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2008   PUBLICATIONS

1. Backer LC, Fleming LE. Epidemiologic Tools to Investigate Oceans and Public Health.In: Walsh PJ, Smith SL, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM, Gerwick WH (eds.).
Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, 2008, pp. 201-218.
2. Boehm A, Ashbolt NJ, Colford Jr JM, Dunbar LE, Fleming LE, Gold MA, Hansel JA, Hunter PR, Ichida AM, McGee CD, Soller JA, Weisberg SB.
A sea change ahead for recreational water quality criteria. Journal of Water and Health. (in press).
3. Dyble J, Bienfang P, Dusek E, Hitchcock G, Holland F, Laws E, Lerczak J, McGillicuddy DJ, Minnett P, Moore S, O'Kelly C, Solo-Gabriele HM, Wang J.
Environmental controls, oceanography and population dynamics of pathogens and harmful algal blooms: Connecting sources to human exposure. Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health (in press).
4. Erdner DL, Dyble J, Brand LE, Parker MS, Stevens RC, Moore SK, LeFebvre K, Bienfang P, Anderson DM, Bidigare RR, Moeller P, Wrabel ML, Hubbard KA.
Centers for Oceans and Human Health: a unified approach to the challenge of harmful algal blooms. Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health (in press).
5. Friedman MA, Fleming LE, Fernandez M, Bienfang P, Schrank K, Dickey R, Bottein MY, Backer L, Ayyar R, Weisman R, Watkins S, Granade R, Reich A.
Ciguatera Fish poisoning: treatment, prevention and management. Marine Drugs (Special Issue on Marine Toxins) 2008, 6, 456-479.
6. Goodwin KD, Litaker W, Walsh PJ, Smith SL, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM, Gerwick WH.
Emerging Technologies for Monitoring Recreational Waters for Bacteria and Viruses. In: Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York. 2008.
7. Goodwin KD, Matragrano L, Wanless D, Sinigalliano CD, LaGier MJ.
The possibility of false negative results hampers the ability to elucidate the relationship between fecal indicator bacteria and human pathogens and source tracking markers in beach water and sand. In: Marine Pollution: New Research. Tobias N. Hofer, ed. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. 2008.
8. Kirkpatrick B, Currier R, Nierenberg K, Reich A, Backer LC, Stumpf R, Fleming LE, Kirkpatrick G.
Florida Red Tide and Human Health: A Pilot Beach Conditions Reporting System to Minimize Human Exposure. Science of the Total Environment, 2008, 402:1-8.
9. Kite-Powell HL, Fleming LE, Backer LC, Faustman E, Hoagland P, Tsuchiya A, Younglove L, Wilcox BA, Gast R.
Linking the oceans to public health: Where is the "human health" in "oceans and human health?" Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health. (in press).
10. Laws E, Fleming LE, Stegeman J, et al.
Overview of NSF NIEHS and NOAA Oceans & Human Health Centers. Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health. (in press)
11. Mahdi LE, Statzell-Tallman A, Fell JW, Brown M, Donachie SP.
Sympodiomycopsis lanaiensis sp. nov., a basidiomycetous yeast (Ustilaginomycotina: Microstromatales) from marine driftwood in Hawai‘i. FEMS Yeast Research. (accepted)
12. Mendoza WG, Mead RN, Brand LE, Shea D.
Determination of Brevetoxin in Recent Marine Sediments. Chemosphere. (in press)
13. Moore SK, Trainer VL, Mantau NJ, Parker MS, Laws EA, Backer LC, Fleming LE.
Center for Oceans and Human Health: Climate variability, climate change and harmful algal blooms. Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health. (in press).
14. Palmer CJ, Bonilla TD, Bonilla JA, Elmir S, Goodwin KD, Solo Gabriele HM, Abdelzaher A.
The Future for Monitoring. In: Walsh PJ, Smith SL, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM, Gerwick WH (eds.) Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, 2008, pp. 405-422.
15. Perez P, Liu L, Lopez J, An T, Rein KS.
Diverse Bacterial PKS Sequences Derived From Okadaic Acid-Producing Dinoflagellates. Marine Drugs, 6, 164-179, 2008.
16. Scorzetti G, Brand LE, Hitchcock GL, Rein KS, Sinigalliano CD, and Fell JW.
2008. Multiple simultaneous detection of Harmful Algal Blooms (Habs) through a high throughput bead array technology, with potential use in phytoplankton community analysis. Harmful Algae, May 23, 2008.
