Publications
Biology Research
Perez, K.E., M. Spor Leal, H. Glover, R. Chastain, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz. 2021. Two new species of Pyrgulopsis Call & Pilsbry, 1886 (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from springs in the Rio Grande watershed in Texas. Zootaxa 5071(3): 384-402. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5071.3.5. Q2, H = 87.
Perez, K.E., M.A. Martinez Cruz**, B. Steury, G. Barker. A fresh start in ambersnail (Gastropoda: Succineidae) taxonomy: finding a foothold using a widespread species of Oxyloma. European Journal of Taxonomy 757(1): 102-126. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.757.1419. Q2, H = 15.
Perez, K.E., B. Najev**, B. Christoffersen, J.C. Nekola. 2021. Biotic homogenization or riparian refugia? Urban and wild land snail assemblages along a subtropical precipitation gradient. Journal of Urban Ecology. 7(1):1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juab002. Q2, H=7.
Perez, K.E., B.T. Hutchins, J. Nekola. 2020. Poorly vetted conservation ranks can be more wrong than right: lessons from Texas land snails. Natural Areas Journal 40(4), 309–317. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.040.0403, Q2, H Index = 41.
Böhm, M., Dewhurst-Richman, N.I. Seddon, M., Albrecht, C., Allen, D., Bogan, A.E., Cummings, K., Darrigran, G., Darwall, W., Fehér, Z., Graf, D., Köhler, F., Lopes-Lima, M., Pastorino, G., Smith, K., van Damme, D., Vinarski, M., von Proschwitz, T., von Rintelen, T., Aldridge, D.C., Budha, P.B., Do, V.T., Haase, M., Johnson, P.D., Kebapçı, Ü., Madhyastha, N.A.A., Neubert, E., Prié, V., Radea, C., Son, M.O., Perez, K.E.+ 6 additional authors, Collen, B. 2021. The conservation status of the world’s freshwater molluscs. Hydrobiologia, 848: 3231–3254. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04385-w. Q1, H = 134.
Najev, B.**, R. Flores**, A. Schofield*, B.T. Hutchins, A. McDonald, K.E. Perez. 2020. Terrestrial snail communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley are affected by human disturbance and correlate with vegetation community composition. The Southwestern Naturalist, 64(3-4):216-227. https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909-64.3-4.216. Q4, H = 30.
Alvear, D.A.*#, P.H. Diaz, R. Gibson, K.E. Perez#. (#First and last authors contributed equally). 2020. An unusually sculptured new species of Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley (Mollusca; Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae) from central Texas. Zootaxa 4810 (1): 143–152. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.8, Q2, H = 80.
Diaz, P.H., D. Alvear*, K.E. Perez. 2020. Mesohabitat associations of the Devil Tryonia, Tryonia diaboli (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Cochliopidae). Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:18–24. Q4. https://doi.org/10.31931/fmbc.v22i2.2020.18-24
Alvear, D.A.*#, P.H. Diaz, R. Gibson, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz, K.E. Perez#. (#First and last authors contributed equally). 2020. Expanding the known ranges of the endemic, phreatic snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Texas, USA. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:1-17. https://doi.org/10.31931/fmbc.v22i2.2020.1-17. Q4.
Gladstone, N.S.**, K.E. Perez, N. Shoobs**, E.B. Pieper, K.E. Dooley, E.T. Carter, A.S. Engel, M.L Niemiller. 2019. A new species of stygobitic snail in the genus Antrorbis Hershler and Thompson, 1990 (Gastropoda: Cochliopidae) from the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of eastern Tennessee, USA. Zookeys, 898:103-120. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.898.46917. Species authorship is Perez, K.E. et al. Q2, H = 39.
Nekola, J.C., B.T. Hutchins, A. Schofield*, B. Najev**, K.E. Perez. 2019. Caveat consumptor notitia museo: Let the museum data user beware. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28:1722-1734. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12995. Q1, H = 138.
Botka*, R., K.E. Perez, T. King-Heiden. 2018. Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of triclosan impairs foraging efficiency in zebrafish larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(12):3124-3133.
Perez, K.E. & T. C. King-Heiden. 2018. Geometric morphometrics as a tool to evaluate teratogenic effects in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 1797, Luís Félix (Ed): Teratogenicity Testing. Walker, J.M. (ed). Springer Nature 1797: 373-391. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7883-0_20.
Minton, R.L., R. R. Beasley **, S. L. Lance, & K.E. Perez. 2017. Development, characterization, and utility of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Praticolella species from South Texas, USA. American Malacological Bulletin 35(2):158-162.
Keith, K., R.A. Stamler, J.J. Randall, K. E. Perez, J. A. McDonald. 2017. Ipomoea gilana: A New and Endemic Morning Glory (Ipomoeeae, Convolvulaceae) in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Systematic Botany 42(4):974-978.
Perez, K.E., V. Garcia Gamboa*, C.M. Schneider*, R.L. Burks. 2017. Resaca supports invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata, Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) within the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Checklist 13(3):1-9.
Perez, K.E., E. Ruiz*, M. A. Martinez Cruz*, R.L. Minton. 2017. A new species of south Texas scrubsnail, Praticolella (Von Martens, 1892) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae). The Nautilus 131:67-75.
Minton, R.L., M. A. Martinez Cruz*, M.L. Farman, K.E. Perez. 2016. Two complete mitochondrial genomes from Praticolella mexicana Perez, 2011 (Polygyridae) and gene order evolution in Helicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 626: 137-154.
Perez, K.E, Werren, R.L.**, Lynum, C.A.*, Hartman, L.A.*, Majoros, G., Cole, R. 2016. Colonization of North America by Bithynia tentaculata. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 19(2):56-68.
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, National Strategy Ad Hoc Committee: M. Bradley, R.S. Butler, H.L. Dunn, C. Gatenby, P.A. Morrison, T.J. Newton, M. Patterson, K.E. Perez, C.C. Vaughn, D. A. Woolnough, and S. J. Zigler. 2016. A national strategy for the conservation of native freshwater mollusks. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 19:1-21. (authors alphabetical)
Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2015. Assessing infection patterns in Chinese mystery snails from Wisconsin, USA using field and laboratory approaches. Aquatic Invasions 10(2):169-175.
Perez, K.E.,
N. Defreitas*, J. Slapcinsky, R.L. Minton, F.E.
Anderson, T.A. Pearce. 2014.
Molecular
phylogeny, evolution of shell shape, and DNA barcoding
in Polygyridae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), an endemic North
American clade of land snails.
American
Malacological Bulletin
32(1):1-31.
Chollett,
D.*,
Perez, K.E,
King-Heiden, T.C. 2014.
Embryonic exposure to sublethal
concentrations of 2,3,7,8-TCDD impairs prey capture by
zebrafish larvae.
In press, Journal of Environmental Toxicology &
Chemistry.
Lynum, C.*,
Amundson, R.*, Kuchta, M., Little, A., Hyde, T.,
Perez, K.E.
2013.
Hendersonia
occulta
(Say 1831), the Cherrystone drop snail (Gastropoda,
Helicinidae), extended geographic distribution.
Checklist 9(2):472-474.
Foltz, M.,
K.E. Perez,
T. Volk. 2013.
Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveals three new
species of Cantharellus within 20 meters of one another in western Wisconsin,
USA. Mycologia 105(2): 447-461.
Perez, K. E., Minton, R.
L., Hayes, D. M., Reese, S. A. 2011. Spatial
distribution of the Balcones Elimia,
Elimia comalensis
(Pilsbry, 1890) (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in Comal
Springs, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 63(1):1-14.
Perez, K.E. 2011.
A new species of
Praticolella (Gastropoda: Polygyridae) from
northeastern Mexico and revision of several species of
this genus. The Nautilus 125:113-126.
Henningsen, J.P., Lance, S.L., Jones, K. L., Hagen, C., Laurila, J.*, Cole
R. A.,
Perez, K.
E.
2010.
Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic
microsatellite loci in the faucet snail,
Bithynia
tentaculata (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Bithynidae).
Conservation Genetics Resources.
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-010-9255-9
Perez, K. 2010.
Current
research on land snails and land snail conservation:
Leslie Hubricht Memorial Symposium on Terrestrial
Gastropods. American Malacological Bulletin,
28:13-14.
Minton, R.L. & K. E. Perez. 2010.
Analysis of museum
records highlights unprotected land snail diversity in
Alabama.
American Malacological Bulletin, 28:91-95.
Maggs, C. A., R.
Castilho, D. Foltz, C. Hensler, T. Jolly,
J. Olsen,
K. E. Perez,
W. Stam, R. Vainola, F. Viard,
J. Wares.
2009.
Evaluating
signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic marine
organisms. Ecology:
89:S108-122.
Perez, K.E.
& R.L. Minton. 2008.
Practical applications for
systematics and taxonomy in North American freshwater
gastropod conservation. Journal of the
North American Benthological Society, 27(2): 471-483.
Brown, K., B.
Lang, K. E. Perez.
2008.
The
conservation ecology of North American pleurocerid and
hydrobiid gastropods. Journal of the North American Benthological
Society, 27(2):484-495.
Lysne,
S. J., K. E. Perez,
Brown, K., R.L. Minton & J.
D. Sides.
2008.
A review of freshwater gastropod conservation:
challenges and opportunities.
Journal of the North American Benthological
Society, 27(2): 463-470.
Hayes, D.
M., R. L. Minton,
K. E. Perez.
2007. Elimia comalensis (Gastropoda:
Pleuroceridae) from the Edwards Plateau, Texas:
Multiple
Unrecognized Endemics or Native Exotic? American
Midland Naturalist. 158(1): 97-112.
