OHHI Publications

This listing includes publications from the OHHI external grantees as well as the OHHI Centers of Excellence.

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External Grants Program Publications

Altizer, S., A. P. Dobson, P. Hosseini, P. J. Hudson, M. Pascual, and P. Rohani. 2006. Seasonality and the dynamics of infectious diseases. Ecology Letters 9: 467-484.

Baker-Austin, C, Wright M.S., Stepanauskas R., McArthur J.V. 2006. Co-selection of antibiotic and metal resistance. Trends in Microbiology 14:176-182.

Boehm, A.B., Weisberg, S.B. 2005. Tidal forcing of enterococci at marine recreational beaches at fortnightly and semi-diurnal frequencies. Environmental Science and Technology, 39(14): 5575-5583.

Boehm, A.B., Keymer, D.P., Shellenbarger, G.G. 2005. An analytical model of enterococci inactivation, grazing, and transport in the surf zone of a marine beach. Water Research, 39(15): 3565-3578.

Brodie, E., Gulland, F.M.D., Greig, D.J., Hunter, M., Jaakola, J., St Leger, J., Leighfield, T.A., and Van Dolah, F.M. 2006. Domoic acid causes reproductive failure in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Marine Mammal Science 22(3): 700-707.

Chaves L.F., Pascual, M. 2006. Climate cycles and forecasts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a non-stationary vector borne disease. Public Library of Science (PloS) Medicine 3(8): 1320-1328. (See commentary by B. Cazelles and S. Hales, Infectious diseases, climate influences and nonstationarity, p. 1212).

Cox, P. A., Banack, S.A., Murch, S.J., Rasmussen, U., Tien, G., Bidigare, R.R., Metcalf, J.S., Morrison, L.F., Codd G.A., Bergman, B.. 2005b. Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce .-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102: 5074-5078.

Cox, P. A., Banack, S.A., Murch, S., Nunn, P., Bradley, W., Mash, D., Papapetropoulos, S., Olaf, L., Conradi, S., Bergman, B., Rasmussen, U., Bidigare, R., Codd, G., Metcalf, J.S., Johnson, H, Speth, R., Weiss, J.H. 2005a. Reply to .Lack of .-methylamino-L-Alanine in brain from controls, AD, or Chamorros with PDC. Neurology. www.neurology.org/cgi/eletters/65/5/768.

Dickey, T. D., Bidigare R.R. 2005. Interdisciplinary oceanographic observations: The wave of the future. Sci. Mar. 69 (Suppl. 1): 23-42.

Dobson, A. P. 2005a. Biodiversity and Health. In Biodiversity, Science and Governance. Proceedings of the International Conference: 103-108. Paris: UNESCO.

Dobson, A. P. 2006. Biodiversity and Infectious Disease: Why we need Nature.: Interactions between Global Change and Human Health. Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Scripta Varia, Vatican City 106:145-157.

Hilton, T., Rosche, T., Froelich, B., Smith, B., Oliver, J.D. 2006. Capsular polysaccharide phase variation in Vibrio vulnificus. Applied Environmental Microbiology 72: 6986-6993.

D. Hou, Boehm, A.B., Rabinovici, S.J.M. 2006. Enterococci predictions from a partial least squares regression model can improve the efficacy of beach management advisories. Environmental Science and Technology 40 (6): 1737-1743.

Ionides, E. L., Breto, C., King, A. A. 2006. Inference for nonlinear dynamical systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 103: 18438 -18443.

Koelle, K., Rodo, X., Pascual, M., Yunus, M.D., Mostafa, G. 2005. Refractory periods to climate forcing in cholera dynamics. Nature 436(4): 696-700.

Koelle, K., Pascual, M., Yunus, M.D. 2006. Serotype cycling in cholera dynamics. Proceedings of the Royal Soc. London B 273(1603): 2879-2886.

Pascual, M., Dobson, A. 2005. Seasonal patterns of infectious diseases. Public Library of Sciences (Plos), Medicine 2(1): 18-19 (Invited commentary).

Pascual M., Ahumada, J., Chaves, L.F., Rodo, X., Bouma, M. 2006. Malaria resurgence in East African Highlands: Temperature Trends Revisited. PNAS 103(15): 5829-5834.

