School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2020
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
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
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
A high-latitude, mesophotic Cycloseris field at 85 m depth off Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Bert W. Hoeksema, Javier Sellanes, and Erin E. Easton
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
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 Johnston, 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
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
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
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
Clio: An Autonomous Vertical Sampling Vehicle for Global Ocean Biogeochemical Mapping, Michael V. Jakuba, John A. Breier, Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, Kaitlyn Tradd, and Mak A. Saito
Hot water treatment as a kill-step to inactivate Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes and Enterococcus faecium on in-shell pecans, Karuna Kharel, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Charles J. Graham, Witoon Prinyawiwatkul, and Achyut Adhikari
Source-specific pollution exposure and associations with pulmonary response in the Atlanta Commuters Exposure Studies, Jenna R. Krall, Chandresh N. Ladva, Armistead G. Russell, Rachel Golan, Xing Peng, Guoliang Shi, Roby Greenwald, Amit U. Raysoni, Lance A. Waller, and Jeremy A. Sarnat
Particulate metal exposures induce plasma metabolome changes in a commuter panel study, Chandresh N. Ladva, Rachel Golan, Donghai Liang, Roby Greenwald, Douglas I. Walker, Amit U. Raysoni, ViLinh Tran, Tianwei Yu, W. Dana Flanders, and Gary W. Miller
Climate and plant controls on soil organic matter in coastal wetlands, Michael J. Osland, Christopher A. Gabler, James B. Grace, Richard H. Day, Meagan L. McCoy, Jennie L. McLeod, Andrew S. From, NIcholas M. Enwright, Laura C. Feher, and Camille L. Stagg
Preliminary Multivariate Comparison of Coral Assemblages on Carbonate Banks in the Western Gulf of Mexico, Rebekah E. Rodriguez, Erin E. Easton, Thomas C. Shirley, John W. Tunnell, and David Hicks
Extraction of metazoan meiofauna from muddy deep-sea samples: Operator and taxon effects on efficiency, Melissa Rohal, David Thistle, and Erin E. Easton
Mesobot : An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Tracking and Sampling Midwater Targets, Dana R. Yoerger, Molly Curran, Justin Fujii, Christopher R. German, Daniel Gomez-Ibanez, Annette F. Govindarajan, Jonathan C. Howland, Joel K. Llopiz, Peter H. Wiebe, Brett W. Hobson, Kakani Katija, Michael Risi, Bruce H. Robison, Cailean J. Wilkinson, Stephen M. Rock, and John A. Breier
Submissions from 2017
Recruitment Patterns of Juvenile Fish at an Artificial Reef Area in the Gulf of Mexico, Rachel Noel Arney, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, and Richard J. Kline
Impact of the capillary pressure-saturation pore-size distribution parameter on geological carbon sequestration estimates, Chu-Lin Cheng, Edmund Perfect, T. Edward Yu, and Michael J. Gragg
Early drivers of Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) leaf litter decomposition in the water column, Leticia M. Contreras, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, and Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) in a subtropical estuarine system, Monica Delgado, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
Diversity of deep-sea fishes of the Easter Island Ecoregion, Erin E. Easton, Javier Sellanes, Carlos F. Gaymer, Naiti A. Morales, Matthias Gorny, and Eric Berkenpas
Linear and nonlinear effects of temperature and precipitation on ecosystem properties in tidal saline wetlands, Laura C. Feher, Michael J. Osland, Kereen T. Griffith, James B. Grace, Rebecca J. Howard, Camille L. Stagg, Nicholas M. Enwright, Ken W. Krauss, Christopher A. Gabler, Richard H. Day, and Kerrylee Rogers
Linear and nonlinear effects of temperature and precipitation on ecosystem properties in tidal saline wetlands, Laura C. Feher, Michael J. Osland, Kereen T. Griffith, James B. Grace, Rebecca J. Howard, Camille L. Stagg, Nicholas M. Enwright, Ken W. Krauss, Christopher A. Gabler, Richard H. Day, and Kerrylee Rogers
