William C. Leggett

12.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
160 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

William C. Leggett is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, William C. Leggett has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 103 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 57 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in William C. Leggett's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (125 papers), Marine and fisheries research (103 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (35 papers). William C. Leggett is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (125 papers), Marine and fisheries research (103 papers) and Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (35 papers). William C. Leggett collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and France. William C. Leggett's co-authors include Kenneth T. Frank, Brian Petrie, R. Christopher Chambers, Jae S. Choi, George A. Rose, Daniel Boisclair, James E. Carscadden, John Mark Hanson, Thomas A. Johnston and Louis Fortier and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

William C. Leggett

158 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Trophic Cascades in a Formerly Cod-Dominated Ecosystem

2005 922 citations Kenneth T. Frank, Brian Petrie et al. profile →
Recruitment in marine fishes: Is it regulated by starvation and predation in the egg and larval stages?

1994 614 citations William C. Leggett et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William C. Leggett Canada	55	5.9k	5.8k	4.2k	2.4k	1.3k	160	9.5k
David H. Secor United States	52	5.9k 1.0×	7.1k 1.2×	4.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	791 0.6×	180	9.7k
Richard J. Beamish Canada	41	4.4k 0.8×	4.1k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	864 0.7×	115	6.8k
J. M. Elliott United Kingdom	54	8.3k 1.4×	3.2k 0.6×	6.3k 1.5×	3.8k 1.6×	321 0.2×	164	11.7k
Roy A. Stein United States	50	6.1k 1.0×	2.9k 0.5×	5.2k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	886 0.7×	111	8.6k
Edward D. Houde United States	37	3.5k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	2.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	102	6.5k
M. C. Healey Canada	44	4.4k 0.7×	2.4k 0.4×	3.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	425 0.3×	103	5.8k
Kenneth W. Able United States	46	4.3k 0.7×	6.6k 1.1×	6.1k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.8×	211	9.5k
A.D. Rijnsdorp Netherlands	62	5.4k 0.9×	8.8k 1.5×	4.8k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	205	11.2k
Pierre Pepin Canada	43	2.9k 0.5×	4.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	1.3k 1.0×	145	5.6k
Christer Brönmark Sweden	55	5.0k 0.9×	2.6k 0.5×	5.8k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	993 0.7×	165	9.7k

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Frank, Kenneth T., William C. Leggett, Brian Petrie, et al.. (2013). Irruptive prey dynamics following the groundfish collapse in the Northwest Atlantic: an illusion?. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 70(7). 1299–1307. 6 indexed citations

Wiegand, Murray D., Thomas A. Johnston, Lisa R. Brown, et al.. (2011). Maternal influences on thiamine status of walleye Sander vitreus ova. Journal of Fish Biology. 78(3). 810–824. 4 indexed citations

Shackell, Nancy L., Kenneth T. Frank, Jonathan A. D. Fisher, Brian Petrie, & William C. Leggett. (2009). Decline in top predator body size and changing climate alter trophic structure in an oceanic ecosystem. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1686). 1353–1360. 156 indexed citations

Fisher, Jonathan A. D., Kenneth T. Frank, Brian Petrie, William C. Leggett, & Nancy L. Shackell. (2008). Temporal dynamics within a contemporary latitudinal diversity gradient. Ecology Letters. 11(9). 883–897. 29 indexed citations

Choi, Jae S., Kenneth T. Frank, William C. Leggett, & Ken Drinkwater. (2004). Transition to an alternate state in a continental shelf ecosystem. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61(4). 505–510. 116 indexed citations

Wiegand, Murray D., Thomas A. Johnston, Jennifer Martin, & William C. Leggett. (2004). Variation in neutral and polar lipid compositions of ova in ten reproductively isolated populations of walleye (Sander vitreus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 61(1). 110–121. 41 indexed citations

Pepin, Pierre, John F. Dower, J. Helbig, & William C. Leggett. (2002). Estimating the relative roles of dispersion and predation in generating regional differences in mortality rates of larval radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59(1). 105–114. 20 indexed citations

Garvey, James E., et al.. (2002). PROTRACTED REPRODUCTION IN SUNFISH: THE TEMPORAL DIMENSION IN FISH RECRUITMENT REVISITED. Ecological Applications. 12(1). 194–205. 92 indexed citations

Elliott, Joel K. & William C. Leggett. (1996). The effect of temperature on predation rates of a fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus) and a jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) on larval capelin (Mallotus villosus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 53(6). 1393–1402. 37 indexed citations

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Miller, Thomas J., et al.. (1995). An individual-based analysis of the variability of eggs and their newly hatched larvae of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the Scotian Shelf. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 52(5). 1083–1093. 46 indexed citations

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Frank, Kenneth T., John W. Loder, James E. Carscadden, William C. Leggett, & Christopher T. Taggart. (1992). Larval Flatfish Distributions and Drift on the Southern Grand Bank. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 49(3). 467–483. 23 indexed citations

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Pierce, Clay L., Joseph B. Rasmussen, & William C. Leggett. (1990). Sampling Littoral Fish with a Seine: Corrections for Variable Capture Efficiency. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 47(5). 1004–1010. 117 indexed citations

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Bentzen, Paul, William C. Leggett, & Gregory G. Brown. (1988). Length and restriction site heteroplasmy in the mitochondrial DNA of american shad (alosa sapidissima).. Genetics. 118(3). 509–518. 94 indexed citations

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Chambers, R. Christopher & William C. Leggett. (1987). Size and Age at Metamorphosis in Marine Fishes: An Analysis of Laboratory-Reared Winter Flounder (Pseudopleutonectes americanus) with a Review of Variation in Other Species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 44(11). 1936–1947. 237 indexed citations

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Hanson, John Mark & William C. Leggett. (1986). Effect of Competition Between Two Freshwater Fishes on Prey Consumption and Abundance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 43(7). 1363–1372. 57 indexed citations

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Riddell, Brian, William C. Leggett, & Richard L. Saunders. (1981). Evidence of Adaptive Polygenic Variation Between Two Populations of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Native to Tributaries of the S. W. Miramichi River, N.B.. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 38(3). 321–333. 95 indexed citations

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Leggett, William C., et al.. (1981). Feeding Ecology of Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the Estuary and Western Gulf of St. Lawrence and its Multispecies Implications. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 38(3). 257–267. 53 indexed citations

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Able, Kenneth W., et al.. (1977). Seasonal and Vertical Distribution and Growth of Juvenile and Adult Capelin (Mallotus villosus) in the St. Lawrence Estuary and Western Gulf of St. Lawrence. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 34(11). 2015–2029. 30 indexed citations

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Dodson, Julian J. & William C. Leggett. (1974). Role of Olfaction and Vision in the Behavior of American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) Homing to the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 31(10). 1607–1619. 18 indexed citations

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Leggett, William C. & Richard R. Whitney. (1972). Water temperature and the migrations of American shad. Fishery Bulletin. 70(70). 95 indexed citations

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