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Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (* indicates mentored undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral associates, 90)

Landrigan PJ, Stegeman JJ, Fleming LE, Allemand D, Anderson DM, Backer LC, Brucker-Davis F, Chevalier N, Corra L, Czerucka D, Bottein M-YD, Demeneix B, Depledge M, Deheyn DD, Dorman CJ, Fénichel P, Fisher S, Gaill F, Galgani F, Gaze WH, Giuliano L, Grandjean P, Hahn ME, Hamdoun A, Hess P, Judson B, Laborde A, McGlade J, Mu J, Mustapha A, Neira M, Noble RT, Pedrotti ML, Reddy C, Rocklöv J, Scharler UM, Shanmugam H, Taghian G, van de Water JAJM, Vezzulli L, Weihe P, Zeka A, Raps H, Rampal P. Human Health and Ocean Pollution. Annals of Global Health. 2020; 86(1): 151, 1–64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2831

Hart, J. D., Blackwood, A. D. and R. T. Noble. 2020. Examining coastal dynamics and recreational water quality by quantifying multiple sewage specific markers in a North Carolina estuary. Science of The Total Environment. Volume 747: 141124. ISSN 0048-9697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141124.

Bivins, A., North, D., Ahmad, A., Ahmed, W., Alm, E., Been, F., Bhattacharya, P., Bijlsma, L., Boehm, A. B., Brown, J., Buttiglieri, G., Calabro, V., Carducci, A., Castiglioni, S., Cetecioglu Gurol, Z., Chakraborty, S., Costa, F., Curcio, S,….R.T. Noble … Bibby, K. (2020). Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(13), 7754–7757. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02388

Canty R, Blackwood D, Noble R, Froelich B. A comparison between farmed oysters using floating cages and oysters grown on-bottom reveals more potentially human pathogenic Vibrio in the on-bottom oysters. Environ Microbiol. 2020 Feb 20. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14948.

Seruge, J., Wong, M., Noble, R. T., Blackwood, A. D., Moravcik, P. S. and M. Kirs. 2019. Application of a rapid qPCR method for enterococci for beach water quality monitoring purposes in Hawaii: Loss of DNA during the extraction protocol due to coral sands, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 149,110631,ISSN 0025-326X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110631.

Jesser, K. J., W. Valdiva-Granda, J. Jones, R.T. Noble. Clustering of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates using MLST and whole-genome phylogenetics and protein motif fingerprinting. Frontiers in Public Health. 2019 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00066

Sivaganesan M, Aw TG, Briggs S, Dreelin E, Aslan A, Dorevitch S, Shrestha A, Isaacs N, Kinzelman J, Kleinheinz G, Noble R, Rediske R, Scull B, Rosenberg S, Weberman B, Sivy T, Southwell B, Siefring S, Oshima K, Haugland R. Standardized data quality acceptance criteria for a rapid Escherichia coli qPCR method (Draft Method C) for water quality monitoring at recreational beaches. Water Res. 2019 Jun 1;156:456-464. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 Mar 15. PMID: 30952079.

Aw, T. G., Sivaganesan, M., Briggs, S., Dreelin, E., Aslan, A., Dorevitch, S., Shrestha, A., Isaacs, N., Kinzelman, J., Kleinheinz, G., Noble, R., Rediske, R., Scull, B., Rosenberg, S., Weberman,B., Sivy, B., Southwell, B., Siefring, S., Oshima, K. R. A. Haugland. 2019. Evaluation of multiple laboratory performance and variability in analysis of recreational freshwaters by a rapid Escherichia coli qPCR method (Draft Method C),Water Research,Volume 156, Pages 465-474, ISSN 0043-1354, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.014

Froelich, B. A., Gonzalez, R., Blackwood, D., Lauer, K. and R. T. Noble. 2019. Decadal monitoring reveals an increase in Vibrio spp. concentrations in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA. PLoS One. Decadal monitoring reveals an increase in Vibrio spp. concentrations in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215254

Jesser, K. J. and R. T. Noble. 2018. Characterizing the ecology of Vibrio in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina using next-generation amplicon sequencing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI 10.1128/AEM.00333-18.

Steele J.A., Blackwood, A. D., Griffith, J. F. , Noble, R. T. and K. C. Schiff. 2018. Quantification of pathogens and markers of fecal contamination during storm events along popular surfing beaches in San Diego, California. Water Research. 136:137-149.

