Carlos E. Cintra Buenrostro, Ph. D. Personal Information

Carlos E. Cintra Buenrostro, Ph. D.
Resume / Research Experience - January 2015
Personal Information
Job Title: Associate Professor
Immigration Status: US Permanent Resident
Address: Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences / Department of Biological
Sciences, The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville TX 78520 USA.
Phone: (956) 882-5746.
E-mail: [email protected].
Education
2006. Ph. D. Geosciences (Marine Paleoecology), University of Arizona (UA), Department of
Geosciences, Tucson.
Thesis: Bivalve mollusk paleoecology: trophic and environmental reconstruction from stable
isotopes, sclerochronology and shell damage.
2000. M. Sc. Marine Sciences (Marine Ecology), Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML),
Moss Landing, CA.
Thesis: Gulf of California Pleistocene and Modern Molluscan comparison as a test for global
change.
1997. B. Sc. Marine Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), La Paz,
B.C.S., México.
Thesis: Sinópsis taxonómica y biogeografía ecológica de asteroideos (Echinodermata:
Asteroidea) del Golfo de California.
Research Interests
Biotic response to environmental change, habitat restoration, stable isotopes, artificial reef
monitoring and development, biogeography, ecology, evolution, taxonomy and paleontology
of marine macroinvertebrates (mainly corals, echinoderms and molluscs).
Fellowships
- Friday Harbor Laboratories (July 19 - August 21, 2004). University of Washington, Friday
Harbor, WA, USA.
- Environmental Defense (2002 - 2003 academic year). UA, Tucson, USA.
- T & E, Inc. (Summer 2002). UA, Tucson, USA.
- Chevron / Dept. of Geosciences, UA (June 2002). Tucson, USA.
- Bert S. Butler Fellowship (2001 - 2002 academic year). UA, Tucson, USA.
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT) (September 2001 - August 2004).
México, DF - USA, Arizona.
- Packard Foundation (April 25 - May 1, 2000). MLML-SJSU, California, USA.
- Ray Cannon Scholarship (1999). MLML-SJSU, California, USA.
- Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanography and Marine Biology Trust (1999). MLMLSan José State University (SJSU), California, USA.
- Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) (September - October, 1998). UABCS-MLML,
México-USA.
Honors and Awards
- Faculty Exceptional Merit (2014). The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), Brownsville,
TX, USA.
- Joint appointment in the Department of Biological Sciences (2013). UTB, Brownsville, TX,
USA.
- Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor (2012). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA.
- Faculty Exceptional Merit (2011). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA.
- Faculty Exceptional Merit (2009). UTB, Brownsville, TX, USA.
- Member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (August, 2006-2009).
- Best grade average of the Class 1991 - 1995 in Marine Biology (12/19/1995). Universidad
Autonóma de Baja California Sur (UABCS), La Paz, B.C.S., México.
- Number two ranked in Marine Biology during the semester 1995 - 1 (11/1/1995). UABCS, La
Paz, Baja California Sur (B.C.S.), México.
Employment (Teaching Experience)
The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB), Brownsville, USA
Graduate Courses @ UTB
- BIOL 6185-01, 02 or 03 - Graduate Research: thrice.
- BIOL 6285-02 or 07 - Graduate Research: twice.
- BIOL 6685-02 - Graduate Research: once.
- BIOL or ESCI 5370-01 or 03 - Topics in Biology/Environmental Sciences (Oceanography):
twice.
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- BIOL or ESCI 5170-01 or 03 - Topics in Biology/Environmental Sciences Laboratory
(Oceanography Laboratory): twice.
- BIOL or ESCI 5370-01 or 02 - Topics in Biology/Environmental Sciences (Predator-Prey
Interactions): once.
- BIOL 7300-03 - Thesis: twice.
- BIOL 7301-04 - Thesis: twice.
- ESCI 5370-01 - Topics in Environmental Sciences (Stable Isotopes in Ecology): once.
Table 1. Graduate courses taught by semester (section and description above). Information in
parenthesis = topic for course or multiple sections in a semester.
Course
Fall
Spring
BIOL 6185
2013
2014(2)
3
BIOL 6285
2014
2015
2
2015
1
BIOL 6685
Summer
Total
BIOL/ESCI 5370 (Oceanography)
2013, 2014
2
BIOL/ESCI 5170 (Oceanography Lab.)
2013, 2014
2
BIOL/ESCI
5370
(Predator-Prey
2015
1
Interactions)
BIOL 7300
2
2014(2)
BIOL 7301
ESCI 5370 (Stable Isotopes in Ecology)
2015(2)
2
2013
1
Undergraduate Courses @ UTB
- BIOL /ESCI (Now ENVR) 4370-01 or 05 - Topics in Environmental Sciences (Predator - Prey
Interactions): thrice + Spring 2012 and 2014 (offered but cancelled due to low enrollment).
- ESCI (Now ENVR) 4399-02 or 03 - Research Problems in Environmental Sciences: 16 times.
- GEOL 1304-01 or 02 - Historical Geology: 22 times + Summer II 2013 (offered but cancelled
due to low enrollment).
- ESCIU (Now ENVR)/GEOL 3305 - Oceanography: seven times.
- ESCIU (Now ENVR)/GEOL 3105 - Oceanography Laboratory: seven times.
- BIOL 3309-02 - Ecology: once.
- ENVR 4370-01 - Topics in Environmental Sciences (Stable Isotopes in Ecology): once.
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- GEOL 1104-01 or 02 - Historical Geology Laboratory: 22 times + Summer II 2013 (offered but
cancelled due to low enrollment).
- GEOL 1303-01 - Physical Geology: once.
- ESCI (Now ENVR) 4370 - Topics in Environmental Sciences (Marine Biology): once.
- ESCIU (Now ENVR, but not longer offered)/GEOL 2355 - Natural Disasters: thrice.
Table 2. Undergraduate courses taught by semester (section and description above).
Information in parenthesis = topic for course or multiple sections in a semester.
Course
Fall
BIOL 3309
ENVR (ESCI) 4399
ENVR (ESCI) 3305
Spring
Summer
1
2014
2013, 2012,
2015, 2014,
2011, 2010,
2013, 2012,
2009, 2008,
2011, 2010,
2007
2009, 2008
Total
2008
2014*, 2013,
16
7
2012, 2011,
2010, 2009,
2007
ENVR (ESCI) 3105
2014*, 2013,
7
2012, 2011,
2010, 2009,
2007
ENVR 4370 (Stable Isotopes in Ecology)
2013
1
BIOL/ENVR (ESCI) 4370 (Predator-Prey)
2015, 2011,
3
2008
ENVR (ESCI) 4370 (Marine Biology)
ESCIU 2355
1
2009
3
2008, 2007,
2006
GEOL 1304
*
2012, 2011,
2015, 2014,
2012, 2011,
2010, 2009,
2013, 2012,
2010, 2009,
Offered as ENVR 3405.
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22
2008, 2006
2011, 2010,
2008, 2007
2009, 2008,
2007(2)
GEOL 1104
2011, 2010,
2013,
2012, 2011,
2009, 2008,
2012(2),
2010, 2009,
2006(2)
2011(2),
2008, 2007
22
2010,
2009(2),
2008, 2007
GEOL 1303
1
2010
Teaching Assistantships
- Fall 2004: NATS 101 - A Geological Perspective. University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, USA.
- Spring 2002; Fall 2001: Introduction to Oceanography. UA, Tucson, USA.
- Students Across Borders, UA, 2003 - 2004 (academic year); Summer 2005. Tucson, USA.
- Spring 1998: MS 272 - Subtidal Ecology. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories - San Jose State
University, California, USA.
Grants and Contracts
Current: Note all amounts in U.S. Dollars, unless otherwise noticed.
- Co-PI on the project: “Artificial reef biological monitoring and research program FY 20142015”. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) - The University of Texas at Brownsville.
Contract Number (September 2013 - August 2015): Total Award Amount $449,986.00.
- Co-PI on the project: “A regional ecosystem approach for the conservation and sustainable
management of coastal and marine resources”. Environmental Cooperative Science Center
(ECSC) / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Florida A&M
University, Lead Institution - The University of Texas at Brownsville.
NA11SEC4810001
(September
2011
-
August
2016):
Total
Grant Number
Award
Amount
$14,925,000.00; UTB Award Amount $1,089,859.00.
Pending
- PI on the project: “Fishes’ residency, sizes, biomass and trophic structure in Texas
southernmost restoration area: Bahia Grande”.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). Total Award Amount $520,206.00.
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Past
- Co-PI on the project: “Repurposing the UT-Brownsville Research Vessel M/V Vollert for
Monitoring Artificial Reefs”. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) - The University of
Texas at Brownsville. Contract Number NA (September 2012 - December 2013): Total
Award Amount $76,000.00.
- Co-PI on the project: “Artificial reef biological monitoring and research program”. Texas Parks
& Wildlife Department (TPWD) - The University of Texas at Brownsville. Contract Number
409326 (April 2011 - March 2013): Total Award Amount $297,172.00.
- Co-PI on the project: “Texas Clipper Reef biological monitoring and evaluation program”.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) - The University of Texas at Brownsville.
Contract Number 183089 (October 2007 - March 2011): Total Award Amount $245,330.00.
- Associated Researcher on the project: “Biodiversidad asociada a mantos de rodolitos y pastos
marinos en Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur”. Reference Number SO74 UABCS CONABIO (April 1999 - 2001) ): Total Award Amount $113,200.00 (Mexican Pesos).
- Co-PI on the project: “Think before you throw campus recycling program at UTB/TSC”.
Walmart Foundation (2007): Total Award Amount $1,000.00.
In-Kind Donations Received
- SCUBA Diving Equipment Donated by CON-DIVE October 2007: Estimated Value of
Equipment $30,000.00.
Employment on Research Grants
- Technician on the project: “Research Coordination Network - Colorado River Delta”. NSF
Grant to K.W. Flessa (July 2005 - August 2006).
- Technician on the project: “Estimating the minimum amount of Colorado River water needed to
restore critical parts of the river’s estuarine habitat in the northern Gulf of California”.
Environmental Defense Grant (463230 to K.W. Flessa) (August 2002 - May 2003).
- Technician on the project: “Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental, en su modalidad específica:
salitrales de San Ignacio BCS”. Exportadora de Sal, S.A. de C.V. (2000 - 2001).
- Technician in the Oceanographic Campaign PROMEBIO IV, on the project: “Procesos
Oceánicos y Mecanismos de Producción Biológica en el Sur del Golfo de México”.
Reference Number G27777-B ICMyL, UNAM - CONACyT (April 17 - May 1, 2000).
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- Technician on the project: "Evaluating Biological Response to Global Change Using the Fossil
Record". National Geographic Society (Grant 5774-96) (January 1997 - August 2000).
- Technician on the project: "The impact of climate change on nearshore marine biodiversity in
the Gulf of California". University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Joint International
Climate Projects, IAI Initial Science Program (January 1997 - August 2000).
- Assistant on the project: "Potencial de la Isla Cerralvo, B.C.S., como un área de reserva
pesquera". Registro de la Dirección de Posgrado e Investigación, del Instituto Politécnico
Nacional No. 966509 (April 1996 - March 1998).
- First assistant on the project: "Riqueza específica y biogeografía de los corales hermatípicos
de la sección sur del Golfo de California y las Islas Revillagigedo".
Convenio
FB342/H337/96 UABCS - CONABIO (September 1996 - August 1997).
- Technician on the project: "Biología poblacional de Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875)
(Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) en el sur del Golfo de California".
Convenio
FB315/H216/96 UABCS - CONABIO (August 1996 - July 1997).
Publications
Published:
12) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E.
2012. Would predatory drillhole frequency on Chione spp.
increase under the suggested climate change scenario? Comparing Pleistocene and
Modern
rhodolith
beds.
International
Journal
of
Modern
Botany
DOI
10.5923/j.ijmb.20120204.07.
11) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., K.W. Flessa and D.L. Dettman. 2012. Restoration flows for the
Colorado River Estuary, México: estimates from oxygen isotopes in the bivalve mollusk
Mulinia coloradoensis (Mactridae:Bivalvia).
Wetlands Ecology & Management DOI
10.1007/s11273-012-9255-5.
10) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. 2007. Trampling, peeling and nibbling mussels: an experimental
assessment of mechanical and predatory damage to shells of Mytilus trossulus (Mollusca:
Mytilidae). Journal of Shellfish Research 26 (1): 221-231.
9) Avila-Serrano, G.E., K.W. Flessa, M.A. Téllez-Duarte and C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2006.
Distribución de la macrofauna intermareal del Delta del Río Colorado, norte del Golfo de
California, México. Ciencias Marinas 32 (4): 649-661.
8) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., K.W. Flessa and G. Avila-Serrano. 2005. Who cares about a
vanishing clam?
Trophic importance of Mulinia coloradoensis inferred from predatory
damage. Palaios 20: 296-302.
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7)
Cintra-Buenrostro,
C.E.,
H.
Reyes-Bonilla
and
M.D.
Herrero-Pérezrul.
2005.
Oceanographic conditions and diversity of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the Gulf
of California, México. Revista de Biología Tropical Special Edition: Latinoamerican Studies
in Echinoderms 53 (Supplement 3): 245-261.
6) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. and K.W. Flessa.
2004.
Cavidades, mordiscos y peladas:
herramientas para determinar la importancia trófica de una especie en desvanecimiento
dentro del Delta del Río Colorado, México. Ciencia y Mar 8 (24): 3-19.
5) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., M.S. Foster and K.H. Meldahl. 2002. Response of nearshore
marine assemblages to global change: a comparison of molluscan assemblages in
Pleistocene and modern rhodolith beds in the southwestern Gulf of California, México.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 183: 299-320.
4) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. 2001. Los asteroideos (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) de aguas
someras del Golfo de California, México. Oceánides 16 (1): 49-90.
3) Leyte-Morales G.E., H. Reyes-Bonilla, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and P. Glynn. 2001. Range
extension of Leptoseris papyracea (Dana, 1846) to the west coast of México. Bulletin of
Marine Science 69 (3): 1233-1237.
2) Herrero-Pérezrul, M.D., H. Reyes-Bonilla, F. García-Domínguez and C.E. CintraBuenrostro.
1999.
Reproduction and growth of Isostichopus fuscus (Echinodermata:
Holothuroidea) in the southern Gulf of California, México. Marine Biology 135 (3): 521-532.
1) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E., H. Reyes Bonilla and O. Arizpe Covarrubias.
1998.
Listado
sistemático de la fauna de equinodermos (Echinodermata) del arrecife de Cabo Pulmo,
México. Revista de Biología Tropical 46 (2): 169-172.
Book Chapters:
1) Herrero-Pérezrul, M.D., H. Reyes-Bonilla, A. González-Azcárraga, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro
and A. Rojas-Sierra.
2008.
Chapter 12: Equinodermos.
In: Ezcurra E. and G.D.
Danemann (Eds.). Bahía de los Angeles: recursos naturales y comunidad. Línea base
2007. PRONATURA, México.
In Revision or Preparation:
- Fierro-Cabo A., Marquez M.A., and C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro. Decomposition and nitrogen
dynamics: effective indicators of ecosystem functional recovery in estuaries linked to Lower
Laguna Madre, Texas. Submitted to Ecological Indicators.
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- Herrero-Pérezrul, M.D., H. Reyes-Bonilla and C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro. Estimation of regional
diversity of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the central eastern Pacific. Submitted
to Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
- Walk, E., D.H. Hicks, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and J.D. Shively. Disturbance intensities on the
artificial reef fouling community of the Texas Clipper, South Texas, Gulf of Mexico. To be
submitted to Bulletin of Marine Science.
- Lê, J.Q., D.H. Hicks, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and J.D. Shively. An experimental test of the
effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling communities. To be
submitted to Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.
Reviewer for Scientific Journals
17) 2012. Palaios (USA).
16) 2011. Ciencia y Mar (México).
15) 2010. The Texas Journal of Science (USA).
14) 2009. Oceánides (México).
13) 2009. Palaios (USA).
12) 2008. Palaios (USA).
11) 2008. Ciencia y Mar (México).
10) 2007. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (United Kingdom).
9) 2007. Ciencias Marinas (México).
8) 2007. Ciencia y Mar (México).
7) 2005. Revista Universidad y Ciencia (México).
6) 2004. Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Special Edition: Latinoamerican Studies in
Echinoderms.
5) 2004. Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica) Special Edition: Latinoamerican Studies in
Echinoderms.
4) 2000. Ciencia y Mar (México).
3) 1999. Ciencia y Mar (México).
2) 1999. Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica).
1) 1998. Revista de Biología Tropical (Costa Rica).
Presentations at Scientific Meetings
Oral
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36) Delgado M., C.E. Cintra Buenrostro and A. Fierro-Cabo. 2014. Turtle seagrass (Thalasia
testudinum) decomposition and nitrogen dynamics in a subtropical estuarine system. 7th
Biennial Education and Science Forum, NOAA Educational Partnership Program. University
of Maryland Eastern Shore, MD (October 26-29, 2014).
Placed 3rd on Best Student
Presentations.
35) Martinez, C., A. Fierro and C. Cintra Buenrostro. 2014. Potential use of the ivory barnacle
(Balanus eburneus) as a monitoring tool of ecosystem recovery in Texas southmost
estuaries.
7th Biennial Education and Science Forum, NOAA Educational Partnership
Program. University of Maryland Eastern Shore, MD (October 26-29, 2014).
34) Fierro-Cabo A., M.A. Marquez and C. Cintra Buenrostro. 2014. Effective indicators of
ecosystem functional recovery in estuaries linked to Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. Society
for Ecological Restoration: Texas & Southwest Chapters Joint Conference. Sul Ross State
University, Alpine, TX (October 17-19, 2014).
33) Cintra-Buenrostro C.E. and D.W. Hicks. 2014. Low intensity + high frequency: a recipe
for biodiversity of biofouling organisms in artificial reefs. 1st Annual Science and Research
Consortium, TPWD Artificial Reef Program. Harte Research Institute, Corpus Christi, TX
(January 16-17, 2014).
32) Hicks, D.W., C. Cintra Buenrostro and R.J. Kline. 2014. Spatial and temporal dynamics of
south Texas artificial reef fish communities: a review of results and survey methods. 1st
Annual Science and Research Consortium, TPWD Artificial Reef Program. Harte Research
Institute, Corpus Christi, TX (January 16-17, 2014).
31) Garcia A., R.J. Kline, D.W. Hicks and C. Cintra Buenrostro. 2014. A comparison of site
fidelity and habitat use of red snapper to evaluate performance of two artificial reefs in south
Texas. 1st Annual Science and Research Consortium, TPWD Artificial Reef Program. Harte
Research Institute, Corpus Christi, TX (January 16-17, 2014).
30) Marquez, M., A. Fierro and C. Cintra Buenrostro. 2013. Decomposition patterns and
nitrogen dynamics of Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinans) leaf litter in Bahia Grande and
South Bay, Texas. UTB-USFWS: Integrating Research with Land Management at Laguna
Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Symposium. UTB, Brownsville, TX (November 15, 2013).
29) Martinez, C., A. Fierro and C. Cintra Buenrostro.
2013.
Ivory Barnacle (Balanus
eburneus) as an ecological indicator in south Texas estuaries. UTB-USFWS: Integrating
Research with Land Management at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge Symposium.
UTB, Brownsville, TX (November 15, 2013).
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28) Martinez, C., A. Fierro and C. Cintra. 2013. Balanus eburneus as an ecological indicator in
south Texas estuaries. ASBPA 2013 National Coastal Conference. South Padre Island, TX
(October 23-25, 2013).
27) Marquez, M., A. Fierro-Cabo, C. Cintra-Buenrostro and D.W. Hicks. 2013. Decomposition
patterns of black mangrove (Avicennia germinans) leaf litter in disturbed estuaries linked to
the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -
Environmental Cooperative Science Center Annual Meeting.
Tampa, FL (March 10-13,
2013).
26) Garcia, A., R. Kline, D.W. Hicks, C. Cintra Buenrostro and D. Shively. 2013. The use of
underwater surgical techniques to reduce mortality in fish studies utilizing acoustic tagging.
116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. Schreiner University in Kerrville,
Kerrville, TX (February 28 - March 2, 2013).
25) Lê, J., D.W. Hicks, C. Cintra-Buenrostro and D. Shively. 2013. An experimental test of
the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling communities.
116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science. Schreiner University in Kerrville,
Kerrville, TX (February 28 - March 2, 2013).
