Sean P. Powers

8.8k citations

148 papers · 6.6k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
Oceanography top 0.5%
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology

Papers in

Global and Planetary Change 117
- Marine and fisheries research 101
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies 55
Nature and Landscape Conservation 55
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 51
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 17

Co-authors: Jonathan H. Grabowski Charles H. Peterson CH Peterson Travis D. Shepherd Ransom A. Myers Julia K. Baum Kenneth L. Heck Steven B. Scyphers
Journals: Marine Ecology Progress Series (22 papers)PLoS ONE (11 papers)Marine and Coastal Fisheries (10 papers)Estuaries and Coasts (6 papers)Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Spain United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Powers

145 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs 2012 · 448 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2012 BioScience
2007 Marine Ecology Progress Series
2007 Science

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1	A novel ddPCR™ assay for eDNA detection and quantification of Greater Amberjack Seriola dumerilli and three congeners in US waters: challenges and application to fisheries independent surveys PeerJ ·P. Joana Dias, Ryan N. Lehman, Bryan L. Huerta‐Beltrán, Ana R. Osowski, Crystal L. Hightower, Joe Heise, Theodore S. Switzer, Clint Rhode, J. Marcus Drymon, Lynne Stokes, Mark A. Albins, Sean P. Powers, Nicole M. Phillips	2025	2
2	Age, growth, maturity, and mortality of an understudied Gray Snapper fishery from the north-central Gulf of Mexico Marine and Coastal Fisheries ·Edward S. M. Kim, Justin McDonald, Laia Muñoz‐Abril, J. Marcus Drymon, Mark A. Albins, Sean P. Powers	2024	0
3	Depredation: An old conflict with the sea Fish and Fisheries ·J. Marcus Drymon, Amanda E. Jargowsky, Evan Gerald Prasky, Edward V. Camp, Ashley Oliphant, Sean P. Powers, Steven B. Scyphers	2024	1
4	Dietary Habits of Hardhead (Ariopsis felis) and Gafftopsail (Bagre marinus) Catfish Revealed through DNA Barcoding of Stomach Contents Fishes ·Ana R. Osowski, Matthew B. Jargowsky, Pearce T. Cooper, Sean P. Powers, J. Marcus Drymon	2023	2
5	The common predator, Sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus), enhances survival of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in an experimental setting Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology ·Merritt McCall, Mark A. Albins, Sean P. Powers	2023	1
6	Direct estimates of reef fish abundance across an artificial reef network Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ·Sean P. Powers, J. Marcus Drymon, Crystal L. Hightower, Liese M. Carleton, John M. Hoenig	2022	0
7	Age composition and distribution of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in offshore waters of the north central Gulf of Mexico: an evaluation of a stock under a federal harvest moratorium AquaDocs (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) ·Sean P. Powers	2021	2
8	Age, Growth, and Mortality of Atlantic Tripletail in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico Marine and Coastal Fisheries ·Amanda E. Jefferson, Matthew B. Jargowsky, Meagan N. Schrandt, Pearce T. Cooper, Sean P. Powers, John J. Dindo, J. Marcus Drymon	2021	5
9	Winter variability in the diets of groundfish inhabiting a subarctic sound with a focus on Pacific herring and walleye pollock piscivory Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography ·Benjamin P. Gray, Mary Anne Bishop, Sean P. Powers	2021	2
10	Descender Devices or Treat Tethers: Does Barotrauma Mitigation Increase Opportunities for Depredation? Fisheries ·J. Marcus Drymon, Amanda E. Jefferson, Crystal L. Hightower, Sean P. Powers	2020	8
11	Documentation of Atlantic tarpon ( Megalops atlanticus ) space use and move persistence in the northern Gulf of Mexico facilitated by angler advocates Conservation Science and Practice ·J. Marcus Drymon, Matthew B. Jargowsky, Michael A. Dance, Mitchell Lovell, Crystal L. Hightower, Amanda E. Jefferson, Andrea M. Kroetz, Sean P. Powers	2020	6
12	Structure of winter groundfish feeding guilds in Pacific herring Clupea pallasii and walleye pollock Gadus chalcogrammus nursery fjords Journal of Fish Biology ·Benjamin P. Gray, Mary Anne Bishop, Sean P. Powers	2019	4
13	Tiger sharks eat songbirds: scavenging a windfall of nutrients from the sky Ecology ·J. Marcus Drymon, Kevin A. Feldheim, Auriel M. V. Fournier, Emily A. Seubert, Amanda E. Jefferson, Andrea M. Kroetz, Sean P. Powers	2019	10
14	Quantifying fish and mobile invertebrate production from a threatened nursery habitat Journal of Applied Ecology ·Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Jonathan H. Grabowski, J. R. Gair, Sean P. Powers	2015	97
15	Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Salt Marsh Periwinkles (Littoraria irrorata) Environmental Science & Technology ·Scott Zengel, Clay L. Montague, Steven C. Pennings, Sean P. Powers, Marla Steinhoff, Gail Fricano, Claire Schlemme, Mengni Zhang, Jacob Oehrig, Zachary Nixon, Shahrokh Rouhani, Jacqueline Michel	2015	47
16	Distribution and Dynamic Habitat Use of Young Bull Sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a Highly Stratified Northern Gulf of Mexico Estuary PLoS ONE ·J. Marcus Drymon, Matthew J. Ajemian, Sean P. Powers	2014	41
17	Multiscale analysis of factors that affect the distribution of sharks throughout the northern Gulf of Mexico Fishery Bulletin ·J. Marcus Drymon, Laure Carassou, Sean P. Powers, Mark A. Grace, John J. Dindo, Brian Dzwonkowski	2013	27
18	Assessment of marine-derived nutrients in the Copper River Delta, Alaska, using natural abundance of the stable isotopes of nitrogen, sulfur, and carbon Thomas C. Kline, Woody Usgs, Mary Anne Bishop, Prince William, Sean P. Powers, E. Eric Knudsen, Mount Vernon	2007	3
19	As we see it: Ecosystem services related to oyster restoration Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Loren D. Coen, Robert D. Brumbaugh, David Bushek, Raymond E. Grizzle, Mark W. Luckenbach, Martin H. Posey, Sean P. Powers, S. Gregory Tolley	2007	9
20	Consumer ratings of non-native (Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea ariakensis) vs. native (Crassostrea virginica) oysters Journal of Shellfish Research ·Jonathan H. Grabowski, Sean P. Powers, Charles H. Peterson, Monica J. Powers, David P. Green	2003	14

About Sean P. Powers

Sean P. Powers is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Oceanography, Ecology and Aquatic Science, having authored 148 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Marine and fisheries research (101 papers), Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies (55 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (51 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (38 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (22 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (17 papers), Marine and coastal plant biology (17 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (14 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (4.5k citations), Oceanography (2.0k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (1.7k citations), Ecology (3.4k citations) and Aquatic Science (747 citations). Sean P. Powers has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Jonathan H. Grabowski, Charles H. Peterson, CH Peterson, Travis D. Shepherd, Ransom A. Myers, Julia K. Baum, Kenneth L. Heck, Steven B. Scyphers, J. Marcus Drymon and Matthew J. Ajemian. Their work appears in journals such as Marine Ecology Progress Series, PLoS ONE, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Estuaries and Coasts and Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.

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