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Present	Faculty Member, Montclair State University ‐ Marine Biology and Coastal Sciences
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Top-Down Impacts of Sea Nettles (Chrysaora quinquecirrha) on Pelagic Community Structure in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, U.S.A. (Paul A. X. Bologna, John J. Gaynor, Christie L Barry, et al.) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2017)

Coastal communities are substantially affected by human activities and create environments conducive to opportunistic species and structural changes in food webs. The Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States is highly urbanized with significant landscape modification ...

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qPCR Detection of Early Life History Stage Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Sea Nettles) in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey (John J Gaynor, Paul A.X. Bologna, Dena J. Restaino, et al.) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2017)

The sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha has become abundant in the Barnegat Bay estuary and frequently blooms in warm summer months. Various factors have been attributed to the increasing localized appearance of sea nettles and other ...

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Diet assessment of the Atlantic Sea Nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, using next-generation sequencing (Robert W Meredith, John J Gaynor and Paul AX Bologna) Molecular Ecology (2016)

Next-generation sequencing (NGS) methodologies have proven useful in deciphering the food items of generalist predators, but have yet to be applied to gelatinous animal gut and tentacle content. NGS can potentially supplement traditional methods of ...

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First occurrence of the invasive hydrozoan Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in New Jersey, USA (John J Gaynor, Paul A.X. Bologna, Dena J. Restaino, et al.) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2016)

Gonionemus vertens A. Agassiz, 1862 is a small hydrozoan native to the Pacific Ocean. It has become established in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean as well as the Mediterranean Sea. We report on the ...

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Assessment of Seagrass Floral Community Structure from Two Caribbean Marine Protected Areas (Paul A.X. Bologna and Anthony J. Suleski) Gulf and Caribbean Research (2013)

Seagrass communities represent spatially complex and biomass producing systems comprised of intermixed seagrass and algal species. We investigated shallow water communities from two Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Caribbean: St. John, United States Virgin ...

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A New Baseline for Diadema antillarum, Echinometra viridis, E. lucunter, and Eucidaris tribuloides Populations Within the Cayos Cochinos MPA, Honduras (Paul A.X. Bologna, Lucy Webb-Wilson, Patrick Connelly, et al.) Gulf and Caribbean Research (2012)

We investigated the density of 4 urchin species from 5 shallow reefs in the Cayos Cochinos Marine Protected Area in Honduras. Individual species density varied among reefs with total urchin density ranging from 3.2–7.9 individuals/m2. ...

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Use of Diadema antillarum Spines by Juvenile Fish and Mysid Shrimp (Taryn Townsend and Paul A.X. Bologna) Gulf and Caribbean Research (2007)

This research has the following objectives: 1) identify the size structure of D. antillarum among 3 coastal bays of St. John, United States Virgin Islands and 2) determine relationships between urchin presence and spine utilization ...

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Assessment of Seagrass Plant Demography Within and Among Beds of Turtle Grass (Thalassia testudinum), Manatee Grass (Syringodium filiforme), and Shoal Grass (Halodule wrightii) From the Northern Gulf of Mexico (Paul A.X. Bologna and Doug Haywick) Gulf of Mexico Science (2002)

Variability in the demographic patterns of seagrasses may affect a variety of physical and biological processes in aquatic communities. We investigated seasonal seagrass demography, sediment size structure, and sediment organic carbon from two sites (north ...

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Relationship Between Pea Crab (Pinnotheres maculatus) Parasitism and Gonad Mass of the Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) (Paul A.X. Bologna and Kenneth L. Heck) Gulf and Caribbean Research (2000)

We investigated the prevalence of pea crabs (Pinnotheres maculatus) in bay scallops (Argopecten irradians) from 1994 through 1996 in a scallop population from St. Joseph Bay, Florida. We also assessed their impacts on scallop reproductive ...

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Utilization Of Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin) Microsatellite Markers For Phylogenetic Applications In Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians Lamarck) (Liliana E.J. Kim, James J. Campanella and Paul A.X. Bologna) RURALS: Review of Undergraduate Research in Agricultural and Life Sciences

In previous research, microsatellite markers have been used to geographically and phylogenetically characterize and identify populations of sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus Gmelin). Given that sea scallops are a closely related species to bay scallops (Argopecten ...

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The Wonders of the Galapagos Islands: Experiential Learning is Deep Learning (Paul AX Bologna) Sustainability Seminar Series (2020)

Experiential learning is one way of creating deep understanding of subject matter, as well as developing a passion for the field. I have been engaged in leading extended field experiences with students for almost 20 ...

