Researchers and Reports

Science in the Big Thicket

Researchers and Reports

Study subjects with researcher names are listed below, most entries with proposals and reports. There is a general phylogenetic order.


Publications about Life of the Big Thicket

Publications


Slime Molds (Mycetozoa)

Kathryn Winsett

Kathryn Winsett CV

Study Description

Poster - Myxomycetes of the Big Thicket National Preserve

Poster - Slime Mold Biodiversity: local, national, global

2010 Final Report

2012 TWIG Final Report

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Steven Stevenson and Kathryn Winsett

Steven Stevenson CV

2012 Final Report


Pyrenomycete Fungi (Ascomycota)

Vasilyeva CV

Larissa Vasilyeva

Study Description

2007 Annual Report

2010 Annual Report

2011 Species Findings

2017 Obituary


Macro Fungi (Basidiomycota)

David Lewis, President of Gulf States Mycological Society

David Lewis Bio

Study Description

2010 Report

2010 Progress Report

2012 Progress Report

2013 Progress Report

2017 IAR Report

New Species of Fungi for SE Texas List

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Bart Buyck

Bart Buyck CV

Study Description

2014 Final Report


Lichens (associations of fungi, algae, cyanobacteria)

Robert Egan

Egan CV

Study Description

2007 Annual Report

2009 Annual Report

2011 Egan BTNP Lichen Report


Cynthia Troxell

Publication: 1977 Final Report -- A Study of the Lichens of Five Big Thicket Plant Communities

Obituary for Cynthia Troxell


Liverworts, Hornworts, and Mosses (Bryophytes)

Dale Kruse, Paul Davison

Kruse Bio

Study Description

Final Report


Vascular Plants (Tracheophyta)

Larry Brown

Brown CV

Study Description

2008 IAR Inventory

Publication: Annotated Checklist Jackgore Baygall and Neches River

Publication: Annotated Checklist Turkey Creek Unit

Publication: Annotated Checklist Loblolly Unit

Obituary for Larry Brown


Stephen Hatch

Hatch CV

Study Description

2010 Annual Report

2012 Annual report


Orchids (Asparagales)

Joseph Liggio

Liggio CV

Study Description

Publication: Liggio, J., Liggio Orto, A. (1999). Wild Orchids of Texas. University of North Texas Press. book cover

2010 IAR Report

2011 Field Trip Report


Water Bears (Tardigrada)

Harry Meyer, Julianna Hinton

Hinton and Meyer CVs

Study Description

2009 Progress Report

2009 Tardigrade Symposium Abstract

2009 Tardigrade Symposium, Germany

2014 Tardigrada of Big Thicket National Preserve


Roundworms (Nematoda)

Thomas Powers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Powers CV

Study Description

2013 Annual Progress Report

2013 Final Report

2017 Annual Progress Report

2018 Final Report


Parasites of Aquatic Ectotherms (Trematoda mostly)

Michael Barger

Barger CV

Study Description

2007 Progress Report

2008 IAR Report

2009 Annual Report


Land Snails (Gastropoda)

Brian Cole

Study Description

Land Snails of the Big Thicket National Preserve


Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida)

Marsha May, Bob Boensch, Stephanie Burgess

Study Description

2009 Freshwater Mussels of Village Creek

Science Cafe Presentation

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2015 SEP Sierra Mitigation Final Report

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Neil Ford

Ford CV

Study Description

Conference Poster

Survey #1: Final Report

Survey #2 Final Report

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Alison Tarter, Astrid N. Schwalb

Tarter CV

Schwalb CV

Study Description

2018 Final Report

Thesis: Tarter, A. A. (2019). Distribution of unionid mussels in the Big Thicket region of Texas.

Publication: Tarter, A. A., Ford, D. F., Symonds, D. E., Ford, N. B., & Schwalb, A. N. (2022). Impact of extreme climatic events on unionid mussels in a subtropical river basin. Hydrobiologia, 1-16.


Terrestrial Arthropods

Jerry Cook

Cook CV

Study Description

2007 Clopton and Cook Abstract

2008 Clopton and Cook Abstract

2011 Clopton and Cook Abstract


Pseudoscorpions (Arachnida)

Richard Clopton, Jerry Cook

Clopton CV

2009 TWIG Progress Report


Crayfish (Astocoidea)

Zachary Loughman

Loughman CV

Study Description

2018 Final Report

Daniel Johnson

Johnson Bio

Study Description -- Johnson


Whirligig Beetles (Gyrinidae)

Jerry Cook, Edward Realzola

Cook CV

Realzola CV

Cook, Realzoa Study Description

Collection Sites

Final Report for 2007 Project


Aquatic True Bugs (Hemiptera)

Paul Tinerella

Tinerella CV

Study Description

2009 Annual Report

2009-2011 Summary Report

2015 Final Report

2015 IRMA System Status


Butterflies, Moths (Lepidoptera)

Dave Henderson

Henderson Bio

Study Description

2007 Best Big Thicket Count

Exhibit Poster: Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3, Panel 4


Owlet Moths (Lepidoptera, Notuidae)

Michael Pogue

Pogue CV

Study Description

2010 IAR Report

2010 Annual Report

2011 IAR Report


Dragonflies, Damselflies (Odonata)

Autumn Smith-Herron

Smith-Herron CV

Study Description

2012 Final Report


Ants (Hymenoptera)

JoVonn Hill, Mississippi State University

Hill CV

Study Description

Summary Report 2011-2013

Conference Poster 2012

Final Report

Ant Checklist

Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)

JoVonn Hill, Mississippi State University

Hill CV

Study Description

Orthoptera Poster, 2012

Progress Report, 2012

Progress Report, 2013

Final Report

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Linehan, Lewis, and Cook

2008 Poster

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Scott Solomon, Rice University

Blog: The Ant Hunter

Solomon CV

Miller CV

Study Description

2018 Final Report on Ant Community Dynamics

Rice University EBIO 327 Big Thicket Bioblitz's Check List


Bees (Apoidea)

Daniel Bennett, John Pascarella

Bennett and Pascarella CVs

Study Description

2017 Annual Report

2018 Final Report

2021 Annual Report

2021 Poster: Bennett, D.J., Haynes, X. 2021. Impacts of fire and flooding events on insects in the Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Denver, Colorado


Freshwater Fishes (Actinopterygii)

Chad Hargrave, Raelynn Deaton

Hargrave CV

Study Description

Survey #2. Final Report


Lizards and Snakes (Squamata)

Paul Crump

Crump CV

Riger CV

Rommel CV

Study Description

2009 Annual Report

2010 Findings; Status

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Michael Smith

2009 Herp Checklist

TWIG Progress Report

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Hardin Waddle

Waddle Bio

2010-2011 Herp Summary

2010-2011 Herp Checklist


Alligators (Crocodylia)

Matthew Pyne, Jamie Brown, Lamar University

Pyne CV

Study Description

2017 Annual Report

2019 Final report