Brian J. Roberts

4.7k citations

120 papers · 3.7k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 34

Geophysics top 1%
Ecology top 2%
Environmental Chemistry top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
Oceanography top 2%

Co-authors: R. J. Merriman Patrick J. Mulholland Walter R. Hill Donald R. Peacor Kevin Hall Frederick A. Cook Arie J. van der Velden Shari E. Fanta
Topics: Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers)Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers)Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (22 papers)
Cited by: Geophysics Environmental Chemistry Nature and Landscape Conservation
Journals: NatureSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaJournal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Brian J. Roberts

117 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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The metabolic regimes of flowing waters

2017 268 citations Emily S. Bernhardt, James B. Heffernan et al. Limnology and Oceanography profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	When and where can coastal wetland restoration increase carbon sequestration as a natural climate solution? 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown),Ariane Arias‐Ortiz,Dennis Baldocchi,(unknown),Daniel A. Friess,(unknown),Gregory B. Noe,Stefanie Nolte,Patricia Y. Oikawa,Adina Paytan,Jacqueline L. Raw,Brian J. Roberts,Kerrylee Rogers,Charles A. Schutte,Camille L. Stagg,Karen M. Thorne,Eric J. Ward,Lisamarie Windham‐Myers,Erik S. Yando	4
2	Coastal wetland restoration through the lens of Odum's theory of ecosystem development 2023 ·Restoration Ecology ·Friedrich W. Keppeler,Annette Summers Engel,L. M. Hooper-Bùi,Paola C. López‐Duarte,Charles W. Martin,Jill A. Olin,(unknown),Michael J. Polito,Nancy N. Rabalais,Brian J. Roberts,Erick M. Swenson,Olaf P. Jensen	7
3	Can biodiversity of preexisting and created salt marshes match across scales? An assessment from microbes to predators 2023 ·Ecosphere ·Friedrich W. Keppeler,James R. Junker,(unknown),(unknown),Annette Summers Engel,L. M. Hooper-Bùi,Olaf P. Jensen,(unknown),Paola C. López‐Duarte,Charles W. Martin,(unknown),Jill A. Olin,(unknown),Michael J. Polito,Nancy N. Rabalais,Brian J. Roberts,(unknown),Erick M. Swenson	3
4	Phytoplankton dynamics in Louisiana estuaries: Building a baseline to understand current and future change 2022 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Julia Sweet,Sibel Bargu,Wendy Morrison,M. L. Parsons,(unknown),Brian J. Roberts,Thomas M. Soniat,Beth Stauffer	8
5	Body size, trophic position, and the coupling of different energy pathways across a saltmarsh landscape 2021 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Friedrich W. Keppeler,Jill A. Olin,Paola C. López‐Duarte,Michael J. Polito,L. M. Hooper-Bùi,Sabrina S. Taylor,Nancy N. Rabalais,F. Joel Fodrie,Brian J. Roberts,R. Eugene Turner,Charles W. Martin,Olaf P. Jensen	26
6	Pelagic denitrification and methane oxidation in oxygen-depleted waters of the Louisiana shelf 2021 ·Biogeochemistry ·(unknown),Kimberley S. Hunter,Nancy N. Rabalais,Brian J. Roberts,Annalisa Bracco,Frank J. Stewart,Samantha B. Joye	8
7	Stable isotope analyses identify trophic niche partitioning between sympatric terrestrial vertebrates in coastal saltmarshes with differing oiling histories 2021 ·PeerJ ·(unknown),Hayat Bennadji,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Andrea Bonisoli‐Alquati,Jill A. Olin,Philip C. Stouffer,Sabrina S. Taylor,Paola C. López‐Duarte,Brian J. Roberts,L. M. Hooper-Bùi,Michael J. Polito	4
8	No Evidence for Long-term Impacts of Oil Spill Contamination on Salt Marsh Soil Nitrogen Cycling Processes 2020 ·Estuaries and Coasts ·Charles A. Schutte,John M. Marton,Anne E. Bernhard,Anne E. Giblin,Brian J. Roberts	7
