Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
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Social media shines light on the “hidden” impact of nighttime guided-gigging charters on Texas’ Southern Flounder fishery: A stab in the dark
(PLoS ONE, 2022-06-03)Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) populations are declining in the Gulf of Mexico basin. This is particularly true in Texas, where this unique and culturally important fishery has been in decline since the 1980s ... -
Future Flood Risk Exacerbated by the Dynamic Impacts of Sea Level Rise Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico
(Earth's Future, 2022-03-30)A growing concern of coastal communities is increased flood risk and non-monetary consequences due to climate-induced impacts such as sea level rise (SLR). Previous efforts have discussed the importance of future flood ... -
Best Practice Data Standards for Discrete Chemical Oceanographic Observations
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022-01-21)Effective data management plays a key role in oceanographic research as cruise-based data, collected from different laboratories and expeditions, are commonly compiled to investigate regional to global oceanographic ... -
Long-Term Trends in Estuarine Carbonate Chemistry in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
(Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022-03-03)A four-decade dataset that spans seven estuaries along a latitudinal gradient in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and includes measurements of pH and total alkalinity was used to calculate partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2), ... -
Vulnerability Assessment of Coastal Bend Bays
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Evaluation of the Proposal for Widening and Deepening the Matagorda Ship Channel
(2021-09)There is a proposal for deepening and widening the Matagorda Ship Channel. However, there are concerns about specific environmental impacts to Matagorda Bay and Lavaca Bay such as: 1) Circulation and storm surge changes ... -
Management Strategies for the Rincon Bayou Pipeline
(2019-01)Decreased inflow due to damming of the Nueces and Frio rivers has resulted in increasing salinity in Nueces Bay and caused Rincon Bayou to become a reverse estuary disturbing the overall hydrology of the adjacent Corpus ... -
Monitoring Mid-Coastal Estuaries - 2016
(2017-12)In recognition of the importance that the ecological soundness of our riverine, bay, and estuary systems and riparian lands has on the economy, health, and well-being of our state, the 80th Texas Legislature enacted Senate ... -
Effect of Freshwater Inflow on Habitat Suitability Change in Texas Bays
(2016-11)Freshwater inflow is critically important for foundational estuarine invertebrate species such as the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica. This empirical study tests the viability of the proactive management strategy of ... -
The Effect of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Human Wellbeing in the Gulf of Mexico
(2016-09)It’s always important in environmental assessment to be able to understand how an event has an effect on people. The only way to do that is to translate biophysical impacts to ecosystem service impacts. This approach was ... -
Effects on Benthic Macrofauna from Pumped Flows to Rincon Bayou
(2016-08)Decreased inflow due to damming of the Nueces and Frio rivers has resulted in increasing salinity in Nueces Bay and caused Rincon Bayou to become a reverse estuary disturbing the overall hydrology of the adjacent Corpus ...