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Joseph P. Montoya

Georgia Institute of Technology

Department of Biology

310 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA  30332   

montoya@gatech.edu

Project List:

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf-2 (ECOGIG-2)

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

Ecosystem Impacts of Oil and Gas Inputs to the Gulf (ECOGIG)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Data Contact

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 12

2019

Diercks, A., Ziervogel, K., Sibert, R., Joye, S. B., Asper, V., & Montoya, J. P. (2019). Vertical marine snow distribution in the stratified, hypersaline, and anoxic Orca Basin (Gulf of Mexico). Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 7.
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Lardie-Gaylord, M., McNichol, A., Rosenheim, B. E., Montoya, J. P., & Chanton, J. P. (2019). Petrocarbon evolution: Ramped pyrolysis/oxidation and isotopic studies of contaminated oil sediments from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. PLOS ONE, 14(2), e0212433.
Rogers, K. L., Bosman, S. H., Weber, S., Magen, C., Montoya, J. P., & Chanton, J. P. (2019). Sources of carbon to suspended particulate organic matter in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 7.

2016

Cardona, Y., Bracco, A., Villareal, T. A., Subramaniam, A., Weber, S. C., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Highly variable nutrient concentrations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 20-30.
D’souza, N. A., Subramaniam, A., Juhl, A. R., Hafez, M., Chekalyuk, A., Phan, S., Yan, B., MacDonald, I., Weber, S. C., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Elevated surface chlorophyll associated with natural oil seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. Nature Geoscience, 9(3), 215-218.
Fernández‐Carrera, A., Rogers, K. L., Weber, S. C., Chanton, J. P., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Deep Water Horizon oil and methane carbon entered the food web in the Gulf of Mexico. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(S1).
Joye, S. B., Bracco, A., Özgökmen, T. M., Chanton, J. P., Grosell, M., MacDonald, I. R., Cordes, E. E., Montoya, J. P., & Passow, U. (2016). The Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, six years after the Macondo oil well blowout. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 4-19.
Weber, S. C., Peterson, L., Battles, J. J., Roberts, B. J., Peterson, R. N., Hollander, D. J., Chanton, J. P., Joye, S. B., & Montoya, J. P. (2016). Hercules 265 rapid response: Immediate ecosystem impacts of a natural gas blowout incident. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 66-76.
Ziervogel, K., Dike, C., Asper, V., Montoya, J., Battles, J., D׳souza, N., Passow, U., Diercks, A., Esch, M., Joye, S., Dewald, C., & Arnosti, C. (2016). Enhanced particle fluxes and heterotrophic bacterial activities in Gulf of Mexico bottom waters following storm-induced sediment resuspension. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 77-88.
Ziervogel, K., Osburn, C., Brym, A., Battles, J., Joye, S., D'souza, N., Montoya, J., Passow, U., & Arnosti, C. (2016). Linking Heterotrophic Microbial Activities with Particle Characteristics in Waters of the Mississippi River Delta in the Aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3.

2014

Joye, S. B., Montoya, J. P., Murawski, S. A., Özgökmen, T. M., Wade, T. L., Montuoro, R., Roberts, B. J., Hollander, D. J., Jeffrey, W. H., & Chanton, J. P. (2014). A Rapid Response Study of the Hercules Gas Well Blowout. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95(38), 341-342.
Crespo-Medina, M., Meile, C. D., Hunter, K. S., Diercks, A., Asper, V. L., Orphan, V. J., Tavormina, P. L., Nigro, L. M., Battles, J. J., Chanton, J. P., Shiller, A. M., Joung, D., Amon, R. M. W., Bracco, A., Montoya, J. P., Villareal, T. A., Wood, A. M., & Joye, S. B. (2014). The rise and fall of methanotrophy following a deepwater oil-well blowout. Nature Geoscience, 7(6), 423-427.

