EDUCATION

Ph.D. Department of Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1985. Minor: Statistics. "The population ecology and nutrient cycling of gulf menhaden in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana."

M.S. Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1979. "The growth and survivorship of coho salmon in Great Bay, New Hampshire."

B.S. Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1976. "The growth, production, and metabolism of the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) in a New England saltmarsh." Cum laude with Departmental Honors.

EXPERIENCE

2003-present Senior Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

1994-2003 Associate Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

1989-1994 Assistant Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole.

1991-present Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Mgt., Univ. of Massachusetts.

1989-1990 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Mgt., Univ. of Massachusetts.

1985-1988 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife Mgt., Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst.

1984-1985 Marine Fisheries Fellowship, Coastal Fisheries Institute, Louisiana State University.

1983 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University.

1981-1982 Research Associate III, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University.

1979-1980 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University.

1978-1979 Teaching Assistant, Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire.

1977-1978 Research Assistant, Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire.

HONORS

1984	Murray F. Buell Award Finalist, Ecological Society of America.
1983-1984	Rockefeller Scholarship, Governor's Special Commission on Education, LA.
1983	Lipsey Memorial Scholarship, Outstanding Marine Science Student.
1983	American Assoc. of University Women, LSU Chapter, Outstanding Graduate Student.
1979	Noyes Foundation Scholarship for Study in Ecology at MBL.
1979	Univ. New Hampshire Marine Program Scholarship for Study in Ecology at MBL.
1976	Inducted into Sigma Xi and Phi Sigma at Northeastern University.
1976	Phi Sigma Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research.
1976	Departmental Honors for Undergraduate Research.
1974	Sigma Xi Grant-in-aid.
1973-1974	Grant-in-aid for Academic Scholarship.
1972-1976	Dean's Honor List.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Fisheries Society	Ecological Society of America
International Estuarine Research Federation	Phi Sigma
New England Estuarine Research Society	Sigma Xi

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

International Estuarine Research Federation, Executive Committee Member-at-large 1993-1995.

American Fisheries Society, National Strategy Planning Committee 1993-1994.

Estuaries, Editorial Board 1987-1992.

American Fisheries Society Southern New England Chapter, President 1988-1989, President-elect 1987-1988,

Secretary-Treasurer 1986-1987.

New England Estuarine Research Society, member 1976-present, Executive Committee 1988-1989, President-Elect 1998-.

Wetland Ecosystem Research Group, Five-College Program, Amherst, MA, Chair 1987-1989.

PUBLICATIONS

In preparation

Deegan, L. A., R. Buchsbaum, and H. Garritt. Hydrologic controls on fish population abundance in a salt marsh estuary. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, and K. Buzby. Trophic subsidy to lakes by migrating Arctic grayling. Ecology.

Deegan, L. A., C. Neill, and R. Victoria. Changes in stream nutrient limitation with forest to pasture conversion of the uplands. Ecological Applications.

Krusche, A., C. Neill, and L. A. Deegan. Changes in stream carbon cycles induced by forest conversion to pasture in the tropics. Limnology and Oceanography.

Deegan, L. A., J. Horowitz and R. Buchsbaum. Changes in salt marsh food webs with the removal of detritus by haying. Wetlands Ecology and Management.

Submitted

Buzby, K., and L. A. Deegan. Long-term survival of adult Arctic grayling in the Kuparuk River, Alaska. Ecology.

Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, and M. J. Weaver. Transferability of an Index of Estuarine Biotic Integrity based on fish communities. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.

Deegan, L. A., and R. N. Buchsbaum. The Effect of Habitat Loss and Degradation on Fisheries. In: R. N. Buchsbaum, W. E. Robinson and J. Pederson (eds.), The decline of fisheries resources in New England: Evaluating the impact of overfishing, contamination, and habitat degradation. Mass. Bays Program. MIT SeaGrant Press, Cambridge, MA.

In Press

Slavik, K., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey, and J. Hobbie. Long-term response of the Kuparuk River to phosphorus fertilization. Ecology

Hobbie, J. E., G. Shaver, J. Laundre, K. Slavik, L. A. Deegan, J. O'Brien, S. Oberbauer, and S. MacIntyre. In press. Climate forcing at the Arctic LTER Site. In: D. Greenland, D. Goodin and R. Smith (eds.), Climate Variability and Ecosystem Response at Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Sites. Oxford University Press, New York.

