Results for "aquatic ecosystems"

Projects

Cool Texas fishes in need of further research

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Texas has three species of catfishes restricted to deep underground aquifers. They are fascinating creatures, potentially endangered, and hugely in need of diverse research. Though we currently have only limited…

Fishes of Texas

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The Fishes of Texas Project (http://www.fishesoftexas.org) has compiled, and continues to expand and refine, a large database of museum specimen-based records of the the…

Faculty

Jay Banner

Affiliated Departments:
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
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Influence of urbanization and land use change on the evolution of groundwater and surface water Speleothem geochronology; assessment of speleothems and travertine as paleo-records of global change.

Edward J Buskey

Affiliated Departments:
Marine Science
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Professor Buskey's research interests in marine science have focused on studies of the behavioral ecology of marine zooplankton, and how sensory perception mediates behavioral adaptations for locating food resources…

Lee A Fuiman

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology, Marine Science, School of Biological Sciences
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Professor Fuiman's research has spanned a variety of topics within marine biology, all relating to the behavioral and physiological ecology of marine vertebrate animals. As Director of the University of Texas Marine…

Dean Hendrickson

Affiliated Departments:
Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, Integrative Biology, School of Biological Sciences
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Dr. Hendrickson has focused his research on the evolution, conservation and ecology of freshwater ecosystems, particularly those of North American deserts and generally with emphasis on fishes and Mexico. His most…

David Herrin

Affiliated Departments:
School of Biological Sciences, Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
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There are several lines of molecular biology research currently underway in Professor Herrin's laboratory. A major area concerns group I intron ribozymes that are found in certain chloroplast genes. These…

Johann Hofmann

Affiliated Departments:
Integrative Biology
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The research in Dr. Hofmann's laboratory seeks to understand the molecular and hormonal mechanisms that underlie social behavior and its evolution. Current projects focus on two main areas:

1) Identifying…

Spyridon A Kinnas

Affiliated Departments:
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
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Ocean engineering; hydrodynamics; cavitation; wave mechanics; computational fluid mechanics; design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion systems; design of ocean current or tidal turbines
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Mary Jo Kirisits

Affiliated Departments:
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
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Biological water treatment processes; application of molecular biology to biological water treatment processes; biofilms; heterogeneity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms; rainwater harvesting; environmental…