24) Garcia, A., R. Kline, D.W. Hicks, C. Cintra Buenrostro and D. Shively.
2013.
A
comparison of site fidelity and habitat use of red snapper on two artificial reef types utilizing
acoustic telemetry in South Texas. 38th Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter: American
Fisheries Society. Conroe, TX (January 17-19, 2013).
23) Hicks, D.W., C. Cintra-Buenrostro, R. Kline and D. Shively. 2012. Moving towards the
standardization of artificial reef monitoring efforts. 1st Conference in Subtropical Biology.
Edinburg, TX (January 13, 2012).
22) Walk, E., D.W. Hicks, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and D. Shively.
2010.
Testing the
intermediate disturbance hypothesis for artificial reef fouling communities. Texas Bays and
Estuaries Meeting. Port Aransas, TX (April 15 - 16, 2010).
21) Flessa, K.W., J.D. Carriquiry, G.E. Avila-Serrano, M.A. Téllez-Duarte, C.E. CintraBuenrostro, K. Rowell, D.L. Dettman, R.D. Dietz and M.J. Román-Rodríguez.
2008.
Turning off the Colorado River’s water: impact on México’s greatest desert estuary.
California Estuarine Research Society 2008 Annual Meeting. Ensenada, B.C., México (April
27 - 29, 2008).
20) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E.
2006.
Growth rate comparison between Gulf of California
Pleistocene and Modern Chione spp. (Mollusca: Bivalvia) inhabiting rhodolith beds.
International Rhodolith Meeting. La Paz, B.C.S., México (October 22 - 27, 2006).
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2nd
19) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., K. Rowell, M.A. Téllez-Duarte, K.W. Flessa and D.L. Dettman.
2006. Salinity requirements for three brackish-water species in the Colorado River Estuary.
Bi-national Meeting of the Colorado River Research. Mexicali, B.C., México (October 27 29, 2006).
18) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., K. Rowell, K.W. Flessa and D.L. Dettman. 2005. Sólo agreguen
agua: isótopos estables determinan la salinidad requerida por tres especies de ambientes
salobres en el Estuario del Río Colorado. X Congreso de la Asociación de Investigadores
del Mar de Cortés, A.C. - IV Simposium Internacional sobre el Mar de Cortés. Mazatlán,
Sinaloa, México (October 25 - 28, 2005).
17) Herrero Pérezrul, M.D., H. Reyes Bonilla, C.E. Cintra Buenrostro, A. González Azcárraga
and A. Rojas Sierra. 2005. Aspectos ecológicos de algunos equinodermos en Bahía de los
Ángeles, B.C., México. X Congreso de la Asociación de Investigadores del Mar de Cortés,
A.C. - IV Simposium Internacional sobre el Mar de Cortés.
Mazatlán, Sinaloa, México
(October 25 - 28, 2005).
16) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E., K.W. Flessa and D.L. Dettman. 2005. Freshwater for a thirsty
clam: oxygen isotopes and the Predambrian salinity of the Colorado River Estuary. VII
Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la Península de Baja California.
UABC,
Ensenada, B.C., México (April 3 - 6, 2005).
15) Avila-Serrano, G.E., K.W. Flessa, M.A. Téllez-Duarte and C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2005.
Distribution of the shelly intertidal macrofauna of the Colorado River Delta, northern Gulf of
California, México.
VII Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la Península de Baja
California. UABC, Ensenada, B.C., México (April 3 - 6, 2005).
14) Flessa, K.W., J.D. Carriquiry, G.E. Avila-Serrano, M.A. Téllez-Duarte, C.E. CintraBuenrostro, K. Rowell and D.L. Dettman. 2004. At the end of the river: sedimentary and
biotic effects of river management on the Colorado River Delta.
2004 Annual Meeting,
Geological Society of America. Denver, Colorado, USA (November 7 - 10, 2004).
13) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. and K.W. Flessa.
2004.
A thirsty clam on a salty delta:
determining the amount of freshwater needed by Mulinia coloradoensis in the Colorado
River Delta and Estuary. The Gulf of California Conference 2004. Tucson, Arizona, USA
(June 13 - 17, 2004).
12) Flessa, K.W., K. Rowell, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and D.L. Dettman. 2003. Nature’s fair
share: How much freshwater is needed to restore Mexico’s Colorado River Estuary? 17th
Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation.
(September 14 - 18, 2003).
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Seattle, Washington, USA
11) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. and K.W. Flessa. 2003. Trophic consequences of reduced flow
to the Colorado River Estuary: evidence from predatory damage in subfossil shells. Joint
Estuarine and Coastal Science Association - Estuarine Research Federation Symposium.
San Carlos, Sonora, México (April 28 - May 2, 2003).
10) Cintra-Buenrostro, C.E. and K.W. Flessa. 2002. A hearty meal in the Holocene: trophic
consequences of environmental change on the Colorado River Delta, México. 2002 Annual
Meeting, Geological Society of America. Denver, Colorado, USA (October 27 - 30, 2002).
9) Flessa, K.W., C.E. Cintra Buenrostro, S.K. Noggle and D.L. Dettman. 2002. Conservation
paleobiology of an endangered estuarine mollusk: playing back the skeletal record. Annual
Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology. University of Kent, Canterbury, UK (June
14 - 19, 2002).
