| Global phytoplankton decline over the past century DG Boyce, MR Lewis, B Worm Nature 466 (7306), 591-596, 2010 | 1552 | 2010 |
| Assessment of the relationships between dominant cell size in natural phytoplankton communities and the spectral shape of the absorption coefficient AM Ciotti, MR Lewis, JJ Cullen Limnology and Oceanography 47 (2), 404-417, 2002 | 587 | 2002 |
| A small volume, short-incubation-time method for measurement of photosynthesis as a function of incident irradiance. MR Lewis, JC Smith Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 13 (1), 99-102, 1983 | 549 | 1983 |
| Iron and grazing constraints on primary production in the central equatorial Pacific: An EqPac synthesis MR Landry, RT Barber, RR Bidigare, F Chai, KH Coale, HG Dam, ... Limnology and Oceanography 42 (3), 405-418, 1997 | 506 | 1997 |
| Relationships between the surface concentration of particulate organic carbon and optical properties in the eastern South Pacific and eastern Atlantic Oceans D Stramski, RA Reynolds, M Babin, S Kaczmarek, MR Lewis, R Röttgers, ... Biogeosciences 5 (1), 171-201, 2008 | 458 | 2008 |
| The kinetics of algal photoadaptation in the context of vertical mixing JJ Cullen, MR Lewis Journal of Plankton Research 10 (5), 1039-1063, 1988 | 424 | 1988 |
| Vertical nitrate fluxes in the oligotrophic ocean MR Lewis, D Hebert, WG Harrison, T Platt, NS Oakey Science 234 (4778), 870-873, 1986 | 406 | 1986 |
| Ocean primary production and available light: further algorithms for remote sensing T Platt, S Sathyendranath, CM Caverhill, MR Lewis Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers 35 (6), 855-879, 1988 | 361 | 1988 |
| The influence of penetrating irradiance on the heat budget of the equatorial Pacific Ocean MR Lewis, ME Carr, G Feldman, W Esaias, C McCain Nature 347, 543-545, 1990 | 334* | 1990 |
| Phytoplankton and thermal structure in the upper ocean: Consequences of nonuniformity in chlorophyll profile MR Lewis, JJ Cullen, T Platt Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 88 (C4), 2565-2570, 1983 | 314 | 1983 |
| Effects of penetrative radiation on the upper tropical ocean circulation R Murtugudde, J Beauchamp, CR McClain, M Lewis, AJ Busalacchi Journal of Climate 15 (5), 470-486, 2002 | 296 | 2002 |
| Influence of bubbles on scattering of light in the ocean X Zhang, M Lewis, B Johnson Applied Optics 37 (27), 6525-6536, 1998 | 275 | 1998 |
| Photosynthetic characteristics and estimated growth rates indicate grazing is the proximate control of primary production in the equatorial Pacific JJ Cullen, MR Lewis, CO Davis, RT Barber Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 97 (C1), 639-654, 1992 | 262 | 1992 |
| Relationships between vertical mixing and photoadaptation of phytoplankton: similarity criteria MR Lewis, JJ Cullen, T Plantt Marine Ecology Progress Series, 141-149, 1984 | 247 | 1984 |
| Penetration of UV‐visible solar radiation in the global oceans: Insights from ocean color remote sensing Z Lee, C Hu, S Shang, K Du, M Lewis, R Arnone, R Brewin Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118 (9), 4241-4255, 2013 | 246 | 2013 |
| Biological production of the oceans: the case for a consensus T Platt, WG Harrison, MR Lewis, WKW Li, S Sathyendranath, RE Smith, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series, 77-88, 1989 | 241 | 1989 |
| Optical detection and assessment of algal blooms JJ Cullen, AM Ciotti, RF Davis, MR Lewis Limnology and Oceanography 42 (5part2), 1223-1239, 1997 | 232 | 1997 |
| Remote sensing of oceanic primary production: computations using a spectral model S Sathyendranath, T Platt, CM Caverhill, RE Warnock, MR Lewis Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers 36 (3), 431-453, 1989 | 224 | 1989 |
| Nutrient fluxes during extended blooms of Arctic ice algae GF Cota, SJ Prinsenberg, EB Bennett, JW Loder, MR Lewis, JL Anning, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 92 (C2), 1951-1962, 1987 | 212 | 1987 |
| Turbulent motions may control phytoplankton photosynthesis in the upper ocean MR Lewis, EPW Horne, JJ Cullen, NS Oakey, T Platt Nature 311 (5981), 49-50, 1984 | 200 | 1984 |
