| Global observations of nonlinear mesoscale eddies | 2011/10/01 | English | 1,580 |
| A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves | 2016/02/01 | English | 962 |
| Characteristics, dynamics and significance of marine snow | 1988/01/01 | English | 830 |
| The “great salinity anomaly” in the Northern North Atlantic 1968–1982 | 1988/01/01 | English | 772 |
| Upper-level circulation in the South Atlantic Ocean | 1991/01/01 | English | 710 |
| The 2004–2008 mean and annual cycle of temperature, salinity, and steric height in the global ocean from the Argo Program | 2009/08/01 | English | 643 |
| Rapid warming of Large Marine Ecosystems | 2009/04/01 | English | 635 |
| Role of large particles in the transport of elements and organic compounds through the oceanic water column | 1986/01/01 | English | 529 |
| The circulation of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review | 2006/05/01 | English | 527 |
| Zooplankton fecal pellets, marine snow, phytodetritus and the ocean’s biological pump | 2015/01/01 | English | 525 |
| Coastal upwelling in the California current system | 1983/01/01 | English | 501 |
| The California current system—hypotheses and facts | 1979/01/01 | English | 493 |
| River discharges of water and nutrients to the Mediterranean and Black Sea: Major drivers for ecosystem changes during past and future decades? | 2009/03/01 | English | 486 |
| Ecosystem dynamics of the Pacific-influenced Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas in the Amerasian Arctic | 2006/10/01 | English | 482 |
| Oxygen minimum zones (OMZs) in the modern ocean | 2009/03/01 | English | 475 |
| Hydrography of the eastern tropical Pacific: A review | 2006/05/01 | English | 471 |
| A comparison of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Ecosystems | 2009/12/01 | English | 467 |
| Primary production in the eastern tropical Pacific: A review | 2006/05/01 | English | 463 |
| Continued increases in Arctic Ocean primary production | 2015/08/01 | English | 455 |
| Particulate organic carbon fluxes to the ocean interior and factors controlling the biological pump: A synthesis of global sediment trap programs since 1983 | 2008/03/01 | English | 421 |
| Oxygen minimum zones in the eastern tropical Atlantic and Pacific oceans | 2008/06/01 | English | 412 |
| Patterns and processes in the California Current System | 2009/12/01 | English | 411 |
| The North Sea regime shift: Evidence, causes, mechanisms and consequences | 2004/02/01 | English | 384 |
| The biological pump: Profiles of plankton production and consumption in the upper ocean | 1989/01/01 | English | 378 |
| Light and marine photosynthesis: a spectral model with geochemical and climatological implications | 1991/01/01 | English | 369 |
| Wave modelling – The state of the art | 2007/12/01 | English | 368 |
| Nutrient gradients from the eutrophic Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary to the oligotrophic Kuroshio waters and re-evaluation of budgets for the East China Sea Shelf | 2007/09/01 | English | 363 |
| Mesoscale eddies off Peru in altimeter records: Identification algorithms and eddy spatio-temporal patterns | 2008/10/01 | English | 363 |
| A review of ocean color remote sensing methods and statistical techniques for the detection, mapping and analysis of phytoplankton blooms in coastal and open oceans | 2014/04/01 | English | 363 |
| Seasonal cycles of pelagic production and consumption | 1995/01/01 | English | 358 |