Thomas, S. M., C. Neill, L. A. Deegan, A. V. Krusche, V. M. Ballester and R. L. Victoria. Influences of land use and stream size on particulate and dissolved materials in a small Amazonian stream network. Biogeochemistry.

Accepted

2003. Kratz, T. K., L. A. Deegan, M. E. Harmon, and W. K. Lauenroth. Understanding Ecological Variability in Space and Time from Long-Term Observations. Special LTER issue. BioScience 53:57-67.

2002. Deegan, L. A. Lessons learned: the effects of nutrient enrichment on the support of nekton by seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems. Special SCOR Volume. Estuaries 25(4b):585-600.

2002. Deegan, L. A., A. Wright, S. G. Ayvazian, J. T. Finn, H. Golden, R. R. Merson, and J. Harrison. Nitrogen loading alters seagrass ecosystem structure and support of higher trophic levels. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 12:193-212.

2002. Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing. Effects of Trawling and Dredging on Seafloor habitat. National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 107 pp.

2002. Wyda, J. C., L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hughes, and M. J. Weaver. The response of fishes to submerged aquatic vegetation complexity in two ecoregions of the mid-Atlantic Bight: Buzzards Bay and Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries 25:86-100.

2002. Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, M. J. Weaver, and A. Wright. The effects of eelgrass habitat loss on estuarine fish communities of southern New England, USA. Estuaries 25:235-249.

2002. Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, M. J. Weaver, and J. E. Costa. Regional application of an index of Estuarine Biotic Integrity based on fish communities. Estuaries 25:250-263.

2002. Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, J. C. Wyda, and A. Wright. An Index of Biotic Integrity based on fish community structure applied to Rhode Island and Connecticut estuaries, pp. 49-58. Proceedings of the 5th Biennial Long Island Sound Research Conference, November 2000, Stamford, CT. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program and the Long Island Sound Foundation.

2001. Neill, C., L. A. Deegan, S. M. Thomas, and C. Cerri. Deforestation for pasture alters nitrogen and phosphorous in soil solution and stream water of small Amazonian watersheds. Ecological Applications 11(6):1817-1828.

2001. Richey, J. E., A. Krusche, L. A. Deegan, V. Ballester, T. Biggs, and R. Victoria. Land use changes and the biogeochemistry of river corridors in the Amazon. IGBP Global Change Newsletter 45:19-22.

2001. Emeis, K.-C., J. R. Benoit, L. A. Deegan, A. J. Gilbert, V. Lee, J. M. Glade, M. Meybeck, S. B. Olsen, and B. von Bodungen. Group 4: Unifying Concepts for Integrated Coastal Management, pp. 341-364. In: B. Von Bodungenand and R. K. Turner (eds.), Science and Integrated Coastal Management, 378 pp. Dahlem University Press, Berlin.

2001. Deegan, L. A., J. Kremer, T. Webler, and J. Brawley. The use of models in integrated resource management in the coastal zone, pp. 295-306. In: Von Bodungen, B., and R. K. Turner, (eds.), Science and Integrated Coastal Management, 378 pp. Dahlem University Press, Berlin.

2001. Wollheim, W. M., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hobbie, B. Hooker, W. B. Bowden, K. J. Edwardson, D. B. Arscott, and A. E. Hershey. Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing. Limnology and Oceanography 46(1):1-13.

2000. Deegan, L. A., J. E. Hughes, and R. A. Rountree. Salt marsh ecosystem support of marine transient species, pp. 333-365. Invited chapter In: M. P. Weinstein and D. A. Kreeger, (eds.), Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology. Kluwer Academic Publisher, The Netherlands

2000. Simenstad, C., S. Brandt, A. Chalmers, R. Dame, L. A. Deegan, R. Hodson, and E. Houde. Habitat-Biotic Interactions, Chapter 16, pp. 427- 455. In: J. Hobbie (ed.), Estuarine Science: A synthetic approach to research and practice. Island Press, Washington, DC.

2000. Buzby, K., and L. A. Deegan. Inter-annual fidelity to summer feeding sites in Arctic grayling. Environmental Biology of Fishes 59:319-327.

2000. Hughes, J. E., L. A. Deegan, B. J. Peterson, R. M. Holmes, and B. Fry. Nitrogen flow through the food web in the oligohaline zone of a New England estuary. Ecology 81:433-452.

