Departmental Publications 2025–2026

Al-Hurban, A., Baron, H., Allen, C. D., & Hassan, A. (2025). Assessment of coastal changes in Ashairej promontory: Unraveling anthropogenic influences in Kuwait Bay. Kuwait Journal of Science, 52(3), 100436.

Allen, C. D. (2026). Humanistic geography. In The Encyclopedia of Human Geography (pp. 646–655). Springer.

Arneaud, L. L., & Murray, F. (2025). First record of floral fasciation in Chrysalidocarpus lutescens. Caribbean Journal of Science, 55(2), 442–449.

Belgrave, J. R., Lopez, F. B., & Alleyne, A. T. (2025). Mulch effects of a seedless Leucaena Hawaiian hybrid on growth and productivity of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus [L.] Moench) in pots. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 9, 1705369.

Germain, J., & Vallès, H. (2026). Co-existence of two sympatric Caribbean cleaner gobies is driven by spatial partitioning due to contrasting microhabitat preferences. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 780.

Gonsalves, S., Stone, S., & Alleyne, A. T. (2025). Elsinoë spp. and elsinochromes: Phytotoxins of the scab-causing fungus Elsinoë spp. in cassava superelongation disease. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 103081.

Huang, Y.-R., Lee, C.-H., Popuri, S. R., & Lee, L.-C. (2025). Optimization of hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium, aluminum, iron, and copper from lithium-iron batteries. Archives of Environmental Protection, 51(1).

Maurer, A., Horrocks, J. A., Bellini, C., Eckert, K., et al. (2025). Habitat fidelity in hawksbill sea turtles. Ecology.

Mendoza, A. A., Starr, C. K., & Arneaud, L. L. (2025). Nest structure and colony composition of two neotropical mound-building termites. Insectes Sociaux, 1–6.

Vallès, H., Tovar, I. A., Mathieu, P., & Millien, V. (2025). No-take area status is not sufficient to protect the population of a reef-building coral in Barbados. Marine Environmental Research, 210, 107336.

Vallès, H., Walcott, J., & Oxenford, H. A. (2025). No change in key reef fish herbivores or reef fisher yields in Barbados a decade after the lionfish invasion. Scientific Reports, 15, 6253.

Walter, M. J., & Popuri, S. R. (2025). Fabricated microbial fuel cell–microfiltration hybrid system for bioenergy generation and wastewater treatment of sugar factory effluent. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 32, 24725–24738.

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Departmental Publications 2023–2024

Allen, C. D., & Groom, K. M. (2024). Choosing your perspective: Finding adventure in the middle of a crisis. The Geographical Bulletin, 61(1), 25.

Alleyne, A., Mason, S., & Vallès, Y. (2023). Characterization of the cassava mycobiome in symptomatic leaf tissues displaying cassava superelongation disease. Journal of Fungi, 9(12), 1130.

Alleyne, K., Small, M., Corbin, M., Vallès, H., & Oxenford, H. A. (2023). Free-swimming fauna associated with influxes of pelagic Sargassum: Implications for management and harvesting. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1090742.

Alleyne, K. S. T., Johnson, D., Neat, F., Oxenford, H. A., & Vallès, H. (2023). Seasonal variation in morphotype composition of pelagic Sargassum influx events is linked to oceanic origin. Scientific Reports, 13, 3753.

Basran, C. J., Chosson, V., Williams, A., Simpson, N., Long, S. A., Dodds, F., Rasmussen, M. H., & Horrocks, J. A. (2023). First documented migration of an Icelandic humpback whale mother and calf pair from the West Indies breeding grounds. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management.

Bieg, C., Vallès, H., Tewfik, A., Lapointe, B. E., & McCann, K. S. (2024). Toward a multi-stressor theory for coral reefs in a changing world. Ecosystems, 27, 310–328.

Carrington, C. M. S. (2023). Wild Plants of Barbados (3rd ed.). Miller Publishing.

Corbin, M., Alleyne, K., Oxenford, H. A., & Vallès, H. (2024). Clinging fauna associated with nearshore pelagic sargassum rafts in the Eastern Caribbean: Implications for coastal in-water harvesting. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, 120077.

