| North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change E Di Lorenzo, N Schneider, KM Cobb, PJS Franks, K Chhak, AJ Miller, ... Geophysical research letters 35 (8), 2008 | 1353 | 2008 |
| Biological impacts of the 2013–2015 warm-water anomaly in the Northeast Pacific: winners, losers, and the future LM Cavole, AM Demko, RE Diner, A Giddings, I Koester, CMLS Pagniello, ... Oceanography 29 (2), 273-285, 2016 | 763 | 2016 |
| Sink or swim: Accumulation of biomass at fronts. PJS Franks Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 82 (1), 1-12, 1992 | 640 | 1992 |
| Bringing physics to life at the submesoscale M Lévy, R Ferrari, PJS Franks, AP Martin, P Rivière Geophysical Research Letters 39 (14), 2012 | 525 | 2012 |
| NPZ models of plankton dynamics: their construction, coupling to physics, and application PJS Franks Journal of Oceanography 58, 379-387, 2002 | 392 | 2002 |
| The role of submesoscale currents in structuring marine ecosystems M Lévy, PJS Franks, KS Smith Nature communications 9 (1), 4758, 2018 | 380 | 2018 |
| Swimming against the flow: a mechanism of zooplankton aggregation A Genin, JS Jaffe, R Reef, C Richter, PJS Franks Science 308 (5723), 860-862, 2005 | 302 | 2005 |
| Behavior of a simple plankton model with food-level acclimation by herbivores PJS Franks, JS Wroblewski, GR Flierl Marine Biology 91, 121-129, 1986 | 289 | 1986 |
| Alongshore transport of a toxic phytoplankton bloom in a buoyancy current: Alexandrium tamarense in the Gulf of Maine PJS Franks, DM Anderson Marine Biology 112, 153-164, 1992 | 251 | 1992 |
| Phytoplankton blooms at fronts: patterns, scales, and physical forcing mechanisms PJS FrankS Rev. Aquat. Sci 6 (2), 121-137, 1992 | 243 | 1992 |
| Micropatchiness, turbulence and recruitment in plankton CS Davis, GR Flierl, PH Wiebe, PJS Franks | 223 | 1991 |
| Physical influences on marine ecosystem dynamics JJ Cullen, PJS Franks, DM Karl, A Longhurst The sea 12, 297-336, 2002 | 221 | 2002 |
| Spatial patterns in dense algal blooms PJS Franks Limnology and Oceanography 42 (5part2), 1297-1305, 1997 | 192 | 1997 |
| Phytoplankton patches at fronts: A model of formation and response to wind events PJS Franks, LJ Walstad Journal of Marine Research 55 (1), 1-29, 1997 | 187 | 1997 |
| Synthesis of Pacific Ocean climate and ecosystem dynamics E Di Lorenzo, V Combes, JE Keister, PT Strub, AC Thomas, PJS Franks, ... Oceanography 26 (4), 68-81, 2013 | 185 | 2013 |
| A swarm of autonomous miniature underwater robot drifters for exploring submesoscale ocean dynamics JS Jaffe, PJS Franks, PLD Roberts, D Mirza, C Schurgers, R Kastner, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 1-8, 2017 | 181 | 2017 |
| Physical‐biological sources for dense algal blooms near the Changjiang River C Chen, J Zhu, RC Beardsley, PJS Franks Geophysical Research Letters 30 (10), 2003 | 180 | 2003 |
| Plankton production in tidal fronts: a model of Georges Bank in summer PJS Franks, C Chen | 172 | 1996 |
| Nutrient and salinity decadal variations in the central and eastern North Pacific E Di Lorenzo, J Fiechter, N Schneider, A Bracco, AJ Miller, PJS Franks, ... Geophysical Research Letters 36 (14), 2009 | 162 | 2009 |
| Models of harmful algal blooms PJS Franks Limnology and Oceanography 42 (5part2), 1273-1282, 1997 | 161 | 1997 |