Pascual M., Koelle K. and Dobson A.P. 2006. Hyperinfectivity in cholera: a new mechanism for an old epidemiological model? Public Library of Science (PloS) Medicine 3(6): 931-932.

Phillips, A.M.B., A. DePaolo, J. Bowers, S. Ladner, and D.J. Grimes. 2007. An evaluation of the use of remotely sensed parameters for prediction of incidence and risk associated with Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Gulf Coast oysters (Crassostrea virginica). J. Food Protection 70:879-884.

Rinta-Kanto, Johanna M., Wilhelm, Steven. 2006. Diversity of Microcystin-Producing Cyanobacteria in Spatially Isolated Regions of Lake Erie. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (7): 5083.5085.

Rodó, X., Rodriguez-Arias, M.A. 2006. Detecting transitory processes in the climate system with the scale-Dependent Correlation (SDC) Analysis: An application to remote El Niño forcings. Climate Dynamics (27): 441-458.

Rosche, T.M., Smith, B., Oliver J.D. 2006. Evidence for an intermediate colony morphology of Vibrio vulnificus. Applied Environmental Microbiology (72): 4356-4359.

Silvagni P. A., Lowenstine L.J., Spraker T., Lipscomb T.P., Gulland F.M. 2005. Pathology of domoic acid toxicity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Veterinary Pathology 42(2): 184-191.

Smith B.E., Oliver J.D. 2006. In situ and in vitro gene expression by Vibrio vulnificus during entry into, persistence within, and resuscitation from the viable but nonculturable state. Applied Environmental Microbiology (72): 1445-1451.

Smith B.E., Oliver J.D. 2006. In situ gene expression by Vibrio vulnificus. Applied Environmental Microbiology (72): 2244-2246.

Socha A.M., LaPlante K.L., Rowley D.C. 2006. New bisanthraquinone antibiotics and semi-synthetic derivatives with potent activity against clinical Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolates. Bioorg. Med. Chem.14(24): 8446-54.

Toledo G., Green W., Gonzalez R.A., Christoffersen L., Podar M., Chang H.W., Hemscheidt T., Trapido-Rosenthal H., Short J.M., Bidigare R.R., Mathur E.J. 2006. Case Study: High throughput cultivation for isolation of novel marine microorganisms. Oceanography 19: 120-125.

Ufnar J.A., Wang S., Christiansen J.M., Yampara-Iquise H., Carson C.A., Ellender R.D. 2006. Detection of the nifH gene of Methanobrevibacter smithii: a potential tool to identify sewage pollution in recreational waters. Journal of Applied Microbiology 101: 44-52. Ufnar D.F., Ufnar J.A., Rebarchik D., Ellender R.D., 2006, Influence of coastal processes on high fecal coliform counts in Mississippi beach waters. Journal of Coastal Research 22(6): 1515-1526.

Ufnar D.F., Ufnar J.A., White T.W., Rebarchik D., Ellender R.D. 2005. Meteorological influences on fecal coliform pollution in the Mississippi Sound. Transactions, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 55: 835-843.

Wang G. Y., Tang W.P., R. R. Bidigare. 2005. Terpenoids as therapeutic drugs and pharmaceutical agents. Natural Products as Therapeutical Drugs and Preventive Medicines (L. Zhang and A. L. Demain, Eds.), Humana Press, New Jersey, pp. 191-221.

Wang G.Y. 2006. Diversity and biotechnological potential of sponge-associated microbes. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 33:545-551.

Zimmerman, A.M., A. DePaola, J.C. Bowers, J.A. Krantz, J.L. Nordstrom, C.N. Johnson, and D.J. Grimes. 2007. Variability of total and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus densities in northern Gulf of Mexico water and oysters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press)

Centers of Excellence Publications

SEAFOOD

Browdy, C., Seaborn, G., Atwood, H, Davis, D.A., Bullis, R.A., Samocha, T.M., Wirth, E., Leffler, J.W, 2006. Comparison of pond production efficiency, fatty acid profiles and contaminants in Litopenaeus vannamei fed organic plant-based and fishmeal-based diets. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 3 7(4): 437-451.

Leffler, J.W., Browdy, C.L., Smith, T.I.J., 2006. Risk assessment: NOAA initiative examines fatty acids, contaminants in red drum shrimp. Global Aquaculture Alliance 9 (2): 40-42.

