| Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise K Rogers, JJ Kelleway, N Saintilan, JP Megonigal, JB Adams, ... Nature 567 (7746), 91-95, 2019 | 368 | 2019 |
| Assessment of the conservation priority status of South African estuaries for use in management and water allocation JK Turpie, JB Adams, A Joubert, TD Harrison, BM Colloty, RC Maree, ... Water SA 28 (2), 191-206, 2002 | 265 | 2002 |
| Mangroves give cause for conservation optimism, for now DA Friess, ES Yando, GMO Abuchahla, JB Adams, S Cannicci, ... Current Biology 30 (4), R153-R154, 2020 | 178 | 2020 |
| A multidisciplinary study of a small, temporarily open/closed South African estuary, with particular emphasis on the influence of mouth state on the ecology of the system AK Whitfield, JB Adams, GC Bate, K Bezuidenhout, TG Bornman, ... African Journal of Marine Science 30 (3), 453-473, 2008 | 139 | 2008 |
| Wetland plants as indicators of heavy metal contamination DP Phillips, LRD Human, JB Adams Marine Pollution Bulletin 92 (1-2), 227-232, 2015 | 131 | 2015 |
| Primary producers JB Adams, GC Bate, M O’callaghan Estuaries of South Africa. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 91-117, 1999 | 126 | 1999 |
| Country-wide assessment of estuary health: An approach for integrating pressures and ecosystem response in a data limited environment L Van Niekerk, JB Adams, GC Bate, AT Forbes, NT Forbes, P Huizinga, ... Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 130, 239-251, 2013 | 122 | 2013 |
| The response of the red mangrove Rhizophora mucronata Lam. to salinity and inundation in South Africa SCL Hoppe-Speer, JB Adams, A Rajkaran, D Bailey Aquatic botany 95 (2), 71-76, 2011 | 120 | 2011 |
| The importance of the river-estuary interface (REI) zone in estuaries GC Bate, AK Whitfield, JB Adams, P Huizinga, TH Wooldridge Water SA 28 (3), 271-280, 2002 | 118 | 2002 |
| Effect of river flow on estuarine microalgal biomass and distribution GC Snow, JB Adams, GC Bate Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 51 (2), 255-266, 2000 | 112 | 2000 |
| The distribution of estuarine macrophytes in relation to freshwater JB Adams, WT Knoop, GC Bate Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 35 (3), 215-226, 1992 | 105 | 1992 |
| Nutrient enrichment as a threat to the ecological resilience and health of South African microtidal estuaries JB Adams, S Taljaard, L Van Niekerk, DA Lemley African Journal of Aquatic Science 45 (1-2), 23-40, 2020 | 102 | 2020 |
| An Estuary Ecosystem Classification that encompasses biogeography and a high diversity of types in support of protection and management L Van Niekerk, JB Adams, NC James, SJ Lamberth, CF MacKay, ... African Journal of Aquatic Science 45 (1-2), 199-216, 2020 | 96 | 2020 |
| A water quality index for use with diatoms in the assessment of rivers G Bate, P Smailes, J Adams Water Sa 30 (4), 493-498, 2004 | 94 | 2004 |
| Constraints on the adjustment of tidal marshes to accelerating sea level rise N Saintilan, KE Kovalenko, G Guntenspergen, K Rogers, JC Lynch, ... Science 377 (6605), 523-527, 2022 | 93 | 2022 |
| A review of the ecology and management of temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa, with particular emphasis on river flow and mouth state as primary drivers of these … AK Whitfield, GC Bate, JB Adams, PD Cowley, PW Froneman, PT Gama, ... African Journal of Marine Science 34 (2), 163-180, 2012 | 93 | 2012 |
| Growth and photosynthetic performance of Phragmites australis in estuarine waters: a field and experimental evaluation JB Adams, GC Bate Aquatic Botany 64 (3-4), 359-367, 1999 | 91 | 1999 |
| Towards the classification of eutrophic condition in estuaries DA Lemley, JB Adams, S Taljaard, NA Strydom Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 164, 221-232, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
| Ecological implications of tolerance of salinity and inundation by Spartina maritima JB Adams, GC Bate Aquatic Botany 52 (3), 183-191, 1995 | 89 | 1995 |
| Distribution and status of Zostera capensis in South African estuaries—a review JB Adams South African Journal of Botany 107, 63-73, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
Guy BateEmeritus Professor of BotanyVerified email at nmmu.ac.za