2000. Holmes, R. M., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hughes, and B. Fry. Nitrogen biogeochemistry in the oligohaline zone of a New England estuary. Ecology 81:416:432.

1999. Wollheim, W. M., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, M. Bahr, D. Jones, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey, G. W. Kling, and M. C. Miller. A coupled field and modeling approach for the analysis of nitrogen cycling in streams. Journal of the North American Benthic Society 18:199-221.

1999. Hobbie, J. E., B. J. Peterson, N. Bettez, L. A. Deegan, W. J. O'Brien, G. W. Kling, G. W. Kipphut, B. Bowden, and A. Hershey. Impact of global change on biogeochemistry and ecosystems of arctic freshwaters. Polar Research 18:1-8.

1999. Buzby, K., and L. A. Deegan. Relative retention of anchor and passive integrated transponder tags in arctic grayling. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:1147-1150.

1999. Deegan, L. A., H. Golden, C. J. Harvey, and B. J. Peterson. Influence of environmental variability on the growth of age-0 and adult arctic grayling. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 128:1163-1175.

1998. Golden, H. E., and L. A. Deegan. The trophic interactions of young Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in an Arctic tundra stream. Freshwater Biology 39:637-648.

1998. Harvey, C. J., B. J. Peterson, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey, M. C. Miller, L. A. Deegan, and J. C. Finlay. Biological responses of Oksrukuyik Creek, a tundra stream, to fertilization. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17(2):190-209.

1997. Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, H. Golden, C. C. Maclvor, and M. C. Miller. Effects of fish density and river fertilization on algal standing stocks, invertebrate communities and fish production in an arctic river. Journal of the Canadian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54(2):269-283.

1997R. Gettel, G. M., L. A. Deegan, and C. J. Harvey. A comparison of whole and thin-sectioned otolith aging methods for arctic grayling and validation of annuli. Northwest Science 71(3): 224-232.

1997. Deegan, L. A., J. T. Finn, S. G. Ayvazian, C. A. Ryder, and J. Buonaccorsi. Development and validation of an estuarine biotic integrity index. Estuaries 20(3): 601-617.

1997. Deegan, L. A. and R. H. Garritt. Evidence for spatial variability in estuarine food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series 147:31-47.

1997. Harvey, C. J., B. J. Peterson, W. B. Bowden, L. A. Deegan, J. C. Finlay, A. E. Hershey, and M. C. Miller. Organic matter dynamics in the Kuparuk River, a tundra river in Alaska, USA. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16(1):18-23.

1996. Hershey, A. E., W. B. Bowden, L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hobbie, B. J. Peterson, G. W. Kipphut, G. W. Kling, M. A. Lock, M. C. Miller, and J. R. Vestal. The Kuparuk River: A long-term study of biological and chemical processes in an arctic river, pp. 107-130. In: A. Milner and M. W. Oswood (eds.), Alaskan Freshwaters. Springer-Verlag, New York.

1995. Deegan, L. A., J. Finn, C. S. Hopkinson, A. E. Giblin, B. J. Peterson, B. Fry, and J. Hobbie. Flow model analysis of the effects of organic matter-nutrient interactions on estuarine trophic dynamics, pp. 273-281. Joint ECSA/ERF Conference September 14-18, 1992, Plymouth England. In: K R. Dyer and R. J. Orth (eds.), Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries: Implications from Science to Management. Olsen & Olsen, Denmark, Sweden.

1995. Hobbie, J. E., L. A. Deegan, B. J. Peterson, E. B. Rastetter, G. R. Shaver, G. W. Kling, W. J. O'Brien, F. S. Chapin, M. C. Miller, G. W. Kipphut, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey, and M. E. McDonald. Long-term measurements at the Arctic LTER site, pp. 391-409. In: T. M. Powell and J. H. Steele (eds.), Ecological Times Series. Chapman and Hall, New York.

1993. Peterson, B. J., B. Fry, L. A. Deegan, and A. E. Hershey. The trophic significance of epilithic algal production in a fertilized tundra river ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 38(4):872-878.

1993. Peterson, B. J., L. A. Deegan, and 15 others. Biological responses of a tundra river to fertilization. Ecology 74(3):653-672.

1993. Deegan, L. A. Nutrient and energy transport between estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems by fish migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:74-79.

