Robert K. Cowen
Professor and Maytag Chair of Ichthyology
Marine Biology and Fisheries
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149

Tel: (305) 421-4023
Fax: (305) 421-4600
Email:
Web page: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/divs/mbf/People/Faculty/Cowen/

Education
Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, 1985
M.S., Marine Biology, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, California State University, Hayward, 1979
B.A., Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1975

  Research Interests
Bob Cowen's research centers on the ecology and life history of fishes, in particular their early stages. He has worked extensively on the biological and physical oceanographic processes affecting the retention and transport of larval fishes in terms of examining larval dynamics, population replenishment, and population connectivity.

Selected Publications
Paris C.B., L.M. Cherubin, A. Srinivasan, R.K. Cowen. In Press. Surfing, spinning, or diving from reef to reef: how does it change population connectivity? Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Cowen, R.K., C.B. Paris, and A. Srinivasan. 2006. Scaling Connectivity in Marine Populations. Science 311: 522-527.

Steneck, R., R.K. Cowen, C.B. Paris, and A. Srinivasan. 2006. Connectivity in Marine Protected Areas, Response to letter. Science 313: 44-45.

Cowen, R.K. 2002. Larval dispersal and retention and consequences for population connectivity. In: P.F. Sale (ed.), Ecology of Coral Reef fishes: Recent Advances. Academic Press: 149-170.

Paris, C.B., R.K. Cowen, K.M.M. Lwiza, D.-P. Wang, and D.B. Olson. 2002. Multivariate objective analysis of the coastal circulation of Barbados, West Indies: implication for larval transport. Deep-Sea Research I 49: 1363-1386.

Sponaugle, Su, R.K. Cowen, et al. 2002. Predicting self-recruitment in marine populations: Biophysical correlates and mechanisms. Bulletin of Marine Science 70(1) Suppl.: 341-375.

Warner, R.R. and R.K. Cowen. 2002. Local retention of production in marine populations: Evidence, mechanisms, and consequences. Bulletin of Marine Science 70(1) Suppl.: 245-249.

Cowen, R.K., K.M.M. Lwiza, S. Sponaugle, C. Paris, and D.B. Olson. 2000. Connectivity of marine populations: Open or Closed? Science 287: 857-859.

Cowen, R.K. and S. Sponaugle. 1997. Relationship between early life history traits and recruitment in coral reef fishes. pp. 423-449, In: R.C. Chambers and E. Trippel (eds.), Early life history and recruitment in fish populations. Chapman and Hall.

Schultz, E.T. and R.K. Cowen. 1994. The recruitment of coral-reef fishes to Bermuda: Local retention or long-distance transport. Marine Ecology Progress Series 109:15-28.