The Hua Lab
2023
Women in Herpetology- 50 Stories from Around the World. 2023. "From shooting basketballs to catching frogs." Edited
by Umilaela Arifin, Itzue W. Caviedes Solis, and Sinlan Poo Now available!
Buss, N. and J. Hua. 2023. Host exposure to a common pollutant can influence diversity–disease relationships. Journal
of Animal Ecology.
Billet, L., V.P. Wuerthner, R.A. Relyea, J.T. Hoverman, and J. Hua. 2023. Population-level variation in pesticide tolerance
across three life stages of the trematode Echinostoma trivolvis. Aquatic Toxicology.
Horn, K., G. Shidemantle, I. Velasquez, E. Ronan, J. Blackwood, B.A. Reinke, and J Hua. 2023. Evaluating the Interactive
Effects of Artificial Light at Night and Background Color on Tadpole Crypsis, Background Adaptation Efficacy, and Growth. Environmental Pollution 333: 122056.
Ricci, K., McLauchlin B., Hua, J. Accepted. Impact of a Science Art Exhibit on Public Interest and Student Comprehension of
Disease Ecology Research. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education.
Hernandez-Gomez, O. and Hua, J. Accepted. From the organismal to biosphere levels: environmental impacts on the
amphibian microbiota. FEMS Microbiology Reviews.
Enochs, B., Meindl, G., Shidemantle, G., Wuerthner, V., Akerele, D., Bartholomew, A., Bulgrien, B., Davis, A., Hoyt, K., Kung,
L., Molina, M., Miller, E., Winship, A., Zhang, Y., Graney, J., Collins, D., & Hua, J. (2023). Short and long-term phytoremediation capacity of aquatic plants in Cu-polluted environments. Heliyon, 9(1), e12805. LINK
2022
Shidemantle, G., J. Blackwood, K. Horn, I. Velasquez, E. Ronan, B. Reinke, J. Hua. The morphological effects of artificial
light at night on amphibian predators and prey are masked at the community level. Environmental Pollution.
Wuerthner, V., J. Hua, & O. Hernandez Gomez. In Press. Life Stage and Proximity to Roads Shape the Skin Microbiota of
Eastern Newts (Notophthalmus viridescens). Environmental Microbiology.
DiGiacopo, D. G., & J. Hua. 2022. The effects of novel leaf litter deposition on competitive, predator–prey and host–
parasite interactions of American toad larvae. Aquatic Ecology. Early View: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-021-09893-y
Buss, N., B. Sander, and J. Hua. 2021. Effects of polyester microplastic fiber contamination on amphibian‐trematode
interactions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Early view: https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5035. Press release
Shidemantle, G., *N. Buss, & J. Hua. 2021. Are glucocorticoids good indicators of disturbance across populations that
exhibit cryptic variation in contaminant tolerance? Animal Conservation (Early View: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12737. Top 10 most cited papers.
Gabor, C., S. Kivlin, J. Hua, N. Bickford, M. Burford Reiskind, and T. Wright. 2021. Understanding organismal capacity to
respond to anthropogenic change: Barriers and solutions. Integrative and Comparative Biology.
Buss, N., L. Swierk, and J. Hua. 2021. Amphibian breeding phenology influences offspring size and response to a common
wetland contaminant. Frontiers in Zoology 18:31. Press Release
Billet, L., V. Wuerthner, J. Hua, R. Relyea, J. Hoverman. 2021. Population-level variation in infection outcomes not
influenced by pesticide exposure in larval wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Freshwater Biology 00:1-13.
Jones, D., J. Hua, B. Mattes, R.D. Cothran, J. Hoverman, R.A. Relyea. 2021. Predator- and competitor-induced
responses in amphibian populations that evolved different levels of pesticide tolerance. Ecological Applications 00: e02305
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Billet, L., V. Wuerthner, J. Hua, R. Relyea, J. Hoverman. In press. Timing and order of exposure to two echinostome
species affect patterns of infection in larval amphibians. Parasitology 147(13):1515-1523.
Buss, N., K.N. Nelson, J. Hua, & R.A. Relyea. (2020). Effects of different roadway deicing salts on host-parasite
interactions: The importance of salt type. Environmental Pollution, 266, 115244. LINK
DiGiacopo, D.G. and J. Hua. 2020. Plasticity in the anthropocene: Testing limits, benefits and costs of phenotypic plasticity.
Ecology and Evolution 10: 4448-4456. 10.1002/ece3.6211.
Issue cover by Devin DiGiacopo!
Meindl, G.A., N. Schleissmann, B. Sander, M. Lam, W. Parker, C. Fitzgerald, R. Oltmer & J. Hua. 2020. Exposure to metals
(Ca, K, Mn) and road salt (NaCl) differentially affect development and survival in two model amphibians. Chemistry and Ecology: 1-11.