17. Stewart I, Carmichael WW, Backer LC, Fleming LE, Shaw GR.
Other Environmental Health Issues: Recreational Exposure to Cyanobacteria. In: Encyclopedia of Environmental Health. Elsevier Science Publishers, New York. (in press).
18. Stewart JR, Gast RJ, Fujioka RS, Solo-Gabriele HM, Meschke JS, Amaral-Zettler LA, Del Castillo E, Polz MF, Collier TK, Strom MS, Sinigalliano CD, Moeller PDR, Holland AF.
The coastal environment and human health: Microbial indicators, pathogens, sentinels and reservoirs. Mini-Monograph: Research in Oceans and Human Health. Environmental Health. (in press)
19. Walsh PJ, Smith SL, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM, Gerwick WH
(eds.). Textbook: Oceans and Human Health: Risks and Remedies from the Sea, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York, 2008, p. 644.
20. Watkins SM, Reich A, Fleming LE, Hammond R.
Neurotoxic Shellfish. Marine Drugs (Special Issue on Marine Toxins), 2008, 6, 431-455.
21. Winshell J, Guerrero MA, Sinigalliano CD, Scorzetti G, Fell JW, Eaton RW, Rein KS.
Viable cell sorting of dinoflagellatesby multi-parametric flow cytometry.Phycologia. (accepted)
22. Zaias J, Backer LC, Fleming LE.
Human-Animal Medicine: A clinical guide to toxins, zoonoses, and other shared health risks. Conti L and Rabinowitz P (eds.) 2008. Textbook: Harmful Algal Blooms, Elsevier Science Publishers, New York. (in press)
2007   PUBLICATIONS
23. An T, Krishnaswamy T, Kumar S, Wang M, Liu L, Jackson JO, Liyanage R, Berry J, Gantar M, Marks V, Gawley RE, Rein KS.
2007. Structures of Pahayokolides A and B, Cyclic Peptides from a Lyngbya sp. Journal of Natural Products, 70, 730-735.
24. Baums IB, Goodwin KD, Kiesling T, Wanless D, Diaz MR, Fell JW.
2007. Luminex Detection of Fecal Indicators in River Samples, Marine Recreational Water, and Beach Sand. Marine Pollution Bulletin 54: 521-536.
25. Brand LE, Compton A.
Long-term increase in Karenia brevis abundance along the southwest Florida coast. Harmful Algae, 2007, 6: 232-252.
26. Block CN, Shibata T, Solo-Gabriele, HM, Townsend, TG.
Use of handheld X-ray fluorescence spectrometry units for identification of arsenic in treated wood. Environmental Pollution. January 2007, 19:1-7.
27. Elmir SM, Wright ME, Abdelzaher A, Solo-Gabriele HM, Fleming LE, Miller G, Rybolowik M, Shih M-T P, Pillai SP, Cooper JA, Quaye EA.
Quantitative Evaluation of Bacteria Released by Bathers in a Marine Water. Water Research, 2007, 41: 3-10.
28. Fleming LE, Jerez E, Stephan WB, Cassedy A, Bean JA, Reich A, Kirkpatrick B,, Backer L, Nierenberg K, Watkins S, Hollenbeck J, Weisman R.
Evaluation of Harmful Algal Bloom Outreach Activities. Marine Drugs (Special Issue on Marine Toxins) 2007; 5: 208-219.
29. LaGier MJ, Fell JW, Goodwin KD.
Electrochemical Detection of Harmful Algae and Other Microbial Contaminants in Coastal Waters Using Hand-held Biosensors. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2007, 54: 757-770.
30. Olascoaga MJ, Beron-Vera FJ, Brand LE, Koc¸ak, H. (2007).
Tracing the early development of harmful algal blooms on the West Florida Shelf with the aid of Lagrangian coherent structures. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 08/2007, e-Print arXiv:0708.4198.
31. Shibata T, Solo-Gabriele HM, Fleming LE, Cai Y, Townsend TG.
A mass balance approach for evaluating leachable arsenic and chromium from an in-service CCA-treated wood structure. Science of the Total Environment, 2007, 372:624-635.
32. Sinigalliano CD, Gidley ML, Shibata T, Whitman D, Dixon TH, Laws E, Hous A, Bachoon D, Brand L, Amaral-Zettler L, Gast R, Stewart GF, Nigro OD, Fujioka R, Betancourt WQ, Vithanage G, Mathews J, Fleming LE, Solo-Gabriele HM.
