| Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, aka “The dead zone” NN Rabalais, RE Turner, WJ Wiseman Jr Annual Review of ecology and Systematics 33 (1), 235-263, 2002 | 1852 | 2002 |
| Dynamics and distribution of natural and human-caused hypoxia NN Rabalais, RJ Diaz, LA Levin, RE Turner, D Gilbert, J Zhang Biogeosciences 7 (2), 585-619, 2010 | 1481 | 2010 |
| Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters NN Rabalais, RE Turner, RJ Díaz, D Justić ICES Journal of Marine Science 66 (7), 1528-1537, 2009 | 1376 | 2009 |
| Nutrient changes in the Mississippi River and system responses on the adjacent continental shelf NN Rabalais, RE Turner, D JustiĆ, Q Dortch, WJ Wiseman, BK Sen Gupta Estuaries 19 (2), 386-407, 1996 | 1122 | 1996 |
| Changes in nutrient structure of river-dominated coastal waters: stoichiometric nutrient balance and its consequences D Justić, NN Rabalais, RE Turner, Q Dortch Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 40 (3), 339-356, 1995 | 1060 | 1995 |
| Coastal eutrophication near the Mississippi river delta RE Turner, NN Rabalais Nature 368 (6472), 619-621, 1994 | 1033 | 1994 |
| Dependence of fishery species on salt marshes: the role of food and refuge DF Boesch, RE Turner Estuaries 7 (4), 460-468, 1984 | 1005 | 1984 |
| Beyond Science into Policy: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia and the Mississippi River: Nutrient policy development for the Mississippi River watershed reflects the accumulated … NN Rabalais, RE Turner, D Scavia BioScience 52 (2), 129-142, 2002 | 932 | 2002 |
| Changes in Mississippi River water quality this century RE Turner, NN Rabalais BioScience 41 (3), 140-147, 1991 | 916 | 1991 |
| Linking landscape and water quality in the Mississippi River Basin for 200 years RE Turner, NN Rabalais Bioscience 53 (6), 563-572, 2003 | 692 | 2003 |
| Anthropogenically enhanced fluxes of water and carbon from the Mississippi River PA Raymond, NH Oh, RE Turner, W Broussard Nature 451 (7177), 449-452, 2008 | 669 | 2008 |
| Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico NN Rabalais, RE Turner, WJ Wiseman Jr Journal of environmental quality 30 (2), 320-329, 2001 | 604 | 2001 |
| Stoichiometric nutrient balance and origin of coastal eutrophication D Justić, NN Rabalais, RE Turner Marine pollution bulletin 30 (1), 41-46, 1995 | 570 | 1995 |
| Intertidal vegetation and commercial yields of penaeid shrimp RE Turner Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 106 (5), 411-416, 1977 | 546 | 1977 |
| Fluctuating silicate: nitrate ratios and coastal plankton food webs RE Turner, N Qureshi, NN Rabalais, Q Dortch, D Justic, RF Shaw, J Cope Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95 (22), 13048-13051, 1998 | 464 | 1998 |
| Global patterns of dissolved N, P and Si in large rivers RE Turner, NN Rabalais, D Justic', Q Dortch Biogeochemistry 64 (3), 297-317, 2003 | 452 | 2003 |
| Gulf of Mexico hypoxia: Alternate states and a legacy RE Turner, NN Rabalais, D Justic Environmental Science & Technology 42 (7), 2323-2327, 2008 | 451 | 2008 |
| Hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Does the science support the plan to reduce, mitigate, and control hypoxia? NN Rabalais, RE Turner, BK Sen Gupta, DF Boesch, P Chapman, ... Estuaries and Coasts 30 (5), 753-772, 2007 | 451 | 2007 |
| The role of hydrology in freshwater wetland ecosystems. JG Gosselink, RE Turner | 440 | 1978 |
| Eutrophication-driven deoxygenation in the coastal ocean NN Rabalais, WJ Cai, J Carstensen, DJ Conley, B Fry, X Hu, ... Oceanography 27 (1), 172-183, 2014 | 430 | 2014 |