Williams, T. Froelich, B. Phippen*, B. Fowler, P., Noble, R. T. and J. D. Oliver. 2017. Different abundance and correlation patterns exist between total and presumed pathogenic V. vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus in shellfish and waters along the North Carolina coast. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2017 Jun 1;93(6). doi: 10.1093/femsec/fix071.

Froelich, B.A., B. Phippen*, P. Fowler, R.T. Noble, and J.D. Oliver. 2016. Differences in total Vibrio spp. V. vulnificus, and V. parahaemolyticus abundance between clams and oysters in North Carolina. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02265-16

Rastelli, E., Dell’Anno, A., Corinaldesi, C., Middelboe, M., Noble, R. T., and R. Danovaro. 2016. Quantification of viral and prokaryotic production rates in benthic ecosystems: a methods comparison. Frontiers in Microbiology. Front Microbiol. 2016 Sep 22;7:1501. eCollection 2016.

Raszl, S. M.*, B. A. Froelich, C. R. W. Vieira, A. D. Blackwood and R. T. Noble. 2016. Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus in South America: Water, Seafood, and Human Infections. Journal of Applied Microbiology ISSN 1364-5072. doi:10.1111/jam.13246

Danovaro, R., Dell’Anno, A., Corinaldesi, C., Rastelli, E., Cavicchioli, R., Krupovic, M., Noble, R., Nunoura, T., and D. Prangishvili. 2016. Virus-mediated archael hecatomb in the deep seafloor. Journal of Science Advances. Vol. 2, #10, e1600492. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600492

Froelich B.A.*, and R. T. Noble. 2016. Vibrio bacteria in raw oysters: managing risks to human health. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. 371. 20150209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0209

Groner, M., Maynard, J., Breyta, R.,Carnegie, R., Dobson, A., Friedman, C., Froelich, B.*, Garren, M., Gulland, F., Heron, S., Noble, R., Revie, C., Shields, J., Vanderstichel, R., Weil, E., Wyllie-Echeverria, S. and D. Harvell. 2016. Managing Marine Disease emergencies in an Era of Rapid Change; Philosophical Transactions B; 371:1689

Haugland, R., Siefring, S., Varma, M., Oshima, K., Sivaganesan, M., Cao, Y., Raith, M., Griffith, J., Weisberg, S., Noble, R., Blackwood, A. D.,Kinzelman, J., Anan’eva, T., Bushon, R., Stelzer, E., Harwood, V., Gordon, K. and C. Sinigalliano, 2016. Multi-laboratory survey of qPCR enterococci analysis method performance in U.S. coastal and inland surface waters. Journal of Microbiological Methods, Volume 123, Pages 114-125, ISSN 0167-7012, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2016.01.017.

Williams, H. N. Lymperolopoulou, D. S., Athar, R., Chauhan, A., Dickerson, T., Chen, H., Laws, E., Berhane, T., Flowers, A., Bradley, N., Young, S., Blackwood, A. D., Murray, J., Mustapha, O., Blackwell, C., Tung, Y., and R. T. Noble. 2015. Halobacteriovorax, an underestimated predator on bacteria: potential impact relative to viruses on bacterial mortality. International Society for Microbial Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.129.

Caffrey, J. M. and R. T. Noble. Collaboration, Innovation, and Monitoring ASLO and the National Water Quality Monitoring Council. https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10051

*Verhougstrate, M., Blackwood, A. D., Litaker, W. A., and R. T. Noble. 2015. Lessons learned from implementing a wet laboratory molecular training workshop for beach water quality monitoring. PLoS One. 30 Mar 2015. 10.1371/journal.pone.0121214.

*Froelich, B. A., M. Ayrapetyan, M., P. Fowler, J. D. Oliver, and R. T. Noble. 2015. Development of a matrix tool for the prediction of Vibrio Species in oysters harvested from North Carolina. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03206-14. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81(3):1111-1119.

*Ghazaleh, M. N. *Froelich, B. A. and R. T. Noble. 2014. The effect of storage time on Vibrio spp. and fecal indicator bacteria in an Isco autosampler. J. Microbiol. Methods. 104:109-16. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.06.021. Epub 2014 Jul 6.

