Publications:
- White, A.R., H.W. Elmore, M.B. Watson and J.P. Gill (1989)
Purification and Partial Characterization of Polysaccharides From Coconut
Milk Annals
of Botany 64: 205-209.
- Watson M.B., A.R. White; H.W. Elmore (1990) Extracellular
polysaccharides from Pteridium aquilinum
suspension cultures. Phytochemistry 29: 3815-3818.
- Watson, M.B. and R.L. Malmberg (1996) Regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh arginine
decarboxylase by potassium deficiency stress. Plant Physiol. 111:
1077-1083.
- Malik, V., Watson, M.B., and Malmberg, R.L. (1996) A tobacco
ornithine decarboxylase partial cDNA clone.
J. Plant Biochem. Biotech. 5:
109-112.
- Watson, M.B., Yu, W., Galloway, G., and Malmberg, R.L.
(1997) Isolation and characterization of a second arginine decarboxylase cDNA
from Arabidopsis (Accession No. AF009647)
(PGR97-114). Plant Physiol. 114: 1569
- Watson, M.B., Emory, K.K., Piatak, R.M., and R.L. Malmberg
(1998) Arginine decarboxylase (polyamine synthesis) mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana exhibit altered
root growth. Plant J.
13: 231-239.
- Malmberg, R.L., M.B. Watson, G. Galloway, and W. Yu (1998)
Molecular genetic analysis of plant polyamines. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 17: 199-224.
- Jiaxu Li, Xi-Qing Wang, Mark B. Watson, and Sarah M. Assmann. (2000)
Regulation of Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure and Anion Channels by GuardCell AAPK Kinase. Science
2000 287: 300-303.
- Pauley, T.K., J. Mitchell, M.B. Watson. (2001) The First Reported Population of the Erythristic
Phase of Plethodon cinereus in Pennsylvania. Northeastern Naturalist 8(3):
355-358.
- Watson, M.B. and T. K. Pauley (2005) Ambystoma
barbouri (Kraus and Petranka, 1989), Streamside Salamander In: Amphibian
Declines The Conservation Status of United States Species. ed.
Micheal Lannoo. University of
California Press. p 603-605.
- Watson, M.B., T. K. Pauley and C.D. Camp (2005) Desmognathus
quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840), Black-bellied Salamander In: Amphibian
Declines The Conservation Status of United States Species. ed.
Micheal Lannoo. University of
California Press. p 723-726.
- T. K. Pauley and Watson, M.B. (2005)
Eurycea cirrigera (Green
1830),Southern Two-lined Salamander In: Amphibian Declines The Conservation
Status of United States Species.
ed. Micheal Lannoo. University of California Press. p 740-743.
- Sutton, W. B., M.B. Watson, S. Raimondo and T.K. Pauley
(2005) Chapter 7, Salamander Studies. In:
Long-term evaluation of the effects of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki, Gypsi Moth Nucleopholyhedrosis
Virus Product Gypchek, and Entomophaga
maimaiga on nontarget organisms in mixed broadleaf-pine forests in the Central Applachians.
Eds. J.S. Strazanac and L. Butler.
USDA Forest
Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise
Team. Morgantown.
p 67-77.
- Pauley, T.K., M.B. Watson, J.N. Kochenderfer and M. Little
(2006) Response of Salamanders to experimental acidification treatments. In.
Environmental Pollution: The
Fernow Watershed Acidification Study.
Eds M.B Adams, D.R. DeWalle and J.L. Hom: Springer, Netherlands. p189-206.
- Watson, M. B. and T. K. Pauley. 2006. Spatial distribution
of turtles along the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia. Proceedings West Virginia
Academy of Science
78:14-25.
Expected Publications:
Atlas of West Virginia Amphibians and Reptiles T. K. Pauley
and M.B. Watson. (in preparation). Funded by the WVDNR.
Current Student
Projects:
Effects of triclosan, an antimicrobial personal care
product, on the life history of various fern species.
Past Student Projects:
- Resistance Testing of E.
coli, a common cause of urinary tract infections (Ashley Ferguson)
- The effect of an invasive species, Polygonum cuspidatum, on species reichness of salamanders of a
tributary of Ferry Branch ,WV (Samuel Trip King III)
- Fecal Coliform Bacteria Study for the Kanawha River
(Matthew Messina)
- Antibiotic Resistant populations of fecal microbes residing
in run-off water associates with livestock on antibiotics (Edward Craft)
- The Determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration of
Hibiclens TM and Germ-X®
of seven medically important microorganisms.
(Samantha Meyers)
- Investigating if a soil related cause is the reason for an unusually
low survival rate of Abies balsamea (Canaan
Fir) at the Whipkey Christmas Tree Farm of Charleston, West Virginia (Brenten
Whipkey)
- A quantitative comparison of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus
aureus between swimming pools and hot tubs (Ashley Jones)
- Investigation of a Listerine antiseptic on Streptococcus mutans in college-aged
students (Ashley Clay)
- The Affects of Northern and Southern Mountain Slope Aspects
on Salamander Populations (James Spencer)
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