| Organic matter breakdown and ecosystem metabolism: functional indicators for assessing river ecosystem health RG Young, CD Matthaei, CR Townsend Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27 (3), 605-625, 2008 | 607 | 2008 |
| Effects of land use on stream metabolism and organic matter turnover RG Young, AD Huryn Ecological Applications 9 (4), 1359-1376, 1999 | 314 | 1999 |
| Changes in agricultural intensity and river health along a river continuum JNS Harding, RG Young, JNW Hayes, KA Shearer, JND Stark Freshwater biology 42 (2), 345-357, 1999 | 292 | 1999 |
| Quantifying relationships between land‐use gradients and structural and functional indicators of stream ecological integrity JE Clapcott, KJ Collier, RG Death, EO Goodwin, JS Harding, D Kelly, ... Freshwater Biology 57 (1), 74-90, 2012 | 217 | 2012 |
| Water quality impact of a dairy cow herd crossing a stream RJ Davies‐Colley, JW Nagels, RA Smith, RG Young, CJ Phillips New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38 (4), 569-576, 2004 | 207 | 2004 |
| Interannual variation in discharge controls ecosystem metabolism along a grassland river continuum RG Young, AD Huryn Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53 (10), 2199-2211, 1996 | 205 | 1996 |
| Contrasting responses to catchment modification among a range of functional and structural indicators of river ecosystem health RG Young, KJ Collier Freshwater Biology 54 (10), 2155-2170, 2009 | 177 | 2009 |
| Comment: Improvements to the diurnal upstream-downstream dissolved oxygen change technique for determing whole-stream metabolism in small streams RG Young, AD Huryn Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 55 (7), 1784, 1998 | 154 | 1998 |
| Sediment assessment methods J Clapcott, R Young, J Harding, C Matthaei, J Quinn, R Death Protocols and guidelines for assessing the effects of deposited fine …, 2011 | 128 | 2011 |
| Trophic cascades in streams: effects of nutrient enrichment on autotrophic and consumer benthic communities under two different fish predation regimes BJF Biggs, SN Francoeur, AD Huryn, R Young, CJ Arbuckle, ... Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57 (7), 1380-1394, 2000 | 127 | 2000 |
| Linkages between cultural and scientific indicators of river and stream health GR Harmsworth, RG Young, D Walker, JE Clapcott, T James New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45 (3), 423-436, 2011 | 119 | 2011 |
| Testing a model of drift-feeding using three-dimensional videography of wild brown trout, Salmo trutta, in a New Zealand river NF Hughes, JW Hayes, KA Shearer, RG Young Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60 (12), 1462-1476, 2003 | 116 | 2003 |
| APPLIED ISSUES: Exploring the response of functional indicators of stream health to land‐use gradients JE Clapcott, RG Young, EO Goodwin, JR Leathwick Freshwater Biology 55 (10), 2181-2199, 2010 | 112 | 2010 |
| Within-mat variability in anatoxin-a and homoanatoxin-a production among benthic Phormidium (cyanobacteria) strains SA Wood, FMJ Smith, MW Heath, T Palfroy, S Gaw, RG Young, KG Ryan Toxins 4 (10), 900-912, 2012 | 99 | 2012 |
| Integrated catchment management—interweaving social process and science knowledge A Fenemor, C Phillips, W Allen, RG Young, G Harmsworth, B Bowden, ... New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45 (3), 313-331, 2011 | 86 | 2011 |
| Temporal shift in contribution of terrestrial organic matter to consumer production in a grassland river AD Huryn, RH Riley, RG Young, CJ Arbuckle, K Peacock, G Lyon Freshwater Biology 46 (2), 213-226, 2001 | 82 | 2001 |
| Organic matter decomposition and ecosystem metabolism as tools to assess the functional integrity of streams and rivers–a systematic review V Ferreira, A Elosegi, S D Tiegs, D von Schiller, R Young Water 12 (12), 3523, 2020 | 79 | 2020 |
| Building collaboration and learning in integrated catchment management: the importance of social process and multiple engagement approaches W Allen, A Fenemor, M Kilvington, G Harmsworth, RG Young, N Deans, ... New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45 (3), 525-539, 2011 | 78 | 2011 |
| Effects of agricultural development on processing of tussock leaf litter in high country New Zealand streams RG Young, AD Huryn, CR Townsend Freshwater Biology 32 (2), 413-427, 1994 | 78 | 1994 |
| Functional indicators of river ecosystem health–an interim guide for use in New Zealand RG Young, CR Townsend, C Matthaei Cawthron Rep 870, 495-523, 2004 | 74 | 2004 |