Heaney, C. D., Exum N. G., Dufour, A. P., Brenner, K. P., Haugland, R. A., Chern, E., Schwab, K. J., Love, D., Serre, M. L., Noble, R.T., and T.J. Wade. 2014. Water quality, weather and environmental factors associated with fecal organism density in sand at two recreational marine beaches. Science of the Total Environment. 1: 497-498:440-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv. 2014.07.113. Epub 2014 Aug 20.

*Froelich, B. A. and R. T. Noble. 2014. Factors affecting the uptake and retention of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria in oysters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 80(24):7454-9. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02042-14. Epub 2014 Sep 26.

Gulbransen, D., *Gonzalez, R., *Froelich, B., Oliver, J., Noble, R., and K. McGlathery. 2014. Association of Gracilaria vermiculophylla, a non-native, mat forming macroalga, with increased concentrations of Vibrio bacteria in sediment, water, and oysters on intertidal mudflats. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 505: 29–36, 2014. doi: 10.3354/meps10771.

*Froelich, B. A., *Weiss, M. J., and R. T. Noble. 2014. The evaluation of four recent culture-based methods for the isolation and enumeration of Vibrio vulnificus bacteria from oyster meat. J. Microbiol. Methods. 97:1-5.

*Gonzalez, R. A. and R. T. Noble. 2014. Comparisons of statistical models to predict fecal indicator bacteria concentrations enumerated by qPCR- and culture-based methods. Water Research. 48:296-305

*Froelich, B. A., Bowen, J. D., Gonzalez, R. A., Snedeker, A., and R. T. Noble. 2013. Mechanistic and Statistical Models of Total Vibrio Abundance in the Neuse River Estuary. Water Research. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.050. 47 (15):5783-5793.

Sinigalliano, C. D., Ervin, J. Van De Werfhorst, L. C., Wang, D., Wanless, D., Bartkowiak, J., Layton, B., Raith, M., Schriewer, A., Badgley, B., Lee, C., Goodwin, K. D. Lee, J., Boehm, A. B., Noble, R. T., Holden, P. A., Jay, J., Wuertz, S. Byappanahalli, M., Whitman, R., Sadowsky, M., Miejer, W., Gourmelon, M., Griffith, J., Ryu, H., SantoDomingo, J. A multi-laboratory comparative assessment on the performance of PCR assays targeting Catellicoccus marimammalium for microbial source tracking of coastal birds. Water Research. DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.059

Krometis, L., R. T. Noble, G. W. Characklis, A. D. Blackwood, M. D. Sobsey. 2013. Assessment of E. coli partitioning behavior via both culture-based and qPCR methods. Water Science and Technology. Vol 68 No 6 pp 1359–1369. DOI:10.2166/wst.2013.363

Harwood, V. J., Boehm, A. B., Sassoubre, L. M., Kannappan, V., Stewart, J. R., Fong, T.-T., Caprais, M.-P., Converse, R. R., Diston, D., Ebdon, J., Fuhrman, J. A., Gourmelon, M., Gentry-Shields, J., Griffith, J. F., Kashian, D., Noble, R. T., Taylor, H., and M. Wicki. 2013. Performance of Viruses and Bacteriophages for Fecal Source Determination in a Multi-Laboratory, Comparative Study. Water Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.064.

Layton, B. A., Cao, Y., Ebentier, D.L., Hanley, K.T., Van De Werfhorst, L., Wang, D., Madi, T., Whitman, R.L., Byappanahalli, M.N., Balleste, E., Meijier, W., Schriewer, A., Wuertz, S., Converse, R.R., Noble, R.T., Srinivasan, S., Rose, J.B., Lee, C.S., Lee, J., Shields, J., Stewart, J.R., Reischer, G., Farnleitner, A., Sinagalliano, C.D., Rodrigues, R., Lozach, S., Gourmelon, M., Peed, L., Shanks, O.C., Jay, J., Holden, P., Boehm, A.B. and Griffith, J.F.2013. Performance of human fecal anaerobe-associated PCR assays in a multi-laboratory method evaluation study. Water Research: 6897-6908. DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.064.

