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Salmonella in the environment: A review on ecology, antimicrobial resistance, seafood contaminations, and human health implications

  • Mohammad Maruf Billah and Md Saydur Rahman

Temperature Thresholds for Leaf Damage from Two Extreme Freeze Events (2018 and 2021) Near the Northern Range Limit of Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) in Southeastern North America

  • Simen Kaalstad, Michael J. Osland, Donna J. Devlin, C. Edward Proffitt, Laura C. Feher, Anna R. Armitage, Richard H. Day, Kathleen M. Swanson, Gordon H. Anderson, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo Link

Early corticosterone increases vocal complexity in a wildparrot: An organizational role of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in vocal learning?

  • Celia Rose McLean, Astolfo Mata, Richard J. Kline, and Karl S. Berg Link

Exploitation of environmental DNA (eDNA) for ecotoxicological research: A critical review on eDNA metabarcoding in assessing marine pollution

  • Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard J. Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman 

New prospects of environmental RNA metabarcoding research in biological diversity, ecotoxicological monitoring, and detection of COVID-19: a critical review

  • Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard J. Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman Link

Managing inter-organizational trust and risk perceptions in transboundary fisheries governance networks

  • Evelyn Roozee, Dongkyu Kim, Antonia Sohns, Jasper R. de Vries, Owen Temby, and Gordon M. Hickey

Assessment of Dermo Perkinsus marinus in the “Southern Oyster” from a High-Salinity Environment

  • D. Ammons, D. Gonzalez, M. T. Lu, and Joanne Rampersad Link

Saturating growth rate against phosphorus concentration explained by macromolecular allocati 

  • Gabrielle Armin, Jongsun Kim, and Keisuke Inomura 

Predictive ecology and management of phyllosphere microbial communities through cross-scale synthesis

  • David W. Armitage, Morgan E. Carter, Robin A. Choudhury, Mitja Remus-Emsermann, Cindy E. Morris, Johan H. Leveau, Linda L. Kinkel, and José Pablo Dundore-Arias 

Rapidly Changing Range Limits in a Warming World: Critical Data Limitations and Knowledge Gaps for Advancing Understanding of Mangrove Range Dynamics in the Southeastern USA

  • Rémi Bardou, Michael J. Osland, Steven Scyphers, Christine Shepard, Karen E. Aerni, Jahson B. Alemu I, Robert Crimian, Richard H. Day, Nicholas M. Enwright, and Christopher A. Gabler 

Multi-omics assisted breeding for biotic stress resistance in soybean

  • Ashita Bisht, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Baljeet Kaur, Ritu Batra, Sandeep Kaur, Ishveen Kaur, Suruchi Jindal, Palvi Malik, Pawanjit Kaur Sandhu, and Amandeep Kaur Link

Detection of a Diverse Endophyte Assemblage within Fungal Communities Associated with the Arundo Leaf Miner, Lasioptera donacis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

  • Marie-Claude Bon, John A. Goolsby, Guy Mercadier, Fatiha Guermache, Javid Kashef, Massimo Cristofaro, Ann T. Vacek, and Alan Kirk 

Detection of a Diverse Endophyte Assemblage within Fungal Communities Associated with the Arundo Leaf Miner, Lasioptera donacis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

  • Marie-Claude Bon, John A. Goolsby, Guy Mercadier, Fatiha Guermache, Javid Kashef, Massimo Cristofaro, Ann T. Vacek, and Alan Kirk 

Biodiversity of forage fishes in the Lower Laguna Madre, southernmost Texas

  • David Camarillo Jr., Elizabeth Mogus Garcia, and Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro 

Chloeia rozbaczyloi, a new species of polychaete (Archinominae: Amphinomidae) and first record of the family for the Nazca Ridge, southeastern Pacific Ocean

  • Juan I. Cañete, María S. Romero, Erin E. Easton, Ariadna Mecho, and Javier Sellanes 

Effects of short-term exposure to a pesticide mixture on free-swimming behavior in goldfish, Carassius auratus

  • Esmirna Cantu, Michelle Rivera, Brittney Lacy, and Md Saydur Rahman 

Molecular and biochemical biomarkers in the American oyster Crassostrea virginica exposed to herbicide Roundup® at high temperature

  • Afsana Chowdhury and Md Saydur Rahman Link

Draft genome of methanol-oxidizing Methylobacterium fujisawaense strain LAC1

  • Jooho Chung, Jinha Kim, John C. Blazier, Myung Hwangbo, and Kung-Hui Chu 

Microplastics Distribution within Western Arctic Seawater and Sea Ice

  • Alessandra D’Angelo, Nicole Trenholm, Brice Loose, Laura Glastra, Jacob Strock, and Jongsun Kim

Impacts of Episodic Freshwater Inflow Pulses on Seagrass Dynamics in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas, 1998–2017

  • Hudson R. DeYoe, Warren Pulich Jr., Melissa Lupher, Ram Neupane, and Carla G. Guthrie Link

Impacts of tectonic subsidence on basin depth and delta lobe building

  • Tian Y. Dong, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Brandee Carlson, Brandon McElroy, Elena Il’icheva, Maksim Pavlov, and Hongbo Ma 

“Collaborative NGO Analysis in NRM: When your collaborator is also your unit of analysis”

  • Anna Erwin, Lorien MacAuley, and Brooke McWherter Link

Self-organization for community resilience in an invisible agricultural community

  • Anna Erwin, Chelsea A. Silva, and Zhao Ma 

Can trap color affect arthropod community attraction in agroecosystems? A test using yellow vane and colorless traps

  • Adegboyega Fajemisin, Satinderpal Kaur, Alejandro Vasquez, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat Link

Cascading Effects of Cover Crops on the Subsequent Cash Crop Defense against the Polyphagous Herbivore Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

  • Adegboyega Fajemisin, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat 

Increased floodplain inundation in the Amazon since 1980

  • Ayan Fleischmann, Fabrice Papa, Stephen K. Hamilton, Alice Fassoni-Andrade, Sly Wongchuig, Jhan Carlo Espinoza, Rodrigo Paiva, John Melack, Etienne Fluet-Chouinard, and Rafael M. Almeida 

Nutritional challenges of substituting farmed animals for wild fish in human diets

  • Sebastian A. Heilpern, Rafael M. Almeida, Kathryn J. Fiorella, Alexander S. Flecker, Demetra Williams, and Peter B. McIntyre 

On the architecture of collaboration in inter-organizational natural resource management networks

  • Gordon M. Hickey, Evelyn Roozee, Remko Voogd, Jasper R. de Vries, Antonia Sohns, Dongkyu Kim, and Owen Temby

Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage

  • Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy 

Effect of Different Pre-Growth Temperatures on the Survival Kinetics of Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes in Fresh-Cut Salad during Refrigerated Storage

  • Avninder Kaur and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy 

Trichomes mediate plant–herbivore interactions in two Cucurbitaceae species through pre- and post-ingestive ways

  • Ishveen Kaur and Rupesh R. Kariyat Link

Revisiting the Genomic Approaches in the Cereals and the Path Forward

  • Ishveen Kaur, Ashima Relan, Dinesh Kumar Saini, Gurleen Kaur, Anju Biswas, Lovepreet Singh, Shivreet Kaur, and Karansher Singh Sandhu Link

Advances and perspectives of using stable isotope probing (SIP)-based technologies in contaminant biodegradation

  • Jinha Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Chih-Hsuan Shih, and Kung-Hui Chu 

Advances and perspectives of using stable isotope probing (SIP)-based technologies in contaminant biodegradation

  • Jinha Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Chih-Hsuan Shih, and Kung-Hui Chu 

Visualization of Productivity Zones Based on Nitrogen Mass Balance Model in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

  • Jongsun Kim, Myung Hwangbo, Patricia S. Thibodeau, Georgia Rhodes, Emma Hogarth, and Stewart Copeland 

Combined effects of high temperature and pesticide mixture exposure on free-swimming behaviors and hepatic cytochrome P450 1A expression in goldfish, Carassius auratus

  • Brittney Lacy, Michelle Rivera, Leinady Flores, and Md Saydur Rahman Link

Inter-seasonal comparison of acoustic propagation in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow in a shallow sub-tropical lagoon

  • Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, Andrew R. McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, Gabriel R. Venegas, Mathew C. Zeh, and Abdullah Rahman 

Inter-seasonal comparison of acoustic propagation in a Thalassia testudinum seagrass meadow in a shallow sub-tropical lagoon

  • Kevin M. Lee, Megan S. Ballard, Andrew R. McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, Gabriel R. Venegas, Mathew C. Zeh, and Abdullah Rahman 

Quantifying sponge communities from shallow to mesophotic depths using orthorectified imagery

  • Michael P. Lesser, Marc Slattery, and Keir J. Macartney Link

Integrating Remote Sensing with Ground-based Observations to Quantify the Effects of an Extreme Freeze Event on Black Mangroves (Avicennia germinans) at the Landscape Scale

  • Melinda Martinez, Michael J. Osland, James B. Grace, Nicholas M. Enwright, Camille L. Stagg, Simen Kaalstad, Gordon H. Anderson, Elena A. Flores, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo 

Investigation of the Thermodynamics for the Removal of As(III) and As(V) from Water Using Synthesized ZnO Nanoparticles and the Effects of pH, Temperature, and Time

  • Helia Magali Morales, Grecia Torreblanca, Arnulfo Mar, Mataz Alcoutlabi, Thomas Eubanks, Erik Plata, and Jason Parsons 

Metal contents in house geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from industrial and urban areas of southern Tamaulipas, Mexico and western Andalucía, Spain, may reflect airborne metal pollution,

  • Luisiana Morales-Zamudio, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Md Saydur Rahman, and Miguel Antonio Dominguez-Crespo 

IntelliBeeHive: An Automated Honey Bee, Pollen, and Varroa Destructor Monitoring System

  • Christian I. Narcia-Macias, Joselito Guardado, Jocell Rodriguez, Joanne Rampersad, Erik Enriquez, and Dong-Chul Kim 

Balancing renewable energy and river resources by moving from individual assessments of hydropower projects to energy system planning

  • Jeffrey J. Opperman, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Rafael Kelman, Rafael J. P. Schmitt, Rafael M. Almeida, Emily Chapin, Alexander Flecker, Marc Goichot, Guenther Guenther Grill, and Julien J. Harou 

Air Pollution in South Texas: A Short Communication of Health Risks and Implications

  • Sai Deepak Pinakana, Esmeralda Mendez, Ismaila Ibrahim, Md. Salahuddin Majumder, and Amit U. Raysoni 

Assessment of Air Pollution Levels during Sugarcane Stubble Burning Event in La Feria, South Texas, USA

  • Sai Deepak Pinakana, Edward Robles, Esmeralda Mendez, and Amit U. Raysoni 

Effects of elevated temperature on 8-OHdG expression in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica): Induction of oxidative stress biomarkers, cellular apoptosis, DNA damage and γH2AX signaling pathways

  • Md Faizur Rahman, Mohammad Maruf Billah, Richard J. Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman 

A Review of Literature on the Usage of Low-Cost Sensors to Measure Particulate Matter

  • Amit U. Raysoni, Sai Deepak Pinakana, Esmeralda Mendez, Dawid Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak, and Owen Temby 

Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect subterranean and aquatic invasive species: A critical review on the challenges and limitations of eDNA metabarcoding

  • Sakib Tahmid Rishan, Richard J. Kline, and Md Saydur Rahman 

Significance of storage conditions on the flow properties of wheat flours

  • Jared Lou Rivera, Jikai Zhao, Aminu Owonikoko, and Kaliramesh Siliveru Link

Activity Patterns of the Endangered Amargosa Vole (Microtus californicus scripensis)

  • Austin N. Roy, Anna D. Rivera Roy, Deana L. Clifford, and Janet E. Foley 

Post-Harvest Eucalyptus Residue Removal Reduces Soil Aggregation and Biological Activities in Central-West Brazil

  • Karla Nascimento Sena, Thaís Soto Boni, Kátia Luciene Maltoni, Ana Maria Rodrigues Cassiolato, and Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira 

Use and effectiveness of wildlife exits designed for ocelots and other mesocarnivores on a south Texas highway

  • Zarina N. Sheikh, Jamie E. Langbein, Kevin W. Ryer, Md Saydur Rahman, Christopher A. Gabler, John H. Young Jr., and Richard J. Kline 

Sex and stress modulate pupal defense response in tobacco hornworm

  • Sukhman Singh, Sakshi Watts, Ishveen Kaur, Isabella Rodriguez, Jessica Ayala, Dariela Rodriguez, Elian Martin, and Rupesh R. Kariyat 

Effective farm management promotes native AMF and benefit organic farming systems

  • Pushpa Soti, Rupesh R. Kariyat, and Alexis Racelis 

Port-of-Entry Simulation Model for Potential Wait Time Reduction and Air Quality Improvement: A Case Study at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, USA

  • Benjamin Stewart, Hiram Moya, Amit U. Raysoni, Esmeralda Mendez, and Matthew Vechione 

Visualizing Oceanographic Data to Depict Long-term Changes in Phytoplankton

  • Patricia S. Thibodeau and Jongsun Kim 

Health and Safety Effects of Airborne Soil Dust in the Americas and Beyond

  • Daniel Q. Tong, Thomas E. Gill, William A. Sprigg, Robert Scott Van Pelt, Alexander Baklanov, Bridget Marie Barker, Jesse E. Bell, Juan Castillo, Santiago Gassó, Cassandra Gaston, and Amit U. Raysoni

Widespread dominance of methane ebullition over diffusion in freshwater aquaculture ponds

  • Renske J. E. Vroom, Sarian Kosten, Rafael M. Almeida, Raquel Mendonça, Ive S. Muzitano, Icaro Barbosa, Jonas Nasário, Ernandes S. Oliveira Junior, Alexander S. Flecker, and Nathan Barros 

Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion

  • Chenliang Wu, Wonsuck Kim, Ryan Herring, Benjamin T. Cardenas, Tian Y. Dong, Hongbo Ma, Andrew Moodie, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Frank Tsai, and An Li Link

Observed impacts of large wind farms on grassland carbon cycling

  • Donghai Wu, Steven M. Grodsky, Wenfang Xu, Naijing Liu, Rafael M. Almeida, Liming Zhou, Lee M. Miller, Somnath Baidya Roy, Geng Xia, and Anurag A. Agrawal Link

Life cycle assessment of calcium oxide pretreatment of corn stover with carbon dioxide neutralization for ethanol production

  • Jikai Zhao, Danyi Feng, and Juhee Lee 

A Critical Review on Water Overconsumption in Lignocellulosic Biomass Pretreatment for Ethanol Production through Enzymic Hydrolysis and Fermentation

  • Jikai Zhao, Juhee Lee, and Donghai Wang 

Isomerization of Galactose to Tagatose: Recent Advances in Non-enzymatic Isomerization

  • Jikai Zhao, Zhuo Wang, Qing Jin, Danyi Feng, and Juhee Lee 

Sulfur cycling connects microbiomes and biogeochemistry in deep-sea hydrothermal plumes

  • Zhichao Zhou, Patricia Q. Tran, Alyssa M. Adams, Kristopher Kieft, John A. Breier, Caroline S. Fortunato, Cody S. Sheik, Julie A. Huber, Meng Li, Gregory J. Dick, and Karthik Anantharaman 

Small Molecule EGFR Inhibitors as Anti-Cancer Agents: Discovery, Mechanisms of Action, and Opportunities

  • Tanzida Zubair and Debasish Bandyopadhyay 

Groundwater vulnerability assessment of shallow aquifer in the South Texas sand sheet using a GIS-based DRASTIC model

  • Syed Istiyak Ahmed, Chu-Lin Cheng, Juan Gonzalez, James Jihoon Kang, Jungseok Ho, and Leslie Soto-Sanchez Link

Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right 

  • Rafael M. Almeida, Rafael Schmitt, Steven M. Grodsky, Alexander S. Flecker, Carla P. Gomes, Lu Zhao, Haohui Liu, Nathan Barros, Rafael Kelman, and Peter B. McIntyre Link

Analysis of Urbanization and Climate Change Effects on Community Resilience in the Rio Grande Valley, South Texas

  • George Atisa and Alexis Racelis

Why New Zealand’s Indigenous reconciliation process has failed to empower Māori fishers: Distributional, procedural, and recognition-based injustices

  • Hekia Bodwitch, Andrew M. Song, Owen Temby, John Reid, Megan Bailey, and Gordon M. Hickey 

Islands in the mud: The South Texas banks provide crucial mesophotic habitat for coral communities

  • Maria Bollinger, Keir J. Macartney, Erin E. Easton, and David Hicks 

Where to Invest Project Efforts for Greater Benefit: A Framework forManagement Performance Mapping with Examples for Potato Seed Health

  • C. E. Buddenhagen, Y. Xing, J. L. Andrade-Piedra, G. A. Forbes, P. Kromann, I. Navarrete, S. Thomas-Sharma, Robin A. Choudhury, K. F. Andersen Onofre, and E. Schulte-Geldermann 

Stability of fishes assemblage structure over a lustrum in coastal wetlands under different disturbances in an industrial zone of the central Gulf of Mexico coast

  • Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo 

Identifying available resources and agricultural practices useful in soil fertility management to support orange-fleshed sweet potato cultivation on smallholder farms in Mozambique, Rafaela Feola Conz, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Abdul Naico, Maria Isabel Andrade, and Johan Six 

Quantitative relationships between river and channel-belt planform patterns

  • Tian Y. Dong and Timothy A. Goudge 

Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus F. Smith; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Preference for Cover Crop Seeds in South Texas

  • Lilly Victoria Elliott-Vidaurri, Daniella Rivera, Adrian Noval, Robin A. Choudhury, and Hannah J. Penn 

Centering Community Voices in Mining Governance

  • Anna Erwin, Zhao Ma, Emma Patricia Salas O'Brien, Jonathan Bauchet, Nelly Ramirez Calderon, Eliseo Zeballos Zeballos, Glenn Roberto Arce Larrea, Ruxandra Popovici, Laura Zanotti, and Chelsea A. Silva 

Reducing adverse impacts of Amazon hydropower expansion

  • Alexander S. Flecker, Qinru Shi, Rafael M. Almeida, Héctor Angarita, Jonathan M. Gomes-Selman, Roosevelt García-Villacorta, Suresh A. Sethi, Steven A. Thomas, N LeRoy Poff, and Bruce R. Forsberg 

Effects of Biochar Production Methods and Biomass Types on Lead Removal from Aqueous Solution

  • Paola Granados, Sergio Mireles, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Chu-Lin Cheng, and James Jihoon Kang 

A Nematode Community-Based Integrated Productivity Efficiency (IPE) Model That Identifies Sustainable Soil Health Outcomes: A Case of Compost Application in Carrot Production

  • A. Habteweld, A. Kravchencko, Parwinder Grewal, and H. Melakeberhan 

Impact of Different Wind Representations on Resonant Ocean Near-inertial Motions in the Gulf of Mexico

  • Chuan‑Yuan Hsu, Jongsun Kim, Ping Chang, and Steven F. DiMarco Link

Globally-distributed microbial eukaryotes exhibit endemism at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

  • Sarah K. Hu, Amy R. Smith, Rika E. Anderson, Sean P. Sylva, Michaela Setzer, Maria Steadmon, Kiana L. Frank, Eric W. Chan, Darlene S. S. Lim, and John A. Breier Link

Globally-distributed microbial eukaryotes exhibit endemism at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

  • Sarah K. Hu, Amy R. Smith, Rika E. Anderson, Sean P. Sylva, Michael Setzer, Maria Steadmon, Kiana L. Frank, Eric W. Chan, Darlene S. S. Lim, and John A. Breier 

Iron and Magnesium Impregnation of Avocado Seed Biochar for Aqueous Phosphate Removal

  • James Ji Hoon Kang, Jason Parsons, Sampath Gunukula, and Dat T. Tran 

Surface Warfare: Plant Structural Defenses Challenge Caterpillar Feeding

  • Ishveen Kaur, Sakshi Watts, Cristina E. Raya, Juan Raya, and Rupesh R. Kariyat Link

Saturating relationship between phytoplankton growth rate and nutrient concentration explained by macromolecular allocation

  • Jongsun Kim, Gabrielle Armin, and Keisuke Inomura 

Potential mechanisms of Na+/K+-ATPase attenuation by heat and pesticides co-exposure in goldfish: role of cellular apoptosis, oxidative/nitrative stress, and antioxidants in gills

  • Brittney Lacy, Md Sadequr Rahman, and Md Saydur Rahman Link

Interactive effects of high temperature and pesticide exposure on oxidative status, apoptosis, and renin expression in kidney of goldfish: Molecular and cellular mechanisms of widespread kidney damage and renin attenuation

  • Brittney Lacy and Md Saydur Rahman Link

Native and non-native plant species differentially affect arthropod community dynamics with consequences for crop production in Lower Rio Grande Valley

  • Kaitlynn Lavallee, Pushpa G. Soti, Alexis Racelis, and Rupesh R. Kariyat 

Irrigation Decisions in Response to Groundwater Salinity in Kansas

  • Juhee Lee and Nathan P. Hendricks 

Microbiome diversity and metabolic capacity determines the trophic ecology of the holobiont in Caribbean sponges

  • Michael P. Lesser, M. Sabrina Pankey, Marc Slattery, Keir J. Macartney, and Deborah J. Gochfeld 

Using Stable Isotope Analyses to Assess the Trophic Ecology of Scleractinian Corals

  • Michael P. Lesser, Marc Slattery, and Keir J. Macartney 

Combined Effects of Scarification, Phytohormones, Stratification, and Soil Type on the Germination and/or Seedling Performance of Three Tamaulipan Thornscrub Forest Species

  • Paula Luera and Christopher A. Gabler 

Depth-dependent trophic strategies of Caribbean sponges on mesophotic coral reefs

  • Keir J. Macartney, M. Sabrina Pankey, Amelia Clayshulte Abraham, Marc Slattery, and Michael P. Lesser 

Spatial Variation of False Map Turtle (Graptemys pseudogeographica) Bacterial Microbiota in the Lower Missouri River, United States

  • Joseph D. Madison, Madeline M. Butterfield, Drew R. Davis, and Jacob L. Kerby 

Comparative Assessment of Pollutant Concentrations and Meteorological Parameters from TCEQ CAMS Sites at Houston and Rio Grande Valley Regions of Texas, USA in 2016

Esmeralda Mendez, Jonathan Rodriguez, August Luna, and Amit U. Raysoni 

Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations during Independence Day Fireworks Display in the Lower Rio Grande Valley Region, South Texas, USA

  • Esmeralda Mendez, Owen Temby, Dawid Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak, and Amit U. Raysoni 

Using Low-Cost Sensors to Assess PM2.5 Concentrations at Four South Texan Cities on the U.S.—Mexico Border

  • Esmeralda Mendez, Owen Temby, Dawid Wladyka, Katarzyna Sepielak, and Amit U. Raysoni 

Now you see me: “first” records of the greater amberjack Seriola dumerili at Rapa Nui range extension or increased scientific effort?

  • Naiti Morales, Amy Rose Coghlan, Erin E. Easton, Alan M. Friedlander, James J. Herlan, and Carlos F. Gaymer 

Improved soy protein adhesives by lignin and polyamide-epichlorohydrin: Adhesion performance and properties

  • Sarocha Pradyawong, Nataniel H. Brown, Jikai Zhao, Guangyang Qi, Yi Zheng, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, and Donghai Wang Link

Hybrid conferences: opportunities, challenges and ways forward

  • Eleonora Puccinelli, Daniela Zeppilli, Paris V. Stefanoudis, Annaig Wittische-Helou, Marjorie Kermorgant, Sandra Fuchs, Lenaick Menot, Erin E. Easton, and Alexandra A-T. Weber 

A Socio-Ecological Model to Assess Tuberculosis in Migrant Farmworkers in the US-Mexico Border Region

  • Amit U. Raysoni 

Characterization of Particulate Matter Species in an Area Impacted by Aggregate and Limestone Mining North of San Antonio, TX, USA

  • Amit U. Raysoni, Esmeralda Mendez, August Luna, and Joe Collins 

Defining the current distribution of the imperiled Black-spotted Newt across south Texas, USA

  • Padraic S. Robinson, Drew R. Davis, Sean M. Collins, and Richard J. Kline 

Development and assessment of an environmental DNA (eDNA) assay for a cryptic Siren (Amphibia: Sirenidae)

  • Krista M. Ruppert, Drew R. Davis, Md Saydur Rahman, and Richard J. Kline 

Development and validation of an eDNA protocol for monitoring endemic Asian spiny frogs in the Himalayan region of Pakistan

  • Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Rais, Ayesha Akram, Maggie R. Williams, Kenneth F. Kellner, Syed A. Hashsham, and Drew R. Davis 

Pre-Growth Environmental Stresses Affect Foodborne Pathogens Response to Subsequent Chemical Treatments

  • Amandeep Singh and Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy 

Exploring the potential impacts of machine learning on trust in fishery management

  • Antonia Sohns, Gordon M. Hickey, and Owen Temby Link

Biomass residues improve soil chemical and biological properties reestablishing native species in an exposed subsoil in Brazilian Cerrado

  • Thaís Soto Boni, Engil Isadora Pujol Pereira, Adriana Avelino Santos, Ana Maria Rodrigues Cassiolato, and Kátia Luciene Maltoni 

Disaster Resilience Versus Ecological Resilience and the Proposed Second Causeway to South Padre Island

  • Juliet Vallejo, Katia Sanchez, Evelyn Roozee, and Owen Temby 

Production of distilled spirits using grain sorghum through liquid fermentation

  • Thomas Weiss, Jikai Zhao, Ruijia Hu, Meicen Liu, Yonghui Li, Yi Zheng, Gordon Smith, and Donghai Wang 

A participatory assessment of nitrified urine fertilizer use in Swayimane, South Africa: Crop production potential, farmer attitudes and smallholder challenges

  • Benjamin C. Wilde, Eva Lieberherr, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Alfred Odindo, and Johan Siz 

Effects of particle size on biomass pretreatment and hydrolysis performances in bioethanol conversion

  • Yang Yang, Meng Zhang, Jikai Zhao, and Donghai Wang Link

Effect of ultraviolet light treatment on microbiological safety and quality of fresh produce: An overview

  • Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Achyut Adhikari, and Juan Moreira 

First report of Avicennia germinans (Acanthaceae) as a larval host of Junonia litoralis (Nymphalidae) causing higher foliar damage in seedlings than trees

  • Carlos Zamora-Tovar, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Roberto Lindig-Cisneros, and Ilka C. Feller Link

Comparative evaluation of physicochemical and fermentative responses of three sorghum varieties from dryland and irrigated land and the properties of proteins from distillers’ grains

  • Jikai Zhao, Thomas Weiss, Zhenjiao Du, Shan Hong, Scott R. Bean, Yonghui Li, and Donghai Wang 

Elucidating thermochemical pretreatment effectiveness of different particle-size switchgrass for cellulosic ethanol production

  • Jikai Zhao, Yang Yang, Meng Zhang, Charles W. Rice, and Donghai Wang PDF

Climate change may impair electricity generation and economic viability of future Amazon hydropower

  • Rafael M. Almeida, Ayan Fleischmann, João P.F. Brêda, Diego S. Cardoso, Hector Angarita, Walter Collischonn, Bruce Forsberg, Roosevelt García-Villacorta, Stephen K. Hamilton, and Phillip M. Hannam Link

Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Storage in Natural and Prop-Scarred Thalassia Testudinum Seagrass Meadows

  • Rachel Noel Arney, Alison K. Shepherd, Heather D. Alexander, and Abdullah Rahman Link

Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Stichopathes Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

  • Cynthia M. Asorey, Javier Sellanes, Daniel Wagner, and Erin E. Easton 

Influence of microbial priming and seeding depth on germination and growth of native wildflowers

  • Daniela Barrera, Juan Luera, Kaitlynn Lavallee, and Pushpa Soti 

A drone-based survey for large, basking freshwater turtle species

  • Amy P. Bogolin, Drew R. Davis, Richard J. Kline, and Abdullah Rahman

Antioxidant Properties of Pecan Shell Bioactive Components of Different Cultivars and Extraction Methods

  • Cameron Cason, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, Juan Moreira, and Achyut Adhikari 

Soil fertility maintenance with organic amendments to orange fleshed sweetpotato

  • Rafaela Feola Conz, Johan Six, Maria Isabel Andrade, and Engil Isadora Pujol pereira Link

Nuclear Niño response observed in simulations of nuclear war scenarios

  • Joshua Coupe, Samantha Stevenson, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Tyler Rohr, Cheryl S. Harrison, Alan Robock, Holly Olivarez, Charles G. Bardeen, and Owen B. Toon 

Importance of low-relief nursery habitat for reef fishes

  • Michael A. Dance, Ray R. Rooker, Richard J. Kline, Antonietta Quigg, Gregory R. Stunz, R. J. David Wells, Kirsten Lara, Jessica Lee, and Bobbie Suarez 

New Amphibian and Reptile Distribution Records from Eastern South Dakota, USA, Drew R. Davis 

Identifying Regional Environmental and Sustainability Issues: Adoption of an Interdisciplinary Design Charrette Approach

  • Frank J. Dirrigl, Anita M. Chavez, and Hudson R. DeYoe Link

Linking migration to community resilience in the receiving basin of a large-scale water transfer project

  • Anna Erwin, Zhao Ma, Ruxandra Popovici, Emma Patricia Salas O’Brien, Laura Zanotti, Chelsea A. Silva, Eliseo Zeballos Zeballos, Jonathan Bauchet, Nelly Ramírez Calderón, and Glenn Roberto Arce Larreah 

Enhancing the seed germination process of Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum Ten.)

  • Alejandro Fierro-Cabo and August Plamann 

Environmental forcing on zooplankton distribution in the coastal waters of the Galápagos Islands: spatial and seasonal patterns in the copepod community structure, Diego F. Figueroa 

Deep-sea biodiversity at the extremes of the Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges with implications for conservation

  • Alan M. Friedlander, Whitney Goodell, Jonatha Giddens, Erin E. Easton, and Daniel Wagner 

Reproductive characteristics of Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus on artificial reefs in different jurisdictions

  • Catheline Y. M. Froehlich, Adam M. Lee, Ramiro Oquita, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, and J. Dale Shively 

In-depth analysis of N2O fluxes in tropical forest soils of the Congo Basin combining isotope and functional gene analysis

  • Nora Gallarotti, Matti Barthel, Elizabeth Verhoeven, Engil Isadora Pujol pereira, Marijn Bauters, Simon Baumgartner, Travis W. Drake, Pascal Boeckx, Joachim Mohn, and Manon Longepierre 

Disentangling diverse responses to climate change among global marine ecosystem models

  • Ryan F. Heneghan, Eric Galbraith, Julia L. Blanchard, Cheryl S. Harrison, Nicolas Barrier, Catherine Bulman, William Cheung, Marta Coli, Tyler D. Eddy, and Maite Erauskin-Extramiana 

On inter-organizational trust, control and risk in transboundary fisheries governance

  • Gordon M. Hickey, Hunter T. Snyder, Jasper R. deVries, and Owen Temby 

Protistan grazing impacts microbial communities and carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

  • Sarah K. Hu, Erica L. Herrera, Amy R. Smith, Maria G. Pachiadaki, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Sean P. Sylva, Eric W. Chan, Jeffrey S. Seewald, Christopher R. German, and Julie A. Huber 

Reconstructing primary production in a changing estuary: A mass balance modeling approach

  • Jongsun Kim, Mark J. Brush, Bongkeun Song, and Iris C. Anderson 

Pre-Sowing Treatments Improve Germinability of South Texas Native Plant Seeds

  • Kaitlynn Lavallee, Pushpa Soti, Hansapani Rodrigo, Rupesh R. Kariyat, and Alexis Racelis 

Universal Peptide Hydrogel for Scalable Physiological Formation and Bioprinting of 3D Spheroids from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

  • Quan Li, Guangyan Qi, Xuming Liu, Jianfa Bai, Jikai Zhao, Guosheng Tang, Yu Shrike Zhang, Ruby Chen-Tsai, Meng Zhang, and Donghai Wang Link

Effects of Scarification, Phytohormones, Soil Type, and Warming on the Germination and/or Seedling Performance of Three Tamaulipan Thornscrub Forest Species

  • Paula Luera, Kimberly Wahl-Villarreal, Bradley O. Christoffersen, Abeny Treviño, Pushpa Soti, and Christopher A. Gabler 

Environmental Drivers of Mesophotic Echinoderm Assemblages of the Southeastern Pacific Ocean

  • Ariadna Mecho, Boris Dewitte, Javier Sellanes, Simon van Gennip, Erin E. Easton, and Joao B. Gusmao 

Evaluating the Impacts of Dam Construction and Longshore Transport upon Modern Sedimentation within the Rio Grande Delta (Texas, U.S.A.)

  • Samantha Moore, Elizabeth A. Heise, Marty Grove, Anthony Reisinger, and Jude A. Benavides 

Identifying nitrogen source and seasonal variation in a Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) communityof the south Texas coast

  • Ashley Elizabeth Murphy, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo 

Comparative study of Leachate Characterization: Implication for Sustainable Environmental Management

  • Osakpolor Marvellous Omorogieva and Victory Itua Igberase 

Miscanthus as Raw Materials for Bio-based Products

  • Valentina Pidlisnyuk, Larry E. Erickson, Donghai Wang, Jikai Zhao, Tatyana Stefanovska, and John R. Schlup Link

Molecular Characterization and Expression of Cytochrome P450 Aromatase in Atlantic Croaker Brain: Regulation by Antioxidant Status and Nitric Oxide Synthase During Hypoxia Stress

  • Md Saydur Rahman and Peter Thomas 

Agriculture Water Treatment – Southwest Region Final Project Report

  • Channah Rock, Kerry Cooper, Veerachandra K. Yemmireddy, and Alejandro Castillo Link

Binational reflections on pathways to groundwater security in the Mexico–United States borderlands

  • Rosario Sanchez, José Agustin Breña-Naranjo, Alfonso Rivera, Randall T. Hanson, Antonio Hernández-Espriú, Rick J. Hogeboom, Anita Milman, Jude A. Benavides, Adrian Pedrozo-Acuña, Julio Cesar Soriano-Monzalvo, Sharon B. Megdal, Gabriel Eckstein, and Laura Rodriguez PDF

Methodological Challenges in Studying Trust in Natural Resources Management

  • Antonia Sohns, Gordon M. Hickey, Jasper R. de Vries, and Owen Temby 

Influence of Land Use Intensity and Management on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Avocado Symbiosis

  • Pushpa Soti, Bulent Toprak, Nina De La Rosa, and Krish Jayachandran

Moving conferences online: lessons learned from an international virtual meeting

  • Paris V. Stefanoudis, Leann M. Biancani, Sergio Cambronero-Solano, Malcolm R. Clark, Jonathan T. Copley, Erin E. Easton, Franziska Elmer, Steven H. D. Haddock, Santiago Herrera, and Ilysa S. Iglesias 

A multi-modal approach to measuring particulate iron speciation in buoyant hydrothermal plumes

  • Brandy D. Stewart, Jeffry V. Sorensen, Kathleen Wendt, Jason B. Sylvan, Christopher R. German, Karthik Anantharaman, Gregory J. Dick, John A. Breier, and Brandy M. Toner 

First Ecological Characterization of Whip Black Coral Assemblages (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) in the Easter Island Ecoregion, Southeastern Pacific

  • Jan M. Tapia-Guerra, Cynthia M. Asorey, Erin E. Easton, Daniel Wagner, Matthias Gorny, and Javier Sellanes 

First description of deep benthic habitats and communities of oceanic islands and seamounts of the Nazca Desventuradas Marine Park, Chile

  • Jan M. Tapia-Guerra, Ariadna Mecho, Erin E. Easton, María de los Ángeles Gallardo, Matthias Gorny, and Javier Sellanes 

Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems

  • Derek P. Tittensor, Camilla Novaglio, Cheryl S. Harrison, Ryan F. Heneghan, Nicolas Barrier, Daniele Bianchi, Laurent Bopp, Andrea Bryndum-Buchholz, Gregory L. Britten, and Matthias Büchner 

The Salas y Gómez and Nazca ridges: A review of the importance, opportunities and challenges for protecting a global diversity hotspot on the high seas

  • Daniel Wagner, Liesbeth van der Meer, Matthias Gorny, Javier Sellanes, Carlos F. Gaymer, Eulogio H. Soto, Erin E. Easton, Alan M. Friedlander, Dhugal J. Lindsay, and Tina N. Molodtsova 

Global Famine after Nuclear War

  • Lilia Xia, Alan Robock, Kim J. N. Scherrer, Cheryl S. Harrison, Jonas Jaegermeyr, Charles G. Bardeen, Owen B. Toon, and Ryan F. Heneghan 

Hempseed as a nutritious and healthy human food or animal feed source: a review

  • Youjie Xu, Jun Li, Jikai Zhao, Weiqun Wang, Jason Griffin, Yonghui Li, Scott Bean, Mike Tilley, and Donghai Wang Link

Effect of genotype on the physicochemical, nutritional, and antioxidant properties of hempseed

  • Youjie Xu, Jikai Zhao, Ruijia Hu, Weiqun Wang, Jason Griffin, Yonghui Li, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, and Donghai Wang 

Assessing changes in clusters of wildlife road mortalities after the construction of wildlife mitigation structures

  • Thomas J. Yamashita, Trinity D. Livingston, Kevin W. Ryer, John H. Young Jr., and Richard J. Kline 

Endophytic Beauveria bassiana increases galling of ‘Rutgers’ tomato roots with Meloidogyne incognita

  • Shalini Yerukala, Ernest C. Bernard, Kimberly D. Gwinn, David M. Butler, Parwinder Grewal, and Bonnie H. Ownley 

Evaluation of arsenic sorption performance using dendritic anatase and polycrystalline rutile nano-TiO2 for environmental applications

  • Sheng Yin, Chu-Lin Cheng, Jason Parsons, Yuanbing Mao, James Jihoon Kang, and Jong-Min Kim Link

Potential ecological impacts of climate intervention by reflecting sunlight to cool Earth

  • Phoebe L. Zarnetske, Jessica Gurevitch, Janet Franklin, Peter M. Groffman, Cheryl S. Harrison, Jessica J. Hellmann, Forrest M. Hoffman, Shan Kothari, Alan Robock, and Simone Tilmes 

Lignin, sugar, and furan production of industrial hemp biomass via an integrated process

  • Jikai Zhao, Jason Griffin, Kraig Roozeboom, Juhee Lee, and Donghai Wang 

Proteins in dried distillers' grains with solubles: A review of animal feed value and potential non-food uses

  • Jikai Zhao, Donghai Wang, and Yonghui Li Link

Miscanthus biomass for alternative energy production

  • Jikai Zhao, Donghai Wang, Valentina Pidlisnyuk, and Larry E. Erickson Link

Architectonica karsteni Rutsch, 1934 (Gastropoda: Architectonicidae) in seamounts of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park: First evidence of an extant population in Chilean waters since the Miocene

  • Cynthia M. Asorey, Javier Sellanes, Erin E. Easton, Rüdiger Bieler, and Ariadna Mecho 

Application of acoustical remote sensing techniques for ecosystem monitoring of a seagrass meadow

  • Megan S. Ballard, Kevin M. Lee, Jason D. Sagers, Gabriel R. Venegas, Andrew R. McNeese, Preston S. Wilson, and Abdullah Rahman 

Spatial and Temporal Trends in Diet for Pinfish (Lagodon rhomboides) from Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum) Beds with Contrasting Environmental Regimes in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas

  • Maximiliano Barbosa and Christopher M. Taylor Link

Revealing ocean-scale biochemical structure with a deep-diving vertical profiling autonomous vehicle

  • John A. Breier, Michael V. Jakuba, Mak A. Saito, Gregory J. Dick, Sharon L. Grim, Eric W. Chan, Matthew R. McIlvin, Dawn M. Moran, Brianna A. Alanis, and Andrew E. Allen Link

Deep Sea Isopods from the western Mediterranean: distribution and habitat

  • Joan E. Cartes and Diego F. Figueroa 

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 Link

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 Link

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 

Lithic Raw Materials in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Texas and Northeast Mexico

  • Brandi Reger, Juan L. Gonzalez, and Russell K. Skowronek Link

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 Link

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 Link

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 Link

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 

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 Link

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 Link

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 Link

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 Link

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

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 Link

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 

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

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 

Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum) in a subtropical estuarine system

  • Monica Delgado, Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, and Alejandro Fierro-Cabo Link

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 Link

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 Link

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 Link

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 PDF

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 Link

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 

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 Link

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 

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

First record of the tropical house gecko Hemidactylus mabouia (Moreau de Jonnès, 1818) in Texas

  • Alejandro Fierro-Cabo and August Rentfro

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

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

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

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

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 

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 

 

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 Link

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 

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 

Submarine groundwater discharge from oceanic islands standing in oligotrophic oceans: Implications for global biological production and organic carbon fluxes

  • Guebem Kim, Jongsun Kim, and Dong-Woon Hwang [abstract]

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 

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 Guebem Kim 

Indicadores funcionales y estructurales para evaluar el estado de conservación de humedales costeros en el sur de Tamaulipas

  • Alejandro Fierro-Cabo

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 

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

 

TRAMPLING, PEELING AND NIBBLING MUSSELS: AN EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF MECHANICAL AND PREDATORY DAMAGE TO SHELLS OF MYTILUS TROSSULUS (MOLLUSCA: MYTILIDAE)

  • Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro 

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

Strontium to calcium ratios in the marine gastropod Conus ermineus: Growth rate effects and temperature calibration

  • Sindia Sosdian, D. Keith Gentry, Caroline H. Lear, Ethan L. Grossman, David Hicks, and Yair Rosenthal [abstract]

Detecting submarine groundwater discharge with synoptic surveys of sediment resistivity, radium, and salinity
  • John A. Breier, Crystaline F. Breier, and Henrietta Edmonds

Oceanographic conditions and diversity of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Gulf of California, México

  • Carlos E. Cintra-Buenrostro, Hector Reyes-Bonilla, and Maria Dinorah Herrero-Perezrul

Potential of MODIS EVI and surface temperature for directly estimating per-pixel ecosystem C fluxes 

  • Abdullah Rahman, Daniel A. Sims, Vicente D. Cordova, and Bassil Z. El-Masri

Potential of MODIS ocean bands for estimating CO2 flux from terrestrial vegetation: A novel approach

  • Abdullah Rahman, Vicente D. Cordova, John A. Gamon, Hans Peter Schmid, and Daniel A. Sims

Tracking the sea-level signature of the 8.2 ka cooling event: New constraints from the Mississippi Delta

  • Torbjörn E. Törnqvist, Scott J. Bick, Juan L. Gonzalez, Klaas van der Borg, and Arie F. M. de Jong

Restoration of ecosystem function in an abandoned sandpit: plant and soil responses to paper de-inking sludge

  • Alejandro Fierro, Denis A. Angers, and Chantal J. Beauchamp [abstract]

Deinking sludge influences biomass, nitrogen and phosphorus status of several grass and legume species

  • Alejandro Fierro, J. Norrie, André Gosselin, and Chantal J. Beauchamp [abstract]

Supplemental Carbon Dioxide and Light Improved Tomato and Pepper Seedling Growth and Yield

  • Alejandro Fierro, Nicolas Tremblay, and André Gosselin

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