Completed Projects

EIH has collaborated with a diverse group of partnership organizations from the public and private sectors since its founding in 1991. Below is a selection of completed projects that span multiple years and focus areas. For additional information, write to us at EIHResearch@uhcl.edu.

National Coastal Condition Assessment
2025

National Rivers and Streams Assessment
2023 – 2024

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

Design, Construction, and Analysis of Floating Wetlands
2019 – 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