School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2019
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 James 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
Improving productivity of orange-fleshed sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas) through intercropping with legumes and moderate phosphorus application, Eliah Munda, Petrus J. Pieterse, Maria I. Andrade, Godwill S. Makunde, and Engil Isadora Pujol pereira
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
Detection and Quantification of Nitrifying Bacteria Using Real-Time PCR, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira and Marcelo C. M. Teixeira Filho
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, James Jihoon Kang, and Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira
Conservation tillage and organic farming reduce soil erosion, Steffen Seitz, Philipp Goebes, Viviana Loaiza Puerta, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Raphaël Wittwer, Johan Six, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, and Thomas Scholten
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, 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
Detection of environmental estrogen by piezoresistive microcantilever sensor: a cutting-edge review, Nazmul Islam, Omar A. Vazquez, and Md. Saydur Rahman
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
Chemical Treatment to Reduce Turbidity in Pumped Construction Site Water, James Jihoon Kang, Joshua W. Vetter, and Richard A. McLaughlin
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
Using Carbon Isotope Fractionation to Constrain the Extent of Methane Dissolution Into the Water Column Surrounding a Natural Hydrocarbon Gas Seep in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, M. Leonte, B. Wang, Scott A. Socolofsky, John A. Breier, and John D. Kessler
Improvement of soil structure through organic crop management, conservation tillage and grass-clover ley, Viviana Loaiza Puerta, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Raphaël Wittwer, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, and Johan Six
Annual Growth Rings in Two Mangrove Species from the Sundarbans, Bangladesh Demonstrate Linkages to Sea-Level Rise and Broad-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Variability, Justin T. Maxwell, Grant L. Harley, and Abdullah F. Rahman
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
Interactive effects of hypoxia and PCB co-exposure on expression of CYP1A and its potential regulators in Atlantic croaker liver, Md. Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas
Wildlife warning reflectors and white canvas reduce deer–vehicle collisions and risky road-crossing behavior, Corinna Riginos, Morgan W. Graham, Melanie J. Davis, Andrew B. Johnson, Alexander B. May, Kevin W. Ryer, and L. Embere Hall
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
Speciation of Phosphorus Zinc and Copper in Soil and Water-Dispersible Colloid Affected by a Long-Term Application of Swine Manure Compost, Kosuke Yamamoto, Yohey Hashimoto, James Jihoon Kang, and Kazuki Kobayashi
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 Kline
Validating Sidescan Sonar as a Fish Survey Tool over Artificial Reefs, Michael A. Bollinger and Richard Kline
Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Fish Distribution and Diversity in the Noxubee River, Mississippi and Alabama, Michael T. Calloway, Matt E. Roberts, and Christopher M. Taylor
Upscaling Capillary Pressure–Saturation Functions Using Different Reference Pressure Elevations, Chu-Lin Cheng, S. Clark Cropper, Edmund Perfect, Larry McKay, and Misun Kang
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
Climate controls over the net carbon uptake period and amplitude of net ecosystem production in temperate and boreal ecosystems, Zheng Fu, Paul C. Stoy, Yiqi Luo, Jiquan Chen, Jian Sun, Leonardo Montagnani, Georg Wohlfahrt, Abdullah F. Rahman, Serge Rambal, and Christian Bernhofer
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
The Morrosquillo Assemblage Revealed: Provenance and Context of a Refined Group of Ground-edge Stone Tools from the Caribbean Lowlands of Colombia, Juan L. González and James R. Hinthorne
Functional Predictions of Microbial Communities in Soil as Affected by Long‐term Tillage Practices, Janani Hariharan, Aditi Sengupta, Parwinder Grewal, and Warren A. Dick
Hydrologic Impacts of Bioswale Porous Media on Parking Lot Drainage, Jungseok Ho and James Jihoon Kang
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
Capturing species-level drought responses in a temperate deciduous forest using ratios of photochemical reflectance indices between sunlit and shaded canopies, Taehee Hwang, Hamed Gholizadeh, Daniel A. Sims, Kimberly A. Novick, Edward R. Brzostek, Richard P. Phillips, Daniel T. Roman, Scott M. Robeson, and Abdullah F. Rahman
Nitrate Leaching from Sand and Pumice Geomedia Amended with Pyrogenic Carbon Materials, James 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, James 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
Mechanisms of Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) invasion and their management implications – A review, Lauren S. Pile, G. Geoff Wang, Jeremy P. Stovall, Evan Siemann, Gregory S. Wheeler, and Christopher A. Gabler
Molecular and biochemical responses of hypoxia exposure in Atlantic croaker collected from hypoxic regions in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Md. Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas
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, Md Saydur Rahman, and David Kidwell
Modeling the Population Effects of Hypoxia on Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico: Part 1—Model Description and Idealized Hypoxia, Kenneth A. Rose, Sean Creekmore, Peter Thomas, J. Kevin Craig, Md. Saydur Rahman, and Rachael Miller Neilan
Institutional Features of U.S.-Canadian Transboundary Fisheries Governance: Organizations and Networks, Formal and Informal, Andrew M. Song, Owen Temby, Gail Krantzberg, and Gordon M. Hickey
Sorption of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) to K2Mn4O9 nanomaterial a study of the effect of pH, time, temperature and interferences, J. P. Valle, B. Gonzalez, J. Schulz, D. Salinas, U. Romero, Diego F. Gonzalez, Carolina Valdes, J. M. Cantu, Thomas Eubanks, and Jason Parsons
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
Toward a Better Assessment of Biochar–Nitrous Oxide Mitigation Potential at the Field Scale, Elizabeth Verhoeven, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Charlotte Decock, Emma Suddick, Teri Angst, and Johan Six
