School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2020
Host density dependence and environmental factors affecting laurel wilt disease incidence, Robin A. Choudhury, H. L. Er, M. Hughes, J. A. Smith, G. E. Pruett, J. Konkol, R. C. Ploetz, J. J. Marois, K. A. Marois, and A. H. C. van Bruggen
Characterization of Pathogen Airborne Inoculum Density by Information Theoretic Analysis of Spore Trap Time Series Data, Robin A. Choudhury and Neil McRoberts
Imidacloprid Movement into Fungal Conidia Is Lethal to Mycophagous Beetles, Robin A. Choudhury, Andrew M. Sutherland, Matt J. Hengel, Michael P. Parrella, and W. Douglass Gubler
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Herpetologists, Drew R. Davis and Bryony Allen
Complete mitochondrial genome of Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Stolonifera: Clavulariidae), Erin E. Easton and David Hicks
Phylogeography of Acartia tonsa Dana, 1849 (Calanoida: Copepoda) and phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Acartia Dana, 1846, NIcole J. Figueroa, Diego F. Figueroa, and David Hicks
Mitochondrial genomes and genetic structure of the Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), Hilary R. Frandsen, Diego F. Figueroa, and Jeff A. George
Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Conservation Status, Challenges, and Opportunities, Diego L. Gil-Agudelo, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, Jorge Brenner, Patricia Gonzalez-Diaz, William Kiene, Caitlin Lustic, and Horacio Perez-Espana
New County Records of Amphibians and Reptiles from South Texas, USA, Clinton J. Guadiana, Padraic S. Robinson, Matthew S. Schalk, and Drew R. Davis
Effects of integrated application of plant-based compost and urea on soil food web, soil properties, and yield and quality of a processing carrot cultivar, A. Habteweld, D. Brainard, A. Kravchencko, Parwinder Grewal, and H. Melakeberhan
Boot camp–style teacher workshops to incorporate hands-on activities in agricultural sciences, Jasleen Kaur and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Categorizing zonal productivity on the continental shelf with nutrient-salinity ratios, Jongsun Kim, Piers Chapman, Gilbert Rowe, and Steven F. DiMarco
Implications of different nitrogen input sources for potential production and carbon flux estimates in the coastal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Korean Peninsula coastal waters, Jongsun Kim, Piers Chapman, Gilbert Rowe, Steven F. DiMarco, and Daniel C. O. Thornton
Benchmarking and parameter sensitivity of physiological and vegetation dynamics using the Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator (FATES) at Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Charles D. Koven, Ryan G. Knox, Rosie A. Fisher, Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Stuart J. Davies, and Matteo Detto
Potential Predictability of Net Primary Production in the Ocean, Kristen M. Krumhardt, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Matthew C. Long, J. Y. Luo, K. Lindsay, S. Yeager, and Cheryl S. Harrison
SUBSEA 2019 Expedition to the Gorda Ridge, Darlene S. S. Lim, Nicole A. Raineault, John A. Breier, Eric W. Chan, Josh Chernov, Tamar Cohen, Matthew Deans, Angela Garcia, Christopher R. German, and Michelle Hauer
Overexpression of Strigolactone-Associated Genes Exerts Fine-Tuning Selection on Soybean Rhizosphere Bacterial and Fungal Microbiome, Fang Liu, John Hollis Rice, Valeria Lopes, Parwinder Grewal, Sarah L. Lebeis, Tarek Hewezi, and Margaret E. Staton
The Potential Impact of Nuclear Conflict on Ocean Acidification, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Cheryl S. Harrison, Holly Olivarez, Charles G. Bardeen, Owen B. Toon, Joshua Coupe, Alan Robock, Tyler Rohr, and Samantha Stevenson
Impact of Cover Crops on Insect Community Dynamics in Organic Farming, Lili Martinez, Pushpa Soti, Jasleen Kaur, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat
Compost and Biochar to Promote Soil Biological Activities under Sweet Potatoes Cultivation in a Subtropical Semiarid Region, Josabeth Navarro, Jahdiel Salazar, James Jihoon Kang, Jason Parsons, Chu-Lin Cheng, Alexandria Castillo, and Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira
Ants Increase Cloverworm Herbivory Via Nonconsumptive Pathways, Hannah J. Penn and Kacie J. Athey
Molecular characterization and expression of arginine vasotocin V1a2 receptor in Atlantic croaker brain: Potential mechanisms of its downregulation by PCB77, Md Saydur Rahman, Richard Kline, Omar A. Vazquez, Izhar K. Khan, and Peter Thomas
Lithic Raw Materials in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas and Northeast Mexico, Brandi Reger, Juan L. Gonzalez, and Russell K. Skowronek
Eddy-Modified Iron, Light, and Phytoplankton Cell Division Rates in the Simulated Southern Ocean, Tyler Rohr, Cheryl S. Harrison, Matthew C. Long, Peter Gaube, and Scott C. Doney
The Simulated Biological Response to Southern Ocean Eddies via Biological Rate Modification and Physical Transport, Tyler Rohr, Cheryl S. Harrison, Matthew C. Long, Peter Gaube, and Scott C. Doney
Marine wild-capture fisheries after nuclear war, Kim J. N. Scherrer, Cheryl S. Harrison, Ryan F. Heneghan, Eric Galbraith, Charles G. Bardeen, Joshua Coupe, Jonas Jägermeyr, Nicole S. Lovenduski, August Luna, Alan Robock, Jessica Stevens, Samantha Stevenson, Owen B. Toon, and Lili Xia
Bacterial community dissimilarity in soils is driven by long-termland-use practices, Aditi Sengupta, Janani Hariharan, Parwinder Grewal, and Warren A. Dick
A New Species of Chromis (Teleostei: Pomacentridae) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and Salas y Gomez, Chile, Bart Shepard, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Tyler A. Y. Phelps, Erin E. Easton, Alejandro Perez-Matus, and Luiz A. Rocha
Additions to Philippine slender skinks of the Brachymeles bonitae complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) IV: Resurrection and redescription of Brachymeles burksi, Cameron D. Siler, Elyse S. Freitas, Jennifer A. Sheridan, Stephanie N. Maguire, Drew R. Davis, Jessa L. Watters, Kai Wang, Arvin C. Diesmos, and Rafe M. Brown
The pantropical response of soil moisture to El Niño, Kurt C. Solander, Brent D. Newman, Alessandro Carloca de Araujo, Holly R. Barnard, Z. Carter Berry, Damien Bonal, Mario Bretfeld, Benoit Burban, Luiz Antonio Candido, Rolando Celleri, Jeffery Q. Chambers, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Assessing the influence of international environmental treaty secretariats using a relational network approach, Andrew M. Song, Owen Temby, Dongkyu Kim, and Gordon M. Hickey
Cover crops for weed suppression in organic vegetable systems in semiarid subtropical Texas, Pushpa G. Soti and Alexis Racelis
Reaching 1.5 and 2.0 ◦C global surface temperature targets using stratospheric aerosol geoengineering, Simone Tilmes, Douglas G. MacMartin, Jan T. M. Lenaerts, Leo van Kampenhout, Laura Muntjewerf, Lili Xia, Cheryl S. Harrison, Kristen M. Krumhardt, Michael J. Mills, Ben Kravitz, and Alan Robock
Tipping points of Mississippi Delta marshes due to accelerated sea-level rise, Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Krista L. Jankowski, Yong-Xiang Li, and Juan L. Gonzalez
A novel reactor combining anammox and Fenton-like reactions for the simultaneous removal of organic carbon and nitrogen at different organic carbon to nitrogen ratios, Luong Van Duc, Hiroaki Ito, Takehide Hama, Jongsun Kim, and Yasunori Kawagoshi
Effect of pecan variety and the method of extraction on the antimicrobial activity of pecan shell extracts against different foodborne pathogens and their efficacy on food matrices, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Cameron Cason, Juan Moreira, and Achyut Adhikari
Brown spot in table grape Redglobe controlled in study with sulfur dioxide and temperature treatments, Cassandra A. Young, Robin A. Choudhury, Carlos H. Crisosto, and W. Douglas Gubler
Bioconversion of industrial hemp biomass for bioethanol production: A review, Jikai Zhao, Youjie Xu, Weiqun Wang, Jason Griffin, Kraig Roozeboom, and Donghai Wang
High Ethanol Concentration (77 g/L) of Industrial Hemp Biomass Achieved Through Optimizing the Relationship between Ethanol Yield/Concentration and Solid Loading, Jikai Zhao, Youjie Xu, Weiqun Wang, Jason Griffin, and Donghai Wang
Gammaproteobacteria mediating utilization of methyl-, sulfur- and petroleum organic compounds in deep ocean hydrothermal plumes, Zhichao Zhou, Yang Liu, Jie Pan, Brandi R. Cron, Brandy M. Toner, Karthik Anantharaman, John A. Breier, Gregory J. Dick, and Meng Li
Submissions from 2019
Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 1—Chemical Kinetics, Eric W. Chan, Allan M. Shiller, Dongjoo J. Joung, Eleanor C. Arrington, David L. Valentine, Molly C. Redmond, John A. Breier, Scott A. Socolofsky, and John D. Kessler
Investigations of Aerobic Methane Oxidation in Two Marine Seep Environments: Part 2—Isotopic Kinetics, Eric W. Chan, Allan M. Shiller, Dongjoo J. Joung, Eleanor C. Arrington, David L. Valentine, Molly C. Redmond, John A. Breier, Scott A. Socolofsky, and John D. Kessler
Attachment strength and on-farm die-off rate of Escherichia coli on watermelon surfaces, Vijay Singh Chhetri, Kathryn Fontenot, Ronald Strahan, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Cameron Cason, Karuna Kharel, and Achyut Adhikari
PREDATION OF EASTERN COTTONTAIL RABBIT (SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS) BY GREAT BLUE HERON (ARDEA HERODIAS), Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro and J. E. Cifuentes-Lujan
Prevalence and Distribution of Ranavirus in Amphibians From, Drew R. Davis, Jillian K. Farkas, Taylor R. Kruisselbrink, Jessa L. Watters, Elyse D. Ellsworth, Jacob L. Kerby, and Cameron D. Siler
Complete mitochondrial genome of Callogorgia cf. gracilis (Octocorallia: Calcaxonia: Primnoidae), Erin E. Easton and David Hicks
Evaluating a new algorithm for satellite-based evapotranspiration for North American ecosystems: Model development and validation, Bassil El Masri, Abdullah F. Rahman, and Danilo Dragoni
Ocean robots uncover microbial secrets, Susan Evans, Jim Birch, John A. Breier, Michael V. Jakuba, Mak A. Saito, and Julie Robidart
Insights to the genetic structure of Calanus helgolandicus (Calanoida: Copepoda) from deep-sea specimens in the Balearic Sea, Diego F. Figueroa, Joan E. Cartes, and Nicole J. Figueroa
The complete mitochondrial genome of Tanacetipathes thamnea Warner, 1981 (Antipatharia: Myriopathidae), Diego F. Figueroa, David Hicks, and NIcole J. Figueroa
Hiding in plain sight: invasive coral Tubastraea tagusensis (Scleractinia:Hexacorallia) in the Gulf of Mexico, Diego F. Figueroa, Amelia McClure, NIcole J. Figueroa, and David Hicks
Comment on Rojas-Bracho and Colleagues (2019): Unsubstantiated Claims Can Lead to Tragic Conservation Outcomes, Karl W. Flessa, Luis Calderon-Aguilera, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, David L. Dettman, Gregory P. Dietl, David H. Goodwin, David K. Jacobs, Michal Kowalewski, Steven M. Nelson, Kirsten Rowell, Bernard R. Schone, Jansen A. Smith, and Francisco Zamora-Arroyo
Vaquita Face Extinction from Bycatch. Comment on Manjarrez-Bringas, N. et al., Lessons for Sustainable Development: Marine Mammal Conservation Policies and Its Social and Economic Effects., Karl W. Flessa, Luis Calderon-Aguilera, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, David L. Dettman, Gregory P. Dietl, David H. Goodwin, David K. Jacobs, Michal Kowalewski, Steven M. Nelson, Kirsten Rowell, Bernard R. Schone, Jansen A. Smith, and Francisco Zamora-Arroyo
Daily movement patterns of red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) on a large artificial reef, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Andres Garcia, and Richard Kline
A high-latitude, mesophotic Cycloseris field at 85 m depth off Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Bert W. Hoeksema, Javier Sellanes, and Erin E. Easton
Effects of elevated temperature on gonadal functions, cellular apoptosis, and oxidative stress in Atlantic sea urchin Arbacia punculata, Jackson Johnstone, Sarah Nash, Eleazar Hernandez, and Md. Saydur Rahman
Sand and pumice filter amended with activated carbon and biochar for phosphorus retention, James Jihoon Kang, Marissa Davila, Sergio Mireles, and Jungseok Ho
Abiotic and Biotic Limitations to Nodulation by Leguminous Cover Crops in South Texas, Stephanie Kasper, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Pushpa Soti, and Alexis Racelis
