Faculty Publications

Aron, Gary Michael (Professor of Biology):

Corbin, B.D., J.C. McLean and G.M. Aron.  2001.  Bacteriophage T4 multiplication in a glucose-limited Escherichia coli biofilm.  Cdn. Jour Microbiology 47:1-5.

McLean, J.B, G.J. Blazer, B.D. Corbin and Aron, G.M.  2001.  Phenotypic characterization of genetically defined microorganisms and growth of bacteriophage in biofilms.  In:  Methods in Enzymology. Abelson, J.H. and M.I. Simon (eds.), Academic Press, Vol 310, New York.

Arsuffi, Thomas Lee (Associate Professor of Biology):

Thomas, Z.A., T. L. Arsuffi and T.H. Bonner.  2002.  Movement and habitat  use of triploid grass carp in the lower Rio Grande Texas Final Rept., City of Austin and Lower Colorado River Authority.

Arsuffi, T.L.  2002.  Distribution and abundance of exotic giant ramshorn snails in Comal Springs in central Texas.  Final Rept., U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Austin, Texas.  54 p.

Arsuffi, T.L., P.S. Williamson, M. de la Garza-Newkirk and M. Howard.  2000.  The San Marcos River Wetlands Project:  Restoration and environmental education in Texas.  Int’l Jour. of Wilderness 6:17-21.

Baccus, John Thomas (Professor of Biology):

Baccus, J. T. 2002. A wildlife management plan for the Randolph Air Force Base Canyon Lake Recreational Area. Tech. Rept., U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Austin, Texas. 52 pp.

Eitniear, J. C., and J. T. Baccus. 2002. Management implications of estimating abundance of quail species inhabiting forest environs in Mexico.  National Quail Symposium 5:201-205.

Gray, M. G., M. F. Small, J. T. Baccus, and G. L. Waggerman. 2001.  Field testing and refinement of surgical subcutaneous transmitter Implants in white winged doves (Zenaida Asiatica).  Final Report, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Austin, Texas. 15 p

Baccus, J. T., and M. Tolle. 2001. Response of the Golden-cheeked Warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) to a wildfire on Fort Hood, Texas.  Final Report, Nature Conservancy, Fort Hood Army Base, Texas. 35 p.

Baccus, J. T., H. M. Becker, T. R. Simpson, and R. W. Manning. 2000.  Mammals of the Freeman Ranch, Hays County, Texas. Freeman Ranch Publication Series 1-2000:1-31.

Eitniear, J. C., A. Aragon-Tapia, V. Gonzales, R. Pedraza, and J. T.  Baccus.  2000. New Galliformes for the Mexican state of Queretaro. Cotinga 13:31-34.

Barnes, Paul W. (Professor of Biology):

Phillips, P.L., and P.W. Barnes.  2003.  Spatial asymmetry in tree-shrub clusters in a subtropical savanna.  American Midland Naturalist 149:59-70.

Nelson, J.A.,  P.W. Barnes, and S. Archer.  2002. Leaf demography and growth responses to altered resource availability in woody plants of  contrasting leaf habit in a subtropical savanna.  Plant Ecology 160:193-205.

Barnes, P.W., S-Y, Liang, K. Jessup, L. Ruiseco, P. Phillips, and S. Reagan.  2000.  Soils, Topography and Vegetation of the Freeman Ranch.  Freeman Ranch Publication Series 1-2000, Southwest Texas State University Press, San Marcos, Texas.  31 p.

Barnes, P.W., P.S. Searles, C.L. Ballaré, R.J. Ryel, and M.M. Caldwell.  2000.   Non-invasive measurements of leaf epidermal transmittance of  UV radiation using chlorophyll fluorescence:  field and laboratory studies. Physiologia Plantarum 109:274-283.

Bonner, Timothy H. (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Bonner, T. H., and G. R. Wilde.  2002.  The effect of turbidity on feeding efficiency of prairie stream fishes: a test of a hypothesis.  Trans. merican Fisheries Society 131:1203-1208.

Durham, B. W., T. H. Bonner, and G. R. Wilde.  2002.  Occurrence of Lernaea cyprinacea on Arkansas River shiners and peppered chubs in the Canadian River, New Mexico and Texas.  Southwestern Naturalist 47:95-98.

Wilde, G. R., T. H. Bonner, and P. J. Zwank.  2001.  Diets of the ArkansasRiver shiner and peppered chub in the Canadian River, New Mexico and Texas.  Jour. Freshwater Ecology 16:403-410.

