| 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 | 666 | 2001 |
| Interspecific variation in juvenile snapper otolith chemical signatures in the northern Gulf of Mexico WF Patterson III, BK Barnett, MZ Sluis, JH Cowan Jr, AM Shiller Aquatic Biology 21 (1), 1-10, 2014 | 377 | 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 | 376 | 2010 |
| 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 | 185 | 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 | 174 | 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 | 171 | 1996 |
| 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 | 155 | 2018 |
| 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 | 151 | 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 | 142 | 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 (2), 280-297, 2003 | 141 | 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 (1), 61-89, 2000 | 139 | 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 | 136 | 2003 |
| 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 | 136 | 1992 |
| 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 (2), 187-204, 2011 | 126 | 2011 |
| SEDAR74-RD15 WF Patterson III, JH Cowan Jr, CA Wilson, RL Shipp Fish. Bull 99, 617-627, 2001 | 120 | 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 | 111 | 1993 |
| Predation by the scyphomedusan Chrysaora quinquecirrha on Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores JE Purcell, JH Cowan Jr Marine Ecology Progress Series 129, 63-70, 1995 | 106 | 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 | 101 | 1999 |
| The impacts of pulsed reintroduction of river water on a Mississippi Delta coastal basin JW Day, JE Cable, JH Cowan, R DeLaune, K De Mutsert, B Fry, ... Journal of Coastal Research, 225-243, 2009 | 96 | 2009 |
