| Warming and resource availability shift food web structure and metabolism MI O'Connor, MF Piehler, DM Leech, A Anton, JF Bruno PLoS biology 7 (8), e1000178, 2009 | 345 | 2009 |
| Economic valuation of ecosystem services provided by oyster reefs JH Grabowski, RD Brumbaugh, RF Conrad, AG Keeler, JJ Opaluch, ... BioScience 62 (10), 900-909, 2012 | 292 | 2012 |
| Microbial indicators of aquatic ecosystem change: current applications to eutrophication studies HW Paerl, J Dyble, PH Moisander, RT Noble, MF Piehler, JL Pinckney, ... FEMS Microbiology Ecology 46 (3), 233-246, 2003 | 240 | 2003 |
| Cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms: state of the science and research needs HK Hudnell Springer Science & Business Media, 2008 | 209* | 2008 |
| Phytoplankton photopigments as indicators of estuarine and coastal eutrophication HW Paerl, LM Valdes, JL Pinckney, MF Piehler, J Dyble, PH Moisander BioScience 53 (10), 953-964, 2003 | 204 | 2003 |
| Solving problems resulting from solutions: evolution of a dual nutrient management strategy for the eutrophying Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina HW Paerl, LM Valdes, AR Joyner, MF Piehler, ME Lebo Environmental Science & Technology 38 (11), 3068-3073, 2004 | 179 | 2004 |
| Denitrification in a constructed wetland receiving agricultural runoff AC Poe, MF Piehler, SP Thompson, HW Paerl Wetlands 23 (4), 817-826, 2003 | 172 | 2003 |
| Habitat‐specific distinctions in estuarine denitrification affect both ecosystem function and services MF Piehler, AR Smyth Ecosphere 2 (1), 1-17, 2011 | 156 | 2011 |
| Impacts of inorganic nutrient enrichment on phytoplankton community structure and function in Pamlico Sound, NC, USA MF Piehler, LJ Twomey, NS Hall, HW Paerl Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 61 (2), 197-209, 2004 | 134 | 2004 |
| Engineering away our natural defenses: an analysis of shoreline hardening in the US RK Gittman, FJ Fodrie, AM Popowich, DA Keller, JF Bruno, CA Currin, ... Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13 (6), 301-307, 2015 | 133 | 2015 |
| Long‐term temporal and spatial trends in phytoplankton biomass and class‐level taxonomic composition in the hydrologically variable Neuse‐Pamlico estuarine continuum, North … LM Valdes-Weaver, MF Piehler, JL Pinckney, KE Howe, K Rossignol, ... Limnology and Oceanography 51 (3), 1410-1420, 2006 | 92 | 2006 |
| Ecological response to hurricane events in the Pamlico Sound system, North Carolina, and implications for assessment and management in a regime of increased frequency HW Paerl, LM Valdes, AR Joyner, BL Peierls, MF Piehler, SR Riggs, ... Estuaries and Coasts 29 (6), 1033-1045, 2006 | 88 | 2006 |
| Living shorelines can enhance the nursery role of threatened estuarine habitats RK Gittman, CH Peterson, CA Currin, FJ Fodrie, MF Piehler, JF Bruno Ecological Applications 26 (1), 249-263, 2016 | 79 | 2016 |
| Use of oysters to mitigate eutrophication in coastal waters ML Kellogg, AR Smyth, MW Luckenbach, RH Carmichael, BL Brown, ... Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 151, 156-168, 2014 | 77 | 2014 |
| Phytoplankton uptake of ammonium, nitrate and urea in the Neuse River Estuary, NC, USA LJ Twomey, MF Piehler, HW Paerl Hydrobiologia 533 (1-3), 123-134, 2005 | 77 | 2005 |
| Assessing nitrogen dynamics throughout the estuarine landscape AR Smyth, SP Thompson, KN Siporin, WS Gardner, MJ McCarthy, ... Estuaries and coasts 36 (1), 44-55, 2013 | 73 | 2013 |
| Facultative diazotrophy increases Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii competitiveness under fluctuating nitrogen availability PH Moisander, LA Cheshire, J Braddy, ES Calandrino, M Hoffman, ... FEMS microbiology ecology 79 (3), 800-811, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| Stimulation of diesel fuel biodegradation by indigenous nitrogen fixing bacterial consortia MF Piehler, JG Swistak, JL Pinckney, HW Paerl Microbial Ecology 38 (1), 69-78, 1999 | 66 | 1999 |
| Assessing the effects of nutrient management in an estuary experiencing climatic change: the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina HW Paerl, LM Valdes, MF Piehler, CA Stow Environmental Management 37 (3), 422-436, 2006 | 65 | 2006 |
| Loading of fecal indicator bacteria in North Carolina tidal creek headwaters: hydrographic patterns and terrestrial runoff relationships CH Stumpf, MF Piehler, S Thompson, RT Noble Water Research 44 (16), 4704-4715, 2010 | 64 | 2010 |
hans paerlProfessor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillVerified email at email.unc.edu