8) Dettman, D.L., K.W. Flessa, B.R. Schöne, D.H. Goodwin, C.A. Rodriguez, S.K. Noggle, C.E.
Cintra Buenrostro, K. Rowell and T.S.A. Taylor. 2002. Ecologies and environments of the
pre-dam Colorado River Delta. 3rd International Conference: applications of stable isotope
techniques to ecological studies. Flagstaff, AZ, USA (April 30 - May 1, 2002).
7) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. and K.W. Flessa.
2002.
Función ecológica de Mulinia
coloradoensis en el ecosistema del Delta del Río Colorado previo a la construcción de las
presas, Golfo de California, México.
VI Reunión Internacional sobre Geología de la
Península de Baja California. La Paz, B.C.S., México (April 4 - 6, 2002).
6) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. and K.H. Meldahl.
2000.
Nearshore mollusc assemblages in
Pleistocene vs modern rhodolith assemblages as indicators of global change. V Reunión
Internacional sobre Geología de la Península de Baja California. Loreto, B.C.S., México
(April 25 - May 1, 2000).
5) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. 1999. Pleistocene and Modern mollusc assemblages in rhodolith
beds - What can they tell us about the effects of climate changes on diversity. I Taller sobre
mantos de rodolitos y cambio global. La Paz, B.C.S., México (June 22 - 23, 1999).
4) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. and H. Reyes-Bonilla. 1997. Species richness and biogeography
of Asteroidea in the Gulf of California and their relation to oceanographic factors. Western
Society of Naturalists 77TH Annual Meeting. UABCS, La Paz, B.C.S., México (January 8 11, 1997).
3) Riosmena Rodríguez, R., H. Reyes Bonilla, D.L. Steller, P. Gómez, C.A. Roberts, M.S.
Foster and C.E. Cintra Buenrostro. 1996. Mantos de rodolitos en el Golfo de California,
México. Parte II. Aspectos ecológicos, económicos y paleontológicos.
XI Simposium
Internacional de Biología Marina. UABCS, La Paz, B.C.S., México (November, 1996).
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2) Riosmena Rodríguez, R., H. Reyes Bonilla, D.L. Steller, P. Gómez, C.A. Roberts, M.S.
Foster and C.E. Cintra Buenrostro. 1996. Mantos de rodolitos en el Golfo de California,
México. Parte II. Aspectos ecológicos, económicos y paleontológicos.
II Congreso
Mexicano de Ficología. Sociedad Ficológica de México. Universidad Autónoma de Baja
California, Ensenada, B.C., México (November 4 - 7, 1996).
1) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. and H. Reyes Bonilla. 1996. Riqueza específica y biogeografía de
erizos de mar (Echinodermata: Echinoidea), en el Golfo de California y su relación con
factores oceanográficos. X Congreso Nacional de Oceanografía. Universidad de Colima,
Manzanillo, Colima, México (November 4 - 7, 1996).
Posters
9) Marquez, M., A. Fierro-Cabo and C. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2014. Recovery of ecosystem
function as indicated by litter decay in estuaries linked to Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. 7th
Biennial Education and Science Forum, NOAA Educational Partnership Program. University
of Maryland Eastern Shore, MD (October 26-29, 2014).
8) Delgado M., C.E. Cintra Buenrostro and A. Fierro-Cabo.
2014.
Decomposition and
nitrogen dynamics of turtle seagrass (Thalasia testudinum): a tale from the southernmost
estuarine bay in Texas. 26th Annual HENAAC Conference. New Orleans, LA (October 2-4,
2014).
7) Garcia, A., R. Kline, D. Hicks, C. Cintra Buenrostro and D. Shively. 2013. A comparison of
site fidelity and habitat use of red snapper on two south Texas artificial reefs utilizing
acoustic telemetry. 66th Annual Conference Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Corpus
Christi, TX (November 4-8, 2013).
6) Marquez, M., A. Fierro-Cabo and C. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2013. Black mangrove (Avicennia
germinans) leaf litter decomposition as indicator of ecosystem function in estuaries in Lower
Laguna Madre, Texas. 2013 Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Marine Science Institute,
The University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas, TX (April 25-26, 2013).
5) Lê, J., D.W. Hicks, C. Cintra-Buenrostro and D. Shively. 2013. An experimental test of the
effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of artificial reef fouling communities. 2013
Texas Bays and Estuaries Meeting. Marine Science Institute, The University of Texas at
Austin, Port Aransas, TX (April 25-26, 2013).
4) Flessa, K.W. and C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro. 2005. Red Coordinadora de Investigaciones
para el Delta del Río Colorado. X Congreso de la Asociación de Investigadores del Mar de
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Cortés, A.C. - IV Simposium Internacional sobre el Mar de Cortés. Mazatlán, Sinaloa,
México (October 25 - 28, 2005).
3) Flessa, K.W., D. Dettman, B. Schöne, D. Goodwin, C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro, C. Rodriguez,
S. Noggle, M.A. Téllez-Duarte, G. Avila-Serrano, M. Kowalewski and G. Goodfriend. 2003.
Before the dams: historical ecology of the Colorado River estuary. Joint Estuarine and
Coastal Science Association - Estuarine Research Federation Symposium. San Carlos,
Sonora, México (April 28 - May 2, 2003).