Impacts of Hurricane Katrina and Rita on the Microbial Landscape of the New Orleans Area. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, 2007, 104(21): 9029-9034.
33. Vogel C, Rogerson A, Schatz S, Laubach H, Tallman A, Fell JW.
Prevalence of Yeasts in Beach Sand at Three Bathing Beaches in South Florida. Water Research, 2007, 41:1915-20.
2006   PUBLICATIONS
34. Backer, LC and McGillicuddy DJ, Jr.
Harmful Algal Blooms: At the Interface Between Coastal Oceanography and Human Health. Oceanography, 2006, 19 94-106.
35. Dubey B, Solo-Gabriele HM, Townsend TG.
Quantities of Arsenic-Treated Wood in Demolition Debris Generated by Hurricane Katrina. Environmental Science & Technology, 2006, 41:5 1533-1536.
36. Feichter J, Steffen K L, Mooers CNK, Haus, BK.
Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in a South East Florida Tidal Inlet. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences, 2006, 70: 297-306.
37. Fleisher JM, Kay D.
Risk perception bias, self-reporting of Illness, and the validity of reported results in an epidemiologic study of recreational water associated illnesses. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006, 52: 264-268.
38. Fleming LE, Broad K, Clement A, Dewailly E, Elmir S, Knap A, Pomponi SA, Smith S, Solo Gabriele HM, Walsh P.
Oceans and Human Health: Emerging Public Health Risks in the Marine Environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2006, 53:545-560.
39. Fleming LE, Laws E
Editors. 2006. Oceans and Human Volume. Oceanography.
40. Fleming LE, Laws E.
The Overview of Oceans and Human. Oceanography, 2006, 19(2):18-23.
41. Olascoaga MJ, Rypina II, Brown MG, Beron-Vera FJ, Kocak H, Brand LE, Halliwell GR, Shay LK.
2006. Persistent transport barrier on the West Florida Shelf. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2006gl027800.
2005   PUBLICATIONS
42. Goodwin KD, Cotton SA, Scorzetti G, Fell JW.
A DNA hybridization assay to identify toxic dinoflagellates in coastal waters: detection of Karenia brevis in the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Harmful Algae, 2005, 4:411-422.
43. LaGier MJ, Scholin CA, Fell JW, Wang J, Goodwin KD.
An electrochemical RNA hybridization assay for detection of the fecal indicator bacterium Escherichia coli. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2005, 50:1251-1261.
2004   PUBLICATIONS
44. Fleming LE, Solo Gabriele HM, Elmir S, Shibata T, Squicciarini D, Quirino W, Arguello M, Van De Bogart G.
A Pilot Study of Microbial Contamination of Subtropical Recreational Waters. Florida Journal of Environmental Health, 2004, 184:29-33.
45. Shibata T, Solo Gabriele HM, Fleming LE, Elmir S.
Monitoring Marine Recreational Water Quality Using Multiple Microbial Indicators in an Urban Tropical Environment. Water Research, 2004, 38:3119-3131. (In Review/Submitted/Accepted)
  In Review/Submitted
46. Abdelzaher A, Solo-Gabriele HM, Wright, ME, and Palmer CJ.
Simultaneous Concentration of Bacteria and Viruses from Marine Waters using a Layered Membrane System (submitted).
47. Hitchcock GL, Kirkpatrick G, Minnett P, Palubok V.
Community Net Production and Respiration in a Karenia brevis (Davis) bloom on the West Florida shelf. Harmful Algae. (in review)
  FINAL REPORTS
1. Fleming LE, Solo Gabriel HM, Fleisher JM, Elmir S, Sinigalliano C, Plano L, Kish J, Wang J, Backer L, Shibata T, Abdelzaher A, Garza A, He G, Ortega C, Wright M, Scott T, Bonilla F, Withum K, Gidley MB, Harwood V, Zhu X, Hollenbeck J.
Final Report on The Pilot Epidemiologic Assessment of Microbial Indicators for Monitoring Recreational Water Quality in Marine Sub/Tropical Environments. The NSF NIEHS Oceans and Human Health Center, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, Sept 2008.
