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Center for Coastal Studies: First 25 Years
Contributors

Dr. John Wes Tunnell, Jr., Dr. Quenton R. Dokken, Brien A Nicolau, Marion Nipper, Dr. Elizabeth Smith, Gail S. Suton, Jay Tarkington, Dr. Kim Withers

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Featured Publications

Gagnon, P. R., L. L. Battaglia, B. B. Hanberry, W. H. Conner and S. L. King. 2021. Fire in floodplain forests of the southeastern USA. In: C. H. Greenberg and B. S. Collins, editors. Fire ecology and management of US forests: past, present, and future. Pages 201-242. Springer. 

Koutchin Reis, L., G. Alves Damasceno, Jr., L. L. Battaglia and L. Couto Garcia. 2020. Can transplanting seedlings with protection against herbivory be a cost-effective restoration strategy for seasonally flooded environments? Forest Ecology and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118742. 

Paudel, S. and L. L. Battaglia. 2020. Responses of two native species and invasive Triadica sebifera to simulated hurricane disturbances in coastal Mississippi, USA. Plant Ecology 222: 133-148. doi.org/10.1007/s11258-020-01093-2. 

Cherry, J. A. and L. L. Battaglia. 2019. Tidal wetlands in a changing climate: introduction to a special feature. Wetlands. DOI 10.1007/s13157-019-01245-9 

Battaglia, L. L. and W. H. Conner. 2018. Old-growth and mature remnant floodplain forests of the southeastern United States. In: A. Barton and W. Keeton, editors. Old-growth forests in eastern North America. Pages 21-37. Island Press. 

Baxter, A.S. 2018. Physiological stress and genetic differences in diamondback terrapin in the Coastal Bend. Final report to Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program.

Zimba, P.V., Hill, E.M., and Withers, K. 2016. Benthic microalgae serve as the major food resource for porcelain crabs (Petrolisthes spp.) in oyster reefs: Digestive track content and pigment evidence. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 483: 53-58.

Hill, E.M., Tunnell, J.W., and Nicolau, B.A. 2015. Spatial and temporal effects of the Rincon Bayou Pipeline on hypersaline conditions in the Lower Nueces Delta, Texas, USA. Texas Water Journal, 6(1): 11-32.

Baxter, A.S., Hill, E.M. and Withers, K. 2013. Population assessment of Texas diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) in the Nueces Estuary, Texas. Texas Journal of Science, 65(3): 51-63.

Hill, E.M., Nicolau, B.A., and Zimba, P.V. 2011. History of water and habitat improvement in the Nueces Estuary, Texas, USA. Texas Water Journal, 2(1): 97-111.

Tunnell Jr, J.W. 2010. History of the Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi. Gulf of Mexico Science, 28(1-2): 42-55.

Montagna, P.A., Hill, E.M., and Moulton, B. 2009. Role of science-based and adaptive management in allocating environmental flows to the Nueces estuary, Texas. Ecosystems and Sustainable Development VII, 122: 559-570.

Hill, E.M., and Lehman, R.L. 2008. Algal community structure of the East and West Flower Gardens, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Texas Journal of Science, 60(3): 201-214.

Discovery of a novel Bacteriophage

Helpful Links

Society of Wetland Scientists: https://www.sws.org/ 
Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation: https://www.cerf.science/
Society of Ecological Restoration: https://www.ser.org/
National Association of Marine Laboratories: https://www.naml.org/