Texas

• Dr. Jay Rooker

Origins and Mixing Rates of Red Drum Sticks: Assessing the Contribution of Different Nursery Grounds Using Biogeochemical Fingerprints (Dr. Gary Gill - TAMUG/TAMU; Joan and Scott Holt)

• Dr. Thomas Johnson

Native American Literature of the Greater Southwest

Brazoria County

• Dr. Tim Dellapenna

Chirp Sub Bottom Profiling 210 PB and 137 CS Core Sampling Profiling in Four Brazos River Authority Lakes (John Dunbar - Baylor; Graduate Students - Jason Bronikowski, Chris Noll, Chris Hall - TAMUG/TAMU)

Galveston

• Dr. Andre Landry, Jr.

Lafitte's Cove Subdivision Water Quality Monitoring Program Phase V

• Dr. Tim Dellapenna

Texas Coastal Erosion Data Network (Steve Conway and Natalie Wiest - TAMUG; Chiara DeNeve - Galveston Bay Information Center)

• Lawrence Griffin

Quantum Chemical Studies of Chemical Substances and Reactions

TAMUG/TAMU Collaborators: Alexandru Balaban; Douglas Klein; Thomas Schmalz; William Seitz

Non-TAMUG/TAMU Collaborators: D.J. McAdoo; R.E. Carfield-UTMB; J.C. Traeger-La Trobe University. Australia; S. Olivella-University O Barcelona, Spain

• Dr. Thomas Ravens

Sediment Transport Modeling and Assessment of Erosion Control Techniques on Galveston Island (Dr. Vijay Panchang - TAMUG; Billy Edge - TAMU; Graduate Students - Kharil Sitangang, Erick Huchzermeyer -TAMUG/TAMU)

Texas Tidal Inlets Project: Depositional Environments and Morphodynamics of San Luis Pass

• Dr. Peter Santschi

Role of Natural Organic Matter in Governing the Bioavailability of Potentially Toxic Metals to Estuarine Bivalves (Dr. Sammy Ray - TAMUG/TAMU; Graduate Student - Jennifer Haye - TAMUG/TAMU)

Microbial Stabilization of Plutonium in the Subsurface Environment (Chin-Chang Hung - TAMUG, Dr. Gary Schultz - TAMUG; Bruce Howeyman - Colorado School of Mines, A.J. Francis-Brookhaven National Laboratory; Graduate Student - Kim Roberts - TAMUG/TAMU)

Collaborative Research: NIRT: The Role of Nano-Scale Colloids in Particle Aggregation and Trace Metal Scavenging in Aquatic Systems (Chin-Chang Hung - TAMUG, Dr. Gary Schultz - TAMUG; Jean-Francois Gaillard - Northwestern Univ. Adrian Burd - Univ. of Georgia, Ann Lazarides - Princeton Univ.; Graduate Student - Nix Alvarado - TAMUG)

• Dr. Wyndylyn Von Zharen

Anthropogenic Stressors on the Gulf of Mexico's Marine Species: Phase IA - Biotic Indicators of Marine Ecosystem Health: Mercury in Fishes and Birds; Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development Impact assessments; and Aquaculture (with Comparative Baseline in Nova Scotia, Canada)

• Dr. James Webb, Jr.

Wetlands Study Center (Dr. Judy Wern - TAMUG; Graduate Student - Aron Edwards - TAMUG/TAMU)

Galveston Bay

• Dr. Tim Dellapenna

Mapping Bottom Type and Anthropogenic Impacts on Sediments in Galveston Bay (Dr. Will Sager - TAMU; Graduate Student - Jason Bronikowski - TAMUG/TAMU)

• Dr. Sammy Ray

Dermowatch: A Web-Based Approach for Managing Perkinsus Disease of Oysters (Texas Parks and Wildlife; Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries; Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium; Graduate Student - Celeste Binz - TAMUG)

