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Orizondo Lugo, M., M. Molina, A. Tseng, M. Bemis, AND J. Santo Domingo. Evaluation of Statistical Models to Predict the Dynamics of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Tropical Waters. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 2023 Conference, Portland, OR, November 12 - 16, 2023.

Molina, M., S. Eytcheson, AND S. Purucker. MICROPLASTICS AS VECTORS OF OPPORTUNISTIC PATHOGENS AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GENES IN WATERS IMPACTED BY TREATED WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, NA,SPAIN, June 04 - 09, 2023.

Sivaganesan, M., J. Willis, M. Karim, A. Babatola, D. Catoe, A. Boehm, M. Wilder, H. Green, A. Lobos, V. Harwood, S. Hertel, Rich Haugland, R. Klepikow, M. Howard, P. Laksanalamai, A. Roundtree, M. Mattioli, S. Eytcheson, M. Molina, M. Lane, R. Rediske, A. Ronan, N. D’Souza, J. Rose, A. Shrestha, C. Hoar, A. Silverman, W. Faulkner, K. Wickman, J. Kralj, S. Servetas, M. Hunter, S. Jackson, AND O. Shanks. NIST SRM® 2917 Interlaboratory Performance and Quantitative PCR Performance Benchmarks. ASM Microbe, Houston, TX, June 04 - 09, 2023.

Hanson, Alana, A. Oczkowski, I. Cappielo Cosme, M. Molina, D. Katz, M. Schwartz, AND E. Huertas. Nutrient dynamics in an urban tropical estuary before significant restoration. Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation Conference 2023, Portland, OR, November 12 - 16, 2023.

Wu, H., M. Juel, S. Eytcheson, T. Aw, M. Munir, AND M. Molina. Temporal and spatial relationships of CrAssphage and enteric viral and bacterial pathogens in wastewater in North Carolina. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 239:120008, (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120008

Oczkowski, A., I. Cappielo Cosme, M. Molina, Alana Hanson, M. Schwartz, E. Huertas, AND D. Katz. CONTAMINANTS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN UNDERSTANDING ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION IN TROPICAL URBAN ESTUARIES. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, 58th Annual Meeting, NA, Cartagena, COLOMBIA, July 10 - 14, 2022.

Smucker, N., E. Pilgrim, H. Wu, C. Nietch, J. Darling, M. Molina, B. Johnson, AND L. Yuan. Characterizing temporal variability in streams supports nutrient indicator development using diatom and bacterial DNA metabarcoding. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 831:154960, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154960

Katz, D., J. Sullivan, I. Cappiello-Cosme, Alana Hanson, M. Molina, E. Huertas, M. Schwartz, AND A. Oczkowski. Comparing the utility of wastewater tracers between temperate and tropical coastal urbanized embayments. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022, NA, Virtual, February 24 - March 04, 2022.

Pilgrim, E., N. Smucker, C. Nietch, J. Darling, H. Wu, AND M. Molina. Comparison of stream periphyton assemblages as indicators of nutrient conditions. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2022, Grand Rapids, MI, May 14 - 20, 2022.

Oczkowski, A., I. Cappielo Cosme, M. Molina, Alana Hanson, M. Schwartz, E. Huertas, AND D. Katz. Contaminants play a key role in understanding ecosystem function in tropical urban estuaries. Ocean Sciences Meeting, NA, Virtual, February 24 - March 04, 2022.

Oczkowski, A., I. Cappielo Cosme, M. Molina, Alana Hanson, M. Schwartz, E. Huertas, AND D. Katz. Contaminants play a key role in understanding ecosystem function in tropical urban estuaries (San Juan Bay Estuary, PR). ECSA 59, Estuarine and Coastal Conference, Kursaal, San Sebastian, SPAIN, September 05 - 08, 2022.

Oczkowski, A., Alana Hanson, I. Cappielo Cosme, E. Huertas, D. Katz, M. Schwartz, S. Balint, AND M. Molina. Could nitrogen fixation be an important source of nitrogen in tropical urban estuaries? Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI, May 14 - 20, 2022.