2) Reyes-Bonilla, H., C.E. Cintra-Buenrostro and M.D. Herrero-Pérezrul. 2002. Relationships
between oceanographic conditions and species richness of sea stars (Asteroidea) in the
Gulf of California, México. III Coloquio sobre oceanografía del Pacífico Oriental. CICESE,
Ensenada, México (September 11 - 13, 2002).
1) Cintra Buenrostro, C.E., F. Salazar Hermoso, A. Sosa Gómez and C. Sánchez Ortiz. 1993.
Abanicos de mar (Cnidaria: Gorgonacea) en la Bahía de La Paz.
V Congreso
Latinoamericano de Ciencias del Mar. UABCS, La Paz, B.C.S., México (September 27 October 1, 1993).
Theses / Dissertations Committees
Current
The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB).
- Alexander, R. 2014. Reproductive status of Red Snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, on
artificial reefs in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Cooksey, M. 2014. Characterizing benthic invertebrate communities on five South Texas
Banks. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Shepherd, A. 2014. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics of anthropogenically-disturbed seagrass
ecosystems. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Delgado, M. 2014. Nitrogen dynamics and decomposition of seagrass (Thallasia testudinum)
blade and rhizome litter in a shallow water system. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Roush, L. 2014. A comparative analysis of monitoring practices for fish communities at
artificial reefs. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Bollinger, M.A. 2014. Validating side scan sonar as a fish survey tool at artificial reefs in the
Western Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
- Rodriguez, R. 2013. Assessing deep-water coral assemblages inhabiting relic coral banks off
the Texas coast. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB.
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- Martinez, C. 2013. Assessing the use of Balanus eburneus as an ecological indicator in south
Texas estuaries: a study on growth, recruitment, and stable isotopes.
M.S. Thesis,
Brownsville, UTB.
Defended
The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB).
- Froehlich, CYM. 2014. A comparison of fish communities over different reef configurations in
the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended November 13,
2014.
- Tamez, C.A. 2014. Characterizing the ecological status of southernmost Texas estuaries.
M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended April 11, 2014.
- Gray, J. 2014. Sedimentation and barnacle recruitment and growth in a shallow coastal
lagoon of south Texas. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended January 10, 2014.
- Garcia, A. 2013. A comparison of site fidelity and habitat use of Red Snapper (Lutjanus
campechanus) to evaluate the performance of two artificial reefs in south Texas utilizing
acoustic telemetry. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended November 8, 2013.
- Marquez, M.
2013.
Decomposition patterns and nitrogen dynamics of Black Mangrove
(Avicennia germinans) leaf litter in disturbed estuaries linked to the Lower Laguna Madre,
Texas. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended November 8, 2013.
- Lerma, L.
2013.
The effects of a red tide, Karenia brevis episode on the benthic
macroinvertebrate communities in South Padre Island, Texas. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville,
UTB. Defended November 1, 2013.
- Lê, J. 2012. An experimental test of the effects of disturbance frequency on the diversity of
artificial reef fouling communities. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended July 11, 2013.
- Treviño, R. 2012. Respiratory responses to temperature and progressive emersion in the
Mangrove Periwinkle, Littorina angulifera (Lamarck, 1822), from the southwestern coast of
the Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended November 2, 2012.
- Mc. Whorter, T. 2012. Assessing the swash zone macrobenthic community response to a
beach renourishment episode on South Padre Island, Texas. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville,
UTB. Defended April 10, 2012.
- Walk, E. 2010. Testing the intermediate disturbance hypothesis for artificial reef fouling
communities. M.S. Thesis, Brownsville, UTB. Defended April 12, 2010.
Service for Scientific Societies / Organizations
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- Chair of Ecology Session. 2006. 2nd International Rhodolith Meeting. La Paz, B.C.S., México
(October 22 - 27, 2006).
Invited Presentations
- Cintra Buenrostro C.E.
2004.
“Cavidades, mordiscos y peladas: herramientas para
determinar la importancia trófica de una especie en desvanecimiento dentro del Río
Colorado, México”. Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de
Baja California, Ensenada, México (March, 2004).
- Cintra Buenrostro C.E.
2001.
“Comparación de la malacofauna asociada a mantos de
rodolitos del Pleistoceno y Reciente en el Golfo de California”.
Facultad de Ciencias -
Depto. Paleontología, UNAM, México (March, 2001).
Presentations to Classes
- Cintra Buenrostro C.E. 2004. “Inferencias sobre la biología de Mulinia coloradoensis: especie
en desvanecimiento, Delta del Río Colorado, México”. Facultad de Ciencias (7th semester) Depto. Geología, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Ensenada, México (March,
2004).
- Cintra Buenrostro C.E.
2004.
“Distribución; medidas de tendencia central y dispersión;
análisis de datos en sedimentos marinos”. Facultad de Ciencias (4th semester) - Depto.
Geología, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Ensenada, México (March, 2004).
- Cintra Buenrostro C.E.
2004.
“Distribución; medidas de tendencia central y dispersión;
análisis de datos en sedimentos marinos”. Facultad de Ciencias (6th semester) - Depto.
Geología, Universidad Autonóma de Baja California, Ensenada, México (March, 2004).
Membership in Scientific Societies
Geological Society of America.
Sociedad Geológica Peninsular (Península de Baja California).
