Susan S. Kilham

9.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
77 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Susan S. Kilham is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan S. Kilham has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 27 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Susan S. Kilham's work include Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (26 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (24 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Susan S. Kilham is often cited by papers focused on Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (26 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (24 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (19 papers). Susan S. Kilham collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Switzerland. Susan S. Kilham's co-authors include Sebastian J. Interlandi, Scott G. Lynn, Daniel A. Kreeger, David Tilman, Clyde E. Goulden, Peter Kilham, Edward C. Theriot, Robert W. Sterner, Jacob A. Russell and Karen E. Sullam and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Susan S. Kilham

75 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Nutritional constraints in terrestrial and freshwater food webs

2000 1.3k citations Sebastian J. Interlandi, Susan S. Kilham et al. profile →
Environmental and ecological factors that shape the gut bacterial communities of fish: a meta‐analysis

2012 734 citations Karen E. Sullam, Steven D. Essinger et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
COMBO: a defined freshwater culture medium for algae and zooplankton

1998 709 citations Susan S. Kilham, Daniel A. Kreeger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Susan S. Kilham United States	36	3.0k	2.4k	1.8k	1.5k	969	77	7.1k
Craig E. Williamson United States	55	4.4k 1.5×	5.0k 2.1×	4.9k 2.7×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.6×	157	10.6k
Karen G. Porter United States	34	5.9k 2.0×	3.7k 1.5×	5.1k 2.8×	870 0.6×	767 0.8×	42	9.1k
Sandra E. Shumway United States	52	3.3k 1.1×	2.7k 1.1×	3.5k 2.0×	429 0.3×	4.2k 4.4×	160	9.9k
Rubén Sommaruga Austria	50	4.4k 1.5×	3.1k 1.3×	3.6k 2.0×	634 0.4×	709 0.7×	158	8.3k
Luc Brendonck Belgium	46	6.3k 2.1×	3.8k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	3.4k 2.2×	965 1.0×	252	9.4k
Doris Soto Chile	37	5.8k 1.9×	1.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	4.9k 3.2×	2.9k 2.9×	90	10.8k
Zen’ichiro Kawabata Japan	26	5.5k 1.8×	1.1k 0.4×	556 0.3×	4.1k 2.7×	1.4k 1.4×	96	8.7k
Koen Martens Belgium	44	4.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.2×	1.5k 1.0×	459 0.5×	283	7.8k
Bland J. Finlay United Kingdom	52	6.7k 2.2×	2.2k 0.9×	3.2k 1.8×	523 0.3×	642 0.7×	135	10.2k
Eugene D. Gallagher United States	10	2.5k 0.8×	572 0.2×	970 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	893 0.9×	11	4.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan S. Kilham

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Zandonà, Eugênia, Karen E. Sullam, Christopher Dalton, et al.. (2024). Diet and predation risk affect tissue and excretion nutrients of Trinidadian guppies: a field survey. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31923–31923.

Barnum, Thomas R., Rebecca J. Bixby, John M. Drake, et al.. (2021). Mechanisms underlying lack of functional compensation by insect grazers after tadpole declines in a Neotropical stream. Limnology and Oceanography. 67(S1). 4 indexed citations

Zandonà, Eugênia, Christopher Dalton, Rana W. El‐Sabaawi, et al.. (2017). Population variation in the trophic niche of the Trinidadian guppy from different predation regimes. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 5770–5770. 24 indexed citations

Rantala, Heidi M., Matt R. Whiles, Robert O. Hall, et al.. (2014). Long‐term changes in structure and function of a tropical headwater stream following a disease‐driven amphibian decline. Freshwater Biology. 60(3). 575–589. 24 indexed citations

Sullam, Karen E., Christopher Dalton, Jacob A. Russell, et al.. (2014). Changes in digestive traits and body nutritional composition accommodate a trophic niche shift in Trinidadian guppies. Oecologia. 177(1). 245–257. 32 indexed citations

