| Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems CM Crain, K Kroeker, BS Halpern Ecology letters 11 (12), 1304-1315, 2008 | 2346 | 2008 |
| The protective role of coastal marshes: a systematic review and meta-analysis CC Shepard, CM Crain, MW Beck PloS one 6 (11), e27374, 2011 | 785 | 2011 |
| Guiding ecological principles for marine spatial planning MM Foley, BS Halpern, F Micheli, MH Armsby, MR Caldwell, CM Crain, ... Marine policy 34 (5), 955-966, 2010 | 741 | 2010 |
| Understanding and managing human threats to the coastal marine environment CM Crain, BS Halpern, MW Beck, CV Kappel Annals of the new York Academy of Sciences 1162 (1), 39-62, 2009 | 589 | 2009 |
| Ecosystem engineering across environmental gradients: implications for conservation and management CM Crain, MD Bertness Bioscience 56 (3), 211-218, 2006 | 482 | 2006 |
| Physical and biotic drivers of plant distribution across estuarine salinity gradients CM Crain, BR Silliman, SL Bertness, MD Bertness Ecology 85 (9), 2539-2549, 2004 | 479 | 2004 |
| Mapping cumulative human impacts to California Current marine ecosystems BS Halpern, CV Kappel, KA Selkoe, F Micheli, CM Ebert, C Kontgis, ... Conservation letters 2 (3), 138-148, 2009 | 272 | 2009 |
| Using expert judgment to estimate marine ecosystem vulnerability in the California Current SJ Teck, BS Halpern, CV Kappel, F Micheli, KA Selkoe, CM Crain, ... Ecological Applications 20 (5), 1402-1416, 2010 | 214 | 2010 |
| The community structure of western Atlantic Patagonian rocky shores MD Bertness, CM Crain, BR Silliman, MC Bazterrica, MV Reyna, ... Ecological Monographs 76 (3), 439-460, 2006 | 212 | 2006 |
| Interactions between marsh plant species vary in direction and strength depending on environmental and consumer context CM Crain Journal of Ecology 96 (1), 166-173, 2008 | 139 | 2008 |
| Whole-community facilitation regulates biodiversity on Patagonian rocky shores BR Silliman, MD Bertness, AH Altieri, JN Griffin, MC Bazterrica, ... PLoS One 6 (10), e24502, 2011 | 136 | 2011 |
| Community impacts of a tussock sedge: is ecosystem engineering important in benign habitats? CM Crain, MD Bertness Ecology 86 (10), 2695-2704, 2005 | 130 | 2005 |
| Shifting nutrient limitation and eutrophication effects in marsh vegetation across estuarine salinity gradients CM Crain Estuaries and Coasts 30, 26-34, 2007 | 110 | 2007 |
| Eutrophication and consumer control of New England salt marsh primary productivity MD Bertness, C Crain, C Holdredge, N Sala Conservation Biology 22 (1), 131-139, 2008 | 109 | 2008 |
| Scale-dependent inhibition drives regular tussock spacing in a freshwater marsh J Koppel, CM Crain The American Naturalist 168 (5), E136-E147, 2006 | 105 | 2006 |
| Consumer controlled community states on Gulf of Maine rocky shores MD Bertness, GC Trussell, PJ Ewanchuk, BR Silliman, CM Crain Ecology 85, 1321-1331, 2004 | 95 | 2004 |
| Secondary succession dynamics in estuarine marshes across landscape‐scale salinity gradients CM Crain, LK Albertson, MD Bertness Ecology 89 (10), 2889-2899, 2008 | 88 | 2008 |
| Community level engineering effects of Triglochin maritima (seaside arrowgrass) in a salt marsh in northern New England, USA BN Fogel, CM Crain, MD Bertness Journal of Ecology 92 (4), 589-597, 2004 | 85 | 2004 |
| Nitrogen and phosphorus enrichment alter the composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in salt marsh sediments MD Lage, HE Reed, C Weihe, CM Crain, JBH Martiny The ISME journal 4 (7), 933-944, 2010 | 58 | 2010 |
| Small‐mammal herbivore control of secondary succession in New England tidal marshes KB Gedan, CM Crain, MD Bertness Ecology 90 (2), 430-440, 2009 | 58 | 2009 |