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| Global patterns and predictions of seafloor biomass using random forests CL Wei, GT Rowe, E Escobar-Briones, A Boetius, T Soltwedel, MJ Caley, ... PloS one 5 (12), e15323, 2010 | 368 | 2010 |
| Long-term change in the megabenthos of the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic) DSM Billett, BJ Bett, AL Rice, MH Thurston, J Galéron, M Sibuet, GA Wolff Progress in Oceanography 50 (1-4), 325-348, 2001 | 329 | 2001 |
| Biological responses to disturbance from simulated deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining DOB Jones, S Kaiser, AK Sweetman, CR Smith, L Menot, A Vink, ... PLoS One 12 (2), e0171750, 2017 | 298 | 2017 |
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| Climate, carbon cycling, and deep-ocean ecosystems KL Smith Jr, HA Ruhl, BJ Bett, DSM Billett, RS Lampitt, RS Kaufmann Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (46), 19211-19218, 2009 | 281 | 2009 |
| Biotic and human vulnerability to projected changes in ocean biogeochemistry over the 21st century C Mora, CL Wei, A Rollo, T Amaro, AR Baco, D Billett, L Bopp, Q Chen, ... PLoS Biology 11 (10), e1001682, 2013 | 276 | 2013 |
| Deep-sea holothurians DM Billett Oceanography and Marine Biology 29, 259-317, 1991 | 227 | 1991 |
| Biomass of the invertebrate megabenthos from 500 to 4100 m in the northeast Atlantic Ocean RS Lampitt, DSM Billett, AL Rice Marine Biology 93, 69-81, 1986 | 219 | 1986 |
| Long-term change in the abyssal NE Atlantic: The ‘Amperima Event’ revisited DSM Billett, BJ Bett, WDK Reid, B Boorman, IG Priede Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 57 (15), 1406-1417, 2010 | 200 | 2010 |
| The origin of deep-water, coral-topped mounds in the northern Rockall Trough, Northeast Atlantic DG Masson, BJ Bett, DSM Billett, CL Jacobs, AJ Wheeler, RB Wynn Marine Geology 194 (3-4), 159-180, 2003 | 198 | 2003 |
| Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): a fatty-acid biomarker approach KL Howell, DW Pond, DSM Billett, PA Tyler Marine Ecology Progress Series 255, 193-206, 2003 | 197 | 2003 |
| Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy R Danovaro, E Fanelli, J Aguzzi, D Billett, L Carugati, C Corinaldesi, ... Nature Ecology & Evolution 4 (2), 181-192, 2020 | 196 | 2020 |
| Ecological restoration in the deep sea: Desiderata CL Van Dover, J Aronson, L Pendleton, S Smith, S Arnaud-Haond, ... Marine Policy 44, 98-106, 2014 | 191 | 2014 |
| Temporal change in deep-sea benthic ecosystems: a review of the evidence from recent time-series studies AG Glover, AJ Gooday, DM Bailey, DSM Billett, P Chevaldonné, A Colaco, ... Advances in marine biology 58, 1-95, 2010 | 184 | 2010 |
| The Institute of Oceanographic Sciences biology programme in the Porcupine Seabight: background and general introduction AL Rice, DSM Billett, MH Thurston, RS Lampitt Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 71 (2 …, 1991 | 183 | 1991 |
| Mass deposition of jellyfish in the deep Arabian Sea DSM Billett, BJ Bett, CL Jacobs, IP Rouse, BD Wigham Limnology and Oceanography 51 (5), 2077-2083, 2006 | 174 | 2006 |
| An ecosystem-based deep-ocean strategy R Danovaro, J Aguzzi, E Fanelli, D Billett, K Gjerde, A Jamieson, ... Science 355 (6324), 452-454, 2017 | 173 | 2017 |
| Depth-related distribution and abundance of seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Porcupine Seabight and Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic KL Howell, DSM Billett, PA Tyler Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 49 (10), 1901-1920, 2002 | 172 | 2002 |
| Jelly-falls historic and recent observations: a review to drive future research directions M Lebrato, KA Pitt, AK Sweetman, DOB Jones, JE Cartes, A Oschlies, ... Hydrobiologia 690, 227-245, 2012 | 138 | 2012 |
