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Brien A. Nicolau - Assistant Director & Research Associate
Center for Coastal Studies


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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

  • Wetland ecology, conservation, mitigation, creation, and restoration
  • The effects of freshwater inflows on fauna associated with estuarine ecosystems
  • Environmental and marine conservation issues related to South Texas

Select Publications

  • Nicolau, Brien A., John S. Adams, Barbara F. Ruth, and John W. Tunnell, Jr. 1995. Long-term monitoring of estuarine faunal use in the Nueces Delta Mitigation Project, Corpus Christi, Texas: 1989 through 23rd Annual Ecosystem Restoration Conference, Tampa, Florida, May 1996.

Grants and Awards

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2009. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Hill (Co-PI). September 2008 through August 2009. $167,883

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2008. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Hill (Co-PI). September 2007 through August 2008. $158,959

  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase III – Implementation Effectiveness Monitoring. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Hill (Co-PI). September 2007 through August 2008. $35,905

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2007. Erin M. Hill (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2006 through August 2007. $149.910

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2006. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $114,875

  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase I1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Alex X. Nuρez (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $29,625

  • Texas General Land Office – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase I1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Alex X. Nuρez (Co-PI). September 2005 through August 2006. $45,375

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $111,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Lab Analysis. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). June 2004 through August 2005. $7,500

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2005. Erin M. Albert (PI) and Brien A. Nicolau (Co-PI). September 2004 through August 2005. $20,710

  • Texas General Land Office – Nueces Bay Zinc Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase 1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Alex X. Nuρez (Co-PI). June 2004 through August 2005. $67,500

  • Texas General Land Office – Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase IV. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2004 through July 2005. $82,500

  • City of Corpus Christi – Rincon Bayou Diversion Project – FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $103,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Nueces Bay Ichthyoplankton Monitoring Project – 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $20,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Regional Coastal Assessment Program – 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $165,000

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). September 2003 through August 2004. $21,795

  • Texas General Land Office – Oso Bay/Laguna Madre Total Maximum Daily Load Project – Phase III. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert (Co-PI). August 2003 through July 2004. $82,500

  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis – 2004. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). August 2004. $6,375

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project - Year 6. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Erin M. Albert. (Co-PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $89,670

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Nueces Bay Ichthyoplankton Monitoring Project – 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $20,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Regional Coastal Assessment Program – 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003. $175,000

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2002 through August 2003 $23,862

  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis – 2003. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). August 2003. $9,000

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project – Year 5. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $71,170

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Nueces Bay Ichthyoplankton Monitoring Project – 2002. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $20,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Regional Coastal Assessment Program – 2002. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $155,000

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2002. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2001 through August 2002. $24,508

  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis – 2002. Brien A. Nicolau. August 2002. $8,000

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project – Year 4. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2000 through August 2001. $53,672

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Sediment Monitoring Project. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). May 2000 through August 2001. $75,000

  • Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Phase III. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). May 2001 through August 2002. $153,000

  • Texas General Land Office – Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Phase III Lab Analysis. Brien A. Nicolau. May 2001 through August 2002. $40,000

  • Texas General Land Office – Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Phase II Lab Analysis. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). March 2000 through May 2001. $100,000

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2001. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 2000 through August 2001. $34,800

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Phase II. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). March 2000 through May 2001. $100,095

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Project for the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program – Phase I. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). March 2000 through May 2001. $31,496

  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department – National Coastal Assessment laboratory analysis – 2001. Brien A. Nicolau (PI). August 2001. $8,000

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project – Year 3. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 1999 through August 2000. $55,500

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces River and Coastal Basins FY 2000. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 1999 through August 2000. $34,800

  • Texas General Land Office – Oso Creek/Oso Bay Watershed System Study - Phase II. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and Joanna Mott (Co-PI). January 2000 through October 2000. $100,000

  • Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission/Texas General Land Office – Oso Creek/Oso Bay Watershed System Study – Phase I. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), Joanna Mott (Co-PI), Rocky Freund (Co-PI), and John S. Adams (Co-PI). October 1999 through July 2000. $115,000

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project- Year 2. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 1998 through August 1999. $52,500

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces Coastal Basins FY 1999. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), John S. Adams (Co-PI), John W. Tunnell Jr. (Co-PI), and Joanna Mott (Co-PI). September 1998 through August 1999 $27,811

  • Nueces River Authority – Clean Rivers Program Targeted Monitoring Efforts in the Nueces Coastal Basin – FY 1998. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), John S. Adams (Co-PI), John W. Tunnell Jr. (Co-PI), and Joanna Mott (Co-PI). September 1997 through August 1998. $36,000

  • Nueces River Authority – Surface Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Nueces Coastal Basins FY 1998. Brien A. Nicolau (PI), John S. Adams (Co-PI), John W. Tunnell Jr. (Co-PI), and Joanna Mott (Co-PI). September 1997 through August 1998. $21,539

  • City of Corpus Christi – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project- Year 1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). September 1997 through August 1998. $14,850

  • Port of Corpus Christi Authority – Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project –Year 1. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). June 1997 through May 1998. $15,000

  • City of Corpus Christi – Weekly inspection monitoring of the Allison Wastewater Treatment Plant/Nueces Estuary Effluent Diversion Demonstration Project-Construction Phase. Brien A. Nicolau (PI) and John W. Tunnell, Jr. (Co-PI). October 1997. $6,900
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