| One-third of reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts KE Carpenter, M Abrar, G Aeby, RB Aronson, S Banks, A Bruckner, ... Science 321 (5888), 560-563, 2008 | 1727 | 2008 |
| Coral mortality increases wave energy reaching shores protected by reef flats: examples from the Seychelles C Sheppard, DJ Dixon, M Gourlay, A Sheppard, R Payet Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 64 (2-3), 223-234, 2005 | 412 | 2005 |
| Corals and coral communities of Arabia CRC Sheppard Marine Management (Holdings) Limited, 1991 | 358 | 1991 |
| Reefs and islands of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean: why it is the world's largest no‐take marine protected area CRC Sheppard, M Ateweberhan, BW Bowen, P Carr, CA Chen, C Clubbe, ... Aquatic Conservation: marine and freshwater ecosystems 22 (2), 232-261, 2012 | 188 | 2012 |
| One size does not fit all: the emerging frontier in large-scale marine conservation RJ Toonen, TA Wilhelm, SM Maxwell, D Wagner, BW Bowen, ... Marine pollution bulletin 77 (1-2), 7-10, 2013 | 166 | 2013 |
| Large marine protected areas–advantages and challenges of going big TA Wilhelm, CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard, CF Gaymer, J Parks, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 24 (S2), 24-30, 2014 | 156 | 2014 |
| Archipelago-wide coral recovery patterns since 1998 in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean CRC Sheppard, A Harris, ALS Sheppard Marine Ecology Progress Series 362, 109-117, 2008 | 156 | 2008 |
| Study of the fauna inhabiting the holdfasts of Laminaria hyperborea (Gunn.) Fosl. along some environmental and geographical gradients CRC Sheppard, DJ Bellamy, ALS Sheppard Marine Environmental Research 4 (1), 25-51, 1980 | 73 | 1980 |
| Coral bleaching and mortality in the Chagos Archipelago C Sheppard, A Sheppard, A Mogg, D Bayley, AC Dempsey, R Roache, ... Atoll Research Bulletin, 1-26, 2017 | 68 | 2017 |
| Demise of Madagascar's once great barrier reef: changes in coral reef conditions over 40 years A Harris, G Manahira, A Sheppard, C Gouch, C Sheppard Atoll Research Bulletin, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
| A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world’s largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges GC Hays, HJ Koldewey, S Andrzejaczek, MJ Attrill, S Barley, DTI Bayley, ... Marine Biology 167, 1-22, 2020 | 55 | 2020 |
| The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns ALS Sheppard Coral Reefs 3, 43-50, 1984 | 37 | 1984 |
| Coral mass mortalities in the Chagos Archipelago over 40 years: regional species and assemblage extinctions and indications of positive feedbacks C Sheppard, A Sheppard, D Fenner Marine Pollution Bulletin 154, 111075, 2020 | 36 | 2020 |
| Studies on the Growth of Laminaria hyperborea (Gunn.) Fosl. and Laminaria ochroleuca De La Pylaie on the French Channel Coast CRC Sheppard, BP Jupp, ALS Sheppard, DJ Bellamy Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 21 (2), 109-116, 1978 | 25 | 1978 |
| Reefs and coral assemblages of Saudi Arabia. 1. The central Red Sea at Yanbu al Sinaiyah. CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard | 24 | 1985 |
| Negligible risks to corals from antifouling booster biocides and triazine herbicides in coastal waters of the Chagos Archipelago C Guitart, A Sheppard, T Frickers, ARG Price, JW Readman Marine Pollution Bulletin 54 (2), 226-231, 2007 | 21 | 2007 |
| Corals of the Indian Ocean CRC Sheppard, ALS Sheppard CD format. SIDA, Stockholm University, Sweden, 1998 | 18 | 1998 |
| Contaminants, pollution and potential anthropogenic impacts in Chagos/BIOT JW Readman, F DeLuna, R Ebinghaus, AN Guzman, ARG Price, ... Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories, 283-298, 2013 | 16 | 2013 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (the Chagos Archipelago): setting, connections and the marine protected area CRC Sheppard, BW Bowen, AC Chen, MT Craig, J Eble, N Fitzsimmons, ... Coral reefs of the United Kingdom overseas territories, 223-240, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| British Indian Ocean Territory (Chagos Archipelago) C Sheppard, A Sheppard World seas: An environmental evaluation, 237-252, 2019 | 11 | 2019 |
