Article
Environmental Sciences
Johanna Bernaldez-Sarabia, Marcial L. Lizarraga-Partida, Edna L. Hernandez-Lopez, Jahaziel Gasperin-Bulbarela, Alexei F. Licea-Navarro, Abraham Guerrero, Edna Sanchez-Castrejon, Andrea Franco-Moreno
Summary: This study conducted two oceanographic cruises in the southern Gulf of Mexico, quantifying the distribution of Vibrio spp. and pathogenic vibrio species using qPCR and metagenomics. Results showed the presence of Vibrio genus and pathogenic vibrios in the entire water column and sediments, despite continuous oil input from natural and anthropogenic sources.
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Anna Padovan, Nachshon Siboni, Mirjam Kaestli, William L. King, Justin R. Seymour, Karen Gibb
Summary: The study conducted in northern tropical Australia found that V. parahaemolyticus was more common and abundant during the wet season, influenced by temperature and conductivity, while V. vulnificus abundance was affected by nutrient concentrations and turbidity. The overall Vibrio community was more diverse in the wet season, with temperature and dissolved oxygen playing a crucial role in determining community composition.
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Maurice G. Estes, Ruth H. Carmichael, Xiongwen Chen, Sean C. Carter
Summary: This study conducted a survey on the distribution of horseshoe crabs along the northcentral Gulf of Mexico coast and found that their presence was mainly concentrated in western sites, influenced by the distance from areas of high freshwater discharge and interannual weather variation. Land cover, especially Bare Land and Estuarine Emergent Wetland classes in western sites, was identified as an important factor affecting the occurrence of horseshoe crabs.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Lixin Qu, Leif N. Thomas, Aaron F. Wienkers, Robert D. Hetland, Daijiro Kobashi, John R. Taylor, Fucent Hsuan Wei Hsu, Jennifer A. MacKinnon, R. Kipp Shearman, Jonathan D. Nash
Summary: This study reveals that the summer land-sea breeze interacts with the river plume fronts in the northern Gulf of Mexico, leading to rapid vertical exchange and ventilation, which may impact the dynamics of the region's dead zone.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Benjamin A. Belgrad, Kelly M. Correia, Kelly M. Darnell, M. Zachary Darnell, Christian T. Hayes, Margaret O. Hall, Bradley T. Furman, Charles W. Martin, Delbert L. Smee
Summary: Small variations in environmental parameters can significantly alter species composition in seagrass-associated faunal communities. Seagrass density and drift algal biomass were found to have the strongest influence on animal abundance, with different species showing specific responses to these factors. Some species showed unimodal relationships with environmental factors like light attenuation and salinity.
ESTUARIES AND COASTS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Juan F. Maciel-Najera, M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, Jose Ciro Hernandez-Diaz, Carlos A. Lopez-Sanchez, Claudia Edith Bailon-Soto, Artemio Carrillo-Parra, Christian Wehenkel
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between understorey plant species and soil variables, finding that soil factors have a stronger impact on understorey plants. Given the importance of understorey cover in forest system functioning, it is recommended that understorey vegetation be considered in integrated management and conservation practices.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Chuanmin Hu, Lin Qi, Menghua Wang, Young-Je Park
Summary: Remote sensing and spectroscopy techniques were used to detect and quantify floating debris after Hurricane Katrina, providing a way for post-hurricane environmental assessment. Satellite images and imaging spectroscopy revealed the distribution and types of debris in the northern Gulf of Mexico, suggesting it was mainly composed of driftwood and dead plants mixed with plastics and other materials. The maximal debris area reached a historical record when measured by area in satellite images.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yingjie Li, Samuel V. J. Robinson, Lan H. Nguyen, Jianguo Liu
Summary: The increasing frequency and severity of coastal hypoxia pose a significant threat to marine ecosystems and human well-being. It is crucial to implement continuous and comprehensive monitoring using advanced tools to track spatial and temporal changes in coastal hypoxia. This study utilized satellite imagery and statistical modeling techniques to estimate the spatiotemporal dynamics of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The results revealed the influence of surface water processes on bottom water hypoxia, highlighting the need for considering time lags in hypoxia studies. Additionally, the study demonstrated the potential of satellite remote sensing for accurate and real-time hypoxia mapping.
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Sergei Bombin, Brian Wysor, Juan M. Lopez-Bautista
Summary: The traditional methods for algal biodiversity monitoring are expensive and time-consuming, especially in regions like the Gulf of Mexico with limited phycological exploration history. This study explores the use of environmental DNA metabarcoding to efficiently study littoral algal communities, identifying previously unreported species and providing bioinformatic recommendations for high-throughput sequence data analysis.
JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Fabian A. Gomez, Rik Wanninkhof, Leticia Barbero, Sang-Ki Lee
Summary: This study used an ocean-biogeochemical model to assess the spatiotemporal patterns of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico from 1981 to 2014. The findings show that alkalinity from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River System counteracted the progression of ocean acidification.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Hsiao-Yun Chang, R. Anne Richards, Yong Chen
Summary: In this study, the reproductive characteristics of Gulf of Maine northern shrimp were quantified, revealing a strong relationship between potential fecundity and body size, while relative fecundity was independent of body size. Additionally, egg size decreased with increasing body size for larger females. Surprisingly, potential and relative fecundity were positively correlated with bottom temperature in the relatively warm years of the study, which contradicted previous findings.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Oceanography
Christopher T. Hayes, Alan M. Shiner, Scott P. Milroy
Summary: This study compares the dissolved Th-232 fluxes in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Atlantic and places an upper limit on the contribution of North African dust to Th-232 and Fe in the Gulf of Mexico, which is about 30% of the total input. The study also suggests that shelf sources in the Gulf of Mexico, including rivers, submarine groundwater discharge, and benthic sedimentary releases, may be as important as or even more important than dust in the budget of lithogenic metals. Additionally, the estimated Fe input in the Gulf of Mexico implies a residence time of less than 6 months, similar to that in the North Atlantic.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
(2022)
Article
Oceanography
Veronica Ruiz Xomchuk, Robert D. Hetland, Lixin Qu
Summary: The occurrence of seasonal bottom hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico has been extensively studied, but little is known about internal variability and short-term shifts. This research uses a hydrodynamic model with oxygen parametrization to demonstrate the influence of physical processes with spatial and temporal scales on hypoxia development in the far-field of the Mississippi plume. Variability in advection is found to increase with decreasing temporal and spatial scales, introducing small-scale, strong anomalies in the field. Through a budget decomposition and Reynolds decomposition, the study identifies vertical flux anomalies as the primary counterbalance to sediment oxygen demand during periods of maintaining or destroying hypoxic extent.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Changming Yin, Minfeng Xing, Marta Yebra, Xiangzhuo Liu
Summary: The burn severity in northern Chinese temperate coniferous forests is mainly influenced by flammable live fuels and LFMC, with elevation being the most important topographic driver. Meteorological variables have minimal effect on burn severity. Adjusting landscape planning to include fire-resistant plants with higher LFMC could help reduce burn severity caused by wildfires in the region.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Guangpeng Liu, Annalisa Bracco, Daoxun Sun
Summary: This study investigates the three-dimensional transport and pathway structure of river runoff offshore the continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico. The results show that the southward offshore transport of river runoff is driven by the largest mesoscale circulations in the basin, and is active in both summer and winter. The study also finds that submesoscale motions slightly enhance the spread of freshwater plumes in summer but have negligible or negative contribution in winter. The differences in freshwater distribution and transport volume among simulations are small.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Kristin Bjornsdottir-Butler, John C. Bowers, Ronald A. Benner
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2015)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Thomas P. Kinsey, Keri A. Lydon, John C. Bowers, Jessica L. Jones
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2015)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
J. L. Jones, T. P. Kinsey, L. W. Johnson, R. Porso, B. Friedman, M. Curtis, P. Wesighan, R. Schuster, J. C. Bowers
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Robert Cheruiyot Korir, Salina Parveen, Fawzy Hashem, John Bowers
Article
Food Science & Technology
J. L. Jones, K. A. Lydon, T. P. Kinsey, B. Friedman, M. Curtis, R. Schuster, J. C. Bowers
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
(2017)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Salina Parveen, Michael Jahncke, Sara Elmahdi, Helen Crocker, John Bowers, Chanelle White, Stephanie Gray, Amanda C. Morris, Kathy Brohawn
JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE
(2017)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Crystal N. Johnson, John C. Bowers, Kimberly J. Griffitt, Vanessa Molina, Rachel W. Clostio, Shaofeng Pei, Edward Laws, Rohinee N. Paranjpye, Mark S. Strom, Arlene Chen, Nur A. Hasan, Anwar Huq, Nicholas F. Noriea, D. Jay Grimes, Rita R. Colwell
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2012)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jessica L. Jones, Catharina H. M. Luedeke, John C. Bowers, Kristin DeRosia-Banick, David H. Carey, William Hastback
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jessica L. Jones, Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Jeffrey A. Krantz, Ronald A. Benner, Amy B. Smith, Timothy R. Dambaugh, John C. Bowers, Angelo DePaola
Article
Food Science & Technology
Jessica L. Jones, Catharina H. M. Luedeke, John C. Bowers, Angelo DePaola
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Salina Parveen, Ligia DaSilva, Angelo DePaola, John Bowers, Chanelle White, Kumudini Apsara Munasinghe, Kathy Brohawn, Meshack Mudoh, Mark Tamplin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Microbiology
Jessica L. Jones, Catharina H. M. Luedeke, John C. Bowers, Nancy Garrett, Markus Fischer, Michele B. Parsons, Cheryl A. Bopp, Angelo DePaola
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2012)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
C. E. Givens, J. C. Bowers, A. DePaola, J. T. Hollibaugh, J. L. Jones
LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
(2014)
Article
Microbiology
Aspen Flynn, Benjamin J. K. Davis, Dike Atherly, Gina Olson, John C. Bowers, Angelo DePaola, Frank C. Curriero
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Sara Elmahdi, Salina Parveen, Sylvia Ossai, Ligia V. DaSilva, Michael Jahncke, John Bowers, John Jacobs
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2018)