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Selected Publications

Suchy KD, Dower JF, Sastri AR and Neil MC (in press) Influence of diet on chitobiase-based production rates for the harpacticoid copepod Tigriopus californicus. Journal of Plankton Research.

Mackas DL, Galbraith MD, Faust D, Masson D, Romaine S, Shaw W, Trudel M, Dower JF, Campbell RW, Sastri AR and El-Sabaawi RW (in press) Zooplankton time series from the Strait of Georgia: Results from year-round sampling at deep water locations, 1990-2010. Progress in Oceanography.

Robert D, Pepin P, Dower JF and Fortier L (in press) Individual growth history of larval Atlantic mackerel is reflected in daily condition indices. ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Tunnicliffe V, Tyler J and Dower JF (in press) Population ecology of the tonguefish Symphurus thermophilus (Pisces; Pleuronectiformes; Cynoglossidae) at sulphur-rich hydrothermal vents on volcanoes of the northern Mariana Arc. Deep-Sea Research Part II.

Sato M, Dower JF, Kunze K and Dewey R (in press) Second-order seasonal variability in diel vertical migration timing of euphausiids in a coastal inlet. Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Simkanin C, Dower JF, Filip N, Jamieson G and Therriault TW (2013) Biotic resistance to the infiltration of natural habitats: examining the role of predation in the distribution of an invasive ascidian. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 439: 6-83.

El-Sabaawi RW, Trudel M, Mackas DL, Dower JF and Mazumder A (2012) Interannual variability in bottom-up processes in the upstream range of the California Current system: An isotopic approach. Progress in Oceanography 106: 16-27.

Simkanin C, Davidson IC, Dower JF, Jamieson G and Therriault TW (2012) Anthropogenic structures and the infiltration of natural benthos by invasive ascidians. Marine Ecology 33: 499-511.

Rowden AA, Dower JF, Schlacher TA, Consalvey M and Clark MR (2010) Paradigms in seamount ecology: fact, fiction and future. Marine Ecology 31: 226-241.

Schlacher TA, Rowden AA, Dower JF and Consalvey M (2010) Seamount science scales undersea mountains: new research and outlook. Marine Ecology 31: 1-13.

Rousseau S, Kunze E, Dewey R, Bartlett K and Dower J (2010) On the Efficiency of Turbulence Production by Swimming Marine Organisms in the Open Ocean and Coastal Waters. Journal of Physical Oceanography 40: 2107-2121.

Young KV, Pepin P and Dower JF (2010) Interannual variability in feeding rate and niche breadth of radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata) larvae from coastal Newfoundland. Journal of Plankton Research 32: 815-827.

Montagnes DJS, Dower JF and Figueiredo GM (2010) The Protozooplankton-Ichthyoplankton Trophic Link - an Overlooked Aspect of Aquatic Food Webs. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 57: 223–228.

El-Sabaawi RW, Sastri AR, Dower JF and Mazumder A (2010) Deciphering the seasonal cycle of copepod trophic dynamics in the Strait of Georgia, Canada, using stable isotopes and fatty acids. Estuaries and Coasts 33:738–752.

Dower JF, Pepin P and Kim GC (2009) Covariation in feeding success, size-at-age and growth in larval radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata): insights based on individuals. Journal of Plankton Research 31: 235-247.

Young KV, Dower JF and Pepin P (2009) A hierarchical analysis of the spatial distribution of larval fish prey. Journal of Plankton Research 31: 687-700.

Sastri AR and Dower JF (2009) Interannual variability in chitobiase-based production rates of the crustacean zooplankton community in the Strait of Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series388: 147–157.

El-Sabaawi R, Dower JF, Kainz M and Mazumder, A (2009) Characterizing dietary variability and trophic positions of coastal calanoid copepods: insight from stable isotopes and fatty acids. Marine Biology 156: 225–237.

El-Sabaawi RW, Dower JF, Kainz M and Mazumder A (2009) Interannual variability in fatty acid composition of the copepod Neocalanus plumchrus in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia. Marine Ecology Progress Series 382: 151–161.

Campbell RW and Dower JF (2008) Depth distribution during the life history of Neocalanus plumchrus in the strait of Georgia. Journal of Plankton Research 30: 7-20.

Kunze E, Dower JF, Dewey R and D'Asaro EA (2007) Mixing it up with krill. Science 318: 1239-1239.

Pepin P and Dower JF (2007) Variability in the trophic position of larval fish in a coastal pelagic ecosystem based on stable isotope analysis. Journal of Plankton Research 29: 727-737.

Embley RW, Baker ET, Butterfield DA, Chadwick WW, Lupton JE, Resing JA, de Ronde CE, Nakamura K, Tunnicliffe V, Dower JF and Merle SG (2007) Oceanography 20: 68-79.

Dudas SE, Dower JF and Anholt BR (2007) Invasion dynamics of the varnish clam (Nuttallia obscurata): A matrix demographic modeling approach. Ecology 88: 2084–2093.

Pepin P and Dower JF (2007) Variability in the trophic position of larval fish in a coastal pelagic ecosystem based on stable isotope analysis. J. Plankt. Res. 29: 727-737.

