| Bacterial production in fresh and saltwater ecosystems: a cross-system overview JJ Cole, S Findlay, ML Pace Marine ecology progress series, 1-10, 1988 | 1935 | 1988 |
| Trophic cascades revealed in diverse ecosystems ML Pace, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter, JF Kitchell Trends in ecology & evolution 14 (12), 483-488, 1999 | 1867 | 1999 |
| Methane emissions from lakes: Dependence of lake characteristics, two regional assessments, and a global estimate D Bastviken, J Cole, M Pace, L Tranvik Global biogeochemical cycles 18 (4), 2004 | 1372 | 2004 |
| Reconciling carbon-cycle concepts, terminology, and methods FS Chapin, GM Woodwell, JT Randerson, EB Rastetter, GM Lovett, ... Ecosystems 9, 1041-1050, 2006 | 1328 | 2006 |
| Understanding the long-term effects of species invasions DL Strayer, VT Eviner, JM Jeschke, ML Pace Trends in ecology & evolution 21 (11), 645-651, 2006 | 1196 | 2006 |
| Ecology for a crowded planet M Palmer, E Bernhardt, E Chornesky, S Collins, A Dobson, C Duke, ... Science 304 (5675), 1251-1252, 2004 | 1000* | 2004 |
| Early warnings of regime shifts: a whole-ecosystem experiment SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, ML Pace, R Batt, WA Brock, T Cline, J Coloso, ... Science 332 (6033), 1079-1082, 2011 | 979 | 2011 |
| Ecosystem size determines food-chain length in lakes DM Post, ML Pace, NG Hairston Jr Nature 405 (6790), 1047-1049, 2000 | 899 | 2000 |
| The production of dissolved organic matter by phytoplankton and its importance to bacteria: patterns across marine and freshwater systems SB Baines, ML Pace Limnology and oceanography 36 (6), 1078-1090, 1991 | 895 | 1991 |
| Transformation of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves: a case study of zebra mussels in the Hudson River DL Strayer, NF Caraco, JJ Cole, S Findlay, ML Pace BioScience 49 (1), 19-27, 1999 | 781 | 1999 |
| Trophic cascades, nutrients, and lake productivity: whole‐lake experiments SR Carpenter, JJ Cole, JR Hodgson, JF Kitchell, ML Pace, D Bade, ... Ecological monographs 71 (2), 163-186, 2001 | 719 | 2001 |
| Rising stream and river temperatures in the United States SS Kaushal, GE Likens, NA Jaworski, ML Pace, AM Sides, D Seekell, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8 (9), 461-466, 2010 | 714 | 2010 |
| Whole-lake carbon-13 additions reveal terrestrial support of aquatic food webs ML Pace, JJ Cole, SR Carpenter, JF Kitchell, JR Hodgson, ... Nature 427 (6971), 240-243, 2004 | 661 | 2004 |
| Fates of methane from different lake habitats: Connecting whole‐lake budgets and CH4 emissions D Bastviken, JJ Cole, ML Pace, MC Van de Bogert Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 113 (G2), 2008 | 646 | 2008 |
| Magnitude and patterns of herbivory in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems H Cyr, ML Pace Nature 361 (6408), 148-150, 1993 | 638 | 1993 |
| Persistence of net heterotrophy in lakes during nutrient addition and food web manipulations JJ Cole, ML Pace, SR Carpenter, JF Kitchell Limnology and oceanography 45 (8), 1718-1730, 2000 | 601 | 2000 |
| Zebra mussel invasion in a large, turbid river: phytoplankton response to increased grazing NF Caraco, JJ Cole, PA Raymond, DL Strayer, ML Pace, SEG Findlay, ... Ecology 78 (2), 588-602, 1997 | 556 | 1997 |
| The relative importance of protozoans, rotifers, and crustaceans in a freshwater zooplankton community 1 ML Pace, JD Orcutt Jr Limnology and Oceanography 26 (5), 822-830, 1981 | 516 | 1981 |
| Freshwater salinization syndrome on a continental scale SS Kaushal, GE Likens, ML Pace, RM Utz, S Haq, J Gorman, M Grese Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (4), E574-E583, 2018 | 507 | 2018 |
| Dissolved organic carbon and nutrients as regulators of lake ecosystems: Resurrection of a more integrated paradigm CE Williamson, DP Morris, ML Pace, OG Olson Limnology and Oceanography 44 (3part2), 795-803, 1999 | 497 | 1999 |
