John F. Dower

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

John F. Dower is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, John F. Dower has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Oceanography and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in John F. Dower's work include Marine and fisheries research (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (17 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers). John F. Dower is often cited by papers focused on Marine and fisheries research (34 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (17 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (16 papers). John F. Dower collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. John F. Dower's co-authors include Sarah E. Dudas, Garth A. Covernton, Francis Juanes, Kieran Cox, Hailey L. Davies, Pierre Pepin, Rana W. El‐Sabaawi, Ashley A. Rowden, Thomas A. Schlacher and David L. Mackas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

John F. Dower

59 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human Consumption of Microplastics

2019 1.8k citations Kieran Cox, Garth A. Covernton et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
John F. Dower Canada	30	1.9k	1.4k	1.2k	1.0k	926	59	4.0k
Maiju Lehtiniemi Finland	34	2.7k 1.4×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	103	5.2k
Jan Mees Belgium	29	1.9k 1.0×	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	994 1.1×	142	3.9k
M.L. Fernández-de-Puelles Spain	28	2.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	958 1.0×	61	4.0k
J. Ignacio González-Gordillo Spain	19	3.1k 1.7×	2.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	879 0.9×	61	5.0k
Franco Andaloro Italy	34	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.8×	1.9k 1.8×	620 0.7×	188	5.0k
Teresa Romeo Italy	36	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	334 0.4×	155	4.5k
Gordon Paterson United Kingdom	32	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	496 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	103	4.4k
So Kawaguchi Australia	35	1.0k 0.5×	602 0.4×	2.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.8×	1.4k 1.5×	148	4.7k
Michaël Klages Germany	31	2.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.9×	71	5.9k
João Canning‐Clode Portugal	26	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	620 0.7×	97	3.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John F. Dower

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Ammendolia, Justine, et al.. (2024). Passing plastic: traces of plastic in the fecal samples of a high Arctic seabird in Tunu (East Greenland). Arctic Science. 11. 1–12. 2 indexed citations

Oakes, Rosie L., et al.. (2023). Evidence for an effective defence against ocean acidification in the key bioindicator pteropod Limacina helicina. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 80(5). 1329–1341. 7 indexed citations

Dower, John F., et al.. (2023). Geographic variability in the seasonality of euphausiid diel vertical migrations among three locations in coastal British Columbia, Canada. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81(7). 1449–1460. 2 indexed citations

Covernton, Garth A., et al.. (2022). Depuration of anthropogenic particles by Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas): Feasibility and efficacy. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 181. 113886–113886. 7 indexed citations

Cox, Kieran, Garth A. Covernton, Hailey L. Davies, et al.. (2019). Human Consumption of Microplastics. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(12). 7068–7074. 1751 indexed citations breakdown →

Covernton, Garth A., Christopher M. Pearce, Helen Gurney‐Smith, et al.. (2019). Size and shape matter: A preliminary analysis of microplastic sampling technique in seawater studies with implications for ecological risk assessment. The Science of The Total Environment. 667. 124–132. 192 indexed citations

Dudas, Sarah E., Garth A. Covernton, Matthew Miller, et al.. (2018). Does habitat influence bivalve microplastic concentration?. Western CEDAR (Western Washington University). 2 indexed citations

Dower, John F., et al.. (2018). Characterizing spatial structures of larval fish assemblages at multiple scales in relation to environmental heterogeneity in the Strait of Georgia (British Columbia, Canada). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 75(11). 1902–1914. 3 indexed citations

Dower, John F., et al.. (2017). Interannual variability in the abundance and composition of spring larval fish assemblages in the Strait of Georgia (British Columbia, Canada) from 2007 to 2010. Fisheries Oceanography. 26(6). 638–654. 11 indexed citations

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Trudel, Marc, Rana W. El‐Sabaawi, Strahan Tucker, et al.. (2016). Hitting the moving target: modelling ontogenetic shifts with stable isotopes reveals the importance of isotopic turnover. Journal of Animal Ecology. 85(3). 681–691. 36 indexed citations

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Montagnes, David J. S., John F. Dower, & Gisela M. Figueiredo. (2010). The Protozooplankton–Ichthyoplankton Trophic Link: An Overlooked Aspect of Aquatic Food Webs¹. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 57(3). 223–228. 77 indexed citations

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Rowden, Ashley A., John F. Dower, Thomas A. Schlacher, Mireille Consalvey, & Malcolm R. Clark. (2010). Paradigms in seamount ecology: fact, fiction and future. Marine Ecology. 31(s1). 226–241. 147 indexed citations

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Dudas, Sarah E., John F. Dower, & Bradley R. Anholt. (2007). INVASION DYNAMICS OF THE VARNISH CLAM (NUTTALLIA OBSCURATA): A MATRIX DEMOGRAPHIC MODELING APPROACH. Ecology. 88(8). 2084–2093. 14 indexed citations

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Kunze, Eric, et al.. (2006). Observations of Biologically Generated Turbulence in a Coastal Inlet. Science. 313(5794). 1768–1770. 98 indexed citations

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Dower, John F., et al.. (2006). Observations of Flatfish "Spas" From Three Hydrothermally Active Seamounts in the Mariana Arc. AGUFM. 2006. 2 indexed citations

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Benson, Ashleen J., Gordon A. McFarlane, Susan E. Allen, & John F. Dower. (2002). Changes in Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) migration patterns and juvenile growth related to the 1989 regime shift. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59(12). 1969–1979. 32 indexed citations

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Pepin, Pierre, John F. Dower, J. Helbig, & William C. Leggett. (2002). Estimating the relative roles of dispersion and predation in generating regional differences in mortality rates of larval radiated shanny (Ulvaria subbifurcata). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 59(1). 105–114. 20 indexed citations

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Pepin, Pierre, John F. Dower, & Hugues P. Benoît. (2001). The role of measurement error on the interpretation of otolith increment width in the study of growth in larval fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 58(11). 2204–2212. 34 indexed citations

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Pepin, Pierre, John F. Dower, & Fraser Davidson. (2000). A Spatially-Explicit Study Of Prey-Predator Interactions In Larval Fish: Assessing The Influence Of Food And Predator Abundance On Growth And Survival. Open MIND. 5 indexed citations

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Dower, John F., Pierre Pepin, & William C. Leggett. (1998). Enhanced gut fullness and an apparent shift in size selectivity by radiated shanny (<i>Ulvaria subbifurcata</i>) larvae in response to increased turbulence. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 55(1). 128–142. 7 indexed citations

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