Final Report               Appendices
  PUBLISHED OR PRESENTED ABSTRACTS
1. Amir Abdelzaher.
"Dual Layer Filtration System for Concentrating Fecal Indicators and Pathogens from Marine Waters". Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
2. Larry Brand, Deborah Mash, Angela Compton, Neil Hammerschlag, John Pablo, Margaret Basile.
"Archean Algae to Cenozoic Craniums - Does BMAA biomagnify up the food chain?" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30-July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
3. Gustavo Carvalho, Peter Minnett.
"The Use of MODIS Measurements for Detecting the Florida Red Tide" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30-July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
4. Maribeth Gidley, Amir Abdelzaher, Mary Wright, Tomoyuki Shibata, Cristina Ortega, Chris Sinigalliano, David Wanless, Lora Fleming, Helena Solo-Gabriele.
"Preliminary Assessment and Methods Comparison for Relative Abundance of viable Enterococci at a South Florida Recreational Beach" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
5. Jonathan Kish.
"Qualitative Comparison of Traditional Recreational Water Quality Cohort Investigation with Modified Prospective Design" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
6. C. Ortega, H. M. Solo-Gabriele, A. M. Abdelzaher, M. Wright, Y. Deng.
"Pathogen Measurements in the St. Lucie River Estuary". Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
7. Cristina Garza, Cristina Ortega, Mary E. Wright, Helena M. Solo-Gabriele, Jonathan Kish, Lora E. Fleming and Lisa R.W. Plano.
"Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Recreational Marine Waters", Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
8. Tomoyuki Shibata, Patrick L. Gurian, Joan B. Rose.
"A Development of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment of Beach Sand Contaminated with Wastewater", Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
9. Christopher Sinigalliano, David Wanless, Kelly Goodwin.
"A Rapid Quantitative PCR Assay for Measuring the Relative Environmental Abundance of Canine-Source Bacteroides". Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
10. A. Abdelzaher, M. Wright, C. Ortega, H. M. Solo-Gabriele, G. Miller, S. Elmir , X. Newman, P. Shihc, J. A. Bonilla, T. D. Bonilla, J. Palmer, T. Scott, G. Lukasik, V. Harwood, S. McQuaig, C. Sinigalliano, M. Gidley, L. Plano, X. Zhu, J. Wang, L. Fleming.
"Pathogens and Indicator Microbes at a Non-Point Source Subtropical Recreational Marine Beach". Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
11. David Wanless.
"The Integration of Microbial Source-Tracking Markers with Bacterial Indicators to Better Characterize Water Quality at a South Florida Recreational Beach". Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
12. Jonathan Kish, Lora Fleming, Helena Solo Gabriele, Samir Elmir, John Wang, Jay Fleisher, Lisa Plano, Chris Sinigalliano, Mary Wright, Lorrie Backer, Amir Abdelzaher, Maribeth Gidley, Kelly Withum, Julie Hollenbeck, Xiaofang Zhu, Bonilla, Bonilla, Troy Scott, Kelly Goodwin.
"A Pilot Epidemiologic Assessment of Microbial Indicators for Monitoring Recreational Water Quality in Marine Subtropical Environments" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
13. Larry E. Brand, Maria Josefina Olascoaga, Angela Compton.
"Role of Land Runoff in Florida's red tide" Gordon Research Conference Oceans and Human Health June 30 - July 1, 2008 in Tilton, New Hampshire.
14. Wilson G. Mendoza, Ralph N. Mead, Larry Brand, Damien Shea.
"Analysis and Detection of Brevetoxin Analogs In Marine Sediments: A New Biomarker?" AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. Won Outstanding Student Poster Award.
15. Abdelzaher, A.M., Durbin, M.E., Solo-Gabriele, H., and Palmer, C.,
2006. Simultaneous Concentration of Bacteria and Somatic Coliphage from Marine Waters using a Layered Membrane System. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology held March 31-April 1, 2006 in Cocoa Beach, FL. (abstract)
16. Abdelzaher, A.M., Durbin, M.E., Goodwin, K.D., Bonilla, J.A., Bonilla, Solo-Gabriele, H.M., T.D., Lam, E., Block, C., Garcia, C., Sardeshmukh, A., Elmir, S., Miller, G., Shih, P., Quaye, E., Cooper, J., Sinigalliano,C. , Palmer, C.J.,
2006. Evaluation of Two Concentration Methods for Detection of Pathogens in Spiked Ocean Water Samples. Proceedings of the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract number Q-244.
17. Baums I B, Kiesling, T, Goodwin, KD, and Fell JW.
2004. Detection of Fecal Indicators in Recreational Waters Using the Luminex 100 System. Proceedings of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography Conference. Abstract number TS31.
