| Nitrogen cycling in the ocean: new perspectives on processes and paradigms JP Zehr, BB Ward Applied and environmental microbiology 68 (3), 1015-1024, 2002 | 658 | 2002 |
| Elucidation of functional groups on gram-positive and gram-negative bacterial surfaces using infrared spectroscopy W Jiang, A Saxena, B Song, BB Ward, TJ Beveridge, SCB Myneni Langmuir 20 (26), 11433-11442, 2004 | 610 | 2004 |
| Denitrification as the dominant nitrogen loss process in the Arabian Sea BB Ward, AH Devol, JJ Rich, BX Chang, SE Bulow, H Naik, A Pratihary, ... Nature 461 (7260), 78-81, 2009 | 551 | 2009 |
| Nitrogen uptake, dissolved organic nitrogen release, and new production DA Bronk, PM Glibert, BB Ward Science 265 (5180), 1843-1846, 1994 | 521 | 1994 |
| Molecular analysis of ammonia oxidation and denitrification in natural environments H Bothe, G Jost, M Schloter, BB Ward, KP Witzel FEMS microbiology reviews 24 (5), 673-690, 2000 | 467 | 2000 |
| The marine nitrogen cycle: recent discoveries, uncertainties and the potential relevance of climate change M Voss, HW Bange, JW Dippner, JJ Middelburg, JP Montoya, B Ward Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 368 …, 2013 | 352 | 2013 |
| Linking diversity and stable isotope fractionation in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria KL Casciotti, DM Sigman, BB Ward Geomicrobiology Journal 20 (4), 335-353, 2003 | 350 | 2003 |
| Oligonucleotide microarray for the study of functional gene diversity in the nitrogen cycle in the environment G Taroncher-Oldenburg, EM Griner, CA Francis, BB Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (2), 1159-1171, 2003 | 329 | 2003 |
| Black Sea methane geochemistry WS Reeburgh, BB Ward, SC Whalen, KA Sandbeck, KA Kilpatrickt, ... Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers 38, S1189-S1210, 1991 | 322 | 1991 |
| Nitrification BB Ward, DJ Arp, MG Klotz American Society for Microbiology Press, 2011 | 276 | 2011 |
| Nitrification in marine systems BB Ward Nitrogen in the marine environment 2, 199-261, 2008 | 270 | 2008 |
| Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) in Chesapeake Bay sediments JJ Rich, OR Dale, B Song, BB Ward Microbial Ecology 55 (2), 311-320, 2008 | 262 | 2008 |
| Comparison of nucleic acid hybridization and fluorometry for measurement of the relationship between RNA/DNA ratio and growth rate in a marine bacterium L Kerkhof, BB Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59 (5), 1303-1309, 1993 | 248 | 1993 |
| Organic matter stoichiometry, flux, and oxygen control nitrogen loss in the ocean AR Babbin, RG Keil, AH Devol, BB Ward Science 344 (6182), 406-408, 2014 | 247 | 2014 |
| Global nitrogen cycle: critical enzymes, organisms, and processes for nitrogen budgets and dynamics X Zhang, BB Ward, DM Sigman Chemical reviews 120 (12), 5308-5351, 2020 | 244 | 2020 |
| Detection of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria of the beta-subclass of the class Proteobacteria in aquatic samples with the PCR MA Voytek, BB Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61 (4), 1444-1450, 1995 | 236 | 1995 |
| Methane oxidation and methane fluxes in the ocean surface layer and deep anoxic waters BB Ward, KA Kilpatrick, PC Novelli, MI Scranton Nature 327 (6119), 226-229, 1987 | 232 | 1987 |
| Biological nitrogen cycling in the nitracline BB Ward, KA Kilpatrick, EH Renger, RW Eppley Limnology and Oceanography 34 (3), 493-513, 1989 | 218 | 1989 |
| Bacterial transformations of inorganic nitrogen in the oxygen-deficient waters of the Eastern Tropical South Pacific Ocean F Lipschultz, SC Wofsy, BB Ward, LA Codispoti, G Friedrich, JW Elkins Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers 37 (10), 1513-1541, 1990 | 217 | 1990 |
| Dissimilatory nitrite reductase genes from autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria KL Casciotti, BB Ward Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67 (5), 2213-2221, 2001 | 207 | 2001 |