Jefferies, K., Bland, L., Oladimeji, B., Rothfus, M., Etowa, J., Alleyne, A., et al. (2024). Uterine fibroids and Black people of African descent globally: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 14(8), e085622.

Parasram, N., Santana, W., & Vallès, H. (2023). Checklist of the shallow-water marine Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa, 5314, 1–62.

Serrano-Meza, A., Vigueras-Cortes, J., & Allen, C. (2024). Municipal wastewater treatment in a hybrid biofiltration system packed with agave fiber.

Simpson, S., Bettauer, V., Ramachandran, A., Kraemer, S., Mahon, S., Medina, M., Vallès, Y., Dumeaux, V., Vallès, H., Walsh, D., & Hallett, M. T. (2023). A metagenomic-based study of two sites from the Barbadian reef system. Coral Reefs, 42, 359–366.

Tennant, P., Rampersad, S., Alleyne, A., Johnson, L., Tai, D., Amarakoon, I., et al. (2024). Viral threats to fruit and vegetable crops in the Caribbean. Viruses, 16(4), 603.

Van den Burg, M. P., Wasilewski, J. A., Thorpe, R., Debrot, A. O., Daltry, J. C., Baptiste, A., et al. (2023). The threat of Peters’s Rock Agama (Agama picticauda) to reptile diversity across the Lesser Antilles. Animal Conservation.

Véron, S., Bernard, A., Lebreton, E., Rodrigues-Vaz, C., Durand, M., Procopio, L., et al. (2023). Pre-assessments of plant conservation status in islands: The case of French Overseas Territories. Biodiversity and Conservation, 32, 1165–1187.

Vignaud, L., Vallès, H., Cordonnier, S., Chatagnon, A., Lecchini, D., & Dromard, C. R. (2023). Spatio-temporal distribution of juvenile fish species in Guadeloupean reefs (Lesser Antilles). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 68, 103236.

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Departmental Publications 2021–2022

Ahmadia, G. N., Cheng, S. H., Andradi-Brown, D. A., et al. (2021). Limited progress in improving gender and geographic representation in coral reef science. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 731037.

Allen, C. D. (2021). Foundational moments in geographers’ lives: Tales from the field. The Geographical Bulletin, 62(2), 1.

Allen, C. D., & Paradise, T. R. (2022). Coastal relict landforms and the legacy of Tony Orme. Physical Geography, 43(1), 1–23.

Alleyne, A. T. (2022). Structural and functional analysis of a resistance gene and resistance gene analogs in local cultivars of Ipomoea batatas Lam. from Barbados. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, 120, 101855.

Amon, D. J., Rotjan, R. D., Kennedy, B. R. C., et al. (2022). My deep sea, my backyard: A pilot study to build capacity for global deep-ocean exploration and research. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377.

Arneaud, L. L. (2021). Preserving Mauritia flexuosa L. f. (Arecaceae) ecosystems during Guyana’s first oil boom. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 82(3).

Arneaud, L. L., Farrell, A. D., & Oatham, M. P. (2021). Arboreal termite nests increase Moriche palm mortality during wildfires. Neotropical Biodiversity, 7.

Arneaud, L. L., & Leotaud, C. (2022). Novel aerial sampling method to detect flowering Bambusa vulgaris. Journal of Bamboo and Rattan, 21(3), 138.

Carrington, S., & Turnbull, C. (2022). A hard graft problem solved for key global food crops. Nature, 602, 214–215.

Clarke, T., Brinkac, L., Greco, C., Alleyne, A. T., Carrasco, P., Inostroza, C., et al. (2022). Sampling from four geographically divergent young female populations demonstrates forensic geolocation potential in microbiomes. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 18547.

Monnereau, I., Mahon, R., McConney, P., Nurse, L., Turner, R., & Vallès, H. (2021). Fisheries sector vulnerabilities to climate change in small island developing states. In Small Island Developing States: Vulnerability and Resilience Under Climate Change. Springer.

Parasram, N., Santana, W., & Vallès, H. (2021). Updated checklist of semi-terrestrial and estuarine crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) of Barbados, West Indies. Zootaxa, 5052, 451–485.

