9TH ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH FORUM PRESENTATIONS
SHORT ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Development of an Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)
Nolan Bell, Anjin Chang, Jordan Upshaw
Dermal exposure risk of Photodegraded Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Molly Brzezinski, Wei Xu, Leisha Martin
Molecular assessment of environmental pollutant exposure during crucial innate immune system development windows in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma)
Elizabeth DiBona, Marissa Brown, Frauke Seemann
Corals thriving in dynamic environments may hold key insights into future coral reefs
Ashleigh Epps, Keisha Bahr
Think globally, act locally: A risk and resilience assessment of coral reef watershed quality in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawaiʻi
Alexandra Good, Keisha Bahr
In silico computational chemistry to predict accessible and reactive areas for Benzo[a]pyrene metabolites in nucleosomes and DNA
Remi labeille, Frauke Seemann, Kelda Flores, Anthony Fieramusca, Erik Gonzalez
Role of miRNA regulation in Benzo[a]Pyrene- induced bone deformities in Medaka fish
Rijith Jayarajan, Frauke Seemann, Ethan Constantine, Remi Labeille
Coastal cities seen as socio-ecosystems systems: challenges and opportunities in the face of climate change
Ulsia Marino, David Yoskowitz
Assessing the effects of nocturnal training on long-term memory in the marine snail Aplysia californica
Robert Mueller, Riccardo Mozzachiodi
Trophic niche responses to hypoxia and contaminant stressors in coastal fishes
Jacob Oster, Benjamin Walther
Hurricane/tropical storm rainwater chemistry in the US (from 2008 to 2019)
Yixi Qiu, Joseph David Felix
Post-release survival, growth and habitat preference of hatchery-reared Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma)
Andrew Ricken, Simon Geist, Ivonne Blandon, Chris Mace
Shotgun sequencing EtOH preserved historical fish with whole genome amplification and repair mix yields no extra benefits
Roy Roberts, Chris Bird, Sharon Magnuson
Planktonic larval ingress and vertical distribution in the Aransas Pass inlet system
Olivia Robson, Simon Geist
Corals in crisis: how temperature and nutrient fluctuations affect physiological responses of corals and their microbiome in Kāne‘ohe Bay, Hawai‘i
Zoe Ruben, Keisha Bahr, Hussain Abdulla, Jeffrey Turner, Lee Pinnell
Machine learning methods for the solution of differential equations
Pavithra Venkatachalapathy, S. M. Mallikarjunaiah
3D scanning of limpet shells for volume characterization
Amanda Villarreal, Patricia Cockett, Ruby Mehrubeoglu
LONG ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Identifying marine ornamental teleost eggs and larvae based upon morphological characteristics
Jessie Castanier, John Scarpa, Andrew Fields, David Portnoy, Simon Geist
Isotopic composition of nitrate and ammonium in Sao Paulo, Brazil wet deposition
Adrianna Chapa, J. David Felix, Lucia A. M. Campos
Evaluating the relative habitat value of intertidal and subtidal oyster reefs to improve restoration methods
Devin Comba, Jennifer Beseres Pollack, Terry Palmer, Natasha Breaux
Evaluation of three marsh evolution models for the Northern Gulf of Mexico National Estuarine Research Reserves: Comparison of modeling approaches and available output
Diana C. Del Angel, David Yoskowitz
Behavioral and cellular effects of serotonin on the memory deficits caused by food deprivation in the marine snail Aplysia
Xin Deng, Kourtlin Williams, Marcy Wainwright, Riccardo Mozzachiodi
Long-term influence of river alkalinity inflow on estuarine alkalinity in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Larissa Dias, Xinping Hu
Livelihoods in transition across the Gulf of Mexico: Part 1 the Yucatan
Coral Lozada, David Yoskowitz
Long-term changes in contamination and macrobenthic communities adjacent to McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Terry Palmer, Andrew G. Klein, Stephen T. Sweet, Paul A. Montagna, Larry J. Hyde, Jose Sericano, Terry L. Wade, Mahlon C. Kennicutt II, Jennifer Beseres Pollack
A preliminary evaluation of the effects of oyster cage aquaculture on seagrass colony health
Ryan Rubino, Joe Fox
Dynamics of diurnal CH4 emission from seagrass meadow and mangrove at Southern Texas
Hao Yu, Richard Coffin
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
The secret lives of plankton: Using plankton analysis to understand an unknown coral located in Packery Channel
Morgan Bruce, Ashleigh Epps, Keisha Bahr
OpenCV algorithms and functions to support camera-based path-planning and exploration of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Alan Garduno, Ruby Mehrubeoglu, Pablo Rangel
Coral Health Assessment Card
Gabriella Herrera, Keisha Bahr, Alexandra Good
DyPolDroid: User-Centered Counter-Policies Against Android Permission-Abuse Attacks
Matthew Hill, Carlos Rubio-Medrano, Luis Claramunt, Jaejong Baek, Gail-Joon Ahn
Assessing symbiotic algae abundance in mystery corals located in Corpus Christi, Texas
Caleb Ramos, Keisha Bahr, Ashleigh Epps
Analyzing the effect of estuarine organismal grazing on biodegradable mesh bags
Abigail Louisa Schulz, Devin Comba, Jennifer Beseres Pollack
Detection of Vibrio vulnificus pathogenic Isolates through use of primers using single-plex PCR
Vinoshna Sama, Gregory Buck
Comparison of growth rates of larval Atlantic croaker collected near Corpus Christi and Galveston
Angelina Weigand, Simon Geist, Shannan McAskill, Michelle Bromschwig
Assessing the influence of temperature and light on the rate of degradation of oyster bag materials
Daphne White, Devin Comba, Jennifer Beseres Pollack
Mapping of larvae fish in Texas Coastal Bend bays collected during 2016/17
Hannah McKenzie Zapata, Simon Geist, Shannan McAskill