Bonner, T. H., and G. R. Wilde.  2000.  Changes in the fish assemblage of the Canadian River, Texas, associated with reservoir construction. Jour. Freshwater Ecology 15:189-198.

Wilde, G.R. and T.H. Bonner.  2000. First records of the suckermouth minor Phenacobius mirabilis in Canadian River, Texas. Texas Jour. Science 52:71-74.

Forstner, Michael R.J. (Associate Professor of Biology):

Pastorini, J., M.R.J. Forstner, R. D. Martin.  2002.  Evolutionary history and species divergence in the family Lemuridae (Primates).  Jour. Human Evolution 43:463-478

Raxworthy, C.J., Forstner, M.R.J. & Nussbaum, R.A.  2002.  Chameleon radiation by oceanic dispersal.  Nature 415:784-787.

Fitzsimmons, N.N., S. Tanksley, M.R.J. Forstner, E.E. Louis, R. Daglish, J. Gratten, and S. Davis.  2001.  Microsatellite markers for Crocodylus: new genetic tools for population genetics, mating system studies and forensics.  In:  Grigg, G.C., F. Seebacher and C.E. Franklin (eds.), Crocodile Biology and Evolution, Surrey Beatty, Sydney.   P. 51-57.

Forstner, M.R.J. and J.M. Forstner.  2001. Aplicaciones del DNA en la conservacíon de los crocodrilianos (Applications of genetics in crocodilian conservation.).   In:  Luciano, M.V. and A. Larriera (eds.), La Conservación y el Manejo de Caimanes Y Crocodrilos de America Latina Volumen 2 (Conservation and Management of Caimans and Crocodiles of Latin America, Volume 2), La Región, Fundación Banco Bica, Santo Tomé, Sante Fe, Argentina.

Gabor, Caitlin Rathie (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Gabor, C. R. and M. J. Ryan.  2001.  Geographical variation in reproductive character displacement in mate choice by male sailfin mollies. Proceedings, Royal Society of London: Series B, Biological Sciences 268:1063-1070.

Gabor, C. R., J. Krenz, and R. Jaeger.  2000.  Female choice, male interference, and sperm precedence in the red-spotted newt.  Behavioral Ecology 11:115-124.

Garcia, Dana Michelle (Associate Professor of Biology):

Dixson, J. D., M. R. J. Forstner and D. M. García.  2002.  Evolutionary history of the alpha-actinin gene family: a phylogenetic study.  Journal of Molecular Evolution 56(1):1-28.

Glass, T. L., T. R. Raabe, D. M. García and J. R. Koke.  2002.  Phosphorylated neurofilaments and SNAP-25 in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells in vitro.  Brain Research  934(1):34-48.

Westerlund, J. F., D. M. García, J. R. Koke, T. A. Taylor and D. S. Mason.  2002.  Summer scientific research for teachers: the experience and its effect.  Jour. Science Teacher Education 13(1):63-83.

Groeger, Alan Walter (Associate Professor of Biology):

Groeger, A.W., B.G. Kelley and J.M. Martin. 2001.   Influence of climatic variability on Texas reservoirs.  In:  Water for Texas, 2000 and Beyond.  Texas A&M Press.

Horne, Francis Ray (Professor of Biology):

Horne, F.R. and Ari Kahn.  2000.  Effects of short term desiccation on Zizania seed viability.  Amer. Jour. Botany. 87:1707-1711.

Koke, Joseph Ralph (Professor of Biology):

Glass TL, Raabe TD, García DM and Koke, J.R.  2002. Phosphorylated Neurofilaments and SNAP-25 in Cultured SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells.  Brain Research 934 (1): 43 – 48.

Westerlund J F, García D M, Koke J R, Taylor T A, and Mason D S.  2002.  Summer scientificresearch for teachers:  The experience and its effects. Jour. Science Teacher Education 13(1):63-83.

Rose F L, Koke J R, Koehn R, and Smith D.  2001.  Identification of the etiological agent fornecrotizing scute disease in the Texas tortoise. Jour. Wildlife Diseases  37(2):223-228.

Hahn M., Glass T, and Koke J. R.  2000. Extracellular Matrix Effects on a Neuroblastoma Cell Line. Cytobios 102:7-12.

Longley, Glenn (Professor of Biology):

Longley, G., N. Wanakule, J. Burch and M. Jennings.  2002.  Edwards Aquifer Freshwater/Saline Zone Monitoring Program.  Tech. Rept., Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas.  89 p.

Longley, G.  2001.  Aquatic ecosystem of the Edwards Aquifer in Texas.  In:  Encyclopedia of Cave and Karst Science, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London.

