thermal indices of upwelling effects on inner-shelf habitats | Progress in Oceanography | 2009 | 69 |
| 4 | Animal personalities and seed dispersal: A conceptual review | Functional Ecology | 2020 | 52 |
| 5 | Transcriptomic responses to extreme low salinity among locally adapted populations of Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida) | Molecular Ecology | 2018 | 43 |
| 6 | Trophic sensitivity of invasive predator and native prey interactions: integrating environmental context and climate change | Functional Ecology | 2017 | 42 |
| 7 | Ecosystem connectivity and trophic subsidies of sandy beaches | Ecosphere | 2016 | 41 |
| 8 | Aquatic polymers can drive pathogen transmission in coastal ecosystems | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 2014 | 39 |
| 9 | Association of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts with fresh, estuarine, and marine macroaggregates | Limnology and Oceanography | 2012 | 37 |
| 10 | Limitations of laser diffraction for measuring fine particles in oligotrophic systems: Pitfalls and potential solutions | Water Resources Research | 2011 | 34 |
| 11 | Effect of sediment and nutrient loading on Lake Tahoe optical conditions and restoration opportunities using a newly developed lake clarity model | Water Resources Research | 2010 | 29 |
| 12 | Shifts in intertidal zonation and refuge use by prey after mass mortalities of two predators | Ecology | 2017 | 28 |
| 13 | Water quality response to the Angora Fire, Lake Tahoe, California | Biogeochemistry | 2011 | 24 |
| 14 | Timing of stressors alters interactive effects on a coastal foundation species | Ecology | 2017 | 23 |
| 15 | Research Commentary: Association of Zoonotic Pathogens with Fresh, Estuarine, and Marine Macroaggregates | Microbial Ecology | 2012 | 20 |
| 16 | Prediction of Hypoxia in Eutrophic Polymictic Lakes | Water Resources Research | 2021 | 18 |
| 17 | Interactive effects of predator and prey harvest on ecological resilience of rocky reefs | Ecological Applications | 2017 | 18 |
| 18 | The influence of ambient light intensity on in situ laser diffractometers | Water Resources Research | 2011 | 17 |
| 19 | Differences in rheotactic responses contribute to divergent habitat use between parapatric lake and stream threespine stickleback | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 2015 | 17 |
| 20 | Grazing affects vegetation diversity and heterogeneity in California vernal pools | Ecology | 2021 | 17 |
| 21 | Effects of seasonal upwelling and runoff on water chemistry and growth and survival of native and commercial oysters | Limnology and Oceanography | 2020 | 16 |
| 22 | Habitats and fish communities at mesophotic depths in the Mexican Pacific | Journal of Biogeography | 2020 | 14 |
| 23 | Examining market segmentation to increase bike-share use and enhance equity: The case of the greater Sacramento region | Transport Policy | 2024 | 14 |
| 24 | Harvesting an invasive bivalve in a large natural lake: species recovery and impacts on native benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in Lake Tahoe, USA | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 2012 | 12 |
| 25 | Oxygen depletion and sediment respiration in ice‐covered arctic lakes | Limnology and Oceanography | 2023 | 12 |
| 26 | Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore | Ecosphere | 2025 | 10 |
| 27 | Photoprotective benefits of pigmentation in the transparent plankton community: a comparative species experimental test | Ecology | 2019 | 9 |
| 28 | Adaptive specialization and constraint in morphological defences of planktonic larvae | Functional Ecology | 2020 | 9 |
| 29 | Temperature‐induced range expansion of a subtropical crab along the California coast | Marine Ecology | 2018 | 8 |
| 30 | Overcoming obstacles to prescribed fire in the North American Mediterranean climate zone | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 2024 | 8 |
| 31 | Upstream—Downstream Shifts in Peak Recruitment of the Native Olympia Oyster in San Francisco Bay During Wet and Dry Years | Estuaries and Coasts | 2016 | 7 |
| 32 | The Spatial Distribution and Oviposition Preference of the Ranchman's Tiger Moth,Platyprepia virginalis(Lepidoptera: Erebidae) | Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society | 2017 | 4 |
| 33 | Costs and compensation in zooplankton pigmentation under countervailing threats of ultraviolet radiation and predation | Oecologia | 2020 | 4 |
| 34 | Underwater video reveals decreased activity of rocky intertidal snails during high tides and cooler days | Marine Ecology | 2017 | 3 |
| 35 | Temporal variation in cannibalistic infanticide by the shore crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis: implications for reproductive success | Marine Ecology | 2015 | 2 |
| 36 | Population dynamics ofRana sierraeat Dusy Basin: influence of non‐native predators, drought, and restoration potential | Ecosphere | 2019 | 1 |
