| The role of notothenioid fish in the food web of the Ross Sea shelf waters: a review M La Mesa, JT Eastman, M Vacchi Polar Biology 27, 321-338, 2004 | 225 | 2004 |
| Early life stages in the life cycle of Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea M Vacchi, M La Mesa, M Dalu, J MacDonald Antarctic Science 16 (3), 299-305, 2004 | 127 | 2004 |
| Antarctic silverfish: life strategies of a key species in the high‐Antarctic ecosystem M La Mesa, JT Eastman Fish and Fisheries 13 (3), 241-266, 2012 | 109 | 2012 |
| Age and growth of high Antarctic notothenioid fish M La Mesa, M Vacchi Antarctic Science 13 (3), 227-235, 2001 | 72 | 2001 |
| Diet of two coastal nototheniid fish from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea M Vacchi, M La Mesa, A Castelli Antarctic Science 6 (1), 61-65, 1994 | 67 | 1994 |
| The coastal fish fauna of Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica M Vacchi, M La Mesa, S Greco Ross sea ecology: Italiantartide expeditions (1987–1995), 457-468, 2000 | 63 | 2000 |
| Influence of environmental conditions on spatial distribution and abundance of early life stages of Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum (Nototheniidae), in the Ross Sea M La Mesa, B Catalano, A Russo, S Greco, M Vacchi, M Azzali Antarctic Science 22 (3), 243-254, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| Trophic ecology of the emerald notothen Trematomus bernacchii (Pisces, Nototheniidae) from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica M La Mesa, M Dalú, M Vacchi Polar Biology 27, 721-728, 2004 | 57 | 2004 |
| Ichthyoplankton abundance and distribution in the Ross Sea during 1987–1996 A Granata, A Cubeta, L Guglielmo, O Sidoti, S Greco, M Vacchi, ... Polar Biology 25, 187-202, 2002 | 54 | 2002 |
| Feeding ecology of two nototheniid fishes, Trematomus hansoni and Trematomus loennbergii, from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea ML Mesa, M Vacchi, A Castelli, G Diviacco Polar Biology 17, 62-68, 1997 | 54 | 1997 |
| The Transparent Goby, Aphia MinutaReview of Biology and Fisheries of a Paedomorphic European Fish ML Mesa, E Arneri, V Caputo, M Iglesias Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 15, 89-109, 2005 | 52 | 2005 |
| The diet of the Antarctic fish Trematomus newnesi Boulenger, 1902 (Nototheniidae) from Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea M Vacchi, M La Mesa Antarctic Science 7 (1), 37-38, 1995 | 52 | 1995 |
| Age and growth of the black scorpionfish, Scorpaena porcus (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) from artificial structures and natural reefs in the Adriatic Sea M La Mesa, G Scarcella, F Grati, G Fabi Scientia Marina 74 (4), 677-685, 2010 | 51 | 2010 |
| Feeding habits of the Madeira rockfish Scorpaena maderensis from central Mediterranean Sea G La Mesa, M La Mesa, P Tomassetti Marine Biology 150, 1313-1320, 2007 | 51 | 2007 |
| Post-fledging survival of Adélie penguins at multiple colonies: chicks raised on fish do well DG Ainley, KM Dugger, M La Mesa, G Ballard, KJ Barton, S Jennings, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 601, 239-251, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Growth and mortality rates of European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) in the Adriatic Sea during the transition from larval to juvenile stages M La Mesa, F Donato, G Giannetti, E Arneri Fisheries Research 96 (2-3), 275-280, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Reproduction in three species of fish from the Ross Sea and Mawson Sea M Vacchi, R Williams, M La Mesa Antarctic Science 8 (2), 185-192, 1996 | 47 | 1996 |
| The reproductive biology of the crystal goby with a comparison to that of the transparent goby V Caputo, ML Mesa, G Candi, PN Cerioni Journal of Fish Biology 62 (2), 375-385, 2003 | 46 | 2003 |
| Testing early life connectivity using otolith chemistry and particle-tracking simulations J Ashford, M La Mesa, BA Fach, C Jones, I Everson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67 (8), 1303-1315, 2010 | 45 | 2010 |
| Pattern of gonad maturation and the question of semelparity in the paedomorphic goby Aphia minuta V Caputo, G Candi, M La Mesa, E Arneri Journal of fish biology 58 (3), 656-669, 2001 | 42 | 2001 |
