| Biological effects within no-take marine reserves: a global synthesis SE Lester, BS Halpern, K Grorud-Colvert, J Lubchenco, BI Ruttenberg, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 384, 33-46, 2009 | 1606 | 2009 |
| Recruitment dynamics in complex life cycles J Roughgarden, S Gaines, H Possingham Science 241 (4872), 1460-1466, 1988 | 1577 | 1988 |
| Can catch shares prevent fisheries collapse? C Costello, SD Gaines, J Lynham Science 321 (5896), 1678-1681, 2008 | 1177 | 2008 |
| Propagule dispersal in marine and terrestrial environments: a community perspective BP Kinlan, SD Gaines Ecology 84 (8), 2007-2020, 2003 | 1137 | 2003 |
| Larval settlement rate: a leading determinant of structure in an ecological community of the marine intertidal zone S Gaines, J Roughgarden Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 82, 3707-3711, 1985 | 1073 | 1985 |
| Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions DF Sax, JJ Stachowicz, JH Brown, JF Bruno, MN Dawson, SD Gaines, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 22 (9), 465-471, 2007 | 1012 | 2007 |
| Plugging a hole in the ocean: the emerging science of marine reserves J Lubchenco, SR Palumbi, SD Gaines, S Andelman Ecological applications 13 (1), S3-S7, 2003 | 1011 | 2003 |
| An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean BS Halpern, C Longo, D Hardy, KL McLeod, JF Samhouri, SK Katona, ... Nature 488 (7413), 615-620, 2012 | 967 | 2012 |
| Species diversity: from global decreases to local increases DF Sax, SD Gaines Trends in Ecology & Evolution 18 (11), 561-566, 2003 | 967 | 2003 |
| Temperature control of larval dispersal and the implications for marine ecology, evolution, and conservation MI O'Connor, JF Bruno, SD Gaines, BS Halpern, SE Lester, BP Kinlan, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (4), 1266-1271, 2007 | 961 | 2007 |
| Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management SD Gaines, C White, MH Carr, SR Palumbi Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (43), 18286-18293, 2010 | 937 | 2010 |
| Status and solutions for the world’s unassessed fisheries C Costello, D Ovando, R Hilborn, SD Gaines, O Deschenes, SE Lester Science 338 (6106), 517-520, 2012 | 853 | 2012 |
| A unified approach to marine plant-herbivore interactions. I. Populations and communities J Lubchenco, SD Gaines Annual review of ecology and systematics 12 (1), 405-437, 1981 | 847 | 1981 |
| The ‘abundant centre’distribution: to what extent is it a biogeographical rule? RD Sagarin, SD Gaines Ecology letters 5 (1), 137-147, 2002 | 808 | 2002 |
| Species invasions and extinction: the future of native biodiversity on islands DF Sax, SD Gaines Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (supplement_1), 11490-11497, 2008 | 783 | 2008 |
| Global fishery prospects under contrasting management regimes C Costello, D Ovando, T Clavelle, CK Strauss, R Hilborn, MC Melnychuk, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 113 (18), 5125-5129, 2016 | 643 | 2016 |
| Species invasions exceed extinctions on islands worldwide: a comparative study of plants and birds DF Sax, SD Gaines, JH Brown The American Naturalist 160 (6), 766-783, 2002 | 617 | 2002 |
| Species invasions: insights into ecology, evolution and biogeography. DF Sax, JJ Stachowicz, SD Gaines Species invasions: insights into ecology, evolution and biogeography, 2005 | 595* | 2005 |
| Lagrangian descriptions of marine larval dispersion DA Siegel, BP Kinlan, B Gaylord, SD Gaines Marine Ecology Progress Series 260, 83-96, 2003 | 587 | 2003 |
| Advancing the science of climate change National Research Council National Academies Press, 2011 | 572 | 2011 |
Christopher CostelloProfessor of Resource Economics, UC Santa BarbaraVerified email at bren.ucsb.edu
