| Distribution, abundance and survival of juvenile hermatypic corals (Scleractinia) and the importance of life history strategies in the parent coral community RPM Bak, MS Engel Marine Biology 54, 341-352, 1979 | 664 | 1979 |
| Algal contact as a trigger for coral disease MM Nugues, GW Smith, RJ Van Hooidonk, MI Seabra, RPM Bak Ecology letters 7 (10), 919-923, 2004 | 373 | 2004 |
| Coral population structure: the hidden information of colony size-frequency distributions RPM Bak, EH Meesters Marine Ecology Progress Series 162, 301-306, 1998 | 339 | 1998 |
| Lethal and sublethal effects of dredging on reef corals RPM Bak Marine Pollution Bulletin 9 (1), 14-16, 1978 | 326 | 1978 |
| Effects of grazing, sedimentation and phytoplankton cell lysis on the structure of a coastal pelagic food web CPD Brussaard, R Riegman, AAM Noordeloos, GC Cadée, H Witte, ... Marine ecology progress series 123, 259-271, 1995 | 299 | 1995 |
| Coral reef crisis in deep and shallow reefs: 30 years of constancy and change in reefs of Curacao and Bonaire RPM Bak, G Nieuwland, EH Meesters Coral reefs 24, 475-479, 2005 | 270 | 2005 |
| The growth of coral colonies and the importance of crustose coralline algae and burrowing sponges in relation with carbonate accumulation RPM Bak Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 10 (3), 285-337, 1976 | 264 | 1976 |
| Effects of coral bleaching on tissue regeneration potential and colony survival EH Meesters, RPM Bak Marine Ecology Progress Series, 189-198, 1993 | 257 | 1993 |
| Patterns of oil-sediment rejection in corals RPM Bak, J Elgershuizen Marine Biology 37, 105-113, 1976 | 257 | 1976 |
| Neoplasia, regeneration and growth in the reef-building coral Acropora palmata RPM Bak Marine Biology 77, 221-227, 1983 | 237 | 1983 |
| Colony size-frequency distributions of scleractinian coral populations: spatial and interspecific variation EH Meesters, M Hilterman, E Kardinaal, M Keetman, M DeVries, RPM Bak Marine Ecology Progress Series 209, 43-54, 2001 | 229 | 2001 |
| Damage and regeneration: links to growth in the reef-building coral Montastrea annularis EH Meesters, M Noordeloos, RPM Bak Marine Ecology Progress Series, 119-128, 1994 | 228 | 1994 |
| Lysis-induced decline of a Phaeocystis spring bloom and coupling with the microbial foodweb WHM Van Boekel, FC Hansen, R Riegman, RPM Bak Marine ecology progress series, 269-276, 1992 | 228 | 1992 |
| Densities of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum before and after mass mortalities on the coral reefs on Curacao. RPM Bak, MJE Carpay, ED De Ruyter Van Steveninck Marine ecology progress series. Oldendorf 17 (1), 105-108, 1984 | 218 | 1984 |
| Sea urchin bioerosion on coral reefs: place in the carbonate budget and relevant variables RPM Bak Coral reefs 13, 99-103, 1994 | 208 | 1994 |
| Strategies for gardening denuded coral reef areas: the applicability of using different types of coral material for reef restoration N Epstein, RPM Bak, B Rinkevich Restoration Ecology 9 (4), 432-442, 2001 | 198 | 2001 |
| Population structure as a response of coral communities to global change RPM Bak, EH Meesters American Zoologist 39 (1), 56-65, 1999 | 198 | 1999 |
| Regeneration of superficial damage in the scleractinian corals Agaricia agaricites f. purpurea and Porites astreoides RPM Bak, Y Steward-Van Es Bulletin of Marine Science 30 (4), 883-887, 1980 | 196 | 1980 |
| Coral reefs and their zonation in Netherlands Antilles: modern and ancient reefs RPM Bak AAPG Special Volumes 45, 3-16, 1977 | 178 | 1977 |
| Applying forest restoration principles to coral reef rehabilitation N Epstein, RPM Bak, B Rinkevich Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13 (5), 387-395, 2003 | 177 | 2003 |
