| Our evolving conceptual model of the coastal eutrophication problem JE Cloern Marine ecology progress series 210, 223-253, 2001 | 3625 | 2001 |
| Phytoplankton bloom dynamics in coastal ecosystems: a review with some general lessons from sustained investigation of San Francisco Bay, California JE Cloern Reviews of Geophysics 34 (2), 127-168, 1996 | 994 | 1996 |
| Turbidity as a control on phytoplankton biomass and productivity in estuaries JE Cloern Continental shelf research 7 (11-12), 1367-1381, 1987 | 939 | 1987 |
| Does the benthos control phytoplankton biomass in south San Francisco Bay. JE Cloern Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 9 (2), 191-202, 1982 | 879 | 1982 |
| The modification of an estuary FH Nichols, JE Cloern, SN Luoma, DH Peterson Science 231 (4738), 567-573, 1986 | 838 | 1986 |
| A comment on the use of flushing time, residence time, and age as transport time scales NE Monsen, JE Cloern, LV Lucas, SG Monismith Limnology and oceanography 47 (5), 1545-1553, 2002 | 815 | 2002 |
| Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of aquatic and terrestrial plants of the San Francisco Bay estuarine system JE Cloern, EA Canuel, D Harris Limnology and oceanography 47 (3), 713-729, 2002 | 792 | 2002 |
| Trophic interactions and direct physical effects control phytoplankton biomass and production in an estuary AE Alpine, JE Cloern Limnology and oceanography 37 (5), 946-955, 1992 | 782 | 1992 |
| Phytoplankton primary production in the world's estuarine-coastal ecosystems JE Cloern, SQ Foster, AE Kleckner Biogeosciences 11 (9), 2477-2501, 2014 | 748 | 2014 |
| Nutrient pollution of coastal rivers, bays, and seas RW Howarth, DB Anderson, JE Cloern, C Elfring, CS Hopkinson, ... Issues in ecology, 1-16, 2000 | 618 | 2000 |
| An empirical model of the phytoplankton chlorophyll: carbon ratio‐the conversion factor between productivity and growth rate JE Cloern, C Grenz, L Vidergar‐Lucas Limnology and Oceanography 40 (7), 1313-1321, 1995 | 571 | 1995 |
| Isohaline position as a habitat indicator for estuarine populations AD Jassby, WJ Kimmerer, SG Monismith, C Armor, JE Cloern, TM Powell, ... Ecological applications 5 (1), 272-289, 1995 | 535 | 1995 |
| Human activities and climate variability drive fast‐paced change across the world's estuarine–coastal ecosystems JE Cloern, PC Abreu, J Carstensen, L Chauvaud, R Elmgren, J Grall, ... Global change biology 22 (2), 513-529, 2016 | 483 | 2016 |
| Drivers of change in estuarine‐coastal ecosystems: Discoveries from four decades of study in San Francisco Bay JE Cloern, AD Jassby Reviews of Geophysics 50 (4), 2012 | 417 | 2012 |
| The relative importance of light and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth: a simple index of coastal ecosystem sensitivity to nutrient enrichment JE Cloern Aquatic ecology 33, 3-15, 1999 | 414 | 1999 |
| Phytoplankton community ecology: principles applied in San Francisco Bay JE Cloern, R Dufford Marine Ecology Progress Series 285, 11-28, 2005 | 391 | 2005 |
| Patterns and scales of phytoplankton variability in estuarine–coastal ecosystems JE Cloern, AD Jassby Estuaries and coasts 33, 230-241, 2010 | 368 | 2010 |
| Tidal stirring and phytoplankton bloom dynamics in an estuary JE Cloern Journal of marine research 49 (1), 203-221, 1991 | 364 | 1991 |
| The annual cycles of phytoplankton biomass M Winder, JE Cloern Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 365 …, 2010 | 343 | 2010 |
| River discharge controls phytoplankton dynamics in the northern San Francisco Bay estuary JE Cloern, AE Alpine, BE Cole, RLJ Wong, JF Arthur, MD Ball Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 16 (4), 415-429, 1983 | 336 | 1983 |
