I am a Marine Biologist within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as well as a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. I am mostly interested in the macro-ecology and biodiversity of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) in the Pacific basin. My geographic experience in MCEs is between the Hawaiian Archipelago and American Samoa. Currently, I am leading a multi-year project to study the MCEs of American Samoa. My main areas of interest are scleractinian and antipatharian corals.

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article Rooney J, Donham E, Montgomery A, Spalding H, Parrish F, Boland R, Fenner D, Gove J, Vetter O (2010) Coral Reefs 29:361-367
	Using morphometrics, in situ observations and genetic characters to distinguish among commercially valuable Hawaiian black coral species; a redescr... | article Wagner D, Brugler MR, Opresko DM, France SC, Montgomery AD, Toonen RJ (2010) Invertebr Syst 24:271-290
	Identifying Suitable Locations for Mesophotic Hard Corals Offshore of Maui, Hawai‘i | article Costa B, Kendall MS, Parrish FA, Rooney J, Boland RC, Chow M, Lecky J, Montgomery A, Spalding H (2015) PLoS ONE 10:e0130285
	Discovery of Aphanipathes verticillata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Antipatharia) in the Hawaiian Islands | article Opresko DM, Wagner D, Montgomery AD, Brugler MR (2012) Zootaxa 3348:24-39
	Prediction of mesophotic coral distributions in the Au‘au Channel, Hawaii | report Costa BM, Kendall MS, Rooney J, Chow M, Lecky J, Parrish FA, Montgomery A, Boland RC, Spalding H (2012)
	A comprehensive investigation of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Hawaiian Archipelago | article Pyle​ RL, Boland R, Bolick H, Bowen BW, Bradley CJ, Kane C, Kosaki RK, Langston R, Longenecker K, Montgomery A, Parrish FA, Popp BN, Rooney​ J, Smith CM, Wagner D, Spalding HL (2016) PeerJ 4:e2475
	Sexual reproduction of the Hawaiian black coral Antipathes griggi (Cnidaria: Antipatharia) | article Wagner D, Waller RG, Montgomery AD, Kelley CD, Toonen RJ (2012) Coral Reefs 31:796-806
	American Samoa | chapter Montgomery AD, Fenner D, Kosaki RK, Pyle RL, Wagner D, Toonen RJ (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019) by Yossi L, Puglise KA, Bridge T

  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
  Rebreather
  Manned Submersible
  Drop / Towed Video
  Snorkeling
  Aquarium-based
  In-situ instrumentation