Stewart, J.R., A.B. Boehm, E.A. Dubinsky, T.-T. Fong, K.D. Goodwin, J.F. Griffith, R.T. Noble, O.C. Shanks, K. Vijayavel, and S.B. Weisberg. 2013. Recommendations Following a Multi-Laboratory Comparison of Microbial Source Tracking Methods. Water Research. 07/2013; DOI:10.1016/j.watres.2013.04.063.

Wetz, J. A., *Williams, Z. A., Blackwood, A. D., and R. T. Noble. 2013. Quantification of Vibrio vulnificus in an estuarine environment: a multi-year analysis using QPCR. OI 10.1007/s12237-013-9682-4. Estuaries and Coasts. Estuaries and Coasts (2014) 37:421-435.

Ryu, H. Henson, , M., Elk, M. Toledo-Hernandez, C. Griffith, J. Blackwood, D., Noble, R., Gourmelon, M., Glassmeyer, S., and J. Santo Domingo. 2013. Development of quantitative PCR assays targeting 16S rRNA gene of Enterococcus spp. and their application to the identification of Enterococcus species in environmental samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(1):196-204.

Cao, Y., Sivaganesan, M., Kinzelman, J., Blackwood, A. D., Noble, R. T., Haugland, R. A., Griffith, J. F., and S. B Weisberg. 2012. Effect of platform, reference material, and quantification model on enumeration of Enterococcus by quantitative PCR method.Water Research 47:233-241.

*Gonzalez, R. A., Conn, K. E., Crosswell, J. and R. T. Noble. 2012. Application of empirical predictive modeling using conventional and alternative fecal indicator bacteria in eastern North Carolina waters. Water Research. 46 (18): 5871–5882

Shanks, O. C., Sivaganesan, M., Peed, L., Kelty, C. A., Blackwood, A. D., Greene, M. R., Noble, R. T., Bushon, R.N., Stelzer, E.A., Kinzelman, J., Anan’eva, T., Sinigalliano, C., Wanless, D., Griffith, J. G., Cao, Y., Weisberg, S. W., Harwood, V. J., Staley, C., Oshima, K. H., Varma, M., and R. A. Haugland. 2012. Interlaboratory comparison of real-time PCR protocols for quantification of general fecal indicator bacteria. Environ. Science & Technology. 46:945-953.

*Froelich, B., Williams, T., Noble, R. T., and J. D. Oliver. 2012. Apparent loss of Vibrio vulnificus in North Carolina oysters coincides with drought-induced increase in salinity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(11): 3885-3889.

Heaney, C. D., Love, D., Sams, E., Noble, R.T., Brenner, K., Haugland, R., Wymer, L., Dufour, A., and T.J. Wade. 2012. Weather and environmental factors associated with F+ coliphages and fecal indicator bacteria in sand at two recreational marine beaches. Environmental Science & Technology.

Colford, J. M., Schiff, K., Griffith, J. F., Yau, V., Arnold, B. F., Wright, C., Gruber, J., Wade, T., Burns, S., Hayes, S., McGee, C., Gold, M., Noble, R. T., and S. B. Weisberg. 2012. Using rapid indicators for Enterococcus to assess the risk of illness after exposure to urban runoff contaminated marine water. Water Research. 1-11.

Heaney, C. D., Sams, E., Dufour, A., Brenner, K., Haugland, R., Wymer, L., Wing,S., Marshall, S., Serre, M., Seed, R., Beach, M., Love, D., Noble, R.T., and T.J. Wade. 2012. Fecal indicators in sand, sand contact, and risk of enteric illness among beach-goers. Epidemiology. 23 (1) 95-106.

*Conn, K. E., *Habteselassie, M. Y., Blackwood, A. D., and R. T. Noble. 2012. Microbial water quality before and after the repair of a failing onsite wastewater treatment system adjacent to coastal waters. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112(1): 214-224

*Converse, R.R., Griffith, J.F., Noble, R.T., Haugland, R.A., Schiff, K.C., and S.B. Weisberg. 2011. Correlation between quantitative polymerase chain reaction and culture based methods for measuring Enterococcus over various temporal scales at three California marine beaches. Appl. Environ. Microbiology. 78(4):1237- 1242.

*Converse, R. R., Piehler, M. F., and R. T. Noble. 2011. Contrasts in concentrations and loads of conventional and alternative indicators of fecal contamination in coastal stormwater. Water Research. 5(16):5229-40.

*Habteselassie,M.Y., *Kirs, M., *Conn, K. E., Blackwood, A. D., *Kelly, G., and R. T. Noble. 2011. Tracking microbial transport through four onsite wastewater treatment systems to receiving waters in eastern North Carolina, USA. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111(4):835-847

Danovaro, R.,Corinaldesi, C., Dell’Anno, A., Fuhrman, J. A., Middelburg, J. J., Noble, R.T., and C. Suttle. Marine viruses and climate change. 2010. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. Article first published online: 4 JAN 2011. 2011:1-42.

Wade, T. J., Sams, E., Brenner, K. P., Haugland, R., Chern, E. Beach, M., Wymer, L., Rankin, C. C., Love, D., Li, Q., Noble, R., and A.P. Dufour. 2010. Rapidly measured indicators of recreational water quality and swimming-associated illness at marine beaches. Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives. 9:66-80.

Noble, R. T., Blackwood, A. D., Griffith, J. F., McGee, C. D., Weisberg, S. B. 2010. Comparison of rapid QPCR-based and conventional culture-based methods for enumeration of Enterococcus sp. and Escherichia coli in recreational waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2010 0: AEM.00651-10

*Parker, J. P., *McIntyre, D. A., and R. T. Noble. 2010. Characterizing fecal contamination in stormwater runoff in coastal North Carolina, USA. Water Research. 44 (14): 4186-4194

*Gronewold, A. D., *Myers, L., Swall, J. L., and R. T. Noble. 2010. Addressing uncertainty in fecal indicator bacteria inactivation rates. Water Research. 45(2), 652–664.

Jacquet, S., Takeshi, M., Noble, R. T., Peduzzi, P., and S. W. Wilhelm. 2010. Viruses in aquatic ecosystems: important advancements of the last 20 years and prospects for the future in the field of microbial oceanography and limnology. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology. 1 (1):71-101.

*Stumpf, C. H., Piehler, M. F., Thompson, S., and R. T. Noble. 2010. Loading of fecal indicator bacteria in tidal creek headwaters: hydrographic, meteorological, and terrestrial runoff relationships Water Research. 44(16):4704-15.

Comeau, A. M., and R. T. Noble. 2010. Preparation and application of fluorescently-labeled virus particles. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. Methods in Aquatic Viral Ecology. 3:19–29.

*Converse, R. R., Griffith, J. F. and R. T. Noble. 2009. Rapid QPCR-based assays for fecal Bacteroides and Enterococcus speciation as tools for assessing fecal contamination in recreational waters. Water Research. 43(19):4828-37.

*Coulliette, A. D., Money, E. S., Serre, M. L., and R. T. Noble. 2009. Space/time analysis of fecal pollution and rainfall in an eastern North carolina estuary. Environmental Science and Technology. 43(10):3728–3735.

Sagarin, R., Carlsson, J., Duval, M., Freshwater, W., Godfrey, M., Litaker, W., Muñoz, R., Noble, R., Schultz, T., Wynne, B. 2009. Bringing molecular tools into environmental resource management: untangling the molecules to policy pathway. PLoS Biology.7(3):426-430.

Danovaro, R., Dell’Anno, A., Corinaldesi, C.,Magagnini, M., Noble, R., Tamburini, C., and M. Weinbauer. 2008. Major viral impact on the function of global deep-sea ecosystems. Nature.454:1084–1087. (This article was selected as one of the Nature research articles of the year for 2008).

Wetz, J. J., Blackwood, A. D., *Fries, J. S.,*Williams, Z. F., and R. T. Noble. 2008. Trends in total Vibrio spp. and Vibrio vulnificus concentrations in the eutrophic Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, during storm events. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 53:141-149.

Morris, C. A., Blackwood, A. D., *Kirs, M., Buttigieg, N. D., Morgan, R. R., Hogan, J., Weeks, I., and R.T. Noble. 2008. Comparison of transcription-mediated amplification and growth-based methods for the quantitation of Enterococcus in environmental waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74: 3319-3320.

*Coulliette, A. D., and R. T. Noble. 2008. Impacts of rainfall on the water quality of the Newport River Estuary (eastern North Carolina, USA). Journal of Water and Health. 6(4): 473-482.

