| Compensatory density dependence in fish populations: importance, controversy, understanding and prognosis KA Rose, JH Cowan Jr, KO Winemiller, RA Myers, R Hilborn Fish and Fisheries 2 (4), 293-327, 2001 | 753 | 2001 |
| Making sense of culture O Patterson Annual review of sociology 40, 1-30, 2014 | 481 | 2014 |
| The science of hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: a review TS Bianchi, SF DiMarco, JH Cowan Jr, RD Hetland, P Chapman, JW Day, ... Science of the Total Environment 408 (7), 1471-1484, 2010 | 444 | 2010 |
| Bottom trawl fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves RO Amoroso, CR Pitcher, AD Rijnsdorp, RA McConnaughey, AM Parma, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (43), E10275-E10282, 2018 | 284 | 2018 |
| Relative predation potentials of scyphomedusae, ctenophores and planktivorous fish on ichthyoplankton in Chesapeake Bay JH Cowan, ED Houde Marine Ecology-Progress Series 95, 55-55, 1993 | 190 | 1993 |
| Movement of tagged red snapper in the northern Gulf of Mexico WF Patterson III, JC Watterson, RL Shipp, JH Cowan Jr Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 130 (4), 533-545, 2001 | 188 | 2001 |
| Size-dependent vulnerability of marine fish larvae to predation: an individual-based numerical experiment JH Cowan Jr, ED Houde, KA Rose ICES Journal of Marine Science 53 (1), 23-37, 1996 | 188 | 1996 |
| Feeding ecology of red snapper Lutjanus campechanus in the northern Gulf of Mexico RJD Wells, JH Cowan Jr, B Fry Marine Ecology Progress Series 361, 213-225, 2008 | 172 | 2008 |
| A semiautomated approach to estimating fish size, abundance, and behavior from dual-frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) data KM Boswell, MP Wilson, JH Cowan Jr North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28 (3), 799-807, 2008 | 170 | 2008 |
| The pattern and influence of low dissolved oxygen in the Patuxent River, a seasonally hypoxic estuary DL Breitburg, A Adamack, KA Rose, SE Kolesar, B Decker, JE Purcell, ... Estuaries 26, 280-297, 2003 | 154 | 2003 |
| Is density-dependent growth in young-of-the-year fishes a question of critical weight? JH Cowan, KA Rose, DR DeVries Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 10, 61-89, 2000 | 149 | 2000 |
| Behavior and recruitment success in fish larvae: repeatability and covariation of survival skills LA Fuiman, JH Cowan Jr Ecology 84 (1), 53-67, 2003 | 148 | 2003 |
| Red snapper management in the Gulf of Mexico: science-or faith-based? JH Cowan, CB Grimes, WF Patterson, CJ Walters, AC Jones, WJ Lindberg, ... Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 21, 187-204, 2011 | 144 | 2011 |
| Size‐dependent predation on marine fish larvae by ctenophores, scyphomedusae, and planktivorous fish JH Cowan Jr, ED Houde Fisheries Oceanography 1 (2), 113-126, 1992 | 143 | 1992 |
| SEDAR74-RD15 WF Patterson III, JH Cowan Jr, CA Wilson, RL Shipp Fish. Bull 99, 617-627, 2001 | 123 | 2001 |
| Individual‐based model of young‐of‐the‐year striped bass population dynamics. I. Model description and baseline simulations KA Rose, JH Cowan Jr Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 122 (3), 415-438, 1993 | 115 | 1993 |
| Survival skills required for predator evasion by fish larvae and their relation to laboratory measures of performance LA Fuiman, KA Rose, JH Cowan Jr, EP Smith Animal Behaviour 71 (6), 1389-1399, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
| Predation by the scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha on Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores JE Purcell, JH Cowan Jr Marine Ecology Progress Series 129, 63-70, 1995 | 110 | 1995 |
| Reanalyses of Gulf of Mexico fisheries data: landings can be misleading in assessments of fisheries and fisheries ecosystems K de Mutsert, JH Cowan Jr, TE Essington, R Hilborn Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (7), 2740-2744, 2008 | 104 | 2008 |
| Linking water quality to larval survival: predation mortality of fish larvae in an oxygen-stratified water column DL Breitburg, KA Rose, JH Cowan Jr Marine Ecology Progress Series 178, 39-54, 1999 | 103 | 1999 |
