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35
Citations
4841
World Ranking
7368
National Ranking
2477

Overview

Scott D. Tiegs is affiliated with Oakland University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental chemistry, global and planetary change, and water science and technology. The main topics in their work include freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, fish ecology and management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microbial community ecology and physiology, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Their recent publications highlight various aspects of ecosystem functioning and biodiversity. These include:

  • Stream microbial communities and ecosystem functioning show complex responses to multiple stressors in wastewater, 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • Organic Matter Decomposition and Ecosystem Metabolism as Tools to Assess the Functional Integrity of Streams and Rivers-A Systematic Review, 2020, published in Water
  • Impacts of detritivore diversity loss on instream decomposition are greatest in the tropics, 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • Latitude dictates plant diversity effects on instream decomposition, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • The New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum): autecology and management of a global invader, 2022, published in Biological Invasions

The scientist has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including Francis J. Burdon, Luz Boyero, Ricardo Albariño, Marcos Callisto, and Michael M. Douglas. These collaborations reflect a broad engagement across ecological and environmental science topics.

Scott D. Tiegs regularly publishes in journals such as Global Change Biology, Aquatic Sciences, Ecological Indicators, North American Journal of Fisheries Management, and Water. Their body of work contributes to advancing understanding in both fundamental and applied facets of environmental science and aquatic ecosystem research.

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale effects of nutrient pollution on stream ecosystem functioning.

    Guy Woodward;Guy Woodward;Mark O Gessner;Paul S Giller;Vladislav Gulis

  • A strategy to assess river restoration success

    Sharon Woolsey;Florence Capelli;Tom Gonser;Eduard Hoehn

  • Pacific salmon effects on stream ecosystems: a quantitative synthesis.

    David J. Janetski;Dominic T. Chaloner;Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Gary A. Lamberti

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

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

  • Forecasting functional implications of global changes in riparian plant communities

    John S Kominoski;John S Kominoski;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Jennifer J Follstad Shah;Cristina Canhoto;Dylan G Fischer

  • A standardized cotton-strip assay for measuring organic-matter decomposition in streams

    Scott D. Tiegs;Joanne E. Clapcott;Natalie A. Griffiths;Andrew J. Boulton

  • Recommendations for the next generation of global freshwater biological monitoring tools

    M.C. Jackson;M.C. Jackson;O.L.F. Weyl;F. Altermatt;F. Altermatt;Isabelle Durance

  • Stream ecosystem functioning in an agricultural landscape: The importance of terrestrial-aquatic linkages

    Sally Hladyz;Kajsa Åbjörnsson;Eric Chauvet;Michael Dobson

  • Cotton strips as a leaf surrogate to measure decomposition in river floodplain habitats

    S. D. Tiegs;S. D. Langhans;K. Tockner;M. O. Gessner

  • Leaf-decomposition heterogeneity across a riverine floodplain mosaic

    Simone D. Langhans;Simone D. Langhans;Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Klement Tockner;Klement Tockner;Klement Tockner

  • Leaf decomposition and invertebrate colonization responses to manipulated litter quantity in streams

    S. D. Tiegs;F. D. Peter;C. T. Robinson;U. Uehlinger

  • Stream microbial communities and ecosystem functioning show complex responses to multiple stressors in wastewater.

    Francis J. Burdon;Francis J. Burdon;Yaohui Bai;Marta Reyes;Manu Tamminen

  • Impacts of invasive Asian (Amynthas hilgendorfi) and European (Lumbricus rubellus) earthworms in a North American temperate deciduous forest

    Holly G. Greiner;Donna R. Kashian;Scott D. Tiegs

  • Litter Decomposition as an Indicator of Stream Ecosystem Functioning at Local-to-Continental Scales: Insights from the European RivFunction Project

    Eric Chauvet;Verónica Ferreira;Paul S. Giller;Brendan G. McKie

  • Flood disturbance and riparian species diversity on the Colorado River Delta

    Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;John F. O’leary;Molly M. Pohl;Carrie L. Munill

  • Modelling nutrient transport and transformation by pool-breeding amphibians in forested landscapes using a 21-year dataset

    Krista A. Capps;Keith A. Berven;Scott D. Tiegs

  • Anthropogenic changes to leaf litter input affect the fitness of a larval amphibian

    Jeffrey P. Stephens;Keith A. Berven;Scott D. Tiegs

  • Ecological Effects of Live Salmon Exceed Those of Carcasses During an Annual Spawning Migration

    Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Peter S. Levi;Janine Rüegg;Dominic T. Chaloner

  • TIMBER HARVEST TRANSFORMS ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF SALMON IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA RAIN FOREST STREAMS

    Scott D. Tiegs;Dominic T. Chaloner;Peter Levi;Janine Rüegg

  • Organic Matter Decomposition and Ecosystem Metabolism as Tools to Assess the Functional Integrity of Streams and Rivers–A Systematic Review

    Verónica Ferreira;Arturo Elosegi;Scott D. Tiegs;Daniel von Schiller

  • Leaf‐litter breakdown in pasture and deciduous woodland streams: a comparison among three European regions

    Sally Hladyz;Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner;Paul S. Giller

  • Litter decomposition across multiple spatial scales in stream networks

    Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Scott D. Tiegs;Philips O. Akinwole;Philips O. Akinwole;Philips O. Akinwole;Mark O. Gessner;Mark O. Gessner

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary A. Lamberti
Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
Mark O. Gessner
Mark O. Gessner Technical University of Berlin
Jennifer L. Tank
Jennifer L. Tank University of Notre Dame
Klement Tockner
Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt
Guy Woodward
Guy Woodward Imperial College London
Eric Chauvet
Eric Chauvet Paul Sabatier University
Arturo Elosegi
Arturo Elosegi University of the Basque Country
Natalie A. Griffiths
Natalie A. Griffiths Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Paul S. Giller
Paul S. Giller University College Cork
Verónica Ferreira
Verónica Ferreira University of Coimbra

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