Joe Eugene Lepo

Lepo, J. E. and J. M. Henson. 2005. Crop Bioterrorism: Risk, Diagnosis, Control, Prevention, the Future. Invited Review Chapter In Emerging Concepts in Plant Health Management. ISBN: 81-7736-227-5; Robert T. Lartey and Anthony J. Caesar, Eds.; Chapter 1, pp.1 - 15.

Hagedorn, C.E., J. E. Lepo, K. N. Hellein, A. Ajidahun, L. Xinqiang, H. Li. 2011. Microbial Source Tracking in Developing Nations (Chapter 22) In: Microbial Source Tracking: Methods, Applications and Case Studies. ISBN: 978-1-4419-9386-1.Charles Hagedorn, Valerie J. Harwood, and Anicet R. Blanch, Eds. Springer, New York. Chapter 22, pp. 515-544.

Chelius, M. K., and J. E. Lepo. 1999. Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of PCR-Amplified nifH Sequences from Wetland Plant Rhizosphere Communities. Environ. Technol. 20:883-889.

Edwards, K, R., J. E. Lepo, and M. A. Lewis. 2003. Toxicity Comparison of Biosurfactants and Synthetic Surfactants Used in Oil Spill Remediation to Two Estuarine Species. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46: 1309-1316.

Lepo, J. E., C. R. Cripe, S. Zhang, J. L. Kavanaugh, and G. P. Norton. 2003. The Effect of Amount of Crude Oil on Extent of Its Biodegradation in Open Water- and Sandy Beach- Laboratory Simulations. Environ. Technol. 24 (10): 1291-1302.

Kiely, C. L., R. A. Snyder, A. M. Lazur, and J. E. Lepo. 2004. Evaluation of a Vegetated Filter Strip as a Best Management Practice for Treating Catfish Pond Stormwater Effluent. Global Aquaculture Advocacy. 7:67-68.

Nocker A., J. E. Lepo, and R. A. Snyder. 2004. Influence of an Oyster Reef on the Development of the Microbial Heterotrophic Community of an Estuarine Biofilm. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:6834-6845.

Moss, J. A., A. Nocker, J. E. Lepo, and R. A. Snyder. 2006. Stability and Change in Estuarine Biofilm Bacterial Community Diversity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 5679-5688.

Nocker, A., J. E. Lepo, L. L. Martin, R. A. Snyder. 2007. Response of Estuarine Biofilm Microbial Community Development to Changes in Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrient Concentrations Microbial Ecol. Published online DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9236-z

Harwood, V. J., M. Brownell, S. Wang, J. E. Lepo, R. D. Ellender, A. Ajidahun, K. N. Hellein, E. Kennedy, Y. Ye, and C. Flood. 2009. Validation and Field Testing of Library-Independent Microbial Source Tracking Methods in the Gulf of Mexico. Water Research. 43:4812–4819.

Hellein, K.N., C. Battie, E. Tauchman, D. Lund, O. Oyarzabal, and J.E. Lepo. 2011. Culture-Based Indicators of Fecal Contamination and Molecular Microbial Indicators Rarely Correlate with Campylobacter spp. in Recreational Waters. J. Water Health 9(4):695-707.

Hellein, K.N., E. M. Kennedy, V. J. Harwood, K. V. Gordon, S. Y. Wang, and J. E. Lepo.^. 2012. A Filter-Based PMA Technique to Distinguish Live- from Membrane-Compromised Microorganisms using qPCR. J. Microbiological Methods 89:76-78. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2012.01.015.

Gordon, K.V, M. Brownell, S. Y. Wang, J. E. Lepo, R. Nathaniel, M. Kilgen, K. N. Hellein, E. M. Kennedy, and V.J. Harwood. 2012. Correlation of Human-Associated Microbial Source Tracking Targets with Fecal Indicator Bacteria Concentrations in Gulf of Mexico Waters. Water Research. In press.