Longley, G., J. Guerrero and V. Castillo.  2001. Characterization of runoff from Interstate Highway 35 in San Marcos (Toxicity studies & Chemical-Bacteriological Analyses).  Tech. Rept., Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas.

Manning, Richard W. (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Baccus, J.T., H. Becker, T.R. Simpson and R.W. Manning.  2000.  Mammals of the Freeman Ranch, Hays County, Texas.  Freeman Ranch Publication Series 1-2000:1-31.

McGee, B.K. and R.W. Manning.  2000.   Mammals of Lost Maples State Natural Area, Texas.  Occas. Papers Mus., Texas Tech Univ. 198:1-22.

Fields, J.R., T.R. Simpson, R.W. Manning and F.L. Rose.  2000.  Modification of the stomach flushing technique for turtles.  Herpetological Review 31:32-33.

McLean, Robert James Cameron (Associate Professor of Biology):

Balzer, G.J. and R.J.C. McLean.  2002. The stringent response genes relA and spoT are important for Escherichia coli biofilms under nutrient-limited conditions. Canadian Jour. Microbiology 48: 675-680.

McLean, R.J.C. and A.W. Decho.  2002.  Molecular Ecology of Biofilms.  Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, United Kingdom.  123 p.

Morris, C.E., M.B. Barnes and R.J.C. McLean.  2002.  Biofilms on leaf  surfaces: Implications for the biology, ecology and management of  populations of epiphytic bacteria.  In:  Lindow, S.E., E. Hecht-Poinar and V.J. Elliott (eds.), Phyllosphere Microbiology, Chapter 10, American       Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN.  p. 139-155.

McLean, R.J.C., B.D. Corbin, G.J. Balzer and G.M. Aron.  2001.  Phenotype  characterization of genetically defined microorganisms and growth of  bacteriophage in biofilms.  Meth. Enzymol. 336:163-174.

Whiteley, M, J.R. Ott, E.A. Weaver, and R.J.C. McLean.  2001.  Effects of community composition and growth rate on aquifer biofilm bacteria and  their susceptibility to betadine disinfection. Environmental Microbiology 3: 43-52.

McLean, R.J.C., J.M. Cassanto, M.B. Barnes and J.H. Koo.  2001.  Bacterial biofilm formation under microgravity conditions.  FEMS Microbiology Letters 195: 115-119.

Corbin, B.D., R.J.C. McLean and G.M. Aron.  2001.  Bacteriophage T4 multiplication in a glucose-limited Escherichia coli biofilm. Canadian Jour. Microbiology 47: 680-684.

Nice, Christopher C. (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Fordyce, J. A. and C. C. Nice.  2003.  Variation in butterfly egg adhesion: adaptation to local host plant senesence characteristics? Ecology Letters 6:23-27.

Nice, C. C., J. A. Fordyce, A. M. Shapiro and R. ffrench-Constant.  2002.  Lack of evidence for reproductive isolation among ecologically specialized lycaenid butterflies.  Ecological Entomology 27:702-712.

Fordyce, J. A., C. C. Nice, M. L. Forister and A. M. Shapiro.  2002. The significance of wing pattern diversity in the Lycaenidae: mate discrimination by two recently diverged species.  Journal of Evolutionary Biology 15: 871-879.

Anthony, N., G. Gelembiuk, D. Raterman, C. Nice and R. ffrench-Constant.  2001.  Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the endangered Karner blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis (Lepidoptera).  Hereditas 134: 271-273.

Nice, C. C. and A. M. Shapiro.  2001.  Patterns of morphological, biochemical and molecular evolution in the Oeneis chryxus complex (Lepidoptera: Satyridae):  A test of historical biogeographical hypotheses.   Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20:111-123.

Nice, C. C. and A. M. Shapiro.  2001.  Population genetic evidence of restricted gene flow between host races in the butterfly genus Mitoura (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae).  Annals of Entomological Society of America 94: 257-267.

Ott, James Randall (Associate Professor of Biology):

Whitely, M., J. R. Ott, E. A. Weaver, and R.J.C. McLean.  2001.  Effects of community composition and growth rate on aquifer biofilm bacteria and their susceptibility to betadine disinfection.   Environmental Microbiology 3:43-52.

Braswell, W. E. and J. R. Ott.   2000.  The Biology of Doa ampla  (Lepidoptera: Doidae) on its host plant Stillingia texana (Euphorbiaceae). Proc. Entomology. Soc. Wash.102: 507-518

Langellato, G. A., R. F. Denno and J. R. Ott.  2000.  A trade-off between flight capability and reproduction in males of a wing-dimorphic insect.  Ecology  81:865-875.

