Faculty Profiles

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (n.d.). Classifying flow regime by modelling hydrological indices at ungauged stream segments. Hydrological Processes.

Engstrom, G. C., Diaz, P. H., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (n.d.). EURYCEA TROGLODYTES (Valdina Farms Salamander). INTERSTITIAL BREEDING. Herpetological Review.

Frandsen, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Nowlin, W. H., Sams, M. D., Determan, K., … Herman, B. (2026). Relationships between benthic and hyporheic insect communities across environmental gradients in Texas Rivers.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Engel, A. S., Hutchins, B., Paterson, A. T., & Herman, B. D. (2026). Hyporheic Microbial Communities at Two Central Texas Rivers.

Hutchins, B., Sparks, K., Perez, K., Chanin, Z., Mierzejewski, C., & Schwartz, B. F. (2026). Longitudinal patterns in hyporheic stygobiont distribution in a karst spring-fed river.

Schwartz, B. F., Villarreal, R. R., Hutchins, B., & Perez, K. (2026). Describing the diversity of Cirolanides spp. (Isopoda) in Texas, USA.

Perez, K. E., Saenz, V., Guerrero, Y., Gonzalez, L., Guerrero, E., Diaz, P., … Schwartz, B. F. (2025). New and revised groundwater snails (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cochliopidae) from karst and associated hyporheic habitats in western Texas and northern Mexico. Subterranean Biology, 50, 119–151. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.50.138174

Aubert, J., Schwartz, B. F., & Hutchins, B. (2025). Insect diversity in the hyporheic zone of Texas rivers.

Hutchins, B., Hazell, J., Castillo, III, V., Chanin, Z., & Schwartz, B. F. (2025). The Aquifer Biodiversity Collection at the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center.

Guerrero, E., Perez, K., Schwartz, B. F., & Hutchins, B. (2025). Influence of the hyporheic zone on gene flow in invertebrates in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, Texas.

Frandsen, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Nowlin, W. H., Swannack, T. M., Sams, M. D., … Cline, C. (2025). Relationships between benthic and hyporheic insect communities across environmental gradients in Texas rivers.

Guerrero, E., Perez, K., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (2025). Influence of the hyporheic zone on gene flow in invertebrates in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, Texas.

Hutchins, B., Chanin, Z., Perez, K., Diaz, P., & Schwartz, B. F. (2025). Species sorting and dispersal effects on hyporheic invertebrate functional groups in the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande.

Saccò, M., Elmasri, A., Tawal, M., Alther, R., Altermatt, F., Martínez, A., … Guzik, M. T. (2025). Advancing subterranean conservation through Global Research on eDNA in Groundwaters (GReG). Subterranean Biology, 53, 31–40. https://doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.53.165710

Mierzejewski, C., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Menichino, G., Casarez, S., & Austin-Bingamon, E. (2024). Hyporheic Exchange in Texas Rivers: Links Between Hyporheic Zone Properties and Invertebrate Community Metrics.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2024). Hyporheic Invertebrate Community Composition as a Function of Flow Regime in the Colorado River Basin, TX.

Chanin, Z., Perez, K., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (2024). Drivers of biodiversity in springs of the Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande.

Mierzejewski, C., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Menichino, G., Casarez, A., & Austin-Bingamon, E. (2024). Scale Dependence of Hydraulic Conductivity in Texas Hyporheic Zones.

Hutchins, B., Austin-Bingamon, E., Mierzejewski, C., Sparks, K., Perez, K., Altman, S., … Schwartz, B. F. (2024). Ten years of hyporheic zone investigation in Texas, USA: large-scale patterns and the importance of karst.

Mierzejewski, C., Casarez, A., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Menichino, G., Perez, K., & Austin-Bingamon, E. (2024). Relationships between hydraulic properties and invertebrate community structure in the hyporheic zones of rivers in TX, USA.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Altman, S., Mierzejewski, C., & Casarez, A. (2024). Environmental drivers of variation in hyporheic invertebrate community composition.

Chanin, Z., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Diaz, P., & Perez, K. (2024). Longitudinal Patterns in Hyporheic Community Structure of a Large Low-gradient Desert River.

