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Penny J. McCowen

Penny McCowen is a Pathways student in the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center (WARC) Benthic Ecology Lab. 

Penny McCowen works as a Pathways student in the Benthic Ecology Lab at the Wetland and Aquatic Research Center in Gainesville, Florida. She is a Ph.D. candidate in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Florida, and her research focuses on macrofaunal community ecology in deep-sea habitats.

Education and Certifications

  • B.S., Biology, Baker University, Baldwin City, KS, 2019

  • A.A., Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS, 2017

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Miller WR, McCowen PJ, Perry ES, Schulze SL, Shannon RK, and Henry CBS. 2020. Tardigrades of North America: New records of occurrence for three species of green tardigrades (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae, Viridiscus). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123:235-241.
McCowen PJ, Miller WR, and Kimball SA. 2018. Tardigrades of North America: Dactylobiotus kansae Beasley, Miller & Shively, 2009 confirmed to still exist after 50 years. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 121:423-426.
Staley PA, McCowen PJ, Kimball SA, and Miller WR. 2018. Tardigrades of North America: Aquatic Tardigrades of Western Missouri, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 121:391-399.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

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Image shows R/V FAlkor Underway

Seeking the Seeps

From June 12 to July 3, 2019, the USGS sailed onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor with several other partners, seeking methane seeps along the seafloor of several underwater canyons off the coast of Oregon and Washington. On this cruise, USGS scientists will seek to understand how much methane is coming out of these seeps, how it travels through the water column, and its ultimate fate in...
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Communications and Publishing, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization, Subduction Zone Science
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Seeking the Seeps

From June 12 to July 3, 2019, the USGS sailed onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor with several other partners, seeking methane seeps along the seafloor of several underwater canyons off the coast of Oregon and Washington. On this cruise, USGS scientists will seek to understand how much methane is coming out of these seeps, how it travels through the water column, and its ultimate fate in...
Learn More
Voyage of Luck

Voyage of Luck

I cannot believe how lucky we’ve been.

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Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Miller WR, McCowen PJ, Perry ES, Schulze SL, Shannon RK, and Henry CBS. 2020. Tardigrades of North America: New records of occurrence for three species of green tardigrades (Heterotardigrada, Echiniscoidea, Echiniscidae, Viridiscus). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123:235-241.
McCowen PJ, Miller WR, and Kimball SA. 2018. Tardigrades of North America: Dactylobiotus kansae Beasley, Miller & Shively, 2009 confirmed to still exist after 50 years. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 121:423-426.
Staley PA, McCowen PJ, Kimball SA, and Miller WR. 2018. Tardigrades of North America: Aquatic Tardigrades of Western Missouri, U.S.A. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 121:391-399.

**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.

link
Image shows R/V FAlkor Underway

Seeking the Seeps

From June 12 to July 3, 2019, the USGS sailed onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor with several other partners, seeking methane seeps along the seafloor of several underwater canyons off the coast of Oregon and Washington. On this cruise, USGS scientists will seek to understand how much methane is coming out of these seeps, how it travels through the water column, and its ultimate fate in...
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center , Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Communications and Publishing, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization, Subduction Zone Science
link

Seeking the Seeps

From June 12 to July 3, 2019, the USGS sailed onboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor with several other partners, seeking methane seeps along the seafloor of several underwater canyons off the coast of Oregon and Washington. On this cruise, USGS scientists will seek to understand how much methane is coming out of these seeps, how it travels through the water column, and its ultimate fate in...
Learn More
Voyage of Luck

Voyage of Luck

I cannot believe how lucky we’ve been.

Read Article
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