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	Publications resulting from the SNRE Minigrant Programs 2005-2006
	PI: Janaki , Alavalapati Project Title: Creating a Cooperative of Conserved Forest Ecosystems: Research and Outreach (CFEOR). Mashour, T., Alavalapati, J.R.R., Matta, R., Larkin, S., and D. Carter.  2005.  A Hedonic Analysis of the Effect of Natural Attributes and Deed Restrictions on the Value of Conservation Easements.  Forest Policy and Economics 7(5): 771-781. PI: Mary Jane, Angelo Project Title: The Conflicting Policies of the Endangered Species Act and U.S. Pesticide Law. Mary Jane Angelo, The Killing Fields:  Reducing the Casualties in the Battle Between U.S. Endangered Species and Pesticide Law, 32 Harvard Environmental Law Review. PI: David, Barber Project Title: Toxicity of Nanomaterials in Aquatic Organisms. Griffitt, R. J., Weil, R., Hyndman, K.A., Denslow, N.D., Powers, K., Taylor, D., and D. S. Barber. 2007. Exposure to copper nanoparticles causes gill injury and acute lethality in Zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environ. Sci. Technol 41 (23): 8178–8186. PI: Joan, Bradshaw Project Title: Shoreline Stewardship Program: Florida Friendly Living on the Waterfront. Bradshaw. J. 2007. Florida Friendly Living on the Waterfront- 50 Ways to Love your Lake. Retrieved March 19, 2008, from http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/resources/grants_showcase/watersheds_riverbasins/on_the_waterfront.shtml. PI: Brian, Child Project Title: Adaptive Performance Management and Peer Review for Developed, Democratic  incentive-Led Conservation in Southern Africa. Child, B. 2006. Pilot study in East Caprivi to Develop Management Orientated Performance Tracking for Conservancy Governance, Formal Report to WWF LIFE. PI: Matthew, Cohen Project Title: Development of Effective Sampling Methods for Wetland Ecological Assessment. Cohen, M., Dunne, E., and Greg Bruland. 2007. Spatial structure of Isolated Forested wetland soils and implications for sampling design and condition assessment. Wetlands. (In final review). PI: Alyssa, Dodd Project Title: Increasing Citizen Involvement in Everglades Restoration and Management. Dodd, A.R. and Brennan, M. A. 2007. Increasing Citizen Involvement in Everglades Restoration and Management. UF/IFAS Palm Beach County Extension. West Palm Beach, FL. Dodd, A.R. 2006. Agricultural and Natural Resources Regional Specialized Agent Extension Education Plan. UF/IFAS Palm Beach County Extension. West Palm Beach, FL. Dodd, A.R. and M.A. Brennan. 2006. Get Involved: Everglades Restoration. EDIS Document. UF/IFAS Extension. Gainesville, FL. FCS 9260. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). Dodd, A.R., Brennan, M. A. and G.D. Israel. 2006. Increasing Citizen Involvement in Everglades Restoration and Management: Final Project Report. UF/IFAS Palm Beach County Extension. West Palm Beach, FL. PI: Bala, Rathinasabapathi. Project Title: Molecular Biology of Arsenic Reduction, Detoxification and   Hyperaccumulation in Pteris vittata. Rathinasabapathi, B. 2006.  Ferns represent an untapped biodiversity for improving crops for environmental stress tolerance. New Phytologist 172:385-390. Rathinasabapathi, B., Ma. L.Q., and M. Srivastava . 2006. Arsenic hyperaccumulating ferns and their application to phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated sites. In: “Floricultural Advances” Edited by Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva, Global Science Books, Ikenobe, Japan pp.304-311. Rathinasabapathi, B., Raman, S.B., Kertulis, G., and L.Q. Ma. (2006). Arsenic-resistant proteobacterium from the phyllosphere of arsenic-hyperaccumulating fern Pteris vittata reduces arsenate to arsenite. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 52:695-700.             Rathinasabapathi, B., Wu, S., Sundaram, S., Rivoal, J., Sriva stava, M., and L.Q. Ma (2006). Arsenic resistance in Pteris vittata L: Identification of cytosolic triosephosphate isomerase based on cDNA expression cloning in Escherichia coli. Plant Molecular Biology 62: 845-857. Sundaram S., Rathinasabapathi B., Ma, Q.L., and B.P. Rosen. (2008). An arsenate- activated glutaredoxin from the arsenic hyperaccumulator fern Pteris vittata L. regulates intracellular arsenite. Journal of Biological Chemistry 283:6095-6101. PI: Max, Teplitski Project Title: Role of the Quorum Sensing Signal Mimics in Plant-Bacterial Symbiosis. Gao, M., Chen, H., Eberhard, A., Gronquist, M. R., Robinson, J. B., Connolly, M., Teplitski, M., Rolfe, B. G., and W. D. Bauer. (2007). Effects of AiiA-mediated Quorum Quenching in Sinorhizobium meliloti on Quorum-Sensing signals, Proteome patterns, and symbiotic interactions.  Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 20 (7): 843-856. Gao M, Teplitski M.  RIVET-a tool for in vivo analysis of symbiotically relevant gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti. (2008) Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 21(2):162-70.

