Ryan A. Sponseller

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Ryan A. Sponseller is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan A. Sponseller has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 35 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Ryan A. Sponseller's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (50 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (34 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers). Ryan A. Sponseller is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (50 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (34 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (26 papers). Ryan A. Sponseller collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and Spain. Ryan A. Sponseller's co-authors include Hjalmar Laudon, E. F. Benfield, H. Maurice Valett, James B. Heffernan, Stuart G. Fisher, Jan Karlsson, Erin R. Hotchkiss, Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Martin Rosvall and David Butman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Ryan A. Sponseller

106 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Sources of and processes controlling CO2 emissions change with the size of streams and rivers

2015 480 citations Ryan A. Sponseller, Hjalmar Laudon et al. profile →
Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

2023 157 citations Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Emily H. Stanley et al. profile →

Peers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan A. Sponseller

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan A. Sponseller

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Carbon and nutrient solubility in live and dead Betula pubescens leaves across a boreal retrogressive chronosequence 2025 ·Oikos ·(unknown), Micael Jonsson, Ryan A. Sponseller, David A. Wardle, Daniel B. Metcalfe	0
2	Biogeochemical response to drying-rewetting in riparian soils influences carbon mobilization 2025 ·Soil Biology and Biochemistry ·Martin Škerlep, (unknown), Hjalmar Laudon, Ryan A. Sponseller	0
3	Emerging patterns of CO ₂ : O ₂ dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing 2025 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Lluís Gómez‐Gener, (unknown), (unknown), Hjalmar Laudon, Anna Lupon, Eugènia Martı́, (unknown), Ryan A. Sponseller, Susana Bernal	0
4	Several Mechanisms Drive the Heterogeneity in Browning Across a Boreal Stream Network 2024 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), Frank Berninger, Liang Chen, (unknown), Ryan A. Sponseller, Hjalmar Laudon	0
5	Rebalancing River Lateral Connectivity: An Interdisciplinary Focus for Research and Management 2024 ·Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water ·R. Mason, Matthew F. Johnson, Ellen Wohl, Catherine Russell, Julian D. Olden, Lina E. Polvi, Stephen P. Rice, (unknown), Ryan A. Sponseller, Colin R. Thorne	5
6	Nutrient limitation masks the dissolved organic matter composition effects on bacterial metabolism in unproductive freshwaters 2023 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Martin Berggren, Linlin Ye, Ryan A. Sponseller, Ann‐Kristin Bergström, Jan Karlsson, (unknown), (unknown)	6
7	Concentration‐Discharge Patterns Reveal Catchment Controls Over the Stoichiometry of Carbon and Nutrient Supply to Boreal Streams 2023 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·(unknown), Hjalmar Laudon, M. Blackburn, Eliza Maher Hasselquist, Ryan A. Sponseller	3
8	Cascading, interactive, and indirect effects of climate change on aquatic communities, habitats, and ecosystems 2023 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·Susanne Menden‐Deuer, Julia C. Mullarney, Maarten Boersma, Hans‐Peter Grossart, Ryan A. Sponseller, Sarah A. Woodin	4
9	Groundwater‐stream connections shape the spatial pattern and rates of aquatic metabolism 2023 ·Limnology and Oceanography Letters ·Anna Lupon, Lluís Gómez‐Gener, Megan L. Fork, Hjalmar Laudon, Eugènia Martı́, William Lidberg, Ryan A. Sponseller	12
10	GRiMeDB: the Global River Methane Database of concentrations and fluxes 2023 ·Earth system science data ·Emily H. Stanley, Luke C. Loken, Nora J. Casson, Samantha K. Oliver, Ryan A. Sponseller, Marcus B. Wallin, Liwei Zhang, Gerard Rocher‐Ros	35
11	Resolving the Drivers of Algal Nutrient Limitation from Boreal to Arctic Lakes and Streams 2022 ·Ecosystems ·(unknown), Megan L. Fork, Ann‐Kristin Bergström, (unknown), (unknown), Peter D. F. Isles, Ryan M. Burrows, Ryan A. Sponseller	12
12	Water and nitrogen shape winter annual plant diversity and community composition in near‐urban Sonoran Desert preserves 2021 ·Ecological Monographs ·Megan M. Wheeler, Scott L. Collins, Nancy B. Grimm, Elizabeth M. Cook, Christopher M. Clark, Ryan A. Sponseller, Sharon J. Hall	11
13	Nitrogen supply and physical disturbance shapes Arctic stream nitrogen uptake through effects on metabolic activity 2021 ·Freshwater Biology ·(unknown), Steven A. Thomas, Reiner Giesler, Ryan A. Sponseller	5
14	Nutrients influence seasonal metabolic patterns and total productivity of Arctic streams 2020 ·Limnology and Oceanography ·(unknown), Lluís Gómez‐Gener, Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Reiner Giesler, Ryan A. Sponseller	24
15	Partitioning spatial, environmental, and community drivers of ecosystem functioning 2019 ·Landscape Ecology ·Amélie Truchy, Emma Göthe, David G. Angeler, Frauke Ecke, Ryan A. Sponseller, Mirco Bundschuh, Richard K. Johnson, Brendan G. McKie	26
16	Stream metabolism controls diel patterns and evasion of CO₂ in Arctic streams 2019 ·Global Change Biology ·Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Ryan A. Sponseller, Ann‐Kristin Bergström, (unknown), Reiner Giesler	59
17	Mixed method approach to assess atmospheric nitrogen deposition in arid and semi-arid ecosystems 2018 ·Environmental Pollution ·Elizabeth M. Cook, Ryan A. Sponseller, Nancy B. Grimm, Sharon J. Hall	18
18	Persistent nitrogen limitation of stream biofilm communities along climate gradients in the Arctic 2018 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Gerard Rocher‐Ros, Ryan M. Burrows, Ann‐Kristin Bergström, Reiner Giesler, Ryan A. Sponseller	52
19	Identifying and assessing the potential hydrological function of past artificial forest drainage 2017 ·AMBIO ·Eliza Maher Hasselquist, William Lidberg, Ryan A. Sponseller, Anneli Ågren, Hjalmar Laudon	34
20	An ensemble approach to assess the effects of climate change on riverine inorganic nitrogen loading in Sweden 2017 ·EGUGA ·Claudia Teutschbein, Ryan A. Sponseller, Thomas Grabs, (unknown), Kevin Bishop	1

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