Biology and Molecular Biology

Science Hall 208     (973) 655-4112

bolognap@mail.montclair.edu

Director: Aquatic and Coastal Sciences BS/MS Program

Advising Coordinator: Biology MS Concentration in Ecology and Evolution

Courses Taught

BIMS 220 Introduction to Marine Biology

BIMS 460 Advanced Marine Biology

BIOL 113 Principles of Biology II

BIOL 330 Environmental Biology and Related Controversial Issues

BIOL 484 Research Communities I: Ecology

BIOL 485 Research Communities II: Ecology

BIOL 570 Ecology

BIOL 573 Shoreline Ecology

Publications

Bologna, P., Fetzer, M., Moody, E. and McDonnell, in press. Assessing the potential benthic-pelagic coupling in episodic blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) settlement events within eelgrass (Zostera marina) communities. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.

Bologna, P. A. X. and M. S. Sinnema. accepted.  Assessing the Success of Eelgrass Restoration in New Jersey.  Proceeding of a workshop on Seagrass Restoration.

Able, K. W. and Bologna, P. 2003.  Measures of fish recruitment relationships in the Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve at Mullica River-Great Bay: a Preliminary Analysis.  Technical Report #100-21.  Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University.  37 p.

Bologna, P. and Heck, K.  2002.  Impact of habitat edges on density and production of seagrass associated fauna. Estuaries.  25:1033-1044.

Bologna, P. and Haywick, D.  2002.  Assessment of seagrass plant demography within and among beds of Thalassia testudinum, Syringodium filiforme, and Halodule wrightii from the northern Gulf of Mexico.  Gulf Mex. Sci.  20: 135-150.

Bologna, P.  2002.  Growth of juvenile winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) among eelgrass (Zostera marina) habitats in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.  Bull. NJ Acad. Sci. 47:7-12.

Bologna, P., Wilbur, A. and Able, K.  2001.  Reproduction, population structure, and recruitment failure in a bay scallop (Argopecten irradians) population from coastal New Jersey, USA. J. Shellfish Res.  20: 89-96.

Bologna, P. and Heck, K.  2000.  Impacts of seagrass habitat architecture on bivalve settlement. Estuaries. 23: 449-457.

Bologna, P. and Heck, K.  2000. Relationship between pea crab (Pinnotheres maculatus) parasitism and gonadal mass of the bay scallop (Argopecten irradians).  Gulf Carib. Res. 12: 39-42.

Bologna, P., Lathrop, R., Bowers, P., and Able, K. 2000.  Assessment of the health and distribution of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation from Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.  Technical Report 2000-11.  Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University. 30 p.

Bologna, P. and Heck, K.  1999.  Macrofaunal associations with seagrass epiphytes: relative importance of trophic and structural characteristics.  J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.  242: 21-39.

Bologna, P. and Heck, K.  1999.  Differential predation and growth rates of bay scallops within seagrass habitat. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 239: 299-314.

Bologna, P.  1998.  Growth, production, and reproduction in bay scallops Argopecten irradians concentricus (Say) from the northern Gulf of Mexico.  J. Shellfish. Res. 17: 911-917.

Bologna, P. and Steneck, R.  1993.  Kelp beds as habitat for American lobster Homarus americanus.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.  100: 127-134.