	Publications resulting from the SNRE Minigrant Programs 2004-2005
	PI: Jean-Claude Bonzongo Project Title: Nanotechnology and the Environment: Assessing the Potential Impacts of Engineered Nanomaterials on Biota and Ecosystem Functions. Gao J, Bonzongo JC, Bitton G, Li Y and Wu CY. 2008. Nanowastes and the Environment: Using mercury as example pollutant to assess the environmental fate of chemicals adsorbed onto manufactured nanomaterials. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 27(4): 808-810. PI: Emilio M, Bruna Project Title: Seed Predation and Herbivory in Neotropical Savannas: Are There Demographic Consequences for Plants? Costa, A. N., H. L. Vasconcelos, E. H. M. Vieira-Neto, and E. M. Bruna. In press. Do herbivores exert top-down effects in Neotropical savannas? Estimates of biomass consumption by leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) in a Brazilian Cerrado site. Journal of Vegetation Science. PI: James P. Cuda Project Title: Biocontrol of Brazilian Peppertree with Episimus utilis: An Innovative Application of F1 Sterility for Field Host Range Testing. Cuda, J.P., D.H. Habeck, S.D.Hight, J.C.Medal, and J.H. Pedrosa-Macedo. 2004. Brazilian Peppertree, Schinus terebinthfolius: Sumac Family-Anacardiaceae, pp. 439-441. In Coombs, E., Clark, J., Piper, G., and Cofrancesco, A. (eds.), Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, OR. Cuda, J.P., Medal, J.C., Habeck, D.H., Pedrosa-Macedo, J.H., and Vitorino, M. 1999 (revised 2005). Classical biological control of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Florida. ENY 820. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). Hayes, L., J. P. Cuda, and J. E. Carpenter.  2007.  Sterilizing Insects for a Good Cause.  Weeds Newsletters from Landcare Research.  41. Martin, C.G., J.P. Cuda, K.D. Awadzi, J.C. Medal, D.H. Habeck and J.H. Pedrosa-Macedo. 2004. Biology and laboratory rearing of Episimus utilis (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), a candidate for classical biological control of Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius (Anacardiaceae), in Florida. Environ. Entomol. 33: 1351-1361. Scoles,J., J.P. Cuda, and W. A. Overholt. 2005. How scientists obtain approval to release organisms for classical biological control of invasive weeds. IN607. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). Treadwell, L.W. and J.P. Cuda. 2007.  Effects of defoliation on growth and reproduction of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius). Weed Science 55: 137-142. Williams, D.A., W.A, Overholt, J.P. Cuda, and C.R. Hughes. 2005. Chloroplast and microsatellite DNA diversity reveal the introduction history of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Florida. Molecular Ecology 14: 3643-3656. PI: Gary, Peter Project Title: Increased Productivity of Forest Plantations to Conserve Native Forests. Li, X., D.A. Huber, G.L. Powell, T.L. White, and G.F. Peter. 2007. Breeding for improved growth and juvenile corewood stiffness in slash pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. Volume 37, Number 10. 1886-1893(8) Tuskan GA, Difazio S, Jansson S, Bohlmann J, Grigoriev I, Hellsten U, Putnam N, Ralph S, Rombauts S, Salamov A, Schein J, Sterck L, Aerts A, Bhalerao RR, Bhalerao RP, Blaudez D, Boerjan W, Brun A, Brunner A, Busov V, Campbell M, Carlson J, Chalot M, Chapman J, Chen GL, Cooper D, Coutinho PM, Couturier J, Covert S, Cronk Q, Cunningham R, Davis J, Degroeve S, Déjardin A, Depamphilis C, Detter J, Dirks B, Dubchak I, Duplessis S, Ehlting J, Ellis B, Gendler K, Goodstein D, Gribskov M, Grimwood J, Groover A, Gunter L, Hamberger B, Heinze B, Helariutta Y, Henrissat B, Holligan D, Holt R, Huang W, Islam-Faridi N, Jones S, Jones-Rhoades M, Jorgensen R, Joshi C, Kangasjärvi J, Karlsson J, Kelleher C, Kirkpatrick R, Kirst M, Kohler A, Kalluri U, Larimer F, Leebens-Mack J, Leplé JC, Locascio P, Lou Y, Lucas S, Martin F, Montanini B, Napoli C, Nelson DR, Nelson C, Nieminen K, Nilsson O, Pereda V, Peter G, Philippe R, Pilate G, Poliakov A, Razumovskaya J, Richardson P, Rinaldi C, Ritland K, Rouzé P, Ryaboy D, Schmutz J, Schrader J, Segerman B, Shin H, Siddiqui A, Sterky F, Terry A, Tsai CJ, Uberbacher E, Unneberg P, Vahala J, Wall K, Wessler S, Yang G, Yin T, Douglas C, Marra M, Sandberg G, Van de Peer Y, Rokhsar D. The genome of black cottonwood, Populus trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray). Science.15:313(5793):1556. PI: Stepp, Richard Project Title: Belizean Maya Medicinal Plant Ethnoecology. Berlin, B.B., Berlin, E.A., and Stepp, J.R. 2004. "Highland Maya Ethnomedicine" in Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (M. Ember and C. Ember, eds.). Kluwer-Plenum Academic.   PI: Andrew R., Zimmerman, Project Title: An Investigation of Peruvian Black Soil (Terra preta): Chemical Variability and Mechanisms of Organic Carbon Preservation. Santiago, R., Oyuela-Caycedo, A., and A.R. Zimmerman  (2006).  Informe preliminar sobre los hallazgos en el sitio arqueologico de Quistococha, Amazonia peruano.  Boletin de Estudios Amazoinicos Unidad de Grado de Ciencias Socialed/Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Año 1 (2), p 79-97.

