| Metal fate and effects in estuaries: a review and conceptual model for better understanding of toxicity AA de Souza Machado, K Spencer, W Kloas, M Toffolon, C Zarfl Science of the Total Environment 541, 268-281, 2016 | 354 | 2016 |
| Use of principal components analysis (PCA) on estuarine sediment datasets: the effect of data pre-treatment MK Reid, KL Spencer Environmental pollution 157 (8-9), 2275-2281, 2009 | 223 | 2009 |
| Heavy metal distribution and early-diagenesis in salt marsh sediments from the Medway Estuary, Kent, UK KL Spencer, AB Cundy, IW Croudace Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57 (1-2), 43-54, 2003 | 159 | 2003 |
| Spatial variability of metals in the inter-tidal sediments of the Medway Estuary, Kent, UK KL Spencer Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (9), 933-944, 2002 | 140 | 2002 |
| Distribution and partitioning of heavy metals in estuarine sediment cores and implications for the use of sediment quality standards KL Spencer, CL MacLeod Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 6 (6), 989-998, 2006 | 129* | 2006 |
| Understanding system disturbance and ecosystem services in restored saltmarshes: Integrating physical and biogeochemical processes KL Spencer, GL Harvey Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 106, 23-32, 2012 | 119 | 2012 |
| Potential pollution risks of historic landfills on low‐lying coasts and estuaries JH Brand, KL Spencer, FT O'shea, JE Lindsay Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 5 (1), e1264, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Flocculation with heterogeneous composition in water environments: a review QN Ho, M Fettweis, KL Spencer, BJ Lee Water Research 213, 118147, 2022 | 79 | 2022 |
| Potential impacts of water injection dredging on water quality and ecotoxicity in Limehouse Basin, River Thames, SE England, UK KL Spencer, RE Dewhurst, P Penna Chemosphere 63 (3), 509-521, 2006 | 76 | 2006 |
| The impact of pre-restoration land-use and disturbance on sediment structure, hydrology and the sediment geochemical environment in restored saltmarshes KL Spencer, SJ Carr, LM Diggens, JA Tempest, MA Morris, GL Harvey Science of the Total Environment 587, 47-58, 2017 | 59 | 2017 |
| Modified sediments and subsurface hydrology in natural and recreated salt marshes and implications for delivery of ecosystem services JA Tempest, GL Harvey, KL Spencer Hydrological Processes 29 (10), 2346-2357, 2015 | 59 | 2015 |
| Physicochemical changes in sediments at Orplands Farm, Essex, UK following 8 years of managed realignment KL Spencer, AB Cundy, S Davies-Hearn, R Hughes, S Turner, ... Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 76 (3), 608-619, 2008 | 58 | 2008 |
| Heavy metal distribution and accumulation in two Spartina sp.-dominated macrotidal salt marshes from the Seine estuary (France) and the Medway estuary (UK) AB Cundy, L Hopkinson, R Lafite, K Spencer, JA Taylor, B Ouddane, ... Applied Geochemistry 20 (6), 1195-1208, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| The contaminant legacy from historic coastal landfills and their potential as sources of diffuse pollution FT O'Shea, AB Cundy, KL Spencer Marine Pollution Bulletin 128, 446-455, 2018 | 54 | 2018 |
| A structure–function based approach to floc hierarchy and evidence for the non-fractal nature of natural sediment flocs KL Spencer, JAT Wheatland, AJ Bushby, SJ Carr, IG Droppo, AJ Manning Scientific Reports 11 (1), 14012, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
| The distribution of acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metals in sediments from a mangrove forest and adjacent mudflat in Zhangjiang Estuary, China L Jingchun, Y Chongling, KL Spencer, Z Ruifeng, L Haoliang Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 (8), 1209-1216, 2010 | 52 | 2010 |
| Systematic analysis of the relative abundance of polymers occurring as microplastics in freshwaters and estuaries JI Jones, A Vdovchenko, D Cooling, JF Murphy, A Arnold, JL Pretty, ... International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (24), 9304, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Unbounded boundaries and shifting baselines: Estuaries and coastal seas in a rapidly changing world S Little, KL Spencer, HM Schuttelaars, GE Millward, M Elliott Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 198, 311-319, 2017 | 48 | 2017 |
| An appraisal of microwave-assisted Tessier and BCR sequential extraction methods for the analysis of metals in sediments and soils MK Reid, KL Spencer, L Shotbolt Journal of Soils and Sediments 11, 518-528, 2011 | 46 | 2011 |
| A novel tracer technique for the assessment of fine sediment dynamics in urban water management systems KL Spencer, IG Droppo, C He, L Grapentine, K Exall Water research 45 (8), 2595-2606, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
