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Paul A. Montagna

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies

6300 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, TX  78412- 5869  

paul.montagna@tamucc.edu

Project List:

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems III (C-IMAGE III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Genomic Responses to the Deepwater Horizon event and development of high-throughput biological assays for oil spills

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Center for the Integrated Modeling and Analysis of Gulf Ecosystems II (C-IMAGE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 8

2020

Reuscher, M. G., Baguley, J. G., Montagna, P. A., & Corsi, I. (2020). The expanded footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico deep-sea benthos. PLoS ONE, 15(6), e0235167.
Rohal, M., Ainsworth, C., Lupher, B., Montagna, P. A., Paris, C. B., Perlin, N., et al. (2020). The effect of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on two ecosystem services in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Modelling & Software, 133, 104793.
Rohal, M., Barrera, N., Escobar-Briones, E., Brooks, G., Hollander, D., Larson, R., et al. (2020). How quickly will the offshore ecosystem recover from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106593.
Rohal, M., Barrera, N., Van Eenennaam, J. S., Foekema, E. M., Montagna, P. A., Murk, A. J., et al. (2020). The effects of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow on meiofauna in a microcosm. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150(January 2020), 110656.
Schwing, P. T., Montagna, P. A., Joye, S. B., Paris, C. B., Cordes, E. E., McClain, C. R., et al. (2020). A Synthesis of Deep Benthic Faunal Impacts and Resilience Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7.

2019

van Eenennaam, J. S., Rohal, M., Montagna, P. A., Radovic, J. R., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Romero, I. C., et al. (2019). Ecotoxicological benthic impacts of experimental oil-contaminated marine snow deposition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 141, 164–175.

2017

Washburn, T. W., Reuscher, M. G., Montagna, P. A., Cooksey, C., & Hyland, J. L. (2017). Macrobenthic community structure in the deep Gulf of Mexico one year after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 127, 21–30.

2016

Fisher, C., Montagna, P., & Sutton, T. (2016). How Did the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impact Deep-Sea Ecosystems? Oceanog, 29(3), 182–195.

Book Chapters - 3

2019

Montagna, P. A., Baguley, J., Rowe, G. T., & Wade, T. (2019). Linking abiotic variables with macrofaunal and meiofaunal abundance and community structure patterns on the Gulf of Mexico continental slope. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 109–131). Springer International.
Montagna, P. A., & Girard, F. (2019). Deep-Sea Benthic Faunal Impacts and Community Evolution Before, During, and After the Deepwater Horizon Event. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Deep Oil Spills – Facts, Fate, and Effects (pp. 355–373). Springer International.
Schwing, P. T., Montagna, P. A., Machain-Castillo, M. L., Escobar-Briones, E., & Rohal, M. (2019). Benthic faunal baselines in the Gulf of Mexico: A precursor to evaluate future impacts. In S. A. Murawski, C. H. Ainsworth, S. A. Gilbert, D. J. Hollander, C. B. Paris, M. Schlüter, et al. (Eds.), Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills: Fighting the Next War (pp. 96–108). Springer International.

Conference Presentations - 25

2020

Montagna, P. A., Reuscher, M. G., & Baguley, J. G. (2020). The Deep-Sea Benthic Footprint of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was Bigger Than We Thought, Which Is Why Sampling Plans Matter. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Schwing, P., Kilborn, J., Montagna, P., Paris, C., Faillettaz, R., Joye, S., et al. (2020). Assembling the Benthic Record of Species and Community Change for the Gulf of Mexico Following the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