Valentine, L. M., J. A. Cherry, J. J. Culp,
K. E. Perez, J. B. Pollock, D. A. Arrington, C.
A. Layman. 2007.
Floral and faunal differences between fragmented and
unfragmented Bahamian tidal creeks. Wetlands,
27(3): 702-718.
Minton, R. L., S. A. Reese, K. Swanger*, K.
E. Perez, & D. M. Hayes. 2007.
Changes in shell
morphology of Elimia
comalensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the
Edwards Plateau, Texas.
Southwestern Naturalist,
52(4):475-481.
Waggoner, J.*, S. A. Clark, K. E. Perez,
& C. Lydeard. 2006.
A survey of terrestrial gastropods of the Sipsey
wilderness area (Bankhead National Forest), Alabama.
Southeastern Naturalist 5(1): 57-68.
Minton, R. & K. E. Perez. 2005.
A systematic checklist of the land snails of Louisiana.
Texas Journal of Science 52(2): 153-164.
Perez, K. E., W. F. Ponder, D. J.
Colgan, S. A. Clark, & C. Lydeard. 2005.
Molecular phylogeny and
biogeography of spring-associated Hydrobiid snails of
the Great Artesian Basin, Australia.
Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(3):545-556.
Davis, E. C., K. E. Perez, & D. J.
Bennett. 2004.
Euglandina rosea
(Férussac, 1821) is found on
the ground and in trees in Florida. The Nautilus 118:
127–128.
Charles Lydeard, Art Bogan, Philippe Bouchet, Robert
H. Cowie, Kevin S. Cummings, Terrance J. Frest, Dae
Herbert, Robert Hershler, Kathryn E. Perez
, Winston F. Ponder, Barry Roth, Mary Seddon, Ellen
Strong, and Fred Thompson. 2004.
The global decline of
nonmarine mollusks.
Bioscience 54(4):321-330. AIBS
press release.
Perez, K.E., and N. E. Strenth.
2003.
A Genetic and
Morphometric Examination of the Land Snail
Euglandina singleyana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from
Texas.
The Proceedings of the Biological Society of
Washington 116(3): 649-660.
Perez, K.E. and N. E. Strenth. 2002.
Enzymatic Variation in
the Land Snail Euglandina texasiana (Gastropoda:
Pulmonata) from Texas and Northern Mexico.
Texas
Journal of Science 54(1): 37-44.
* indicates
undergraduate researcher
Biology Eduation Research
Abraham, J.K., Perez, K.E., Price, R.M.
2014.
The Dominance Concept Inventory: a tool for
assessing undergraduate student misconceptions about
dominance in Mendelian and population genetics. CBE Life Sci Educ.
13:349-358.
Price R.M., Andrews, T.C., McElhinny, T.L., Mead, L.S.,
Abraham, J.K., Thanukos, A., Perez, K.E.
2014.
The Genetic Drift Inventory: a tool for measuring what
advanced undergraduates have mastered about genetic
drift. CBE Life Sci Educ. 13:65-75.
Perez, K.E., Hiatt, A., G.K. Davis, C.
Trujillo, M. Terry, D.P. French, R.M. Price. 2013.
The
EvoDevoCI: A concept inventory for gauging students’
understanding of evolutionary developmental biology.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 12:665-675.
Hiatt, A., G. K. Davis, C. Trujillo, M. Terry, D. P.
French, R. M. Price, K. E. Perez. 2013.
Getting
to evo-devo: concepts and challenges for students
learning evolutionary developmental biology.
CBE
Life Sci Educ 12: 494-508.
Abraham, J.K.,
K. E. Perez,
J. C. Herron, N. Downey, E. Meir. 2012.
Undergraduate student alternate conceptions and
acceptance of evolutionary theory before and after a
short computer-based lesson plan.
Cell Biology
Education: Life Sciences Education 11: 152-164.
Andrews, T. M., R. M. Price, L. S. Mead, T. L. McElhinny, A. Thanukos,
K. E. Perez,
C. F. Herreid, D. R. Terry, P. P. Lemons. 2012.
Biology
undergraduates’ misconceptions about genetic drift.
Cell Biology
Education: Life Sciences Education 11: 248-259.
Perez, K.E., E. Strauss, N. Downey, A. Galbraith, R.
Jeanne, S. Cooper. 2010.
Does displaying the class
results affect student discussion during peer
instruction? Cell Biology Education: Life Sciences,
9:133-140.
non-refereed publications
Perez, K.E., S.A. Clark, C. Lydeard,
editors. “Showing your
shells” A primer to Freshwater Gastropod Identification.
Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Gastropod
Identification Workshop. 2004. Pp. 70.
Perez, K.E.,
J. Cordeiro, J. Gerber, editors.
A guide to
terrestrial gastropod identification. American
Malacological Society Terrestrial Gastropod
Identification Workshop. 2008. Pp. 64.
Perez, K. E. 2004. The Land Snails
of Texas, online resource, part of the
North
America Land Snails Website.
Perez, K.E. 2010.
Wisconsin land snails, online resource.