55 publications
2020
- Rasmussen, L. L., Carter, M. L., Flick, R. E., Hilbern, M., Fumo, J. T., Cornuelle, B. D., … McGowan, J. A. (2020). A century of Southern California coastal ocean temperature measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(5). doi: 10.1029/2019jc015673
2017
- McGowan, J. A., Deyle, E. R., Ye, H., Carter, M. L., Perretti, C. T., Seger, K. D., … Sugihara, G. (2017). Predicting coastal algal blooms in Southern California. Ecology. doi: 10.1002/ecy.1804
2015
- Koslow, J. A., Miller, E. F., & McGowan, J. A. (2015). Dramatic declines in coastal and oceanic fish communities off California. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 538, 221-227. doi: 10.3354/meps11444
2013
- Miller, E. F., & McGowan, J. A. (2013). Faunal shift in southern California’s coastal fishes: A new assemblage and trophic structure takes hold. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 127, 29-36. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.04.014
2010
- McGowan, J. A., Scott, D. B., Mudie, P. J., & Rathburn, A. E. (2010). Memorial to John S. Bradshaw (1928-2010). Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 40(3), 209-209.
- Williamson, M., & McGowan, J. A. (2010). The copepod communities of the north and south Pacific central gyres and the form of species-abundance distributions. Journal of Plankton Research, 32(3), 273-283. doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbp119
2009
- Kim, H. J., Miller, A. J., McGowan, J., & Carter, M. L. (2009). Coastal phytoplankton blooms in the Southern California Bight. Progress in Oceanography, 82(2), 137-147. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2009.05.002
2004
- McGowan, J. (2004). Sverdrup’s Biology. Oceanography, 17:2, 106–112. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2004.54
2003
- McGowan, J. A., Bograd, S. J., Lynn, R. J., & Miller, A. J. (2003). The biological response to the 1977 regime shift in the California Current. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(14-16), 2567-2582. doi: 10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00135-8
1999
- McGowan, J. (1999). A biological WOCE. Oceanography, 12(3), 33-34.
1998
- McGowan, J. A., Cayan, D. R., & Dorman, L. M. (1998). Climate-ocean variability and ecosystem response in the northeast Pacific. Science, 281(5374), 210-217. doi: 10.1126/science.281.5374.210
1997
- Veit, R. R., McGowan, J. A., Ainley, D. G., Wahls, T. R., & Pyle, P. (1997). Apex marine predator declines ninety percent in association with changing oceanic climate. Global Change Biology, 3(1), 23-28. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.1997.d01-130.x
1996
- McGowan, J. A., Chelton, D. B., & Conversi, A. (1996). Plankton patterns, climate, and change in the California Current. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 37, 45-68.
- Veit, R. R., Pyle, P., & McGowan, J. A. (1996). Ocean warming and long-term change in pelagic bird abundance within the California current system. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 139(1-3), 11-18. doi: 10.3354/meps139011
- McGowan, J. A. (1996). Introduction to Marine Biologist and Environmentalist : Pycnogonids, Progress, and Preserving Bays, Salmon, and Other Living Things.
1995
- McGowan, J. (1995). Hot and the North Pacific Gyre. Nature, 378(6552), 21-22. doi: 10.1038/378021b0
- Hayward, T. L., Cayan, D. R., Franks, P. J. S., Lynn, R. J., Mantyla, A. W., McGowan, J. A., … Venrick, E. L. (1995). The state of the California current in 1994-1995: A period of transition. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 36, 19-39.
- Roemmich, D., & McGowan, J. (1995). Climatic warming and the decline of zooplankton in the California Current. Science, 267(5202), 1324-1326. doi: 10.1126/science.267.5202.1324
- McGowan, J. (1995). Temporal change in marine ecosystems. Natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales (pp. 555-571). Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
1994
- Conversi, A., & McGowan, J. A. (1994). Natural Versus Human-Caused Variability of Water Clarity in the Southern California Bight. Limnology and Oceanography, 39(3), 632-648.
1993
- Fargion, G. S., McGowan, J. A., & Stewart, R. H. (1993). Seasonality of Chlorophyll Concentrations in the California Current – a Comparison of 2 Methods. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 34, 35-50.
- Haury, L. R., Venrick, E. L., Fey, C. L., McGowan, J. A., & Niiler, P. P. (1993). The Ensenada Front – July 1985. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 34, 69-88.
- Wiebe, P. H., Moran, D. D., Knox, R., Miller, C. B., & McGowan, J. A. (1993). Long-Range Needs for Deep-Sea Platforms – the Deep-Sea Observatory Concept. Marine Technology Society Journal, 27(2), 24-31.
- McGowan, J. (1993). Pelagic Diversity Patterns. Species diversity in ecological communities : historical and geographical perspectives (pp. 203-214). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1992
- Conversi, A., & McGowan, J. A. (1992). Variability of Water Column Transparency, Volume Flow and Suspended Solids Near San Diego Sewage Outfall (California): 15 Years of Data. Chemistry and Ecology, 6(1-4), 133-147. doi: 10.1080/02757549208035268
1990
- McGowan, J. A. (1990). Climate and Change in Oceanic Ecosystems – the Value of Time-Series Data. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 5(9), 293-&. doi: 10.1016/0169-5347(90)90084-q
- McGowan, J. (1990). Ecosystem Structure of the California Current. EOS, 71, 121.
