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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

John W. Fleeger is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on ecology and oceanography.

Their recent publications include:

  • How Do Indirect Effects of Contaminants Inform Ecotoxicology? A Review (2020, Processes)
  • Macroinfauna responses and recovery trajectories after an oil spill differ from those following saltmarsh restoration (2020, Marine Environmental Research)

Frequent coauthors in their work include Donald R. Deis, Scott Zengel, Sean A. Graham, David Samuel Johnson, and Irving A. Mendelssohn.

John W. Fleeger's publications often appear in specific research venues such as Marine Environmental Research, Estuaries and Coasts, Processes, Ecological Applications, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Their research topics cover a range of ecological and environmental sciences, particularly:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Isotope analysis in ecology
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology

The following are some of their notable recent papers with corresponding details:

  • How Do Indirect Effects of Contaminants Inform Ecotoxicology? A Review, 2020, Processes
  • Planting Spartina alterniflora in a salt marsh denuded of vegetation by an oil spill induces a rapid response in the soil microbial community, 2020, Ecological Engineering
  • Meta-analysis of salt marsh vegetation impacts and recovery: a synthesis following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 2021, Ecological Applications
  • Recovery of the salt marsh periwinkle (Littoraria irrorata) 9 years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Size matters, 2020, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Macroinfauna responses and recovery trajectories after an oil spill differ from those following saltmarsh restoration, 2020, Marine Environmental Research

John W. Fleeger was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Indirect effects of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems.

    John W. Fleeger;Kevin R. Carman;Roger M. Nisbet

  • Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss

    Linda A. Deegan;David Samuel Johnson;David Samuel Johnson;R. Scott Warren;Bruce J. Peterson

  • Microhabitat use by marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary

    Donald M. Baltz;Chet Rakocinski;John W. Fleeger

  • Oil Impacts on Coastal Wetlands: Implications for the Mississippi River Delta Ecosystem after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Irving A. Mendelssohn;Gary L. Andersen;Donald M. Baltz;Rex H. Caffey

  • Decoupling of Molecular and Morphological Evolution in Deep Lineages of a Meiobenthic Harpacticoid Copepod

    Axayácatl Rocha-Olivares;John W. Fleeger;David W. Foltz

  • Stable isotope indicators of movement and residency for brown shrimp ( Farfantepenaeus aztecus ) in coastal Louisiana marshscapes

    Brian Fry;Donald M. Baltz;Mark C. Benfield;John W. Fleeger

  • Correspondence between environmental gradients and the community structure of marsh-edge fishes in a Louisiana estuary

    CF Rakocinski;DM Baltz;JW Fleeger

  • Meiofaunal colonization of azoic estuarine sediment in Louisiana: Mechanisms of dispersal

    G.Thomas Chandler;John W. Fleeger

  • Response of a benthic food web to hydrocarbon contamination

    Kevin R. Carman;John W. Fleeger;Steven M. Pomarico

  • Contaminant fluxes from sediment due to tubificid oligochaete bioturbation

    D.D. Reible;V. Popov;K.T. Valsaraj;L.J. Thibodeaux

  • Food, density, and microhabitat: factors affecting growth and recruitment potential of juvenile saltmarsh fishes

    Donald M. Baltz;John W. Fleeger;Chet F. Rakocinski;John N. McCall

  • SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SALT MARSHES TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND PREDATOR REMOVAL

    Linda A. Deegan;Jennifer L. Bowen;Deanne Drake;John W. Fleeger

  • Quantitative estimates of the meiofauna from the deep sea off North Carolina, USA

    B. C. Coull;B. C. Coull;R. L. Ellison;J. W. Fleeger;J. W. Fleeger;R. P. Higgins

  • Sustained mass culture of Amphiascoides atopus a marine harpacticoid copepod in a recirculating system

    Bin Sun;John W. Fleeger

  • The toxicological interaction between ocean acidity and metals in coastal meiobenthic copepods.

    Pierre-Yves Pascal;John W. Fleeger;Fernando Galvez;Kevin R. Carman

  • Stable isotope addition reveals dietary importance of phytoplankton and microphytobenthos to saltmarsh infauna

    Kari Galván;John W. Fleeger;Brian Fry

  • Microscale dispersion of meiobenthic copepods in response to food-resource patchiness

    Alan W. Decho;John W. Fleeger

  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON AN ESTUARINE SEDIMENT FOOD WEB

    Kevin R. Carman;John W. Fleeger;Jay C. Means;Steven M. Pomarico

  • Does historical exposure to hydrocarbon contamination alter the response of benthic communities to diesel contamination

    K.R. Carman;J.W. Fleeger;S.M. Pomarico

  • Meiofauna responses to an experimental oil spill in a Louisiana salt marsh

    JW Fleeger;GT Chandler

  • Stable Isotope Indicators of Movement and Residency for Brown Shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) in Coastal

    Brlan Fry;Donald M. Baltz;Mark C. Benfield;John W. Fleeger

Frequent Co-Authors

Irving A. Mendelssohn
Irving A. Mendelssohn Louisiana State University
David Thistle
David Thistle Florida State University
James P. Barry
James P. Barry Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Danny D. Reible
Danny D. Reible Texas Tech University
David W. Foltz
David W. Foltz Louisiana State University
Linda A. Deegan
Linda A. Deegan Woods Hole Research Center
Brian Fry
Brian Fry Griffith University
Peter G. Brewer
Peter G. Brewer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
Kalliat T. Valsaraj
Kalliat T. Valsaraj Louisiana State University

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