Publications

2026

Assessing the Potential Risk of Heavy Metal Exposure From Moringa oleifera and Its Phytoremediation Potential 
2026 
Journal: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 
Authors: Marissa Mayfield, Samuel Mutiti, Christine Mutiti, Idah Ngoma, Samantha Mutiti
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-026-09273-y 

Notes on the genus Humidophila R.L. Lowe et al. from the USA 
2026 
Journal: Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 
Authors: Paula C. Furey, Kalina M. Manoylov, Rex L. Lowe 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1635/053.169.0103 

2025

Water Parameters Predicting the Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of the Vibrio Harveyi- and Splendidus-Clade Pathogens 
2025 
Journal: Microorganisms 
Authors: Karagan Royer, Andrei L. Barkovskii 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13092167 

Stinging Trichome Density and Morphology of Three Nettle Species Reflect Mountain Gorillas' Feeding Behavior. 
2025 
Journal: Ecology and Evolution 
Authors: Alphonse Nyandwi, Winnie Eckardt, Elias Bizuru, Myriam Mujawamariya, Melanie L DeVore 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71765 

Growth and Anatoxin-a Production of Microcoleus (Cyanobacteria) Strains From Streams in California, USA 
2025 
Journal: Harmful Algae 
Authors: Sydney M. Brown, Joanna R. Blaszczak, Robert K. Shriver, R.Christian Jones, Abeer Sohrab, Ramesh Goel, Gregory L. Boyer, Bofan Wei, Kalina M. Manoylov, T.Reid Nelson, Jordan M. Zabrecky, Rosalina Stancheva   
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2025.102834 

The diversity and phylogenetic relationships of a Chaetopterus symbiont community in Djibouti, with redescription of Chaetopterus djiboutiensis Gravier, 1906 stat. nov. (Annelida: Chaetopteridae). 
2025 
Journal: Diversity 
Authors: Shannon D. Brown, Tullia I. Terraneo, Jenna M. Moore, Gustav Paulay, Kristine N. White, Michael L. Berumen, Francesca Benzoni 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d17050366 

Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part IV: parvorder Caprellidira. 
2025 
Journal: Zookeys 
Authors: Sally J Sir, Kristine J White 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.145826 

2024

Community Priorities in a Landscape of Environmental Lead Contamination: Intersectionality of poverty, well-being, and environmental contaminatio
2024 
Journal: Advances in Global Health 
Authors: Rachel Serafin, M. Cameron Hay, Idah Ngoma, Samuel Mutiti, Nosiku Munyinda, Imasiku Nyambe, Jonathan Levy 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/agh.2024.2133157 

Mitochondrial DNA Marker: A PCR Approach For Tracking Rat (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) Fecal Pollution in Surface Water Systems 
2024 
Journal: Science of the Total Environment 
Authors: Dave S. Bachoon, Aaden S.Z. Redhead, Alfred J. Mead 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171164 

Spatiotemporal assessment of pathogenic Leptospira in subtropical coastal watersheds 
2024 
Journal: Journal of Water & Health 
Authors: Ronell Bridgemohan; Matthew J. Deitch; Emily Harmon; Matt R. Whiles; P. Christopher Wilson; Eban Bean; Puran Bridgemohan; Joseph H. Bisesi; Jodel Nicholas; Aaden Redhead; Dave S. Bachoon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2024.038 

Francisella orientalis detected in feral tilapia populations in Hawai’i 
2024 
Journal: Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 
Authors: Ruth Ellen Klinger-Bowen, Lei S Yamasaki, Thomas Iwai Jr, Daquille Peppers, Caroline Fowler, Jordan Yacoub, David Weese, Jenee Odani, Michael Wong 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10233

Genetic signature of river capture imprinted in several Schizopygopsis fishes from the eastern Tibetan Plateau. 
2024 
Journal: Genes 
Authors: Lijun He, Yonghong Bi, David Weese, Jie Wu, Shasha Xu, Huimin Ren, Fenfen Zhang, Xueqing Liu, Lei Chen, Jing Zhang 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15091148 

Environmental Drivers of the Divergence of Harveyi Clade Pathogens with Distinctive Virulence Gene Profiles 
2024 
Journal: Microorganisms 
Authors: Andrei L Barkovskii, Cameron Brown   
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12112234 

Evolutionary Loss of Male-Specific Coloration Is Associated with the Loss of Androgen Receptor Expression in Skin of Sceloporus Lizards 
2024 
Journal: Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 
Authors: Christopher D Robinson, Matthew R Milnes, Ian T Clifton, Henry B John-Alder, Robert M Cox 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/732782 

Effects of testosterone on urogenital tract morphology and androgen receptor expression in immature Eastern Fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus) 
2024 
Journal: General and Comparative Endocrinology 
Authors: Matthew R Milnes, Christopher D Robinson, Alexis P Foley, Charleigh Stepp, Matthew D Hale, Henry B John-Alder, Robert M Cox 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2023.114418 

Isolation and identification of marine diatoms based on frustules morphology using scanning electron microscopy 
2024 
Journal: Indian Journal of Experimental Biology 
Authors: Rinku, Abhishek Saxena, Kalina Manoylov, Archana Tiwari 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56042/ijeb.v62i07.12070 

Has Climate Change Over the Last Ten Years Caused a Banalisation of Diatom Communities in Cypriot Stream? 
2024 
Journal: Science of the Total Environment 
Authors: Marco Cantonati, David G. Armanini, Daniele Demartini, Athina Papatheodoulou, Olena P. Bilous, Federica Colombo, Nicola Angeli, Rosalina Stancheva, Gerald Dörflinger, Kalina M. Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174495 

The Chloroplast and Mitrochondrial Genomes of Two Gomphonema parvulum (Bacillariophyta) Environmental Isolates From South Carolina (United States) and Virginia (United States). 
2024 
Journal: Journal of Phycology 
Authors: A. Bruce Cahoon, Katherine M. Johnson, Sydney M. Brown, Kalina M. Manoylov, James A. Nienow 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13415 

The Importance of Integrating Phycological Research, Teaching, Outreach, and Engagement in a Changing World. 
2024 
Journal: Journal of Phycology 
Authors: Rosalina Stancheva, Marco Cantonati, Kalina Manoylov, Paula C. Furey, A. Bruce Cahoon, R. Christian Jones, Pat Gillevet, Charles D. Amsler, John D. Wehr, Jennifer L. Salerno, Stacy A. Krueger-Hadfield
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13507 

Use of natural history museum ungulate specimen hair as biomarkers for environmental trace element contamination. 
2024 
Journal: Environmental Science & Pollution Research 
Authors: Sayo Olawale Fakayode , Ashley Quinn, Kalina Manoylov, Carson Kleider, Brinkley Bolton, Sydney Brown, Skyler Herson, Kevin Davis   
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35676-7

Preface: Advances in freshwater algal ecology. 
2024 
Journal: Hyrdobiologia 
Authors:  Yangdong Pan, Steven T. Rier & Kalina Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05773-2 

Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part III: parvorder Lysianassidira
2024 
Journal: Zookeys 
Authors: Kristine N White 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.135258 

Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part II: parvorder Hadziidira. 
2024 
Journal: Zookeys 
Authors: Kristine N White, Sally J Sir 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1195.116721 

2023

Investigating the Effects of Increasing Water Salinity on an Endemic Crayfish 
2023 
Journal: Journal of Coastal Research 
Authors: Samuel A. Long, Christine Mango-Mutiti, Samuel Mutiti, David A. Weese 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-22-00085.1

Tracking the Sources of Leptospira and Nutrient Flows in Two Urban Watersheds of Puerto Rico 
2023 
Journal: Environmental Monitoring And Assessment 
Authors: Taylor Chapman, D. S. Bachoon, G. A. Martinez, C. D. Burt & Wesley C. DeMontigny 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11948-6 

Environmental Risk Assessment for Fecal Contamination Sources in Urban and Peri-Urban Estuaries, In Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties, FL, USA 
2023 
Journal: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 
Authors: Ronell S. H. Bridgemohan, Matthew J. Deitch, Tesfay Gebremicael, Matthew R. Whiles, P. Christopher Wilson, Dave Bachoon, Israel Tharpe 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11478-1 

Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation in broiler litter and its effect on soil pH. 
2023 
Journal: Soil Science Society 
Authors: Wesley DeMontigny, Christopher Daniel Burt, Jaiden Stidston, Jordan Siggers, David Weese, Miguel Cabrera 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20572 

Caribbean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Panama. Part I: parvorder Oedicerotidira. 
2023 
Journal: Zookeys 
Authors: Elizabeth L. Durham, Kristine N. White 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1159.102034 

 A Voucher Flora of Diatoms from Fens in the Tanana River Floodplain, Alaska 
2023 
Journal: Water 
Authors: Veronica A. Hamilton, Sylvia S. Lee, Allison R. Rober, Paula C. Furey, Kalina M. Manoylov  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152803 

Diatom voucher flora and comparison of collection and taxonomic methods for biodiversity hotspot Upper Three Runs Creek 
2023 
Journal: Water 
Authors: Veronica A Hamilton, Sylvia S Lee , Allison R Rober, Paula C Furey , Kalina M Manoylov, Kevin H Wyatt 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w15152803 

Characterization of Algal Community Composition and Structure From the Nearshore Environment, Lake Tahoe (United States). 
2023 
Journal: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 
Authors: Paula J. Noble, Carina Seitz, Sylvia S. Lee, Kalina M. Manoylov, Sudeep Chandra 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.1053499 

Assessing Diatom Community Dynamics in a Recovering Agricultural Stream in Middle Georgia, USA. 
2023 
Journal: Phycology 
Authors: Sydney Brown, Kalina Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/phycology3020019 

Achnanthidium lucectorii sp. nov. and A. enigmaticum sp. nov., novel diatoms (Bacillariophyta, Achnanthidiaceae) from Texax, USA. 
2023 
Journal: Phytotaxa 
Authors: Eduardo A. Morales, Kalina Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.592.1.1 

Metabolic regulation of diatoms and other chromalveolates 
2023 
Journal: Frontiers in Plant Science 
Authors: Justine Marchand, Hanhua Hu, Kalina Manoylov, Benoît Schoefs, Patrick Venail 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.897639

Changes in periphyton communities with land use in tropical mountain streams from Loja (Ecuador). 
2023 
Journal: Aquatic Sciences 
Authors: Victor Alonso Cartuche, Kalina Manoylov, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, Nikolay Aguirre,  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2945251/v1 

Estuarine Diatom Community Dynamics due to Sedementation Changes 
2023 
Journal: Diatoms 
Authors: Jelena Z. Andrejić, Kalina M. Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003322115-4 

Living Algal Community Voucher and Taxonomy in Dickinson County Iowa: A Case for Collection-Based Research 
2023 
Journal: Diversity 
Authors: Katherine M. Johnson, Kalina M. Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/d16010021

2022

Detection of Campylobacter jejuni Prescence in Trinidad’s Aquatic Environments 
2022 
Journal: Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 
Authors: Ronell S. H. Bridgemohan, Matthew J. Deitch, Dave Bachoon, Adesh Ramsubhag & Puran Bridgemohan 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05675-w 

Biogeographic role of the Indonesian Seaway implicated by colonization history of purpleback flying squid, Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis (Lesson, 1830), in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. 
2022 
Journal: Frontiers in Marine Science 
Authors: Lijun He, Shasha, Xu, David A. Weese, Jie Zhang, Huimin Ren, Fenghua Tang, Zhongli Sha, Jing Zhang  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.891236 

Identification of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and its hybrids in natural environments in Hawaii 
2022 
Journal: Aquaculture 
Authors: Lei S. Yamasaki, Thomas Iwai Jr, RuthEllen C. Klinger-Bowen, David A. Weese, Caroline E. Fowler, Jordon L. Yacoub, Michael A. Wong 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737805 

In situ dynamics of Vibrio parachaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnifucus in water, sediment and triploid Crassostrea virginica oysters cultivated in floating gear 
2022 
Journal: Journal of Applied Microbiology 
Authors:  James Prescott, Andrei L Barkovski 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15435 

Leucothoid amphipod and terebellid polychaete symbiosis with description of a new species of the genus Leucothoe Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Leucothoidae). 
2022 
Journal: Systematics & Biodiversity 
Authors: Masafumi Kodama, Kristine N. White, Takuya K. Hosoki, Ryuta Yoshida 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2022.2118389 

