Completed Projects

EIH has collaborated with a diverse group of partnership organizations from the public and private sectors since its inception in 1991. Listed below are some of the most recent projects completed by EIH in order of date completed. Please feel free to contact us at EIHResearch@uhcl.edu for further information.

Targeted Bacteria Monitoring Project
2023

Tracking Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) Infection in Sun Cured Oysters: Ensuring Safe Oyster Shell Recycling Programs in Galveston Bay
2022 – 2023

Utilizing eDNA and Plankton Sampling to Monitor American Eel Recruitment in Texas
2022 – 2023

National Lakes Assessment
2022

Microplastics in the Galveston Bay Watershed: The Big Impacts of Tiny Pollution
2021 – 2024

Baseline Study of Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Population Viability in Texas Watersheds
2021 – 2023

National Wetland Condition Assessment
2021

Distribution and Habitat Associations of the Western Chicken Turtle in Texas
2020 – 2022

National Coastal Condition Assessment
2020

Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use by the Dwarf Seahorse, Hippocampus zosterae, along the Texas Coast
2019 – 2020

Baseline Research Studies in Support of Validation or Refinement of the Adopted Texas Commission Environmental Quality Environmental Flow Standards for the Brazos River Estuary
2018 – 2020

National Rivers and Streams Assessment
2018 – 2019

Real-time Flow Monitoring
2017 – 2021

Characterization of the Influence of Freshwater Inflow on Trinity River Delta Indicators
2017 – 2019

Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use of the American Eel
2017 – 2019

Assessment of Invasive Armored Catfishes' (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus and Hypostomus plecostomus) In-stream Habitat Use and Management in the San Marcos River
2017 – 2018

National Lakes Assessment
2017

Coast-wide Characterization of Saltmarsh Topminnow (Fundulus jenkinsi) Populations in Texas
2016 – 2018

Assessment of Shorebird Populations in Galveston Bay Using Conventional and UAV Techniques
2016 – 2017

Biological Monitoring of the Tres Palacios River and Upper Tres Palacios Bay, Texas
2016 – 2017

Brazos Estuary Instream Flow Water Quality and Nekton Study
2016 – 2017

Characterization of Finfish Diet Using Stable Isotope Analysis in the Brazos River Estuary
2016 – 2017

A Mesocosm Study of the Impact of Invasive Armored Catfish (Pterygoplichthys sp.) on Endangered Texas Wild Rice (Zizania texana) in the San Marcos River
2016 – 2017

Water Quality and Biological Monitoring of the Trinity River Delta and Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge
2016 – 2017

National Wetland Condition Assessment
2016

Mapping Shallow Reefs Using Low-cost Side Scanning Sonar and Drone Photography Systems
2015 – 2016

Trinity River Delta and Surrounding Waters Atlantic Rangia Population Assessment
2015 – 2016

National Coastal Condition Assessment
2015

Instream Flow Study of the Lower Brazos River Estuary
2014 – 2015

Foraging Ecology of Common Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Galveston Bay, Texas
2013 – 2016

Distribution, Abundance and Habitat Use by the Saltmarsh Topminnow, Fundulus jenkinsi
2013 – 2015

National Lakes Assessment, Texas
2013 – 2014

National Rivers and Streams Assessment, Texas
2013 – 2014

San Bernard Watershed Water Quality Monitoring
2013 – 2014

Cedar Bayou Watershed Water Quality Monitoring
2012 – 2015

Texas American Oystercatcher Project
2012 – 2014

Brazos Estuary Aquatic Community Assessment Project
2012 – 2013

Bycatch Study of Texas Commercial Blue Crab Fishery
2012 – 2013

Distribution of Piping Plover on the Upper Texas Coast
2012 – 2013

Development of Seasonal Growth Patterns of the Blue Crab (C. sapidus) in Galveston Bay
2011 – 2013

Harris County Texas Comprehensive Turbidity Study
2011 – 2012

Sedimentation Analysis of Dickinson Bayou Tidal (Segment 1103)
2011 – 2012

National Wetland Condition Assessment
2011

Springwoods Subdivision Study
2011

Texas Nutrient Criteria Development Support Project
2011

Time of Travel at Mason Park
2011

Highland Bayou Watershed Characterization
2010 – 2011

Population Status and Demographics of the Texas Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis)
2010 – 2011

Mid-Texas Coast Complex Texas Diamondback Terrapin Ecology Project
2010

National Coastal Condition Assessment
2010

Armand Bayou Water Quality Improvement Partnership
2009 – 2013

Recreational Use Attainability Analysis
2009 – 2011

Evaluation of Historical Trends in Trinity River Fish Communities
2009

Bacterial Survey of Lake Madeline, Galveston, Texas
2008 – 2009

Fish as Sources of E. coli Bacteria in Warm Water Streams
2008 – 2009

Influence of the Waugh Street Bat Colony on Indicator Bacteria Levels in Buffalo Bayou
2008 – 2009

Evaluation of the Influence of Various Stream Substrates on Aquatic Biota within Harris County, Texas
2007 – 2011

Galveston Bay Ecosystem Model Phase I & II
2007 – 2010

Greens Bayou Wetlands Mitigation Assessment Project: Topographic Survey for Evaluation of Site Hydrology
2007 – 2010

Distribution and Demographics of the Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) in Galveston Bay, Texas
2007 – 2009

Air Quality and Ozone Monitoring
2003 – 2012

Biological Monitoring of Houston Area Wadeable Streams
1997 – 2012