GENOMICS

Almeida, J.S., McKillen, D.J., Chen, Y.A., Gross, P.S., Chapman, R.W., Warr, G., (2005). Design and calibration of microarrays as universal transcriptomic environmental biosensors. Comp. Functional Genomics 6: 132-137.

Chen, Y.A., McKillen, D.J., Wu, S, Jenny, M.J., Chapman, R., Gross, P.S., Warr, G.W., Almeida, J.S., 2004. Optimal cDNA microarray design using expressed sequence tags for organisms with limited genomic information. BMC Bioinformatics 5: 191.

Cunningham, C., Hikima, J., Jenny, M.J., Chapman, R.W., Fang, G.C., Saski, C., Lundqvist, M.L., Wing, R.A., Cupit, P.M., Gross, P.S., Warr, G.W., Tomkins, J.P., 2006. New resources for marine genomics: BAC libraries for the Eastern and Pacific oysters (Crassostrea virginica and C. gigas). Marine Biotechnology 8: 521-533.

Gueguen, Y., Garnier, J., Robert, L., Lefranc, M.P., Mougenot, I., de Lorgeril, J., Janech, M., Gross, P.S., Warr, G.W., Cuthbertson, B., Barracco, M.A., Bulet, P., Aumelas, A., Yang, Y., Bo, D., Xiang, J., Tassanakajon, A., Piquemal, D., Bachere, E., 2005. PenBase, the shrimp antimicrobial peptide penaeidin database: sequence-based classification and recommended nomenclature. Dev Comp Immunol. 30: 283-288.

Hedgecock, D., Gaffney, P.M., Goulletquer, P., Gou, X., Reece, K., Warr, G.W., 2005. The case for sequencing the Pacific oyster genome. J. Shellfish Res. 24: 429.441.

Jenny, M.J., Ringwood, A.H., Schey, K., Warr, G.W., Chapman, R.W., 2004. Diversity of metallothioneins in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, revealed by transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. Eur J Biochem 271: 1702-1712.

Jenny, M.J., Warr, G.W., Ringwood, A.H., Baltzegar, D.A., Chapman, R.W., 2006. Regulation of metallothionein genes in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica): ontogeny and differential expression in response to different stressors. Gene 379: 156-165.

Lennard, M.L., Wilson, M.R., Miller, N.W., Clem, L.W., Warr, G.W., Hikima, J., 2006. Transcription factors in fish . a comparative genomic analysis. Fish Shellfish Immunol 20: 227-238.

Mancia, A., Tracy, A., Romano, T.A., Gefroh, H.A., Chapman, R.W., Middleton, D.L., Warr, G.W., Lundqvist, M.L., 2006. The immunoglobulin G heavy chain (IGHG) genes of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 144: 38-46.

McKillen, D.J., Chen, Y.A., Chen, C., Jenny, M.J., Trent, H.F. III, Robalino, J., McLean, D.C. Jr, Gross, P.G., Chapman, R.W., Warr, G.W., Almeida, J.S., 2005. Marine genomics: a clearing-house for genomic and transcriptomic data of marine organisms. BMC Genomics 6: 34.

Robalino, J., Bartlett, T., Shepard, E., Prior, S., Jaramillo, G., Scura, E., Chapman, R.W., Gross, P.S., Browdy, C.L., Warr, G.W., 2005. Double-stranded RNA induces sequence-specific antiviral silencing in addition to nonspecific immunity in a marine shrimp: convergence of RNA interference and innate immunity in the invertebrate antiviral response? J. Virology 79: 13561-13571.

Robalino, J., Browdy, C.L., Prior, S., Metz, A., Parnell, P., Gross, P., Warr, G., 2004. Induction of antiviral immunity by double-stranded RNA in a marine invertebrate. J Virology 78: 10442-10448.

Robalino, J., Payne, C., Parnell, P., Shepard, E., Grimes, A.C., Metz, A., Prior, S., Witteveldt, J., Vlak, J.M., Gross, P.S., Warr, G., Browdy, C.L., 2006. Inactivation of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) by normal rabbit serum: implications for the role of the envelope protein VP28 in WSSV infection of shrimp. Virus Res. 118: 55-61.

Stewart, J.R., Santo Domingo, J., Wade, T.J., 2007. Fecal pollution, public health and microbial source tracking. Ch. 1 In: Microbial Source Tracking. J Santo Domingo and M Sadowsky (eds). American Society for Microbiology. Washington D.C.

