| Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century KA Krumhansl, DK Okamoto, A Rassweiler, M Novak, JJ Bolton, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (48), 13785-13790, 2016 | 439 | 2016 |
| Poleward expansion of mangroves is a threshold response to decreased frequency of extreme cold events KC Cavanaugh, JR Kellner, AJ Forde, DS Gruner, JD Parker, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (2), 723-727, 2014 | 439 | 2014 |
| Operationalizing the social-ecological systems framework to assess sustainability HM Leslie, X Basurto, M Nenadovic, L Sievanen, KC Cavanaugh, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (19), 5979-5984, 2015 | 303 | 2015 |
| Climate‐driven increases in storm frequency simplify kelp forest food webs JE Byrnes, DC Reed, BJ Cardinale, KC Cavanaugh, SJ Holbrook, ... Global Change Biology 17 (8), 2513-2524, 2011 | 223 | 2011 |
| Climatic controls on the global distribution, abundance, and species richness of mangrove forests MJ Osland, LC Feher, KT Griffith, KC Cavanaugh, NM Enwright, RH Day, ... Ecological Monographs 87 (2), 341-359, 2017 | 195 | 2017 |
| Wave disturbance overwhelms top‐down and bottom‐up control of primary production in California kelp forests DC Reed, A Rassweiler, MH Carr, KC Cavanaugh, DP Malone, DA Siegel Ecology 92 (11), 2108-2116, 2011 | 177 | 2011 |
| Carbon storage in tropical forests correlates with taxonomic diversity and functional dominance on a global scale KC Cavanaugh, JS Gosnell, SL Davis, J Ahumada, P Boundja, DB Clark, ... Global Ecology and Biogeography 23 (5), 563-573, 2014 | 166 | 2014 |
| Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes JJ Kelleway, K Cavanaugh, K Rogers, IC Feller, E Ens, C Doughty, ... Global Change Biology 23 (10), 3967-3983, 2017 | 156 | 2017 |
| Environmental controls of giant-kelp biomass in the Santa Barbara Channel, California KC Cavanaugh, DA Siegel, DC Reed, PE Dennison Marine Ecology Progress Series 429, 1-17, 2011 | 143 | 2011 |
| Satellite sensor requirements for monitoring essential biodiversity variables of coastal ecosystems FE Muller‐Karger, E Hestir, C Ade, K Turpie, DA Roberts, D Siegel, ... Ecological applications 28 (3), 749-760, 2018 | 103 | 2018 |
| Geographical variability in the controls of giant kelp biomass dynamics TW Bell, KC Cavanaugh, DC Reed, DA Siegel Journal of Biogeography 42 (10), 2010-2021, 2015 | 98 | 2015 |
| Integrating physiological threshold experiments with climate modeling to project mangrove species’ range expansion KC Cavanaugh, JD Parker, SC Cook‐Patton, IC Feller, AP Williams, ... Global Change Biology 21 (5), 1928-1938, 2015 | 88 | 2015 |
| Scaling giant kelp field measurements to regional scales using satellite observations KC Cavanaugh, DA Siegel, BP Kinlan, DC Reed Marine Ecology Progress Series 403, 13-27, 2010 | 83 | 2010 |
| Mapping coastal wetland biomass from high resolution unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery CL Doughty, KC Cavanaugh Remote Sensing 11 (5), 540, 2019 | 79 | 2019 |
| Climate-driven regime shifts in a mangrove–salt marsh ecotone over the past 250 years KC Cavanaugh, EM Dangremond, CL Doughty, AP Williams, JD Parker, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (43), 21602-21608, 2019 | 77 | 2019 |
| Spatio-temporal changes of a mangrove–saltmarsh ecotone in the northeastern coast of Florida, USA W Rodriguez, IC Feller, KC Cavanaugh Global Ecology and Conservation 7, 245-261, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
| Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now DA Friess, ES Yando, GMO Abuchahla, JB Adams, S Cannicci, ... Current Biology 30 (4), R153-R154, 2020 | 68 | 2020 |
| Spatial variability in the resistance and resilience of giant kelp in southern and Baja California to a multiyear heatwave KC Cavanaugh, DC Reed, TW Bell, MCN Castorani, R Beas-Luna Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 413, 2019 | 67 | 2019 |
| Remote monitoring of giant kelp biomass and physiological condition: An evaluation of the potential for the Hyperspectral Infrared Imager (HyspIRI) mission TW Bell, KC Cavanaugh, DA Siegel Remote Sensing of Environment 167, 218-228, 2015 | 67 | 2015 |
| Patch definition in metapopulation analysis: a graph theory approach to solve the mega‐patch problem KC Cavanaugh, DA Siegel, PT Raimondi, F Alberto Ecology 95 (2), 316-328, 2014 | 64 | 2014 |
David A. SiegelProfessor of Marine Science, UC Santa BarbaraVerified email at icess.ucsb.edu
