Cowen Lab Publications

Selected Publictions

Sale, PF , Cowen, RK, Danilowicz, BS, Jones, GP, Kritzer,JP, Lindeman, KC, Planes, S, Polunin, NVC,
Russ, GR, Sadovy, YJ and Steneck, RS. 2005. Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves. T.R.E.E. 20 (2): 74-80. PDF

Richardson, DE, Cowen, RK. 2004. Diversity of leptocephalus larvae around the island of Barbados (West Indies): relevance to regional distributions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 282: 271-284. PDF

Richardson, DE, Cowen, RK. 2004. New leptocephali types collected around the island of Barbados (West Indies). Copeia. 2004: 888-895. PDF

Paris, CB, Cowen, RK. 2004. Direct evidence of a biophysical retention mechanism for coral reef fish larvae. Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1964-1979. PDF

Cowen, RK, Paris, CB, Olson, DB, Fortuna, JL. 2003. The role of long distance dispersal versus local retention in replenishing marine populations. J. Gulf Carib. Sci. 14: 129-137. PDF

Cowen, RK, Paris, CB, Fortuna, JL, Lwiza, KMM, Dorsey, S. 2003: Impact of North Brazil Current rings on local circulation and coral reef fish recruitment to Barbados, West Indies. 20 pp.

Serafy, J.E., R.K. Cowen, C.B. Paris, T.R.Capo, S.A. Luthy. 2003. Evidence of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, spawning in the vicinity of Exuma Sound, Bahamas. Mar. Freshwater Res. 54:1-8.

Sullivan, MC, Cowen, RK, Able, KW, Fahay, MP. 2003. Effects of anthropogenic and natural disturbance on a recently settled continental shelf flatfish. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 260: 237-25. PDF

Cowen, RK. 2002. Oceanographic influences on larval dispersal and retention and their consequences for population connectivity. Coral Reef Fishes. Academic Press. London, New York. pp. 149-170. PDF

Grothues, TM, Cowen, RK, Pietrafesa, LJ, Bignami, F, Weatherly, GL, Flagg, CN. 2002. Flux of larval fish around Cape Hatteras. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(1): 165-175. PDF

Hare, JA, Churchill, JH, Cowen, RK, Berger, TJ, Cornillon, PC, Dragos, P, Glenn, SM, Govoni, JJ, Lee, TN. 2002. Routes and rates of larval fish transport from the southeast to the northeast United States continental shelf. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(6): 1774-1789. PDF

Paris, CB, Cowen, RK, Lwiza, KMM, Wang, D-P, Olson, DB. 2002. Multivariate objective analysis of the coastal circulation of Barbados, West Indies: implications for larval transport. Deep-Sea Res. I. 49: 1363-1386. PDF

Sponaugle, S, Cowen, RK, Shanks, A, Morgan, SG, Leis, JM, Pineda, J, Boehlert, GW, Kingsford, MJ, Lindeman, KC, Grimes, C, Munro, JL. 2002. Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: biophysical correlates and mechanisms. Bull. Mar. Sci. 70(1): 341-375. PDF

Warner, RR, Cowen, RK 2002. Local retention of production in marine populations: evidence, mechanisms and consequences. Bull Mar. Sci. 70(1) suppl. 245-249. PDF

Hare, JA, Fahay, MP, Cowen, RK. 2001. Springtime ichthyoplankton of the slope region off the north-eastern United States of America: larval assemblages, relation to hydrography and implications for larval transport. Fish. Oceanogr. 10(2): 164-192. PDF

Cowen, RK, Lwiza, KMM, Sponaugle, S, Paris, CB, Olson, DB. 2000. Connectivity of marine populations: open or closed? Science. 287: 857-859. PDF

Kelly, PS, Lwiza, KMM, Cowen, RK. 2000: Low-salinity pools at Barbados, West Indies: their origin, frequency and variability. J. Geophys. Res. 105(C8): 19,699-19,708. PDF

Schultz, ET, Cowen, RK, Lwiza, KMM, Gospodarek, AM. 2000. Explaining advection: do larval bay anchovy (Anchoa mitchilli) show selective tidal-stream transport? ICES J. Mar. Sci. 75: 360-371. PDF

Sullivan, MC, Cowen, RK, Able, KW, Fahay, MP 2000. Spatial scaling of recruitment in four continental shelf fishes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 207: 141-154. PDF