| Two oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa G Branch, M Branch, C Griffiths, L Beckley Penguin Random House South Africa, 2022 | 590 | 2022 |
| Field guide to insects of South Africa M Picker Penguin Random House South Africa, 2012 | 419 | 2012 |
| Marine biodiversity in South Africa: an evaluation of current states of knowledge CL Griffiths, TB Robinson, L Lange, A Mead PloS one 5 (8), e12008, 2010 | 332 | 2010 |
| Marine alien species of South Africa—status and impacts TB Robinson, CL Griffiths, CD McQuaid, M Rius African Journal of Marine Science 27 (1), 297-306, 2005 | 283 | 2005 |
| Bivalvia CL Griffiths, RJ Griffiths Bivalvia Through Reptilia, 1-88, 1987 | 232 | 1987 |
| Marine invasive aliens on South African shores: implications for community structure and trophic functioning CL Griffiths, PAR Hockey, C Van Erkom Schurink, PJ Le Roux South African journal of marine science 12 (1), 713-722, 1992 | 231 | 1992 |
| Kelp wrack and the flow of energy through a sandy beach ecosystem CL Griffiths, JME Stenton-Dozey, K Koop sandy beaches as ecosystems: based on the proceedings of the first …, 1983 | 206 | 1983 |
| A framework for engaging stakeholders on the management of alien species A Novoa, R Shackleton, S Canavan, C Cybele, SJ Davies, ... Journal of environmental management 205, 286-297, 2018 | 194 | 2018 |
| The fauna and rate of degradation of stranded kelp CL Griffiths, J Stenton-Dozey Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 12 (6), 645-653, 1981 | 179 | 1981 |
| The Benguela ecosystem. Part v. The coastal zone GM Branch, CL Griffiths Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 26, 395-486, 1988 | 176 | 1988 |
| Alien and invasive animals: A South African perspective M Picker Penguin Random House South Africa, 2013 | 172 | 2013 |
| Energy-balance and significance of microorganisms in a kelp bed community RC Newell, JG Field, CL Griffiths Marine Ecology Progress Series 8 (1), 103-113, 1982 | 169 | 1982 |
| The relative significance of bacteria, meio-and macrofauna on an exposed sandy beach K Koop, CL Griffiths Marine Biology 66, 295-300, 1982 | 166 | 1982 |
| Residency, habitat use and sexual segregation of white sharks, Carcharodon carcharias in False Bay, South Africa A Kock, MJ O’Riain, K Mauff, M Me˙er, D Kotze, C Griffiths PloS one 8 (1), e55048, 2013 | 165 | 2013 |
| The ecology of kelp bed communities in the Benguela upwelling system: analysis of biomass and spatial distribution B Velimirov, JG Field, CL Griffiths, P Zoutendyk Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 30, 495-518, 1977 | 162 | 1977 |
| Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes LK Blamey, LJ Shannon, JJ Bolton, RJM Crawford, F Dufois, H Evers-King, ... Journal of Marine Systems 144, 9-29, 2015 | 160 | 2015 |
| Wave-induced kelp movement and its importance for community structure B Velimirov, CL Griffiths Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 22 (3), 169-172, 1979 | 153 | 1979 |
| Contributions of phototrophic and heterotrophic nutrition to the metabolic and growth requirements of four species of giant clam (Tridacnidae) DW Klumpp, CL Griffiths Marine Ecology Progress Series, 103-115, 1994 | 151 | 1994 |
| Some relationships between size, food availability and energy balance in the ribbed musselAulacomya ater CL Griffiths, JA King Marine Biology 51, 141-149, 1979 | 150 | 1979 |
| The effect of size and temperature on the predation of cockles Cerastoderma edule (L.) by the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) ME Sanchez-Salazar, CL Griffiths, R Seed Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 111 (2), 181-193, 1987 | 146 | 1987 |
