| Quantifying the evidence for ecological synergies ES Darling, IM Côté Ecology letters 11 (12), 1278-1286, 2008 | 511 | 2008 |
| Evaluating life‐history strategies of reef corals from species traits ES Darling, L Alvarez‐Filip, TA Oliver, TR McClanahan, IM Côté Ecology Letters 15 (12), 1378-1386, 2012 | 276 | 2012 |
| Rethinking ecosystem resilience in the face of climate change IM Côté, ES Darling PLoS biology 8 (7), e1000438, 2010 | 237 | 2010 |
| Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally DA Gill, MB Mascia, GN Ahmadia, L Glew, SE Lester, M Barnes, I Craigie, ... Nature 543 (7647), 665, 2017 | 208 | 2017 |
| Malthusian overfishing and efforts to overcome it on Kenyan coral reefs TR McClanahan, CC Hicks, ES Darling Ecological Applications 18 (6), 1516-1529, 2008 | 193 | 2008 |
| Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation IM Côté, ES Darling, CJ Brown Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1824), 20152592, 2016 | 181 | 2016 |
| Prioritizing key resilience indicators to support coral reef management in a changing climate TR McClanahan, SD Donner, JA Maynard, MA MacNeil, NAJ Graham, ... PloS one 7 (8), e42884, 2012 | 163 | 2012 |
| The role of Twitter in the lifecycle of a scientific publication ES Darling, D Shiffman, IM Côté, JA Drew Ideas in Ecology and Evolution 6, 32-43, 2013 | 159 | 2013 |
| Life histories predict coral community disassembly under multiple stressors ES Darling, TR McClanahan, IM Côté Global Change Biology 19 (6), 1930-1940, 2013 | 135 | 2013 |
| Evaluating social and ecological vulnerability of coral reef fisheries to climate change JE Cinner, C Huchery, ES Darling, AT Humphries, NAJ Graham, CC Hicks, ... PloS one 8 (9), e74321, 2013 | 132 | 2013 |
| Scientific evidence supports a ban on microbeads CM Rochman, SM Kross, JB Armstrong, MT Bogan, ES Darling, SJ Green, ... Environmental science & technology 49 (18), 10759-10761, 2015 | 130 | 2015 |
| Distributions of Indo-Pacific lionfishes Pterois spp. in their native ranges: implications for the Atlantic invasion M Kulbicki, J Beets, P Chabanet, K Cure, E Darling, SR Floeter, R Galzin, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 446, 189-205, 2012 | 126 | 2012 |
| Indo-Pacific lionfish are larger and more abundant on invaded reefs: a comparison of Kenyan and Bahamian lionfish populations ES Darling, SJ Green, JK O’Leary, IM Côté Biological invasions 13 (9), 2045-2051, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
| Combined effects of two stressors on Kenyan coral reefs are additive or antagonistic, not synergistic ES Darling, TR McClanahan, IM Côté Conservation Letters 3 (2), 122-130, 2010 | 102 | 2010 |
| Bolder science needed now for protected areas JEM Watson, ES Darling, O Venter, M Maron, J Walston, HP Possingham, ... Conservation Biology 30 (2), 243-248, 2016 | 84 | 2016 |
| Increased seed dispersal potential towards geographic range limits in a Pacific coast dune plant E Darling, KE Samis, CG Eckert New Phytologist 178 (2), 424-435, 2008 | 84 | 2008 |
| A trait-based approach to advance coral reef science JS Madin, MO Hoogenboom, SR Connolly, ES Darling, DS Falster, ... Trends in ecology & evolution 31 (6), 419-428, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
| The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge, SD Cairns, ... Scientific Data 3, 160017, 2016 | 56 | 2016 |
| Relationships between structural complexity, coral traits, and reef fish assemblages ES Darling, NAJ Graham, FA Januchowski-Hartley, KL Nash, ... Coral Reefs 36 (2), 561-575, 2017 | 54 | 2017 |
| Coral reefs in a crystal ball: predicting the future from the vulnerability of corals and reef fishes to multiple stressors TR McClanahan, NAJ Graham, ES Darling Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability 7, 59-64, 2014 | 52 | 2014 |
Isabelle M CôtéProfessor of Marine Ecology, Simon Fraser UniversityVerified email at sfu.ca