Leonard A. Smock

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Leonard A. Smock is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonard A. Smock has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Ecology, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 15 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Leonard A. Smock's work include Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (27 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (16 papers). Leonard A. Smock is often cited by papers focused on Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (27 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (23 papers) and Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior (16 papers). Leonard A. Smock collaborates with scholars based in United States and Belarus. Leonard A. Smock's co-authors include Alexander D. Huryn, Arthur C. Benke, J. Bruce Wallace, D. L. Stoneburner, Jeremy B. Jones, Ellen Gilinsky, James R. Clark, Lane C. Smith, Douglas Mitchell and Edward J. Kuenzler and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Ecology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Leonard A. Smock

45 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

Length-Mass Relationships for Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in North America with Particular Reference to the Southeastern United States

1999 913 citations Arthur C. Benke, Alexander D. Huryn et al. Journal of the North American Benthological Society profile →

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Susan L. Eggert United States

Nikolai Friberg Denmark

Verónica Ferreira Portugal

William L Hilsenhoff United States

Avital Gasith Israel

Charles F. Rabení United States

Peter M. Kiffney United States

Arturo Elosegi Spain

Philippe Usseglio‐Polatera France

Wyatt F. Cross United States

Susan L. Eggert United States

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1.6k ×0.8

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371 ×0.9

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263 ×0.9

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonard A. Smock

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Zipper, Carl E., Golde I. Holtzman, Leonard A. Smock, et al.. (2009). A Screening-Value Approach to Nutrient Criteria Development for Freshwater Wadeable Streams in the Mountain and Piedmont Regions of Virginia: July 2008 – June 2009 Activities. VTechWorks (Virginia Tech).

Shuman, Mark S., et al.. (2008). Metals in the water sediments and biota of the Haw and New Hope Rivers, North Carolina. NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries).

Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (2004). Distribution and Growth of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Piedmont Section of the James River, Virginia. Southeastern Naturalist. 3(3). 517–530. 7 indexed citations

Smock, Leonard A.. (2002). Freshwater ecology: concepts and environmental applications. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 21(4). 728–729. 172 indexed citations

Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (2000). Interspecific and Intraspecific Interactions Between Crayfish (Cambarus longulus) and Hellgrammites (Corydalus cornutus) and the Influence of a Predatory Fish (Micropterus dolomieu). The American Midland Naturalist. 144(2). 317–327. 7 indexed citations

Benke, Arthur C., Alexander D. Huryn, Leonard A. Smock, & J. Bruce Wallace. (1999). Length-Mass Relationships for Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in North America with Particular Reference to the Southeastern United States. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 18(3). 308–343. 913 indexed citations breakdown →

Pagels, John F., et al.. (1998). The water shrew, Sorex palustris Richardson (Insectivora: Soricidae), and its habitat in Virginia. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 6 indexed citations

Smock, Leonard A.. (1997). Organic Matter Dynamics in Buzzards Branch, a Blackwater Stream in Virginia, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 16(1). 54–58. 12 indexed citations

Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1996). Spatial and temporal variation of microbial respiration rates in a blackwater stream. Freshwater Biology. 36(2). 339–349. 66 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1995). Distribution, Age Structure, and Movements of the Freshwater Mussel Elliptio complanata (Mollusca: Unionidae) in a Headwater Stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 10(3). 255–268. 92 indexed citations

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Jones, Jeremy B. & Leonard A. Smock. (1991). Transport and Retention of Particulate Organic Matter in Two Low-Gradient Headwater Streams. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 10(2). 115–126. 110 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1991). Cellulase activity of leaf litter and stream-dwelling, shredder macroinvertebrates. Hydrobiologia. 220(1). 29–35. 14 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1990). Macroinvertebrate distribution and production on the floodplains of two lowland headwater streams. Freshwater Biology. 24(3). 533–545. 87 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1990). Storage and Dynamics of Subsurface Detritus in a Sand-Bottomed Stream. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 47(3). 588–594. 98 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1989). Vertical distribution and abundance of invertebrates within the sandy substrate of a low‐gradient headwater stream. Freshwater Biology. 22(2). 263–274. 75 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1989). Ecology of Macroinvertebrate Shredders in a Low-Gradient Sandy-Bottomed Stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 8(2). 149–161. 54 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1989). Role of Debris Dams in the Structure and Functioning of Low‐Gradient Headwater Streams. Ecology. 70(3). 764–775. 201 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A., et al.. (1986). The trophic basis of production of the macroinvertebrate community of a southeastern U.S.A. blackwater stream. Ecography. 9(3). 165–174. 26 indexed citations

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Stoneburner, D. L. & Leonard A. Smock. (1980). Plankton communities of an acidic, polymictic, brown-water lake. Hydrobiologia. 69(1-2). 131–137. 10 indexed citations

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Smock, Leonard A. & D. L. Stoneburner. (1980). The Response of Macroinvertebrates to Aquatic Macrophyte Decomposition. Oikos. 35(3). 397–397. 78 indexed citations

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