| The functional roles of marine sponges JJ Bell Estuarine, coastal and shelf science 79 (3), 341-353, 2008 | 430 | 2008 |
| Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges S Schmitt, P Tsai, J Bell, J Fromont, M Ilan, N Lindquist, T Perez, ... The ISME Journal 6 (3), 564, 2012 | 381 | 2012 |
| Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes? JJ Bell, SK Davy, T Jones, MW Taylor, NS Webster Global change biology 19 (9), 2613-2624, 2013 | 176 | 2013 |
| High connectivity of Indo-Pacific seagrass fish assemblages with mangrove and coral reef habitats RKF Unsworth, PS De León, SL Garrard, J Jompa, DJ Smith, JJ Bell Marine Ecology Progress Series 353, 213-224, 2008 | 161 | 2008 |
| Ecology of sponge assemblages (Porifera) in the Wakatobi region, south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia: richness and abundance JJ Bell, D Smith Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84 (3 …, 2004 | 132 | 2004 |
| The influences of bathymetry and flow regime upon the morphology of sublittoral sponge communities JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 80 (4 …, 2000 | 120 | 2000 |
| Diel trophic structuring of seagrass bed fish assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia RKF Unsworth, E Wylie, DJ Smith, JJ Bell Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 72 (1-2), 81-88, 2007 | 107 | 2007 |
| A sponge diversity centre within a marine ‘island’ JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology, 55-64, 2000 | 100 | 2000 |
| The importance of micro and macro morphological variation in the adaptation of a sublittoral demosponge to current extremes J Bell, D Barnes, J Turner Marine Biology 140 (1), 75-81, 2002 | 75 | 2002 |
| Sponge morphological diversity: a qualitative predictor of species diversity? JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 11 (2), 109-121, 2001 | 75 | 2001 |
| Sediment impacts on marine sponges JJ Bell, E McGrath, A Biggerstaff, T Bates, H Bennett, J Marlow, M Shaffer Marine pollution bulletin 94 (1-2), 5-13, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| Structuring of Indo-Pacific fish assemblages along the mangrove–seagrass continuum RKF Unsworth, SL Garrard, PS De León, LC Cullen, DJ Smith, KA Sloman, ... Aquatic Biology 5 (1), 85-95, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
| The contribution of scarid herbivory to seagrass ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific RKF Unsworth, JD Taylor, A Powell, JJ Bell, DJ Smith Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74 (1-2), 53-62, 2007 | 69 | 2007 |
| Economic and subsistence values of the standing stocks of seagrass fisheries: Potential benefits of no-fishing marine protected area management RKF Unsworth, LC Cullen, JN Pretty, DJ Smith, JJ Bell Ocean and Coastal Management 53 (5), 218, 2010 | 62 | 2010 |
| Tidal fish connectivity of reef and sea grass habitats in the Indo-Pacific RKF Unsworth, JJ Bell, DJ Smith Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 (5 …, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| The distribution and prevalence of sponges in relation to environmental gradients within a temperate sea lough: vertical cliff surfaces JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Diversity and Distributions 6 (6), 283-303, 2000 | 60 | 2000 |
| Low genetic diversity in a marine nature reserve: re-evaluating diversity criteria in reserve design JJ Bell, B Okamura Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 272 (1567), 1067-1074, 2005 | 55 | 2005 |
| Reduced diversity and high sponge abundance on a sedimented Indo-Pacific reef system: implications for future changes in environmental quality A Powell, DJ Smith, LJ Hepburn, T Jones, J Berman, J Jompa, JJ Bell PloS one 9 (1), e85253, 2014 | 54 | 2014 |
| The importance of competitor identity, morphology and ranking methodology to outcomes in interference competition between sponges JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Marine Biology 143 (3), 415-426, 2003 | 49 | 2003 |
| The distribution and prevalence of sponges in relation to environmental gradients within a temperate sea lough: inclined cliff surfaces JJ Bell, DKA Barnes Diversity and Distributions 6 (6), 305-323, 2000 | 49 | 2000 |
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