Martin Montes
Remote Sensing
Post Doc

email: montes@marine.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-6555, x.526
Fax: 732-932-8578

Education:
B. A. in Marine Biology 1994-1997, University of Patagonia, Argentina
Ph.D. in Marine Ecology 1997-2002, Center of Scientific Research and High Education, México
Ms Sc. in Physical Oceanography 2003-2005, University of South Florida
Post-Doc researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2005-2007
Visiting faculty at IMCS Rutgers University 2007-present

Research Interests:
Remote sensing models for estimating ecological parameters in marine waters.  Applications include satellite estimations of phytoplankton size-structure, bacterial activities, phytoplankton biomass, and penguin distributions.
Optical measurements using Gliders for monitoring long-term climate variability.
Underwater light models in shallow waters. The main approach is focused in Monte Carlo modeling in 2 and 3-D.
Lidar (laser range and detection) and Radar measurements of biological features in marine waters. I am particularly interested of how microlayer biological communities affect radar backscattering signature. Also, how Lidar or laser-like signal can be used to retrieve parameters of biological meaning.

Projects:
I am part of the Palmer Long-term Ecological Research program in the Western Shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula. I am responsible of the remote sensing component.

Relevant Publications:
Montes-Hugo M., Vernet M., Smith R., Carder K. 2007. Phytoplankton size-structure on the western shelf of the Antarctic Peninsula: A remote sensing approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing 29: 801-829
Montes-Hugo M., Alvarez-Borrego S. 2007. Phytoplankton assemblages at the microlayer of a coastal lagoon: HPLC-derived photosynthetic pigments Marine Biology 151:1215-1236.
Montes-Hugo M., Carder K., Foy R., Cannizzaro J., Brown E., Pegau S. 2005. Estimating phytoplankton biomass in coastal waters of Alaska using airborne remote sensing. Remote sensing of Environment 98: 481-493.
Montes-Hugo M.A, Alvarez Borrego S. And Giles Guzmán A. 2003. Estimating Underwater PAR attenuation using a horizontal sighting instrument in a coastal lagoon of Baja California. Estuaries 26:1302-1309.