Education Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Science Candidate Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Advisor: Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller.

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1 Carmen G. Montana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Texas A&M University MS TAMU College Station, Texas Phone: (979) or (979) Fax: (979) Education Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Science Candidate Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Advisor: Dr. Kirk O. Winemiller. MSc. Wildlife and Fisheries Management 2004 Universidad Nacional de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora (UNELLEZ), Venezuela. Advisor: Dr. Donald Taphorn BA. Environmental Sciences, Major: Renewable and Natural Resources. Universidad Nacional de los Llanos Occidentales Ezequiel Zamora (UNELLEZ), Venezuela. Professional Experience Research experience Dec 2010-Texas A&M University-Project title: Community structure of ponds along environmental gradients in the Bolivian Gran Chaco, Bolivia. Jan Texas A&M University- Research Expedition to the Mekong River and its tributaries Sekong, Sesan, and Srepok Rivers. Cambodia. Biodiversity survey of the Ichthyofauna in the Cambodia Mekong. Feb Texas A&M University-Royal Ontorio Museum-University of Guyana- Research Expedition to Guyana s Rupununi Region. Biodiversity survey of the Ichthyofauna in the Rupununi Savanna region. July Texas A&M University- Research Expedition to Tambopata River, Peruvian Amazon-Peru. Jan-May Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences- Project title: study of food webs dynamics and habitat connectivity in the Bahamas Island. May NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center Miami, Miami- Research Project title: Tagging and monitoring fishes and their habitats in the Loxahatchee River, Florida. June-Dec Yale University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- Project title: Isotopes stables to study food web dynamics and communitywide.

2 May-Dec Cornell University, Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology- Field Assistant in monitoring of stream and nutrient cycling effects of invertebrates in aquatic ecosystems. Employment history Spring Department of Wildlife and Fisheries-Texas A&M University- Graduate Student-Teaching Assistant for Natural History of Vertebrates. Fall Department of Wildlife and Fisheries-Texas A&M University-Graduate Student-Teaching Assistant for Ichthyology Laboratory. Fall 2007-Summer Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences-Texas A&M University-Graduate student-research Assistant. Nov-Dec National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Caracas, Venezuela. Fisheries Consultant Museo de Ciencias Naturales Guanare (MCNG), Venezuela. Research assistant Laboratory of Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Insects of UNELLEZ- Venezuela. Research Assistant. Fellowships and awards 2011 Tom Slick Graduate Research Fellowship Award 2011 GPEF- Travel and Presentation Grant. Dept of WFSC, Texas A&M University 2011 Clark Hubbs Student Research Award st Place Poster presentation. Graduate Student. 11 th Annual Ecological Integration Symposium Understanding patterns and processes across scales at Texas A&M University. TX - March GPEF Travel and Presentation Grant. Dept of WFSC, Texas A&M University P.E.O International Women Fellowship 2009 Outstanding Ph.D student award. Dept. of WFSC, Texas A&M University 2008 American Cichlid Association. ACA Paul V. Loiselle Conservation Fund Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Travel Grant. Texas A&M University 2008 GPEF Travel and Presentation Grant. Dept of WFSC, Texas A&M University 2007 Neotropical Grassland Conservancy-Francis Smith Remembrance Grant Neotropical Grassland Conservancy. Research award 2002 Foundation Cisneros. Logistic & Research grant U.S. Fisheries & Wildlife Services. Graduate Fellowship Peer-reviewed Publications 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):xxx.

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): Schalk, C.M. & Montaña, C.G. CERATOPHRYS CRANWELLI (Cranwell s Horned Frog): Diet. Herpetological Review 42(3): Schalk, C.M. & Montaña, C.G. LIOPHIS POECILOGYRUS (Yellow-bellied Liophis): Foraging. Herpetological Review. (In press). Ou, C., C.G., Montaña, K.O.Winemiller & K.W. Conway. (Accepted)Schistura diminuta, a new miniature loach from the Mekong River drainage of Cambodia (Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 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: Montana 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., 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):

4 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 Ventuari, Estado Amazonas, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales 165: Taphorn, D.C. & Montaña, C.G. & P. Buckup Characidium longum (Characiformes: Crenuchidae): A New Species of Fish from Venezuela. Zootaxa 1247:1-12. Popular articles Montaña C.G Cichlids in a Neotropical Blackwater Floodplain River Cinaruco River, Venezuela. Part I: Overview. Buntbarsche Bulletin 248: Book Chapters Montaña, C.G Cichla ocellaris del Río Cuyuni. In: J.P Rodríguez & F. Rojas- Suárez. Libro Rojo de Peces amenazados de Venezuela. Provita, Caracas. 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. 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. In review 1. 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. Checklist Journal. 2. López-Fernández, H. K.O. Winemiller, C.G. Montaña & R.L. Honeycutt. Phenotypeenvironment correlations in the adaptive radiation of South American Geophagine cichlids (Perciformes: Cichlidae: Cichlinae). PlosOne. Selected presentations C.G. Montaña & K.O. Winemiller. Habitat-associated morphology of cichlid and centrarchid species assemblages: Tropical and Temperate convergence in percomorph fishes? Ecological Society of America. TX, C.G. Montaña & K.O. Winemiller. Ecomorphology and habitat use in temperate floodplain centrarchid fishes. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. TX

5 C.G. Montaña & C.M. Schalk. Community structure of ponds along environmental gradients in the Bolivian Gran Chaco. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. TX C.G. Montaña & K.O. Winemiller. Ecomorphological correlates in temperate floodplain centrarchid fishes. Texas Chapter American Fisheries Society, Texas C.G. Montaña, C.A. Layman & K.O Winemiller. Seasonality and Gape Width Structures Predator-prey Interactions in Neotropical Piscivores. American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology. Rhode Island, Providence C.G. Montaña, C.A. Layman & K.O Winemiller. Seasonal patterns on prey/predator body size in three Neotropical rivers. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. TX (1 st Place Graduate Student Poster Presentation) C.G. Montana. Biodiversity survey of fish fauna in Rupununi Savannas, Guyana. Dept. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences. Seminar C.G. Montana & K.O. Winemiller. Comparative ecology of two Crenicichla species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) in a Neotropical floodplain river, Venezuela. American Society of Ichthyology and Herpetology. Montreal, Canada C.G. Montaña, C.A. Layman & D.C. Taphorn. Comparison of fish assemblages among three littoral habitat types in a Neotropical morichal stream in Venezuela. Ecological Integration Symposium. Texas A&M University. TX C.G. Montaña P. & D.C. Taphorn. Fishes of lower Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus, Brazil C.G. Montaña P. & D.C. Taphorn. Sustainable management, conservation and ecology of peacock Cichlids (Cichla spp) of the lower Ventuari River, Amazonas state, Venezuela. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus, Brazil C.G. Montaña P. & D.C. Taphorn. Fishes of lower Ventuari River, Amazonas State, Venezuela. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Manaus, Brazil Professional activities 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) Ecology (2010-present) Student Mentor Texas A&M University Summers 2009, 2010, Advised 3 undergraduate students from the Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences with internships related to fish ecology and morphological techniques.

6 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. Volunteer experience Volunteer for Ecological Society of America meeting in Austin Peer- Reviewer for 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. Community Outreach 2007-present. Member of the fish sampling team for Bio Blitz, a yearly invitation to the public to aid in cataloging all the living organisms in Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas.