| World porifera database RWM Van Soest, N Boury-Esnault, JNA Hooper, K Rützler, NJ De Voogd, ... The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online: http://www …, 2018 | 729 | 2018 |
| Sponges: an essential component of Caribbean coral reefs MC Diaz, K Rützler Bulletin of marine science 69 (2), 535-546, 2001 | 564 | 2001 |
| Thesaurus of sponge morphology N Boury-Esnault, K Rützler | 506 | 1997 |
| Sponges in coral reefs K Rützler Coral reefs: research methods: monographs on oceanographic methodology, 1978 | 332 | 1978 |
| The black band disease of Atlantic reef corals: I. Description of the cyanophyte pathogen K Rützler, DL Santavy Marine Ecology 4 (4), 301-319, 1983 | 319* | 1983 |
| Sponge grounds as key marine habitats: a synthetic review of types, structure, functional roles, and conservation concerns M Maldonado, R Aguilar, R Bannister, J Bell, J Conway, P Dayton, C Díaz, ... Marine animal forests: The ecology of benthic biodiversity hotspots, 2017 | 311 | 2017 |
| The role of burrowing sponges in bioerosion K Rützler Oecologia 19 (3), 203-216, 1975 | 301 | 1975 |
| Antineoplastic agents. 219. Isolation and structure of the cell growth inhibitory constituents from the western Pacific marine sponge Axinella sp GR Pettit, CL Herald, MR Boyd, JE Leet, C Dufresne, DL Doubek, ... Journal of medicinal chemistry 34 (11), 3339-3340, 1991 | 230 | 1991 |
| Impact of crustose clionid sponges on Caribbean reef corals K Rützler Acta geológica hispánica, 61-72, 2002 | 211 | 2002 |
| Association between Caribbean sponges and photosynthetic organisms K Rützler New Perspective in Sponge Biology: 3d International Sponge Conference, 1985, 1990 | 201 | 1990 |
| World porifera database NJ De Voogd, B Alvarez, N Boury-Esnault, JL Carballo, P Cárdenas, ... WoRMS: World Register of Marine Species, 2022 | 196 | 2022 |
| Sponge burrowing: fine structure of Cliona lampa penetrating calcareous substrata K Rützler, G Rieger Marine Biology 21 (2), 144-162, 1973 | 182 | 1973 |
| The burrowing sponges of Bermuda K Rützler | 179 | 1974 |
| The habitat distribution and community structure of the barrier reef complex at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize K Rützler, IG Macintyre The Atlantic barrier reef ecosystem at Carrie bow cay, Belize, I. structure …, 1982 | 171 | 1982 |
| Terpios hoshinota, a new cyanobacteriosponge threatening Pacific Reefs K Rützler, KM Muzik Recent advances in systematics and ecology of sponges. Scientia Marina 57, 1993 | 161 | 1993 |
| Reef fishes over sponge bottoms off the mouth of the Amazon River BB Collette, K Rützler Proceedings, Third International Coral Reef Symposium, Miami, Florida …, 1977 | 155 | 1977 |
| Spatial competition among Porifera: solution by epizoism K Rützler Oecologia 5 (2), 85-95, 1970 | 141 | 1970 |
| The Atlantic barrier reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, I. Structure and communities K Rützler, IG Macintyre | 131* | 1982 |
| The black band disease of Atlantic reef corals, III: Distribution, ecology, and development K Rützler, DL Santavy, A Antonius Marine Ecology, 1983 | 127 | 1983 |
| Atlas of sponge morphology L De Vos, K Rützler, N Boury-Esnault, C Donadey, J Vacelet | 118 | 1991 |
