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Overview

James H. Cowan is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular contributions to the subfields of global and planetary change as well as ecology.

The scientist has explored topics related to isotope analysis in ecology, marine and fisheries research, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies. These topics reflect a consistent thematic engagement with marine environments and the application of isotope techniques to ecological questions.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by James H. Cowan include:

  • Resource Partitioning of Sympatric Lutjanids in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using Stable Isotope Analysis (2023, Fishes)
  • Consistencies in the dietary and isotopic niche of spotted seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, across a salinity gradient within a coastal Louisiana estuary (2024, Journal of Fish Biology)

Frequent coauthors in Cowan's work are:

  • Steven B. Garner
  • Michelle Zapp Sluis
  • R. J. David Wells
  • Kevin M. Boswell
  • Pamela S. D. MacRae

The primary venues for publication include:

  • Fishes
  • Journal of Fish Biology

Best Publications

  • Compensatory density dependence in fish populations: importance, controversy, understanding and prognosis

    Kenneth A Rose;James H Cowan;Kirk O Winemiller;Ransom A Myers

  • Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves

    Ricardo O. Amoroso;C. Roland Pitcher;Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp;Robert A. McConnaughey

  • Size-dependent vulnerability of marine fish larvae to predation: An individual-based numerical experiment

    James H. Cowan;Edward D. Houde;Kenneth A. Rose

  • Movement of Tagged Red Snapper in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

    William F. Patterson;J. Carter Watterson;Robert L. Shipp;James H. Cowan

  • A Semiautomated Approach to Estimating Fish Size, Abundance, and Behavior from Dual-Frequency Identification Sonar (DIDSON) Data

    Kevin M. Boswell;Matthew P. Wilson;James H. Cowan

  • Feeding ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    R. J. David Wells;James H. Cowan;Brian Fry

  • The pattern and influence of low dissolved oxygen in the Patuxent River, a seasonally hypoxic estuary

    Denise L. Breitburg;Aaron Adamack;Kenneth A. Rose;Sarah E. Kolesar

  • Is density-dependent growth in young-of-the-year fishes a question of critical weight?

    J.H. Cowan;K.A. Rose;D.R. DeVries

  • BEHAVIOR AND RECRUITMENT SUCCESS IN FISH LARVAE: REPEATABILITY AND COVARIATION OF SURVIVAL SKILLS

    Lee A. Fuiman;James H. Cowan

  • Size-dependent predation on marine fish larvae by Ctenophores, Scyphomedusae, and Planktivorous fish

    James H. Cowan;Edward D. Houde

  • Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico: science- or faith-based?

    J. H. Cowan;C. B. Grimes;W. F. Patterson;C. J. Walters

  • Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, from an artificial reef area off Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico

    William F. Patterson;James H. Cowan;Charles A. Wilson;Robert L. Shipp

  • Survival skills required for predator evasion by fish larvae and their relation to laboratory measures of performance

    Lee A. Fuiman;Kenneth A. Rose;James H. Cowan;Eric P. Smith

  • Individual‐Based Model of Young‐of‐the‐Year Striped Bass Population Dynamics. I. Model Description and Baseline Simulations

    Kenneth A. Rose;James H. Cowan

  • Linking water quality to larval survival: predation mortality of fish larvae in an oxygen-stratified water column

    Denise L. Breitburg;Kenneth A. Rose;James H. Cowan

  • The Impacts of Pulsed Reintroduction of River Water on a Mississippi Delta Coastal Basin

    J. W. Day;J. E. Cable;J. H. Cowan;R. DeLaune

  • Reanalyses of Gulf of Mexico fisheries data: landings can be misleading in assessments of fisheries and fisheries ecosystems.

    Kim de Mutsert;James H. Cowan;Timothy E. Essington;Ray Hilborn

  • Predation by the scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha on Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores

    JE Purcell;JH Cowan

  • Exploring effects of hypoxia on fish and fisheries in the northern Gulf of Mexico using a dynamic spatially explicit ecosystem model

    Kim de Mutsert;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristy Lewis;Joe Buszowski

  • Comparison of predation pressure in temperate and subtropical seagrass habitats based on chronographic tethering

    Bradley J. Peterson;Kip R. Thompson;James H. Cowan;Kenneth L. Heck

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Rose
Kenneth A. Rose University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Edward D. Houde
Edward D. Houde University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
John W. Day
John W. Day Louisiana State University
Robert R. Twilley
Robert R. Twilley Louisiana State University
Ray Hilborn
Ray Hilborn University of Washington
Jeroen Steenbeek
Jeroen Steenbeek Spanish National Research Council
Jay R. Rooker
Jay R. Rooker Texas A&M University at Galveston
Dubravko Justic
Dubravko Justic Louisiana State University
Alan M. Shiller
Alan M. Shiller University of Southern Mississippi
Villy Christensen
Villy Christensen University of British Columbia

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