Mary C. Freeman

7.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
123 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Mary C. Freeman is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mary C. Freeman has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 97 papers in Ecology and 30 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Mary C. Freeman's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (96 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (56 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers). Mary C. Freeman is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (96 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (56 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (25 papers). Mary C. Freeman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. Mary C. Freeman's co-authors include Catherine M. Pringle, Byron J. Freeman, Gary D. Grossman, Seth J. Wenger, C. Rhett Jackson, Zachary H. Bowen, Elise R. Irwin, Ken D. Bovee, Julian D. Olden and Robert B. Jacobson and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Water Research and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Mary C. Freeman

115 papers receiving 5.3k 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.

The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

2009 1.2k citations N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter et al. Freshwater Biology profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mary C. Freeman	4.2k	3.9k	2.2k	1.0k	767	123	5.8k
Nicolas Lamouroux	3.1k 0.7×	3.5k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	843 0.8×	540 0.7×	103	4.8k
Stefan Schmutz	3.3k 0.8×	3.5k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	631 0.6×	813 1.1×	123	5.1k
J. C. Stromberg	3.4k 0.8×	4.3k 1.1×	2.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	314 0.4×	20	6.0k
Fran Sheldon	2.7k 0.6×	3.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	849 0.8×	331 0.4×	111	4.5k
Richard E. Sparks	4.6k 1.1×	5.4k 1.4×	3.2k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	516 0.7×	93	7.6k
Christian E. Torgersen	3.5k 0.8×	3.3k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	811 0.8×	430 0.6×	62	4.8k
Keith B. Gido	4.4k 1.1×	4.0k 1.0×	1.1k 0.5×	729 0.7×	910 1.2×	169	5.3k
George R. Pess	4.3k 1.0×	5.2k 1.3×	1.9k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	465 0.6×	117	6.7k
Bruce E. Rieman	4.9k 1.2×	4.2k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.9×	897 1.2×	84	6.3k
Jeffrey V. Baumgartner	2.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	160 0.2×	18	4.5k

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Freeman, Byron J., Mark C. Scott, Karina Petersen, et al.. (2025). Two new species of Micropterus (Centrarchidae) endemic to Atlantic Slope river drainages in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, U.S.A.. Zootaxa. 5683(1). 67–89.

Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2024). Life‐history connections to long‐term fish population trends in a species‐rich temperate river. Ecology Of Freshwater Fish. 33(2).

Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2023). Observed and projected functional reorganization of riverine fish assemblages from global change. Global Change Biology. 29(13). 3759–3780. 6 indexed citations

Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2023). Persistence of native riverine fishes downstream from two hydropower dams with contrasting operations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 80(11). 1723–1736. 1 indexed citations

Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2023). Stream restoration produces transitory, not permanent, changes to fish assemblages at compensatory mitigation sites. Restoration Ecology. 31(5). 2 indexed citations

Connelly, Scott, et al.. (2022). Seasonal variability in macroinvertebrate assemblages in paired perennial and intermittent streams in Costa Rica. Hydrobiologia. 850(1). 215–230. 1 indexed citations

Wenger, Seth J., Keith B. Gido, Mary C. Freeman, et al.. (2022). Simple statistical models can be sufficient for testing hypotheses with population time‐series data. Ecology and Evolution. 12(9). e9339–e9339. 5 indexed citations

Freeman, Mary C., Kevin R. Bestgen, Daren M. Carlisle, et al.. (2022). Toward Improved Understanding of Streamflow Effects on Freshwater Fishes. Fisheries. 47(7). 290–298. 38 indexed citations

Rushing, Clark S., Andrew J. Sharp, Viviana Ruiz‐Gutiérrez, et al.. (2021). Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags. Ornithological applications. 123(2). 18 indexed citations

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Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2021). Slow Recovery of Headwater-Stream Fishes Following a Catastrophic Poisoning Event. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 12(2). 362–372. 3 indexed citations

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Wenger, Seth J., et al.. (2020). Freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) increase rates of leaf breakdown in a neotropical headwater stream. Freshwater Biology. 65(10). 1673–1684. 16 indexed citations

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McKay, S. Kyle, et al.. (2019). Long‐term (37 years) impacts of low‐head dams on freshwater shrimp habitat connectivity in northeastern Puerto Rico. River Research and Applications. 35(7). 1034–1043. 6 indexed citations

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Bassar, Ronald D., Alexander S. Flecker, Mary C. Freeman, et al.. (2017). Local Adaptation in Trinidadian Guppies Alters Stream Ecosystem Structure at Landscape Scales despite High Environmental Variability. Copeia. 105(3). 504–513. 21 indexed citations

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Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2017). Long-Term Monitoring Data Provide Evidence of Declining Species Richness in a River Valued for Biodiversity Conservation. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 8(2). 418–434. 8 indexed citations

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Boon, Philip J. & Mary C. Freeman. (2009). Methods for assessing the conservation value of rivers. AGUSM. 2005. 142–165. 4 indexed citations

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Poff, N. LeRoy, Brian D. Richter, Angela H. Arthington, et al.. (2009). The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards. Freshwater Biology. 55(1). 147–170. 1208 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wenger, Seth J. & Mary C. Freeman. (2008). ESTIMATING SPECIES OCCURRENCE, ABUNDANCE, AND DETECTION PROBABILITY USING ZERO-INFLATED DISTRIBUTIONS. Ecology. 89(10). 2953–2959. 202 indexed citations

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Freeman, Mary C., Elise R. Irwin, Noel M. Burkhead, Byron J. Freeman, & Henry L. Bart. (2005). Status and conservation of the fish fauna of the Alabama River system. 2005(45). 557–585. 21 indexed citations

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Freeman, Mary C., Catherine M. Pringle, Effie A. Greathouse, & Byron J. Freeman. (2003). Ecosystem-Level Consequences of Migratory Faunal Depletion Caused by Dams. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 35. 255–266. 79 indexed citations

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Freeman, Mary C., et al.. (2001). Stream Loss and Fragmentation Due to Impoundments in the Upper Oconee Watershed. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 29(49). 66–69. 2 indexed citations

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