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Brian W. Bowen is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their scholarly work is concentrated in subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, and Genetics. This multidisciplinary focus supports a broad perspective on biological and environmental systems.

The main topics Brian W. Bowen covers reflect a commitment to marine and ecological research. These include:

  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • PeerJ
  • Ecology and Society
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Journal of Heredity
  • Environmental DNA

Brian W. Bowen's recent publications demonstrate diverse research interests and collaborative breadth. Selected recent papers are:

  • Ecomimicry in Indigenous resource management: optimizing ecosystem services to achieve resource abundance, with examples from Hawaiʻi, 2020, Ecology and Society
  • Global trends and biases in biodiversity conservation research, 2024, Cell Reports Sustainability
  • Collaborative research to inform adaptive comanagement: a framework for the Heʻeia National Estuarine Research Reserve, 2020, Ecology and Society
  • Genomics versus mtDNA for resolving stock structure in the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), 2020, PeerJ
  • Plumbing the depths with environmental DNA (eDNA): Metabarcoding reveals biodiversity zonation at 45-60 m on mesophotic coral reefs, 2023, Molecular Ecology

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, highlighting ongoing academic partnerships. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Robert J. Toonen
  • Richard R. Coleman
  • Mykle Hoban
  • Derek W. Kraft
  • Zac H. Forsman

Best Publications

  • Shallow population histories in deep evolutionary lineages of marine fishes: insights from sardines and anchovies and lessons for conservation

    Was Grant;BW Bowen

  • Atlantic reef fish biogeography and evolution

    S. R. Floeter;S. R. Floeter;L. A. Rocha;D. R. Robertson;J. C. Joyeux

  • A realignment of marine biogeographic provinces with particular reference to fish distributions

    John C. Briggs;Brian W. Bowen

  • Regional Management Units for Marine Turtles: A Novel Framework for Prioritizing Conservation and Research across Multiple Scales

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Brendan J. Hurley;Brendan J. Hurley;Elena M. Finkbeiner;Elena M. Finkbeiner

  • Global Conservation Priorities for Marine Turtles

    Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Bryan P. Wallace;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Andrew D. DiMatteo;Alan B. Bolten;Alan B. Bolten;Milani Y. Chaloupka;Milani Y. Chaloupka

  • Population genetics and phylogeography of sea turtles.

    B. W. Bowen;S. A. Karl

  • GLOBAL POPULATION STRUCTURE AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GREEN TURTLE (CHELONIA MYDAS) IN TERMS OF MATRIARCHAL PHYLOGENY.

    Brian W. Bowen;Anne B. Meylan;J. Perran Ross;Colin J. Limpus

  • The origins of tropical marine biodiversity

    Brian W. Bowen;Luiz A. Rocha;Robert J. Toonen;Stephen A. Karl

  • Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines.

    J C Avise;B W Bowen;T Lamb;A B Meylan

  • Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes

    Luiz A Rocha;Luiz A Rocha;D. Ross Robertson;Joe Roman;Brian W Bowen

  • Phylogeography of the trumpetfishes (Aulostomus): ring species complex on a global scale.

    B. W. Bowen;A. L. Bass;L. A. Rocha;W. S. Grant

  • TRANSATLANTIC DEVELOPMENTAL MIGRATIONS OF LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES DEMONSTRATED BY mtDNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS

    Alan B. Bolten;Karen A. Bjorndal;Helen R. Martins;Thomas Dellinger

  • Trans-Pacific migrations of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) demonstrated with mitochondrial DNA markers.

    B W Bowen;F A Abreu-Grobois;G H Balazs;N Kamezaki

  • Global phylogeography of the leatherback turtle ( Dermochelys coriacea )

    Peter H. Dutton;Brian W. Bowen;David W. Owens;Ana Barragan

  • Conservation implications of complex population structure: lessons from the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)

    B. W. Bowen;A. L. Bass;L. Soares;R. J. Toonen

  • Adult habitat preferences, larval dispersal, and the comparative phylogeography of three Atlantic surgeonfishes (Teleostei: Acanthuridae)

    Luiz A. Rocha;Anna L. Bass;D. Ross Robertson;Brian W. Bowen

  • Global phylogeography of the scalloped hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini)

    K. M. Duncan;A. P. Martin;B. W. Bowen;H. G. De Couet

  • Population Structure of Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea

    Brian Bowen;John C. Avise;James I. Richardson;Anne B. Meylan

  • Global Population Genetic Structure and Male-Mediated Gene Flow in the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas): RFLP Analyses of Anonymous Nuclear Loci

    Stephen A. Karl;Brian W. Bowen;John C. Avise

  • THE EVOLUTIONARY ENIGMA OF BONEFISHES (ALBULA SPP.): CRYPTIC SPECIES AND ANCIENT SEPARATIONS IN A GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED SHOREFISH

    Jeff Colborn;Roy E. Crabtree;James B. Shaklee;Edward Pfeiler

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa
Luiz A. Rocha
Luiz A. Rocha California Academy of Sciences
Joseph D. DiBattista
Joseph D. DiBattista Griffith University
Michelle R. Gaither
Michelle R. Gaither University of Central Florida
John C. Avise
John C. Avise University of California, Irvine
Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Alan B. Bolten
Alan B. Bolten University of Florida
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs Curtin University
D. Ross Robertson
D. Ross Robertson Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

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