Assistant Director of Operations - Brien A. Nicolau

Curriculum Vitae

Email: brien.nicolau@tamucc.edu

Research Interests

• Wetland ecology, conservation, mitigation, creation, and restoration
• The effects of freshwater inflows on fauna associated with estuarine ecosystems
• Environmental and marine conservation issues related to South Texas

• Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Historical background and Introduction. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.
  
  
• Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Physiochemical effects. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.
  
  
• Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Benthic Invertebrates. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.
  
  
• Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Nekton and epifaunal invertebrates. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.
  
  
• Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Avian community and behavior. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.
  
  
• Nicolau, Brien A., John S. Adams, Barbara F. Ruth, and John W. Tunnell, Jr. 1995.Long-term monitoring of estuarine faunal use in the Nueces Delta Mitigation Project, Corpus Christi, Texas: 1989 through 23rd Annual Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Tampa, Florida, May 1996.
  

• Texas General Land Office - Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project - Phase I1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Alex X. Nuñez (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $45,375
  
  
• City of Corpus Christi - Rincon Bayou Diversion Project - FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $111,000.
  
  
• Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project - Lab Analysis. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). June 2004 through August 2005. $7,500.
  
  
• Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $20,710
  
  
• Texas General Land Office – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project - Phase 1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Alex X. Nuñez (Co-PI). June 2004 through August 2005. $67,500.
  
  
• Texas General Land Office – Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project - Phase IV. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2004 through July 2005. $82,500.
  
  
• City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project - FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $103,000.
  
  
• Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Nueces Bay Ichthyoplankton Monitoring Project. 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $20,000.
  
  
• Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Regional Coastal Assessment Program. 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $165,000.
  
  
• Nueces River Authority - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $21,795
  
  
• Texas General Land Office - Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project - Phase III. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2003 through July 2004. $82,500.
  
  
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis. 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). August 2004. $6,375.
  
  
• City of Corpus Christi - Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project - Year 6. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert. (Co-PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $89,670.
  
  
• Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Nueces Bay Ichthyoplankton Monitoring Project. 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $20,000.
  
  
• Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program - Regional Coastal Assessment Program. 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $175,000.
  
  
• Nueces River Authority - Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003 $23,862.
  
  
• Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis. 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). August 2003. $9,000.