School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2017
Shrubs facilitate recruitment of Caragana stenophylla Pojark: microhabitat amelioration and protection against herbivory, Li-Na Xie, Hong-Yu Guo, Zhe Liu, Christopher A. Gabler, Wei-Zhong Chen, Song Gu, and Cheng-Cang Ma
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
New applications of KNiFC-PAN resin for broad scale monitoring of radiocesium following the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, Crystaline F. Breier, S. Pike, F. Sebesta, Kaitlyn Tradd, John A. Breier, and K. O. Buesseler
Capillary pressure – saturation relationships for gas shales measured using a water activity meter, B. Donnelly, E. Perfect, L. D. McKay, P. J. Lemiszki, V. H. DiStefano, L. M. Anovitz, J. McFarlane, R. E. Hale, and Chu-Lin Cheng
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, James Jihoon Kang and Richard A. McLaughlin
Chemical flocculation for removing bentonite spills in water, James 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 James 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
Effects of grazing intensity on seed production of Caragana stenophylla along a climatic aridity gradient in the Inner Mongolia Steppe, China, Lina Xie, Weizhong Chen, Christopher A. Gabler, Lei Han, Hongyu Guo, Qing Chen, Chengcang Ma, and Song Gu
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
Rapid imbibition of water in fractures within unsaturated sedimentary rock, Chu-Lin Cheng, E. Perfect, B. Donnelly, H. Z. Bilheux, A. S. Tremsin, L. D. McKay, V. H. DiStefano, J. C. Cai, and L. J. Santodonato
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 Kline
Species- and stage-specific barnacle larval distributions obtained from AUV sampling and genetic analysis in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA, Annette F. Govindarajan, Jesus Pineda, Mike Purcell, and John A. Breier
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
Desertification, salinization, and biotic homogenization in a dryland river ecosystem, Seiji Miyazono, Reynaldo Patiño, and Christopher M. Taylor
Biochar alters nitrogen transformations but has minimal effects on nitrous oxide emissions in an organically managed lettuce mesocosm, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Emma C. Suddick, India Mansour, Fungai N. D. Mukome, Sanjai J. Parikh, Kate Scow, and Johan Six
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
A numerical study on fractal dimensions of current streamlines in two-dimensional and three-dimensional pore fractal models of porous media, Wei Wei, Jianchao Cai, Xiangyun Hu, Ping Fan, Qi Han, Jinge Lu, Chu-Lin Cheng, and Feng Zhou
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
Mycorrhizal associations of an invasive tree are enhanced by both genetic and environmental mechanisms, Qiang Yang, Shujuan Wei, Lei Shang, Juli Carrilo, Christopher A. Gabler, Somereet Nijjer, Bo Li, and Evan Siemann
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
Generalized modeling of spontaneous imbibition based on Hagen–Poiseuille flow in tortuous capillaries with variably shaped apertures, Jianchao Cai, Edmund Perfect, Chu-Lin Cheng, and Xiangyun Hu
The mitochondrial genomes of Amphiascoides atopus and Schizopera knabeni (Harpacticoida: Miraciidae) reveal similarities between the copepod orders Harpacticoida and Poecilostomatoida, Erin E. Easton, Emily M. Darrow, Trisha Spears, and David Thistle
An effective procedure for DNA isolation and voucher recovery from millimeter-scale copepods and new primers for the 18S rRNA and cytb genes, Erin E. Easton and David Thistle
First record of the tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) in Texas, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo and August Rentfro
Characteristics and genesis of El Sauz chert, an important prehistoric lithic resource in south Texas, Juan L. Gonzalez, James R. Hinthorne, Russell K. Skowronek, Thomas Eubanks, and Don Kumpe
Granular and Dissolved Polyacrylamide Effects on Erosion and Runoff under Simulated Rainfall, James Jihoon Kang, Aziz Amoozegar, Joshua L. Heitman, and Richard A. McLaughlin
Turbidimetric Determination of Anionic Polyacrylamide in Low Carbon Soil Extracts, James Jihoon Kang, Tyler D. Sowers, Owen W. Duckworth, Aziz Amoozegar, Joshua L. Heitman, and Richard A. McLaughlin
Multiple pixel-scale soil water retention curves quantified by neutron radiography, M. Kang, Edmund Perfect, Chu-Lin Cheng, H. Z. Bilheux, J. Lee, J. Horita, and J. M. Warren
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, James 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
Neutron imaging of hydrogen-rich fluids in geomaterials and engineered porous media: A review, Edmund Perfect, Chu-Lin Cheng, M. Kang, H. Z. Bilheux, J. M. Lamanna, M. J. Gragg, and D. M. Wright
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
Associations between source-indicative pollution metrics and increases in pulmonary inflammation and reduced lung function in a panel of asthmatic children, Roby Greenwald, Stefanie E. Sarnat, Amit U. Raysoni, Wen-Whai Li, Brent A. Johnson, Thomas H. Stock, Fernando Holguin, Teresa Sosa, and Jeremy A. Sarnat
Check dam and polyacrylamide performance under simulated stormwater runoff, James 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
Abundance, Distribution, and Habitat of the Threatened Minnows Campostoma ornatum and Notropis chihuahua in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas, Seiji Miyazono and Christopher M. Taylor
Microbial Communities and Soil Structure are Affected by Reduced Precipitation, but Not by Elevated Carbon Dioxide, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Haegeun Chung, Kate Scow, and Johan Six
Unprecedented carbon accumulation in mined soils: the synergistic effect of resource input and plant species invasion, Lucas C. R. Silva, Rodrigo S. Correa, Timothy A. Doane, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, and William R. Horwath
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, James Jihoon Kang, Nobuhiko Matsuyama, and Masahiko Saigusa
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
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
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 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
Concentrations of trace and major elements in Mission–Progresso (Texas) soils, Mohammad A. Hannan and Jesus Tanguma
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
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
Tryptophan Hydroxylase: A Target for Neuroendocrine Disruption, Md. Saydur Rahman, Izhar K. Khan, and Peter Thomas
Binational school-based monitoring of traffic-related air pollutants in El Paso, Texas (USA) and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua (México), Amit U. Raysoni, Jeremy A. Sarnat, Stefanie E. Sarnat, Jose Humberto Garcia, Fernando Holguin, Silvia Flores Luevano, and Wen-Whai Li
Submissions from 2010
Molecular Mechanisms of Persistence of Mutualistic Bacteria Photorhabdus in the Entomopathogenic Nematode Host, Ruisheng An and Parwinder Grewal
Species boundaries in Zausodes-complex species (Copepoda : Harpacticoida : Harpacticidae) from the north-eastern Gulf of Mexico, Erin E. Easton, David Thistle, and Trisha Spears
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, James 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
