| Pollution and health risk of potentially toxic metals in urban road dust in Nanjing, a mega-city of China E Liu, T Yan, G Birch, Y Zhu Science of the Total Environment 476, 522-531, 2014 | 351 | 2014 |
| Kinetics of trace element uptake and release by particles in estuarine waters: effects of pH, salinity, and particle loading V Hatje, TE Payne, DM Hill, G McOrist, GF Birch, R Szymczak Environment international 29 (5), 619-629, 2003 | 321 | 2003 |
| The distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in surficial sediments of Sydney Harbour, Australia S McCready, DJ Slee, GF Birch, SE Taylor Marine pollution bulletin 40 (11), 999-1006, 2000 | 319 | 2000 |
| Source of heavy metals in sediments of the Port Jackson estuary, Australia G Birch, S Taylor Science of the Total Environment 227 (2-3), 123-138, 1999 | 297 | 1999 |
| Metallic and organic contaminants in sediments of Sydney Harbour, Australia and vicinity—a chemical dataset for evaluating sediment quality guidelines S McCready, GF Birch, ER Long Environment International 32 (4), 455-465, 2006 | 273 | 2006 |
| Determination of sediment metal background concentrations and enrichment in marine environments–a critical review GF Birch Science of the total environment 580, 813-831, 2017 | 268 | 2017 |
| Sediment-bound heavy metals as indicators of human influence and biological risk in coastal water bodies GF Birch, MA Olmos ICES journal of marine science 65 (8), 1407-1413, 2008 | 256 | 2008 |
| Emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, a food additive and pesticides) in waters of Sydney estuary, Australia GF Birch, DS Drage, K Thompson, G Eaglesham, JF Mueller Marine pollution bulletin 97 (1-2), 56-66, 2015 | 249 | 2015 |
| Small-scale spatial and temporal variance in the concentration of heavy metals in aquatic sediments: a review and some new concepts GF Birch, SE Taylor, C Matthai Environmental Pollution 113 (3), 357-372, 2001 | 205 | 2001 |
| Efficiency of a constructed wetland in removing contaminants from stormwater GF Birch, C Matthai, MS Fazeli, JY Suh Wetlands 24 (2), 459-466, 2004 | 197 | 2004 |
| Dissolved trace metal distributions in port jackson estuary (sydney harbour), Australia V Hatje, SC Apte, LT Hales, GF Birch Marine Pollution Bulletin 46 (6), 719-730, 2003 | 178 | 2003 |
| Comparison of heavy metal loads in stormwater runoff from major and minor urban roads using pollutant yield rating curves B Davis, G Birch Environmental Pollution 158 (8), 2541-2545, 2010 | 170 | 2010 |
| Spatial and temporal variability of particulate trace metals in Port Jackson Estuary, Australia V Hatje, GF Birch, DM Hill Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 53 (1), 63-77, 2001 | 147 | 2001 |
| Heavy metals in road dust, gully pots and parkland soils in a highly urbanised sub-catchment of Port Jackson, Australia GF Birch, A Scollen Soil Research 41 (7), 1329-1342, 2003 | 132 | 2003 |
| Efficiency of an infiltration basin in removing contaminants from urban stormwater GF Birch, MS Fazeli, C Matthai Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 101, 23-38, 2005 | 129 | 2005 |
| Dominance of point source in heavy metal distributions in sediments of a major Sydney estuary (Australia) GF Birch, D Evenden, ME Teutsch Environmental Geology 28, 169-174, 1996 | 127 | 1996 |
| Distribution of heavy metals in surficial sediments of Port Jackson, Sydney, New South Wales I Irvine, GF Birch Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 45 (2), 297-304, 1998 | 122 | 1998 |
| Sydney Harbour: a review of anthropogenic impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem function of one of the world’s largest natural harbours M Mayer-Pinto, EL Johnston, PA Hutchings, EM Marzinelli, ST Ahyong, ... Marine and Freshwater Research 66 (12), 1088-1105, 2015 | 119 | 2015 |
| Marine pollution in Australia, with special emphasis on central New South Wales estuaries and adjacent continental margin GF Birch International Journal of Environment and Pollution 13 (1-6), 573-607, 2000 | 119 | 2000 |
| Sediment-bound metallic contaminants in Sydney’s estuaries and adjacent offshore, Australia GF Birch Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 42 (1), 31-44, 1996 | 117 | 1996 |