| Getting into the groove: opportunities to enhance the ecological value of hard coastal infrastructure using fine-scale surface textures MA Coombes, EC La Marca, LA Naylor, RC Thompson Ecological Engineering 77, 314-323, 2015 | 178 | 2015 |
| Bioprotection and disturbance: seaweed, microclimatic stability and conditions for mechanical weathering in the intertidal zone MA Coombes, LA Naylor, HA Viles, RC Thompson Geomorphology 202, 4-14, 2013 | 133 | 2013 |
| Reconceptualising the role of organisms in the erosion of rock coasts: a new model LA Naylor, MA Coombes, HA Viles Geomorphology 157, 17-30, 2012 | 113 | 2012 |
| Facilitating ecological enhancement of coastal infrastructure: the role of policy, people and planning LA Naylor, MA Coombes, O Venn, SD Roast, RC Thompson Environmental Science & Policy 22, 36-46, 2012 | 95 | 2012 |
| Cool barnacles: Do common biogenic structures enhance or retard rates of deterioration of intertidal rocks and concrete? MA Coombes, HA Viles, LA Naylor, EC La Marca Science of the Total Environment 580, 1034-1045, 2017 | 85 | 2017 |
| Colonization and weathering of engineering materials by marine microorganisms: an SEM study MA Coombes, LA Naylor, RC Thompson, SD Roast, L Gómez‐Pujol, ... Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 36 (5), 582-593, 2011 | 75 | 2011 |
| Greening the Grey: a framework for integrated green grey infrastructure (IGGI) LA Naylor, H Kippen, MA Coombes, B Horton, M MacArthur, N Jackson University of Glasgow, 2017 | 66 | 2017 |
| Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects MA Coombes, HA Viles Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 63, 127192, 2021 | 63 | 2021 |
| A non-destructive tool for detecting changes in the hardness of engineering materials: Application of the Equotip durometer in the coastal zone MA Coombes, A Feal-Pérez, LA Naylor, K Wilhelm Engineering Geology 167, 14-19, 2013 | 59 | 2013 |
| Rock warming and drying under simulated intertidal conditions, part II: weathering and biological influences on evaporative cooling and near‐surface micro‐climatic conditions … MA Coombes, LA Naylor Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 37 (1), 100-118, 2012 | 57 | 2012 |
| Biogeomorphology of Coastal Structures: Understanding interactions between hard substrata and colonising organisms as a tool for ecological enhancement MA Coombes PQDT-UK & Ireland, 2011 | 44 | 2011 |
| Including ecological enhancements in the planning, design and construction of hard coastal structures: A process guide LA Naylor, O Venn, MA Coombes, J Jackson, RC Thompson Report to the Environment Agency (PID 110461). University of Exeter 66, 2011 | 40 | 2011 |
| Rock‐protecting seaweed? Experimental evidence of bioprotection in the intertidal zone MR Gowell, MA Coombes, HA Viles Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 40 (10), 1364-1370, 2015 | 36 | 2015 |
| Biogeomorphology: diverse, integrative and useful MA Coombes Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 41 (15), 2296-2300, 2016 | 35 | 2016 |
| Population-level zoogeomorphology: the case of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) MA Coombes, HA Viles Physical Geography 36 (3), 215-238, 2015 | 31 | 2015 |
| Chapter 5 The rock coast of the British Isles: weathering and biogenic processes MA Coombes Geological Society, London, Memoirs 40 (1), 57-76, 2014 | 31 | 2014 |
| Thermal blanketing by ivy (Hedera helix L.) can protect building stone from damaging frosts MA Coombes, HA Viles, H Zhang Scientific Reports 8 (1), 9834, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| Rock armour for birds and their prey: ecological enhancement of coastal engineering LA Naylor, M MacArthur, S Hampshire, K Bostock, MA Coombes, ... Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Maritime Engineering 170 …, 2017 | 28 | 2017 |
| Rock warming and drying under simulated intertidal conditions, part I: experimental procedures and comparisons with field data MA Coombes Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 36 (15), 2114-2121, 2011 | 28 | 2011 |
| The temporal and spatial scales of rocky coast geomorphology: a commentary DM Kennedy, MA Coombes, DN Mottershead Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (10), 1597-1600, 2017 | 26 | 2017 |
