| Plastics on the Sargasso Sea surface EJ Carpenter, KL Smith Jr Science 175 (4027), 1240-1241, 1972 | 2082 | 1972 |
| Trichodesmium, a Globally Significant Marine Cyanobacterium DG Capone, JP Zehr, HW Paerl, B Bergman, EJ Carpenter Science 276 (5316), 1221-1229, 1997 | 1600 | 1997 |
| Polystyrene spherules in coastal waters EJ Carpenter, SJ Anderson, GR Harvey, HP Miklas, BB Peck Science 178 (4062), 749-750, 1972 | 1406 | 1972 |
| Nitrogen in the marine environment DG Capone, DA Bronk, MR Mulholland, EJ Carpenter Elsevier, 2008 | 1130* | 2008 |
| Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean DG Capone, JA Burns, JP Montoya, A Subramaniam, C Mahaffey, ... Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19 (2), 2005 | 720 | 2005 |
| Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean SA Sañudo-Wilhelmy, AB Kustka, CJ Gobler, DA Hutchins, M Yang, ... Nature 411 (6833), 66-69, 2001 | 701 | 2001 |
| A kinetic approach to the effect of temperature on algal growth 1 JC Goldman, EJ Carpenter Limnology and Oceanography 19 (5), 756-766, 1974 | 587 | 1974 |
| Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen isotope abundances in zooplankton of the oligotrophic North Atlantic JP Montoya, EJ Carpenter, DG Capone Limnology and Oceanography 47 (6), 1617-1628, 2002 | 450 | 2002 |
| Nutrient and particulate fluxes in a salt marsh ecosystem: Tidal exchanges and inputs by precipitation and groundwater 1 I Valiela, JM Teal, S Volkmann, D Shafer, EJ Carpenter Limnology and Oceanography 23 (4), 798-812, 1978 | 445 | 1978 |
| Bacterial activity in South Pole snow EJ Carpenter, S Lin, DG Capone Applied and environmental microbiology 66 (10), 4514-4517, 2000 | 416 | 2000 |
| Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates YW Luo, SC Doney, LA Anderson, M Benavides, I Berman-Frank, A Bode, ... Earth System Science Data 4 (1), 47-73, 2012 | 404 | 2012 |
| Major Role of the Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium in Nutrient Cycling in the North Atlantic Ocean EJ Carpenter, K Romans Science 254 (5036), 1356-1358, 1991 | 399 | 1991 |
| Extensive bloom of a N2-fixing diatom/cyanobacterial association in the tropical Atlantic Ocean EJ Carpenter, JP Montoya, J Burns, MR Mulholland, A Subramaniam, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 185, 273-283, 1999 | 390 | 1999 |
| Biogeochemical tracers of the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium EJ Carpenter, HR Harvey, B Fry, DG Capone Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 44 (1), 27-38, 1997 | 379 | 1997 |
| Amazon River enhances diazotrophy and carbon sequestration in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean A Subramaniam, PL Yager, EJ Carpenter, C Mahaffey, K Björkman, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (30), 10460-10465, 2008 | 353 | 2008 |
| Marine Oscillatoria (Trichodesmium): Explanation for Aerobic Nitrogen Fixation Without Heterocysts EJ Carpenter, CC Price IV Science 191 (4233), 1278-1280, 1976 | 324 | 1976 |
| Trichodesmium– a widespread marine cyanobacterium with unusual nitrogen fixation properties B Bergman, G Sandh, S Lin, J Larsson, EJ Carpenter FEMS microbiology reviews 37 (3), 286-302, 2013 | 314 | 2013 |
| An extensive bloom of the N2-fixing cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum in the central Arabian Sea DG Capone, A Subramaniam, JP Montoya, M Voss, C Humborg, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 172, 281-292, 1998 | 300 | 1998 |
| Nitrogen fixation by marine Oscillatoria EJ Carpenter Nitrogen Mar. Environ, 65-104, 1983 | 290 | 1983 |
| Intraspecific differences in nitrate half‐saturation constants for three species of marine phytoplankton EJ Carpenter, RRL Guillard Ecology 52 (1), 183-185, 1971 | 285 | 1971 |