Stewart, J., Daugomah, J.W., Chestnut, D.E., Graves, D.A., Sobsey, M.D., Scott, G.I., 2006. F+RNA coliphage typing for microbial source tracking in surface waters. Journal of Applied Microbiology 101: 1015-1026.

Stewart, J.R., Vinjé, J., Oudejans, S.J.G., Scott, G.I., Sobsey, M.D., 2006. Sequence variation among group III F+RNA coliphages from waters and swine lagoons. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (2): 1226-1230.

Vinjé, J., Oudejans, S.G., Stewart, J.R., Sobsey, M.D., Long, S.L., 2004. Molecular detection and genotyping of male-specific coliphages by reverse transcription-PCR and reverse line blot hybridization. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(10): 5996-6004.

Warr, G.W., 2003. The impact of aquatic genomics on fish immunology, in Aquatic Genomics: Steps Toward a Great Future, N. Shimizu, T. Aoki, I. Hirono, F. Takashima (Eds). Springer, Tokyo: 92-101.

Warr, G.W., Almeida, J.S., 2005. Marine genomics: a clearing-house for genomic and transcriptomic data of marine organisms. BMC Genomics 6: 34.

Warr G.W., Chapman R.W., Smith L.C., 2003. Evolutionary immunobiology: new approaches, new paradigms. Dev. Comp. Immunology 27: 257-262.

TIDAL CREEK RESEARCH

Gillett, D.J., Holland, A.F., Sanger, D.M., 2005. Secondary production of a dominant oligochaete (Monopylephorus rubroniveus) in the tidal creeks of South Carolina and its relation to ecosystem characteristics. Limnology and Oceanography 50(2): 566-577.

Holland. A.F., Sanger, D.M., Gawle, C.P., Lerberg, S.B., Santiago, M.S., Riekerk, G.H.M., Zimmerman, L.E., Scott, G.I., 2004. Linkages between tidal creek ecosystems and the landscape and demographic attributes of their watersheds. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecology 298: 151-178.

Siewicki, T.C., Pullaro, T., Pan, W., McDaniel, S., Glenn, R., Stewart, J., 2007. Models of total and presumed wildlife sources of fecal coliform bacteria in coastal ponds. Journal of Environmental Management 82: 120-132.

MODELING CAPABILITIES

Croley, T.E.,II, and C. He, 2006. Watershed Surface and Subsurface Spatial Intraflows Model. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 11(1): 12-20.

Croley, T. E., II, and C. He, 2005. Distributed-parameter Large Basin Runoff Model I: Model Development. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 10(3): 173-181

Croley, T. E., II, C. He, and D. H. Lee, 2005. Distributed-parameter Large Basin Runoff Model II: Application. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 10(3): 182-191

Liu, L., M.S. Phanikumar, S.L. Molloy, R.L. Whitman, M.B. Nevers, D.A. Shively, D.J. Schwab, J.B. Rose, 2006. The Transport and Inactivation of E. coli and Enterococci in the Nearshore Region of Lake Michigan. Environmental Science & Technology 40(16): 5022-5028

Millie, D. F., G. R. Weckman, R. J. Pigg, P. A. Tester, J. Dyble, R. W. Litaker, H. J. Carrick, and G. L. Fahnenstiel, 2006. Modeling Phytoplankton Abundance in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron: Using Artificial Neural Networks to Discern Functional Influence of Environmental Variables and Relevance to a Great Lakes Observing System. Journal of Phycology 42: 336-349.

Nevers, M.B. and R.L. Whitman, 2005. Now cast modeling of Escherichia coli Concentrations at Multiple Urban Beaches of southern Lake Michigan. Water Research 39 (20): 5250-5260.

MONITORING AND DETECTION

Gregson, B. P., D. F. Millie, C. Cao, G. L. Fahnenstiel, and D. P. Fries, 2006. Single-platform Detection and Identification of Environmental Peptide Toxins Using Antibody-capture Surfaces with Subsequent Mass Spectrometry Detection. Journal of Chromatography A 1123: 233-238.