9	Spring net community production and its coupling with the CO ₂ dynamics in the surface water of the northern Gulf of Mexico 2019 ·Biogeosciences ·Zong‐Pei Jiang,Wei‐Jun Cai,John C. Lehrter,Baoshan Chen,Zhangxian Ouyang,Chengfeng Le,Brian J. Roberts,Najid Hussain,(unknown),Junxiao Zhang,Yuan‐Yuan Xu	13
10	Physical and Biogeochemical Controls on pH Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico During Summer Hypoxia 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans ·Zong‐Pei Jiang,Wei‐Jun Cai,Baoshan Chen,Kui Wang,(unknown),Brian J. Roberts,Najid Hussain,Qian Li	21
11	Oiling impacts on salt marsh nitrogen cycling rates: insights from a large-scale marsh mesocosm experiment 2019 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Brian J. Roberts,Charles A. Schutte,(unknown),Anne E. Bernhard,Anne E. Giblin	1
12	Imaging and monitoring of the shallow subsurface using spatially windowed surface-wave analysis with a single permanent seismic source 2018 ·Geophysics ·Tatsunori Ikeda,Takeshi Tsuji,Masashi Nakatsukasa,(unknown),Ayato Kato,(unknown),Don White,Brian J. Roberts	7
13	Stable and radiocarbon isotopic composition of dissolved organic matter in the Gulf of Mexico 2017 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Brett D. Walker,Ellen R. M. Druffel,(unknown),Brian J. Roberts,Xiaomei Xu,B. E. Rosenheim	14
14	The metabolic regimes of flowing watersbreakdown → 2017 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Emily S. Bernhardt,James B. Heffernan,Nancy B. Grimm,Emily H. Stanley,Judson W. Harvey,Maite Arroita,Alison Appling,Matthew J. Cohen,William H. McDowell,Robert O. Hall,Jordan S. Read,Brian J. Roberts,Edward G. Stets,Charles B. Yackulic	268
15	Quantifying Trophic Interactions and Carbon Flow in Louisiana Salt Marshes Using Multiple Biomarkers 2017 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Michael J. Polito,Paola C. López‐Duarte,Jill A. Olin,(unknown),KW Able,(unknown),(unknown),L. M. Hooper-Bùi,Susan Taylor,Philip C. Stouffer,Brian J. Roberts,Nancy N. Rabalais,Olaf P. Jensen	1
16	Population Dynamics and Community Composition of Ammonia Oxidizers in Salt Marshes after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Anne E. Bernhard,Roberta Sheffer,Anne E. Giblin,John M. Marton,Brian J. Roberts	19
17	River discharge influences on particulate organic carbon age structure in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River System 2013 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·B. E. Rosenheim,(unknown),Brian J. Roberts,Alexander S. Kolker,Mead A. Allison,Karen H. Johannesson	62
18	Stream ecosystem responses to the 2007 spring freeze in the southeastern United States: unexpected effects of climate change 2009 ·Global Change Biology ·Patrick J. Mulholland,Brian J. Roberts,Walter R. Hill,J. Smith	32
19	Ureteroduodenal fistula 1996 ·Urology ·Brian J. Roberts,(unknown),(unknown),John H. Lynch	9
20	Reflection Seismic Imaging of the Carboniferous Bay St. George Subbasin, Onshore Western Newfoundland: A Reappraisal of Paleozoic Stratigraphic Thickness 1992 ·Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology ·Jeremy Hall,(unknown),Brian J. Roberts,(unknown),(unknown),Ian Knight,(unknown)	3

About Brian J. Roberts

Brian J. Roberts is a scholar working on Geophysics, Oceanography and Earth-Surface Processes, having authored 120 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (27 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (22 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (22 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geophysics (1.5k citations), Environmental Chemistry (791 citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (662 citations). Brian J. Roberts has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include R. J. Merriman, Patrick J. Mulholland, Walter R. Hill, Donald R. Peacor, Kevin Hall, Frederick A. Cook, Arie J. van der Velden, Shari E. Fanta, Emily S. Bernhardt and Traci Deans. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

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