Conference Presentations - 69

2020

Gates, H. M., J.P.; Fargher, H. J., & A.R.; Subramaniam, A. (2020). Using an Autonomous Biogeochemical Profiling Float to Determine the Effect of Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps and a Tropical Depression on the Gulf of Mexico System. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
Joye, S. C., H.; Shepard, C. H., K.S.; Steffen, R. S., R.; DiPinto, L. M., & J.P (2020). The Role of Nutrient Availability in Regulating the Fate of Dispersed Oil--A Cross-Site Comparison. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Montoya, J. L., D.A.O.; Patel, U. J., & S.B (2020). Oil and Gas Impacts on Pelagic Food Webs in the Gulf of Mexico: Isotopic Time Series Reveal the Time Scale of Ecosystem Response and Recovery. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Bosman, S. R., K.L.; Zhao, T. R., B.; Montoya, J. H., & D.; Chanton, J. (2019). Mapping spatial and temporal variation of seafloor organic matter D14C and d13C in the Northern Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon Event. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Chanton, J. R., K.L.; Bosman, S. M., J.P.; Diercks, A. G., & S.; Passow, U. (2019). The relative importance of submarine seepage to carbon pools of the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Diercks, A. J., S.B.; Siebert, R. M., & J.P (2019). First Complete Profile of Marine Snow Abundance in the Orca Basin, Sea Surface to Sea Floor. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Subramaniam, A. J., A.; Aleman, M. K., V.; Ramcharitar, B. M., & J.P (2019). Biogeography of phytoplankton community structure in the northern Gulf ofMexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Montoya, J. R., K.L.; Lee-Patterson, D. R., & C.M.; Chanton, J. (2018). Isotopic tracers of petrocarbon contribution to pelagic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Rogers, K. B., S.; Lardie Gaylord, M. H., D.; Montoya, J. C., & J.P (2018). Assessing Transformations of Oil Deposited on the Seafloor of the Gulf of Mexico Using Ramped Oxidation and 14C Analysis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Subramaniam, A. J., A.R.; Montoya, J. A., & M (2018). Role of Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps in Structuring the Microbial Community in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Thurnherr, A. D., & A.-R.; Montoya, J. (2018). Velocity Measurements From a Drifting Sediment Trap in the Northeastern Gulf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2017

Clavere-Graciette, A. L., & D.A.O.; Montoya, J. (2017). Contribution of petrocarbon to pelagic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Juhl, A. S., & A.; Montoya, J. (2017). Interactions between bacterial breakdown of oil, oxygen consumption and macronutrient availability in the offshore Gulf of Mexico. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Vogts, A. V., & M (2017). NanoSIMS characterization of Methane Assimilation and N2-fixation in Response to Oil and Gas Release in Offshore Waters. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Vogts, A. V., & M (2017). NanoSIMS characterization of Methane Assimilation and N2-fixation in Response to Oil and Gas Release in Offshore Waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Rogers, K. M., J.P.; Weber, S. B., S.; Rosenheim, B. C., & J (2017). The temporal evolution of sediments and suspended particulate carbon following a massive oil spill in the northern Gulf of Mexico: 2010-2015. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Subramaniam, A. J., A.; Bracco, A. M., & J.P (2017). Remote Sensing Phytoplankton Functional Types in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Fact or Fiction. In ASLO 2017 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Subramaniam, A. J., A.; Bracco, A. M., & J.P (2017). Remote Sensing Phytoplankton Functional Types in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017
Thurnherr, A. M., & J.P (2017). LADCP Observations During ECOGIG Cruise EN586. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2016

