| Optical fibres in an Antarctic sponge R Cattaneo-Vietti, G Bavestrello, C Cerrano, M Sara, U Benatti, M Giovine, ... Nature 383 (6599), 397-398, 1996 | 126 | 1996 |
| Biomimetic model of a sponge-spicular optical fiber—mechanical properties and structure M Sarikaya, H Fong, N Sunderland, BD Flinn, G Mayer, A Mescher, ... Journal of Materials Research 16 (5), 1420-1428, 2001 | 124 | 2001 |
| Mortality of commercial sponges: incidence in two Mediterranean areas E Gaino, R Pronzato, G Corriero, P Buffa Italian Journal of Zoology 59 (1), 79-85, 1992 | 120 | 1992 |
| Parasitic diatoms inside Antarctic sponges G Bavestrello, A Arillo, B Calcinai, R Cattaneo-Vietti, C Cerrano, E Gaino, ... The Biological Bulletin 198 (1), 29-33, 2000 | 104 | 2000 |
| Biochemical and ultrastructural effects of nitrite in rainbow trout: liver hypoxia as the root of the acute toxicity mechanism A Arillo, E Gaino, C Margiocco, P Mensi, G Schenone Environmental Research 34 (1), 135-154, 1984 | 87 | 1984 |
| Organizational plasticity as a successful conservative tactics in sponges E Gaino, R Manconi, R Pronzato Animal Biology 4, 31-43, 1995 | 76 | 1995 |
| Bacterial attack of spongin skeleton during the 1986-1990 Mediterranean sponge disease J Vacelet Sponges in time and space, 355-362, 1994 | 75 | 1994 |
| Reproductive strategies of Mycalecontarenii (Porifera: Demospongiae) G Corriero, L Scalera Liaci, C Nonnis Marzano, E Gaino Marine Biology 131 (2), 319-327, 1998 | 73 | 1998 |
| Ultrastructural evidence of bacterial damage to Spongia officinalis fibres(Porifera, Demospongiae). E Gaino, R Pronzato Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 6 (1), 67-74, 1989 | 69 | 1989 |
| Involvement of the gill chloride cells of trout under acute nitrite intoxication E Gaino, A Arillo, P Mensi Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 77 (4), 611-617, 1984 | 69 | 1984 |
| Scanning electron microscope evidence for diatom uptake by two Antarctic sponges E Gaino, G Bavestrello, R Cattaneo-Vietti, M Sarà Polar Biology 14 (1), 55-58, 1994 | 68 | 1994 |
| Meteorological and water quality changes in Lake Trasimeno (Umbria, Italy) during the last fifty years A Ludovisi, E Gaino Journal of Limnology 69 (1), 174, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
| Mass mortality of Paramuricea clavata (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) on Portofino Promontory cliffs, Ligurian Sea, Mediterranean Sea G Bavestrello, S Bertone, R Cattaneo-Vietti, C Cerrano, E Gaino, D Zanzi Mar. Life 4 (1), 15-19, 1994 | 65 | 1994 |
| Epidemic Mortality of the Sponge Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862) Associated to Proliferation of a Vibrio Bacterium L Stabili, F Cardone, P Alifano, SM Tredici, S Piraino, G Corriero, E Gaino Microbial ecology 64, 802-813, 2012 | 61 | 2012 |
| Ootaxonomic investigation of the Italian species of the genus Electrogena (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) E Gaino, C Belfiore, M Mazzini Italian Journal of Zoology 54 (2), 169-175, 1987 | 60 | 1987 |
| Endobionts of the coral reef sponge Theonella swinhoei (Porifera, Demospongiae) G Magnino, A Sarà, T Lancioni, E Gaino Invertebrate Biology, 213-220, 1999 | 57 | 1999 |
| The role of sponges in the Terra Nova Bay ecosystem R Cattaneo-Vietti, G Bavestrello, C Cerrano, E Gaino, L Mazzella, ... Ross Sea Ecology: Italiantartide Expeditions (1987–1995), 539-549, 2000 | 54 | 2000 |
| Siliceous spicules of Tethya seychellensis (Porifera) support the growth of a green alga: a possible light conducting system E Gaino, M Sara Marine Ecology Progress Series 108 (1), 147-152, 1994 | 51 | 1994 |
| Origin of male gametes from choanocytes in Spongia officinalis (Porifera, Demospongiae) E Gaino, B Burlando, L Zunino, M Pansini, P Buffa International journal of invertebrate reproduction and development 7 (2), 83-93, 1984 | 51 | 1984 |
| A sponge with acrosome: Oscarella lobularis B Baccetti, E Gaino, M Sarà Journal of Ultrastructure and molecular structure research 94 (2), 195-198, 1986 | 50 | 1986 |