Two new endemic species of leucothoid amphipods (Amphipoda: Leucothoidae) from New Zealand and northeastern Indonesia. 
2022 
Journal: Journal of Crustacean Biology 
Authors: Kristine N White, James Darwin Thomas 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac060 

Maerid amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Okinawa, Japan with description of a new species. 
2022 
Journal: Zootaxa 
Authors: Sally Sir, Kristine N White 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5000.5.6 

2021

Drinking Water Quality and Provision in Six Low-Income, Peri-Urban Communities of Lusaka, Zambia 
2021 
Journal: GeoHealth 
Authors: Kristen M. Reaver, Jonathan Levy, Imasiku Nyambe, M. Cameron Hay, Sam Mutiti, Rodwell Chandipo, Joseph Meiman 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GH000283 

The effect of an acidified-gypsum mixture on broiler litter urease-producing bacteria and nitrogen mineralization 
2021 
Journal: Journal of Environmental Quality 
Authors: Christopher Daniel Burt, Taylor Chapman, Dave Bachoon, Miguel L. Cabrera, Christopher Horacek 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20229

Microbial biogeography through the lens of exotic species: The recent introduction and spread of the freshwater diatom Discostella asterocostata in the United States 
2021 
Journal: Biological Invasions 
Authors: Alverson, Andrew J.; Chafin, Tyler K.; Jones, Kiley A.; Manoylov, Kalina M.; Johnson, Hillary; Julius, Matthew L.; Nakov, Teofil; Ruck, Elizabeth C.; Theriot, Edward C.; Yeager, Kevin M.; Stone, Jeffery R. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02497-5 

Highest Composition Dissimilarity among Phytoplankton Communities at Intermediate Environmental Distances across High-Altitude Tropical Lakes 
2021 
Journal: Water 
Authors: Alonso Cartuche, Kalina M. Manoylov, Bastiaan W. Ibelings, and Patrick Venail 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13101378 

The Kinematics of Explosively Jerky Diatom Motility: A Natural Example of Active Nanofluidics 
2021 
Journal: Diatom Gliding Motility 
Authors: Ahmet C. Sabuncu, Richard Gordon, Edmond Richer, Kalina M. Manoylov, Ali Beskok 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119526483.ch2 

A Morphological and Molecular Analysis of a Bloom of the Filamentous Green Alga Pithophora 
2021 
Journal: Water 
Authors: Blia Lor, Merry Zohn, Marcus J. Meade, A. Bruce Cahoon, Kalina M. Manoylov 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060760 

Mitochondrial mRNA Processing in the Chlorophyte Alga Pediastrum duplex and Streptophyte Alga Chara vulgaris Reveals an Evolutionary Branch in Mitochondrial mRNA Processing. 
2021 
Journal: Plants 
Authors: Grayson C. R. Proulex, Marcus J. Meade, Kalina M. Manoylov, and A. Bruce Cahoon 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10030576 

Introduction for a Tutorial on Diatom Morphology 
2021 
Journal: Diatom Morphogenesis 
Authors: Kalina Manoylov, Mohamed Ghobara 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119488170.ch1 

Transformative Learning Science Experiences beyond the Classroom: A Longitudinal Case Study of One Organization’s Approach 
2021 
Journal: The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum 
Authors: Sams, Doreen; Manoylov, Kalina; Sams, Jeniffer 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7963/CGP/v28i01/111-129 

Investigating the Effects of Nitrogen Deposition and Substrates on the Microbiome and Mycobiome of the Millipede Cherokia georgiana georgiana (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) 
2021 
Journal: Soil Biology & Biochemistry 
Authors: Shawn P. Brown, Matthew Brogden, Christina Cortes, Avery E. Tucker, Allison Rick VandeVoort, Bruce A. Snyder 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108285 

Fossil Dennstaedtiaceae and Hymenophyllaceae from the Early Eocene of the Pacific Northwest 
2021 
Journal: International Journal of Plant Sciences 
Authors: Kathleen B. Pigg, Melanie L. DeVore, David R. Greenwood, Michael A. Sundue, Pedro Schwartsburd, and James F. Basinger 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/715633