Thomas M. Soniat

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas M. Soniat is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas M. Soniat has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Oceanography and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas M. Soniat's work include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (28 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (12 papers). Thomas M. Soniat is often cited by papers focused on Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (28 papers), Marine and fisheries research (20 papers) and Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (12 papers). Thomas M. Soniat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Thomas M. Soniat's co-authors include R. I. E. Newell, A.F. Eble, Victor S. Kennedy, Eric N. Powell, Howard J. Spero, Michael X. Kirby, Megan K. La Peyre, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann and Christopher M. Finelli and has published in prestigious journals such as Marine Pollution Bulletin, Aquaculture and Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas M. Soniat

37 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Eastern Oyster, "Crassostrea virginica" 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The Eastern Oyster, "Crassostrea virginica"
    1997 683 citations Thomas M. Soniat et al. Estuaries profile →

Peers

Thomas M. Soniat
Luc A. Comeau Canada
Fred Jean France
Victor S. Kennedy United States
Kathryn A. Ashton‐Alcox United States
Alexey Sukhotin Russia
Christopher W. McKindsey Canada
Bruce J. Barber United States
Melita Peharda Croatia
Michel Ropert France
M. E. Huntley United States
Luc A. Comeau Canada
Thomas M. Soniat
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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas M. Soniat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas M. Soniat

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Thomas M. Soniat. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Thomas M. Soniat 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 Thomas M. Soniat. Thomas M. Soniat is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sweet, Julia, Sibel Bargu, Wendy Morrison, et al.. (2022). Phytoplankton dynamics in Louisiana estuaries: Building a baseline to understand current and future change. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 175. 113344–113344. 8 indexed citations
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Powell, Eric N., et al.. (2022). Oysters beget shell and vice versa: generating management goals for live oysters and the associated reef to promote maximum sustainable yield of Crassostrea virginica. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 79(8). 1241–1254. 9 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., et al.. (2019). Prospects for the Sustainable Management of Public Oyster Resources. Journal of Shellfish Research. 38(2). 337–337. 7 indexed citations
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Lowe, Michael R., et al.. (2019). Differential Effects of Temperature and Salinity on Growth and Mortality of Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in Barataria Bay and Breton Sound, Louisiana. Journal of Shellfish Research. 38(2). 317–317. 10 indexed citations
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Mishra, Avdesh, et al.. (2018). A Machine Learning Approach to Determine Oyster Vessel Behavior. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction. 1(1). 64–74. 6 indexed citations
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Powell, Eric N., et al.. (2015). The Exposed Surface Area to Volume Ratio: Is Shell More Efficient than Limestone in Promoting Oyster Recruitment?. Journal of Shellfish Research. 34(2). 217–225. 21 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., Eric N. Powell, John M. Klinck, et al.. (2014). Estimating Sustainable Harvests of Eastern Oysters,Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research. 33(2). 381–394. 22 indexed citations
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Nyman, John A., Donald M. Baltz, Michael D. Kaller, et al.. (2013). Likely Changes in Habitat Quality for Fish and Wildlife in Coastal Louisiana during the Next Fifty Years. Journal of Coastal Research. 67. 60–74. 11 indexed citations
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Thessen, Anne, Thomas M. Soniat, Quay Dortch, & Gregory J. Doucette. (2009). Crassostrea virginica grazing on toxic and non-toxic diatoms. Toxicon. 55(2-3). 570–579. 10 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., Eileen E. Hofmann, John M. Klinck, & Eric N. Powell. (2008). Differential modulation of eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) disease parasites by the El-Niño-Southern Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation. International Journal of Earth Sciences. 98(1). 99–114. 52 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M.. (2000). 10.1016/s0967-0653(96)90110-6. Time to knit. 12(43). 1265. 82 indexed citations
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Parsons, M. L., Christopher A. Scholin, Peter E. Miller, et al.. (1999). PSEUDO‐NITZSCHIA SPECIES (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE) IN LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS: MOLECULAR PROBE FIELD TRIALS, GENETIC VARIABILITY, AND DOMOIC ACID ANALYSES. Journal of Phycology. 35(6). 1368–1378. 76 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., et al.. (1998). Oyster resource zones of the Barataria and Terrebonne estuaries of Louisiana. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(4). 1143–1148. 20 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., Eric N. Powell, Eileen E. Hofmann, & John M. Klinck. (1998). Understanding the Success and Failure of Oyster Populations: The Importance of Sampled Variables and Sample Timing. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(4). 37 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M., et al.. (1998). Estimating time to critical levels of Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Journal of Shellfish Research. 17(4). 1071–1080. 4 indexed citations
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Kirby, Michael X., Thomas M. Soniat, & Howard J. Spero. (1998). Stable Isotope Sclerochronology of Pleistocene and Recent Oyster Shells (Crassostrea virginica). Palaios. 13(6). 560–560. 146 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M. & Michael Brody. (1988). Field Validation of a Habitat Suitability Index Model for the American Oyster. Estuaries. 11(2). 87–87. 56 indexed citations
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Soniat, Thomas M.. (1982). Studies on the nutritional ecology and ecological energetics of oysters from Galveston Bay.. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 2 indexed citations

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