Linda Deegan

Jankowski, K. J., Johnson, K., Sethna, L., Julian, P., Wymore, A. S., Shogren, A. J., Thomas, P. K., Sullivan, P. L., McKnight, D. M., McDowell, W. H., Heindel, R., Jones, J. B., Wollheim, W., Abbott, B., Deegan, L., & Carey, J. C. (2023). Long-Term Changes in Concentration and Yield of Riverine Dissolved Silicon From the Poles to the Tropics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 37(9), e2022GB007678. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GB007678

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., Johnson, D. S., Lesser, J. S., & Nelson, J. A. (2022). Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes. In J. F. Shroder (Ed.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Second Edition) (pp. 445–462). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00194-2

Lesser, J. S., Floyd, O., Fedors, K., Deegan, L. A., Johnson, D. S., & Nelson, J. A. (2021). Cross-habitat access modifies the ‘trophic relay’ in New England saltmarsh ecosystems. Food Webs, 29, e00206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fooweb.2021.e00206

Babitch, J. W., Nelson, J. A., Deegan, L. A., Sullivan, H., & Stauffer, B. A. (2021). Resolving Estuarine Nitrogen Use by Phytoplankton Communities Using a Whole Ecosystem Tracer Approach. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(7), 1883–1898. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-00905-6

Ziegler, S. L., Baker, R., Crosby, S. C., Colombano, D. D., Barbeau, M. A., Cebrian, J., Connolly, R. M., Deegan, L. A., Gilby, B. L., Mallick, D., Martin, C. W., Nelson, J. A., Reinhardt, J. F., Simenstad, C. A., Waltham, N. J., Worthington, T. A., & Rozas, L. P. (2021). Geographic Variation in Salt Marsh Structure and Function for Nekton: a Guide to Finding Commonality Across Multiple Scales. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(6), 1497–1507. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00894-y

Colombano, D. D., Litvin, S. Y., Ziegler, S. L., Alford, S. B., Baker, R., Barbeau, M. A., Cebrian, J., Connolly, R. M., Currin, C. A., Deegan, L. A., Lesser, J. S., Martin, C. W., McDonald, A. E., McLuckie, C., Morrison, B. H., Pahl, J. W., Risse, L. M., Smith, J. A. M., Staver, L. W., … Waltham, N. J. (2021). Climate Change Implications for Tidal Marshes and Food Web Linkages to Estuarine and Coastal Nekton. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(6), 1637–1648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00891-1

Waltham, N. J., Alcott, C., Barbeau, M. A., Cebrian, J., Connolly, R. M., Deegan, L. A., Dodds, K., Goodridge Gaines, L. A., Gilby, B. L., Henderson, C. J., McLuckie, C. M., Minello, T. J., Norris, G. S., Ollerhead, J., Pahl, J., Reinhardt, J. F., Rezek, R. J., Simenstad, C. A., Smith, J. A. M., … Weinstein, M. P. (2021). Tidal Marsh Restoration Optimism in a Changing Climate and Urbanizing Seascape. Estuaries and Coasts, 44(6), 1681–1690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00875-1

Mozdzer, T. J., Drew, S. E., Caplan, J. S., Weber, P. E., & Deegan, L. A. (2021). Rapid recovery of carbon cycle processes after the cessation of chronic nutrient enrichment. Science of The Total Environment, 750, 140927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140927

Bowen, J. L., Giblin, A. E., Murphy, A. E., Bulseco, A. N., Deegan, L. A., Johnson, D. S., Nelson, J. A., Mozdzer, T. J., & Sullivan, H. L. (2020). Not All Nitrogen Is Created Equal: Differential Effects of Nitrate and Ammonium Enrichment in Coastal Wetlands. BioScience, 70(12), 1108–1119. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa140

Baker, R., Taylor, M. D., Able, K. W., Beck, M. W., Cebrian, J., Colombano, D. D., Connolly, R. M., Currin, C., Deegan, L. A., Feller, I. C., Gilby, B. L., Kimball, M. E., Minello, T. J., Rozas, L. P., Simenstad, C., Turner, R. E., Waltham, N. J., Weinstein, M. P., Ziegler, S. L., … Staver, L. W. (2020). Fisheries rely on threatened salt marshes. Science, 370(6517), 670–671. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abe9332

Lesser, J. S., Bechtold, C. A., Deegan, L. A., & Nelson, J. A. (2020). Habitat decoupling via saltmarsh creek geomorphology alters connection between spatially-coupled food webs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 241, 106825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106825

Nelson, J. A., Johnson, D. S., Deegan, L. A., Spivak, A. C., & Sommer, N. R. (2019). Feedbacks Between Nutrient Enrichment and Geomorphology Alter Bottom-Up Control on Food Webs. Ecosystems, 22(2), 229–242. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0265-x

Bortolus, A., Adam, P., Adams, J. B., Ainouche, M. L., Ayres, D., Bertness, M. D., Bouma, T. J., Bruno, J. F., Caçador, I., Carlton, J. T., Castillo, J. M., Costa, C. S. B., Davy, A. J., Deegan, L., Duarte, B., Figueroa, E., Gerwein, J., Gray, A. J., Grosholz, E. D., … Weis, J. S. (2019). Supporting Spartina : Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus. Ecology, 100(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2863

Paynter, I., Schaaf, C., Bowen, J. L., Deegan, L., Peri, F., & Cook, B. (2019). Characterizing a New England Saltmarsh with NASA G-LiHT Airborne Lidar. Remote Sensing, 11(5), 509–539. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11050509

Wigand, C., Watson, E. B., Martin, R., Johnson, D. S., Warren, R. S., Hansen, A., Davey, E., Johnson, R., & Deegan, L. (2018). Discontinuities in soil strength contribute to destabilization of nutrient-enriched creeks. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2329

Kearney, W. S., Mariotti, G., Deegan, L. A., & Fagherazzi, S. (2017). Stage-discharge relationship in tidal channels. Limnology and Oceanography, 15(4), 394–407. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10168

Johnson, D. S., Warren, R. S., Deegan, L. A., & Mozdzer, T. J. (2016). Saltmarsh plant responses to eutrophication. Ecological Applications. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1402

Moulton, O. M., Altabet, M. A., Beman, J. M., Deegan, L. A., Lloret, J., Lyons, M. K., Nelson, J. A., & Pfister, C. A. (2016). Microbial associations with macrobiota in coastal ecosystems: patterns and implications for nitrogen cycling. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 14, 200–208. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1262

Kearns, P., Angell, J. H., Howard, E., Deegan, L. A., Stanley, R. H., & Bowen, J. L. (2016). Nutrient enrichment induces dormancy and decreases diversity of active bacteria. Nature Communications, 7. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12881

Crosby, S. C., Angermeyer, A., Adler, J. M., Bertness, M. D., Deegan, L. A., Sibinga, N., & Leslie, H. M. (2016). Spartina alterniflora biomass allocation and temperature: implications for salt marsh persistence with sea-level rise. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-016-0142-9

Crosby, S. C., Sax, D., Palmer, M. E., Booth, H. S., Deegan, L. A., Bertness, M. D., & Leslie, H. M. (2016). Salt marsh persistence is threatened by predicted sea-level rise. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 181, 93–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.08.018

Kennedy, C. G., Mather, M. E., Smith, J. M., Finn, J. T., & Deegan, L. A. (2016). Discontinuities concentrate mobile predators: Quantifying organism-environment interactions at a seascape scale. Ecosphere, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1226

Nelson, J. A., Deegan, L., & Garritt, R. H. (2015). Drivers of spatial and temporal variability in estuarine food webs. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 533, 67–77. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11389