Weckman, G. R., Millie, D. F., Ghai, V., & Ganduri, C., 2005. A Comparison of Knowledge Extraction Techniques from an Artificial Neural Network in Ecological Monitoring. American Society of Mechanical Engineers Press, New York 15:761-766

MARINE BIOTOXINS/PATHOGENS

Arkoosh, M. R., A. N. Kagley, B. Anulacion, D. Boylen, B. Sandford, F. J. Loge, L. Johnson, T.K. Collier. 2006. Disease susceptibility of yearling hatchery Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) with different juvenile migration histories in the Columbia River. Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 18:223-231.

Loge. F. J., M. R. Arkoosh, T. R. Ginn, L. L. Johnson, T. K. Collier. 2005. Impact of environmental stressors on the dynamics of disease transmission. Environmental Science and Technology 39: 7329-7336.

Nilsson, W. B., R. N. Paranjpye, A. DePaola, and M. S. Strom. 2003. Sequence heterogeneity in the 16S rRNA gene of Vibrio vulnificus as a possible indicator of strain virulence. J. Clin. Microbiology 41:442-446.

Paranjpye, R. N. and M. S. Strom. 2005. A Vibrio vulnificus type IV pilin contributes to biofilm formation, adherence to epithelial cells and virulence. Infect. Immunology 73:1411-1422.

Vickery, M. C. L., W. B. Nilsson, M. S. Strom, J. L. Nordstrom, and A. DePaola.. 2007. A Real-time PCR Assay for the Rapid Determination of 16S rRNA Genotype in Vibrio vulnificus. J. Microbiol. Methods 68:376-384.

FISH AS SENTINEL SPECIES

Arkoosh, M. R., D. Boylen, C. L. Stafford, L. L. Johnson, T. K. Collier. 2005. Use of disease challenge assay to assess immunotoxicity of xenobiotics in Fish. pp 19-37. Techniques in Aquatic Toxicology, edited by Gary K. Ostrander. Dambacher, J. M., R. Levins and P. A. Rossignol. 2005. Life expectancy change in perturbed communities: Derivation and qualitative analysis. Mathematical Biosciences 197: 1-14.

Incardona JP, Day HL, Collier TK, Scholz NL. (2006) Developmental toxicity of 4-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in zebrafish is differentially dependent on AH receptor isoforms and hepatic cytochrome P450 1A metabolism. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 217:308-321. Stehr CM, Linbo TL, Incardona JP, Scholz NL. (2006) The developmental neurotoxicity of fipronil: notochord degeneration and locomotor defects in zebrafish embryos and larvae. Toxicological Sciences 92:270-278

MARINE MAMMALS AS SENTINEL SPECIES

Greig, D.J., G.M. Ylitalo, A.J. Hall, D.A. Fauquier, and F.M.D. Gulland. 2007. Transplacental transfer of organochlorines in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(1):37-44.

Stoddard, R.A., F.M.D. Gulland, R. Atwill, J. Lawrence, S. Jang and P.A. Conrad. 2005. Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in Northern Elephant Seals, California. Emerging Infectious Disease 11: 1967-1969.

Ylitalo, G.M., J.E. Stein, T. Hom, L.L. Johnson, K.L. Tilbury, A.J. Hall, T. Rowles D. Greig, L.J. Lowenstein, F.M.D. Gulland. 2005. The role of organochlorines in cancer-associated mortality in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). Marine Pollution Bulletin 50:30-39.

OTHER

Sandifer, P. A., A. F. Holland, T. K Rowles, and G. I. Scott. 2004. The oceans and human health. Environmental Health Perspectives 112 (8):A454-455.

Scott, G. I., A. F. Holland and P. A. Sandifer. 2006. Managing coastal urbanization and development in the 21st century: the need for a new paradigm. Pp. 285-299. In: Kleppel, G. S., M. R. DeVoe, and M. V. Rawson (editors). Changing Land Use Patterns in the Coastal Zone: Managing Environmental Quality in Rapidly Developing Regions. Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, New York, 305 pp.

Klopchin, J. L., J. R. Stewart, L. F. Webster, and P.A. Sandifer. 2007. Assessment of environmental impacts of a colony of free-ranging Rhesus monkeys (Macca mulatta) on Morgan Island, South Carolina. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, in press.

Merrick, R., R. Kelty, T. Ragen, T. Rowles, P. Sandifer, B. Schroeder, S. Swartz, and N. Valette-Silver. 2007. Report of the Protected Species SAIP Tier III Workshop, 7-10 Mar. 2006, Silver Spring MD. U.S. Dept. Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-78, 79 p.


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