Shanks, O. C., Sivaganesan, M., Lu, J., Santo Domingo, J., Blackwood, A. D., Noble, R. T., Atikovic, E., Seifring, S., and R. A. Haugland. 2008. Quantification of genetic markers for bovine fecal bacteria with real-time PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.74: 745-752.

*Fries, J. S. Noble, R.T., *Kelly, G.M., and Characklis, G.W. 2008. Sediment-water exchange of Vibrio sp. and fecal indicator bacteria: implications for persistence and transport in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA. Journal of Water Research. 42:941-950.

*Hsieh, J. L., *Fries, J. S., and R. T. Noble. 2008. Dynamics and predictive modeling of Vibrio spp. in the Neuse River Estuary, NC. Journal of Environmental Microbiology. 10 (1): 57-64.

*McGhee, T., Morris, Jr., J. A., Noble, R. T., and P.K. Fowler. 2008. Comparative microbial dynamics in Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) and Crassostrea ariakensis (Fujita, 1913). Journal of Shellfish Research. 27 (3):559-565.

*Coulliette, A.D., *Gronewold, A. D., *Money, E. S., Serre, M. L., and R.T. Noble. 2007. Examining the relationship between wet weather and fecal contamination in a North Carolina estuary. Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference Series, TMDL 2007: Meeting Proceedings. Bellevue, Washington.

*Gronewold, A.D., *Coulliette, A. D., Noble, R. T., Wolpert, R. L., and K.H. Reckhow. 2007. Pollutant-specific TMDLs: Developing a Bayesian network model for supporting fecal coliform TMDL assessments. Water Environment Federation Specialty Conference Series, TMDL 2007: Meeting Proceedings. Bellevue, Washington.

Kennish, M. J., S. B. Bricker, W. C. Dennison, P. M. Glibert, R. J. Livingston, K. A. Moore, R. T. Noble, H. W. Paerl, J. M. Ramstack, S. Seitzinger, D. A. Tomasko, and I. Valiela. 2007. Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary: Case study of a highly eutrophic coastal bay system. Journal of Ecological Applications. 17 (5) Supplement, pp S3-S16.

*Hsieh, J., *Fries, J. S. and R. T. Noble. 2007. Vibrio and phytoplankton dynamics in a eutrophying estuary. Journal of Ecological Applications. 17 (5) Supplement, pp S102-S109.

*Fries, J. S., Noble, R. T., Paerl, H. W., and G. W. Characklis. 2007. Particle suspensions and their regions of effect in the Neuse River Estuary: Implications for water quality monitoring. Estuaries and Coasts. 30 (2):359-364.

Patel, A., Noble, R.T., Steele, J. Hewson, I., Schwallbach, M. and J. A. Fuhrman. 2007. Virus and prokaryote enumeration from planktonic marine environments by epifluorescence microscopy with SYBR Green I. Nature Protocols. 2 (2): 269-276.

*Fries, J. S., Noble, R.T., *Kelly, G.M., and *J. L. Hsieh. 2006. Storage of Vibrio sp. in estuarine sediments following storm events: possible population shifts and future human health threats. EOS. Published by the American Geophysical Union. Feb 20, 2007 Issue. 88 (8): 93-95.

*Fries, J. S., Characklis, G. W., and R. T. Noble. 2006. Attachment of Fecal Indicator Bacteria to Particles in the Neuse River Estuary, NC, USA. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 132(10): 1338-1345.

*Gregory, J. B., Litaker, W. A., and R. T. Noble. 2006. A Rapid One-Step Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase PCR Assay for Enterovirus with a Competitive Internal Positive Control. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72 (6): 3960-3967.

Orozco-Borbon, R. V, Rico-Mora, R., Weisberg, S.B., Noble, R.T., Dorsey, J.H., Leecaster, M.K., and C. D. McGee. 2006. Bacteriological water quality along the Tijuana-Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico shoreline. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52 (10):1190-1196

*Bean, T., Morris, Jr., J. A., Noble, R.T., and P.K. Fowler. 2006. Comparative Microbial Dynamics in Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis. NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 25. 32 pp.

Noble, R. T. Griffith, J. F., Blackwood, A. D., Fuhrman, J. A., *Gregory, J. B., Hernandez, X., Liang, X., Bera, A. A., and K. Schiff. 2006. Multi-tiered approach using Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction for tracking sources of fecal pollution to Santa Monica Bay, CA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 (2): 1604-1612.

