Reynaldo Patino, Ph.D.

Professional Summary

Before retiring in 2024, I served as Leader of the Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Senior Scientist with the U.S Geological Survey, and Research Professor at Texas Tech University. My research spanned a wide range of topics over the course of my career in Aquatic Sciences. In retirement, my primary interests remain focused on water quality, harmful algal blooms, and emerging contaminants.

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Patiño, R., Lehker, S. In press. Year-round daytime pCO₂ undersaturation in an instream series of urban reservoirs with a history of harmful algal blooms. Inland Waters, XX:XX−XX. LINK

Chávez Montes, R.A., Mary, M.A., Rashel, R.H., Fokar, M., Herrera-Estrella, L., Lopez-Arredondo, D., Patiño, R. 2024. Hormetic and transcriptomic responses of the toxic alga Prymnesium parvum to glyphosate. Science of The Total Environment, 954, 176451. LINK

Goodbred, S.L., Patiño, R. Alvarez, D.A., Johnson, D., Hannoun, D., Echols, K.R., Jenkins, J.A. 2024. Fish health altered by contaminants and low water temperatures compounded by prolonged regional drought in the Lower Colorado River Basin, USA. Toxics, 12, 708. LINK

Patiño, R., Christensen, V.G., Graham, J.L., Rogosch, J.S., Rosen, B.H. 2023. Toxic algae in inland waters of the conterminous United States—A review and synthesis. Water 15(15), 2808. LINK

Tábora-Sarmiento, S., Patiño, R., Portillo-Quintero, C., Coldren, C. 2022. Air, land, and water variables associated with the first appearance and current spatial distribution of toxic Prymnesium parvum blooms in reservoirs of the Southern Great Plains, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 836, 155567. LINK

Carr, J.A., Patiño, R. 2011. The hypothalamus–pituitary–thyroid axis in teleosts and amphibians: Endocrine disruption and its consequences to natural populations. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 170: 299−312. LINK

Patiño, R., Sullivan, C.V. 2002. Ovarian follicle growth, maturation and ovulation in teleost fishes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 26:57−70. LINK

Takashima, F., Patiño, R., Nomura, M. 1980. Histological studies on the sex differentiation in rainbow trout. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries. 46:1317−1322. LINK