School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
Submissions from 2017
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 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, 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
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
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
A Novel Diffuse Fraction-Based Two-Leaf Light Use Efficiency Model: An Application Quantifying Photosynthetic Seasonality across 20 AmeriFlux Flux Tower Sites, Hao Yan, Shao-Qiang Wang, Kai-Liang Yu, Bin Wang, Qin Yu, Gil Bohrer, Dave Billesbach, Rosvel Bracho, Abdullah F. Rahman, and Herman H. Shugart
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
Taming Turbidity: Using passive dosing with polyacrylamide to treat turbid storm water, Jihoon Kang and Richard A. McLaughlin
Chemical flocculation for removing bentonite spills in water, Jihoon Kang, Jacob D. Wiseman, McKhenzy A. Welch, and Richard A. McLaughlin
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
Assessing transboundary scientific collaboration in the Great Lakes of North America, Andrew M. Song, Gordon M. Hickey, Owen Temby, and Gail Krantzberg
Submissions from 2015
Lateral Dispersal and Foraging Behavior of Entomopathogenic Nematodes in the Absence and Presence of Mobile and Non-Mobile Hosts, Harit K. Bal and Parwinder Grewal
Exploring origins, invasion history and genetic diversity of Imperata cylindrica (L.) P. Beauv. (Cogongrass) in the United States using genotyping by sequencing, A Millie Burrell, Alan E. Pepper, George Hodnett, John A. Goolsby, William A. Overholt, Alexis Racelis, Rodrigo Diaz, and Patricia E. Klein
Mitigating N2O emissions from soil: from patching leaks to transformative action, C. Decock, Juhwan Lee, M. Necpalova, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, D. M. Tendall, and Johan Six
Particle dynamics in the rising plume at Piccard Hydrothermal Field, Mid-Cayman Rise, Margaret L. Estapa, John A. Breier, and Chris R. German
Octocoral Mitochondrial Genomes Provide Insights into the Phylogenetic History of Gene Order Rearrangements, Order Reversals, and Cnidarian Phylogenetics, Diego F. Figueroa and Amy R. Baco
Using Fish Population Metrics to Compare the Effects of Artificial Reef Density, Catheline Y. M. Froehlich and Richard J. Kline
Empirical Modelling of Solid-blocking Effect in a Blazka Respirometer for Gag, a Large Demersal Reef Fish, Richard J. Kline, Daryl C. Parkyn, and Debra J. Murie
Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for scavenging of diverse organic compounds by widespread deep-sea archaea, Meng Li, Brett J. Baker, Karthik Anantharaman, Sunit Jain, John A. Breier, and Gregory J. Dick
Modification of Traffic-related Respiratory Response by Asthma Control in a Population of Car Commuters, Maria C. Mirabelli, Rachel Golan, Roby Greenwald, Amit U. Raysoni, Fernando Holguin, Priya Kewada, Andrea Winquist, W Dana Flanders, and Jeremy A. Sarnat
Predicting the response of the deep-ocean microbiome to geochemical perturbations by hydrothermal vents, Daniel C. Reed, John A. Breier, Houshuo Jiang, Karthik Anantharaman, Christopher A. Klausmeier, Brandy M. Toner, Cathrine Hancock, and Kevin Speer
Microbial iron mats at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and evidence that Zetaproteobacteria may be restricted to iron-oxidizing marine systems, Jarrod J. Scott, John A. Breier, George W. Luther III, and David Emerson
Spatially resolved sampling reveals dynamic microbial communities in rising hydrothermal plumes across a back-arc basin, Cody S. Sheik, Karthik Anantharaman, John A. Breier, Jason B. Sylvan, Katrina J. Edwards, and Gregory J. Dick
Iron-mediated stabilization of soil carbon amplifies the benefits of ecological restoration in degraded lands, Lucas C. R. Silva, Timothy A. Doane, Rodrigo S. Correa, Vinicius Valverde, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, and William R. Horwath
Changes in Spatial Patterns of Caragana stenophylla along a Climatic Drought Gradient on the Inner Mongolian Plateau, Li-Na Xie, Hong-Yu Guo, Christopher A. Gabler, Qing-Fang Li, and Cheng-Cang Ma
Effect of binder on the physical stability and bactericidal property of titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocoatings on food contact surfaces, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy and Yen-Con Hung
Submissions from 2014
Identification and Characterization of Membrane Androgen Receptors in the ZIP9 Zinc Transporter Subfamily: I. Discovery in Female Atlantic Croaker and Evidence ZIP9 Mediates Testosterone-Induced Apoptosis of Ovarian Follicle Cells, A. Håkan Berg, Charles D. Rice, Md. Saydur Rahman, Jing Dong, and Peter Thomas
First record of the tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) in Texas, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo and August Rentfro
Granular and Dissolved Polyacrylamide Effects on Erosion and Runoff under Simulated Rainfall, Jihoon Kang, Aziz Amoozegar, Joshua L. Heitman, and Richard A. McLaughlin
Turbidimetric Determination of Anionic Polyacrylamide in Low Carbon Soil Extracts, Jihoon Kang, Tyler D. Sowers, Owen W. Duckworth, Aziz Amoozegar, Joshua L. Heitman, and Richard A. McLaughlin
CCA-sponsored Nearshore Reefs: UT-Brownsville researchers report culverts deployed in 2011 now harbor large populations of red snapper, Richard J. Kline
Microbial iron uptake as a mechanism for dispersing iron from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, Meng Li, Brandy M. Toner, Brett J. Baker, John A. Breier, Cody S. Sheik, and Gregory J. Dick
Flocculated Sediment and Runoff Quality Improvement by Polyacrylamide, Richard A. McLaughlin, Jihoon Kang, Scott King, and Jacob D. Wiseman
Influence of constant and periodic experimental hypoxic stress on Atlantic croaker otolith chemistry, John Mohan, Md. Saydur Rahman, Peter Thomas, and Benjamin Walther
Restoration of tryptophan hydroxylase functions and serotonin content in the Atlantic croaker hypothalamus by antioxidant treatment during hypoxic stress, Md. Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas
Exposure to traffic pollution, acute inflammation and autonomic response in a panel of car commuters, Jeremy A. Sarnat, Rachel Golan, Roby Greenwald, Amit U. Raysoni, Priya Kewada, Andrea Winquist, Stefanie E. Sarnat, W. Dana Flanders, Maria C. Mirabelli, and Jennifer E. Zora
Submissions from 2013
A Lover and a Fighter: The Genome Sequence of an Entomopathogenic Nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, Xiaodong Bai, Byron J. Adams, Todd A. Ciche, Sandra Clifton, Randy Gaugler, Kwi-suk Kim, and Parwinder Grewal
Timing of Favorable Conditions, Competition and Fertility Interact to Govern Recruitment of Invasive Chinese Tallow Tree in Stressful Environments, Christopher A. Gabler and Evan Siemann
Check dam and polyacrylamide performance under simulated stormwater runoff, Jihoon Kang, Melanie M. McCaleb, and Richard A. McLaughlin
Uso de hábitat y perspectivas de Lontra longicaudis en un área protegida de Tamaulipas, México, Piedad Esther Mayagoitia-González, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Raul Valdez, Mark Andersen, David Cowley, and Robert Steiner
Physico-chemical Properties of Pancakes Made from an Instant Mix Containing Different Levels of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) Flour, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy and Yen-Con Hung
Submissions from 2012
Selective Capture of Transcribed Sequences: A Promising Approach for Investigating Bacterium-Insect Interactions, Ruisheng An and Parwinder Grewal
Differences in Immune Defense Evasion of Selected Inbred Lines of Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora in Two White Grub Species, Ruisheng An, Marcio Voss, Ganpati B. Jagdale, and Parwinder Grewal
Would Predatory Drillhole Frequency on Chione spp. Increase under the Suggested Climate Change Scenario? Comparing Pleistocene and Modern Rhodolith Beds, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Would Predatory Drillhole Frequency on Chione spp. Increase under the Suggested Climate Change Scenario? Comparing Pleistocene and Modern Rhodolith Beds, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Restoration flows for the Colorado River estuary, México: estimates from oxygen isotopes in the bivalve mollusk Mulinia coloradoensis (Mactridae: Bivalvia), Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, Karl W. Flessa, and David L. Dettman
Processing quality of potato tubers produced during autumn and spring and stored at different temperatures, Sergio T. de Freitas, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Ana Cecilia S. Gomez, Auri Brackmann, Fernando Nicoloso, and Dilson A. Bisognin
Path Analysis of Phosphorus Retention Capacity in Allophanic and Non-allophanic Andisols, Yohey Hashimoto, Jihoon Kang, Nobuhiko Matsuyama, and Masahiko Saigusa
Effects of hypoxia exposure on hepatic cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) expression in Atlantic croaker: molecular mechanisms of CYP1A down-regulation, Md. Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas
Air Pollution and Acute Respiratory Response in a Panel of Asthmatic Children along the U.S.–Mexico Border, Stefanie E. Sarnat, Amit U. Raysoni, Wen-Whai Li, Fernando Holguin, Brent A. Johnson, Silvia Flores Luevano, Jose Humberto Garcia, and Jeremy A. Sarnat
Submissions from 2011
Phylogenetic Analysis of Ridgewayia (Copepoda: Calanoida) from the Galapagos and of a New Species from the Florida Keys with a Reevaluation of the Phylogeny of Calanoida, Diego F. Figueroa
Two New Calanoid Copepods from the Galapagos Islands: Pseudocyclops Juanibali N. SP. and Pseudocyclops Saenzi N. SP, Diego F. Figueroa
Coastal Louisiana in crisis: Subsidence or sea level rise?, Juan L. Gonzalez
Submarine groundwater discharge from oceanic islands standing in oligotrophic oceans: Implications for global biological production and organic carbon fluxes, Guebuem Kim, Jongsun Kim, and Dong-Woon Hwang
Measurement of temporal and horizontal variations in 222Rn activity in estuarine waters for tracing groundwater inputs, Jongsun Kim, Michael J. Lee, Jihyuk Kim, and Guebuem Kim
A Comprehensive Method for Fractionating Soil Organic Matter Not Protected and Protected from Decomposition by Physical and Chemical Mechanisms, César Plaza, José M. Fernández, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, and Alfredo Polo
Soil nitrogen transformations under elevated atmospheric CO2 and O3 during the soybean growing season, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Haegeun Chung, Kate Scow, Michael J. Sadowsky, and Chris van Kessel
Characterization of three IGFBP mRNAs in Atlantic croaker and their regulation during hypoxic stress: potential mechanisms of their upregulation by hypoxia, Md. Saydur Rahman
Extensive reproductive disruption, ovarian masculinization and aromatase suppression in Atlantic croaker in the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, Peter Thomas and Md. Saydur Rahman
Submissions from 2010
Molecular Mechanisms of Persistence of Mutualistic Bacteria Photorhabdus in the Entomopathogenic Nematode Host, Ruisheng An and Parwinder Grewal
Nutrient input from submarine groundwater discharge versus intermittent river-water discharge through an artificial dam in the Yeongsan River estuary, Korea, Jihyuk Kim, Jongsun Kim, and Guebuem Kim
Due diligence and demographic disparities: effects of the planning of U.S.- Mexico border fence on marginalized populations, J. Gaines Wilson, Jude A. Benavides, Karen Engle, Denise Gilman, Anthony Reisinger, Jessica Spangler, and Joe Lemen
Submissions from 2009
Indicadores funcionales y estructurales para evaluar el estado de conservación de humedales costeros en el sur de Tamaulipas, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
A new Late Holocene sea-level record from the Mississippi Delta: evidence for a climate/sea level connection?, Juan L. Gonzalez and Torbjörn E. Törnqvist
Soil Organic Matter Effects on Phosphorus Sorption: A Path Analysis, Jihoon Kang, Dean Hesterberg, and Deanna L. Osmond
Health impacts of traffic related air pollution, Amit U. Raysoni and Wen-Wahi Li
Biomarkers of hypoxia exposure and reproductive function in Atlantic croaker: A review with some preliminary findings from the northern Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone, Peter Thomas and Md. Saydur Rahman
Submissions from 2008
Physiological aging of potato tubers produced during fall and spring growing seasons and stored under different temperatures, Dilson A. Bisognin, Sergio T. de Freitas, Auri Brackmann, Jeronimo Luiz Andriolo, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Douglas Renator Muller, and Mauricio Guerra Bandinelli
Optimization and validation of an enzymatic method to quantify glucose in potato tubers, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Tatiana Emanuelli, Dilson Antonio Bisognin, and Sergio T. de Freitas
Rapid evolution in introduced species, ‘invasive traits’ and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential, Kenneth D. Whitney and Christopher A. Gabler
Rapid evolution in introduced species, ‘invasive traits’ and recipient communities: challenges for predicting invasive potential, Kenneth D. Whitney and Christopher A. Gabler
Submissions from 2007
TRAMPLING, PEELING AND NIBBLING MUSSELS: AN EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MECHANICAL AND PREDATORY DAMAGE TO SHELLS OF MYTILUS TROSSULUS (MOLLUSCA: MYTILIDAE), Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro
Submissions from 2006
Study of metals in leached soils of a municipal dumpsite in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico: preliminary results, P. F. Rodríguez-Espinosa, D. Chazaro Mendoza, J. A. Montes de Oca, G. Sánchez Torres E., and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo
On the use of MODIS EVI to assess gross primary productivity of North American ecosystems, Daniel A. Sims, Abdullah Rahman, Vicente D. Cordova, Bassil Z. El-Masri, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Allen H. Goldstein, David Y. Hollinger, Laurent Misson, Russell K. Monson, Walter C. Oechel, Hans P. Schmid, Steven C. Wofsy, and Liukang Xu