Montagna, P. A., Rohal, M., Schwing, P., Romero, I. C., & Escobar-Briones, E. (2019). Lessons Learned From Ixtoc : Inspired by Wes Tunnell. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Murawski, S., Gracia, A., Pulster, E., Patterson, W., Sutton, T., Schwing, P., et al. (2019). Understanding impacts of large-scale oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico at the whole-ecosystem level: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon. In Reunion Anual de la Union Geofisica Mexicana (RAUGM 2019). Puerto Vallarta, Mexico : 10/27/19-11/01/19.
Murawski, S., Patterson, W., Schwing, P., Montagna, P., Milligan, R., Sutton, T., et al. (2019). Vulnerability and resilience of species and ecosystems to large-scale contamination events: Lessons learned from Deepwater Horizon. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19.
Reuscher, M. G., Montagna, P. A., & Baguley, J. G. (2019). Expanded footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea benthic communities. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Rohal-Lupher, M., & Montagna, P. (2019). Meiofauna in an increasingly stressed Gulf of Mexico: current state and recovery. In 17th International Meiofauna Conference (SeventIMCO). Evora, Portugal : 07/07/19-07/12/19.
Schwing, P. T., Omalley, B. J., Brooks, G., Larson, R., Romero, I. C., Rohal, M., et al. (2019). The need for comprehensive benthic baselines and monitoring programs prior to marine petroleum extraction: Lessons learned form the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In 2019 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, CA : 12/09/19-12/13/19: Poster.
Yeom, J., Rohal, M., Montagna, P. A., & Lee, W. (2019). New Zosime species (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Zosimeidae) from the South western Gulf of Mexico. In 17th International Meiofauna Conference (SeventIMCO). Evora, Portugal : 07/07/19-07/12/19: Poster.

2018

Diaz, K. S., Sevigny, J. L., Leasi, F., Schuelke, T., Reuscher, M. G., Rohal, M., et al. (2018). All these hosts are yours: microbial assemblage in benthic meiofauna of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Leasi, F., Sevigny, J. L., Bik, H., Diaz, K. S., Montagna, P., Norenburg, J. L., et al. (2018). Evaluating the accuracy of metabarcoding based biodiversity analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Montagna, P. (2018). What have we learned from studies of offshore platforms, oil seeps, and oil spills? In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18.
Reuscher, M. G., & Montagna, P. A. (2018). How suitable are species level and family level identifications of Gulf of Mexico polychaetes for multivariate biodiversity assessments? In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Reuscher, M. G., & Montagna, P. A. (2018). Taxonomic sufficiency and unidentifiable species in multivariate biodiversity assessments of benthic polychaetes from the northern Gulf of Mexico. In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18.
Rohal, M., Escobar-Briones, E., Montagna, P., Romero, I., Schwing, P., & Hollander, D. (2018). How quickly will the deep sea ecosystem recover from the 2010 DWH oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Rohal, M., Escobar-Briones, E., Montagna, P., Romero, I., Schwing, P., & Hollander, D. (2018). How quickly will the deep sea ecosystem recover from the 2010 DWH oil spill? Lessons learned from the 1979 Ixtoc-1 oil well blowout event. In Benthic Ecology Meeting 2018. Corpus Christi, TX : 03/28/18-03/30/18.
Sevigny, J. L., Leasi, F., Bik, H., Diaz, K. S., Montagna, P., Norenburg, J. L., et al. (2018). The Impacts of an expanded set of meiofaunal genome references on the analyses of metagenomic samples collected from the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.

2017

Montagna, P. A. (2017). Persistent Impacts to the Deep Soft Bottom Benthos and Potential for Recovery after the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Montagna, P. A. (2017). Are Offshore Platforms Benthic Disturbances or Habitats? In International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES) All Science Conference (ASC) 2017. Fort Lauderdale, FL : 09/18/17-09/21/17.
Montagna, P. A. (2017). Ecosystem Services Provided by Benthic Habitats. In Cerf 2017. Providence, RI : 11/05/17-11/09/17.
Reuscher, M. G., Montagna, P. A., Leasi, F., Morris, K., Sevigny, J., & Thomas, W. K. (2017). New methods for the identification of benthic infauna communities using next generation sequencing. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.
Sevigny, J. L., Leasi, F., Diaz, K. Z., Rohal, M., Reuscher, M., Morris, K., et al. (2017). Genomic responses to the Deepwater Horizon event and development of high-throughput biological assays for oil spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Montagna, P. (2016). Persistent Impacts to the Deep Soft-Bottom Benthos Four Years after the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Montagna, P. A., Baguley, J. G., Hyland, J. L., & Cooksey, C. (2015). Persistent Impacts to the Deep Soft-Bottom Benthos one year after the DeepwaterHorizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Washburn, T. W., Demopoulos, A., Montagna, P., & Joye, S. (2015). Natural vs. anthropogenic oil: an ecological comparison. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.