| Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: Publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management R Williams, AJ Wright, E Ashe, LK Blight, R Bruintjes, R Canessa, ... Ocean & Coastal Management 115, 17-24, 2015 | 442 | 2015 |
| Evaluating anthropogenic threats to endangered killer whales to inform effective recovery plans RC Lacy, R Williams, E Ashe, KC Balcomb III, LJN Brent, CW Clark, ... Scientific reports 7 (1), 14119, 2017 | 150 | 2017 |
| Marine mammals and debris in coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada R Williams, E Ashe, PD O’Hara Marine pollution bulletin 62 (6), 1303-1316, 2011 | 146 | 2011 |
| Competing conservation objectives for predators and prey: estimating killer whale prey requirements for Chinook salmon R Williams, M Krkošek, E Ashe, TA Branch, S Clark, PS Hammond, E Hoyt, ... PloS one 6 (11), e26738, 2011 | 138 | 2011 |
| Severity of killer whale behavioral responses to ship noise: A dose–response study R Williams, C Erbe, E Ashe, A Beerman, J Smith Marine pollution bulletin 79 (1-2), 254-260, 2014 | 131 | 2014 |
| Identifying modeled ship noise hotspots for marine mammals of Canada's Pacific region C Erbe, R Williams, D Sandilands, E Ashe PloS one 9 (3), e89820, 2014 | 120 | 2014 |
| Quiet (er) marine protected areas R Williams, C Erbe, E Ashe, CW Clark Marine pollution bulletin 100 (1), 154-161, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
| Acoustic quality of critical habitats for three threatened whale populations R Williams, CW Clark, D Ponirakis, E Ashe Animal conservation 17 (2), 174-185, 2014 | 117 | 2014 |
| Animal behaviour and marine protected areas: incorporating behavioural data into the selection of marine protected areas for an endangered killer whale population E Ashe, DP Noren, R Williams Animal Conservation 13 (2), 196-203, 2010 | 105 | 2010 |
| Killer whale evasive tactics vary with boat number R Williams, E Ashe Journal of Zoology 272 (4), 390-397, 2007 | 105 | 2007 |
| Clicking in a killer whale habitat: narrow-band, high-frequency biosonar clicks of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and Dall’s porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) LA Kyhn, J Tougaard, K Beedholm, FH Jensen, E Ashe, R Williams, ... PloS one 8 (5), e63763, 2013 | 100 | 2013 |
| Complex region spatial smoother (CReSS) LAS Scott-Hayward, ML MacKenzie, CR Donovan, CG Walker, E Ashe Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 23 (2), 340-360, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Approaches to reduce noise from ships operating in important killer whale habitats R Williams, S Veirs, V Veirs, E Ashe, N Mastick Marine pollution bulletin 139, 459-469, 2019 | 59 | 2019 |
| Marine mammals and ocean noise: Future directions and information needs with respect to science, policy and law in Canada R Williams, E Ashe, L Blight, M Jasny, L Nowlan Marine pollution bulletin 86 (1-2), 29-38, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| US seafood import restriction presents opportunity and risk R Williams, MG Burgess, E Ashe, SD Gaines, RR Reeves Science 354 (6318), 1372-1374, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Gauging allowable harm limits to cumulative, sub-lethal effects of human activities on wildlife: A case-study approach using two whale populations R Williams, L Thomas, E Ashe, CW Clark, PS Hammond Marine Policy 70, 58-64, 2016 | 44 | 2016 |
| Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genus Lagenorhynchus NL Vollmer, E Ashe, RL Brownell Jr, F Cipriano, JG Mead, RR Reeves, ... Marine Mammal Science 35 (3), 957-1057, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| Abundance and survival of Pacific humpback whales in a proposed critical habitat area E Ashe, J Wray, CR Picard, R Williams PloS one 8 (9), e75228, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Reducing vessel noise increases foraging in endangered killer whales R Williams, E Ashe, L Yruretagoyena, N Mastick, M Siple, J Wood, R Joy, ... Marine Pollution Bulletin 173, 112976, 2021 | 30 | 2021 |
| Animal Counting Toolkit: a practical guide to small-boat surveys for estimating abundance of coastal marine mammals R Williams, E Ashe, K Gaut, R Gryba, JE Moore, E Rexstad, D Sandilands, ... Endangered Species Research 34, 149-165, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
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