Publications

All publications are listed and many are available via links through my Google Scholar Profile, Research Gate, or my CV.  Work in progress, undergraduate research projects, and curriculum development is detailed with my Presentations.

2020

Paul, M.J., Jessup, B., Brown, L., Carter, J. L., Cantonati, M., Charles, D.F., Gerritsen, J., Herbst, D., Stancheva, R., Howard, J., Isham, B., Lowe, R., Mazor, R., Mendez, P. K., Ode, P., O’Dowd, A., Olson, J., Pan, Y., Rehn, A., Spaulding, S., Sutula, M., and Theroux, S.  2020. Characterizing Benthic Macroinvertebrate and Algal Biological Condition Gradient Models for California Wadeable Streams, USA.  Ecological Indicators, 117: 106618.

2019 

Mendez, P. K., Myers, M. J., Damerow, J. E., Lew, C. & V. H. Resh.  2019.  A preliminary analysis of species occurrence and distribution of Trichoptera (caddisflies) in California.  Zoosymposia. 14: 113-133.

Mendez, P. K., Spagna, J. C., Holzenthal, R. W. and Houghton, D. C.  2019. PREFACE: Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Trichoptera. Zoosymposia, 14: 6-15.

Weaver, D., Spagna, J. C. & P. K. Mendez.  2019.  Phylogenetics of a small caddisfly genus (Oligophlebodes: Thremmatidae) as a case study for the use of DNA barcode data.  Zoosymposia. 14: 193-203.  **Mentored Senior Honors Thesis

Mendez, P. K. 2019.  Index to key words, taxa, geographical distribution and authors. Zoosymposia, 14: 303-318.

Weary, B. P., Mendez, P. K., Lew, S.E., Nyman, B.L. and Will, K.W., 2019. Performance of ramp and pitfall traps for arthropods and non-target vertebrates in Californian oak woodland and chaparral habitats. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 95(1), pp.21-32.  **Mentored Undergraduate Research

2018

Mendez, P. K., Lee, S. and Venter, C. E. 2018. Imaging natural history museum collections from the bottom up: 3D print technology facilitates imaging of fluid-stored arthropods with flatbed scanners. ZooKeys 795: 49-65.  **Mentored Undergraduate Research

De la Fuente, M., N. Bonada, L. A. Bêche, C. M. Dahm, P. K. Mendez, K. Tockner, U. Uehlinger, and V. Acuña.  2018.  Evolutionary responses of biological traits in aquatic macroinvertebrates to two contrasting flow regimes.   Hydrobiologia 808: 353-370.

2013

Ball, J. E., Bêche, L. A., P. K. Mendez, and V. H. Resh.  2013.  Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Climate Streams of California.  Hydrobiologia 719: 187-213.

2011

Mendez, P. K., R. W. Holzenthal, and J. W. H. Steiner.  2011.  The Trichoptera Literature Database: a collaborative bibliographic resource for world caddisfly research.  Zoosymposia 5: 331-337.

Kwong, L., P. K. Mendez, and V. H. Resh.  2011.  Case-repair in three genera of caddisflies (Trichoptera).  Zoosymposia 5: 269-278.  **Mentored Senior Thesis

Resh, V. H., M. Hannaford, J. K. Jackson, G. A. Lamberti, and P. K. Mendez.  2011.  The biology of the Limnphilid caddisfly Dicosmoecus gilvipes (Hagen) in Northern California (U.S.A) streams.  Zoosymposia 5: 413-419.

2010

Holzenthal, R. W., D. R. Robertson, S. U. Pauls, and P. K. Mendez.  2010.  Taxonomy and Systematics:  Contributions to Benthology and Future Directions.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 147-169.

2009

Holzenthal, R. W., P. K. Mendez, and J. W. H. Steiner. 2009. Trichoptera Literature Database: a collaborative bibliographic resource for world caddisfly research. [URL: http://www.trichopteralit.umn.edu/]

2008

Mendez, P. K. and V. H. Resh.  2008.  Life history of Neophylax rickeri (Trichoptera: Uenoidae) in northern California Streams.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101:573-584. *Issue Cover Photo

2007

Mendez, P.K., J. R. Wood, and V. H. Resh.  2007. Emergence, fluctuating sex ratios, and protandry in Neophylax rickeri (Trichoptera: Uenoidae). Pgs. 197-202 in Bueno-Soria, J. R. and B. Armitage (editors), Proceedings of the XIIth International Symposium on Trichoptera, June 18-22, 2006.  The Caddis Press.

Mendez, P.K. and V. H. Resh.  2007. What aspects of the life history of Trichoptera have been studied?  Pgs. 191-195 in Bueno-Soria, J. R. and B. Armitage (editors), Proceedings of the XIIth International Symposium on Trichoptera, June 18-22, 2006.  The Caddis Press.

1999

Chen, G., Dubrowsky, I., Mendez, P., Iverson, B., Georgiou, G. 1999. In vitro scanning saturation mutagenesis of all the specificity determining residues in an antibody binding site. Protein Engineering 12:349-356. **Undergraduate Research