• Social media shines light on the “hidden” impact of nighttime guided-gigging charters on Texas’ Southern Flounder fishery: A stab in the dark 

  Hall, Quentin A.; Coffey, Daniel M.; Streich, Matthew K.; Fisher, Mark R.; Stunz, Gregory W. (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 

  Bilskie, Matthew V.; Del Angel, Diana; Yoskowitz, David; Hagen, Scott C. (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 

  Jiang, Li-Qing; Pierrot, Denis; Wanninkhof, Rik; Feely, Richard A.; Tilbrook, Bronte; Alin, Simone; Barbero, Leticia; Byrne, Robert H.; Carter, Brendan R.; Dickson, Andrew G.; Gattuso, Jean-Pierre; Greeley, Dana; Hoppema, Mario; Humphreys, Matthew P.; Karstensen, Johannes; Lange, Nico; Lauvset, Siv K.; Lewis, Ernie R.; Olsen, Are; Pérez, Fiz F.; Sabine, Christopher; Sharp, Jonathan D.; Tanhua, Toste; Trull, Thomas W.; Velo, Anton; Allegra, Andrew J.; Barker, Paul; Burger, Eugene; Cai, Wei-Jun; Chen, Chen-Tung A.; Cross, Jessica; Garcia, Hernan; Hernandez-Ayon, Jose Martin; Hu, Xinping; Kozyr, Alex; Langdon, Chris; Lee, Kitack; Salisbury, Joe; Wang, Zhaohui Aleck; Xue, Liang (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 

  McCutcheon, Melissa R.; Hu, Xinping (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 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Coffey, Daniel M.; Jose, Rafael H.; Stunz, Gregory W. (2021-12)

• Evaluation of the Proposal for Widening and Deepening the Matagorda Ship Channel 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Gibeaut, James C.; Dotson, Marissa; Douglas, Audrey R.; Magolan, Jessica; Palacios, Juan M.; Rener, Lauren; Subedee, Mukesh; Trevino, Karin (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 ...

• Workshop Report: Freshwater Inflow to Texas Bays and Estuaries 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Douglas, Audrey R. (2021-08)

• Assessment of the Relationship Between Freshwater Inflow and Biological Indicators in Lavaca Bay 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Cockett, Patricia Malamalama; Kurr, Elaine M.; Trungale, Joe (2020-12)

• Using Comparative Long-term Benthic Data for Adaptive Management of Freshwater Inflow to Three Basins 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Cockett, Patricia Malamalama; Lupher, Melissa Rohal (2020-01)

• RAPID: Capturing the Signature of Hurricane Harvey on Texas Coastal Lagoons 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Hu, Xinping; Wetz, Michael S. (2019)

• The Hydrological Switch: A Novel Mechanism Explains Eutrophication and Acidification of Estuaries 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Hu, Xinping; Wetz, Michael S.; Byrne, Robert; Liu, Zhanfei; Kim, Hae-Cheol (2019-09)

• Management Strategies for the Rincon Bayou Pipeline 

  Montagna, Paul A. (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 ...

• Management Strategies for the Rincon Bayou Pipeline 

  Montagna, Paul A. (2018-06)

• Conceptual Model of Effects of Reduced Freshwater Inflow in the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Morgan, Elani (2017-06)

• Monitoring Mid-Coastal Estuaries - 2016 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Wetz, Michael S.; Hu, Xinping (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 ...

• Restoration in Place Strategy for the Deep-sea Soft-Bottom Benthos: Long-term Monitoring to Support Restoration Efforts 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Baguley, Jeffrey G.; Cooksey, Cynthia (2017-05)

• Effect of Freshwater Inflow on Habitat Suitability Change in Texas Bays 

  Turner, Evan L.; Savage, Kelley; Trungale, Joe; Palmer, Terence A.; Montagna, Paul A. (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 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Yoskowitz, David; Carrollo, Christina (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 ...

• Vallisneria americana’s physiological responses to change in salinity 

  Chaloupka, Crystal; Montagna, Paul A. (2016-08)

• Effects on Benthic Macrofauna from Pumped Flows to Rincon Bayou 

  Montagna, Paul A.; Chaloupka, Crystal; Del Rosario, Elizabeth; Gordon, Amanda; Turner, Evan L. (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 ...

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