Rast, Walter (Associate Professor of Biology and PhD Program Director):

Rast. W. (ed.).  2003.  World Lake Vision:  A Call to Action.  International Lake Environment Committee, International Environment Technology Centre – United Nations Environment Programme, and Shiga Prefectural Government, Otsu, Japan. 45 p.

Rast, W.  2003.  Sustainable freshwater resources:  The promise and the reality:   In:  Holland, M.M., E. Blood and L.R. Shaffer (eds.), Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources, Chpt. 1, Island Press, Covelo, California USA.  p. 11-39.

Rast, W. and M.M. Holland.  2003.  Sustainable freshwater resources:  The reality of secure systems.  In:  Holland, M.M., E. Blood and L.R. Shaffer (eds.), Sustainability of Wetlands and Water Resources, Chpt. 13, Island Press, Covelo, California USA.  p. 283-315.

Moore, J.G., W. Rast and W.M. Pulich.  2002.  Proposal for an integrated management plan for the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo.  In:  Aldama, A., F.J. Aparicio and R. Equihua (eds.), First International Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management, Avances en Hidraulica 10, XVII Mexican Hydraulics Congress, Monterrey, Mexico, Nov. 18-22, 2002.  p. 189-204.

Trudel, M., E. Wysokinska, W. Williams and W. Rast.  2002.  Lakes and Reservoirs:   How to involve the public in protecting them from degradation.  Environmental Library Series, Vol. 4, International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), Otsu, Shiga, Japan.  27 p.

Rast, W. and A. Calcagno.  2001.  The watershed:  Water from the mountains into the sea. Environmental Library Series, Vol. 2, International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), Otsu, Shiga, Japan.  36 p.

Rast, W. and M. Straskraba.  2000.  Lakes and reservoirs:  Similarities, differences, importance.  Environmental Library Series, Vol. 1, International Lake Environment Committee (ILEC), Otsu, Shiga, Japan.  24 p.

Rose, Francis L. (Professor of Biology and Chair, Department of Biology):

Rose, F.L., J. Koke, R. Koehn and D. Smith.  2001.  Identification of the etiological agent for necrotizing scute disease in the Texas tortoise.  Jour. Wildlife Diseases 37:223-228.

Rose, F.L.  2000.  Amphibians and reptiles of the Freeman Ranch, Hays County, Texas.  Freeman Ranch Publication Series 2-2000:1-3.

Fields, J.R., T.R. Simpson, R.W. Manning and F.L. Rose.  2000. Modifications of the stomach flushing technique for turtles.  Herpetological Review 31:32-33.

Simpson, Thomas R. (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Towns, K., T.R. Simpson, R. Manning and F.L. Rose.  2003.  Food habits and selective foraging of the nutria (Myocastor coypus) in Spring Lake, Hays County, Texas. ­ Occasional Paper, Texas Tech Univ. Museum, Lubbock TX.

Denena, M.M., R.W. Manning and T.R. Simpson.  2003.  Home range and movement of nutria (Myocastor coypus) at Spring Lake in Central Texas, with anecdotal comments on the American Beaver (Castor Canadensis) of the same area.­ Occasional Paper, Texas Tech Univ. Museum, Lubbock, TX.

Baccus, J.T., H.M. Becker, T.R. Simpson and R.W. Manning.  2000.  Mammals of the Freeman Ranch, Hays County, Texas.  Freeman Ranch Publication Series 1-2000, 31 p.

Fields, J.R., T.R. Simpson, R.W. Manning and F.L. Rose.  2000. Modifications of the stomach flushing technique for turtles.  Herpetological Review 31:32-33.

Uliana, Matthew (Assistant Professor of Geology):

Sharp, J.M., R. Boghici and M.M. Uliana.  2002.  Groundwater systems feeding the springs of Northern Trans-Pecos Texas.  In:  Trans. 33^rd Annual Meeting of Desert Fishes Council, Nov. 15-18.

Uliana, M. M.  2001. The geology and hydrogeology of the Capitan aquifer: A  brief overview.  In:  Mace,R.E., W.F. Mullican, W.F. Ill and E.S. Angle (eds.), Aquifers of West Texas,  Report 356,  Chpt. 11, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX.   p. 153-166.

Uliana, M. M. and J.M. Sharp, Jr.  2001.  Tracing regional flow paths to major  springs in Trans-Pecos Texas using geochemical data and geochemical models.  Chemical Geology 179(1-4):53-72.

