Tonya DelSontro

4.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
34 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Tonya DelSontro is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tonya DelSontro has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 21 papers in Oceanography and 17 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tonya DelSontro's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (20 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers). Tonya DelSontro is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (28 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (20 papers) and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (13 papers). Tonya DelSontro collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Canada and United States. Tonya DelSontro's co-authors include Jake J. Beaulieu, John Downing, Bernhard Wehrli, Sebastian Sobek, Daniel F. McGinnis, Paul A. del Giorgio, Nathan Barros, Yves T. Prairie, John A. Harrison and Ilia Ostrovsky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Tonya DelSontro

32 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Surfaces: A... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2019 2018 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. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoir Water Surfaces: A New Global Synthesis
    2016 623 citations John A. Harrison, Jake J. Beaulieu et al. profile →
  2. Eutrophication will increase methane emissions from lakes and impoundments during the 21st century
    2019 432 citations Jake J. Beaulieu, Tonya DelSontro et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: Upscaling in the face of global change
    2018 378 citations Tonya DelSontro, Jake J. Beaulieu et al. Limnology and Oceanography Letters profile →

Peers

Tonya DelSontro
Jake J. Beaulieu United States
Bridget R. Deemer United States
Cristian R. Teodoru Belgium
Shaoda Liu China
Damien T. Maher Australia
Matthias Koschorreck Germany
Sebastian Sobek Sweden
Ronny Lauerwald France
R. Delmas France
Georgiy Kirillin Germany
Jake J. Beaulieu United States
Tonya DelSontro
Citations per year, relative to Tonya DelSontro Tonya DelSontro (= 1×) peers Jake J. Beaulieu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tonya DelSontro

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tonya DelSontro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tonya DelSontro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tonya DelSontro 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 Tonya DelSontro. Tonya DelSontro 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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DelSontro, Tonya, et al.. (2025). Temporal methane dynamics in the surface waters of a stratified eutrophic lake over four years. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(5). 1404–1423. 1 indexed citations
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Grilli, Roberto, et al.. (2023). A Novel High‐Resolution In Situ Tool for Studying Carbon Biogeochemical Processes in Aquatic Systems: The Lake Aiguebelette Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(12). 2 indexed citations
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DelSontro, Tonya, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of the methane paradox in four adjacent pre-alpine lakes across a trophic gradient. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2165–2165. 30 indexed citations
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Linkhorst, Annika, et al.. (2020). Comparing methane ebullition variability across space and time in a Brazilian reservoir. Limnology and Oceanography. 65(7). 1623–1634. 41 indexed citations
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Eugster, Werner, Tonya DelSontro, Gaius R. Shaver, & George W. Kling. (2020). Interannual, summer, and diel variability of CH4and CO2effluxes from Toolik Lake, Alaska, during the ice-free periods 2010–2015. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(11). 2181–2198. 4 indexed citations
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Beaulieu, Jake J., Tonya DelSontro, & John Downing. (2019). Eutrophication will increase methane emissions from lakes and impoundments during the 21st century. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1375–1375. 432 indexed citations breakdown →
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DelSontro, Tonya, Jake J. Beaulieu, & John Downing. (2018). Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments: Upscaling in the face of global change. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 3(3). 64–75. 378 indexed citations breakdown →
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Aben, Ralf, Nathan Barros, Ellen van Donk, et al.. (2017). Cross continental increase in methane ebullition under climate change. Nature Communications. 8(1). 1682–1682. 179 indexed citations
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Prairie, Yves T., Jukka Alm, Jake J. Beaulieu, et al.. (2017). Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Freshwater Reservoirs: What Does the Atmosphere See?. Ecosystems. 21(5). 1058–1071. 177 indexed citations
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DelSontro, Tonya, et al.. (2016). Methane dynamics downstream of a temperate run‐of‐the‐river reservoir. Limnology and Oceanography. 61(S1). 20 indexed citations
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Maeck, A., Tonya DelSontro, Daniel F. McGinnis, et al.. (2013). Sediment Trapping by Dams Creates Methane Emission Hot Spots. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(15). 8130–8137. 245 indexed citations
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Corella, Juan Pablo, Jean‐Luc Loizeau, Tonya DelSontro, et al.. (2013). Sediment dynamics in the subaquatic channel of the Rhone delta (Lake Geneva, France/Switzerland). Aquatic Sciences. 32 indexed citations
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Maeck, A., Sabine Flury, Tonya DelSontro, et al.. (2012). Identifying hot-spot methane emission sites in an impounded river. Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR). 3666.
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DelSontro, Tonya, Juan Pablo Corella, Bernhard Wehrli, et al.. (2012). Methane ebullition and fate in the Rhone River delta (Lake Geneva) and its subaquatic canyons. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 10539. 1 indexed citations
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Eugster, Werner, Tonya DelSontro, & Sebastian Sobek. (2011). Eddy covariance flux measurements confirm extreme CH 4 emissions from a Swiss hydropower reservoir and resolve their short-term variability. Biogeosciences. 8(9). 2815–2831. 69 indexed citations
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Maeck, A., Sabine Flury, Tonya DelSontro, et al.. (2011). Methane emissions from rivers – Results from sampling a 93-km longitudinal transect of river Saar, Germany.
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DelSontro, Tonya, et al.. (2011). Spatial Heterogeneity of Methane Ebullition in a Large Tropical Reservoir. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(23). 9866–9873. 213 indexed citations
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Sobek, Sebastian, et al.. (2011). Extreme organic carbon burial fuels intense methane bubbling in a temperate reservoir. Geophysical Research Letters. 39(1). 141 indexed citations

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