| The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats M Coll, C Piroddi, J Steenbeek, K Kaschner, FBR Lasram, J Aguzzi, ... PloS one 5 (8), e11842, 2010 | 1013 | 2010 |
| A census of marine biodiversity knowledge, resources, and future challenges MJ Costello, M Coll, R Danovaro, P Halpin, H Ojaveer, P Miloslavich PloS one 5 (8), e12110, 2010 | 419 | 2010 |
| Exponential decline of deep-sea ecosystem functioning linked to benthic biodiversity loss R Danovaro, C Gambi, A Dell'Anno, C Corinaldesi, S Fraschetti, ... Current Biology 18 (1), 1-8, 2008 | 391 | 2008 |
| Deep, diverse and definitely different: unique attributes of the world's largest ecosystem E Ramirez-Llodra, A Brandt, R Danovaro, B De Mol, E Escobar, ... Biogeosciences, 2010 | 346 | 2010 |
| Major viral impact on the functioning of benthic deep-sea ecosystems R Danovaro, A Dell’Anno, C Corinaldesi, M Magagnini, R Noble, ... Nature 454 (7208), 1084, 2008 | 308 | 2008 |
| Deep-sea biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea: the known, the unknown, and the unknowable R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, G D'Onghia, B Galil, C Gambi, AJ Gooday, ... PloS one 5 (8), e11832, 2010 | 265 | 2010 |
| Sunscreens cause coral bleaching by promoting viral infections R Danovaro, L Bongiorni, C Corinaldesi, D Giovannelli, E Damiani, ... Environmental health perspectives 116 (4), 441-447, 2008 | 259 | 2008 |
| Assessing the trophic state and eutrophication of coastal marine systems: a new approach based on the biochemical composition of sediment organic matter A Dell'Anno, ML Mei, A Pusceddu, R Danovaro Marine Pollution Bulletin 44 (7), 611-622, 2002 | 256 | 2002 |
| Extracellular DNA plays a key role in deep-sea ecosystem functioning A Dell'Anno, R Danovaro Science 309 (5744), 2179-2179, 2005 | 244 | 2005 |
| Marine viruses and global climate change R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi, A Dell'Anno, JA Fuhrman, JJ Middelburg, ... FEMS microbiology reviews 35 (6), 993-1034, 2011 | 232 | 2011 |
| The first metazoa living in permanently anoxic conditions R Danovaro, A Dell'Anno, A Pusceddu, C Gambi, I Heiner, RM Kristensen BMC biology 8 (1), 30, 2010 | 223 | 2010 |
| A three-year time series of elemental and biochemical composition of organic matter in subtidal sandy sediments of the Ligurian Sea (northwestern Mediterranean) M Fabiano, R Danovaro, S Fraschetti Continental Shelf Research 15 (11-12), 1453-1469, 1995 | 222 | 1995 |
| Impacts of climate change on European marine ecosystems: observations, expectations and indicators CJM Philippart, R Anadón, R Danovaro, JW Dippner, KF Drinkwater, ... Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 400 (1-2), 52-69, 2011 | 220 | 2011 |
| Comparison of two fingerprinting techniques, terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis, for determination of … R Danovaro, GM Luna, A Dell'Anno, B Pietrangeli Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 (9), 5982-5989, 2006 | 219 | 2006 |
| Benthic response to particulate fluxes in different trophic environments: a comparison between the Gulf of Lions–Catalan Sea (western-Mediterranean) and the Cretan Sea (eastern … R Danovaro, A Dinet, G Duineveld, A Tselepides Progress in Oceanography 44 (1-3), 287-312, 1999 | 214 | 1999 |
| Large fraction of dead and inactive bacteria in coastal marine sediments: comparison of protocols for determination and ecological significance GM Luna, E Manini, R Danovaro Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68 (7), 3509-3513, 2002 | 209 | 2002 |
| Microbial and meiofaunal response to intensive mussel-farm biodeposition in coastal sediments of the western Mediterranean S Mirto, R Danovaro, A Mazzola Marine Pollution Bulletin 40 (3), 244-252, 2000 | 203 | 2000 |
| Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using random forests CL Wei, GT Rowe, E Escobar-Briones, A Boetius, T Soltwedel, MJ Caley, ... PloS one 5 (12), e15323, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
| Detritus-bacteria-meiofauna interactions in a seagrass bed (Posidonia oceanica) of the NW Mediterranean R Danovaro Marine Biology 127 (1), 1-13, 1996 | 199 | 1996 |
| Determination of virus abundance in marine sediments R Danovaro, A Dell'Anno, A Trucco, M Serresi, S Vanucci Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67 (3), 1384-1387, 2001 | 198 | 2001 |
Miquel CanalsProfessor of Marine Geosciences, Universitat de BarcelonaVerified email at ub.edu