| Re-evaluating the health of coral reef communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the central Pacific JE Smith, R Brainard, A Carter, S Grillo, C Edwards, J Harris, L Lewis, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1822), 20151985, 2016 | 379 | 2016 |
| The state of coral reef ecosystems of the main Hawaiian Islands A Friedlander, G Aeby, R Brainard, E Brown, K Chaston, A Clark, ... The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific freely …, 2008 | 242 | 2008 |
| Migrations of green turtles in the central South Pacific P Craig, D Parker, R Brainard, M Rice, G Balazs Biological Conservation 116 (3), 433-438, 2004 | 86 | 2004 |
| The state of coral reef ecosystems of the US Pacific remote island areas R Brainard, J Maragos, R Schroeder, J Kenyon, P Vroom, S Godwin, ... The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely …, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Ocean mixing studied near Hawaiian Ridge R Pinkel, W Munk, P Worcester, BD Comuelle, D Rudnick, J Sherman, ... Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 81 (46), 545-553, 2000 | 47 | 2000 |
| A global ocean acoustic observing network B Dushaw, W Au, A Beszczynska-Möller, R Brainard, BD Cornuelle, ... Proceedings of OceanObs’ 09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information …, 2010 | 44 | 2010 |
| Marine ecosystem-based management: challenges remain, yet solutions exist, and progress is occurring JB Haugen, JS Link, K Cribari, A Bundy, M Dickey-Collas, HM Leslie, ... NPJ Ocean Sustainability 3 (1), 7, 2024 | 39 | 2024 |
| Essential EAFM. Ecosystem approach to fisheries management training course. Volume 1-for trainees. D Staples, R Brainard, S Capezzuoli, S Funge-Smith, C Grose, A Heenan, ... | 39 | 2014 |
| Coral triangle regional ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) guidelines R Pomeroy, R Brainard, M Moews, A Heenan, J Shackeroff, N Armada Marine Science 60, 698-726, 2013 | 35 | 2013 |
| Invasive didemnid tunicate spreading across coral reefs at remote Swains Island, American Sāmoa B Vargas-Ángel, LS Godwin, J Asher, RE Brainard Coral Reefs 28 (1), 53-53, 2009 | 35 | 2009 |
| The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Pacific Remote Island Areas J Miller, J Maragos, R Brainard, J Asher, B Vargas-Ángel, J Kenyon, ... The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely …, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| Essential eafm D Staples, R Brainard, S Capezzuoli, S Funge-Smith, C Grose, A Heenan, ... Ecosystem approach to fisheries management training course 1, 2014 | 18 | 2014 |
| others (2008) The state of coral reef ecosystems of the Main Hawaiian Islands A Friedlander, G Aeby, R Brainard, E Brown, K Chaston, A Clark, ... The state of coral reef ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely …, 2008 | 13 | 2008 |
| An international network of coral reef ecosystem observing systems (I-CREOS) R Brainard, S Bainbridge, R Brinkman, CM Eakin, M Field, JP Gattuso, ... Proceedings of OceanObs’ 09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information …, 2010 | 8 | 2010 |
| Coral reefs: Vulnerability to climate change in west Hawaiʻi J Maynard, J Gove, D Tracey, J Johnson, J Lecky, E Conklin, ... | 5 | 2019 |
| Status of Coral Reefs in Hawaii and United States Pacific Remote island Areas (Baker, Howland, Palmyra, Kingman, Jarvis, Johnson, Wake) in 2008 AM Friedlander, J Maragos, R Brainard, A Clark, G Aeby, B Bowen, ... Status of Coral Reefs of the World. Townsville, Australia: Global Coral Reef …, 2008 | 5 | 2008 |
| A performance measure framework for ecosystem-based management JB Haugen, JS Link, EA Fulton, M Dickey-Collas, RE Brainard, A Bundy ICES Journal of Marine Science 82 (6), fsae164, 2025 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oceanographic conditions implicated in the 2002 Northwestern Hawaiian Islands bleaching event R Hoeke, R Brainard, R Moffitt, J Kenyon Proc 10th Int Coral Reef Symp 1, 718-723, 2006 | 4 | 2006 |
| 2018 Status Report Scoring Methodology for Pacific Jurisdictions C Donovan, J Kimball, D Swanson, C Couch, B Vargas-Angel, I Williams, ... | 2 | 2018 |
| Leveraging automated image analysis tools to transform our capacity to assess status and trends on coral reefs. C Couch, I Williams, O Beijbom, T Oliver, B Vargas-Angel, B Schumacher, ... American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, OD44B-3497, 2020 | 1 | 2020 |