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R.J. David Wells

Texas A&M University

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Comparing Persistent (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and Emerging Nano(Micro)Plastics (Nmps) Pollutant Body-Burdens in Oysters and Fish from Matagorda Bay (Texas, USA)

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Apr 2025
Asif Mortuza, Emily N. Meese, Marcus Wharton, Bryan Gahn, Lene Petersen, Antonietta Quigg, R.J. David Wells, Karl Kaiser and David Hala
Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
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Coastal estuary, shellfish, Fish, Microplastics, body-burdens, Risk assessment

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Spatiotemporal Shifts in the Presence of Estuarine-Dependent Fish Species in Texas Bays

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Mar 2024
Michelle Zapp Sluis, Masami Fujiwara, Fernando Martinez-Andrade and R.J. David Wells
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Texas A&M University
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estuary, Fish, Gulf of Mexico, random forest classification

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Tracking Sharks Through Time: Long-Term Trends Along the Texas Coast

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 06 Apr 2026
Paula Dominguez Rein-Loring, Marcus Drymon, Mark Fisher, Fernando Martinez-Andrade, William B. Driggers III, Jay R. Rooker, Masami Fujiwara and R.J. David Wells
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Mississippi State University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
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Catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE), Coastal sharks, Fishery-independent survey, Environmental drivers, Shark population trends, Generalized Additive Models (GAMs)

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Single and Mixtures Toxicity of Emerging (Polystyrene microplastic) and Persistent (PAHs and PCBs) Pollutants and Their Sub-lethal Adverse Effects on Larval Stage Zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Apr 2026
Asif Mortuza, Daniel Kemp, Antonietta Quigg, R.J. David Wells, Karl Kaiser, David Hala and Lene Petersen
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Persistent Pollutants, Microplastics, zebrafish, EROD Activity, Metabolic Rate, Cardiac Function

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Current and Historic Levels of Persistent (PAHs, PCBs) and Emerging Pollutant (Nano-and micro-plastics or NMPs) Body-Burdens in Oysters and Fish from an Urban-Industrialized Subtropical Estuary (Galveston Bay, TX, USA)

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 08 Jun 2026
Asif Mortuza, Bryan Gahn, Marcus Wharton, R.J. David Wells, Lene Petersen, Antonietta Quigg, Karl Kaiser and David Hala
Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University
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subtropical estuary, shellfish, fish, Microplastics, body-burdens, persistent pollutants