| Identification, definition and quantification of goods and services provided by marine biodiversity: implications for the ecosystem approach NJ Beaumont, MC Austen, JP Atkins, D Burdon, S Degraer, TP Dentinho, ... Marine pollution bulletin 54 (3), 253-265, 2007 | 707 | 2007 |
| Economic valuation for the conservation of marine biodiversity NJ Beaumont, MC Austen, SC Mangi, M Townsend Marine pollution bulletin 56 (3), 386-396, 2008 | 383 | 2008 |
| The challenge of implementing the marine ecosystem service concept M Townsend, K Davies, N Hanley, JE Hewitt, CJ Lundquist, AM Lohrer Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 359, 2018 | 151 | 2018 |
| The many uses and values of estuarine ecosystems SF Thrush, M Townsend, JE Hewitt, K Davies, AM Lohrer, C Lundquist, ... Ecosystem services in New Zealand–conditions and trends. Manaaki Whenua …, 2013 | 147 | 2013 |
| A latent threat to biodiversity: consequences of small-scale heterogeneity loss J Hewitt, S Thrush, A Lohrer, M Townsend Biodiversity and Conservation 19, 1315-1323, 2010 | 114 | 2010 |
| The nature of wellbeing: how nature’s ecosystem services contribute to the wellbeing of New Zealand and New Zealanders L Roberts, A Brower, G Kerr, S Lambert, W McWilliam, K Moore, J Quinn, ... Department of Conservation, 2015 | 96 | 2015 |
| Simplifying the complex: an ‘Ecosystem Principles Approach’to goods and services management in marine coastal ecosystems M Townsend, SF Thrush, MJ Carbines Marine Ecology Progress Series 434, 291-301, 2011 | 76 | 2011 |
| Blue carbon stocks and cross-habitat subsidies RH Bulmer, F Stephenson, HFE Jones, M Townsend, JR Hillman, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 380, 2020 | 70 | 2020 |
| Overcoming the challenges of data scarcity in mapping marine ecosystem service potential M Townsend, SF Thrush, AM Lohrer, JE Hewitt, CJ Lundquist, M Carbines, ... Ecosystem Services 8, 44-55, 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| How can we identify and communicate the ecological value of deep-sea ecosystem services? N Jobstvogt, M Townsend, U Witte, N Hanley PLoS One 9 (7), e100646, 2014 | 61 | 2014 |
| Sad or happy? The effects of emotions on stated preferences for environmental goods N Hanley, C Boyce, M Czajkowski, S Tucker, C Noussair, M Townsend Environmental and Resource Economics 68, 821-846, 2017 | 57 | 2017 |
| Tracking environmental stress gradients using three biotic integrity indices: advantages of a locally-developed traits-based approach IF Rodil, AM Lohrer, JE Hewitt, M Townsend, SF Thrush, M Carbines Ecological indicators 34, 560-570, 2013 | 54 | 2013 |
| Communicating the value of marine conservation using an ecosystem service matrix approach S Geange, M Townsend, D Clark, JI Ellis, AM Lohrer Ecosystem services 35, 150-163, 2019 | 50 | 2019 |
| Influence of New Zealand cockles (Austrovenus stutchburyi) on primary productivity in sandflat-seagrass (Zostera muelleri) ecotones AM Lohrer, M Townsend, SF Hailes, IF Rodil, K Cartner, DR Pratt, ... Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 181, 238-248, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Marine biodiversity: an economic valuation N Beaumont, M Townsend, S Mangi, MC Austen Building the evidence base for the Marine Bill. Department for Environment …, 2006 | 47 | 2006 |
| Elevated turbidity and the nutrient removal capacity of seagrass RH Bulmer, M Townsend, T Drylie, AM Lohrer Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 462, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Detecting subtle shifts in ecosystem functioning in a dynamic estuarine environment DR Pratt, AM Lohrer, SF Thrush, JE Hewitt, M Townsend, K Cartner, ... PLos one 10 (7), e0133914, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| Ecological mechanisms underpinning ecosystem service bundles in marine environments–A case study for shellfish V Rullens, AM Lohrer, M Townsend, CA Pilditch Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 409, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Biogenic habitat transitions influence facilitation in a marine soft‐sediment ecosystem AM Lohrer, IF Rodil, M Townsend, LD Chiaroni, JE Hewitt, SF Thrush Ecology 94 (1), 136-145, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |
| Biotic interactions influence sediment erodibility on wave-exposed sandflats RJ Harris, CA Pilditch, JE Hewitt, AM Lohrer, C Van Colen, M Townsend, ... Marine ecology progress series 523, 15-30, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |