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1 Curriculum vitae EDUCATION CARMEN G. MONTAÑA Department of Applied Ecology North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC Phone: (979) Website: Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Science (Doctor of Philosophy). Texas A&M University Advisor: Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller Dissertation: Species assemblage structure and ecomorphological convergence in Perciform fishes (Cichlidae and Centrarchidae) in tropical and temperate floodplain rivers MSc. Wildlife and Fisheries Management. Universidad Nacional de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora (UNELLEZ), Venezuela Advisor: Dr. Donald C. Taphorn Thesis: Feeding ecology and population status of three species of peacock cichlids (Perciformes, Cichlidae) in the lower Ventuari River, upper Orinoco River basin, Venezuela B.A. Environmental Sciences: Universidad Nacional de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora (UNELLEZ), Venezuela Advisor: Dr. Crispulo Marrero Undergraduate research: Use of aquatic macroinvertebrates and fishes as biological indicators of water quality in freshwater streams, Venezuela PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND EXPERIENCE North Carolina State University Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2013-present Department of Applied Ecology Mentor: Dr. Craig A. Layman - Importance of consumer nutrient supply across regional gradients and gradients of human impact (overfishing and nutrient pollution) across the Caribbean. - Effects of land uses in food webs and the ecological stoichiometry of fishes in North Carolina piedmont streams. Texas A&M University Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Mentor: Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller - Flow dependent species: life history and habitat associations in Texas Gulf Coast Rivers. - Findings on environmental flow needs in the lower Neches River (Texas) to mitigate effects of climate change on its ecology Research Assistant, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Supervisor: Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller

2 - Assessment of Habitat Quality Index for Texas Streams (funded by Texas Commission for Environmental Quality, P.I., Dr. Kirk Winemiller and Dr. Ryan King) - Technical support for the Review of Desk-top Methods for Establishing Environmental Flows in Texas Rivers and Streams Final Report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Venezuela) Fisheries Consultant Specialist, Review of the new Legislation for sport fishing for freshwater fishes in Venezuela with focus on species of the genera Cichla (Family Ciclidae, Perciformes) Natural Science Museum at UNELLEZ- Guanare, Venezuela Universidad Nacional de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora (UNELLEZ) Research Assistant at the Fish Collection, Supervisor: Dr. Donald C. Taphorn - Collection of over 3000 cataloged lots of fishes using dip, cast, seine, trawl, and gill nets, electrofishers, rotenone, and hook and line in rivers and streams in the Orinoco River drainages, Venezuela - Entering fish records in the fish database - Preserving, preparing, and cataloging fish specimens Research Assistant at the Aquatic Invertebrate Collection, Supervisor: Dr. Crispulo Marrero - Collection of invertebrates in streams along an elevation gradient in the Venezuelan Andes using dip and seine nets - Identification of aquatic invertebrates - Development of macroinvertebrate-based indices of biotic integrity (IBI) TEACHING EXPERIENCE Invited lecturer, Community Ecology Class. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University. Theme: Ecomorphological convergence in tropical and temperate rivers Natural History of Vertebrates (WFSC 302-labs). Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, A&M University Ichthyology (WFSC 311-labs). Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University Students supervised Laura Springer Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University Project title: Morphological diversity of Chihuahuan Desert anurans. Co-advised with Christopher M. Schalk Outcome: Co-authored scientific paper in review at Journal of Zoology, Poster presentation at Ecological Integration Symposium at TAMU, awarded 2 nd place Best Undergraduate Poster, Awarded Outstanding Senior Undergraduate Student, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Monica Libson Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University Project title: Reproductive biology of two species of killifish from the Bolivian Gran Chaco Co-advised with Christopher M. Schalk

3 Outcome: Poster presentation at Ecological Integration Symposium at TAMU, Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award, Co-authored Scientific paper published at Revista de Biologia Tropical Monica Libson Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Texas A&M University Project title: Habitat morphological diversity of sunfishes (Family Centrarchidae) in two Texas Rivers Outcome: Poster presentation at Ecological Integration Symposium at Ecological Integration Symposium at TAMU. RESEARCH AND FIELD EXPERIENCE (DIFFERENT REGIONS) Bolivia, Collection of anurans in ponds along environmental gradients in the Bolivian Gran Chaco to study their trophic ecology using stable isotope analysis In collaboration with Dr. Kirk Winemiller and Christopher Schalk at Texas A&M University Cambodia, Ichthyological Research Expedition to the Mekong River and its tributaries Sekong, Sesan, and Srepok Rivers (Cambodia) to document the fish diversity and food dynamics in these floodplain rivers In collaboration withdr. Kirk Winemiller and Dr. Chouly (Texas A&M University), and the Cambodian Fisheries Institute at Phnom Penh, Cambodia Guyana, Ichthyological Research Expedition to Guyana s Rupununi Region. Biodiversity survey of the ichthyofauna in the Rupununi Savanna region In collaboration with Dr. Kirk Winemiller (Texas A&M University), Dr. Hernán López- Fernández (The Royal Ontario Museum), and the University of Guyana Peru, Ichthyological Research Expedition to Tambopata River. Biodiversity survey of the ichthyofauna in the Tambopata River, Peruvian Amazon. - Community organization of Neotropical Cichlids (Cichlidae, Perciformes) in different habitats of the Tambopata River In collaboration with Dr. Kirk Winemiller at Texas A&M University United States of America (USA) Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Preparing and analyzing stable isotopes to study the food web dynamics and habitat connectivity in the Bahamas Island. Supervisor: Dr. Craig Layman NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami, Tagging and monitoring fishes and their habitats in the Loxahatchee River, Florida. Supervisors: Dr. Craig Layman and Samantha Whitcraft Yale University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Preparing and analyzing stable isotopes to study food web dynamics and community-wide Supervisor: Dr. Craig Layman Cornell University, Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Monitoring stream and nutrient cycling effects of invertebrates in aquatic ecosystems. Supervior: Dr. Alexander Flecker FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS 2012 Outstanding Fisheries Worker Award, Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society

4 2011 Tom Slick Graduate Research Fellowship Award, Texas A&M University ($32,000) 2011 Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence in Graduate Student Research, Texas A&M University 2011 GPEF- Travel and Presentation Grant, Dept. of WFSC, Texas A&M University ($500) 2011 Clark Hubbs Student Research Award, Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society ($500) st Place Poster presentation. Graduate Student, 11 th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium, Texas A&M University. March GPEF Travel and Presentation Grant, Dept of WFSC, Texas A&M University ($300) 2009 P.E.O International Women Fellowship ($10,000) 2009 Outstanding Ph.D student Award, Dept. of WFSC, Texas A&M University 2008 American Cichlid Association, ACA Paul V. Loiselle Conservation Fund ($1500) 2008 Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Travel Grant, Texas A&M University ($600) 2008 GPEF Travel and Presentation Grant. Dept of WFSC, Texas A&M University ($300) 2007 Neotropical Grassland Conservancy-Francis Smith Remembrance Grant ($500) 2003 Neotropical Grassland Conservancy, Research award ($500) 2002 Foundation Cisneros, Logistic & Research grant ($1,000) 2001 U.S. Fisheries & Wildlife Services. Graduate Fellowship ($2,500) PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (Underlined names indicate an undergraduate student co-author) - Montaña, C.G., Layman C.A. & K.O. Winemiller. (In Review). Species-area relationships in benthic patch habitats of a tropical river. Austral Ecology - Schalk, C.M., C.G. Montaña & L.E. Springer. (In Review). Morphological diversity and community organization of desert anurans. Journal of Zoology 26. Schalk, C.M., C.G. Montaña, J.L. Klemish & E.R. Wild On the Diet of the Frogs of the Ceratophryidae: Synopsis and New Contributions. South American Journal of Herpetology 9: Winemiller, K.O., C.G. Montaña, D.L. Roelke, J.B. Cotner, J.V. Montoya, L. Sanchez, M.M. Castillo & C.A. Layman. (In press). Pulsing hydrology determines top-down control of basal resources by fish and meiofauna in a tropical river-floodplain ecosystem. Ecological Monographs 24. Montaña, C.G., K.O. Winemiller & A. Sutton Intercontinental comparison of fish ecomorphology: null model tests of community assembly at the patch scale in rivers. Ecological Monographs 84(1): Schalk, C.M., C.G. Montaña & M. Libson Reproductive strategies of two Neotropical killifish, Austrolebias vandenbergi and Neofundulus ornatipinnis (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) in the Bolivian Gran Chaco. Revista de Biologia Tropical 62(1): Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemiller Evolutionary convergence in Neotropical cichlids and Nearctic centrarchids: evidence from morphology, diet and stable isotope analysis. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 109: López-Fernández, H., K.O. Winemiller, C.G. Montaña & R.L. Honeycutt Diet-morphology correlations in the radiation of South American Geophagine Cichlids (Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). PlosOne 7(4):e Schalk, C.M. & C.G. Montaña Liophis peocilogyrus (Yellow-bellied Liophis): Diet and foraging behavior. Natural history notes. Herpetological Review 43(1): Willis, S.C., H. López-Fernández, C.G. Montaña, I.P. Farias & G. Orti Species-level phylogeny of Satan s perches based on discordant gene trees (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Satanoperca Gűnther 1862). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63:

5 18. Montaña, C.G., C.M. Schalk & D.C. Taphorn First record of Van den Berg's Pearlfish, Austrolebias vandenbergi Huber, 1995 (Cyprinodontiformes, Rivulidae) in Bolivia with comments on its diet and reproductive biology. Check List 8: Schalk, C.M. & C.G. Montaña Ceratophrys cranwelli (Cranwell s Horned Frog): Diet. Herpetological Review 42(3): Ou, C., C.G. Montaña, K.O. Winemiller & K.W. Conway Schistura diminuta, a new miniature loach from the Mekong River drainage of Cambodia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 22(3): Montaña, C.G, C.A. Layman & K.O.Winemiller Gape size influences seasonal patterns of piscivore diets in three Neotropical rivers. Neotropical Ichthyology 9(3): Montaña, C.G, S. Choudhary & K.O. Winemiller Seasonal dynamics of fisheries in the Ganges River, Bhagalpur, India. Fisheries Management and Ecology 18: Montaña, C.G., C.A. Layman & D.C. Taphorn Inventario de la ictiofauna del Caño La Guardia, afluente del río Capanaparo (cuenca del Orinoco), estado Apure, Venezuela. Biota Colombiana 11(1-2): Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemille Local-scale habitat influences morphological diversity of species assemblages of cichlid fishes in a tropical floodplain river. Ecology of freshwater Fish 19: Willis, S.C., M. Numes, C.G. Montaña, I.P. Farias, G. Orti & N.R. Lovejoy The Casiquiare River acts a corridor between the Amazons and Orinoco river basins: biogeographic analysis of the genus Cichla. Molecular Ecology 19: Layman, C. A., C.G. Montaña & J. E. Allgeier Linking community assembly and rates of water level change in river littoral habitats. Aquatic Ecology 44: Montaña C.G. & K.O. Winemiller Comparative feeding ecology and habitats use of Crenicichla species (Perciformes: Cichlidae) in a Venezuelan floodplain river. Neotropical Ichthyology 7: Montaña, C.G., C.A. Layman & D.C. Taphorn Comparison of fish assemblages in two littoral habitats in a Neotropical morichal stream in Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology 6(4): Montaña, C.G Cichlids in a Neotropical Blackwater Floodplain River-Cinaruco River, Venezuela. Part I: Overview. Buntbarsche Bulletin 248: Montaña, C.G., H. López-Fernández & D.C. Taphorn A new species of the genus Crenicichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Ventuari River, Upper Orinoco River, Amazonas State, Venezuela. Zootaxa 1856: Post, D.M., D.A. Arrington, C.A. Layman, G. Takimoto, J. Quattrochi & C.G. Montaña Getting to the fat of the matter: model, methods and assumptions for dealing with lipids in stable isotopes analysis. Oecologia 152: Layman, C.A., D.A. Arrington, C.G. Montaña. & D.M. Post Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure? Ecology 86(9): Willis, S.C., M. Numes, C.G. Montaña, I.P. Farias & N.R. Lovejoy Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Cichla (Perciformes: Cichlidae) with insight into the origin of tropical freshwater fish diversity in South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: Montaña, C.G., D.C. Taphorn, C.A. Layman & C. Lasso Distribución, alimentación y reproducción de tres especies de pavones Cichla spp. (Perciformes, Cichlidae) en la cuenca baja del río

6 Ventuari, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales 165: Taphorn, D.C., C.G. Montaña & P. Buckup Characidium longum (Characiformes: Crenuchidae): A New Species of Fish from Venezuela. Zootaxa 1247:1-12 BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Montaña, C.G Cichla ocellaris del Río Cuyuni. In: J.P Rodríguez & F. Rojas-Suárez. Libro Rojo de Peces amenazados de Venezuela. Provita, Caracas 2. Montaña, C.G., D.C. Taphorn, C.A. Layman & C.A. Lasso Ecology and Conservation of Peacok Cichlids (Cichla spp.) in lower Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Conservation International. Washington DC, USA 3. Montaña, C.G., D.C. Taphorn, L. Nico, C.A. Lasso, O. Leon-Mata, A. Giraldo, O.Lasso-Alcala, C. DoNascimiento & N. Milan Fishes of the Ventuari River Basin, Amazonas state (Venezuela): Results of BioCentro, Fundacion La Salle and Fundacion Tierra Parima Research s. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment. Conservation International. Washington DC, USA STATE AGENCY REPORTS 1. Flow dependent species: life history and habitat associations in Texas Gulf Coast rivers Report prepared to Texas Park and Wildlife Department (USA) by Dr. Kirk Winemiller (Texas A&M University), Dr. C.G. Montaña (Texas A&M University, Tony Rodger (Texas A&M University), Corey Krabbenhoft (Texas A&M University),) Dr. Kevin Conway (Texas A&M University), Kevin Mayes (TPWD) 2. Findings on environmental flow needs in the lower Neches River to mitigate effects of climate change on its ecology Report prepared to Big Thicket National Preserve, US National Park Service by Dr. Kirk Winemiller (Texas A&M University), Rebecca I. Pizano and Dr. C.G. Montaña (Texas A&M University) SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (as first author) 2014 Montaña, C.G., et al. Hydrology and habitat mediate top-down effects of fishes and meiofauna on basal resources in a tropical river ecosystem. Postdoctoral Research Symposium at North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC. Poster Presentation Montaña, C.G., C.A. Layman & K.O. Winemiller. Gape size influences seasonal patterns of piscivore diets in three Neotropical rivers. Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society, Conroe, Texas. Oral Presentation Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemiller. Are Neotropical cichlids and Neartic centrarchids ecologically convergent? Evidence from morphological, dietary and isotope analysis. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Oral Presentation. Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemiller. Morphological patterns in tropical and temperate assemblages of perciform fishes. Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society, Galveston, TX. Oral presentation 2011 Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemiller. Habitat-associated morphology of cichlid and centrarchid species assemblages: Tropical and Temperate convergence in percomorph fishes? Ecological Society of America. Austin, TX. Poster presentation

7 Montaña, C.G. & K.O. Winemiller. Ecomorphology and habitat use in temperate floodplain centrarchid fishes. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. Oral Presentation Montaña, C.G. & C.M. Schalk. Community structure of ponds along environmental gradients in the Bolivian Gran Chaco. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. Poster Presentation C.G. Montaña & K.O. Winemiller. Ecomorphological correlates in temperate floodplain centrarchid fishes. Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society, San Marcos, TX. Oral Presentation 2010 Montaña, C.G. C.A. Layman & K.O Winemiller. Seasonality and gape width structures predator-prey interactions in Neotropical piscivores. Joint Meetings of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Rhode Island, Providence. Poster presentation Montaña, C.G., C.A. Layman & K.O Winemiller. Seasonal patterns on prey/predator body size in three Neotropical rivers. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. College Station, TX. (1 st Place Graduate Student Poster Presentation) 2009 Montaña, C.G. Biodiversity survey of fish fauna in Rupununi Savannas, Guyana. Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University. Seminar Series. Oral Presentation SERVICES Conference Organized Member of the planning committee for the 11th Annual Ecological Integration. Symposium Understanding patterns and processes across scales at Texas A&M University Symposia Volunteer experience Student Research Week. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Volunteer Ecological Society of America. Austin, TX. Volunteer Community Outreach (Yearly). BioBlitz. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Fish Team leader for BioBlitz Science Night. College Station, TX. Fish Team leader, presenting to high school students on fish diversity Peer- Reviewer Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Journal of Fish Biology, Revista Mesoamericana de la Conservación, Pan- American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation & Legislation-International Journal of the Bioflux Society, Wetlands, Neotropical Ichthyology, Revista de Biologia Tropical, Endangered Species Research Journal, Journal of Applied Ecology PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Neotropical Ichthyology Association, NI-(2003-present) American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, ASIH-(2001-present) American Cichlid Association, ACA-(2007-present) Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, TCAFS (2007-present) American Fisheries Society, AFS (2007-present) Ecological Society of America, (2010-present) PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX ; phone: (979) ,

8 Dr. Craig A. Layman. Department of Applied Ecology. North Carolina State University. Raleigh, NC 26607; Dr. Donald C. Taphorn. Former director of the Natural Sciences Museum- UNELLEZ- Guanare,Venezuela. Current address: Belleville, IL ;