2019
Shidemantle, G., D. May, Q. Melnick-Kelley, K. Crane, and J. Hua 2019. The effect of intensified illuminance and artificial
light at night on fitness and susceptibility to abiotic and biotic stressors. Environmental Pollution. 2019; 251: 600 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.05.016 Press release
Hernández-Gómez, O., Kimble, S.J.A., Hua, J., Wuerthner, V.P., Jones, D.K., Mattes, B.M., Cothran, R.D., Relyea, R.A.,
Meindl, G.A., Hoverman, J.T., 2019. Local adaptation of the MHC class IIβ gene in populations of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) correlates with proximity to agriculture. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2019.04.032
Hernandez-Gomez, O., V. Wuerthner, and J. Hua. 2019. Amphibian host and skin microbiota response to a common
agricultural antimicrobial and internal parasite. Microbial Ecology. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-019-01351-5
Wersebe, M, P. Blackwood, Y.T. Guo, J. Jaeger, D.May, S. Ryan, V. Wong, J. Hua. 2019. The effects of different cold-
temperature regimes (cold-press and cold-pulse) on amphibian development, growth, and susceptibility to an abiotic and biotic stressor. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4957 Press release
Hua, J. and R. Relyea. 2019. The effect of a common pyrethroid insecticide on aquatic communities.
Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088%2F2515-7620%2Faaebb3
Wuerthner, V.P., J. Jaeger, P. Garramone, C. Loomis, Y. Pecheny, R. Reynolds, L. Deluna, S. Klein, M. Lam, G.Meindl, and J.
Hua. 2019. Inducible pesticide tolerance in Daphnia pulex influenced by resource availability. Ecology and Evolution: doi: 10.1002/ece3.4807
2018
Buss, N., M. Wersebe, and J. Hua. 2018. Direct and indirect effects of a common cyanobacterial toxin on amphibian-
echinostome dynamics. Chemosphere 220:731–737. LINK doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.160
DiGiacopo, D.G., G.A. Meindl, S. Ryan, J. Jaeger, M. Wersebe, A. Martin, S.A. Robinson, G. Graham, A.R. Palmer, A.
Setteducate, I. Murray, K. Prior, and J. Hua. Accepted. Interaction between invasive plant leaf litter and NaCl on two model amphibians. Biol Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-018-1836-7. Biological Invasions. Press release
Buss, N. and J. Hua. 2018. Wood frog susceptibility to a common parasite is modified by NaCl and predators.
Environmental Pollution 236: 754-763. LINK
2017
Hua, J., V.P. Wuerthner, D.K. Jones, B. Mattes, R.D. Cothran, R.A. Relyea, and J.T. Hoverman. 2017 Evolved Pesticide
Tolerance Influences Susceptibility to Parasites in Amphibians.” Evolutionary Applications. doi:10.1111/eva.12500. Top 20 most downloaded papers.
Wuerthner, V.P., J. Hua, & J. Hoverman. 2017. The benefits of coinfection: Trematodes alter disease outcomes associated
with virus infection. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 921-931.
Miles, J.C., J. Hua, M.S. Sepulveda, C.H. Krupke, J. Hoverman. 2017. Neonicotinoids and aquatic communities: Evaluating
the lethal and sublethal effects of exposure. PLOS ONE 12(3): e0174171.
Gervasi, S. S., P.R. Stephens, J. Hua, C. L. Searle, G. Xie, J. Urbina, D. Olson, B. A. Bancroft, V. Weis, J. I. Hammond, R. A.
Relyea, and A. R. Blaustein. 2017. Linking ecology and epidemiology to understand predictors of multi-host responses to an emerging pathogen, the amphibian chytrid fungus. PLoS ONE 12(1): e0167882. Top 10% most cited papers.
2016
Hua, J., N. Buss, J. Kim, S. Orlofsky & J. Hoverman. 2016. Population-specific toxicity of six insecticides to the
trematode Echinoparyphium sp. Parasitology. doi:10.1017/S0031182015001894.
Jones, D.K., J. Hua, & Relyea R.A. 2016. Interactive effects of endosulfan and predators on aquatic communities.
Freshwater Science 35(1):152–163.
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Hua, J., D.K. Jones, R.D. Cothran, B.M. Mattes, R.A. Relyea, & J.H. Hoverman. 2015. Evolved pesticide tolerance in
amphibians: Predicting mechanisms based on pesticide novelty and mode of action. Environmental Pollution 206:56-63.
Buck, J.C., J. Hua, T.D. Nguyen, J. Urbina, R.J. Bendis, W.R. Brogan, A.B. Stoler, A.R. Blaustein, and R.A. Relyea.
2015. Effects of pesticide mixtures on host-pathogen dynamics of the amphibian chytrid fungus. PloS One 10(7): e0132832.
Hua, J., D.K. Jones, B.M. Mattes, R.D. Cothran, R.A. Relyea, & J.T. Hoverman. 2015. The contribution of phenotypic
plasticity to the evolution of insecticide tolerance in amphibian populations. Evolutionary Applications 8: 586-596.
