| The guild approach to categorizing estuarine fish assemblages: a global review M Elliott, AK Whitfield, IC Potter, SJM Blaber, DP Cyrus, FG Nordlie, ... Fish and fisheries 8 (3), 241-268, 2007 | 989 | 2007 |
| Fishes as indicators of environmental and ecological changes within estuaries: a review of progress and some suggestions for the future AK Whitfield, M Elliott Journal of Fish Biology 61, 229-250, 2002 | 685 | 2002 |
| Ichthyofaunal assemblages in estuaries: a South African case study AK Whitfield Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 9 (2), 151-186, 1999 | 661 | 1999 |
| Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management M Elliott, AK Whitfield Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 94 (4), 306-314, 2011 | 625 | 2011 |
| Biology and ecology of fishes in southern African estuaries AK Whitfield | 551 | 1998 |
| The ways in which fish use estuaries: a refinement and expansion of the guild approach IC Potter, JR Tweedley, M Elliott, AK Whitfield Fish and Fisheries 16 (2), 230-239, 2015 | 509 | 2015 |
| Comparisons between the roles played by estuaries in the life cycles of fishes in temperate Western Australia and Southern Africa IC Potter, LE Beckley, AK Whitfield, RCJ Lenanton Environmental Biology of Fishes 28, 143-178, 1990 | 428 | 1990 |
| A characterization of southern African estuarine systems AK Whitfield Southern African Journal of Aquatic Science 18 (1-2), 89-103, 1992 | 418 | 1992 |
| The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries AK Whitfield Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27 (1), 75-110, 2017 | 396 | 2017 |
| Paradigms in estuarine ecology–a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries AK Whitfield, M Elliott, A Basset, SJM Blaber, RJ West Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 97, 78-90, 2012 | 367 | 2012 |
| A global review of the cosmopolitan flathead mullet Mugil cephalus Linnaeus 1758 (Teleostei: Mugilidae), with emphasis on the biology, genetics, ecology and … AK Whitfield, J Panfili, JD Durand Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 22, 641-681, 2012 | 364 | 2012 |
| Do shallow-water habitats function as refugia for juvenile fishes? AW Paterson, AK Whitfield Estuarine, coastal and shelf science 51 (3), 359-364, 2000 | 328 | 2000 |
| Potential effects of artificial light associated with anthropogenic infrastructure on the abundance and foraging behaviour of estuary‐associated fishes A Becker, AK Whitfield, PD Cowley, J Järnegren, TF Næsje Journal of Applied Ecology 50 (1), 43-50, 2013 | 278 | 2013 |
| Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation JK Turpie, JB Adams, A Joubert, TD Harrison, BM Colloty, RC Maree, ... Water SA 28 (2), 191-206, 2004 | 268 | 2004 |
| Temperature and salinity as primary determinants influencing the biogeography of fishes in South African estuaries TD Harrison, AK Whitfield Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66 (1-2), 335-345, 2006 | 237 | 2006 |
| A multi‐metric fish index to assess the environmental condition of estuaries TD Harrison, AK Whitfield Journal of Fish Biology 65 (3), 683-710, 2004 | 226 | 2004 |
| Systematics of the grey mullets (Teleostei: Mugiliformes: Mugilidae): molecular phylogenetic evidence challenges two centuries of morphology-based taxonomy JD Durand, KN Shen, WJ Chen, BW Jamandre, H Blel, K Diop, M Nirchio, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64 (1), 73-92, 2012 | 214 | 2012 |
| South African estuaries and their importance to fishes AK Wallace, JH, Kok, HM, Beckley, LE, Bennett, B., Blaber, SJM and Whitfield South African Journal of Science 80 (5), 203, 1984 | 212 | 1984 |
| Available scientific information on individual South African estuarine systems AK Whitfield Water Research Commission 577 (3), 00, 2000 | 203 | 2000 |
| Ecoengineering with ecohydrology: successes and failures in estuarine restoration M Elliott, L Mander, K Mazik, C Simenstad, F Valesini, A Whitfield, ... Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 176, 12-35, 2016 | 198 | 2016 |