| Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to~ 2.5 km below the ocean floor F Inagaki, KU Hinrichs, Y Kubo, MW Bowles, VB Heuer, WL Hong, ... Science 349 (6246), 420-424, 2015 | 441 | 2015 |
| Global rates of marine sulfate reduction and implications for sub–sea-floor metabolic activities MW Bowles, JM Mogollón, S Kasten, M Zabel, KU Hinrichs Science 344 (6186), 889-891, 2014 | 303 | 2014 |
| Abiotic nitrous oxide emission from the hypersaline Don Juan Pond in Antarctica VA Samarkin, MT Madigan, MW Bowles, KL Casciotti, JC Priscu, ... Nature Geoscience 3 (5), 341-344, 2010 | 192 | 2010 |
| Biogeochemical signatures and microbial activity of different cold-seep habitats along the Gulf of Mexico deep slope SB Joye, MW Bowles, VA Samarkin, KS Hunter, H Niemann Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 57 (21-23), 1990-2001, 2010 | 104 | 2010 |
| Spatial distribution of nitrogen fixation in methane seep sediment and the role of the ANME archaea AE Dekas, GL Chadwick, MW Bowles, SB Joye, VJ Orphan Environmental microbiology 16 (10), 3012-3029, 2014 | 103 | 2014 |
| Weak coupling between sulfate reduction and the anaerobic oxidation of methane in methane-rich seafloor sediments during ex situ incubation MW Bowles, VA Samarkin, KM Bowles, SB Joye Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75 (2), 500-519, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |
| Microbial dormancy in the marine subsurface: global endospore abundance and response to burial L Wörmer, T Hoshino, MW Bowles, B Viehweger, RR Adhikari, N Xiao, ... Science Advances 5 (2), eaav1024, 2019 | 88 | 2019 |
| ALVIN explores the deep northern Gulf of Mexico slope H Roberts, R Carney, M Kupchik, C Fisher, K Nelson, E Becker, ... Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 88 (35), 341-342, 2007 | 56 | 2007 |
| Denitrification and environmental factors influencing nitrate removal in Guaymas Basin hydrothermally altered sediments MW Bowles, LM Nigro, AP Teske, SB Joye Frontiers in Microbiology 3, 377, 2012 | 55 | 2012 |
| The archaeal lipidome in estuarine sediment dominated by members of the M iscellaneous C renarchaeotal G roup TB Meador, M Bowles, CS Lazar, C Zhu, A Teske, KU Hinrichs Environmental Microbiology 17 (7), 2441-2458, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Distribution and isotopic composition of trimethylamine, dimethylsulfide and dimethylsulfoniopropionate in marine sediments GC Zhuang, YS Lin, MW Bowles, VB Heuer, MA Lever, M Elvert, ... Marine Chemistry 196, 35-46, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Improved measurement of microbial activity in deep‐sea sediments at in situ pressure and methane concentration MW Bowles, VA Samarkin, SB Joye Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 9 (10), 499-506, 2011 | 45 | 2011 |
| Biogeochemical and 16S rRNA gene sequence evidence supports a novel mode of anaerobic methanotrophy in permanently ice‐covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica MA Saxton, VA Samarkin, CA Schutte, MW Bowles, MT Madigan, ... Limnology and Oceanography 61 (S1), S119-S130, 2016 | 43 | 2016 |
| High rates of denitrification and nitrate removal in cold seep sediments M Bowles, S Joye The ISME journal 5 (3), 565-567, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Consistent CO2 release by pyrite oxidation on continental shelves prior to glacial terminations M Kölling, I Bouimetarhan, MW Bowles, T Felis, T Goldhammer, ... Nature Geoscience 12 (11), 929-934, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Remarkable capacity for anaerobic oxidation of methane at high methane concentration MW Bowles, VA Samarkin, KS Hunter, N Finke, AP Teske, PR Girguis, ... Geophysical Research Letters 46 (21), 12192-12201, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
| Microbial diversity and activity in seafloor brine lake sediments (Alaminos Canyon block 601, Gulf of Mexico) M Crespo‐Medina, MW Bowles, VA Samarkin, KS Hunter, SB Joye Geobiology 14 (5), 483-498, 2016 | 19 | 2016 |
| Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the hypersaline deep waters and sediments of a perennially ice‐covered lake MA Saxton, VA Samarkin, MT Madigan, MW Bowles, WM Sattley, ... Limnology and Oceanography 66 (5), 1804-1818, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
| Patterns and variability in geochemical signatures and microbial activity within and between diverse cold seep habitats along the lower continental slope, Northern Gulf of Mexico M Bowles, KS Hunter, V Samarkin, S Joye Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 129, 31-40, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| IODP expedition 337: deep coalbed biosphere off Shimokita–microbial processes and hydrocarbon system associated with deeply buried coalbed in the ocean F Inagaki, KU Hinrichs, Y Kubo Scientific Drilling 21, 17-28, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |