MICHAEL LAMONTAGNE Postdoctoral Researcher, PI: Holden Mailing Address: Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management University of California Santa Barbara, CA  93106 Phone:805-455-2448 Fax: 805-893-6113 Email: lamontag@bren.ucsb.edu HomePage: http://fiesta.bren.ucsb.edu/~lamontag/
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Biography

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Ph.D. Biology, Boston University, 1996

Ph.D. Biology, Boston University, 1996
NATO ASI: Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Microbes August 1994-Sept 1994
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI - NASA Planetary Biology Intern at the Center for Microbial Ecology Feb 1992-April 1992
B.S. Microbiology, cum laude, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1986
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 1981

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Publications

Field, K.G., E.C. Chern, L.K. Dick, J. Fuhrman, J. Griffith, P.A. Holden, M.G. LaMontagne, J.Le., B. Olson, and M.T. Simonich. in press. A comparative study of culture-independent, library-independent genotypic methods of fecal source tracking. Journal of Water and Health

LaMontagne, M.G., J.P. Schimel and P.A. Holden. in press. Comparison of Subsurface and Surface Soil Bacterial Communities in California Grassland as assessed by Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA Genes. Microbial Ecology
Supplementary Data

LaMontagne, M.G. and P.A. Holden. in press. Comparison of free-living and particle-associated bacterial communities in a coastal lagoon. Microbial Ecology

LaMontagne, M.G., R. Duran and I. Valeila. 2003. Nitrous oxide sources and sinks in coastal aquifers and coupled estuarine receiving waters. Science of the Total Environment 309:139-149.

P.A. Holden, M.G. LaMontagne, A.K. Bruce, W.G. Miller, and S.E. Lindow. 2002. Assessing the Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Surface Active Gene Expression to Hexadecane Biodegradation in Sand. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68: 2509-2518.

LaMontagne, M.G., F.C. Michel Jr, P.A. Holden and C.A. Reddy. 2002. Evaluation of Extraction and Purification Methods for Obtaining PCR-Amplifiable DNA from Compost for Microbial Community Analysis. J. Microbiological Methods. 49: 255-264.

LaMontagne, M.G, V. Astorga, A.E. Giblin and I. Valiela. 2002. Denitrification and the Stoichiometry of Nutrient Regeneration in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 25: 272-281.
Supplementary Data

LaMontagne, M.G., G.J. Davenport, L-H. Hou and S.K. Dutta. 1998. Identification and analysis of PCB dechlorinating anaerobic enrichments by amplification: accuracy of community structure based on restriction analysis and partial sequencing of 16s rRNA genes. J. Appl. Microbiol. 84:1156-1163.

LaMontagne, M.G. 1996. Denitrification and the stoichiometry of organic matter degradation in temperate estuarine sediments: seasonal pattern and significance as a nitrogen sink. Ph.D. Thesis, Boston University, 172 pp.

LaMontagne, M.G. and I. Valiela. 1995. Denitrification measured by a direct N2 flux method in sediments of Waquoit Bay, MA. Biogeochemistry 31:63-83.

Johnson, R., M.G. LaMontagne and I. Valiela. 1994. Rate of denitrification in submerged salt marsh sediment. Biological Bulletin 187:289-290.

Valiela, I., K. Foreman, MG. LaMontagne, D. Hersh, J. Costa, P. Peckol, B. DeMeo-Anderson, C. D'Avanzo, M. Babione, C.-H. Sham, J. Brawley and K. Lajtha. 1992. Couplings of watersheds and coastal waters: sources and consequences of nutrient enrichment in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts. Estuaries 15:443-457.

Valiela, I., M. Alber and M.G. LaMontagne. 1991. Fecal Coliform Loadings and Stocks in Buttermilk Bay, Mass., and Management Implications. Environmental Management 15:659-674.

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