| One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts KE Carpenter, M Abrar, G Aeby, RB Aronson, S Banks, A Bruckner, ... Science 321 (5888), 560-563, 2008 | 1951 | 2008 |
| Coral mortality increases wave energy reaching shores protected by reef flats: examples from the Seychelles C Sheppard, DJ Dixon, M Gourlay, A Sheppard, R Payet Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 64 (2-3), 223-234, 2005 | 485 | 2005 |
| Corals and coral communities of Arabia CRC Sheppard Marine Management (Holdings) Limited, 1991 | 386 | 1991 |
| Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no‐take marine protected area CRC Sheppard, M Ateweberhan, BW Bowen, P Carr, CA Chen, C Clubbe, ... Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 22 (2), 232-261, 2012 | 210 | 2012 |
| Large marine protected areas–advantages and challenges of going big TA Wilhelm, CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard, CF Gaymer, J Parks, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24 (S2), 24-30, 2014 | 186 | 2014 |
| One size does not fit all: the emerging frontier in large-scale marine conservation RJ Toonen, TA Wilhelm, SM Maxwell, D Wagner, BW Bowen, ... Marine pollution bulletin 77 (1-2), 7-10, 2013 | 176 | 2013 |
| Archipelago-wide coral recovery patterns since 1998 in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean CRC Sheppard, A Harris, ALS Sheppard Marine Ecology Progress Series 362, 109-117, 2008 | 163 | 2008 |
| A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world’s largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges GC Hays, HJ Koldewey, S Andrzejaczek, MJ Attrill, S Barley, DTI Bayley, ... Marine Biology 167 (11), 159, 2020 | 100 | 2020 |
| Coral bleaching and mortality in the Chagos Archipelago C Sheppard, A Sheppard, A Mogg, D Bayley, AC Dempsey, R Roache, ... Atoll Research Bulletin, 1-26, 2017 | 86 | 2017 |
| Study of the fauna inhabiting the holdfasts of Laminaria hyperborea (Gunn.) Fosl. along some environmental and geographical gradients CRC Sheppard, DJ Bellamy, ALS Sheppard Marine Environmental Research 4 (1), 25-51, 1980 | 77 | 1980 |
| Demise of Madagascar's once great barrier reef: changes in coral reef conditions over 40 years A Harris, G Manahira, A Sheppard, C Gouch, C Sheppard Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 2010 | 71 | 2010 |
| Coral mass mortalities in the Chagos Archipelago over 40 years: regional species and assemblage extinctions and indications of positive feedbacks C Sheppard, A Sheppard, D Fenner Marine Pollution Bulletin 154, 111075, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
| The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns ALS Sheppard Coral Reefs 3 (1), 43-50, 1984 | 41 | 1984 |
| Reefs and coral assemblages of Saudi Arabia. 1. The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard | 27 | 1985 |
| Studies on the Growth of Laminaria hyperborea (Gunn.) Fosl. and Laminaria ochroleuca De La Pylaie CRC Sheppard, BP Jupp, ALS Sheppard, DJ Bellamy Botanica Marina 21, 109-116, 1978 | 27 | 1978 |
| Negligible risks to corals from antifouling booster biocides and triazine herbicides in coastal waters of the Chagos Archipelago C Guitart, A Sheppard, T Frickers, ARG Price, JW Readman Marine Pollution Bulletin 54 (2), 226-231, 2007 | 24 | 2007 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): setting, connections and the marine protected area CRC Sheppard, BW Bowen, AC Chen, MT Craig, J Eble, N Fitzsimmons, ... Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories, 223-240, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| Contaminants, pollution and potential anthropogenic impacts in Chagos/BIOT JW Readman, F DeLuna, R Ebinghaus, AN Guzman, ARG Price, ... Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories, 283-298, 2013 | 18 | 2013 |
| Corals of the Indian Ocean CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard CD format. SIDA, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1998 | 17 | 1998 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) C Sheppard, A Sheppard World seas: An environmental evaluation, 237-252, 2019 | 15 | 2019 |