- McGowan, J. (1990). Species dominance – diversity patterns in ocean communities. The Earth in transition : patterns and processes of biotic impoverishment (pp. 395-421). Cambridge England ; New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Fargion, G., & McGowan, J. (1990). Satellite and ocean-derived chlorophyll measurements in the California Current: A seasonal study. EOS, 71.
- Haury, L., McGowan, J., Brinton, E., Walker, P., Fey, C., & Townsend, A. (1990). Distribution of zooplankton biomass/species and fish eggs/larvae across the Ensenada front in 1985. EOS, 71, 147.
1989
- McGowan, J. (1989). Pelagic ecology and Pacific climate. Aspects of climate variability in the Pacific and the western Americas (pp. 141-150). Washington, DC, U.S.A.: American Geophysical Union.
- McGowan, J. (1989). The biological oceanography of the California current system. AAAS Annual Meeting.
1987
- Venrick, E. L., McGowan, J. A., Cayan, D. R., & Hayward, T. L. (1987). Climate and chlorophyll-a: long-term trends in the central North Pacific Ocean. Science, 238(4823), 70-72. doi: 10.1126/science.238.4823.70
- Wiebe, P., Miller, C., McGowan, J., & Knox, R. (1987). Long time series study of oceanic ecosystems. EOS, 68, 1178-1190.
1986
- Pelaez, J., & McGowan, J. A. (1986). Phytoplankton Pigment Patterns in the California Current as Determined by Satellite. Limnology and Oceanography, 31(5), 927-950.
- McGowan, J. (1986). The biogeography of pelagic ecosystems. Pelagic biogeography : proceedings of an international conference, UNESCO technical papers in Marine Science No. 49 (pp. 191-200). Paris: Unesco.
1985
- McGowan, J. A., & Brinton, E. (1985). Johnson,Martin,W. 1893-1984 – in Memoriam. Bulletin of Marine Science, 37(2), 407-410.
- McGowan, J. (1985). El Niño 1983 in the Southern California bight. El Niño North : Niño effects in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific Ocean (pp. 166-184). Seattle: Washington Sea Grant Program, University of Washington.
- McGowan, J. A., & Walker, P. W. (1985). Dominance and Diversity Maintenance in an Oceanic Ecosystem. Ecological Monographs, 55(1), 103-118. doi: 10.2307/1942527
- Hayward, T. L., & McGowan, J. A. (1985). Spatial Patterns of Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Macrozooplankton Biomass, and Physical Structure in the Central North Pacific-Ocean. Journal of Plankton Research, 7(2), 147-167. doi: 10.1093/plankt/7.2.147
1984
- McGowan, J. A. (1984). The California El-Nino, 1983. Oceanus, 27(2), 48-51.
1983
- Hayward, T. L., Venrick, E. L., & McGowan, J. A. (1983). Environmental Heterogeneity and Plankton Community Structure in the Central North Pacific. Journal of Marine Research, 41(4), 711-729.
1982
- Chelton, D. B., Bernal, P. A., & McGowan, J. A. (1982). Large-Scale Interannual Physical and Biological Interaction in the California Current. Journal of Marine Research, 40(4), 1095-1125.
1981
- Hayward, T. L., & McGowan, J. A. (1981). The Shallow Salinity Minimum and Variance Maximum in the Central North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research Part a-Oceanographic Research Papers, 28(10), 1131-1146. doi: 10.1016/0198-0149(81)90051-0
- Enright, J. T., Newman, W. A., Hessler, R. R., & McGowan, J. A. (1981). Deep-Ocean Hydrothermal Vent Communities. Nature, 289(5795), 219-221. doi: 10.1038/289219a0
1979
- McGowan, J. A., & Walker, P. W. (1979). Structure in the Copepod Community of the North Pacific Central Gyre. Ecological Monographs, 49(2), 195-226. doi: 10.2307/1942513
- Hayward, T. L., & McGowan, J. A. (1979). Pattern and Structure in an Oceanic Zooplankton Community. American Zoologist, 19(4), 1045-1055.
1978
- McGowan, J. A., & Hayward, T. L. (1978). Mixing and Oceanic Productivity. Deep-Sea Research, 25(9), 771-793. doi: 10.1016/0146-6291(78)90023-1
1973
- Venrick, E. L., McGowan, J. A., & Mantyla, A. W. (1973). Deep Maxima of Photosynthetic Chlorophyll in Pacific Ocean. Fishery Bulletin, 71(1), 41-52.
1970
- Williams, P. M., McGowan, J. A., & Stuiver, M. (1970). Bomb C-14 in Deep Sea Organisms. Nature, 227(5256), 375-&. doi: 10.1038/227375a0
1966
- McGowan, J. A., & Fraundor.Vj (1966). Relationship between Size of Net Used and Estimates of Zooplankton Diversity. Limnology and Oceanography, 11(4), 456-&.
1965
- McGowan, J. A. (1965). Plankton and Productivity in Oceans. Quarterly Review of Biology, 40(1), 79-&. doi: 10.1086/404457
1964
- McGowan, J. A., & Fraundorf, V. J. (1964). A Modified Heavy Fraction Zooplankton Sorter. Limnology and Oceanography, 9(1), 152-155.
1963
- Fager, E. W., & McGowan, J. A. (1963). Zooplankton species groups in North Pacific. Science, 140(356), 453-&. doi: 10.1126/science.140.3566.453
1960
- McGowan, J. A. (1960). The Relationship of the Distribution of the Planktonic Worm, Poeobius-Meseres Heath, to the Water Masses of the North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research, 6(2), 125-139.