Western Society of Naturalists.
Research Coordination Network (Red Coordinadora de Investigaciones) of the Colorado River.
Special Courses and Workshops
- NOAA-Educational Partnership Program (ECSC) Bioindicators Workshop (September 15-17,
2014). The University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX USA.
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- Video-Ray ROV operations training (May 17-19, 2011).
The University of Texas at
Brownsville, Brownsville, TX USA.
- Predator - prey interactions: experimental and field approaches in biology and paleontology
(July 19-August 21, 2004). Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday
Harbor, WA, USA.
- PRIMER Workshop (June 17-21, 2002). California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA,
USA.
- Taller: Modelos de datos CONABIO y pantallas de captura (August 12-15, 1996). UABCS, La
Paz, B.C.S. México.
- Sampling and experimental design (March 20-May 22, 1995).
UABCS, La Paz, B.C.S.,
México.
- Preservación y conservación de equinodermos (July-August, 1994).
Sistemática y Ecología de Equinodermos.
Laboratorio de
Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología,
UNAM, México, D.F.
- Estrategias básicas para el estudio aprendizaje (January-February, 1987).
Colegio de
Ciencias y Humanidades, Plantel Sur, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM),
México, D.F.
University Services
Department Level
The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB).
- Chemistry and Environmental Sciences Department (CESD) Personnel Committee for both
Programs (Fall 2012 - Currently).
- Department of Mathematics Personnel Committee (Fall 2012 - Currently).
- Department of Biological Sciences Personnel Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently).
- CESD Scholarships Committee (Fall 2006 - Currently; Chair Fall 2006 - Fall 2011, Fall 2014 Currently).
- CESD Dean’s Travel Fund Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently).
- CESD Environmental Science Search Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently; two faculty lines).
- UTRGV Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2014 Currently).
- UTRGV HOP Reviewer for Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently).
- Department of Biological Sciences Search Committe: Restoration Ecology (Spring -Summer,
2014).
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- CESD Environmental Science Search Committee (Fall 2013 - Spring 2014, Chair).
- Department of Biological Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committe: Marine Biology
Degree (Fall 2013 - Currently).
- CESD University Library Liaison Program (Spring 2013).
- CESD Endowment Compliance Committee (Spring 2008 - Currently; Chair Spring 2008 - Fall
2011).
- CESD Schedule Committee (Fall 2006 - Currently; Co-Chair with Dr. J. Moore from Chemistry
Spring 2008 - Fall 2011; Co-Chair with Dr. Benavides Spring 2011; Chair for ENVR Spring
2012 - Currently).
- CESD Graduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2006 - Currently; Chair 2011 - 2014).
- CESD Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2006 - Currently).
- CESD M.S. Sustainability Studies Committee (Fall 2009 - Spring 2011).
- CESD M.S. Environmental Science Committee (Spring 2008 - Spring 2011).
- CESD M.S. Interdisciplinary Studies (Fall 2006 - Fall 2008).
- CESD Curriculum Development Committee (Fall 2006 - Currently).
- CESD SACS Committee (Spring 2008 - Fall 2008).
- CESD Environmental Science/Geology/Geography Search Committee (Fall 2007 - Spring
2008, Chair two faculty lines).
- CESD Seminar Series in Environmental Sciences (Spring 2007 - Fall 2007).
- CESD Environmental Sciences Search Committee (Spring 2007).
- CESD Geomorphology Search Committee (Spring 2007).
- CESD Organic Chemistry Search Committee (Spring 2007).
College Level
- UTRGV HOP Reviewer for Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently).
- College of Science, Mathematics and Technology (CSMT) Scholarships Committee (Fall 2006
- Fall 2011, Fall 2014 - Currently; Chair Fall 2010 - Fall 2011).
- CSMT Graduate Curriculum Committee (Fall 2011 - Currently).
- CSMT Student Credit Hours Committee (Spring 2011 - Currently).
- CSMT Institutional Endowment Compliance Committee (Fall 2007).
University Level
- Academic Program Working Group for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)
(Spring 2014 - Currently).
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- UTRGV HOP Reviewer for Committee (Fall 2014 - Currently).
- Diving Control Board (DCB) founding member and Co-Chair with Dr. David Hicks (Dept. of
Bilogy) (Fall 2007 - Currently).
- The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) Faculty Representative for the Udall
Scholarship (The University of Arizona) (Fall 2009 - Currently).
- Texas Southmost College (TSC) Faculty Representative for the Udall Scholarship (The
University of Arizona) (Fall 2009 - Fall 2012).
- Scorpion Scholars Advisor (Fall 2010 - Currently).
- Institutional Endowment Compliance Committee (Fall 2007).
Social Services
- TV Show for PBS Stations in the state of Texas sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department “Texas Clipper Artificial Reef” (Spring 2009).
- Jason Project Videoconferences (2007 - 2011). The University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB).
- Science Regional Fair Judge (2007 - 2013) and Grand Judge (2007, 2013). UTB.
- Distinguished Lecturer for Gorgas Science Society (Spring 2008). UTB.
- Cintra Buenrostro, C.E. 1997. Biología poblacional de Isostichopus fuscus (Ludwig, 1875)
(Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) en el sur del Golfo de California. UABCS, La Paz. B.C.S.,
México.
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