Aaron M. Eger

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 589 citations indexed

About

Aaron M. Eger is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron M. Eger has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 589 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecology, 13 papers in Oceanography and 8 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Aaron M. Eger's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (13 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (8 papers). Aaron M. Eger is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (13 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (10 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (8 papers). Aaron M. Eger collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Canada. Aaron M. Eger's co-authors include Adriana Vergés, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Peter D. Steinberg, Brian R. Silliman, Megan I. Saunders, Elisa Bayraktarov, Margot Hessing‐Lewis, Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Russell C. Babcock and Mathew A. Vanderklift and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Current Biology and Global Change Biology.

In The Last Decade

Aaron M. Eger

17 papers receiving 573 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests

2023 149 citations Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli et al. Nature Communications profile →
Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions

2022 102 citations Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli et al. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Aaron M. Eger Australia	9	440	365	187	159	35	18	589
Rodrigo Beas‐Luna Mexico	11	534 1.2×	561 1.5×	287 1.5×	84 0.5×	49 1.4×	37	799
Udhi Eko Hernawan Indonesia	12	369 0.8×	338 0.9×	123 0.7×	84 0.5×	25 0.7×	58	581
Margareth Copertino Brazil	15	312 0.7×	258 0.7×	148 0.8×	83 0.5×	56 1.6×	36	479
Mireia Valle Spain	13	360 0.8×	343 0.9×	245 1.3×	89 0.6×	37 1.1×	21	588
Rachel D. Simons United States	10	244 0.6×	233 0.6×	224 1.2×	74 0.5×	48 1.4×	12	446
Jana Verdura Spain	12	414 0.9×	423 1.2×	162 0.9×	69 0.4×	15 0.4×	23	544
Samuel A. Matthews Australia	12	552 1.3×	299 0.8×	348 1.9×	48 0.3×	58 1.7×	21	633
Erin V. Satterthwaite United States	10	325 0.7×	157 0.4×	234 1.3×	66 0.4×	90 2.6×	22	478
Guilherme N. Corte Brazil	14	313 0.7×	295 0.8×	165 0.9×	94 0.6×	31 0.9×	40	501
Francesco Paolo Mancuso Italy	13	366 0.8×	463 1.3×	144 0.8×	41 0.3×	16 0.5×	38	628

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron M. Eger

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18 of 18 papers shown

Eger, Aaron M., et al.. (2025). An Environmental Niche Exploration Tool for Kelp Forest Management. Ecology and Evolution. 15(6). e71459–e71459.

Nishihara, Gregory N., Yoichi Sato, Aaron M. Eger, et al.. (2025). Expert opinions regarding the concept of blue carbon in seaweed systems. Phycological Research. 1 indexed citations

Purandare, Jemma, Elisa Bayraktarov, Lisa Boström‐Einarsson, et al.. (2024). Database for marine and coastal restoration projects in Australia and New Zealand. Ecological Management & Restoration. 25(1). 14–20. 4 indexed citations

Eger, Aaron M., Nur Arafeh‐Dalmau, Thomas Wernberg, et al.. (2024). State of the world’s kelp forests. One Earth. 7(11). 1927–1931. 1 indexed citations

Eger, Aaron M., et al.. (2024). Kelp forests versus urchin barrens: a comparison of ecosystem functions and services provided by two alternative stable marine habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2034). 20241539–20241539. 4 indexed citations

Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Rodrigo Beas‐Luna, et al.. (2023). The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1894–1894. 149 indexed citations breakdown →

Alagona, Peter S., Nur Arafeh‐Dalmau, Madhavi A. Colton, et al.. (2023). Assisting adaptation in a changing world. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 11. 2 indexed citations

Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Hartvig Christie, et al.. (2022). Global kelp forest restoration: past lessons, present status, and future directions. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 97(4). 1449–1475. 102 indexed citations breakdown →

Eger, Aaron M., Kim Friedman, Valerie Hagger, et al.. (2022). The need, opportunities, and challenges for creating a standardized framework for marine restoration monitoring and reporting. Biological Conservation. 266. 109429–109429. 26 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., et al.. (2022). The Kelp Forest Alliance: A Global Community of Practice to Understand, Advise, and Motivate Kelp Forest Conservation and Restoration. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin. 31(4). 130–132. 1 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., Rebecca J. Best, & Julia K. Baum. (2021). Dominance determines fish community biomass in a temperate seagrass ecosystem. Ecology and Evolution. 11(15). 10489–10501. 5 indexed citations

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Vergés, Adriana, Alexandra H. Campbell, Georgina Wood, et al.. (2020). Operation Crayweed: Ecological and sociocultural aspects of restoring Sydney’s underwater forests. Ecological Management & Restoration. 21(2). 74–85. 22 indexed citations

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Saunders, Megan I., Christopher Doropoulos, Elisa Bayraktarov, et al.. (2020). Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration. Current Biology. 30(24). R1500–R1510. 133 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Paul E. Gribben, et al.. (2020). Playing to the Positives: Using Synergies to Enhance Kelp Forest Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 42 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., Adriana Vergés, Chang Geun Choi, et al.. (2020). Financial and Institutional Support Are Important for Large-Scale Kelp Forest Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7. 35 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Peter D. Steinberg, & Adriana Vergés. (2019). Worldwide Synthesis of Kelp Forest Reforestation. 5 indexed citations

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Iacarella, Josephine C., Dan Bowen, Lia Chalifour, et al.. (2018). Anthropogenic disturbance homogenizes seagrass fish communities. Global Change Biology. 24(5). 1904–1918. 49 indexed citations

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Eger, Aaron M., Janelle M. R. Curtis, Marie‐Josée Fortin, Isabelle M. Côté, & Frédéric Guichard. (2016). Transferability and scalability of species distribution models: a test with sedentary marine invertebrates. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74(5). 766–778. 8 indexed citations

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