Sastri AR and Dower JF (2006) Field validation of an instantaneous estimate of in situ development and growth for marine copepod communities. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63: 2639-2647.

Sastri AR and Dower JF (2006) Mesozooplankton community response during the SERIES iron enrichment experiment in the subarctic NE Pacific. Deep-Sea Res. Part II 53: 2268-2280.

Kunze E, Dower JF, Beveridge I, Dewey R and Bartlett KP (2006) Observations of biologically-generated turbulence in a coastal inlet. Science 313: 1768-1770.

Dudas SE and Dower JF (2006) Reproductive ecology and dispersal potential of the varnish clam (Nuttallia obscurata), a recent invader in the Northeast Pacific. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 320: 195-205.

Dudas SE, McGaw LJ and Dower JF (2005) Selective crab predation on native and introduced bivalves in British Columbia. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 325: 8-17.

Campbell RW, Boutillier PD and Dower JF (2004) Ecophysiology of overwintering in the copepod Neocalanus plumchrus: Changes in lipid and protein contents over a seasonal cycle Marine Ecology Progress Series 280:211-226.

Stocks KI, Boehlert GW and Dower JF (2004) Towards an international field programme on seamounts within the Census of Marine Life. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research 51: 320-327.

Dower JF and Brodeur RD (2004) The role of biophysical coupling in concentrating marine organisms around shallow topographies. Journal of Marine Systems 50: 1-2.

Campbell RW and Dower JF (2003) Role of lipids in the maintenance of neutral buoyancy by zooplankton Marine Ecology Progress Series 263:93-99.

Baumann H, Pepin P, Davidson FJ, Mowbray F, Schnack D and Dower JF (2003) Reconstruction of environmental histories to investigate patterns of larval fish growth and selective survival in a large bay in Newfoundland. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60:243-258.

Pepin P, Dower JF and Davidson FJ (2003) A spatially-explicit study of prey-predator interactions in larval fish: assessing the influence of food and predator abundance on growth and survival. Fisheries Oceanography 12:19-33.

Benson AJ, McFarlane GA, Allen SE and Dower JF (2002) The response of Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) to recent ecosystem change. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59:1969-1979.

Dower JF, Pepin, P and Leggett, WC (2002) Using patch studies to link mesoscale patterns of feeding and growth in larval fish to environmental variability. Fisheries Oceanography 11: 219-232.

Reiss, CS, Anis, A, Dower JF, Taggart, CT and Ruddick, B (2002) Relationship between vertical distribution of turbulence, larval fish and potential prey: a field test and predictions. Fisheries Oceanography 11: 157-174.

Pepin P, Dower JF Helbig JA and Leggett WC (2002) Estimating the relative roles of dispersion and predation in generating regional differences in mortality rates of larval radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59: 105-114.

Dower JF and Perry RI (2001) High abundance of larval rockfish over Cobb Seamount, an isolated seamount in the NE Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography 10: 268-274.

Dower JF and Denman KL (2001) Effects of Small-Scale Physics on Plankton Biology. In "The Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences", pp. 2834-2839. JH Steele, KK Turekian and SA Thorpe (eds). Academic Press.

Denman KL and Dower JF (2001) Foodwebs and patch dynamics. In "The Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences", JH Steele, KK Turekian and SA Thorpe (eds). Academic Press.

Pepin, P , Dower JF and Beno๎t, HP (2001) The role of measurement error on the interpretation of otolith increment width in the study of growth in larval fish. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 2204-2212.

Dower JF, Leggett WC and Frank KT (2000) Improving fisheries oceanography in the future. pp. 263-281 in "Fisheries Oceanography: An Integrative Approach to Fisheries Ecology and Management", Paul J. Harrison and Timothy R. Parsons Eds., Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, UK.

Dower JFand Fee FJ (1999) The Bowie Seamount Area: A Pilot Marine Protected Area in Canada's Pacific Ocean. Oceans Background Report. Prepared for DFO. 21 pp.

Fee FJ and Dower JF (1999) An Environmental Overview of the Bowie Seamount Ecosystem: A Pilot Marine Protected Area On Canada's West Coast. Environmental Overview. Prepared for DFO. 220 pp.

Dower JF, Pepin P and Leggett WC (1998) Enhanced gut fullness and an apparent shift in size selectivity by radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata) larvae in response to increased turbulence. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55: 128-142.

Pepin P, Dower JF and Leggett WC (1998) Changes in the probability density function of larval fish body length following preservation. Fish. Bull. 96: 633-640.

Dower JF, Miller TJ and Leggett WC (1997) The role of microscale turbulence in the feeding ecology of larval fish. Advances in Mar. Biol. 31: 169-220.

Dower JF and Mackas DL (1996) "Seamount effects" in the zooplankton community near Cobb Seamount. Deep-Sea Res. 43: 837-858.

Dower JF, Freeland H and Juniper K (1992) A strong biological response to oceanic flow past Cobb Seamount. Deep-Sea Res. 39: 1139-1145.