Avery, Harold W., et al.. (2013). Stable Isotopes of C and N Reveal Habitat Dependent Dietary Overlap between Native and Introduced Turtles Pseudemys rubriventris and Trachemys scripta. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62891–e62891. 14 indexed citations

Sullam, Karen E., Steven D. Essinger, Catherine Lozupone, et al.. (2012). Environmental and ecological factors that shape the gut bacterial communities of fish: a meta‐analysis. Molecular Ecology. 21(13). 3363–3378. 734 indexed citations breakdown →

Lynn, Scott G., David Price, Wesley J. Birge, & Susan S. Kilham. (2007). Effect of nutrient availability on the uptake of PCB congener 2,2′,6,6′-tetrachlorobiphenyl by a diatom (Stephanodiscus minutulus) and transfer to a zooplankton (Daphnia pulicaria). Aquatic Toxicology. 83(1). 24–32. 29 indexed citations

Interlandi, Sebastian J. & Susan S. Kilham. (2001). Limiting Resources and the Regulation of Diversity in Phytoplankton Communities. Ecology. 82(5). 1270–1270. 7 indexed citations

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Lynn, Scott G., Susan S. Kilham, Daniel A. Kreeger, & Sebastian J. Interlandi. (2000). EFFECT OF NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY ON THE BIOCHEMICAL AND ELEMENTAL STOICHIOMETRY IN THE FRESHWATER DIATOM STEPHANODISCUS MINUTULUS (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE)*. Journal of Phycology. 36(3). 510–522. 187 indexed citations

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Interlandi, Sebastian J., Susan S. Kilham, & Edward C. Theriot. (1999). Responses of phytoplankton to varied resource availability in large lakes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography. 44(3). 668–682. 139 indexed citations

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Kilham, Susan S., Daniel A. Kreeger, Clyde E. Goulden, & Scott G. Lynn. (1997). Effects of nutrient limitation on biochemical constituents of Ankistrodesmus falcatus. Freshwater Biology. 38(3). 591–596. 148 indexed citations

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Kilham, Peter & Susan S. Kilham. (1990). OPINION Endless summer: internal loading processes dominate nutrient cycling in tropical lakes. Freshwater Biology. 23(2). 379–389. 102 indexed citations

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Kilham, Susan S.. (1988). Directions for Limnology: Complex Interactions in Lake Communities . Stephen R. Carpenter, Ed. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1988. xviii, 283 pp., illus. $64. From a workshop, Notre Dame, IN, March 1987. Science. 242(4884). 1450–1451. 1 indexed citations

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Kilham, Susan S.. (1987). Phytoplankton ecology: Structure, function and fluctuation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2(12). 380–380. 210 indexed citations

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Gensemer, Robert W. & Susan S. Kilham. (1984). Growth Rates of Five Freshwater Algae in Well-Buffered Acidic Media. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 41(8). 1240–1243. 17 indexed citations

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Kilham, Susan S., et al.. (1983). Effects ofp-cresol on photosynthetic and respiration rates of a filamentous green alga (Spirogyra). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 30(1). 1–5. 6 indexed citations

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Kilham, Susan S.. (1978). Nutrient kinetics of freshwater planktonic algae using batch and semicontinuous methods. SIL Communications 1953-1996. 21(1). 147–157. 54 indexed citations

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Tilman, David & Susan S. Kilham. (1976). PHOSPHATE AND SILICATE GROWTH AND UPTAKE KINETICS OF THE DIATOMS ASTERIONELLA FORMOSA AND CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA IN BATCH AND SEMICONTINUOUS CULTURE¹. Journal of Phycology. 12(4). 375–383. 268 indexed citations

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Tilman, David, Susan S. Kilham, & Peter Kilham. (1976). Morphometric changes in Asterionella formosa colonies under phosphate and silicate limitation1. Limnology and Oceanography. 21(6). 883–886. 35 indexed citations

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