| The seasonal dynamics of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem D Baird, RE Ulanowicz Ecological monographs 59 (4), 329-364, 1989 | 1119 | 1989 |
| Comparative study on the trophic structure, cycling and ecosystem properties of four tidal estuaries D Baird, RE Ulanowicz Marine Ecology Progress Series, 221-237, 1993 | 331 | 1993 |
| The comparative ecology of six marine ecosystems D Baird, JM McGlade, RE Ulanowicz Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B …, 1991 | 321 | 1991 |
| Survey of heavy metals in the sediments of the Swartkops River Estuary, Port Elizabeth South Africa K Binning, D Baird Water Sa 27 (4), 461-466, 2001 | 288 | 2001 |
| Consequences of hypoxia on estuarine ecosystem function: energy diversion from consumers to microbes D Baird, RR Christian, CH Peterson, GA Johnson Ecological Applications 14 (3), 805-822, 2004 | 266 | 2004 |
| The coastal zone—a domain of global interactions CJ Crossland, D Baird, JP Ducrotoy, H Lindeboom, RW Buddemeier, ... Coastal fluxes in the Anthropocene: the land-ocean interactions in the …, 2005 | 244 | 2005 |
| Trophic networks: How do theories link ecosystem structure and functioning to stability properties? A review B Saint-Béat, D Baird, H Asmus, R Asmus, C Bacher, SR Pacella, ... Ecological indicators 52, 458-471, 2015 | 197 | 2015 |
| Energy flow in the Ythan estuary, Aberdeenshire, Scotland D Baird, H Milne Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 13 (4), 455-472, 1981 | 194 | 1981 |
| Assessment of spatial and temporal variability in ecosystem attributes of the St Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Apalachee Bay, Florida D Baird, J Luczkovich, RR Christian Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 47 (3), 329-349, 1998 | 179 | 1998 |
| Ecological network analysis metrics: the need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy BD Fath, H Asmus, R Asmus, D Baird, SR Borrett, VN de Jonge, ... Ocean & Coastal Management 174, 1-14, 2019 | 151 | 2019 |
| Response of meiofauna and nematode communities to increased levels of contaminants in a laboratory microcosm experiment TK Gyedu-Ababio, D Baird Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 63 (3), 443-450, 2006 | 149 | 2006 |
| Estuaries of South Africa B Allanson, D Baird Estuaries of South Africa, 352, 1999 | 136 | 1999 |
| Vertical distribution of herring larvae in relation to physical mixing and illumination. MR Heath, EW Henderson, DL Baird Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 47 (3), 211-228, 1988 | 134 | 1988 |
| Utilization by shorebirds of benthic invertebrate production in intertidal areas D Baird, PR Evans, H Milne, MW Pienkowski Oceanography and marine biology 23, 573-597, 1985 | 131 | 1985 |
| A comparison of selected ecosystem attributes of three South African estuaries with different freshwater inflow regimes, using network analysis UM Scharler, D Baird Journal of Marine Systems 56 (3-4), 283-308, 2005 | 123 | 2005 |
| Nematodes as indicators of pollution: a case study from the Swartkops River system, South Africa TK Gyedu-Ababio, JP Furstenberg, D Baird, A Vanreusel Hydrobiologia 397, 155-169, 1999 | 123 | 1999 |
| A carbon flow model and network analysis of the northern Benguela upwelling system, Namibia JJ Heymans, D Baird Ecological Modelling 126 (1), 9-32, 2000 | 117 | 2000 |
| Nutrient controls on ecosystem dynamics: the Chesapeake mesohaline community RE Ulanowicz, D Baird Journal of Marine Systems 19 (1-3), 159-172, 1999 | 115 | 1999 |
| Fish community structures in Zostera and non-Zostera regions of the Kromme estuary, St Francis Bay N Hanekom, D Baird African Zoology 19 (4), 295-301, 1984 | 108 | 1984 |
| Seasonal abundance distribution and catch per unit effort of fishes in the Swartkops Estuary JFK Maraisand, D Baird South African Journal of Zoology 15 (2), 66-71, 1980 | 106 | 1980 |