18. Carvalho GA, Minnett PJ, Baringer W, Banzon WV,
Potential detection of Florida "red tides" using MODIS imagery. XIII Congresso Latino-Americano de Ciencias del Mar (COLACMAR), Florianópolis, Brazil, April 15-19, 2007
19. Carvalho GA, Minnett PJ, Baringer W, Banzon WV,
2007. Detection of Florida "red tides" from SeaWiFS and MODIS imagery. Proceedings of the XIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Sensoriamento Remoto (SBSR), Florianópolis, Brazil, INPE, April 21-26, 2007
20. Durbin MD, A.M. Zaher, N.F. Heybeck, H.M. Solo-Gabriele, S. Elmir, K.D. Goodwin, and Sinigalliano,
2005. The Inter-Tidal Zone is the Source of Enterococci to a Subtropical Recreational Beach. Proceedings of the 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract number Q-322.
21. Durbin ME, A. M. Zaher, N. F. Heybeck, H. M. Solo-Gabriele, S. Elmir, K. D. Goodwin, C. Sinigalliano,
2005. The Inter-Tidal Zone is the Source of Enterococci to a Subtropical Recreational Beach. Proceedings of the Annual National Conference of the American Society for Microbiology.
22. Elmir S,
Miami Dade County Department of Health- Microbial Monitoring and Epidemiologic Study at Two Beach Sites, 2004 National Beaches Conference pp. 415 & 416.
23. Elmir, S.
2005. The Impact of Bathing Load and Beach Sand Transported by Bathers on the Microbial Water Quality of Recreational Waters. Sustainable Beaches Conference '05, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005. Clean Beaches Council.
24. Elmir, S.M., Miller, G., Rybolowik, M., Shih, M-T. P., Wright, M.W., Solo-Gabriele, H.M., Fleming, L.E.,
2006. Estimating the Concentrations of Enterococci and Staphylococcus Aureus Shed by Bathers into the Water Column. Proceedings of the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract number Q-506.
25. Fiechter J, Kelley L. Steffen, Christopher N.K. Mooers and Brian K. Haus
(2006). Hydrodynamics and sediment transport in a southeast Florida tidal inlet. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 70, 297-306, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.21.
26. Fleisher JM PhD-Nova Southeastern University-
Risk Perception Bias and Self Reported Symptoms, 2004 National Beaches Conference pp. 301 & 302.
27. Goodwin K, PhD-NOAA/AOML-
Assay and Remote Sensor Development for Molecular Biological Water Quality Monitoring, 2004 National Beaches Conference pp. 268-272
28. K. Goodwin, PhD-NOAA/AOML-
Hybridization Based Detection of Fecal Bacteria, 2004 National Beaches Conference pp. 420 & 421
29. Goodwin K PhD-NOAA/AOML-
Immobilized DNA Probes to Rapidly Detect Toxic Dinoflagellates and Sewage- Indicating Bacteria, 2004 National Beaches Conference pp. 420
30. Goodwin KD.
Adaptation of the Luminex 100 System to Use in Recreational Waters. Sustainable Beaches Conference '05, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005. Clean Beaches Council.
31. Goodwin, K.D., Garcia, C., Bonilla, J.A., Bonilla, T.D., Wanless, D., Abdelzaher, A., LaGier, M.J., and Solo-Gabriele, H.,
2006. Concentration and extraction: efforts to overcome issues with processing coastal water samples for downstream molecular analysis. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology held March 31-April 1, 2006 in Cocoa Beach, FL. (Abstract)
32. Hitchcock, G., D. Crawford, and T. McClean,
2006. Productivity and Respiration in the context of Functional Genomics of a Subtropical Harmful Algal Bloom Species: Karenia brevis Davis'. Presented at Florida COOS Caucus, Mote Marine Laboratory. Sarasota, FL April 3, 2006.
33. Hitchcock, G., D. Crawford, and T. McClean.
2006. Utilizing Gene Expression Patterns to Understand the Physiological Ecology of Karenia brevis. Presented at State of the Research on Red Tide in the Gulf of Mexico: A Workshop and Public Forum. July 17 - 20, 2006. Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.
34. McLean, T.I. and D.L. Crawford,
2006. Towards a Genetic Understanding of Karenia brevis: Using Microarrays to Discover Gene Expression Patterns as They Relate to K. brevis Ecology. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the NOAA, NSF/NIEHS Centers for Oceans and Human Health (OHH) held in Seattle, WA. p. 42 (Abstract)
35. McLean, T.I. and D.L. Crawford,
2006. Towards a Genetic Understanding of Karenia brevis: Using Microarrays to Discover Gene Expression Patterns as They Relate to K. brevis Ecology. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS12C-05.
