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Susan E. Ziegler 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 Susan E. Ziegler sits on this spectrum.

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Susan E. Ziegler 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 Susan E. Ziegler sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Susan E. Ziegler is affiliated with Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada. Their research output spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable focus on ecology, atmospheric science, soil science, global and planetary change, and oceanography.

Their work frequently addresses topics such as peatlands and wetlands ecology, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, marine and coastal ecosystems, geology and paleoclimatology research, climate change and permafrost, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Susan E. Ziegler are:

  • Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Integrating terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to constrain estimates of land-atmosphere carbon exchange, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Salt-Induced Flocculation of Dissolved Organic Matter and Iron Is Controlled by Their Concentration and Ratio in Boreal Coastal Systems, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Microbial inputs at the litter layer translate climate into altered organic matter properties, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Dissolved Organic Carbon Mobilization Across a Climate Transect of Mesic Boreal Forests Is Explained by Air Temperature and Snowpack Duration, 2022, Ecosystems

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Kate A. Edwards
  • Allison Myers-Pigg
  • K. L. Prestegaard
  • Sharon Billings
  • Keri L. Bowering

Publication venues where Susan has regularly contributed include:

  • Biogeosciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Geoderma

Best Publications

  • Planktonic grazers are a potentially important source of marine dissolved organic carbon

    Suzanne L. Strom;Ronald Benner;Susan Ziegler;Michael J. Dagg

  • Dissolved organic carbon cycling in a subtropical seagrass-dominated lagoon

    Susan Ziegler;Ronald Benner

  • Altered patterns of soil carbon substrate usage and heterotrophic respiration in a pine forest with elevated CO2 and N fertilization

    Sharon A. Billings;Susan E. Ziegler

  • Embracing the dynamic nature of soil structure: A paradigm illuminating the role of life in critical zones of the Anthropocene

    P.L. Sullivan;S. Billings;D. Hirmas;L. Li

  • Soil carbon sequestration in a pine forest after 9 years of atmospheric CO2 enrichment

    John Lichter;Sharon A. Billings;Susan E. Ziegler;Deeya Gaindh

  • Contrasting patterns of allochthony among three major groups of crustacean zooplankton in boreal and temperate lakes

    Martin Berggren;Susan E. Ziegler;Nicolas F. St-Gelais;Beatrix E. Beisner

  • Ecosystem metabolism in a subtropical, seagrass-dominated lagoon

    Susan Ziegler;Ronald Benner

  • Linking microbial activity and soil organic matter transformations in forest soils under elevated CO2

    S. A. Billings;S. E. Ziegler

  • Significance of diatom-derived polymers in carbon flow dynamics within estuarine biofilms determined through isotopic enrichment

    B J Bellinger;Graham J C Underwood;S E Ziegler;M R Gretz

  • Warming alters routing of labile and slower-turnover carbon through distinct microbial groups in boreal forest organic soils

    Susan E. Ziegler;Sharon A. Billings;Chad S. Lane;Jianwei Li

  • Warming‐enhanced preferential microbial mineralization of humified boreal forest soil organic matter: Interpretation of soil profiles along a climate transect using laboratory incubations

    Jianwei Li;Susan E. Ziegler;Chad S. Lane;Chad S. Lane;Sharon A. Billings

  • Seasonal and diel relationships between the isotopic compositions of dissolved and particulate organic matter in freshwater ecosystems

    Susan E. Ziegler;Marilyn L. Fogel

  • Nutrient cycling in the water column of a subtropical seagrass meadow

    Susan Ziegler;Ronald Benner

  • Effects of Solar Radiation on Dissolved Organic Matter Cycling in a Subtropical Seagrass Meadow

    Susan Ziegler;Ronald Benner

  • Distinct fungal and bacterial δ13C signatures as potential drivers of increasing δ13C of soil organic matter with depth

    Lukas Kohl;Jérôme Laganière;Kate A. Edwards;Sharon A. Billings

  • Climate Warming Can Accelerate Carbon Fluxes without Changing Soil Carbon Stocks

    Susan E. Ziegler;Ronald Benner;Sharon A. Billings;Kate A. Edwards

  • Carbon cycling within epilithic biofilm communities across a nutrient gradient of headwater streams.

    David R. Lyon;Susan E. Ziegler

  • A call to investigate drivers of soil organic matter retention vs. mineralization in a high CO2 world

    Sharon A. Billings;John Lichter;Susan E. Ziegler;Bruce A. Hungate

  • Tracking the fate and recycling of 13C-labeled glucose in soil

    Susan E. Ziegler;Paul M. White;Duane C. Wolf;Gregory J. Thoma

  • Soil organic nitrogen cycling increases with temperature and precipitation along a boreal forest latitudinal transect

    Michael Philben;Michael Philben;Susan E. Ziegler;Kate A. Edwards;Raymond Kahler;Raymond Kahler

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharon A. Billings
Sharon A. Billings University of Kansas
Ronald Benner
Ronald Benner University of South Carolina
Sean M. Schaeffer
Sean M. Schaeffer University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter Duke University
Marilyn L. Fogel
Marilyn L. Fogel University of California, Riverside
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Cora J. Young
Cora J. Young York University
Paul A. del Giorgio
Paul A. del Giorgio University of Quebec at Montreal
Jayne Belnap
Jayne Belnap United States Geological Survey
William H. Schlesinger
William H. Schlesinger Duke University

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