Chanton, J. P., U.; Bosman, S. R., K.; Hollander, D. M., & J (2016). Tracers in the Gulf: Tracing the Deepwather Horizon Oil Spill with Isotopic Analysis. In Florida American Chemical Society Meeting
Chanton, J. P., U.; Rogers, K. M., J.; Hollander, D. B., & S (2016). Tracers in the Gulf: Tracking the petrocarbon released from oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico with natural abundance radiocarbon. In American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting
Chanton, J. P., W.; Barnett, B. T., J.; Bosman, S. M., A.; Schwing, P. R., K.; Montoya, J. W., S.; Fernandes, A. H., A.; Landing, W. P., U.; Wilson, R. J., S.; Hollander, D. A., & V.; Dierks, A. (2016). Isotopic Tracers: Documenting Ecosystem Effects of the DWH Oil Spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Clavere-Graciette, A. L., & D.A.O.; Montoya, J. (2016). Assessing Hydrocarbon Incorporation into the Planktonic Food Web at Cold Seeps. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
D'Souza, N. W., S.C.; Subramaniam, A. J., & A.; Montoya, J. (2016). Changes in Phytoplankton Communities in Response to Oil and Nutrients in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
D'Souza, N. W., S.W.; Subramaniam, A. J., A.; Montoya, J. C., & J.P (2016). Changes in Microbial and Phytoplankton Communities in Response to Oil and Nutrients in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Correlating Experiments With Field Observations. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Fernandez A.; Clavere-Graciette, A.; Weber S.C.; Jolley, K. L., & D.A.O.; Montoya, J. (2016). Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in plankton in Mississippi Canyon MC118 from 2010 to 2012: insights into nutrient sources. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Joye, S. P., U.; Montoya, J. A., V.; Harrison, S. S., & R.M.; Hunter, K. (2016). Sedimentation of oil-derived material to the seabed is an unrecognized fate for oil derived from natural seepage. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Joye, S. P., U.; Montoya, J. A., V.; Harrison, S. S., & R.M.; Hunter, K. (2016). Sedimentation of oil-derived material to the seabed is an unrecognized fate for oil derived from natural seepage. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Vogts, A. V., M.; Saxton, M. J., & S.B (2016). Hydrocarbons and Deepwater Nitrogen Fixation: Who's Doing It, Where, and Why. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Vogts, A. V., M.; Saxton, M. J., & S.B (2016). Deepwater Nitrogen Fixation: Who's Doing it, Where, and Why?. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Subramaniam, A. J., A.; D'Souza, N. W., & S.C.; Montoya, J. (2016). Biogeography of Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016
Subramaniam, A. J., A.; D'Souza, N. W., S.C.; Montoya, J. J., & R (2016). Use of Autonomous Platforms to Study the Hydrography around Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Thurnherr, A. C., & Y.; Montoya, J. (2016). Vertical-Velocity Observations in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Weber S.C.; D'Souza, N. S., A.; Juhl, A. M., & J.P (2016). Release from limitation: Exploring phytoplankton nutrient limitation and community shifts in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016
Ziervogel, K. D., A.; Joye, S. A., C.; Passow, U. M., J.P.A.7:A.50.; Asper, V. B., J.J.; Dike, C. D., & N (2016). Storm-induced sediment resuspension affects particle flux and bacterial activities in the deep Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill and Ecosystem Science Conference 2016

2015

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Hercules 265 Rapid Response: Immediate ecosystem impacts of a rig natural gas blowout incident. Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. (2015).
Bracco, A. C., Y.; Villareal, T. S., A.; Weber, S. M., & J (2015). Nutrient Concentrations Along The River Plume Salinity Gradient In The Northern Gulf of Mexico Over The Past 30 Years. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
D'souza, N. J., A.; Subramaniam, A. H., M.; Chekalyuk, A. P., S.; Yan, B. Z., K.; Bullock, K. M., & I.; Montoya, J. (2015). Why Is Chlorophyll Elevated Near Natural Seeps In The Gulf Of Mexico? Evidence For Bottom-Up, And Top-Down Controls On Planktonic Microbes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Fernandez, A. W., S.C.; Lee-Patterson, D. M., & J.P (2015). Tracing the Deepwater Horizon oil and methane carbon into the planktonic food web. In 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Fernandez, A. W., & S.C.; Montoya, J. (2015). Imprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil and methane carbon in suspended particles in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Jolley, K. W., & S.C.; Montoya, J. (2015). Impacts of cold seeps on nutrient distributions in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Joye, S. P., U.; Medeiros, P. S., R.; Yang, T. A., V.; Diercks, A. M., J.; Ziervogel, K. M., C.; Montagna, P. B., J.; Hunter, K. C., M.; Moore, W. B., & C.; Teske, A. (2015). Rapid sedimentation, resuspension and redistribution of hydrocarbons in the wake of the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Lee-Patterson, D. W., S.C.; Fernandez, A. M., & J.P (2015). Deepwater Horizon impacts on the pelagic foodweb: Stable isotope constraints on zooplankton carbon and nitrogen sources. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Villareal, T. B., & A.; Joye, S. (2015). Impact of the Deepwater Horizon incident on planktonic ecosystems: Carbon is important, but so is Nitrogen. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Fernandez, A. L., D.A.O.; Villareal, T. B., & A.; Joye, S. (2015). Spills, seeps, and cycles: Methane links the carbon and nitrogen cycles through diazotrophy. In 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Peterson, L. P., R.; Joye, S. M., C.; Montoya, J. W., & S (2015). Assessing Hydrocarbon Flow Through Sediments Using Radium Isotopes. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Peterson, R. P., L.E.; Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Meile, C. J., & S.B (2015). Radium Isotopes as Conservative Tracers of Hydrocarbon Transport Through the Water Column. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Rogers, K. M., J.; Weber, S. C., & J (2015). A spatial and temporal investigation of carbon isotopes in particulate organic carbon in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Weber, S. F., A.; Battles, J. P., L.; Roberts, B. P., R.N.; Hollander, D. C., J.P.; Joye, S. M., & J.P (2015). Timescales of ecosystem response: An oil and gas blowout event comparison. In 2015 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting

2014

Bullock, K. D., N.; Juhl, A. M., & J (2014). Bacterial abundances in the water column near natural oil seeps and other oil-impacted areas in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Chanton, J. Z., T.; Cherrier, J. J., S.; Hollander, D. B., C.; Montoya, J. P., U.; Asper, V. B., & S.; Mickle, A. (2014). A radiocarbon-based determination of the flux of oil to the seafloor. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Joye, S. B., J.; Weber, S. M., & J (2014). Methanodiazotrophy: deepwater mehtane oxidation linked to nitrogen fixation in the Gulf of Mexico. In AGU Fall Meeting 2014
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Battles, J. P., & C.C.; Joye, S. (2014). N2-fixation in deep waters of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Spills. Seeps, and links between the N and C cycles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Montoya, J. W., & S.C.; Padilla C.C.; Joye, S. (2014). Deepwater N2-fixation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: spills and seeps connect the N and C cycles. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014
Smith, K. W., & S.C.; Montoya, J. (2014). Isotopic indicators of oil and gas impacts on plankton: Natural abundance of carbon and nitrogen isotopes in particles in the Northern Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Weber, S. B., J.; Joye, S. M., & J.P (2014). Hercules 265 rapid response: hydrographic, methane, and rate measurements quantify ecosystem impacts of a rig blowout incident. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2013

Joye, S. B. S., R.; Battles, J. F., L.; Kleindienst, S. ;. C., M. ; Hunter, K. ;. M., & C. D. ; Montoya, J. P. (2013). Sediment biogeochemistry and microbial activity at natural hydrocarbon seeps and at sites impacted by anthropogenic hydrocarbon discharges. In AGU Fall Meeting
Joye, S. C., M.; Hunter, K. A., V.; Diercks, A. H., & R.; Montoya, J. (2013). Pelagic methane oxidation in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Activity patterns before, during, and after the Macondo Blowout. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Montoya, J. (2013). River plumes, oil spills, and nutrients: What drives N2-fixation in oceanic waters?. In Institut fuer Ostseeforschung
Montoya, J., Cardona, Y. W., & S.C.; Bracco, A. (2013). Models are wrong, observations are sparse, what to do. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Montoya, J. W., S.C.; Subramaniam, A. J., A.; Villareal, T. B., & A.; Joye, S. (2013). Rates and fates of nitrogen and carbon in the water column: impact of seeps and spills on plankton biogeochemistry. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Weber, S. S., A.; Crespo-Medina, M. J., S.B.; Bracco, A. V., & T.A.; Montoya, J. (2013). Spills, seeps, and pelagic foodwebs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: What do stable isotopes tell us about oil, gas, and discolored zooplankton?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013

2012

Crespo-Medina, M. V., A.; Hunter, K. B., J.J.; Montoya, J. A., V.; Diercks, A. V., & T.A.; Joye, S. (2012). Water column methane dynamics in response to the Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbon spill. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Joye, S. C., M.; Medeiros, P. B., C.; Moore, W. M., J.P.; Asper, V. D., & A.; Highsmith, R. (2012). Intense sedimentation on the seafloor following the 2010 Macondo blowout: Geochemical composition, mechanisms, and microbial impacts. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Knapke, E. C., K.; Hoppe, K. M., & J.P.; Villareal, T. (2012). Influence of Mississippi River plume on distributions of diazotrophs in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Montoya, J. S., A.; Crespo-Medina, M. B., A.; Villareal, T. J., & S.B (2012). The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and pelagic foodwebs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: What do elements and isotopes tell us about oil, plumes, and zooplankton?. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Subramaniam, A. V., T.A.; Bracco, A. M., & J.P (2012). Characterizing the 2011 Great Flood Plume of the Mississippi River. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012

2011

Montoya, J. (2011). The Impact of the DWH oil spill on pelagic environments of the Gulf of Mexico. In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Principal Investigator Conference
Montoya, J. S., A.; Asper, V. D., A.; Passow, U. C., M.; Joye, S. B., & A.; Villareal, T. (2011). Deepwater Horizon oil and pelagic foodwebs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference