| Oxidative stress in marine environments: biochemistry and physiological ecology MP Lesser Annu. Rev. Physiol. 68, 253-278, 2006 | 2178 | 2006 |
| Oxidative stress causes coral bleaching during exposure to elevated temperatures MP Lesser Coral reefs 16 (3), 187-192, 1997 | 789 | 1997 |
| Elevated temperatures and ultraviolet radiation cause oxidative stress and inhibit photosynthesis in ymbiotic dinoflagellates MP Lesser Limnology and oceanography 41 (2), 271-283, 1996 | 744 | 1996 |
| Bleaching in coral reef anthozoans: effects of irradiance, ultraviolet radiation, and temperature on the activities of protective enzymes against active oxygen MP Lesser, WR Stochaj, DW Tapley, JM Shick Coral reefs 8 (4), 225-232, 1990 | 692 | 1990 |
| Ecology of mesophotic coral reefs MP Lesser, M Slattery, JJ Leichter Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 375 (1-2), 1-8, 2009 | 611 | 2009 |
| Discovery of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria in corals MP Lesser, CH Mazel, MY Gorbunov, PG Falkowski Science 305 (5686), 997-1000, 2004 | 583 | 2004 |
| Biological weighting function for the inhibition of phytoplankton photosynthesis by ultraviolet radiation JJ Cullen, PJ Neale, MP Lesser Science 258 (5082), 646-650, 1992 | 573 | 1992 |
| Exposure to solar radiation increases damage to both host tissues and algal symbionts of corals during thermal stress MP Lesser, JH Farrell Coral reefs 23 (3), 367-377, 2004 | 560 | 2004 |
| Coral bleaching: causes and mechanisms MP Lesser Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 405-419, 2010 | 441 | 2010 |
| Are infectious diseases really killing corals? Alternative interpretations of the experimental and ecological data MP Lesser, JC Bythell, RD Gates, RW Johnstone, O Hoegh-Guldberg Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 346 (1-2), 36-44, 2007 | 416 | 2007 |
| Effects of morphology and water motion on carbon delivery and productivity in the reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus): diffusion barriers, inorganic carbon limitation … MP Lesser, VM Weis, MR Patterson, PL Jokiel Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 178 (2), 153-179, 1994 | 347 | 1994 |
| Photosynthesis and photoprotection in symbiotic corals MY Gorbunov, ZS Kolber, MP Lesser, PG Falkowski Limnology and Oceanography 46 (1), 75-85, 2001 | 342 | 2001 |
| Effects of irradiance and ultraviolet radiation on photoadaptation in the zooxanthellae of Aiptasia pallida: primary production, photoinhibition, and enzymic defenses … MP Lesser, JM Shick Marine Biology 102 (2), 243-255, 1989 | 341 | 1989 |
| Phase shift to algal dominated communities at mesophotic depths associated with lionfish (Pterois volitans) invasion on a Bahamian coral reef MP Lesser, M Slattery Biological Invasions 13 (8), 1855-1868, 2011 | 340 | 2011 |
| Nitrogen fixation by symbiotic cyanobacteria provides a source of nitrogen for the scleractinian coral Montastraea cavernosa MP Lesser, LI Falcón, A Rodríguez-Román, S Enríquez, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 346, 143-152, 2007 | 331 | 2007 |
| Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems MP Lesser Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 300 (1-2), 217-252, 2004 | 326 | 2004 |
| Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of … WK Fitt, RD Gates, O Hoegh-Guldberg, JC Bythell, A Jatkar, AG Grottoli, ... Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology 373 (2), 102-110, 2009 | 322 | 2009 |
| Photoacclimatization by the coral Montastraea cavernosa in the mesophotic zone: light, food, and genetics MP Lesser, M Slattery, M Stat, M Ojimi, RD Gates, A Grottoli Ecology 91 (4), 990-1003, 2010 | 319 | 2010 |
| Effects of ultraviolet radiation on corals and other coral reef organisms JM Shick, MP Lesser, PL Jokiel Global Change Biology 2 (6), 527-545, 1996 | 313 | 1996 |
| Nitrogen fixation and nitrogen transformations in marine symbioses CL Fiore, JK Jarett, ND Olson, MP Lesser Trends in microbiology 18 (10), 455-463, 2010 | 304 | 2010 |
