Linda testing the waters of Sweeney Creek

Linda Deegan
Principal Investigator
The Ecosystems Center
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: 508-289-7487
Fax: 508-457-1548
email: ldeegan@mbl.edu
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Education:

• Ph.D., Department of Marine Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1985.
• M.S., Zoology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 1979.
• B.S., Biology Department, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1976. Cum laude with Departmental Honors.

Professional Experience:

• Associate Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1994-present
• Assistant Scientist, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1989-1994
• Adjunct Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1989-present
• Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, September 1985-January 1989

Professional Societies:

• American Fisheries Society, Strategic Planning Committee, American Fisheries Society, 1993-1994, President, Southern New England Chapter, 1988-1989
• International Estuarine Research Federation, Member-at-large, 1993-1995, Editorial Board, 1987-1992
• New England Estuarine Research Society
• Ecological Society of America
• Phi Sigma
• Sigma Xi

Selected Publications:

• Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, H. Golden, C. C. Maclvor, and M. C. Miller. 1997. Effects of fish density and river fertilization on algal standing stocks, invertebrate communities and fish production in an arctic river. J. Can. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54(2):269-283
• Deegan, L. A., J. Finn, C. S. Hopkinson, A. E. Giblin, B. J. Peterson, B. Fry and J. Hobbie. 1995. Flow model analysis of the effects of organic matter-nutrient interactions on estuarine trophic dynamics. Joint ECSA/ERF Conference September 14 - 18, 1992, Plymouth England. In: K R. Dyer and R. J. Orth (eds.), Changes in Fluxes in Estuaries. Olsen & Olsen, Denmark, Sweden. pp 273-281.
• Peterson, B. J., L. A. Deegan, J. Helfrich, J. E. Hobbie, M. A. J. Hullar, B. Moller, T. E. Ford, A. E. Hershey, A. L. Hiltner, G. W. Kipphut, M. A. Lock, D. M. Fiebig, V. L. McKinley, M. C. Miller, J. R. Vestal, R. Ventullo, and G. Volk. 1993. Biological response of a tundra river to fertilization. Ecology 74(3):653-672.
• Peterson, B., B. Fry, L. Deegan and A. Hershey. 1993. The trophic significance of epilithic algal production in a fertilized tundra river ecosystem. Limnology and Oceanography 38(4):872-878.
• Deegan, L. A., and B. J. Peterson. 1992. Whole-river fertilization stimulates fish production in an Arctic tundra river. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:1890-1901.
• Deegan, L. A. 1993. Nutrient and energy transport between estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems by fish migration. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:74-79.
• Saucerman, S., and L. A. Deegan. 1991. Lateral and cross-channel movement of young-of-the-year winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 14(4):440-446.
• Deegan, L. A. 1990. Effects of estuarine environmental conditions on population dynamics of young-of-the-year gulf menhaden. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 68:195-205.
• Deegan, L. A., B. J. Peterson, and R. J. Portier. 1990. Stable isotopes and cellulase activity as evidence for detritus as a food source for juvenile gulf menhaden. Estuaries 13:14-19.
• Deegan, L. A., J. W. Day, Jr., J. G. Gosselink, A. Yáñez-Arancibia, G. Soberon-Chavez and P. Sanchez-Gil. 1986. Relationships among primary productivity, fisheries yield and physical characteristics in Gulf of Mexico estuaries, pp. 83-100. In: D. A. Wolfe (ed.), Estuarine Variability. Academic Press, New York.