36. Sinigalliano, C.D., Gidley, M.L., Shibata, T., and Solo-Gabriele, H.,
2006. Hurricane Katrina Impact on the Microbial Water Quality of Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans Canals: Application of Real-Time PCR and IDEXX Assays. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting fo the NOAA, NSF/NIEHS Centers for Oceans and Human Health (OHH) held in Seattle, WA., p. 40 (Abstract)
37. Solo-Gabriele HM, M.E. Durbin, A.M. Abdelzaher, N.F. Heybeck, S. Elmir, S., K.D. Goodwin, and C. Sinigalliano,
2005. Factors that Influence Fecal Indicator Microbe Levels. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology.
38. Solo-Gabriele, H.M., Durbin, M.E., Abdelzaher, A.M., Heybeck, N.F., Wang, J.D., Elmir, S., Goodwin, K.D., and Sinigalliano, C.,
2005. Beach Microbial Indicators and Pathogens in a Subtropical Non-Point Source Environment. Sustainable Beaches Conference '05, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005. Clean Beaches Council.
39. Solo-Gabriele, H.M., Wang, J.D., Fleming, L., Elmir, E., Goodwin, K., Fleisher, J.M., Backer, L., Palmer, C.J., Minnett, P., Sinigalliano, C., Fell, J., and Rankey, E.
2006. Assessment of Microbial Indicators for Monitoring Recreational Water Quality in Marine Subtropical Environments. Proceedings of the Joint Meeting fo the NOAA, NSF/NIEHS Centers for Oceans and Human Health (OHH) held in Seattle, WA., p. 39 (Abstract)
40. Steffen, K., Rankey, E.C., and Fiechter, J.,
Links among sedimentology, geomorphology, and hydrodynamics in a mixed carbonate-clastic tidal delta: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Abstract)
41. Wang, J.D., Solo-Gabriele, H., Durbin, M., Zaher, A., Fleming, L., Baums, I., Elmir, S., Fleisher, J., and Goodwin, K.,
2005. Microbial Indicators and Pathogens in a Subtropical Non-Point Source Environment. Sustainable Beaches Conference '05, St. Petersburg, FL, Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2005. Clean Beaches Council.
42. Wright, M.E., Abdelzaher, A.M., Solo-Gabriele, H., Elmir, S., Fleming, L.E.,
2006. Relative Contributions of Dogs, Birds, and Shrimp to the Microbial Load of a Recreational Beach Water. Proceedings of the 106th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Abstract number Q-291.
43. Wright, M.E., Elmir, S., Abdelzaher, A.M., and Solo-Gabriele, H.M.,
2006. Sources of enterococci in a subtropical recreational beach water. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology held March 31-April 1, 2006 in Cocoa Beach, FL. (abstract)
44. Bonilla JA, Bonilla TD, Solo Gabriele HM, Fleming LE, Abdelzaher A, Scott TM, Lukasik G, Parmer CJ,.
Pathogens, Public Health and Coastal Ocean Water Water Sustainability Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. (abstract)
  DISSERTATIONS
1. Wright, M.
Evaluation of Enterococci, an Indicator Microbe, and the Sources that Impact the Water Quality at a Subtropical Non-Point Source Recreational Beach, MS. Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, April 2008.
2. Carvalho, G.
"The Use of Satellite-Based Ocean Color Measurements for Detecting the Florida Red Tide (Karenia brevis)." MS, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography (Marine), April 2008.
3. "Beyond the Book" award - March 2008 - $2,500 for UM OHHC NSF REU awardee Alycia Rajendran's student thesis "Dietary Transfer of the Dinoflagellate Karenia Brevis in a Marine Ecosystem".
4. Bay, R.
Physiology of respiration in Karenia brevis the Florida red tide organism. BS Marine Science/Biology, December 2007.
5. Abdelzaher, A.
Concentration of Bacteria and Viruses from Marine Waters using a Dual Membrane System. MS. Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, August 2007.
6. Elmir, S.
Development of a Water Quality Model which Incorporates Non-Point Microbial Sources. PhD Dissertation University of Miami College of Engineering, December 2006.
 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Proposals
Leveraged Funding
1. Proposals Leveraged funding "Beyond the Book" award - March 2008 - $2,500 for UM OHHC NSF REU awardee Alycia Rajendran's student thesis "Dietary Transfer of the Dinoflagellate Karenia Brevis in a Marine Ecosystem".