| Climate-driven trends in contemporary ocean productivity MJ Behrenfeld, RT O’Malley, DA Siegel, CR McClain, JL Sarmiento, ... Nature 444 (7120), 752, 2006 | 1655 | 2006 |
| Carbon‐based ocean productivity and phytoplankton physiology from space MJ Behrenfeld, E Boss, DA Siegel, DM Shea Global biogeochemical cycles 19 (1), 2005 | 733 | 2005 |
| A model for estimating bulk refractive index from the optical backscattering ratio and the implications for understanding particle composition in case I and case II waters MS Twardowski, E Boss, JB Macdonald, WS Pegau, AH Barnard, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 106 (C7), 14129-14142, 2001 | 438 | 2001 |
| Modeling the spectral shape of absorption by chromophoric dissolved organic matter MS Twardowski, E Boss, JM Sullivan, PL Donaghay Marine Chemistry 89 (1-4), 69-88, 2004 | 384 | 2004 |
| Carbon‐based primary productivity modeling with vertically resolved photoacclimation T Westberry, MJ Behrenfeld, DA Siegel, E Boss Global Biogeochemical Cycles 22 (2), 2008 | 350 | 2008 |
| The role of seawater constituents in light backscattering in the ocean D Stramski, E Boss, D Bogucki, KJ Voss Progress in Oceanography 61 (1), 27-56, 2004 | 335 | 2004 |
| Phase function effects on oceanic light fields CD Mobley, LK Sundman, E Boss Applied optics 41 (6), 1035-1050, 2002 | 332 | 2002 |
| Nutrient fluxes to planktonic osmotrophs in the presence of fluid motion L Karp-Boss, E Boss, PA Jumars Oceanography and Marine Biology 34, 71-108, 1996 | 312 | 1996 |
| Relationship of light scattering at an angle in the backward direction to the backscattering coefficient E Boss, WS Pegau Applied Optics 40 (30), 5503-5507, 2001 | 259 | 2001 |
| Particulate backscattering ratio at LEO 15 and its use to study particles composition and distribution. E Boss, WS Pegau, M Lee, FB Twardowski, M, E. Shybanov, G. Korotaev Journal of Geophysical Research 109, C01014, 2004 | 232 | 2004 |
| Shape of the particulate beam attenuation spectrum and its inversion to obtain the shape of the particulate size distribution E Boss, MS Twardowski, S Herring Applied Optics 40 (27), 4885-4893, 2001 | 232* | 2001 |
| Satellite-detected fluorescence reveals global physiology of ocean phytoplankton MJ Behrenfeld, TK Westberry, ES Boss, RT O'Malley, DA Siegel, ... Biogeosciences 6, 779-794, 2009 | 221 | 2009 |
| Subsurface maxima of phytoplankton and chlorophyll: Steady‐state solutions from a simple model K Fennel, E Boss Limnology and Oceanography 48 (4), 1521-1534, 2003 | 218 | 2003 |
| Plankton networks driving carbon export in the oligotrophic ocean L Guidi, S Chaffron, L Bittner, D Eveillard, A Larhlimi, S Roux, Y Darzi, ... Nature 532, 465–470, 2016 | 197 | 2016 |
| Characteristics, distribution and persistence of thin layers over a 48 hour period MA McManus, AL Alldredge, AH Barnard, E Boss, JF Case, TJ Cowles, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 261, 1-19, 2003 | 197 | 2003 |
| Resurrecting the Ecological Underpinnings of Ocean Plankton Blooms MJ Behrenfeld, ES Boss Annual Review of Marine Science 6 (1), 167-194, 2014 | 166 | 2014 |
| Generalized ocean color inversion model for retrieving marine inherent optical properties PJ Werdell, BA Franz, SW Bailey, GC Feldman, E Boss, VE Brando, ... Applied Optics 52 (10), 2019-2037, 2013 | 162 | 2013 |
| Observing biogeochemical cycles at global scales with profiling floats and gliders: Prospects for a global array KS Johnson, WM Berelson, ES Boss, Z Chase, H Claustre, SR Emerson, ... Oceanography 22 (3), 216-225, 2009 | 162 | 2009 |
| Spectral particulate attenuation and particle size distribution in the bottom boundary layer of a continental shelf E Boss, WS Pegau, WD Gardner, JR Zaneveld, AH Barnard, ... Journal of Geophysical Research 106, 9509-9516, 2001 | 148 | 2001 |
| Regional to global assessments of phytoplankton dynamics from the SeaWiFS mission D Siegel, MJ Behrenfeld, S Maritorena, CR McClain, D Antoine, ... Remote Sensing of Environment 135, 77-91, 2013 | 142 | 2013 |
David A. SiegelProfessor of Marine Science, UC Santa BarbaraVerified email at icess.ucsb.edu