| The dynamic response of reef islands to sea-level rise: Evidence from multi-decadal analysis of island change in the Central Pacific AP Webb, PS Kench Global and Planetary Change 72 (3), 234-246, 2010 | 469 | 2010 |
| Caribbean-wide decline in carbonate production threatens coral reef growth CT Perry, GN Murphy, PS Kench, SG Smithers, EN Edinger, RS Steneck, ... Nature communications 4 (1), 1402, 2013 | 358 | 2013 |
| Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level CT Perry, L Alvarez-Filip, NAJ Graham, PJ Mumby, SK Wilson, PS Kench, ... Nature 558 (7710), 396-400, 2018 | 264 | 2018 |
| Wave processes on coral reef flats: implications for reef geomorphology using Australian case studies PS Kench, RW Brander Journal of Coastal Research 22 (1), 209-223, 2006 | 241 | 2006 |
| New model of reef-island evolution: Maldives, Indian Ocean PS Kench, RF McLean, SL Nichol Geology 33 (2), 145, 2005 | 213 | 2005 |
| Estimating rates of biologically driven coral reef framework production and erosion: a new census-based carbonate budget methodology and applications to the reefs of Bonaire CT Perry, EN Edinger, PS Kench, GN Murphy, SG Smithers, RS Steneck, ... Coral Reefs 31, 853-868, 2012 | 206 | 2012 |
| Carbonate budgets and reef production states: a geomorphic perspective on the ecological phase-shift concept CT Perry, T Spencer, PS Kench Coral reefs 27 (4), 853-866, 2008 | 202 | 2008 |
| Spatial and temporal variations in wave characteristics across a reef platform, Warraber Island, Torres Strait, Australia RW Brander, PS Kench, D Hart Marine Geology 207 (1-4), 169-184, 2004 | 180 | 2004 |
| Implications of reef ecosystem change for the stability and maintenance of coral reef islands CT Perry, PS Kench, SG Smithers, B Riegl, H Yamano, MJ O'Leary Global Change Biology, 0 | 173 | |
| Destruction or persistence of coral atoll islands in the face of 20th and 21st century sea‐level rise? R McLean, P Kench Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 6 (5), 445-463, 2015 | 172 | 2015 |
| Response of reef island shorelines to seasonal climate oscillations: South Maalhosmadulu atoll, Maldives PS Kench, RW Brander Journal of geophysical research 111 (F1), F01001, 2006 | 171 | 2006 |
| Geological effects of tsunami on mid-ocean atoll islands: The Maldives before and after the Sumatran tsunami PS Kench, RF McLean, RW Brander, SL Nichol, SG Smithers, MR Ford, ... Geology 34 (3), 177, 2006 | 150 | 2006 |
| Patterns of island change and persistence offer alternate adaptation pathways for atoll nations PS Kench, MR Ford, SD Owen Nature communications 9 (1), 605, 2018 | 143 | 2018 |
| Coral islands defy sea-level rise over the past century: Records from a central Pacific atoll PS Kench, D Thompson, MR Ford, H Ogawa, RF McLean Geology 43 (6), 515-518, 2015 | 143 | 2015 |
| Heavy metal contamination of coastal lagoon sediments: Fongafale Islet, Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu M Fujita, Y Ide, D Sato, PS Kench, Y Kuwahara, H Yokoki, H Kayanne Chemosphere 95, 628-634, 2014 | 130 | 2014 |
| Regional‐scale dominance of non‐framework building corals on Caribbean reefs affects carbonate production and future reef growth CT Perry, RS Steneck, GN Murphy, PS Kench, EN Edinger, SG Smithers, ... Global Change Biology 21 (3), 1153-1164, 2015 | 121 | 2015 |
| Wave energy gradients across a Maldivian atoll: implications for island geomorphology PS Kench, RW Brander, KE Parnell, RF McLean Geomorphology 81 (1-2), 1-17, 2006 | 118 | 2006 |
| Linking reef ecology to island building: Parrotfish identified as major producers of island-building sediment in the Maldives CT Perry, PS Kench, MJ O’Leary, KM Morgan, F Januchowski-Hartley Geology 43 (6), 503-506, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| Changing dynamics of Caribbean reef carbonate budgets: emergence of reef bioeroders as critical controls on present and future reef growth potential CT Perry, GN Murphy, PS Kench, EN Edinger, SG Smithers, RS Steneck, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1796), 20142018, 2014 | 108 | 2014 |
| Geomorphology of Australian estuaries: review and prospect PS Kench Australian Journal of Ecology 24 (4), 367-380, 1999 | 108 | 1999 |
Murray FordSenior Lecturer, University of AucklandVerified email at auckland.ac.nz
