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nutrition of aquatic organisms; nutrient essentiality, digestibility and the physiological ecology of aquatic organisms; fish meal replacement in aquatic feeds, chemoattraction, sea urchin nutrition, and ecology of penaeid shrimp viruses; depuration of oysters against Vibrio vulnificus. |
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Physiological ecology of terrestrial and aquatic plants, plant
competition and community structure, plant response to stress e.g.
saline and water limited environments, water relations and plant
distribution |
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Ecological, Behavioral, and Biogeographical studies, predominantly in Vertebrate Biology (Ichthyology, Herpetology, Ornithology, and Mammalogy) |
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Distribution and ecology of seagrass and seaweed communities along the Texas coast, coral reefs of the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and Yucatan Peninsula, systematic and molecular botany of green algae (Chlorophyta; Caulerpa sp.), water quality studies of non-point source pollution using molecular and microbiological techniques, Vascular plants of the south Texas region |
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Retention of minority students in secondary science education, multicultural education, and pre-service and in-service teacher mentoring and training |
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Marine Ecology, Mariculture, Marine Fisheries |
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Environmental and public health microbiology. Water quality of
recreational (beaches) and other surface waters. Microbial source
tracking of fecal contamination. Antibiotic resistance of fecal bacteria
in the environment. Ecology and characteristics of pathogens in coastal
waters e.g. Vibrio vulnificus |
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Functional anatomy of vertebrates and structural changes due to evolutionary
and environmental pressures; development of vertebrate tissues and organs |
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Population genetics of marine organisms, evolutionary genetics of
invasive plants, population and conservation genetics of native plants,
and theoretical population genetics |
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Fish diversity, systematics,
ecology and conservation |
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Marine ecology, biodiversity, deep-sea benthos, biology of sea mounts, crab biology, meiofauna, priapulid systematics |
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Ecology, Animal Behavior (with focus on chemical signaling in aquatic systems), Marine Biology |
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Marine genetics and biochemistry of tropical and deep cold-water coral reef ecology, coral diseases, microbiology and phytoplankton physiology |
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Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Marine Fisheries Ecology, Fisheries |
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Physiological stress in spotted seatrout following hook and line capture;
heat shock protein expression and Dermo infection in intertidal and subtidal
oyster populations |
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coral reef and coastal ecology; molluscan systematics, distribution, and ecology; Gulf of Mexico biodiversity; and oil spill impacts to marine environments |
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Introductory Biology Instructor and Lab Coordinator |
