MS Fonseca

1.8k total citations
13 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

MS Fonseca is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, MS Fonseca has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Oceanography, 10 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in MS Fonseca's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers), Marine and fisheries research (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers). MS Fonseca is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (10 papers), Marine and fisheries research (7 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (5 papers). MS Fonseca collaborates with scholars based in United States. MS Fonseca's co-authors include J. Herbert Fisher, SS Bell, W. Judson Kenworthy, KA Hovel, Katherine E. Mills and Geoffrey J. Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Marine Ecology Progress Series.

In The Last Decade

MS Fonseca

13 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
MS Fonseca United States 13 1.2k 1.2k 457 134 87 13 1.5k
Robert W. Virnstein United States 18 1.0k 0.8× 923 0.8× 605 1.3× 57 0.4× 42 0.5× 32 1.4k
Victor Ugo Ceccherelli Italy 17 526 0.4× 505 0.4× 343 0.8× 81 0.6× 74 0.9× 30 806
P. Ed Parnell United States 13 694 0.6× 706 0.6× 291 0.6× 70 0.5× 66 0.8× 23 952
W. Judson Kenworthy United States 27 1.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 455 1.0× 35 0.3× 113 1.3× 48 2.0k
D. J. de Jong Netherlands 16 565 0.5× 545 0.5× 175 0.4× 102 0.8× 79 0.9× 32 866
M. Vincx Belgium 21 1.2k 1.0× 919 0.8× 448 1.0× 37 0.3× 76 0.9× 48 1.4k
KJ McGlathery United States 17 821 0.7× 844 0.7× 192 0.4× 162 1.2× 60 0.7× 20 1.1k
E. A. Irlandi United States 16 900 0.8× 826 0.7× 611 1.3× 28 0.2× 49 0.6× 20 1.2k
Margaret O. Hall United States 19 1.0k 0.9× 945 0.8× 336 0.7× 24 0.2× 83 1.0× 40 1.2k
WC Dennison United States 9 862 0.7× 817 0.7× 221 0.5× 30 0.2× 48 0.6× 9 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by MS Fonseca

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Fields of papers citing papers by MS Fonseca

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of MS Fonseca

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of MS Fonseca. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of MS Fonseca based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with MS Fonseca. MS Fonseca is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Hovel, KA & MS Fonseca. (2005). Influence of seagrass landscape structure on juvenile blue crab habitat-survival function. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 300. 179–191. 58 indexed citations
2.
Mills, Katherine E. & MS Fonseca. (2003). Mortality and productivity of eelgrass Zostera marina under conditions of experimental burial with two sediment types. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 255. 127–134. 53 indexed citations
3.
Hovel, KA, et al.. (2002). Effects of seagrass landscape structure, structural complexity and hydrodynamic regime on macrofaunal densities in North Carolina seagrass beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 243. 11–24. 125 indexed citations
4.
Fonseca, MS & SS Bell. (1998). Influence of physical setting on seagrass landscapes near Beaufort, North Carolina, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 171. 109–121. 339 indexed citations
5.
Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1998). Bioturbation as a potential mechanism influencing spatial heterogeneity of North Carolina seagrass beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 169. 123–132. 71 indexed citations
6.
Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1996). Development of planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. I. Plant components. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 132. 127–139. 62 indexed citations
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Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1996). Development of planted seagrass beds in Tampa Bay, Florida, USA. II. Faunal components. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 132. 141–156. 94 indexed citations
8.
Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1995). Role of high and low energy seagrass beds as nursery areas for Penaeus duorarum in North Carolina. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 121. 91–98. 70 indexed citations
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Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1990). Comparisons of fauna among natural and transplanted eelgrass Zostera marIna meadows: criteria for mitigation. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 65. 251–264. 64 indexed citations
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Kenworthy, W. Judson, et al.. (1989). Production, decomposition, and heterotrophic utilization of the seagrass Halophila decipiens in a submarine canyon. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 51. 277–290. 49 indexed citations
11.
Fonseca, MS & J. Herbert Fisher. (1986). A comparison of canopy friction and sediment movement between four species of seagrass with reference to their ecology and restoration. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 29. 15–22. 342 indexed citations
12.
Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1984). Population dynamics, spatial dispersion and somatic growth of the sand fiddler crab ilea pugilator. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 16. 269–279. 82 indexed citations
13.
Fonseca, MS, et al.. (1982). Macrobenthic Community Structure in a Transplanted Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Meadow. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 9. 211–221. 54 indexed citations

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