Meet the Fisheries and Wildlife Faculty

Scott P. Sowa, Ph.D.

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Fisheries and Wildlife

Phone: 573-441-2791
E-mail: sowasp@missouri.edu
Address: 4200 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201
Web sites:
- Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP)
- Scott Sowa's Staff Biography at MoRAP

Stream ecology, freshwater biodiversity conservation, and ecosystem risk/threat assessment, applications of GIS for freshwater research and management.

Sowa's research focuses on utilizing geographic information system (GIS) technologies as a tool for improving research, understanding, and management of freshwater ecosystems, particularly streams. His work emphasizes multiscale investigations that attempt to separate natural from human-induced factors responsible for affecting spatial patterns in freshwater ecosystem structure and function. Sowa's work stresses the importance of linking research with management and he strives to develop information and geospatial tools that have direct application to some of the most critical issues facing resource managers today.

Sowa, S. P., G. Annis, M. E. Morey, and A. Garringer. In Press.
Improving predicted distribution models for riverine species: An example from Nebraska. Annual Bulletin of the National Gap Analysis Program.
Sowa, S. P., G. Annis, M. E. Morey, and D. D. Diamond. 2007.
A gap analysis and comprehensive conservation strategy for riverine ecosystems of Missouri. Ecological Monographs 77(3): 301-334.
Brewer, S., C. F. Rabeni, S. P. Sowa, and G. Annis. 2007.
Natural-occurring landscape and in-channel factors affecting the distribution and relative abundance of riverine smallmouth bass in Missouri. North American Journal of Fish Management 27: 326-341.
Whitledge, G. W., C. F. Rabeni, S. P. Sowa, and G. Annis. 2006.
Riparian shading and groundwater enhance growth potential for smallmouth bass in Ozark streams. Ecological Applications 16(4): 1461-1473.
Diamond, D. D., C. D. True, T. M. Gordon, S. P. Sowa, W. E. Foster, and K. B. Jones. 2005.
Influence of targets and area of assessment on perceived conservation priorities. Environmental Management. 35(2):130-137.
Rabeni, C. F. and S. P. Sowa. 2002.
A Landscape Approach to Managing the Biota of Rivers and Streams. Pages 114-142 In: J. Liu and W. W. Taylor eds. Integrating Landscape Ecology into Natural Resource Management. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, Mass.