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Paul Montagna
Endowed Chair for Ecosystems Studies and Modeling
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Education
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Ph.D. Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 1983
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M.S. Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 1975
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B.S. Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 1971
Research Interests
- Coastal ecology with emphasis on watersheds and estuaries
- Ecosystems with emphasis on water quality and benthos
- Modeling, statistics, and experimental design
- Ecoinformatics
Publications (Selected)
Montagna, P.A., M. Alber, P. Doering, and M.S. Connor. 2002. Freshwater inflow: Science, policy, management. Estuaries 25:1243-1245.
Montagna, P.A., E.D. Estevez, T.A. Palmer, and M.S. Flannery. 2008. Meta-analysis of the relationship between salinity and molluscs in tidal river estuaries of southwest Florida, U.S.A. American Malacological Bulletin 24: 101-115.
Montagna, P.A. and R.D. Kalke. 1992. The effect of freshwater inflow on meiofaunal and macrofaunal populations in the Guadalupe and Nueces Estuaries, Texas. Estuaries 15:266-285.
Montagna, P.A., R.D. Kalke, and C. Ritter. 2002. Effect of restored freshwater inflow on macrofauna and meiofauna in upper Rincon Bayou, Texas, USA. Estuaries 25:1436-1447.
Montagna, P.A. and C. Ritter. 2006. Direct and indirect effects of hypoxia on benthos in Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, U.S.A. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 330: 119-131.
Ritter, C., P.A. Montagna, and S. Applebaum. 2005. Short-term succession dynamics of macrobenthos in a salinity-stressed estuary. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 323:57-69.
Russell, M.J. and P.A. Montagna. 2007. Spatial and temporal variability and drivers of net ecosystem metabolism in Western Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 137-153.
Russell, M.J, P.A. Montagna, and R.D. Kalke. 2006. The effect of freshwater inflow on net ecosystem metabolism in Lavaca Bay, Texas. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 68:231-244.
