| The influence of selected environmental variables on fish assemblage structure in a range of southeast African estuaries PD Vorwerk, AK Whitfield, PD Cowley, AW Paterson Environmental Biology of Fishes 66, 237-247, 2003 | 137 | 2003 |
| A stable carbon isotope study of the food-web in a freshwater-deprived South African estuary, with particular emphasis on the ichthyofauna AW Paterson, AK Whitfield Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 45 (6), 705-715, 1997 | 127 | 1997 |
| Effects of climate change on South African estuaries and associated fish species NC James, L Van Niekerk, AK Whitfield, WM Potts, A Götz, AW Paterson Climate research 57 (3), 233-248, 2013 | 119 | 2013 |
| Influence of altered freshwater flow regimes on abundance of larval and juvenile Gilchristella aestuaria (Pisces: Clupeidae) in the upper reaches of two South African estuaries NA Strydom, AK Whitfield, AW Paterson Marine and Freshwater Research 53 (2), 431-438, 2002 | 102 | 2002 |
| A survey of selected Eastern Cape estuaries with particular reference to the ichthyofauna PD Vorwerk, AK Whitfield, PD Cowley, AW Paterson Ichthyological Bulletin 72, 1-52, 2001 | 67 | 2001 |
| Development of a conservation plan for temperate South African estuaries on the basis of biodiversity importance J Turpie, B Clark Ecosystem Health and Economic Costs and Benefits-Final Report (CAPE Regional …, 2007 | 57 | 2007 |
| The ichthyofauna associated with an intertidal creek and adjacent eelgrass beds in the Kariega Estuary, South Africa AW Paterson, AK Whitfield Environmental Biology of Fishes 58, 145-156, 2000 | 55 | 2000 |
| Flood-associated mass mortality of fishes in the Sundays Estuary AK Whitfield, AW Paterson Water S. A. 21 (4), 385-389, 1995 | 55 | 1995 |
| The fishes associated with three intertidal salt marsh creeks in a temperate southern African estuary AW Paterson, AK Whitfield Wetlands Ecology and Management 11, 305-315, 2003 | 41 | 2003 |
| Working together for our oceans: A marine spatial plan for Algoa Bay, South Africa RA Dorrington, AT Lombard, TG Bornman, JB Adams, HC Cawthra, ... South African Journal of Science 114 (3-4), 1-6, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| Fish population dynamics in a temporarily open/closed South African estuary PD Cowley Rhodes University, 1998 | 38 | 1998 |
| New possibilities for research on reef fish across the continental shelf of South Africa ATF Bernard, A Götz, D Parker, ER Heyns, SJ Halse, NA Riddin, ... South African Journal of Science 110 (9-10), 01-05, 2014 | 34 | 2014 |
| An assessment of coastal development and land use change using the DPSIR framework: Case studies from the Eastern Cape, South Africa BJ Palmer, TR Hill, GK Mcgregor, AW Paterson Coastal Management 39 (2), 158-174, 2011 | 29 | 2011 |
| The influence of selected environmental parameters on the distribution of the dominant demersal fishes in the Kariega Estuary channel, South Africa N Richardson, AK Whitfield, AW Paterson African Zoology 41 (1), 89-102, 2006 | 29 | 2006 |
| Biological responses to a resumption in river flow in a freshwaterdeprived, permanently open Southern African estuary PD Vorwerk, PW Froneman, AW Paterson, NA Strydom, AK Whitfield Water Sa 34 (5), 597-604, 2008 | 25 | 2008 |
| Systematic marine spatial planning and monitoring in a data poor environment: A case study of Algoa Bay, South Africa R Chalmers Unpublished PhD thesis, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Recovery of the critically endangered river pipefish, Syngnathus watermeyeri, in the Kariega Estuary, Eastern Cape province PD Vorwerk, PW Froneman, AW Paterson South African Journal of Science 103 (5-6), 199-201, 2007 | 23 | 2007 |
| Fish community response to increased river flow in the Kariega Estuary, a freshwater-deprived, permanently open southern African system PD Vorwerk, PW Froneman, AW Paterson, AK Whitfield African Journal of Aquatic Science 33 (3), 189-200, 2008 | 19 | 2008 |
| Increased abundance of two important sport fishery species following renewed river flow into a freshwater‐deprived South African estuary PD Vorwerk, AW Paterson, PW Froneman, AK Whitfield Fisheries Management and Ecology 16 (5), 420-423, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| Aspects of the ecology of fishes associated with salt marshes and adjacent habitats in a temperate South African estuary AW Paterson Rhodes University, 1998 | 15 | 1998 |
