| High rates of N2 fixation by unicellular diazotrophs in the oligotrophic Pacific Ocean JP Montoya, CM Holl, JP Zehr, A Hansen, TA Villareal, DG Capone Nature 430 (7003), 1027-1031, 2004 | 650 | 2004 |
| Database of diazotrophs in global ocean: abundance, biomass and nitrogen fixation rates YW Luo, SC Doney, LA Anderson, M Benavides, I Berman-Frank, A Bode, ... Earth System Science Data 4 (1), 47-73, 2012 | 391 | 2012 |
| Red tides in the Gulf of Mexico: where, when, and why? JJ Walsh, JK Jolliff, BP Darrow, JM Lenes, SP Milroy, A Remsen, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 111 (C11), 2006 | 255 | 2006 |
| Nitrogen transport by vertically migrating diatom mats in the North Pacific Ocean TA Villareal, MA Altabet, K Culver-Rymsza Nature 363 (6431), 709-712, 1993 | 241 | 1993 |
| New perspectives on nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in tropical and subtropical oceans JP Zehr, EJ Carpenter, TA Villareal Trends in Microbiology 8 (2), 68-73, 2000 | 197 | 2000 |
| A historical assessment of Karenia brevis in the western Gulf of Mexico HA Magaña, C Contreras, TA Villareal Harmful Algae 2 (3), 163-171, 2003 | 182 | 2003 |
| Upward transport of oceanic nitrate by migrating diatom mats TA Villareal, C Pilskaln, M Brzezinski, F Lipschultz, M Dennett, ... Nature 397 (6718), 423-425, 1999 | 175 | 1999 |
| Silica production and the contribution of diatoms to new and primary production in the central North Pacific MA Brzezinski, TA Villareal, F Lipschultz Marine Ecology Progress Series 167, 89-104, 1998 | 174 | 1998 |
| Buoyancy regulation and the potential for vertical migration in the oceanic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium TA Villareal, EJ Carpenter Microbial ecology 45, 1-10, 2003 | 171 | 2003 |
| Does the red tide dinoflagellate Karenia brevis use allelopathy to outcompete other phytoplankton? J Kubanek, MK Hicks, J Naar, TA Villareal Limnology and Oceanography 50 (3), 883-895, 2005 | 162 | 2005 |
| The role of episodic atmospheric nutrient inputs in the chemical and biological dynamics of oceanic ecosystems PL Donaghay, PS Liss, RA Duce, DR Kester, AK Hanson, T Villareal, ... Oceanography 4 (2), 62-70, 1991 | 144 | 1991 |
| Macroalgal palatability and the flux of ciguatera toxins through marine food webs E Cruz-Rivera, TA Villareal Harmful Algae 5 (5), 497-525, 2006 | 134 | 2006 |
| Petroleum production platforms as sites for the expansion of ciguatera in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico TA Villareal, S Hanson, S Qualia, ELE Jester, HR Granade, RW Dickey Harmful Algae 6 (2), 253-259, 2007 | 133 | 2007 |
| Marine nitrogen-fixing diatom-cyanobacteria symbioses TA Villareal Marine pelagic cyanobacteria: Trichodesmium and other diazotrophs, 163-175, 1992 | 133 | 1992 |
| Nitrogen-fixation by the cyanobacterial symbiont of the diatom genus Hemiaulus. TA Villareal Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 76 (2), 201-204, 1991 | 133 | 1991 |
| The relative food value of diatoms, dinoflagellates, flagellates, and cyanobacteria for tintinnid ciliates PG Verity, TA Villareal Archiv für Protistenkunde 131 (1-2), 71-84, 1986 | 131 | 1986 |
| The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout M Crespo-Medina, CD Meile, KS Hunter, AR Diercks, VL Asper, ... Nature Geoscience 7 (6), 423-427, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Genomic deletions disrupt nitrogen metabolism pathways of a cyanobacterial diatom symbiont JA Hilton, RA Foster, H James Tripp, BJ Carter, JP Zehr, TA Villareal Nature communications 4 (1), 1767, 2013 | 120 | 2013 |
| Vertical migration of Rhizosolenia mats and their significance to NO3− fluxes in the central North Pacific gyre TA Villareal, S Woods, JK Moore, K CulverRymsza Journal of Plankton Research 18 (7), 1103-1121, 1996 | 118 | 1996 |
| High diatom production and export in stratified waters–A potential negative feedback to global warming AES Kemp, TA Villareal Progress in Oceanography 119, 4-23, 2013 | 112 | 2013 |
