Keryn B. Gedan

4.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Keryn B. Gedan is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Keryn B. Gedan has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, 18 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 15 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Keryn B. Gedan's work include Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (34 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Keryn B. Gedan is often cited by papers focused on Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (34 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (15 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers). Keryn B. Gedan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Keryn B. Gedan's co-authors include Brian R. Silliman, Mark D. Bertness, Matthew L. Kirwan, Andrew H. Altieri, Eric Wolanski, Edward B. Barbier, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell, Aaron Strong, Molly Mitchell and Emily S. Bernhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Keryn B. Gedan

44 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Centuries of Human-Driven Change in Salt Marsh Ecosystems

2008 730 citations Keryn B. Gedan, Mark D. Bertness et al. Annual Review of Marine Science profile →
The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm

2010 719 citations Keryn B. Gedan, Matthew L. Kirwan et al. profile →
Sea-level driven land conversion and the formation of ghost forests

2019 215 citations Matthew L. Kirwan, Keryn B. Gedan profile →
The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater Intrusion

2019 205 citations Keryn B. Gedan, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keryn B. Gedan United States	21	2.3k	1.1k	808	663	469	48	3.0k
Michael J. Osland United States	32	3.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	708 0.9×	796 1.2×	571 1.2×	69	3.6k
Jeffrey J. Kelleway Australia	25	3.1k 1.4×	932 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	686 1.0×	531 1.1×	52	3.6k
Edward Castañeda‐Moya United States	25	2.9k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	575 0.7×	694 1.0×	560 1.2×	55	3.4k
Ioannis Y. Georgiou United States	20	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.2×	855 1.1×	741 1.1×	596 1.3×	70	3.1k
Thomas J. Smith United States	24	2.9k 1.2×	855 0.8×	687 0.9×	562 0.8×	424 0.9×	36	3.3k
David M. Burdick United States	32	2.4k 1.0×	657 0.6×	1.2k 1.5×	598 0.9×	196 0.4×	78	3.0k
Thomas W. Doyle United States	24	2.1k 0.9×	843 0.8×	374 0.5×	735 1.1×	536 1.1×	57	2.7k
Camille L. Stagg United States	22	1.9k 0.8×	694 0.6×	360 0.4×	532 0.8×	330 0.7×	54	2.2k
Jorge A. Herrera‐Silveira Mexico	33	2.0k 0.9×	521 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	783 1.2×	409 0.9×	128	3.5k
Ruth Reef Australia	32	4.2k 1.8×	1.6k 1.5×	975 1.2×	1.1k 1.7×	803 1.7×	72	5.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2025). Effects of saltwater intrusion on candidate restoration species in coastal agricultural fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 392. 109757–109757. 1 indexed citations

Miller, Jarrod O., et al.. (2024). Management strategies for reducing phosphorus levels in saltwater-intruded agricultural fields. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 370. 109034–109034. 2 indexed citations

Kirwan, Matthew L., et al.. (2024). Early detection of invasive Phragmites australis at the tidal marsh-forest ecotone with airborne LiDAR. Ecological Indicators. 167. 112651–112651. 3 indexed citations

Kirwan, Matthew L., Holly A. Michael, Keryn B. Gedan, et al.. (2024). Feedbacks Regulating the Salinization of Coastal Landscapes. Annual Review of Marine Science. 17(1). 461–484. 5 indexed citations

Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2024). Storm Surges and Sea Level Rise Cluster Hydrological Variables Across a Coastal Forest Bordering a Salt Marsh. Water Resources Research. 60(2). 6 indexed citations

Smith, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Litter Decomposition in Retreating Coastal Forests. Estuaries and Coasts. 47(4). 1139–1149. 3 indexed citations

Hamilton, Matthew B., et al.. (2024). Plasticity drives the trait variation of a foundation marsh species migrating into coastal forests with sea‐level rise. Ecosphere. 15(8).

Mondal, Pinki, Jarrod O. Miller, Rebecca S. Epanchin‐Niell, et al.. (2023). The spread and cost of saltwater intrusion in the US Mid-Atlantic. Nature Sustainability. 6(11). 1352–1362. 32 indexed citations

Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2023). Shrub expansion in maritime forest responding to sea level rise. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 6. 9 indexed citations

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Smith, Alexander, Karen J. McGlathery, Carolyn J. Ewers Lewis, et al.. (2023). Compensatory Mechanisms Absorb Regional Carbon Losses Within a Rapidly Shifting Coastal Mosaic. Ecosystems. 27(1). 122–136. 7 indexed citations

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Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2023). Distinguishing the Effects of Stress Intensity and Stress Duration in Plant Responses to Salinity. Plants. 12(13). 2522–2522. 4 indexed citations

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Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2022). Sexual reproduction is light‐limited as marsh grasses colonize maritime forest. American Journal of Botany. 109(4). 514–525. 3 indexed citations

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Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2021). Species‐specific responses of a marsh‐forest ecotone plant community responding to climate change. Ecology. 102(4). 17 indexed citations

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Hein, Christopher J., et al.. (2021). Leveraging the Interdependencies Between Barrier Islands and Backbarrier Saltmarshes to Enhance Resilience to Sea-Level Rise. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 8 indexed citations

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Qi, Man, et al.. (2020). Biogeomorphic patterns emerge with pond expansion in deteriorating marshes affected by relative sea level rise. Limnology and Oceanography. 66(4). 1036–1049. 10 indexed citations

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Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2020). Effects of Short-Duration and Diel-Cycling Hypoxia on Predation of Mussels and Oysters in Two Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay. Diversity. 12(3). 87–87. 6 indexed citations

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Gedan, Keryn B., et al.. (2019). Seeds of change: characterizing the soil seed bank of a migrating salt marsh. Annals of Botany. 125(2). 335–344. 23 indexed citations

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Doney, Scott C., Tal Ezer, Keryn B. Gedan, et al.. (2018). Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Review of the Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership’s Climate Change Assessment Framework and Programmatic Integration and Response Efforts. ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University).

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Gedan, Keryn B., Joanna R. Bernhardt, Mark D. Bertness, & Heather M. Leslie. (2010). Substrate size mediates thermal stress in the rocky intertidal. Ecology. 92(3). 576–582. 51 indexed citations

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Holdredge, Christine, et al.. (2009). Fiddler crab control of cordgrass primary production in sandy sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 399. 253–259. 48 indexed citations

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