Erin Hill

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Research Interests

Coastal ecology, water quality, avian habitat use, benthic communities, invertebrate systematics and taxonomy, tropical/subtropical algal communities

Advisors:

• Chair: Dr. Paul Montagna

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Presentations and Publications

Technical Reports

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. 2007. City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rincon Bayou Diversion Project. FY 2006 Annual Report, October 2005 – September 2006. TAMU-CC-0702-CCS. 62 pp. (April 2007).

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. 2007. City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rincon Bayou Diversion Project. FY 2005 Annual Report, October 2004 – September 2005. TAMU-CC-0701-CCS. 62 pp. (January 2007).

Hill, E. M. and B.A. Nicolau. 2006. City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rincon Bayou Diversion Project. FY 2004 Annual Report, October 2003 – September 2004. TAMU-CC-0607-CCS. 61 pp. (November 2006).

Dunton, K. H. and E. M. Hill. 2005. Concluding Report. Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project. Volume I: Executive Summary. University of Texas - Marine Science Institute Port Aransas, Texas and Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, Center for Coastal Studies, Corpus Christi, Texas.

Albert, E. M. and B.A. Nicolau. 2005a. City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rincon Bayou Diversion Project. FY 2002 Annual Report, October 2001 – September 2002. TAMU-CC-0504-CCS. 35 pp.

Albert, E. M. and B.A. Nicolau. 2005b. City of Corpus Christi, Texas, Rincon Bayou Diversion Project. FY 2003 Annual Report, October 2002 – September 2003. TAMU-CC-0506-CCS. 38 pp.

Newstead, D. J., E. M. Albert and G. Blacklock. 2002. Census and assessment of nesting Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) on the Texas Central Coast. Unpublished report prepared for Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program.

Publications

Hill, E. M. and R. L. Lehman. August 2008. Algal community structure of the East and West Flower Garden, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Texas Journal of Science.

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Physiochemical effects. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Benthic Invertebrates. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Nekton and epifaunal invertebrates. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.

Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. IN REVIEW. Avian community and behavior. In. Allison wastewater treatment plant effluent diversion demonstration project. Contributions to Marine Science. University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, Texas.

Conference Presentations

2007 Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) Conference. Providence, RI. Poster Presentation: Montagna, P.; Hill, E.; Allen, R.; Moulton, B., Adaptive Management of the Nueces River System to Provide Stable Water Supplies and Environmental Flows.

2007 Benthic Ecology Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Poster Presentation: Hill, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. Ecological effects of alternative freshwater diversions into the Nueces River Delta.

2005 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Seminar. Bandera, TX. Oral presentation: Albert, E. M. and B. A. Nicolau. Ecological effects of alternative freshwater diversions into the Nueces River Delta.

2004 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Environmental Monitoring & Assessment for Effective Water Quality Management Symposium. Newport Rhode Island. Nicolau, B.A., A. X. Nunez, E. M. Albert, and J. N. Childs. The coastal bend bays project, a proactive approach in coastal monitoring for South Texas.

2001 Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) Conference. St. Petersburg, Florida. Poster presentation: Albert, E. M., R. L. Lehman, K. Withers and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. Benthic community response to bioremediation experiments on the San Jacinto River, Houston, Texas.

2001 Phycological Society of America (PSA) Conference. Estes Park, Colorado. Poster presentation: Albert, E. M. and R. L. Lehman. Marine algae associated with Caribbean rocky shores, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

2000 Phycological Society of America (PSA) Conference. San Diego, California. Poster presentation: Albert, E. M. and R. L. Lehman. Algal community structure of the East and West Flower Garden Banks, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

1999 National Oil Spill Conference, Seattle. Washington. American Petroleum Institute, Undergraduate scholarship.

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Grants and Awards

City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2008. Erin M. Hill (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2007 through August 2008. $159,000.

Texas General Land Office and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Nueces Bay/ Inner Harbor Zinc TMDL- FY 2008. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Hill (Co-PI). September 2007 through August 2008. $36,000.

City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2007. Erin M. Hill (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2006 through August 2007. $130,000.

City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2006. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $111,000.

Texas General Land Office and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Nueces Bay/ Inner Harbor Zinc TMDL- FY 2005. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $75,000.

City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $111,000.

Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $20,710

Texas General Land Office – Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase IV. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2004 through July 2005. $82,500.

City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $103,000.

Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $21,795.

Texas General Land Office – Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase III. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2003 through July 2004. $82,500.

City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project - Year 6. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert. (Co-PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $89,670.

Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2002 through August 2003 $23,862.

City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project – Year 5. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), Erin M. Albert (Co-PI), and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $71,170.

Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2002. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), Erin M. Albert (Co-PI), and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $24,508.

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