	Publications resulting from the SNRE Minigrant Programs 2003-2004
	PI: Donald A. Graetz Project Title: Occurrence and Fate of Steroidal Estrogen Hormones in Dairy Manure-Impacted. Hanselman, T.A., Graetz, D.A., Wilkie, A.C., Szabo, N.J. and Diaz, C.S. (2006).  Determination of steroidal estrogens in flushed dairy manure wastewater by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.  J. Environ. Qual. 35(3):695-700. Hanselman, T.A., Graetz, D.A. and Wilkie, A.C. (2004).  Comparison of three enzyme immunoassays for measuring 17β‑estradiol in flushed dairy manure wastewater.  J. Environ. Qual. 33(5):1919-1923. Hanselman, T.A., Graetz, D.A. and Wilkie, A.C. (2003).  Manure-borne estrogens as potential environmental contaminants: A review.  Environ. Sci. Technol. 37(24):5471-5478. Hanselman, T.A., Graetz, D.A. and Wilkie, A.C. (2003).  Fate of poultry manure estrogens in soils: A review.  Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Fla. Proc. 62:8-12. PI: Chuck Jacoby Project Title: Improving Watershed Education, Outreach, and Research. Score, A. and C. Jacoby. 2006. Historical and planned changes in the south Florida ecosystem. University of Florida Electronic Data Information Source FA127. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. 5 pp. Score, A. and C. Jacoby. 2004. Changes in the south Florida ecosystem. In: Sounding Line: news of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Summer 2004. Shukla, S. 2004. Watersheds – functions and management. University of Florida Electronic Data Information Source ABE350. Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. 6 pp. PI: Jasmeet Judge Remote Sensing for Improved Estimation of ET, Biomass, and Soil Moisture in Crop Models. Project Leader: Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Casanova, J., Lin, T.Y., Jang, M.Y., Tien, K.Y., Judge, J., Lanni, O. and Larry Miller. 2005. Field Observations During the Fourth Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-4): March 10 - June 14. 2005. Circular 1482. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). Casanova, J., Lin, T.Y., Jang M.Y., Tien K.Y., Judge, J., and O. Lanni, and Larry Miller. Field Observations During the Third Microwave Water and Energy Balance Experiment (MicroWEX-3): June 16 - December 21, 2004. Circular 1482. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu).             Casanova, J., J. Judge, and J.W. Jones, “Calibration of CERES-Maize Crop Growth Model for Linkage With Microwave Remote Sensing Model, 2005 Trans. of Ameri. Soc. Agri. Eng. 49: 783-792. Judge, J., Lin T., Tien, K.J., Jang, M.Y., Casanova, J., Miller, L.W., and O., Lanni. 2005.  Field observations during the second microwave water and energy balance experiment (MicroWEX-2): from March 17 through June 3, 2004. Circular 1480. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). Tien, K.J., J. Judge, and R. DeRoo, “Comparison of different microwave radiometric calibration techniques,” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 6, pp. 3748-3751, 2004. Tien, K.J. and J. Judge, “Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture, Evapotranspiration, and Vegetation Properties During a Growing Season of Cotton,” In preparation for submission to IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, pp. 2975-2978, 2004. Tien, K.J., Judge, K., Miller, L.W., and Lanni, O.L. Data report for the first microwave water and energy balance experiment (MicroWEX-1), July 17 - December 16, 2003, Citra, Florida. Circular 1470. Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida. (http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu). PI: Edward J. Phlips Project Title: The Establishment of an Algal Toxin Analysis Capability at the University of Florida. Phlips, E.J. J. Frost, M. Yilmaz, N. Steigerwalt and M. Cichra. 2005. “Factors controlling the abundance and composition of blue-green algae in Lake Griffin.” St. Johns River Water Management District. Special Publication SJ2005-SP4. Palatka, Florida. Phlips, E. J. and S. Badylak. 2004. “The occurrence of potentially toxic dinoflagellates and diatoms in a subtropical lagoon, the Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA.” Harmful Algae. 3:39-49. PI: Joseph Prenger Project Title: Calibrating Diffuse Reflectance Spectra for Rapid Assessment of Wetland. Cohen, M.J., J. Prenger, and W.F. DeBusk. 2004. Visible-near infrared reflectance spectroscopy for rapid, nondestructive assessment of wetland soil quality. Journal of Environmental Quality. 34(4): 1422-1434 PI: Mohammad Rahmani Project Title: Economics of Yard Debris Conversion Options in Florida M. Rahmani, A.W. Hodges, and C.F. Kiker. "Overcoming Barriers to Marketing ROP." Biocycle, Journal of Composting and Organic Recycling. January 2005. PI: Ann C. Wilkie Project Title: Utilization and Land-Application of Ethanol Stillage from Conventional and Cellulosic Feedstocks. Sooknah, R.D. and Wilkie, A.C. (2004).  Nutrient removal by floating aquatic macrophytes cultured in anaerobically digested flushed dairy manure wastewater.  Ecol. Eng. 22(1):27‑42.