| Community ecology of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems SE Kahng, JR Garcia-Sais, HL Spalding, E Brokovich, D Wagner, E Weil, ... Coral Reefs 29, 255-275, 2010 | 525 | 2010 |
| Recent advances in the ecology of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) SE Kahng, JM Copus, D Wagner Current opinion in environmental sustainability 7, 72-81, 2014 | 236 | 2014 |
| The biology and ecology of black corals (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) D Wagner, DG Luck, RJ Toonen Advances in marine biology 63, 67-132, 2012 | 184 | 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 | 167 | 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 | 164 | 2014 |
| Advancing social equity in and through marine conservation NJ Bennett, L Katz, W Yadao-Evans, GN Ahmadia, S Atkinson, NC Ban, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 711538, 2021 | 146 | 2021 |
| A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago RL Pyle, R Boland, H Bolick, BW Bowen, CJ Bradley, C Kane, RK Kosaki, ... PeerJ 4, e2475, 2016 | 128 | 2016 |
| Mesophotic coral ecosystems S Kahng, JM Copus, D Wagner Marine animal forests 10, 978-3, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Protecting Earth's last conservation frontier: scientific, management and legal priorities for MPAs beyond national boundaries K Gjerde, L Reeve, H Harden-Davies, J Ardron, R Dolan, C Durussel, ... | 105 | 2016 |
| High levels of mesophotic reef fish endemism in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands C Kane, RK Kosaki, D Wagner Bulletin of Marine Science 90 (2), 693-703, 2014 | 103 | 2014 |
| An alternative to ITS, a hypervariable, single-copy nuclear intron in corals, and its use in detecting cryptic species within the octocoral genus Carijoa GT Concepcion, MW Crepeau, D Wagner, SE Kahng, RJ Toonen Coral reefs 27, 323-336, 2008 | 90 | 2008 |
| Efficient light harvesting in deep-water zooxanthellate corals SE Kahng, EJ Hochberg, A Apprill, D Wagner, DG Luck, D Perez, ... Marine Ecology Progress Series 455, 65-77, 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
| A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses KL Howell, JS Davies, AL Allcock, A Braga-Henriques, P Buhl-Mortensen, ... PloS one 14 (12), e0218904, 2019 | 74 | 2019 |
| Structure of mesophotic reef fish assemblages in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands A Fukunaga, RK Kosaki, D Wagner, C Kane PLoS One 11 (7), e0157861, 2016 | 65 | 2016 |
| 2018 D Wagner, SC France, C Adams Oceanography 31 (1), 100-101, 2018 | 64 | 2018 |
| Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium D Wagner, X Pochon, L Irwin, RJ Toonen, RD Gates Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 278 (1710), 1323-1328, 2011 | 64 | 2011 |
| Coral reefs of the high seas: hidden biodiversity hotspots in need of protection D Wagner, AM Friedlander, RL Pyle, CM Brooks, KM Gjerde, TA Wilhelm Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 567428, 2020 | 61 | 2020 |
| To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review JH Laverick, S Piango, DA Andradi-Brown, DA Exton, P Bongaerts, ... Environmental Evidence 7, 1-13, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
| Co‐operation between large‐scale MPAs: Successful experiences from the Pacific Ocean AM Friedlander, D Wagner, CF Gaymer, TA Wilhelm, NA Lewis, S Brooke, ... Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 26, 126-141, 2016 | 52 | 2016 |
| Localized outbreaks of Acanthaster planci at an isolated and unpopulated reef atoll in the Chagos Archipelago RC Roche, MS Pratchett, P Carr, JR Turner, D Wagner, C Head, ... Marine Biology 162, 1695-1704, 2015 | 52 | 2015 |
