selected publications academic article Detection of Helicobacter pylori in the coastal waters of Georgia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad 2014 Molecular detection of atrezine catabolism gene in coastal waters of Georgia, Puerto Rico and Trinidad . Mar. Poll. Bull.. 69:215-218. 2013 Assessment of nonpoint sources of fecal pollution in coastal waters of Puerto Rico and Trinidad . Mar. Poll. Bull.. 60:1117-1121. 2010 Comparison of Four Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for the Rapid Detection of Human Fecal Pollution in Marine and Island Waters. I. J. Microbiol.. 2010 Nutrient distribution across the insular shelf of Puerto Rico: Assessment by algal tissue nitrogen . Caribbean Journal of Science. 45 :181-190. 2009 Spatial and temporal patterns of water quality indicators in reef systems of southwestern Puerto Rico . Caribbean Journal of Science. 45 :168-180. 2009 Towards a Latin American and Caribbean international census of marine microbes: overview and discussion on some current research directions . International Journal of TropicalBiology and Conservation. 56:183-214. 2008 Improving Fluorometry as a Source Tracking Method to Detect Human Fecal Contamination. Estuaries and Coasts. 30:551-561. 2007 Contamination of Caribbean Coastal Waters by the Antifouling Herbicide Irgarol 1051. Mar. Poll. Bull.. 52 :635-644. 2006 Chlorophyll a and turbidity patterns over coral reef system La Parguera Reserve . Int. J. Trop. Biol. . 53:25-32 . 2005 The distribution and C of DOC and its humic fraction in estuaries of southeastern USA . Est. Coast. Shelf. Sci. . 56:1185-1192. 2003 Effects of humic substances on fluorometric DNA quantification and DNA hybridization . J. Microbial. Met.. 1513:73-82. 2001 Allocation of particulate organic carbon from different sources in two contrasting estuaries of southeastern USA. Limnology and Oceanography . 45:1753-1763. 2000 Coastal bacterioplankton community diversity along a latitudinal gradient in Latin American by means of V6 tag pyrosequencing. Arch. Microbiol. . 193:105 -114. chapter Biology and Ecology of Puerto Rico Coral Reefs. Coral Reefs of the USA. Ed. Riegl, Bernhard. Springer Publishing. 375-406. 2008
presentations presentation Bahias Bioluminiscentes: joyas del Caribe , Speaker, Isla Magueyes 2013 Ecosistemas Marinos de Puerto Rico, Speaker, Isla Magueyes 2013 Coral Reef Conservation Project , Speaker, La Parguera community 2003
reviewer of Marine Science (Journal) 2011 Marine Environmental Research (Review) 2008 Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences (Journal) 2005 NASA Carbon Cycle Aquatic Panel (Review) 2004 Proposal Reviewer for National Estuarine Research Resere Graduate Research Fellowship (Review) 2003