Crosby, S. C., Ivens-Duran, M., Bertness, M. D., Davey, E., Deegan, L. A., & Leslie, H. M. (2015). Flowering and biomass allocation in U.S. Atlantic coast Spartina alterniflora. American Journal of Botany, 102(5). https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400534

Schmitz, O. J., Raymond, P. A., Estes, J. A., Kurz, W. A., Holtgrieve, G. W., Ritchie, M. E., Schindler, D. E., Spivak, A. C., Wilson, R. W., Bradford, M. A., Christensen, V., Deegan, L., Smetacek, V., Vanni, M. J., & Wilmers, C. C. (2014). Animating the Carbon Cycle. Ecosystems, 17(2), 344–359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-013-9715-7

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., & Johnson, D. S. (2013). Ecogeomorphology of Salt Marshes. In J. Shroder, D. Butler, & C. Hubb (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Vol. 12, pp. 180–200). Elsevier.

Fagherazzi, S., FitzGerald, D. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Hughes, Z., Wiberg, P. L., McGlathery, K. J., Morris, J. T., Tolhurst, T. J., Deegan, L. A., & Johnson, D. S. (2013). Ecogeomorphology of Tidal Flats. In J. Shroder, D. Butler, & C. Hubb (Eds.), Treatise on Geomorphology (Vol. 12, pp. 201–220). Elsevier.

Lockfield, K., Fleeger, J. W., & Deegan, L. A. (2013). Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, responses to long-term, whole-ecosystem nutrient enrichment. Marine Ecological Progress Series, 492, 211–222. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10495

Mather, M. E., Finn, J. T., Kennedy, C. G., Deegan, L. A., & Smith, J. M. (2013). What happens in an estuary doesn’t stay there: patterns of biotic connectivity resulting from long term ecological research. Oceanography, 26(3), 168–179. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2013.60

Deegan, L. A., Johnson, D. S., Warren, R. S., Peterson, B. J., Fleeger, J. W., Fagherazzi, S., & Wollheim, W. M. (2012). Coastal eutrophication as a driver of salt marsh loss. Nature, 490, 388–392. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11533

Galvan, K., Fleeger, J. W., Peterson, B., Drake, D., Deegan, L. A., & Johnson, D. S. (2011). Natural abundance stable isotopes and dual isotope tracer additions help to resolve resources supporting a saltmarsh food web. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 410, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.007

Bowen, J. L., Ward, B. B., Morrison, H. G., Hobbie, J. E., Valiela, I., Deegan, L. A., & Sogin, M. L. (2011). Microbial community composition in salt marsh sediments resists perturbation by nutrient enrichment. The ISME Journal, 5, 1540–1548. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.22

Mather, M. E., Finn, J. T., Pautzke, S. M., Fox, D., Savoy, T., Brundage III, H. M., Deegan, L. A., & Muth, R. M. (2010). Diversity in destinations, routes and timing of small adult and sub-adult striped bass Morone saxatilis on their southward autumn migration. Journal of Fish Biology, 77(10), 2326–2337. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02811.x

Pautzke, S. M., Mather, M. E., Finn, J. T., Deegan, L. A., & Muth, R. M. (2010). Seasonal use of a New England estuary by foraging contingents of migratory striped bass. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 139, 257–269. https://doi.org/10.1577/T08-222.1

Johnson, D. S., Fleeger, J. W., & Deegan, L. A. (2009). Large-scale manipulations reveal that top-down and bottom-up controls interact to alter habitat utilization by saltmarsh fauna. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 377, 33–41. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07849

Bowen, J. L., Crump, B. C., Deegan, L. A., & Hobbie, J. E. (2009). Salt marsh sediment bacteria: their distribution and response to external nutrient inputs. The ISME Journal, 3, 924–934. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2009.44

Bowen, J. L., Crump, B. C., Deegan, L. A., & Hobbie, J. E. (2009). Increased supply of ambient nitrogen has minimal effect on salt marsh bacterial production. Limnology and Oceanography, 54(3), 713–722. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2009.54.3.0713

