| The magnitude of global marine species diversity W Appeltans, ST Ahyong, G Anderson, MV Angel, T Artois, N Bailly, ... Current Biology 22 (23), 2189-2202, 2012 | 1239 | 2012 |
| Ecological and evolutionary insights from species invasions DF Sax, JJ Stachowicz, JH Brown, JF Bruno, MN Dawson, SD Gaines, ... Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22 (9), 465-471, 2007 | 1082 | 2007 |
| The phylum Cnidaria: a review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus M Daly, MR Brugler, P Cartwright, AG Collins, MN Dawson, DG Fautin, ... Zootaxa 1668, 127-182, 2007 | 678* | 2007 |
| Coastal and marine zooplankton: diversity and biology I Suthers, M Dawson, K Pitt, AG Miskiewicz Plankton, a guide to their ecology and monitoring for water quality (eds IM …, 2009 | 475* | 2009 |
| Molecular evidence for cryptic species of Aurelia aurita (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) MN Dawson, DK Jacobs The Biological Bulletin 200 (1), 92-96, 2001 | 449 | 2001 |
| Questioning the Rise of Gelatinous Zooplankton in the World's Oceans RH Condon, WM Graham, CM Duarte, KA Pitt, CH Lucas, SHD Haddock, ... BioScience 62 (2), 160-169, 2012 | 419 | 2012 |
| Global phylogeography of Cassiopea (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae): molecular evidence for cryptic species and multiple invasions of the Hawaiian Islands BS Holland, MN Dawson, GL Crow, DK Hofmann Marine Biology 145, 1119-1128, 2004 | 301 | 2004 |
| Phylogeography in coastal marine animals: a solution from California? MN Dawson Journal of Biogeography 28 (6), 723-736, 2001 | 279 | 2001 |
| Field preservation of marine inverteebrate tissue for DNA analyses MN Dawson, KA Raskoff, DK Jacobs Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology 7 (2), 145-152, 1998 | 243 | 1998 |
| Coupled biophysical global ocean model and molecular genetic analyses identify multiple introductions of cryptogenic species MN Dawson, AS Gupta, MH England Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 2005 | 232 | 2005 |
| Macro-morphological variation among cryptic species of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) MN Dawson Marine Biology 143, 369-379, 2003 | 190 | 2003 |
| Comparative phylogeography of sympatric sister species, Clevelandia ios and Eucyclogobius newberryi (Teleostei, Gobiidae), across the California Transition Zone MN Dawson, KD Louie, M Barlow, DK Jacobs, CC Swift Molecular Ecology 11 (6), 1065-1075, 2002 | 183 | 2002 |
| The role of molecular genetics in sculpting the future of integrative biogeography BR Riddle, MN Dawson, EA Hadly, DJ Hafner, MJ Hickerson, ... Progress in Physical Geography 32 (2), 173-202, 2008 | 177 | 2008 |
| A review and synthesis on the systematics and evolution of jellyfish blooms: advantageous aggregations and adaptive assemblages WM Hamner, MN Dawson Hydrobiologia 616 (1), 161-191, 2009 | 168 | 2009 |
| Incipient speciation of Catostylus mosaicus (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae, Catostylidae), comparative phylogeography and biogeography in south‐east Australia MN Dawson Journal of Biogeography 32 (3), 515-533, 2005 | 159 | 2005 |
| Unmasking Aurelia species in the Mediterranean Sea: an integrative morphometric and molecular approach S Scorrano, G Aglieri, F Boero, MN Dawson, S Piraino Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 180 (2), 243-267, 2017 | 139 | 2017 |
| Rapid evolutionary radiation of marine zooplankton in peripheral environments MN Dawson, WM Hamner Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 2005 | 133 | 2005 |
| Domestic waste and TBT pollution in coastal areas of Ambon Island (Eastern Indonesia) SM Evans, M Dawson, J Day, CLJ Frid, ME Gill, LA Pattisina, J Porter Marine Pollution Bulletin 30 (2), 109-115, 1995 | 131 | 1995 |
| Evolutionary relationships among scyphozoan jellyfish families based on complete taxon sampling and phylogenetic analyses of 18S and 28S ribosomal DNA KM Bayha, MN Dawson, AG Collins, MS Barbeitos, SHD Haddock Integrative and Comparative Biology 50 (3), 436-455, 2010 | 117 | 2010 |
| Phylogeography of the tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius newberryi (Teleostei, Gobiidae), in coastal California MN Dawson, JL Staton, DK Jacobs Evolution 55 (6), 1167-1179, 2001 | 113 | 2001 |
