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Linda A. Deegan publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Linda A. Deegan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 146 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Linda A. Deegan D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Linda A. Deegan sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Linda A. Deegan is affiliated with the Woods Hole Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable emphasis on ecology and marine ecosystems.

Their work covers several specialized subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science. The core research topics explored by Deegan include:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Deegan frequently publishes in a selection of scientific venues. Among the most common outlets are:

  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • BioScience
  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • UNC Libraries
  • Science

Frequent collaborators include these coauthors:

  • James A. Nelson
  • Nathan J. Waltham
  • Myriam A. Barbeau
  • Just Cebrián
  • Rod M. Connolly

Representative recent publications by Linda A. Deegan include:

  • Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton, 2021, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Tidal Marsh Restoration Optimism in a Changing Climate and Urbanizing Seascape, 2021, Estuaries and Coasts
  • Marine And Estuarine Ecosystem And Habitat Classification, 2024, AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
  • Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes, 2020, Science
  • Not All Nitrogen Is Created Equal: Differential Effects of Nitrate and Ammonium Enrichment in Coastal Wetlands, 2020, BioScience

Best Publications

  • Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss

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

  • Evidence for spatial variability in estuarine food webs

    Deegan La;Garritt Rh

  • BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF A TUNDRA RIVER TO FERTILIZATION

    Bruce J. Peterson;Linda Deegan;John Helfrich;John E. Hobbie

  • Nutrient and energy transport between estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems by fish migration

    Linda A. Deegan

  • Long‐term responses of the kuparuk river ecosystem to phosphorus fertilization

    K. Slavik;B. J. Peterson;L. A. Deegan;W. B. Bowden

  • Salt marsh persistence is threatened by predicted sea-level rise

    Sarah C. Crosby;Sarah C. Crosby;Dov F. Sax;Megan E. Palmer;Harriet S. Booth

  • Development and Validation of an Estuarine Biotic Integrity Index

    Linda A. Deegan;John T. Finn;Suzanne G. Ayvazian;Cheryl A. Ryder-Kieffer

  • DEFORESTATION FOR PASTURE ALTERS NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN SMALL AMAZONIAN STREAMS

    Christopher Neill;Linda A. Deegan;Suzanne M. Thomas;Carlos C. Cerri

  • Animating the Carbon Cycle

    Oswald J. Schmitz;Peter A. Raymond;James A. Estes;Werner A. Kurz

  • Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing

    Wilfred M. Wollheim;Bruce J. Peterson;Linda A. Deegan;John E. Hobbie

  • Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels

    Linda A. Deegan;Amos Wright;Suzanne G. Ayvazian;John T. Finn

  • Salt Marsh Ecosystem Support of Marine Transient Species

    Linda A. Deegan;Jeffrey E. Hughes;Rodney A. Rountree

  • The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England

    Jeffrey E. Hughes;Linda A. Deegan;Jason C. Wyda;Melissa J. Weaver

  • Impact of global change on the biogeochemistry and ecology of an Arctic freshwater system

    John E. Hobbie;Bruce J. Peterson;Neil Bettez;Linda Deegan

  • Turnover rates of nitrogen stable isotopes in the salt marsh mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, following a laboratory diet switch

    John Logan;John Logan;Heather Haas;Heather Haas;Linda A. Deegan;Emily F. Gaines

  • SUSCEPTIBILITY OF SALT MARSHES TO NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT AND PREDATOR REMOVAL

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

  • Microbial community composition in sediments resists perturbation by nutrient enrichment

    Jennifer L Bowen;Bess B Ward;Hilary G Morrison;John E Hobbie

  • Nutrient enrichment induces dormancy and decreases diversity of active bacteria in salt marsh sediments.

    Patrick J. Kearns;John H. Angell;Evan M. Howard;Linda A. Deegan

  • Ecological Variability in Space and Time: Insights Gained from the US LTER Program

    Timothy K. Kratz;Linda A. Deegan;Mark E. Harmon;William K. Lauenroth

  • RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, VEGETATION DISTRIBUTION AND FISHERIES YIELD IN GULF OF MEXICO ESTUARIES

    Linda A. Deegan;John W. Day;James G. Gosselink;Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce J. Peterson
Bruce J. Peterson Marine Biological Laboratory
Anne E. Hershey
Anne E. Hershey University of North Carolina at Greensboro
William B. Bowden
William B. Bowden University of Vermont
John E. Hobbie
John E. Hobbie Marine Biological Laboratory
Christopher Neill
Christopher Neill Woods Hole Research Center
Alex V. Krusche
Alex V. Krusche Universidade de São Paulo
Michael C. Miller
Michael C. Miller University of Cincinnati
Alexander D. Huryn
Alexander D. Huryn University of Alabama
John W. Fleeger
John W. Fleeger Louisiana State University
Sergio Fagherazzi
Sergio Fagherazzi Boston University

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