Linda A. Deegan

8.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Linda A. Deegan is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Linda A. Deegan has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Ecology, 40 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Linda A. Deegan's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (37 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (33 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers). Linda A. Deegan is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (37 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (33 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers). Linda A. Deegan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Canada. Linda A. Deegan's co-authors include Bruce J. Peterson, David Samuel Johnson, John W. Fleeger, Robert Warren, Christopher Neill, W. M. Wollheim, Sergio Fagherazzi, John E. Hobbie, Anne E. Hershey and William B. Bowden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Linda A. Deegan

108 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Linda A. Deegan United States	42	4.1k	1.7k	1.6k	1.3k	1.0k	112	5.8k
A. I. Robertson Australia	46	4.6k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.3×	474 0.5×	101	6.3k
Charles A. Simenstad United States	36	3.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	2.4k 1.5×	1.8k 1.3×	378 0.4×	138	5.5k
Florian Malard France	40	3.5k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	703 0.4×	735 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	98	5.5k
Janine B. Adams South Africa	40	3.5k 0.8×	675 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.5×	651 0.6×	223	5.4k
Francisco A. Comı́n Spain	40	2.4k 0.6×	740 0.4×	1.8k 1.1×	772 0.6×	864 0.8×	137	5.0k
Didier Pont France	44	4.3k 1.1×	3.6k 2.1×	900 0.5×	464 0.3×	737 0.7×	110	6.6k
Scott W. Nixon United States	46	3.2k 0.8×	758 0.4×	2.4k 1.4×	4.4k 3.3×	1.6k 1.5×	79	7.2k
Alan D. Jassby United States	33	2.6k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	3.8k 2.9×	1.8k 1.8×	61	6.5k
Walter R. Boynton United States	45	3.6k 0.9×	953 0.6×	2.5k 1.5×	5.9k 4.5×	2.4k 2.3×	83	8.9k
Just Cebrián United States	41	4.5k 1.1×	790 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	4.1k 3.1×	562 0.5×	148	6.9k

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Carr, Joel A., Maureen D. Correll, Zafer Defne, et al.. (2025). Distribution and disturbances of ditches across salt marshes of the Northeast U.S. with implications for management and restoration. Journal of Environmental Management. 376. 124444–124444.

Coe, Michael T., Christopher Neill, Leonardo Maracahipes‐Santos, et al.. (2025). Deep Soil Water Reservoirs Modulate Land Use and Drought Effects on the Water Budget of Amazon Headwaters. Water Resources Research. 61(9).

Deegan, Linda A., et al.. (2025). The Effect of Runnels on Salt Marsh Sediment Dynamics, Vegetation, and Nitrogen Cycling. Estuaries and Coasts. 48(3).

Jankowski, Kathi Jo, Paul Julian, Adam S. Wymore, et al.. (2023). Long‐Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(9). 6 indexed citations

Montag, Luciano Fogaça de Assis, et al.. (2021). Local effects of deforestation on stream fish assemblages in the amazon-savannah transitional area. Neotropical Ichthyology. 19(3). 7 indexed citations

Wigand, Cathleen, Elizabeth Watson, Rose M. Martin, et al.. (2018). Discontinuities in soil strength contribute to destabilization of nutrient‐enriched creeks. Ecosphere. 9(8). e02329–e02329. 15 indexed citations

Huryn, Alexander D., William B. Bowden, Linda A. Deegan, et al.. (2018). Linking permafrost thaw to shifting biogeochemistry and food web resources in an arctic river. Global Change Biology. 24(12). 5738–5750. 58 indexed citations

Crosby, Sarah C., et al.. (2016). Salt marsh persistence is threatened by predicted sea-level rise. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 181. 93–99. 196 indexed citations

Deegan, Linda A., et al.. (2011). Changing seasonality of Arctic hydrology disrupts key biotic linkages in Arctic aquatic ecosystems.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Neill, Christopher, Joaquín Chaves, Trent Biggs, et al.. (2011). Runoff sources and land cover change in the Amazon: an end-member mixing analysis from small watersheds. Biogeochemistry. 105(1-3). 7–18. 35 indexed citations

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Mather, Martha E., et al.. (2009). Use of non-natal estuaries by migratory striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in summer. Fishery Bulletin. 107(3). 329–338. 24 indexed citations

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Deegan, Linda A., Jennifer L. Bowen, Deanne C. Drake, et al.. (2007). SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SALT MARSHES TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND PREDATOR REMOVAL. Ecological Applications. 17(sp5). 116 indexed citations

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Benstead, Jonathan P., et al.. (2007). Recovery of three arctic stream reaches from experimental nutrient enrichment. Freshwater Biology. 52(6). 1077–1089. 18 indexed citations

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Neill, Christopher, Linda A. Deegan, Suzanne M. Thomas, et al.. (2006). Deforestation alters the hydraulic and biogeochemical characteristics of small lowland Amazonian streams. Hydrological Processes. 20(12). 2563–2580. 51 indexed citations

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Costa, María José, et al.. (2004). Comparison of the fish assemblages in tidal salt marsh creeks and in adjoining mudflat areas in the Tejo estuary (Portugal). Station Biologique de Roscoff. 18 indexed citations

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Deegan, Linda A., et al.. (2002). Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels. Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 12(2). 193–212. 126 indexed citations

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Holmes, R. M., Bruce J. Peterson, Linda A. Deegan, Jeffrey E. Hughes, & Brian Fry. (2000). Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in the Oligohaline Zone of a New England Estuary. Ecology. 81(2). 416–416. 6 indexed citations

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Allee, Rebecca J., Megan N. Dethier, Linda A. Deegan, et al.. (2000). Marine And Estuarine Ecosystem And Habitat Classification. AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 39 indexed citations

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Deegan, Linda A., et al.. (1999). Influence of Environmental Variability on the Growth of Age-0 and Adult Arctic Grayling. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 128(6). 1163–1175. 51 indexed citations

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Neill, Christopher & Linda A. Deegan. (1986). The Effect of Mississippi River Delta Lobe Development on the Habitat Composition and Diversity of Louisiana Coastal Wetlands. The American Midland Naturalist. 116(2). 296–296. 16 indexed citations

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