• Dr. John Schwarz

Oyster Analysis - FY2002-2003 (Drs. Sammy Ray, Bill Wardle, Gary Schultz - TAMUG/TAMU; Ben Nelson - Jeri's Seafood, Inc., Smith Point, TX, Dr. David Cook - FDA Gulf Coast Research Laboratories in Dauphine Island, AL., Kirk Wiles - Seafood Safety Division, Texas Department of Health; Graduate Students - Meilan Lin, Celeste Binz - TAMUG/TAMU)

Lavaca Bay, Texas

• Dr. Tim Dellapenna

Oyster Reef and Anthropogenic Impact Mapping in Lavaca Bay (Dr. Will Sager - TAMU, Jill Simons - TPWD, Graduate Students - Jason Bronikowski, Chris Hall, Josh Harper - TAMUG/TAMU)

Matagorda Bay, Texas

• Dr. Andre Landry, Jr

Evaluation of Contaminants in Sea Turtles

Non-TAMUG/TAMU Collaborators: Patricia Fair-NOS; Margie Peden -Adams- MUSC; Lori Schwake- NOS; Al Segars- SCDNR; Paul Becker- NIST

Graduate Students: Amy Wang

Sabine Pass

• Dr. Andre Landry, Jr.

A Fisheries and Physical Characterization of Basco's Reef - year 2

Index In-Water Monitoring of Kemp's Ridley along the Upper Texas and Louisiana Coasts (Graduate Student - Amy Wang - TAMUG/TAMU)

Population Status and Health Assessment of Sea Turtles in Selected Texas Bays (Graduate Student - Amy Wang - TAMUG/TAMU)

Treasure Island

• Dr. Tom Ravens

Texas Tidal Inlets Projects: Depositional Environments and Morphodynamics of San Luis Pass

• Dr. John Schwarz

The Gulf Oyster Industry Initiative. Do Polychete Annelid Mud Blisters in Oyster Shells Serve as Reservoirs for Vibrio vulnificus Infections in Humans (Drs. William Wardle and Sammy Ray - TAMUG/TAMU; Graduate Student - Celeste Binz - TAMUG/TAMU)

TAMUG

• Dr. Ayal Anis

Synthesis of TKE Dissipation Rate Observation in the Ocean's Wave Zone

Investigation of the Physical and Biogeochemical Processes in the Valle de Bravo Freshwater Reservoir (Mr. Chuck Folden - TAMUG, Dr. Martin Meniono, UNAM Mexico)

• Dr. Markus Horning

Linking Animal-Borne Data Recorders to Autonomous Remote Imaging Systems Implementing the Rat Link (Donald Calkins, ASLC)

Development of a Satellite - Link Remote Data Collection and Photogrammetic Imaging System (Tom Loughlin - NMFS; Graduate Student - Wendy Schrader - TAMUG/TAMU)

Satellite - Linked Mortality Transmitters in Stellar Sea Lions; Assessing the Effects of Health Status, Foraging, Ability and Environment (Jo-Ann Mellish - ASLC)

Installation of a Remote Census and Photogrammetry Network: Validation and Assessments of Seasonal & Individual Stellar Sea Lions ( Jo-Ann Mellish - ASLC)

• Dr. Douglas Klein

Correlated Electronic - Structure Models (Drs. Tom Schmalz, William Seitz, Alexandru Balaban, Dr. Jian Wu - TAMUG/TAMU; Dr. Anirban Misra - TAMU)

• Dr. Thomas Schmalz

An Improved Valence Bond Model (Dr. Jian Wu - TAMUG/TAMU)

• Dr. William Seitz

Complexity Measures and a New Class of Ionic Liquids (Drs. Douglas Klein, Thomas Schmalz, Alexandru Balaban - TAMUG/TAMU; Dr. Danail Bonchev)

• Dr. James Webb, Jr.

Enhancement of Seagrass Nursery Ponds for Growth of Halodule Wright and Halophila Engelmannii (USFWS; Graduate Student - Aron Edwards - TAMUG/TAMU)