Publications Resulting from MBRACE Funding

  1. Ali A, Ali K, Ukpebor A, Hasan M, Addy J, Abu-El Humos A. 2019. Oysters’ gape measurement system. International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence 1: 1247-1250 Link

  2. Ali A, Ali K, Ukpebor A, Hasan M, Addy J, Ikome O, Abu-El Humos A. 2019. Hardware and software components of an oysters’ gape measurement system. American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 12: 319 – 32 Link

  3. Barnett AF, Gledhill JH, Griffitt RJ, Slattery M, Gochfeld DJ, Willett KL. 2020. Combined and independent effects of hypoxia and tributyltin on mRNA expression and physiology of the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Scientific Reports 10: 10605 Link

  4. Bhattarai S, Parajuli PB, Filip To SD. 2023. Comparison of flood frequency at different climatic scenarios in coastal forested watersheds. Climate 11(2). Link

  5. Bhattarai S, Parajuli PB. 2023. Best management practices affect water quality in coastal watersheds. Sustainability 15. Link

  6. Gledhill J, Barnett AF, Slattery M, Willett KL, Easson G, Showalter Otts S, Gochfeld DJ.  2020. Mass mortality of Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica in the western Mississippi Sound following unprecedented Mississippi River flooding in 2019. Journal of Shellfish Research 39:235-244 Link

  7. Morgan LM, Rakocinski CF. 2022. Predominant factors limiting recovery of the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in western Mississippi Sound, USA. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 264: 107652 Link

  8. Paul V, Sankar MS, Vattikuti S, Dash P, Arslan Z. 2020. Pullution assessment and land use cover influence on trace metal distribution in sediments from five aquatic systems in southern USA. Chemosphere 264: 128243 Link

  9. Pruett JL, AF Pandelides, KL Willett, DJ Gochfeld. 2021. Effects of flood-associated stressors on growth and survival of early life stage oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology 544: 151615 Link

  10. Pruett J, Pandelides AF, Keylon J, Willett K, Showalter Otts S, Gochfeld D. 2022. Life stage-dependent effects of multiple flood-associated stressors on a coastal foundational species. Ecosphere. Link

  11. Pruett JL, Showalter Otts S, Willett KL, Gochfeld DJ. 2022. Accounting for the entire oyster life cycle in restoration efforts: a brief for policy makers. University of Mississippi, National Sea Grant Law Center Publication NSGLC-22-06-03. Link.

  12. Pruett J, Otts S. Mississippi’s Oyster Journey from “Seafood Capital of the World” to 21st Century Collapse. Water Log 43:1.  Link.

  13. Sankar MS, Dash P, Lu Y, Hu X, Mercer AE, Wickramarathna S, Beshah WT, Sanders SL, Arslan Z, Dyer J, Moorhead RJ. 2023. Seasonal changes of trace elements, nutrients, dissolved organic matter, and coastal acidification over the largest oyster reef in the Western Mississippi Sound, USA. Environ. Monit. Assess 195. Link.

  14. Wiesenberg DA, Shipp B, Fodrie J, Powers S, Lartigue J, Darnell KM, Baustian MM, Ngo C, Valentine JF, Wowk K. 2021. Prospects for Gulf of Mexico environmental recovery and restoration. Oceanography (Special Issue on the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: Ten Years of Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science) 34: 164-173 Link

  15. Wontor K, Cizdziel JK, Scircle A, Gochfeld DJ, Pandelides AF. 2023. Prevalence and distribution of microplastics in oysters from the Mississippi Sound. Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education. Accepted.

  16. James C. Klein, Eric N. Powell, Danielle A. Kreeger, Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox, David Bushek, Xiaodong Zhang, Roger L. Thomas, John M. Klinck, Eileen E. Hofmann "Modeling Performance and Settlement Windows of Larval Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in Delaware Bay," Journal of Shellfish Research, 42(3), 437-463, (31 December 2023). Link.

  17. Pruett JL, Showalter Otts S, Willett KL, Fairbanks L, Darnell KM, Gochfeld DJ. 2024. A past, present, and future outlook on the Mississippi oyster fishery. Journal of Shellfish Research 43:1-13. Link

  18. Moore, W.S., Benitez-Nelson, C., Schutte, C. et al. SGD-OD: investigating the potential oxygen demand of submarine groundwater discharge in coastal systems. Sci Rep 14, 9249 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-59229-7.

How to Access MBRACE-Funded Data

Investigators funded by MBRACE are required to upload project data to the Gulf of Mexico Research Inititative Information and Data Cooperative (GRIIDC) data management system. Data can be accessed on the GRIIDC website by searching for the Funding Organization “MBRACE”.