Amanda C. Spivak

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Amanda C. Spivak is a scholar working on Ecology, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Amanda C. Spivak has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Oceanography and 9 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Amanda C. Spivak's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (23 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (7 papers). Amanda C. Spivak is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (23 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (8 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (7 papers). Amanda C. Spivak collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Amanda C. Spivak's co-authors include Elizabeth A. Canuel, Jennifer L. Bowen, Jonathan Sanderman, Michael J. Vanni, C. Hopkinson, J. Emmett Duffy, J. Paul Richardson, Camille L. Stagg, James E. Harvey and Marc Russell and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Amanda C. Spivak

32 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Global-change controls on soil-carbon accumulation and loss in coastal vegetated ecosystems

2019 223 citations Amanda C. Spivak, Jonathan Sanderman et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amanda C. Spivak United States	19	983	383	232	228	178	32	1.2k
Anna R. Armitage United States	24	1.1k 1.1×	659 1.7×	352 1.5×	317 1.4×	108 0.6×	55	1.4k
Linda K. Blum United States	14	867 0.9×	253 0.7×	439 1.9×	147 0.6×	238 1.3×	24	1.1k
Jenneke M. Visser United States	22	948 1.0×	155 0.4×	351 1.5×	317 1.4×	185 1.0×	44	1.2k
L.A. Trott Australia	19	1.0k 1.0×	382 1.0×	248 1.1×	385 1.7×	134 0.8×	25	1.4k
Hongyu Guo China	14	931 0.9×	208 0.5×	399 1.7×	246 1.1×	231 1.3×	33	1.3k
E. Nils Brazil	18	608 0.6×	255 0.7×	381 1.6×	168 0.7×	142 0.8×	52	963
Bill Streever United States	12	703 0.7×	146 0.4×	347 1.5×	243 1.1×	257 1.4×	39	936
David Samuel Johnson United States	22	1.8k 1.8×	611 1.6×	398 1.7×	458 2.0×	244 1.4×	69	2.1k
Nicole Cormier United States	20	1.2k 1.2×	192 0.5×	449 1.9×	279 1.2×	209 1.2×	38	1.3k
Courtney T. Hackney United States	22	872 0.9×	323 0.8×	241 1.0×	338 1.5×	164 0.9×	46	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amanda C. Spivak

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2025). Decomposing the Tea Bag Index and finding slower organic matter loss rates at higher elevations and deeper soil horizons in a minerogenic salt marsh. Biogeosciences. 22(2). 435–453. 1 indexed citations

Mariotti, G., Guido Ceccherini, Clark Alexander, & Amanda C. Spivak. (2024). Centennial Changes of Salt Marsh Area in Coastal Georgia (USA) Related to Large-Scale Sediment Dynamics by River, Waves, and Tides. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(6). 1498–1516. 2 indexed citations

Bowen, Jennifer L., Amanda C. Spivak, Anne E. Bernhard, Robinson W. Fulweiler, & Anne E. Giblin. (2023). Salt marsh nitrogen cycling: where land meets sea. Trends in Microbiology. 32(6). 565–576. 12 indexed citations

Gonneea, M. E., et al.. (2023). Peat Decomposition and Erosion Contribute to Pond Deepening in a Temperate Salt Marsh. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(2). 7 indexed citations

Holmquist, James R., David H. Klinges, Jonathan Sanderman, et al.. (2023). The Coastal Carbon Library and Atlas: Open source soil data and tools supporting blue carbon research and policy. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e17098–e17098. 6 indexed citations

Spivak, Amanda C., et al.. (2023). Ephemeral microbial responses to pulses of bioavailable carbon in oxic and anoxic salt marsh soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 185. 109157–109157. 5 indexed citations

Gonneea, M. E., Kevin D. Kroeger, Amanda C. Spivak, et al.. (2022). Soil carbon consequences of historic hydrologic impairment and recent restoration in coastal wetlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 848. 157682–157682. 17 indexed citations

Pennings, Steven C., et al.. (2021). Disturbance is complicated: Headward‐eroding saltmarsh creeks produce multiple responses and recovery trajectories. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(S1). 10 indexed citations

Mariotti, G., et al.. (2020). Modeling the spatial dynamics of marsh ponds in New England salt marshes. Geomorphology. 365. 107262–107262. 27 indexed citations

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Wang, Faming, et al.. (2020). Plant biomass and rates of carbon dioxide uptake are enhanced by successful restoration of tidal connectivity in salt marshes. The Science of The Total Environment. 750. 141566–141566. 20 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., Laura C. Feher, Amanda C. Spivak, et al.. (2020). Rapid peat development beneath created, maturing mangrove forests: ecosystem changes across a 25‐yr chronosequence. Ecological Applications. 30(4). e02085–e02085. 58 indexed citations

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Bulseco, Ashley, Joseph H. Vineis, Anna E. Murphy, et al.. (2019). Metagenomics coupled with biogeochemical rates measurements provide evidence that nitrate addition stimulates respiration in salt marsh sediments. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(S1). 27 indexed citations

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Spivak, Amanda C., Jonathan Sanderman, Jennifer L. Bowen, Elizabeth A. Canuel, & C. Hopkinson. (2019). Global-change controls on soil-carbon accumulation and loss in coastal vegetated ecosystems. Nature Geoscience. 12(9). 685–692. 223 indexed citations breakdown →

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Spivak, Amanda C., et al.. (2018). Shallow ponds are biogeochemically distinct habitats in salt marsh ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography. 63(4). 1622–1642. 14 indexed citations

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Nelson, James A., et al.. (2018). Feedbacks Between Nutrient Enrichment and Geomorphology Alter Bottom-Up Control on Food Webs. Ecosystems. 22(2). 229–242. 29 indexed citations

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Krauss, Ken W., Nicole Cormier, Michael J. Osland, et al.. (2017). Created mangrove wetlands store belowground carbon and surface elevation change enables them to adjust to sea-level rise. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1030–1030. 69 indexed citations

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Spivak, Amanda C.. (2014). Benthic biogeochemical responses to changing estuary trophic state and nutrient availability: A paired field and mesocosm experiment approach. Limnology and Oceanography. 60(1). 3–21. 9 indexed citations

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Osland, Michael J., Amanda C. Spivak, Janet A. Nestlerode, et al.. (2012). Ecosystem Development After Mangrove Wetland Creation: Plant–Soil Change Across a 20-Year Chronosequence. Ecosystems. 15(5). 848–866. 158 indexed citations

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Spivak, Amanda C., Elizabeth A. Canuel, J. Emmett Duffy, & J. Paul Richardson. (2009). Nutrient Enrichment and Food Web Composition Affect Ecosystem Metabolism in an Experimental Seagrass Habitat. PLoS ONE. 4(10). e7473–e7473. 31 indexed citations

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Douglass, John K., J. Emmett Duffy, Amanda C. Spivak, & J. Paul Richardson. (2007). Nutrient versus consumer control of community structure in a Chesapeake Bay eelgrass habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 348. 71–83. 31 indexed citations

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