Mierzejewski, C., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Menichino, G., Casarez, A., Austin-Bingamon, E., … Pustka, L. (2023). Hyporheic Exchange in Texas Rivers: Links Between Fluxes and Invertebrate Richness and Diversity.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Altman, S., Mierzejewski, caroline, Casarez, A., … Pustka, L. (2023). Interpolating Flow Regime at Ungaged Sites to Assess Relationships with the Hyporheic Invertebrate Community.

Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B. F., Perez, K., & Winton, R. (2023). Update from the Trans-Pecos: Conservation status of Trans-Pecos stygobionts.

Pustka, L., Schwartz, B. F., Nice, C., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2023). Isopods: There’s more than meets the eye! Cryptic diversity within the genus Lirceolus.

Sparks, K., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2023). Distribution and Occurrence of Stygobionts in Hyporheic Systems Downstream of Karst Regions.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2023). Hyporheic Invertebrate Community Composition as a Function of Flow Regime in the Colorado River Basin, TX.

Austin-Bingamon, E., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2023). Hyporheic invertebrate community composition as a function of flow regime in the Colorado River basin in Texas, USA.

Sweet, E., Engel, A. S., Paterson, A., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Cottrell, A., & Menichino, G. (2023). Coupled Biogeochemical Cycling and Hydrogeologic Processes in the Hyporheic Zone of the San Saba River, Texas.

Fend, S., Hutchins, B., Gibson, R., & Schwartz, B. F. (2022). Aquatic oligochaete worms (Annelida: Clitellata) in Texas spring, hyporheic and phreatic groundwater habitats: preliminary findings.

Sparks, K., Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2022). Distribution and Occurrence of Stygobionts in Hyporheic Systems Downstream of Karst Regions.

Pustka, L., Schwartz, B. F., Nice, C., Hutchins, B., & Altman, S. (2022). Distribution of Lirceolus spp. across central Texas.

Perez, K., Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B. F., Gibson, R., & Diaz, P. (2022). Cave and spring snails: providing the evidence for effective conservation of groundwater-obligate snails.

Rigoni, H. R., Paterson, A. T., Engel, A. S., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (2022). Microbes of the Barton Springs Segment of the Edwards Aquifer, Texas.

Schwartz, B. F., Hutchins, B., Cottrell, A., Perez, K., Engel, A. S., Seet, E., … Swink, A. (2022). Hyporheic stygobiont diversity and distribution in Texas, USA.

Rigoni, H., Engel, A. S., Hutchins, B., & Schwartz, B. F. (2022). Characterizing the Microbial Base of the Barton Springs Segment Food Web, Edwards Aquifer, Texas.

Camacho, A. I., Mas-Peinado, P., Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B. F., Dorda, B. A., Casado, A., & Rey, I. (2021). New stygofauna from Texas, USA: three new species of Parabathynellidae (Crustacea: Bathynellacea). Journal of Natural History, 55, 979–1007. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1928316

Külköylüoğlu, O., Hutchins, B., Yavuzatmaca, M., & Schwartz, B. F. (2021). Hyporheic ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Texas (USA) with six new species. Zootaxa, 5046(1), 1–63. https://doi.org/doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5150.4.8.

Gladstone, N., Whelan, N., Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B. F., Czaja, A., Slay, M., & Niemiller, M. (2021). Subterranean Freshwater Gastropod Biodiversity and Conservation in North America, 36(1), e13722. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13722

Alvear, D. A., Diaz, P. H., Gibson, R., Hutchins, B., Schwartz, B. F., & Perez, K. (2020). Expanding the known ranges of the endemic, phreatic snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Texas, USA. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.31931/fmbc.v22i2.2020.1-17

Külköylüoğlu, O., Yavuzatmaca, M., Akdemir, D., Schwartz, B. F., & Hutchins, B. (2019). Description of a New Tribe Cabralcandonini (Candonidae, Ostracoda) From Karst Aquifers in Central Texas, USA. Journal of Cave \& Karst Studies, 81(2).

Külköylüoğlu, O., Yavuzatmaca, M., Akdemir, D., Schwartz, B. F., & Hutchins, B. (2017). Lacrimacandona n. gen. (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Candonidae) from the Edwards Aquifer, Texas (USA). Zootaxa, 4277(2), 261–273. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4277.2.6