| Conservation of the African Great Lakes: a limnological perspective HA Bootsma, RE Hecky Conservation biology 7 (3), 644-656, 1993 | 329 | 1993 |
| Biomagnification of DDT through the benthic and pelagic food webs of Lake Malawi, East Africa: importance of trophic level and carbon source KA Kidd, HA Bootsma, RH Hesslein, DCG Muir, RE Hecky Environmental science & technology 35 (1), 14-20, 2001 | 244 | 2001 |
| Great Lakes Cladophora in the 21st century: same algae—different ecosystem MT Auer, LM Tomlinson, SN Higgins, SY Malkin, ET Howell, HA Bootsma Journal of Great Lakes Research 36 (2), 248-255, 2010 | 212 | 2010 |
| Food partitioning among Lake Malawi nearshore fishes as revealed by stable isotope analyses HA Bootsma, RE Hecky, RH Hesslein, GF Turner Ecology 77 (4), 1286-1290, 1996 | 199 | 1996 |
| Deep‐water warming trend in Lake Malawi, East Africa MK Vollmer, HA Bootsma, RE Hecky, G Patterson, JD Halfman, ... Limnology and oceanography 50 (2), 727-732, 2005 | 160 | 2005 |
| Impact of land use on sediment and nutrient yields to Lake Malawi/Nyasa (Africa) RE Hecky, HA Bootsma, ML Kingdon Journal of Great Lakes Research 29, 139-158, 2003 | 135 | 2003 |
| Mercury concentrations in the food web of Lake Malawi, East Africa KA Kidd, HA Bootsma, RH Hesslein, WL Lockhart, RE Hecky Journal of Great Lakes Research 29, 258-266, 2003 | 134 | 2003 |
| The potential for CO₂-induced acidification in freshwater: A Great Lakes case study JC Phillips, GA McKinley, V Bennington, HA Bootsma, DJ Pilcher, ... Oceanography 28 (2), 136-145, 2015 | 129 | 2015 |
| A comparative introduction to the biology and limnology of the African Great Lakes HA Bootsma, RE Hecky Journal of Great Lakes Research 29, 3-18, 2003 | 128 | 2003 |
| Persistent chlorinated pesticides in air, water, and precipitation from the Lake Malawi area, southern Africa H Karlsson, DCG Muir, CF Teixiera, DA Burniston, WMJ Strachan, ... Environmental science & technology 34 (21), 4490-4495, 2000 | 126 | 2000 |
| Nearshore energy subsidies support Lake Michigan fishes and invertebrates following major changes in food web structure BA Turschak, D Bunnell, S Czesny, TO Höök, J Janssen, D Warner, ... Ecology 95 (5), 1243-1252, 2014 | 121 | 2014 |
| Phosphorus pumps, nitrogen sinks, and silicon drains: plumbing nutrients in the African Great Lakes RE Hecky, HA Bootsma, RM Mugidde, FWB Bugenyi Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes, 205-224, 2019 | 117 | 2019 |
| Nutrient limitation of heterotrophic bacteria in Florida Bay JB Cotner, RH Sada, H Bootsma, T Johengen, JF Cavaletto, WS Gardner Estuaries 23, 611-620, 2000 | 104 | 2000 |
| Phytoplankton nutrient status and mean water column irradiance in Lakes Malawi and Superior SJ Guildford, HA Bootsma, EJ Fee, RE Hecky, G Patterson Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 3 (1), 35-45, 2000 | 90 | 2000 |
| Nutrient enrichment experiments in tropical great lakes Malawi/Nyasa and Victoria SJ Guildford, RE Hecky, WD Taylor, R Mugidde, HA Bootsma Journal of Great Lakes Research 29, 89-106, 2003 | 83 | 2003 |
| The Great Lakes Cladophora model: development, testing, and application to Lake Michigan LM Tomlinson, MT Auer, HA Bootsma, EM Owens Journal of Great Lakes Research 36 (2), 287-297, 2010 | 77 | 2010 |
| Improved chromatographic analysis of 15N: 14N ratios in ammonium or nitrate for isotope addition experiments WS Gardner, HA Bootsma, C Evans, PAS John Marine Chemistry 48 (3-4), 271-282, 1995 | 77 | 1995 |
| The chemical composition of precipitation and its significance to the nutrient budget of Lake Malawi HA Bootsma, MJ Bootsma, RE Hecky Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes, 251-265, 2019 | 75 | 2019 |
| Nitrogen cycling rates and light effects in tropical Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela WS Gardner, JF Cavaletto, HA Bootsma, PJ Lavrentyev, F Troncone Limnology and Oceanography 43 (8), 1814-1825, 1998 | 74 | 1998 |
| Exploring yellow perch diets in Lake Michigan through stomach content, fatty acids, and stable isotope ratios A Happel, S Creque, J Rinchard, T Höök, H Bootsma, J Janssen, D Jude, ... Journal of Great Lakes Research 41, 172-178, 2015 | 69 | 2015 |
