| Estimating size and assessing trends in a coastal bottlenose dolphin population B Wilson, PS Hammond, PM Thompson Ecological applications 9 (1), 288-300, 1999 | 458 | 1999 |
| Habitat use by bottlenose dolphins: seasonal distribution and stratified movement patterns in the Moray Firth, Scotland B Wilson, PM Thompson, PS Hammond Journal of Applied Ecology, 1365-1374, 1997 | 354 | 1997 |
| Molecular scatology: the use of molecular genetic analysis to assign species, sex and individual identity to seal faeces JZ Reed, DJ Tollit, PM Thompson, W Amos Molecular ecology 6 (3), 225-234, 1997 | 333 | 1997 |
| Assessing underwater noise levels during pile-driving at an offshore windfarm and its potential effects on marine mammals H Bailey, B Senior, D Simmons, J Rusin, G Picken, PM Thompson Marine pollution bulletin 60 (6), 888-897, 2010 | 286 | 2010 |
| Quantifying the influence of sociality on population structure in bottlenose dolphins D Lusseau, BEN Wilson, PS Hammond, K Grellier, JW Durban, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 75 (1), 14-24, 2006 | 278 | 2006 |
| Lagged effects of ocean climate change on fulmar population dynamics PM Thompson, JC Ollason Nature 413 (6854), 417, 2001 | 277 | 2001 |
| Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life‐history continuum OR Jones, JM Gaillard, S Tuljapurkar, JS Alho, KB Armitage, PH Becker, ... Ecology Letters 11 (7), 664-673, 2008 | 274 | 2008 |
| Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels SJ Thackeray, PA Henrys, D Hemming, JR Bell, MS Botham, S Burthe, ... Nature 535 (7611), 241, 2016 | 250 | 2016 |
| Functional mechanisms underlying cetacean distribution patterns: hotspots for bottlenose dolphins are linked to foraging GD Hastie, BEN Wilson, LJ Wilson, KM Parsons, PM Thompson Marine Biology 144 (2), 397-403, 2004 | 245 | 2004 |
| Species and size differences in the digestion of otoliths and beaks: implications for estimates of pinniped diet composition DJ Tollit, MJ Steward, PM Thompson, GJ Pierce, MB Santos, S Hughes Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54 (1), 105-119, 1997 | 236 | 1997 |
| Changes in surfacing patterns of bottlenose dolphins in response to boat traffic VM Janik, PM Thompson Marine mammal science 12 (4), 597-602, 1996 | 233 | 1996 |
| The 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemics in European harbour seals T Härkönen, R Dietz, P Reijnders, J Teilmann, K Harding, A Hall, ... Diseases of aquatic organisms 68 (2), 115-130, 2006 | 219 | 2006 |
| Combining power analysis and population viability analysis to compare traditional and precautionary approaches to conservation of coastal cetaceans PM Thompson, B Wilson, K Grellier, PS Hammond Conservation Biology 14 (5), 1253-1263, 2000 | 190 | 2000 |
| Seasonal and sex-related variation in the activity patterns of common seals (Phoca vitulina) PM Thompson, MA Fedak, BJ McConnell, KS Nicholas Journal of Applied Ecology, 521-535, 1989 | 174 | 1989 |
| Evidence for infanticide in bottlenose dolphins: an explanation for violent interactions with harbour porpoises? IAP Patterson, RJ Reid, B Wilson, K Grellier, HM Ross, PM Thompson Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences …, 1998 | 172 | 1998 |
| Retrospective of the 1988 European seal epizootic MP Heide-Jørgensen, T Harkonen, R Dietz, PM Thompson Diseases of aquatic organisms 13 (1), 37-62, 1992 | 172 | 1992 |
| Bottlenose dolphins increase breathing synchrony in response to boat traffic GD Hastie, B Wilson, LH Tufft, PM Thompson Marine Mammal Science 19 (1), 74-084, 2003 | 159 | 2003 |
| Comparative distribution, movements and diet of harbour and grey seals from the Moray Firth, NE PM Thompson, BJ McConnell, DJ Tollit, A Mackay, C Hunter, PA Racey Journal 0fApplied Ecology 33, 1572-1584, 1996 | 156 | 1996 |
| Summer foraging activity and movements of radio-tagged common seals (Phoca vitulina. L.) in the Moray Firth, Scotland PM Thompson, D Miller Journal of applied Ecology, 492-501, 1990 | 153 | 1990 |
| Considering the temporal when managing the spatial: a population range expansion impacts protected areas-based management for bottlenose dolphins B Wilson, RJ Reid, K Grellier, PM Thompson, PS Hammond Animal Conservation forum 7 (4), 331-338, 2004 | 150 | 2004 |