Effect of hot water treatment of in-shell pecans on physicochemical properties and consumer acceptability of roasted pecan kernels, Karuna Kharel, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Charles J. Graham, and Achyut Adhikari
Broadband sound propagation in a seagrass meadow throughout a diurnal cycle, Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, Gabriel R. Venegas, Jason D. Sagers, Andrew R. McNeese, Jay R. Johnson, Preston S. Wilson, and Abdullah Rahman
Trust and Influence in the Gulf of Mexico’s Fishery Public Management Network, Anthony Lima, Dongkyu Kim, Andrew M. Song, Gordon M. Hickey, and Owen Temby
Soil indigenous microbiome and plant genotypes cooperatively modify soybean rhizosphere microbiome assembly, Fang Liu, Tarek Hewezi, Sarah L. Lebeis, Vince Pantalone, Parwinder Grewal, and Margaret E. Staton
Unexplored diversity of the mesophotic echinoderm fauna of the Easter Island ecoregion, Ariadna Mecho, Erin E. Easton, Javier Sellanes, Matthias Gorny, and Christopher Mah
Modelling water fluxes in plants: from tissues to biosphere, Maurizio Mencuccini, Stefano Manzoni, and Bradley O. Christoffersen
Water‐borne and plasma corticosterone are not correlated in spotted salamanders, Alice R. Millikin, Sarah K. Woodley, Drew R. Davis, Ignacio T. Moore, and James T. Anderson
Lead removal from aqueous solutions using biochars derived from corn stover, orange peel, and pistachio shell, Sergio Mireles, Jason Parsons, Tarek Trad, Chu-Lin Cheng, and Jihoon Kang
Spatial and seasonal differences in the top predators of Easter Island: Essential data for implementing the new Rapa Nui multiple‐uses marine protected area, Naiti A. Morales, Erin E. Easton, Alan M. Friedlander, Euan S. Harvey, Rodrigo Garcia, and Carlos F. Gaymer
Non-invasive Methods for Measuring and Monitoring Stress Physiology in Imperiled Amphibians, Edward J. Narayan, Zachery R. Forsburg, Drew R. Davis, and Caitlin R. Gabor
Elevated temperature attenuates ovarian functions and induces apoptosis and oxidative stress in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica: potential mechanisms and signaling pathways, Sarah Nash, Jackson Johnstone, and Md. Saydur Rahman
Elevated temperature attenuates ovarian functions and induces apoptosis and oxidative stress in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica: potential mechanisms and signaling pathways, Sarah Nash, Jackson Johnston, and Md Saydur Rahman
Short-term heat stress impairs testicular functions in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica: Molecular mechanisms and induction of oxidative stress and apoptosis in spermatogenic cells, Sarah Nash and Md. Saydur Rahman
Technologies for Lignocellulose Pretreatment to Produce Fuel Ethanol, J. M. Nie, R. J. Zhang, X. Y. Liu, F. Yang, J. J. Wang, J. Xiao, Jikai Zhao, and C. F. LV
Continued eastward range expansion of Black Phoebes (Sayornis Nigricans) in Southernmost Texas, Samuel G. Ortiz, Christopher A. Gabler, and Timothy Brush
Agricultural intensification and urbanization negatively impact soil nematode richness and abundance: a meta-analysis, Satyendra K. Pothula, Parwinder Grewal, Robert M. Auge, Arnold M. Saxton, and Ernest C. Bernard
Biochar Enhances Nitrous Oxide Reduction in Acidic but Not in Near-Neutral pH Soil, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Jerome Lechot, Rafaela Feola Conz, Abmael da Silva Cardoso, and Johan Six
Molecular cloning and characterization of two ARNT (ARNT-1 and ARNT-2) genes in Atlantic croaker and their expression during coexposure to hypoxia and PCB77, Md. Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas
Automatic Seagrass Disturbance Pattern Identification on Sonar Images, Maryam Rahnemoonfar, Abdullah F. Rahman, Richard J. Kline, and Austin L. Greene
Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applications of global eDNA, Krista M. Ruppert, Richard J. Kline, and Md. Saydur Rahman
Sweet Potato: A Potentially Profitable Summer Crop for South Texas Organic Farmers to Enhance Soil Biological Activity and Nutrient Release, Jahdiel Salazar, Josabeth Navarro, Jihoon Kang, and Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira
Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of Leptogorgia virgulata and Leptogorgia hebes (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Gulf of Mexico provides insight on Gorgoniidae divergence between Pacific and Atlantic lineages, Samantha Silvestri, Diego F. Figueroa, David Hicks, and NIcole J. Figueroa
Measuring, mapping and quantifying the effects of trust and informal communication on transboundary collaboration in the Great Lakes fisheries policy network, Andrew M. Song, Owen Temby, Dongkyu Kim, Angel Saavedra Cisneros, and Gordon M. Hickey
Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe, Owen B. Toon, Charles G. Bardeen, Alan Robock, Lili Xia, Hans Kristensen, Matthew McKinzie, R. J. Peterson, Cheryl S. Harrison, Nicole S. Lovenduski, and Richard P. Turco
Toward the Ultrasonic Sensing of Organic Carbon in Seagrass-Bearing Sediments, Gabriel R. Venegas, Abdullah Rahman, Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, and Preston S. Wilson
A heuristic classification of woody plants based on contrasting shade and drought strategies, Liang Wei, Chonggang Xu, Steven Jansen, Hang Zhou, Bradley O. Christoffersen, William T. Pockman, Richard S. Middleton, John D. Marshall, and Nate G. McDowell
Remote sensing of the terrestrial carbon cycle: A review of advances over 50 years, Jingfeng Xiao, Frederic Chevallier, Cecile Gomez, Luis Guanter, Jeffrey A. Hicke, Alfredo R. Huete, Kazuhito Ichii, Wenjian Ni, Yong Pang, and Abdullah F. Rahman
Increasing impacts of extreme droughts on vegetation productivity under climate change, Chonggang Xu, Nate G. McDowell, Rosie A. Fisher, Liang Wei, Sanna Sevanto, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Engsheng Weng, and Richard S. Middleton
Recovery of Tourism-Based Economies on the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey, Elyse Zavar, Brendan L. Lavy, and Ronald Hagelman III
Production of biscuits by substitution with different ratios of yellow pea flour, Jikai Zhao, Xin Liu, Xiang Bai, and Fengcheng Wang
DON reduction of wheat grain without compromising the lab-scale milling properties of flour, Jikai Zhao, Xin Liu, and Fengcheng Wang
Submissions from 2018
Ecological resilience indicators for salt marsh ecosystems, Scott T. Allen, Camille L. Stagg, Jorge Brenner, Kathleen L. Goodin, Don Faber-Langendoen, Christopher A. Gabler, and Katherine Wirt Ames
The use of Fe3O4/Carbon composite fibers as anode materials in lithium ion batteries, Howard Campos, Jonathan Ayala, Carolina Valdes, Jason Parsons, and Mataz Alcoutlabi
Effect of surrounding vegetation on microbial survival or die-off on watermelon surface in an agriculture setting, Vijay Singh Chhetri, Kathryn Fontenot, Ronald Strahan, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Katheryn J. Parraga Estrada, and Achyut Adhikari
Development of Hurricane Storm Surge Model to Predict Coastal Highway Inundation for South Texas, Sara E. Davila, Adan Garza, and Jungseok Ho
Amphibians and reptiles of C. E. Miller Ranch and the Sierra Vieja, Chihuahuan Desert, Texas, USA, Drew R. Davis and Travis J. LaDuc
Luminescence chronology of a Mass Grave of Giant Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus hexagonatus), Willacy County, TX, Randolph G. De La Garza, Juan L. Gonzalez, and Zhixiong Shen
Effects of herbivores, wave exposure and depth on benthic coral communities of the Easter Island ecoregion, Erin E. Easton, Carlos F. Gaymer, Alan M. Friedlander, and James J. Herlan
First Record of the Yellowfin Soldierfish, Myripristis chryseresJordan & Evermann, 1903, in the Easter Island Ecoregion 1, Erin E. Easton, Javier Sellanes, and Matthias Gorny
Acute pulmonary and inflammatory response in young adults following a scripted car commute, Rachel Golan, Chandresh N. Ladva, Roby Greenwald, Jenna R. Krall, Amit U. Raysoni, Priya Kewada, Andrea Winquist, W. Dana Flanders, Donghai Liang, and Jeremy A. Sarnat
First record of black corals (Antipatharia) in shallow coastal waters of northern Chile by means of underwater video, Matthias Gorny, Erin E. Easton, and Javier Sellanes
Mesoscale Effects on Carbon Export: A Global Perspective, Cheryl S. Harrison, Matthew C. Long, Nicole S. Lovenduski, and Jefferson K. Moore