Cloning and Expression of the Green Fluorescent Protein from the Clinging Jellyfish, Gonionemus vertens using RNA-Seq. (Vasilios Orologas, Paul Bologna, Alorah D. Bliese, et al.) Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)

The clinging jellyfish, Gonionemus vertens, is a fluorescent hydrozoan native to the Pacific that grows to ~2.5 cm in diameter in the adult medusa stage. G. vertens first appeared in the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers ...

De novo Assembly of the Transcriptome of the Clinging Jellyfish (Gonionemus vertens) (Alorah Bliese, Paul Bologna, Vasilios Orologas, et al.) Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium (2019)

Gonionemus vertens, commonly known as the clinging jellyfish, is a hydrozoan native to the Pacific Ocean. This species has made appearances in estuaries on the Northeastern coast of the United States including New Jersey, where ...

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The Ellis Island Effect: Invasive Species in the Mid-Atlantic (Paul A.X. Bologna) Sustainability Seminar Series (2019)

Global invasions of marine species often follow human migration pathways and primary commerce routes. Exploration, immigration, and commerce to the United States has created hot spots for invasive species to become established. In particular, Ellis ...

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Lingering Impacts of Hurricane Hugo on Rhizophora mangle (Red Mangrove) Population Genetics on St. John, USVI (Paul AX Bologna and James Campanella) Diversity (2019)

Stochastic events can have catastrophic effects on island populations through a series of genetic stressors from reduced population size. We investigated five populations of red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) from St. John, USVI, an UNESCO Biosphere ...

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Who’s Lurking in Your Lagoon? First Occurrence of the Invasive Hydrozoan Moerisia Sp. (Cnidariahydrozoa) in New Jersey, Usa (Dena J. Restaino, Paul Bologna, John Gaynor, et al.) BioInvasions Records (2018)

Coastal estuaries represent areas of high biological invasions by virtue of their economic importance as ports. We report on the first occurrence of the non-native hydrozoan Moerisia sp. in coastal New Jersey, USA. Through the ...

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Stochastic Event Alters Gelatinous Zooplankton Community Structure: Impacts of Hurricane Sandy in a Mid-Atlantic Estuary (Paul Bologna, John Gaynor, Robert Meredith, et al.) Marine Ecology Progress Series (2018)

Climate change has increased hurricane activity and intensity, leading to greater destructive forces impacting coastal communities. Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, USA, is a shallow Mid-Atlantic estuary with considerable anthropogenic development which shows vulnerability to elevated ...

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Clonal Diversity and Connectedness of Turtle Grass (Thalassia Testudinum) Populations in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (James Campanella, Paul Bologna, Maria Carvalho, et al.) Aquatic Botany (2015)

John, American Virgin Island turtlegrass are not clonal populations. John's populations have high connectivity to each other. We assessed Thalassia testudinum population genetics among four bays in St. John (United States Virgin Islands), a protected ...

Mangrove Loss Leads to Fish Hyperutilization of Seagrass Beds in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (Paul Bologna) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2014)

Hurricanes severely damaged a mangrove forest in a UNESCO biosphere reserve in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The system has yet to recover and when alternative habitats have been destroyed, it is shown that juvenile fishes ...

Assessing the Potential Benthic-Pelagic Coupling in Episodic Blue Mussel (Mytilus Edulis) Settlement Events Within Eelgrass (Zostera Marina) Communities (Paul Bologna, Michele L. Fetzer, Sean McDonnell, et al.) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2005)

Coastal marine seagrass ecosystems are important nursery grounds for commercially and recreationally important species, and they serve as key settlement and recruitment sites for other species. We investigated several years (2001-2003) where episodic settlement events ...

Reproduction, Population Structure, and Recruitment Limitation in a Bay Scallop (Argopecten Irradians Lamarck) Population from New Jersey, USA (Paul Bologna, A. E. Wilbur and K. W. Able) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (2001)

A bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians (Lamarck 1819), population was studied in Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, USA to investigate the distribution, reproduction and genetic structure of the population because virtually nothing is known about ...

Macrofaunal Associations with Seagrass Epiphytes Relative Importance of Trophic and Structural Characteristics (Paul Bologna and Kenneth L. Heck) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (1999)

Attached epiphytes often make important contributions to total primary production in seagrass meadows. Additionally, they may increase the spatial complexity of seagrass habitats. Experiments conducted using artificial seagrass units (ASU) manipulated both epiphytic structure and ...

Kelp Beds as Habitat for American Lobster Homarus Americanus (Paul Bologna and R. S. Steneck) Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works (1993)

Examined how American lobster uses Laminaria longicruris and L. saccharina beds and habitat along the Gulf of Maine. Lobster population density and biomass were significantly higher in both real and artificial kelp treatments than in ...

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