Bradley, P.W., S.S. Gervasi, J. Hua, R.D. Cothran, R.A. Relyea, D.H. Olson, & A.R. Blaustein. 2015. Differences in
sensitivity to (Bd) infection across ten populations of wood frog. Conservation Biology 29(5): 1347–1356.
Hua, J. & R.A. Relyea. 2014. Chemical cocktails in aquatic ecosystems: Pesticide effects on resistance and resilience.
Environmental Pollution 189: 18-26.
Hua, J., D.K. Jones, & R.A. Relyea. 2014. Induced tolerance from a sublethal insecticide leads to cross-tolerance to other
insecticides. Environmental Science and Technology 48: 4078-4085. pdf
Hua, J., N.I. Morehouse, & R.A. Relyea. 2013. Pesticide tolerance in amphibians: induced tolerance in susceptible
populations, constitutive tolerance in tolerant populations. Evolutionary Applications 6:1028– 1040. pdf
Hua, J. & B.A. Pierce. 2013. Lethal and sublethal effects of salinity on three common Texas amphibians. Copeia 3 : 562–
566. Abstract
Hua, J., R.D. Cothran, A.B. Stoler, & R.A. Relyea. 2013. Cross resistance in amphibians: Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)
mortality when exposed to three insecticides with a common mode of action. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32:932-936. pdf
Gervasi, S.S., J. Urbina, J. Hua, T. Chestnut, R.A. Relyea, & A.R. Blaustein. 2013. Experimental evidence for differential
susceptibility to the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in the American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus). EcoHealth 10:166-171. Abstract
Hua, J. & R.A. Relyea. 2012. East Coast versus West Coast: Effects of an insecticide in communities containing different
amphibian assemblages. Freshwater Science: 31: 787-799. pdf
Searle, C.L., S.S. Gervasi, J. Hua, J.I. Hammond, R.A. Relyea, D.H. Olson, & A.R. Blaustein. 2011. Differential host
susceptibility to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, an emerging amphibian pathogen. Conservation Biology 25:965-974. Abstract
Griffin, E.A., R.J. Bendis, N. Brouwer, J. Hua, M. Koski, G. A. Meindl, & W.P. Carson. 2011. Review of: Tropical Rain
Forest Ecology, Diversity, and Conservation. Ghazoul, J., and D. Sheil. Plant Sciences Bulletin 57:71-73.
Brogan, W.R., A.N. Hale, C.D. Heckel, J. Hua, A. Montesinos, A.R. Rohde, H.M. Shaffery, A.B. Stoler, M. Wolfe, T.
Ashman, & W.P. Carson. 2009. Review of Positive Interactions and Interdependence in Plant Communities, by R.M. Callaway. Plant Science Bulletin 55:125-126.
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2021
Binghamton University (July 29)- False spring: Climate change may erode frogs’ ability to withstand salt pollution. https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/3189/false-spring-climate-change-may-erode-frogs-ability-to-withstand-salt-pollution
Binghamton University (April 9)- In the water: Research investigates impact of microplastics on frog parasites. https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2993/in-the-water-research-investigates-impact-of-microplastics-on-frog-parasites
Binghamton University (March 22)- Biodiversity and adaption https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2930/biodiversity-and-adaption-jessica-hua-receives-nsf-career-award
2019
Binghamton Magazine (Sept 24)- Once upon a parasite: Binghamton scientist ensures kids learn interplay of toxicology, ecology and evolution https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/2006/once-upon-a-parasite
Science Daily (May 28)- Light at night is harmful for amphibians, new research shows https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190528095246.htm
Earth.com (Feb 20)- Cold temperature variability: An overlooked effect of climate change https://www.earth.com/news/cold-temperature-variability-climate-change/
2019
Science Daily (Oct 23)- Invasive species in an ecosystem harm native organisms but aid other invasive species https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181023130513.htm
2017
Wildlife Society (Sept 15)- Pesticides may affect how frogs handle other threats. http://wildlife.org/pesticides-may-affect-how-frogs-handle-other-threats/
Science Daily (July 17)- Amphibians can become tolerant to pesticides, but at a cost. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717151043.htm
2016
Science Daily (April 4)- Common pesticides kill amphibian parasites https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160404153048.htm
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Nature News- (Aug 18, 2015)- “Frogs mount speedy defence against pesticide threat”
OnEarth Natural Resources Defense Council (Sept 8, 2015)- “Resistance movement- Pesticide pollution actually creates toxin-tolerant frogs—to a point.”
Discovery News- 2013, Aug 1- Tim Wall- “Pesticide Pollution Creates Toxin-Tolerant Tadpoles.” Link
FrogLog (July 2013- Issue number 107, Volume 21, Number 3, p 66)
Science Daily- University of Pittsburgh (2013, May 1). Amphibians living close to farm fields are more resistant to common insecticides. Link
A new tack on toxic research. Today’s Wildlife Professional by Katie Unger. pdf
Smithsonian Institute- “Frog, chemical, water, you” Film for the public