| 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 | 1770 | 2009 |
| Making waves: The science and politics of ocean protection J Lubchenco, K Grorud-Colvert Science 350 (6259), 382-383, 2015 | 405 | 2015 |
| The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts, V Constant, ... Science 373 (6560), eabf0861, 2021 | 317 | 2021 |
| Long-term studies contribute disproportionately to ecology and policy BB Hughes, R Beas-Luna, AK Barner, K Brewitt, DR Brumbaugh, ... BioScience 67 (3), 271-281, 2017 | 307 | 2017 |
| Revisiting “success” and “failure” of marine protected areas: a conservation scientist perspective S Giakoumi, J McGowan, M Mills, M Beger, RH Bustamante, A Charles, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 345517, 2018 | 268 | 2018 |
| Assessing real progress towards effective ocean protection E Sala, J Lubchenco, K Grorud-Colvert, C Novelli, C Roberts, UR Sumaila Marine Policy 91, 11-13, 2018 | 264 | 2018 |
| Temperature-mediated variation in early life history traits and recruitment success of the coral reef fish Thalassoma bifasciatum in the Florida Keys S Sponaugle, K Grorud-Colvert, D Pinkard Marine Ecology Progress Series 308, 1-15, 2006 | 240 | 2006 |
| Evolving science of marine reserves: new developments and emerging research frontiers SD Gaines, SE Lester, K Grorud-Colvert, C Costello, R Pollnac Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (43), 18251-18255, 2010 | 223 | 2010 |
| The science of European marine reserves: Status, efficacy, and future needs PB Fenberg, JE Caselle, J Claudet, M Clemence, SD Gaines, ... Marine policy 36 (5), 1012-1021, 2012 | 221 | 2012 |
| Ecological effects of full and partial protection in the crowded Mediterranean Sea: a regional meta-analysis S Giakoumi, C Scianna, J Plass-Johnson, F Micheli, K Grorud-Colvert, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 8940, 2017 | 211 | 2017 |
| Marine protected area networks: assessing whether the whole is greater than the sum of its parts K Grorud-Colvert, J Claudet, BN Tissot, JE Caselle, MH Carr, JC Day, ... PloS one 9 (8), e102298, 2014 | 132 | 2014 |
| Marine protected areas: a multidisciplinary approach J Claudet Cambridge University Press, 2011 | 117 | 2011 |
| Linking home ranges to protected area size: The case study of the Mediterranean Sea A Di Franco, JG Plass-Johnson, M Di Lorenzo, B Meola, J Claudet, ... Biological Conservation 221, 175-181, 2018 | 97 | 2018 |
| Environmental variability, early life-history traits, and survival of new coral reef fish recruits S Sponaugle, K Grorud-Colvert Integrative and Comparative Biology 46 (5), 623-633, 2006 | 92 | 2006 |
| Phenotypic variation and selective mortality as major drivers of recruitment variability in fishes DW Johnson, K Grorud‐Colvert, S Sponaugle, BX Semmens Ecology letters 17 (6), 743-755, 2014 | 80 | 2014 |
| Uniting science and stories: perspectives on the value of storytelling for communicating science SJ Green, K Grorud-Colvert, H Mannix Facets 3 (1), 164-173, 2018 | 79 | 2018 |
| Influence of condition on behavior and survival potential of a newly settled coral reef fish, the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum K Grorud-Colvert, S Sponaugle Marine Ecology Progress Series 327, 279-288, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| Communicating marine reserve science to diverse audiences K Grorud-Colvert, SE Lester, S Airamé, E Neeley, SD Gaines Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (43), 18306-18311, 2010 | 68 | 2010 |
| Terrestrial ecologists ignore aquatic literature: asymmetry in citation breadth in ecological publications and implications for generality and progress in ecology BA Menge, F Chan, S Dudas, D Eerkes-Medrano, K Grorud-Colvert, ... Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 377 (2), 93-100, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| The ocean genome and future prospects for conservation and equity R Blasiak, R Wynberg, K Grorud-Colvert, S Thambisetty, NM Bandarra, ... Nature Sustainability 3 (8), 588-596, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |