Publications

• Ecology and Systematics
• Microbiology
• Organismal and Cellular Physiology
• Physiological Ecology
• Remote Sensing

Ecology and Systematics

Judd, F. W.and R. I. Lonard. 2009. Vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas: Freshwater and Brackish Wetlands. Texas J. Sci. 61(2):83:93.

Kowalski, J.L., H.R. DeYoe and T.R. Allison. 2009. Seasonal Production and Biomass of the Seagrass, Halodule wrightii Aschers. (Shoal Grass), in a Subtropical Texas Lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts 32(3): 467-483.

Ortega, J. and F. Zaidan III.  2009.  Observations of flotsam entrapment in the diamondback water snake (Nerodia r. rhombifer).  Herpetol. Conserv. Biol., 4(2):270-276.

Lillywhite, H.B., C.M. Sheehy III, and F. Zaidan III.  2008.  Scavenging by a pitviper at the intertidal:  Evolutionary scenario for invasion of the sea.  BioScience 58(10):947-955.

Judd, F. W., and R. I. Lonard. 2009. Vegetation of South Padre Island, Texas: freshwater and brackish wetlands. Texas Journal of Science 61(2): 83-96.

Kowalski, J.L., H.R. DeYoe and T.R. Allison. 2009. Seasonal Production and Biomass of the Seagrass, Halodule wrightii Aschers. (Shoal Grass), in a Subtropical Texas Lagoon. Estuaries and Coasts 32(3): 467-483.

Lonard, R.I. and F.W. Judd. 2009. The biological flora of coastal dunes and wetlands: Croton punctatus N. von Jacquin. Journal of Coastal Research 25(1):23-29.

Judd, F. W., K. R. Summy, R. I. Lonard, and R. Mazariegos. 2008. Dune and Vegetation Stability at South Padre Island, Texas, United States of America. Journal of Coastal Research 24: 992-998.

Judd, F. W., and R. I. Lonard. 2008. Geographic distribution. Kinosternon flavescens. Herpetological Review 39(3):365.

Everitt, J. H., C. Yang, S. Sriharan, and F. W. Judd. 2008. Using high resolution satellite imagery to map black mangrove on the Texas Gulf Coast. Journal of Coastal Research 24 (6):1582-1586.

Kowalski, J.L., D.L. Hockaday, G. H. Boza and H.R. DeYoe. 2007. Re-discovery of the tropical green macroalga, Penicillus capitatus Lamarck (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales), in Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Texas Journal of Science. v. 59(4): 305-10.

Monk, S. G., and T. Brush. 2007. Response of brood-parasitic Bronzed Cowbird to playback of the song of Audubon’s Oriole. Southwestern Naturalist 52: 438-441.

Judd, F. W., R. I. Lonard, K. R. Summy, and R. A. Mazariegos. 2007. Seasonal variation in dune vegetation at South Padre Island, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 59:113-126.

Lonard, R.I. 2007. Vulpia C.C. Gmelin. pp. 448-454. In: Flora of North America - North of Mexico. Vol. 24, Magnoliophyta: Commelinaceae (in part): Poaceae, part 1. eds. Barkworth, M.E., K.M. Capels, S. Long, L.K. Anderton, and M.B. Piep. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. 911 pp.

Everitt, J. H., C. Yang, K. R. Summy, F. W. Judd, and M. R. Davis. 2007. Evaluation of color-infrared photography and digital imagery to map black mangrove on the Texas gulf coast. Journal of Coastal Research 23:230-235.

Sternberg, M. A. and F. W. Judd. 2006. Rodent communities of native woodland, replanted, and secondary succession sites in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:98-118.

Lonard, R. I. and F. W. Judd. 2006. Notes on invasive plants in the Rio Grande Delta of Cameron County, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 58:271-277.

Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, J. H. Everitt, and M. R. Davis. 2006. Remote sensing of resaca wetlands in South Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 6 pp.

Summy, K. R., F. W. Judd, R. I. Lonard, R. A. Masariegos, J. H. Everitt, and M. R. Davis. 2006. Effectiveness of aerial color infrared photography for mapping vegetative cover within dune areas of South Padre Island, Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 12 pp.

Mazariegos, R. A., K. R. Summy, F. W. Judd, R. I. Lonard, and M. R. Heep.2006. Evaluation of CIR photography in the development of vegetation maps for spoil islands of the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Proceedings of the 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videogrphy, and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, Texas. October 4-6, 2005. American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 7 pp.

Rupert, Corinna, and T. Brush. 2006. Breeding densities of birds along a riparian corridor in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 39:48-58.

Brush, T. 2005. Breeding birdlife of a tropical frontier, the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 245 pp.

Garrett, G. P., C. Hubbs, and R. J. Edwards. 2005. Threatened fishes of the world: Cyprinodon eximius Girard 1859. Environmental Biology of Fishes 72:98.

Edwards, R. J. 2005. Feasibility of Reintroducing Rio Grande Silvery Minnows (Hybognathus amarus) to the Rio Grande, Big Bend Region, Texas. Final Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Austin, TX, 100 pp.

Dahm, C. N., R. J. Edwards and F. P. Gelwick. 2005. Gulf Coast Rivers of the Southwestern United States. Pp. 181-228, in: Rivers of North America, (A. Benke and C. Cushing, eds.). Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam; Boston, 1168 pp.

Judd, F. W., and K. J. Irwin. 2005. Part II. Species Accounts. Anura, Microhylidae, Hypopachus variolosus. Pp. 506-508, in "Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species". M. J. Lannoo (ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 1,094 pp.

Irwin, K. J., and F. W. Judd. 2005. Part II. Species Accounts. Caudata. Salamandridae, Notophthalmus meridionalis, pp. 884-887 in "Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species". M. J. Lannoo (ed.), University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 1,094 pp.

Microbiology

Cooper K.G., R. Zarnowski and J.P. Woods. 2009. Histoplasma capsulatum encodes a dipeptidyl peptidase active against the mammalian immunoregulatory peptide, substance P. PLoS ONE 4:e5281.

Materon, L.A. and T. Eubanks. 2008. Isolation and characterization of nitrogen-fixing bacteria nodulating Phaseolus vulgaris in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Texas J. Scie. 60:97-112.

Davelos Baines A.L, Xiao K and Kinkel L.L. 2007. Lack of correspondence between genetic and phenotypic groups among soilborne streptomycetes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 59:564-575.

Materon, L.A., M. Martinez-Garcia, and V. McDonald. 2007. Identification of sources of microbial pathogens on cantaloupe rinds from pre-harvest to post-harvest operations. orld J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23:1281-1287.

Cosansu, S., H. Kuleasan, K. Ayhan, and L.A. Materon. 2007. Antimicrobial activity and protein profiles of Pedioicoccus spp. isolated from Turkish sucuk. J. Food Proc. & Preservation 31:190-200.

Martinez, E., Little, C.R., and Davelos Baines, A.L. 2007. Variation in antibiotic inhibitory abilities among streptomycetes from south Texas agricultural soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 268-275.

Chintapalli, R., Wilson, J.P., and Little, C.R. 2006. Using fungal isolation rates from pearl millet caryopses to assess grain mold and weathering resistance. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 47: 146-148.

Little, C.R. 2006. Occurrence of Leveillula taurica cleistothecia on honey mesquite in southern Texas. Plant Disease 90: 1358.

Zibilske, L.M., and L.A. Materon. 2005. Biochemical properties of decomposing cotton and corn stem and root residues. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 69:378-386.

Koretsky, C. M., P. Van Cappellen, T. J. DiChristina, J. E. Kostka, K. L. Lowe, C. M. Moore, A. N. Roychoudhury, and E. Viollier. 2005. Salt marsh pore water geochemistry does not correlate with microbial community structure. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 62: 233-251.

Organismal and Cellular Physiology

Thieltges DW, Fredensborg BL, Studer A, Poulin R. (2009) Large-scale patterns in trematode richness and infection levels in marine crustacean hosts. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389:139-147.

Magnucka, E.G., Y. Suzuki, S.J. Pietr, A. Kozubek & R. Zarnowski. 2009. Cycloate, an inhibitor of fatty acid elongase, modulates the metabolism of very-long-side-chain alkylresorcinols in rye seedlings. Pest. Manag. Sci. 2009 May 28.

Thieltges DW, de Montaudoin X, Fredensborg B, Koprivnikar J, Poulin R (2008) Production of marine trematode cercariae: a potentially overlooked path of energy flow in benthic systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 372:147-155

Kuris, A.M., Hechinger, R.F., Shaw, J.C., Whitney, K., Aguirre, L.M., Boch, C., Dobson, A.P., Dunham, E.J., Fredensborg, B.L., Huspeni, T.C., Lorda, J., Mababa, L., Mancini, F., Mora, A., Pickering, M., Talhouk, N., Torchin, M.E., Lafferty, K.D.(2008) Ecosystem energetic implications of parasite and free-living biomass in three estuaries. Nature 454, 515-518.

Martorelli, S.R., Fredensborg, B.L., Leung, T.L.F., Poulin, R. 2008. Four trematode cercariae from the New Zealand intertidal snail Zeacumantus subcarinatus (Batillariidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 35, 73-84.

Espinoza SY, Breen L, Varghese N, Faulkes Z. 2006. Loss of escape-related giant neurons in a spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. The Biological Bulletin 211(3): 223-231.

Faulkes Z. 2006. The locomotor toolbox of the spanner crab, Ranina ranina (Brachyura, Raninidae). Crustaceana 79(2): 143-155.

Faulkes Z. 2006. Digging mechanisms and substrate preferences of shovel nosed lobsters, Ibacus peronii (Decapoda: Scyllaridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 26(1): 69-72.

Lambert G, Faulkes Z, Lambert C.C, Scofield V.L. 2005. Ascidians of South Padre Island, Texas, with a key to species. Texas Journal of Science 57(3): 251-262.

Faulkes Z. 2005. Mechanisms of behavioral switching. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 191(3): 197-199.

Physiological Ecology

Zaidan III, F. and Wiebusch, P.L.  2007.  Effects of temperature and light on background color matching in Mediterranean geckos (Hemidactylus turcicus).  Texas Journal of Science 59(2):127-136.

Gomez, N.A., M. Acosta, F. Zaidan III, and H.B. Lillywhite.  2006.  Wiping behavior, skin resistance, and the metabolic response to dehydration in the arboreal frog Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis.  Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 79(6):1058-1068.

DeYoe, H.R., E. Buskey, F. Jochem. 2007. Physiological Responses of Aureoumbra lagunensis and Synechococcus sp. to Nitrogen Addition in a Mesocosm Experiment. Harmful Algae. v.6(1): 48-55.

DeYoe, H.R., D. Hinojosa-Kettelkamp, J. Carter, A. Vasquez and K.R. Summy. 2005. Quantifying spatial distribution of wind tidal flat cyanobacterial mats using color and color infrared photography. Proceedings of 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment.

Remote Sensing

Yousef, S., K.R. Summy, C.R. Little, A. Kuang and H. DeYoe. 2005. Detection of stressors in glasshouse crops using color infrared imagery: III. Effects of salt toxicity and nitrogen deficiency. Proceedings of 20th Biennial Workshop on Aerial Photography, Videography and High Resolution Digital Imagery for Resource Assessment, Weslaco, TX.