K. L. Prestegaard

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

K. L. Prestegaard is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, K. L. Prestegaard has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Water Science and Technology and 8 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in K. L. Prestegaard's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (9 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers). K. L. Prestegaard is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (9 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (8 papers). K. L. Prestegaard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. K. L. Prestegaard's co-authors include Mark B. Bain, J. David Allan, J. C. Stromberg, N. LeRoy Poff, Richard E. Sparks, James R. Karr, Brian D. Richter, James F. Luhr, Roy E. Plotnick and Robert H. Gardner and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Journal of Hydrology and Geology.

In The Last Decade

K. L. Prestegaard

30 papers receiving 6.1k citations

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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 Natural Flow Regime

1997 5.1k citations N. LeRoy Poff, J. David Allan et al. BioScience profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. L. Prestegaard United States	17	4.3k	3.2k	2.9k	1.4k	1.1k	31	6.7k
Bruce R. Forsberg Brazil	41	2.7k 0.6×	1.8k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.8k 1.4×	533 0.5×	113	6.4k
Paul A. Carling United Kingdom	45	4.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.9×	193	6.9k
F. Douglas Shields United States	42	3.6k 0.8×	1.3k 0.4×	1.4k 0.5×	692 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	213	5.7k
R. D. Moore Canada	49	3.1k 0.7×	2.2k 0.7×	4.1k 1.4×	2.7k 2.0×	870 0.8×	163	8.3k
Vladimir Nikora United Kingdom	48	6.8k 1.6×	807 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	2.8k 2.5×	194	8.7k
Bruce L. Rhoads United States	52	5.5k 1.3×	778 0.2×	3.0k 1.0×	1.8k 1.3×	2.9k 2.6×	137	7.3k
Arthur N. Strahler United States	18	2.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	3.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	1.7k 1.5×	31	8.9k
David R. Montgomery United States	59	9.9k 2.3×	2.2k 0.7×	5.3k 1.8×	3.1k 2.3×	6.8k 6.0×	115	16.5k
Alfred Wüest Switzerland	51	2.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	184 0.2×	197	8.7k
John L. Campbell United States	41	2.3k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	3.4k 2.5×	1.8k 1.6×	146	7.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. L. Prestegaard

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Myers‐Pigg, Allison, et al.. (2025). Hillslope hydrologic influences on soil dissolved organic carbon fate informs extreme precipitation impacts on boreal forest mineral soil stocks. CATENA. 259. 109361–109361.

Roebuck, Alan, et al.. (2023). Hydrobiogeochemical Controls on the Delivery of Dissolved Organic Matter to Boreal Headwater Streams. Water Resources Research. 59(10). 5 indexed citations

Edwards, Kate A., et al.. (2020). Dissolved organic carbon mobilized from organic horizons of mature and harvested black spruce plots in a mesic boreal region. Biogeosciences. 17(3). 581–595. 16 indexed citations

Lekić, V., et al.. (2018). Seismic signature of turbulence during the 2017 Oroville Dam spillway erosion crisis. Earth Surface Dynamics. 6(2). 351–367. 14 indexed citations

Fanelli, Rosemary M., K. L. Prestegaard, & Margaret A. Palmer. (2017). Evaluation of infiltration‐based stormwater management to restore hydrological processes in urban headwater streams. Hydrological Processes. 31(19). 3306–3319. 36 indexed citations

Prestegaard, K. L., et al.. (2016). Physical and chemical constraints limit the habitat window for an endangered mussel. Hydrobiologia. 772(1). 77–91. 2 indexed citations

Prestegaard, K. L., et al.. (2014). Geochemical, Temperature, and Hydrologic Transport Limitations on Nitrate Retention in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands, Patuxent River, Maryland. Wetlands. 34(4). 641–651. 3 indexed citations

Prestegaard, K. L., et al.. (2012). Use of geomorphic, hydrologic, and nitrogen mass balance data to model ecosystem nitrate retention in tidal freshwater wetlands. Biogeosciences. 9(7). 2661–2672. 5 indexed citations

Gardner, Royal C., Joy B. Zedler, R. Eugene Turner, et al.. (2009). Compensating for Wetland Losses Under the Clean Water Act (Redux): Evaluating the Federal Compensatory Mitigation Regulation. Civil War Book Review. 14 indexed citations

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Prestegaard, K. L., et al.. (2005). Effects of Concrete Channels on Stream Biogeochemistry, Maryland Coastal Plain. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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Smith, S. M. & K. L. Prestegaard. (2005). Hydraulic performance of a morphology‐based stream channel design. Water Resources Research. 41(11). 78 indexed citations

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Poff, N. LeRoy, J. David Allan, Mark B. Bain, et al.. (1997). The Natural Flow Regime. BioScience. 47(11). 769–784. 5070 indexed citations breakdown →

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Plotnick, Roy E., Robert H. Gardner, William W. Hargrove, K. L. Prestegaard, & Martin A. Perlmutter. (1996). Lacunarity analysis: A general technique for the analysis of spatial patterns. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 53(5). 5461–5468. 429 indexed citations

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Prestegaard, K. L., et al.. (1994). Spatial variations in the magnitude of the 1993 floods, Raccoon River basin, Iowa. Geomorphology. 10(1-4). 169–182. 7 indexed citations

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Ashmore, Peter, Rob Ferguson, K. L. Prestegaard, Philip J. Ashworth, & Chris Paola. (1992). Secondary flow in anabranch confluences of a braided, gravel‐bed stream. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 17(3). 299–311. 117 indexed citations

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Ferguson, Rob, Peter Ashmore, Philip J. Ashworth, Chris Paola, & K. L. Prestegaard. (1992). Measurements in a Braided River chute and lobe: 1. Flow pattern, sediment transport, and channel change. Water Resources Research. 28(7). 1877–1886. 100 indexed citations

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Varekamp, Johan C., James F. Luhr, & K. L. Prestegaard. (1984). The 1982 eruptions of El Chichón Volcano (Chiapas, Mexico): Character of the eruptions, ash-fall deposits, and gasphase. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 23(1-2). 39–68. 167 indexed citations

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Prestegaard, K. L.. (1983). Bar resistance in gravel bed streams at bankfull stage. Water Resources Research. 19(2). 472–476. 76 indexed citations

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Prestegaard, K. L.. (1983). Variables influencing water-surface slopes in gravel-bed streams at bankfull stage. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 94(5). 673–673. 20 indexed citations

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Wilshire, H. G., et al.. (1978). Impacts of vehicles on natural terrain at seven sites in the San Francisco Bay area. Environmental Geology. 2(5). 295–319. 26 indexed citations

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