| An introduction to marine ecology RSK Barnes, RN Hughes John Wiley & Sons, 1999 | 829 | 1999 |
| Energy maximization in the diet of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas RW Elner, RN Hughes The Journal of Animal Ecology, 103-116, 1978 | 727 | 1978 |
| Optimal foraging theory in the marine context. RN Hughes Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 18, 423-481, 1980 | 514 | 1980 |
| Optimal diets under the energy maximization premise: the effects of recognition time and learning RN Hughes The American Naturalist 113 (2), 209-221, 1979 | 483 | 1979 |
| Functional biology of clonal animals RN Hughes Springer Science & Business Media, 1989 | 455 | 1989 |
| Tactics of a predator, Carcinus maenas, and morphological responses of the prey, Nucella lapillus RN Hughes, RW Elner The Journal of Animal Ecology, 65-78, 1979 | 300 | 1979 |
| A functional biology of marine gastropods RN Hughes (No Title), 1986 | 295 | 1986 |
| An energy budget for a tidal-flat population of the bivalve Scrobicularia plana (Da Costa) RN Hughes The Journal of Animal Ecology, 357-381, 1970 | 275 | 1970 |
| A study of feeding in Scrobicularia plana RN Hughes Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 49 (3 …, 1969 | 269 | 1969 |
| Responses of benthic scavengers to fishing disturbance by towed gears in different habitats K Ramsay, MJ Kaiser, RN Hughes Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 224 (1), 73-89, 1998 | 259 | 1998 |
| Citizen scientists and marine research: volunteer participants, their contributions, and projection for the future RN Hughes, DJ Hughes, IP Smith Oceanography and marine biology: an annual review 52 (52), 257-314, 2014 | 243 | 2014 |
| From cells to colonies: At what levels of body organization does the ‘temperature‐size rule’apply? D Atkinson, SA Morley, RN Hughes Evolution & development 8 (2), 202-214, 2006 | 242 | 2006 |
| Behavioural components of prey selection by dogwhelks, Nucella lapillus (L.), feeding on mussels, Mytilus edulis L., in the laboratory RN Hughes, SB Dunkin Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 77 (1-2), 45-68, 1984 | 216 | 1984 |
| Learning of foraging skills by fish K Warburton Fish and Fisheries 4 (3), 203-215, 2003 | 215 | 2003 |
| The effect of food availability, female culture‐density and photoperiod on ephippia production in Daphnia magna Straus (Crustacea: Cladocera) GR Carvalho, RN Hughes Freshwater Biology 13 (1), 37-46, 1983 | 213 | 1983 |
| The effects of crevice size and availability on populations of Littorina rudis and Littorina neritoides DG Raffaelli, RN Hughes The Journal of Animal Ecology, 71-83, 1978 | 197 | 1978 |
| Size selection of mussels by the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: energy maximizer or time minimizer. RN Hughes, R Seed Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 6 (1), 83-89, 1981 | 184 | 1981 |
| Consumption of fisheries discards by benthic scavengers: utilization of energy subsidies in different marine habitats K Ramsay, MJ Kaiser, PG Moore, RN Hughes Journal of Animal Ecology, 884-896, 1997 | 176 | 1997 |
| Criteria for prey size-selection in molluscivorous crabs with contrasting claw morphologies R Seed, RN Hughes Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 193 (1-2), 177-195, 1995 | 176 | 1995 |
| Diet selection: an interdisciplinary approach to foraging behaviour R Hughes John Wiley & Sons, 2009 | 157 | 2009 |
