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Ryan A. Sponseller

Ryan A. Sponseller

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
8159
World Ranking
4448
National Ranking
110

Overview

Ryan A. Sponseller is a researcher affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden. Their work primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by an extensive publication record across various subfields.

Their key research areas include Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Water Science and Technology, and Oceanography. They have contributed significantly to the understanding of processes in these domains.

Published research topics cover:

  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics

Recent notable papers by the researcher include:

  • "Global methane emissions from rivers and streams" (2023) published in Nature
  • "Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions" (2021) published in Nature Geoscience
  • "Northern landscapes in transition: Evidence, approach and ways forward using the Krycklan Catchment Study" (2021) published in Hydrological Processes
  • "Drought alters the biogeochemistry of boreal stream networks" (2020) published in Nature Communications
  • "Integrating carbon emission, accumulation and transport in inland waters to understand their role in the global carbon cycle" (2020) published in Global Change Biology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Hjalmar Laudon
  • Lluís Gómez-Gener
  • Megan L. Fork
  • Gerard Rocher-Ros
  • Eliza Maher Hasselquist

Publications by Ryan A. Sponseller have appeared mainly in the following venues:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Global Change Biology
  • Water Resources Research

The researcher's contributions span interdisciplinary approaches, combining biogeochemical, ecological, and hydrological perspectives to study inland waters, wetland ecosystems, and landscape-level environmental changes.

Best Publications

  • Sources of and processes controlling CO2 emissions change with the size of streams and rivers

    E. R. Hotchkiss;E. R. Hotchkiss;R. O. Hall;R. A. Sponseller;D. Butman

  • RIPARIAN ZONES INCREASE REGIONAL SPECIES RICHNESS BY HARBORING DIFFERENT, NOT MORE, SPECIES

    John L. Sabo;Ryan Sponseller;Mark Dixon;Kris Gade

  • Relationships between land use, spatial scale and stream macroinvertebrate communities

    R. A. Sponseller;E. F. Benfield;H. M. Valett

  • Precipitation pulses and soil CO2flux in a Sonoran Desert ecosystem

    Ryan A. Sponseller

  • Global methane emissions from rivers and streams

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  • Global patterns and drivers of ecosystem functioning in rivers and riparian zones

    Scott D. Tiegs;David M. Costello;Mark W. Isken;Guy Woodward

  • HORIZONS IN STREAM BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: FLOWPATHS TO PROGRESS

    Stuart G. Fisher;Ryan A. Sponseller;James B. Heffernan

  • Influences of land use on leaf breakdown in Southern Appalachian headwater streams: a multiple-scale analysis

    R. A. Sponseller;E. F. Benfield

  • Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions

    Lluís Gómez-Gener;Gerard Rocher-Ros;Tom Battin;Matthew J. Cohen

  • Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic

    Daniel B. Metcalfe;Thirze D. G. Hermans;Jenny Ahlstrand;Michael Becker

  • Applying resilience thinking to production ecosystems

    L. Rist;A. Felton;M. Nyström;Max Troell

  • Nitrogen dynamics in managed boreal forests : Recent advances and future research directions

    Ryan A. Sponseller;Michael J. Gundale;Martyn Futter;Eva Ring

  • Landscape process domains drive patterns of CO2 evasion from river networks

    Gerard Rocher-Ros;Ryan A. Sponseller;William Lidberg;Carl-Magnus Mörth

  • Atmospheric deposition of carbon and nutrients across an arid metropolitan area.

    Kathleen A. Lohse;Diane Hope;Ryan Sponseller;Ryan Sponseller;Jonathan O. Allen

  • Linking Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning and Services, and Ecological Resilience: Towards an Integrative Framework for Improved Management

    Amelie Truchy;David G. Angeler;Ryan A. Sponseller;Richard K. Johnson

  • Groundwater inflows control patterns and sources of greenhouse gas emissions from streams

    Anna Lupon;Blaize A. Denfeld;Hjalmar Laudon;Jason Leach

  • Functional ecomorphology: Feedbacks between form and function in fluvial landscape ecosystems

    Stuart G. Fisher;James B. Heffernan;Ryan A. Sponseller;Jill R. Welter

  • Towards an Improved Conceptualization of Riparian Zones in Boreal Forest Headwaters

    José L. J. Ledesma;Martyn N. Futter;M. Blackburn;Fredrik Lidman

  • Northern landscapes in transition : Evidence, approach and ways forward using the Krycklan Catchment Study

    Hjalmar Laudon;Eliza Maher Hasselquist;Matthias Peichl;Kim Lindgren

  • Consequences of More Intensive Forestry for the Sustainable Management of Forest Soils and Waters

    Hjalmar Laudon;Ryan A. Sponseller;Richard W. Lucas;Martyn N. Futter

  • Responses of macroinvertebrate communities to long-term flow variability in a Sonoran Desert stream

    Ryan A. Sponseller;Nancy B. Grimm;Andrew J. Boulton;John L. Sabo

  • Scale-dependent groundwater contributions influence patterns of winter baseflow stream chemistry in boreal catchments

    Andrés Peralta-Tapia;Ryan A. Sponseller;Anneli Ågren;Doerthe Tetzlaff

  • Connecting precipitation inputs and soil flow pathways to stream water in contrasting boreal catchments.

    A Peralta-Tapia;Ryan A Sponseller;D Tetzlaff;C Soulsby

Frequent Co-Authors

Hjalmar Laudon
Hjalmar Laudon Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kevin Bishop
Kevin Bishop Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Nancy B. Grimm
Nancy B. Grimm Arizona State University
Reiner Giesler
Reiner Giesler Umeå University
Brendan G. McKie
Brendan G. McKie Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Micael Jonsson
Micael Jonsson Umeå University
Jan Karlsson
Jan Karlsson Umeå University
James B. Heffernan
James B. Heffernan Duke University
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Stuart G. Fisher
Stuart G. Fisher Arizona State University

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