Noble, R. T., and S. B. Weisberg. 2005. A review of technologies being developed for rapid microbial detection in recreational waters. Review Article. Journal of Water and Health. 03:381-392.

Bongiorni, L., Magagnin, M., Armeni, M., Noble, R. T., and Danovaro, R. 2005. Viral production, decay rates and life strategies along a trophic gradient in the north Adriatic Sea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71 (11): 6644-6650.

Fuhrman, J.A., Liang, X., and R. T. Noble. 2005. Rapid detection of enteroviruses from small volumes of natural waters by real time RT-PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71 (8): 4523-4530.

Noble, R. T., Lee, I.M., and K. Schiff. 2004. Inactivation of indicator bacteria from various sources of fecal contamination in seawater and freshwater. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 96: 464-472.

Noble, R. T. , Leecaster, M.K., McGee, C.D., Weisberg, S.B., and K. Ritter. 2004. Comparison of bacterial indicator analysis methods in stormwater-affected coastal waters. Water Research. 38:1183-1188.

Paerl, H. W., *Dyble, J., Moisander, P.H., Noble, R. T., Piehler, M.F., Pinckney, J. F., Steppe, T. F., Twomey, L., and L. M. Valdes. 2003. Microbial indicators of aquatic ecosystem change: current applications to eutrophication studies. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 46: 233-246.

Noble, R. T., Allen, S.M., Blackwood, A.D., Chu, W.-P., Jiang, S. C., Lovelace, G.L., Sobsey, M.D., Stewart, J.R., and D. A. Wait. 2003. Use of viral pathogens and indicators to differentiate between human and non-human fecal contamination in a microbial source tracking comparison study. Journal of Water and Health. 1: 195-207.

Noble, R. T., Weisberg, S. B., Leecaster, M. K., McGee, C. D.,Dorsey, J. H., Vainik, P. and Orozco-Borbón, V. 2003. Storm effects on regional beach water quality in southern California. Journal of Water and Health. 1 (1): 23-31.

Noble, R. T., Moore, D.F., Leecaster, M. K., McGee, C. D., and S. B. Weisberg. 2003. Comparison of Total Coliform, Fecal Coliform and Enterococcus Bacterial Indicator Response for Ocean Recreational Water Quality Testing. Water Research. 37: 1637-1643

Noble, R.T., Weisberg, S. B., Leecaster M. K., McGee, C., Ritter, K., Vainik, P., and K. Walker. 2003. Comparison of methods for measuring bacterial indicators of beach water quality. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 81 (1):301-312.

Noble, R. T., and J. A. Fuhrman. 2001. Enteroviruses detected in the coastal waters of Santa Monica Bay, CA: Low correlation to bacterial indicators. Hydrobiologia. 460:175-184.

Jiang, S. J., and R. T. Noble. 2001. Human adenoviruses and coliphages in urban runoff-impacted waters of Southern California. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67:179-184.

Noble, R. T., and J. A. Fuhrman. 2000. Rapid virus production and removal as measured with fluorescently labeled viruses as tracers. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66 (9) 3790-3797.

Fuhrman, J. A., and R. T. Noble. 2000. Causative agents of bacterial mortality and the consequences to marine food webs. Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers. Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Bell, C. R., Brylinsky, M., and Johnson-Green, P. (eds.). Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology, Halifax, Canada.

Noble, R.T., and J.A. Fuhrman. 1999. Breakdown and microbial uptake of marine viruses. Aquatic Microbial Ecology.20 (1): 1-11.

Noble, R. T., Middelboe, M., and J. A. Fuhrman. 1999. The effects of viral enrichment on the mortality and growth of heterotrophic bacterioplankton. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 18 (2): 1-13.

Noble, R. T., and J. A. Fuhrman. 1998. Use of SYBR Green I for rapid epifluorescence counts of marine viruses and bacteria. Aquatic Microbial Ecology.14 (2): 113-118.

Noble, R.T., and Fuhrman, J.A. 1997. Virus decay and its causes in coastal waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63 (1):77-83.

Fuhrman, J.A., and R.T. Noble. 1995. Viruses and protists cause similar bacterial mortality in coastal seawater. Limnology and Oceanography. 40(5):875-885.