| A guide to the common sea fishes of southern Africa R Van der Elst, P Borchert | 468 | 1993 |
| Fish, fishers and fisheries of the Western Indian Ocean: their diversity and status. A preliminary assessment R Van der Elst, B Everett, N Jiddawi, G Mwatha, PS Afonso, D Boulle Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical …, 2005 | 134 | 2005 |
| A proliferation of small sharks in the shore-based Natal sport fishery RP van der Elst Environmental Biology of Fishes 4, 349-362, 1979 | 119 | 1979 |
| Game Fish of the East Coast of Southern Africa 1. The Biology of the Elf, Pomatomus Saltatrix(Linnaeus), in the Coastal Waters of Natal R Van der Elst South African Association for Marine Biological Research Investigational Report, 1976 | 116 | 1976 |
| Preliminary coastal vulnerability assessment for kwazulu-natal, south africa BJ Palmer, R Van der Elst, F Mackay, AA Mather, AM Smith, SC Bundy, ... Journal of Coastal Research, 1390-1395, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
| Ecology of the Agulhas Current region: an assessment of biological responses to environmental parameters in the south-west Indian Ocean AEF Heydorn, ND Bang, AF Pearce, BW Flemming, RA Carter, ... Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 43 (2), 151-190, 1978 | 91 | 1978 |
| Marine linefish: priority species and research objectives in southern Africa RP von der Elst, F Adkin | 89 | 1991 |
| Composition, species richness and similarity of ichthyofaunas in eelgrass Zostera capensis beds of southern Africa AK Whitfield, LE Beckley, BA Bennett, GM Branch, HM Kok, IC Potter, ... South African Journal of Marine Science 8 (1), 251-259, 1989 | 88 | 1989 |
| Long-term trends in catch and effort in the KwaZulu-Natal nearshore linefisheries AJ Penney, JB Mann-Lang, RP Van Der Elst, C Wilke African Journal of Marine Science 21, 1999 | 83 | 1999 |
| First estimates of mortality and population size of white sharks on the South African coast G CLIFF, RP VAN DER ELST, A GOVENDER, TK WITTHUHN, ... Great White Sharks, 393-400, 1996 | 81 | 1996 |
| Marine recreational angling in South Africa RP Van der Elst Oceans of life off southern Africa, 164-176, 1989 | 78 | 1989 |
| A review of the Oceanographic Research Institute's Cooperative Fish Tagging Project: 27 years down the line SW Dunlop, BQ Mann, RP Van der Elst African Journal of Marine Science 35 (2), 209-221, 2013 | 65 | 2013 |
| Top predators in southern Africa's marine ecosystems PB Best, RJM Crawford, RP Van der Elst Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 52 (1), 177-225, 1997 | 50 | 1997 |
| Establishing a transboundary network of marine protected areas: Diplomatic and management options for the east African context J Guerreiro, A Chircop, C Grilo, A Viras, R Ribeiro, R van der Elst Marine Policy 34 (5), 896-910, 2010 | 49 | 2010 |
| Nine nations, one ocean: A benchmark appraisal of the South Western Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (2008–2012) RP van der Elst, JC Groeneveld, AP Baloi, F Marsac, KI Katonda, ... Ocean & Coastal Management 52 (5), 258-267, 2009 | 48 | 2009 |
| Transkei coastal fisheries resources PJ Fielding Oceanographic Literature Review 2 (43), 191, 1996 | 45 | 1996 |
| First records of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias, from Mauritius, Zanzibar, Madagascar and Kenya SP Cliff, G.*, Compagno, LJV**, Smale, MJ***, Van der Elst, RP**** and Wintner South African Journal of Science 96 (7), 365-367, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
| Density and biomass of the ichthyofauna of a Natal littoral reef. PF Berry, RP Van Der Elst, P Hanekom, CSW Joubert, MJ Smale Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 10 (1), 49-65, 1982 | 43 | 1982 |
| Shelf ichthyofauna of Natal R Van der Elst Coastal ocean sciences of Natal, South Africa (Ed. EH Schumann). Springer …, 1988 | 39 | 1988 |
| Identification of the juvenile mullet of the east coast of South Africa RP Van der Elst, JH Wallace Journal of Fish Biology 9 (4), 371-374, 1976 | 39 | 1976 |
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