Buchsbaum, R. N., Deegan, L. A., Horowitz, J., Garritt, R. H., Ludlam, J. P., & Shull, D. H. (2009). Effects of regular salt marsh haying on marsh plants, algae, invertebrates and birds at Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 17, 469–487. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-008-9125-3

Haas, H. L., Freeman, C. J., Logan, J. M., Deegan, L., & Gaines, E. F. (2009). Examining mummichog growth and movement: Are some individuals making intra-season migrations to optimize growth? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 369, 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.09.027

Drake, D. C., Peterson, B. J., Galván, K. A., Deegan, L. A., Fleeger, J. W., Hopkinson, C., Johnson, J. M., Koop-Jakobsen, K., Lemay, L. E., Miller, E. E., Picard, C., & Warren, R. S. (2009). Salt marsh ecosystem biogeochemical responses to nutrient enrichment: A paired ¹⁵N tracer study. Ecology, 90(9), 2535–2546. https://doi.org/10.1890/08-1051.1

Mather, M. E., Finn, J. T., Ferry, K. H., Deegan, L. A., & Nelson, G. A. (2009). Use of non-natal estuaries by migratory striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in summer. Fishery Bulletin, 107, 329–337.

Fleeger, J. W., Johnson, D. S., Galván, K. A., & Deegan, L. A. (2008). Top-down and bottom-up control of infauna varies across the saltmarsh landscape. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 357, 20–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2007.12.003

Drake, D. C., Peterson, B. J., Deegan, L. A., Harris, L. A., Miller, E. E., & Warren, R. S. (2008). Plant nitrogen dynamics in fertilized and natural New England saltmarshes: a paired 15N tracer study. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 354, 35–46. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07170

Fry, B., Cieri, M., Hughes, J., Tobias, C., Deegan, L. A., & Peterson, B. (2008). Stable isotope monitoring of benthic-pelagic coupling with salt marsh fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 369, 193–204. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07644

Deegan, L. A., Bowen, J. L., Drake, D. C., Fleeger, J. W., Friedrichs, C. T., Galván, K. A., Hobbie, J. E., Hopkinson, C., Johnson, D. S., Johnson, J. M., Lemay, L. E., Miller, E. E., Peterson, B. J., Picard, C., Sheldon, S., Sutherland, M., Vallino, J., & Warren, R. S. (2007). Susceptibility of salt marshes to nutrient enrichment and predator removal. Ecological Applications, 17(5), S-42-S63. https://doi.org/10.1890/06-0452.1

Logan, J., Hass, H., Deegan, L. A., & Gaines, E. (2006). Turnover rates of nitrogen stable isotopes in the salt marsh mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, following a laboratory diet switch. Oecologia, 147, 391–395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0277-z

Deegan, L. A., & Buchsbaum, R. (2005). The effect of habitat loss and degradation on fisheries. In R. Buchsbaum, J. Pederson, & W. E. Robinson (Eds.), The Decline of Fisheries Resources in New England: Evaluating the Impact of Overfishing, Contamination, and Habitat Degradation: Vol. MITSG 05-5 (pp. 67–96). University of Massachusetts Press.

Freeman, C. J., Haas, H., Warren, S., Deegan, L. A., & Logan, J. (2004). What makes mummichogs grow? The relationship between growth rates and gut contents of Fundulus heteroclitus held in enclosures along a salinity gradient in a New England salt marsh.

Salgado, J., Costa, M.-J., Cabral, H., & Deegan, L. (2004). Comparison of fish assemblages in tidal salt marsh creeks and in adjoining mudflat areas in the Tejo estuary. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 45(3), 213–224.

Sheldon, S. P., Twichell, S., & Deegan, L. A. (2004). The effects of long term nutrient addition on a salt marsh community.