Van den Burg, M. P., Daltry, J. C., Baptiste, A., Boman, E., Brisbane, J., Collins, K., et al. (2021). Biosecurity for humanitarian aid. Science, 372(6542), 581–582.

Vallès, H., & Kramer, D. L. (2021). Microhabitat use of recently settled Sparisoma parrotfishes: Ontogenetic shifts and association with algal-gardening damselfishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 675, 97–112.

Vallès, H., Labaude, S., Bezault, E., Browne, D., Deacon, A., Guppy, R., Pujadas Clavel, A., & Cézilly, F. (2021). Low contribution of Caribbean-based researchers to academic publications on biodiversity conservation in the insular Caribbean. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 19, 443–453.

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Departmental Publications 2019–2020

Arneaud, L. L. (2020). Gone with the wind? Dead Apis mellifera bees washed up on a tropical beach. Bee World, 97(3).

Blades, D. C., Walcott, J., & Horrocks, J. A. (2019). Leatherback bycatch in an Eastern Caribbean artisanal longline fishery. Endangered Species Research, 40, 329–335.

Camas, M., Carrington, C. M. S., Saint-Aimie, S., & Francisco-Ortega, J. (2020). David Fairchild’s Plant Hunting Expedition in the Lesser Antilles: Year 1932. Selbyana, 33(4), 43–63.

Carrington, C. M. S., Fraser, H. S., Gilmore, J. T., & Forde, G. A. (2020). A to Z of Barbados Heritage (3rd ed.). Miller Publishing.

Gouirand, I., Moron, V., & Sing, B. (2020). Seasonal atmospheric transitions in the Caribbean basin and Central America. Climate Dynamics, 55(7–8), 1809–1828.

Hassan, A., Almatar, M. G., Torab, M., & Allen, C. D. (2020). Environmental urban plan for Failaka Island, Kuwait: A study in urban geomorphology. Sustainability, 12(17), 7125.

Lee, C.-H., Narangarav Terbish, Holder, S. L., Popuri, S. R., & Nalluri, L. P. (2019). A study on development of alternative biopolymers based proton exchange membrane for microbial fuel cells and effect of blending ratio and ionic crosslinking on bioenergy generation and COD removal. Journal of Polymer Research, 26, 285.

Lee, C.-H., Popuri, S. R., & Peng, Y.-H. (2019). Analysis of indium and tin in different scrap liquid crystal display glass by heavy metal digestion method. Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 5, 617–626.

Lee, C.-H., Lo, Y.-C., Sandagdorj, N., Cankhuyag, E., Popuri, S. R., & Hung, C.-E. (2019). Recycling of cerium and lanthanum from glass polishing sludge. Polish Journal of Chemical Technology, 21(4), 26–30.

Nalluri, L. P., Lee, C.-H., & Popuri, S. R. (2019). Optimization studies for encapsulation and controlled release of curcumin drug using Zn²⁺ cross-linked alginate and carboxymethylcellulose blend. Journal of Polymer Research, 26(1), 13.

Popuri, S. R., Harewood, A. J. T., Holder, S., & Lee, C.-H. (2019). Development of alternative proton exchange membranes based on biopolymers for microbial fuel cell applications. In Waste to Sustainable Energy: MFCs – Prospects through Prognosis (pp. 256–282). CRC Press.

Vallès, H., Miller, S., & Oxenford, H. A. (2020). The effect of microhabitat patch size on settlement differs among co-occurring coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs, 39, 487–492.

Vallès, H., Oxenford, H. A., & Henderson, A. (2019). Switching between standard coral reef benthic monitoring protocols is complicated: Proof of concept. PeerJ, 7, e8167.

Vallès, Y., Inman, C. K., Peters, B. A., Wareth, L. A., Abdulle, A., Alsafar, H., et al. (2019). Incense burning is associated with human oral microbiota composition. Scientific Reports, 9, 10039.

Williams, R. J., Horrocks, J. A., & Pernetta, A. P. (2020). Habitat use by an endemic and a non-native gecko: Natural habitat provides a last refuge for the Barbados Leaf-Toed gecko. Neotropical Biodiversity, 6(1), 127–137.