Fish Assemblage Structure Indicates Limited Restoration Progress over a Lustrum of a Severely Degraded Estuary in Southern Tamaulipas, Mexico, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo and Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Macroclimatic change expected to transform coastal wetland ecosystems this century, Christopher A. Gabler, Michael J. Osland, James B. Grace, Camille L. Stagg, Richard H. Day, Stephen B. Hartley, Nicholas M. Enwright, Andrew S. From, Meagan L. McCoy, and Jennie L. McLeod
Functional Predictions of Microbial Communities in Soil as Affected by Long‐term Tillage Practices, Janani Hariharan, Aditi Sengupta, Parwinder Grewal, and Warren A. Dick
pH effect on the formation of THM and HAA disinfection byproducts and potential control strategies for food processing, Yen-Con Hung, Brian W. Waters, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, and Ching-Hua Huang
Nitrate Leaching from Sand and Pumice Geomedia Amended with Pyrogenic Carbon Materials, Jihoon Kang, Marissa Davila, Sergio Mireles, and Jungseok Ho
Impact of Salinity Change on Water Quality Variables from the Sediment of an Artificial Lake under Anaerobic Conditions, Tae-Hoon Kim, Jihoon Kang, Sang Hyun Kim, I-Song Choi, Kwang-Hyeon Chang, Jong Min Oh, and Ki-Hyun Kim
Can ecosystem functional recovery be traced to decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in estuaries of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas?, Mario A. Marquez, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, and Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Evaluation of sources and patterns of elemental composition of PM2. 5 at three low-income neighborhood schools and residences in Quito, Ecuador, Amit U. Raysoni, Rodrigo X. Armijos, M. Margaret Weigel, Patricia Echanique, Marcia Racines, Nicholas E. Pingitore, and Wen-Whai Li
Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 2—Realistic Hypoxia and Eutrophication, Kenneth A. Rose, Sean Creekmore, Dubravko Justić, Peter Thomas, J. Kevin Craig, Rachael Miller Neilan, Lixia Wang, and Md Saydur Rahman
N2O emissions from California farmlands: A review, Elizabeth Verhoeven, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Charlotte Decock, Gina Garland, Taryn Kennedy, Emma Suddick, William Horwath, and Johan Six
Photocatalytic TiO2 coating of plastic cutting board to prevent microbial cross-contamination, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy and Yen-Con Hung
Using Photocatalyst Metal Oxides as Antimicrobial Surface Coatings to Ensure Food Safety—Opportunities and Challenges, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy and Yen-Con Hung
Effect of Different Debranning Degrees on the Qualities of Whole Wheat Flour and Chinese Steamed Bread, Jikai Zhao, Fengcheng Wang, Wenjun Fu, and Mengjie Wang
Submissions from 2016
Metagenomic resolution of microbial functions in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes across the Eastern Lau Spreading Center, Karthik Anantharaman, John A. Breier, and Gregory J. Dick
Comparative Analysis of Xenorhabdus koppenhoeferi Gene Expression during Symbiotic Persistence in the Host Nematode, Ruisheng An and Parwinder Grewal
Do some deep‐sea, sediment‐dwelling species of harpacticoid copepods have 1000‐km‐scale range sizes?, Erin E. Easton and David Thistle
The Late Quaternary Rio Grande Delta—A Distinctive, Underappreciated Geologic System, Thomas E. Ewing and Juan L. Gonzalez
Potential and timescales for oxygen depletion in coastal upwelling systems: A box-model analysis, Cheryl S. Harrison, B. Hales, S. Siedlecki, and R. M. Samelson
Watershed Modeling and Sediment Yield Prediction of the Los Olmos Creek Watershed in South Texas, Rockford Miller, Jungseok Ho, and Chu-Lin Cheng
Adsorptive and kinetic characterization of aqueous zinc removal by biochars, Sergio Mireles, Yongsik Ok, Chu-Lin Cheng, and Jihoon Kang
Beyond just sea-level rise: considering macroclimatic drivers within coastal wetland vulnerability assessments to climate change, Michael J. Osland, Nicholas M. Enwright, Richard H. Day, Christopher A. Gabler, Camille L. Stagg, and James B. Grace
Carbon Abatement and Emissions Associated with the Gasification of Walnut Shells for Bioenergy and Biochar Production, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Emma C. Suddick, and Johan Six
Assessment of Indoor and Outdoor PM Species at Schools and Residences in a High-Altitude Ecuadorian Urban Center, Amit U. Raysoni, Rodrigo X. Armijos, M. Margaret Weigel, Teresa Montoya, Patricia Eschanique, Marcia Racines, and Wen-Whai Li