1992. Ayvazian, S. G., L. A. Deegan, and J. T. Finn. Comparison of habitat use by estuarine fish assemblages in the Acadian and Virginian zoogeographic provinces. Estuaries 15:368-383.

1992. Deegan, L. A., and B. J. Peterson. Whole-river fertilization stimulates fish production in an Arctic tundra river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1890-1901.

1991. Saucerman, S., and L. A. Deegan. Lateral and cross-channel movement of young-of-the-year winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 4(4):440-446.

1991. Deegan, L. A. and J. T. Finn. Ongoing fisheries research in New England estuaries. Jana 2(1):19-20.

1990. Deegan, L. A. Effects of estuarine environmental conditions on population dynamics of young-of-the-year gulf menhaden. Marine Ecology Progress Series 68:195-205.

1990. Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, and R. J. Portier. Stable isotopes and cellulase activity as evidence for detritus as a food source for juvenile gulf menhaden. Estuaries 13:14-19.

1989. Deegan, L. A., C. A. S. Hall, and A. Yanez-Arancibia. Estuarine Nekton, pp. 377-437. In: J. W. Day, Jr., M. Kemp, C. A. S. Hall and A. Yanez-Arancibia (eds.), Estuarine Ecology. Wiley Interscience, New York.

1987. Deegan, L. A., and B. A. Thompson. Growth rate and life history events of young-of-the-year gulf menhaden determined from otolith studies. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 116:663-667.

1986. Deegan, L. A. Changes in body composition and morphology of young-of-the-year gulf menhaden, (Brevoortia patronus) Goode, in Fourleague Bay, Louisiana. Journal of Fish Biology 29:403-415.

1986. Neill, C., and L. A. Deegan. The effect of Mississippi River delta lobe development in determining the habitat composition, diversity, and productivity of Louisiana coastal wetlands. American Midland Naturalist 116(2):296-303.

1986. Deegan, L. A., J. W. Day, Jr., J. G. Gosselink, A Yáñez-Arancibia, G. Soberon-Chavez, and P. Sanchez-Gil. Relationships among physical characteristics, vegetation distribution and fisheries yield in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, pp. 83-100. In: D. A. Wolfe (ed.), Estuarine Variability. Academic Press, New York.

1986. Deegan, L. A. Review of R. M. May (ed.), Exploitation of Marine Communities. The Quarterly Review of Biology 61:292.

1985. Deegan, L. A., and B. A. Thompson. The ecology of fish communities in the Mississippi River deltaic plain, pp. 35-56. Invited chapter. In: A. Yanez-Arancibia (ed.), Fish Community Ecology in Estuaries and Coastal Lagoons: Towards an Ecosystem Integration. UNAM-ICML Publishers.

1985. Deegan, L. A., and C. Neill. New life on the Mississippi. Natural History 94(6):60-71.

1984. Deegan, L. A., H. M. Kennedy, and C. Neill. Natural factors and human modifications contributing to marsh loss in Louisianaxs Mississippi River Deltaic Plain. Environmental Management 8(6):519-528.

1984. Deegan, L. A. and J. W. Day, Jr. Estuarine fishery habitat requirements, pp. 315-336. In: B. J. Copeland, K. Hart, N. Davis, and S. Friday (eds.), Research for managing the Nation's estuaries: Proceedings of a conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 13-15. UNC Sea Grant Publication UNC-SG-84-08.

1983. Day, J. W. Jr., W. Johnson, C. Madden, B. Thompson, L. A. Deegan, W. Sikora, and J. Sikora. The development of an estuarine ecosystem in a coastal freshwater deltaic environment. Atlantica 5(2):129-131.

1983. Thompson, B. A., and L. A. Deegan. The Atchafalaya River Delta: A new fish nursery with recommendations for management, pp. 217-239. In: F. Webb (ed.), Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Wetlands Restoration and Creation. Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL.

1982. Thompson, B. A., and L. A. Deegan. Distribution of Ladyfish (Elops saurus) and Bonefish (Albula vulpes) leptocephali in Louisiana. Bulletin of Marine Sciences 32(4):936-939.

1982. Taylor, J. T., and L. A. Deegan. A rapid method for mass marking of amphibians. Journal of Herpetology 16(2):172-173.

1981. Deegan, L. A. Increased estuarine survival of juvenile coho salmon vaccinated against Vibrio anguillarum. Transactions American Fisheries Society 110:654-657.