Sharp, J. M. Jr., T. Halihan,  M.M. Uliana, G.P. Tsoflias and M.T. Landrum.  2000.  Predicting fractured rock hydrogeological parameters from field  and laboratory data.  Proc., 30^th Cong.  of International Assoc. of Hydrogeologists, Capetown, South Africa, Nov 26-Dec 1.

Upchurch, Garland R. (Associate Professor of Biology):

Beerling, D.J., B.H. Lomax, D.L. Royer, G.R. Upchurch and L.R. Kump.  2002.  An atmospheric pCO₂ reconstruction across the Cretaceous Tertiary boundary from leaf megafossils.  Proceedings, National Academy of Sciences  99: 7836-7840.

Upchurch, G.R.    2001.  Paleoclimate modelling using fossil plants.  In:  Briggs, D.E.G. and P.R. Crowther (eds.), Palaeobiology II.   Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford, United Kingdom.  p. 487–489.

Beerling, D.J., B.H. Lomax, G.R. Upchurch, D.J. Nichols, C.L. Pillmore, L.Handley and C.M. Scrimgeour.  2001.  Evidence for recovery of terrestrial  ecosystems ahead of marine primary production following a biotic crisis at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.  Jour. Geological Society of London 158: 737-740.

Lomax, B.H., D.J. Beerling, G.R. Upchurch and B.L. Otto-Bliesner.  2001.  Rapid (10-yr) recovery of terrestrial productivity in a simulation study of the terminal Cretaceous impact event.  Earth and Planetary Science Letters 192: 137-144.

Lomax, B.H., D.J. Beerling, G.R. Upchurch and B.L. Otto-Bliesner.  2000.  Terrestrial ecosystem responses to global environmental change acrossthe Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.  Geophysical Research Letters 27:2149–2152.

Scott, A.C., Lomax, B.H., Collinson, M.E., G.R. Upchurch and Beerling, D.J.  2000.  Fire across the K/T boundary:  Initial results from the Sugarite Coal, New Mexico, USA.   Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 164: 381-395.

Weckerly, Floyd (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Weckerly, F. W., V. C. Bleich, C. B. Chetkiewicz, and M. A. Ricca.  2003.  Body weight and rumen-reticulum capacity in tule elk and mule deer.  Jour. Mammalogy  84(2): In press.

Weckerly, F. W., Ricca, M. A., and K. P. Meyer.  2001.  Sexual segregation  in Roosevelt elk:  cropping rates and aggression in mixed-sex groups.   Jour. Mammalogy  82:825-835.

Weckerly, F. W.  2001.  Are large male Roosevelt elk less social because of  aggression?  Jour. Mammalogy  82:414-421.

Weckerly, F. W., and M. A. Ricca.  2000.  Using the presence of sign to measure habitats used by Roosevelt elk.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 28:146-153.

Williamson, Paula Sue (Professor of Biology):

Arsuffi, T.L., P.S. Williamson, M. de la Garza Newkirk and M. Howard.  2000. The San Marcos River Wetlands Project:  Restoration and environmental education in Texas. Int’l Jour. Wilderness 6:17-21.

Lippok, B., A.A. Gardine, P.S. Williamson and S.S. Renner.  2000.  Pollination by flies, bees, and beetles of Nuphar ozarkana and N. advena (Nymphaeaceae).  Amer. Jour. Botany 87:898-902.

Willingham, Emily (Assistant Professor of Biology):

Gale, R.W., J.M. Bergeron, E.J. Willingham, and D. Crews.   2002.  Turtle sex determination assay: Mass balance and responses to 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and 3,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(11):2477-2482.

Willingham, E.J.  2001.  Embryonic exposure to low-dose pesticides:  Effectson fitness parameters in the hatchling red-eared slider turtle.  Jour. oxicology and Environmental Health 64:257-272.

Crews, D., A. Fleming, E.J. Willingham, R. Baldwin, and J.K. Skipper.  2001.  Role of steroidogenic factor 1 and aromatase in temperature-dependent sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle.  Jour. Experimental Zoology 290:597-606.

Willingham, E.J., R. Baldwin, J.K. Skipper, and D. Crews.  2000.  Aromatase activity during embryogenesis in the brain and adrenal-kidney-gonad of the red-eared slider turtle, a species with temperature-dependent sex determination. General and Comparative Endocrinology 119:202-207.

Crews, D., E.J. Willingham, and J.K. Skipper.  2000.  Endocrine Disruptors:  Present Issues, Future Problems. Quarterly Review of Biology 75(3):243-260.