Publications

Rozier, R. S., D. Bachoon, J. A. Amador, and J. Dyer. 2015. Evaluation of microbiological water quality in Point Judith Pond (Rhode Island, USA): Quantitation of fecal pollution and presence of human pathogenic bacteria. Open Journal of Water Pollution and Treatment 2:25-32.

Atoyan, J. A., E. Herron, and J. A. Amador. 2011. Evaluation of microbiological water quality in the Pettaquamscutt River (Rhode Island, USA) using chemical, molecular and culture-dependent methods. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62:1577-1583.

Amador, J. A., D. Sotomayor-Ramírez, G. Martínez, L. Chen, and D. Bachoon. 2008. Tracking of human fecal contamination in tropical reservoirs in Puerto Rico. Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management 13: 301-317.

Funding

Integration of Novel Molecular and Chemical Bacteria Source Tracking Methods Into Current Water Quality Assessment Protocols in Rhode Island. Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station (2009 – 2010) J. Amador and E. Herron. $29,000.

Talks

Pollution Detection in Coastal Waters - invited talk by Jose Amador at the Watershed and Stormwater Conference 2012, Center for Watershed Protection, Baltimore, MD (October 2012)

Evaluation of Water Quality Along an Estuarine River Using Chemical, Molecular and Culture-Dependent Methods - invited talk given by Jose Amador at the Annual Meeting of the New England chapter of the North American Lake Management Society, Kingston, RI (July 2011)

Are We Fooling Ourselves? The Role of Eelgrass and Subaqueous Soils in the Persistence of Fecal Enterococci - poster presented by Jessie Dyer at the Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Conference, Dearborn, MI (July 2009)