Title	Publication Date	Language	Citations
Coral bleaching: causes and consequences	1997/12/01		843
Bleaching of corals on the Great Barrier Reef: differential susceptibilities among taxa	2000/07/27		650
Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms	2001/05/01	English	623
The importance of structural complexity in coral reef ecosystems	2012/11/26	English	568
Coral bleaching: interpretation of thermal tolerance limits and thermal thresholds in tropical corals	2001/08/01		474
Natural inducers for coral larval metamorphosis	1999/09/23		386
Larval retention and connectivity among populations of corals and reef fishes: history, advances and challenges	2009/02/17	English	385
Macroalgae, nutrients and phase shifts on coral reefs: scientific issues and management consequences for the Great Barrier Reef	1999/12/01		380
Oxidative stress causes coral bleaching during exposure to elevated temperatures	1997/07/01	English	369
Assessing the ‘deep reef refugia’ hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs	2010/01/27	English	369
Do fluctuating temperature environments elevate coral thermal tolerance?	2011/02/02	English	326
Reefs since Columbus	1997/12/01		311
A comparison of the 1998 and 2002 coral bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef: spatial correlation, patterns, and predictions	2004/01/10	English	309
The predation gauntlet: early post-settlement mortality in reef fishes	2005/11/30	English	296
Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems	2010/02/27	English	296
Disturbance and recovery of coral assemblages	1997/12/01		290
Exposure to solar radiation increases damage to both host tissues and algal symbionts of corals during thermal stress	2004/07/08	English	286
Diversity of bacteria associated with the Caribbean coral Montastraea franksi	2001/08/01		282
A unified theory of biogeography and relative species abundance and its application to tropical rain forests and coral reefs	1997/06/09		275
Connectivity, biodiversity conservation and the design of marine reserve networks for coral reefs	2009/03/10	English	264
Connectivity and resilience of coral reef metapopulations in marine protected areas: matching empirical efforts to predictive needs	2009/02/11	English	251
Are aggregation-fisheries sustainable? Reef fish fisheries as a case study	2005/03/10	English	246
Ocean acidification and calcifying reef organisms: a mesocosm investigation	2008/05/06	English	245
Coral disease following massive bleaching in 2005 causes 60% decline in coral cover on reefs in the US Virgin Islands	2009/07/28	English	240
Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card	2006/06/13	English	234
Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation	2010/05/14	English	232
Effects of habitat, wave exposure, and marine protected area status on coral reef fish assemblages in the Hawaiian archipelago	2003/10/01		221
Theme section on “Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: Characterization, Ecology, and Management”	2010/04/02	English	213
Corrected western Atlantic sea-level curve for the last 11,000�years based on calibrated 14C dates from Acropora palmata framework and intertidal mangrove peat	2003/10/01		213
Climate change and coral reef connectivity	2009/01/14	English	204