| Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features GJ Edgar, RD Stuart-Smith, TJ Willis, S Kininmonth, SC Baker, S Banks, ... Nature 506 (7487), 216-220, 2014 | 2133 | 2014 |
| Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century KA Krumhansl, DK Okamoto, A Rassweiler, M Novak, JJ Bolton, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (48), 13785-13790, 2016 | 836 | 2016 |
| Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects RC Babcock, NT Shears, AC Alcala, NS Barrett, GJ Edgar, KD Lafferty, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (43), 18256-18261, 2010 | 727 | 2010 |
| Marine reserves demonstrate top-down control of community structure on temperate reefs NT Shears, RC Babcock Oecologia 132, 131-142, 2002 | 635 | 2002 |
| Changes in community structure in temperate marine reserves RC Babcock, S Kelly, NT Shears, JW Walker, TJ Willis Marine ecology progress series 189, 125-134, 1999 | 621 | 1999 |
| Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing SD Ling, RE Scheibling, A Rassweiler, CR Johnson, N Shears, ... Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370 …, 2015 | 581 | 2015 |
| Continuing trophic cascade effects after 25 years of no-take marine reserve protection NT Shears, RC Babcock Marine ecology progress series 246, 1-16, 2003 | 484 | 2003 |
| Blooms of benthic dinoflagellates of the genus Ostreopsis; an increasing and ecologically important phenomenon on temperate reefs in New Zealand and worldwide NT Shears, PM Ross Harmful algae 8 (6), 916-925, 2009 | 285 | 2009 |
| Ecoacoustic indices as proxies for biodiversity on temperate reefs SA Harris, NT Shears, CA Radford Methods in Ecology and Evolution 7 (6), 713-724, 2016 | 213 | 2016 |
| Long-term trends in lobster populations in a partially protected vs. no-take Marine Park NT Shears, RV Grace, NR Usmar, V Kerr, RC Babcock Biological conservation 132 (2), 222-231, 2006 | 154 | 2006 |
| Context‐dependent effects of fishing: Variation in trophic cascades across environmental gradients NT Shears, RC Babcock, AK Salomon Ecological Applications 18 (8), 1860-1873, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
| Biology and ecology of the globally significant kelp Ecklonia radiata T Wernberg, MA Coleman, RC Babcock, SY Bell, JJ Bolton, SD Connell, ... Oceanography and marine biology, 2019 | 145 | 2019 |
| Quantitative description of mainland New Zealand's shallow subtidal reef communities NT Shears, RC Babcock Science & Technical Pub., Department of Conservation, 2007 | 139 | 2007 |
| Toxic cascades: multiple anthropogenic stressors have complex and unanticipated interactive effects on temperate reefs NT Shears, PM Ross Ecology letters 13 (9), 1149-1159, 2010 | 108 | 2010 |
| Half a century of coastal temperature records reveal complex warming trends in western boundary currents NT Shears, MM Bowen Scientific reports 7 (1), 1-9, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| Key features and context‐dependence of fishery‐induced trophic cascades AK Salomon, SK Gaichas, NT Shears, JE Smith, EMP Madin, SD Gaines Conservation Biology 24 (2), 382-394, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Evaluation of biogeographic classification schemes for conservation planning: Application to New Zealand's coastal marine environment NT Shears, F Smith, RC Babcock, CAJ Duffy, E Villouta Conservation Biology 22 (2), 467-481, 2008 | 83 | 2008 |
| Canopy interactions and physical stress gradients in subtidal communities S Bennett, T Wernberg, T De Bettignies, GA Kendrick, RJ Anderson, ... Ecology letters 18 (7), 677-686, 2015 | 78 | 2015 |
| Cascading effects of fishing can alter carbon flow through a temperate coastal ecosystem AK Salomon, NT Shears, TJ Langlois, RC Babcock Ecological Applications 18 (8), 1874-1887, 2008 | 74 | 2008 |
| Coastal darkening substantially limits the contribution of kelp to coastal carbon cycles CO Blain, SC Hansen, NT Shears Global Change Biology 27 (21), 5547-5563, 2021 | 67 | 2021 |