Pilgrim, E., N. Smucker, H. Wu, J. Martinson, C. Nietch, M. Molina, J. Darling, AND B. Johnson. Developing Indicators of Nutrient Pollution in Streams Using 16S rRNA Gene Metabarcoding of Periphyton-Associated Bacteria. WATER. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 14(15):2361, (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/w14152361

Sivaganesan, M., J. Willis, M. Karim, A. Babatola, D. Catoe, A. Boehm, M. Wilder, H. Green, A. Lobos, V. Harwood, S. Hertel, R. Klepikow, M. Howard, P. Laksanalamai, A. Roundtree, M. Mattioli, S. Eytcheson, M. Molina, M. Lane, R. Rediske, A. Ronan, N. D'Souza, J. Rose, A. Shrestha, C. Hoar, A. Silverman, W. Faulkner, K. Wickman, J. Kralj, S. Servetas, M. Hunter, S. Jackson, AND O. Shanks. Interlaboratory performance and quantitative PCR data acceptance metrics for NIST SRM® 2917. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 225:119162, (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119162

Soto Buonomo, V., I. Cappielo Cosme, E. Villafane Deyack, M. Molina, A. Oczkowski, Alana Hanson, M. Schwartz, D. Katz, E. Huertas, AND N. Soto-Nieves. Microbiological Water Quality Analysis of San Juan Bay Estuary. Health and Climate Summit 2022, St Thomas, VI, June 06 - 10, 2022.

Molina, M. Monitoring the Water Quality in the San Juan Bay Estuary, Puerto Rico through Community-Based Participatory Science. ELAN-Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Best Practices Call, Virtual, NC, September 28, 2022.

Cappielo Cosme, I., S. Eytcheson, E. Villafane Deyack, A. Oczkowski, Alana Hanson, M. Schwartz, D. Katz, E. Huertas, AND M. Molina. Relationships among microbial source tracking (MST) markers, traditional fecal indicator bacteria and environmental parameters in a tropical urban estuary. Health and Climate Summit 2022, St. Thomas, PR, June 06 - 10, 2022.

Katz, D., J. Sullivan, I. Capielo-Cosme, E. Huertas, Alana Hanson, M. Molina, T. Boving, AND A. Oczkowski. Seasonal occurrence and distribution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in an urbanized tropical estuarine embayment: San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico. SETAC North America, 43rd Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 13 - 17, 2022.

Sowah, R., M. Molina, O. Georgacopoulos, B. Snyder, AND M. Cyterski. Sources and Drivers of ARGs in Urban Streams in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Microorganisms. MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 10(9):1804, (2022). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091804

Smucker, N., E. Pilgrim, C. Nietch, J. Darling, H. Wu, M. Molina, AND B. Johnson. Characterizing temporal variation in diatom rbcL sequences in streams to inform nutrient indicator development using DNA metabarcoding. IDS 2021 – Online International Diatom Symposium, Virtual, JAPAN, August 23 - 25, 2021.

McKee, A., P. Bradley, D. Shelley, S. McCarthy, AND M. Molina. Feral swine as sources of fecal contamination in recreational waters. Scientific Reports. Nature Publishing Group, London, Uk, 11:4212, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83798-6

Bradshaw, J., B. Snyder, D. Spidle, R. Sidle, K. Sullivan, AND M. Molina. Sediment and fecal indicator bacteria loading in a mixed land use watershed: Contributions from suspended sediment and bedload transport. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. American Society of Agronomy, MADISON, WI, 50(3):598-611, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20166

Sowah, R., K. Bradshaw, B. Snyder, D. Spidle, AND M. Molina. Evaluation of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) for simulating E. coli concentrations at the watershed-scale. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 746:140669, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140669

McKee, A., M. Molina, M. Cyterski, AND A. Couch. Microbial source tracking (MST) in Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area: Seasonal and precipitation trends in MST marker concentrations, and associations with E. coli levels, pathogenic marker presence, and land use. WATER RESEARCH. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, 171:115435, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115435

Safaie, A., C. Weiskerger, T. Nguyen, Brad Acrey, R. Zepp, M. Molina, M. Cyterski, G. Whelan, Y. Pachepsky, AND M. Phanikumar. Modeling the photoinactivation and transport of somatic and f+ coliphages at a great lakes beach. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. American Society of Agronomy, MADISON, WI, 49(6):1612-1623, (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20153