Marco Nemesio E. Montaño
Email: coke@ upmsi.ph
Office: Room 302
Phone: (632) 981-8500 Local 2907;
(632) 433-6063
Education
Ph.D. Biological Chemistry, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
M. Sc. Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman
B.Sc. Science, University of the San Carlos, Cebu City
Research Interests
Marine Natural Products; Algal Polysaccharides; Marine Pollution Chemistry
Selected Publications
Villanueva RD, Yap HT, Montaño MNE. 2011. Reproductive effects of the water- accommodated fraction of a natural gas condensate in the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 74:2268–2274
Puzon JJM, Rivero GC, Montaño MNE, Alcantara HJP. 2011. 5,5’-Dithiobis (2-Nitro- Benzoic Acid)-Reactive Biomolecules in the Leaf Protoplasts of Cadmium- Exposed Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. and Mercury-Exposed Chromolaena odorata (L.f.) R.M. King et H. Robinson. Philipp Agric Scientist Vol. 94 No. 3, 225-231
Villanueva RD, Romero JB, Montaño MNE, dela Peña PO. 2011. Harvest optimization of four Kappaphycus species from the Philippines. Biomass and Bioenergy 35(3):1311-1316
Villanueva RD, Romero JB, Ragasa ALR, Montaño MNE. 2010. Agar from the red seaweed, Laurencia flexilis (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from northern Philippines. Phycological Research 2010; 58: 151–156
Villanueva RD, Montaño MNE, Romero JB. 2008. Iota-carrageenan from a newly farmed, rare variety of eucheumoid seaweed – “endong”. Journal of Applied Phycology. 21:27-30.
Villanueva RD, Yap HT, Montaño MNE. 2008. Timing of planulation by pocilloporid corals in the northwestern Philippines. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 370:111-119
Villanueva RD, Montaño MNE, Yap HT. 2008. Effects of natural gas condensate-water accomoodated fraction on coral larvae. 2008. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 56(8): 1422-1428
Romero JB, Villanueva RD, Montaño MNE. 2008. Stability of Agar in the seaweed Gracilaria eucheumatoides (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) during postharvest storage. Bioresource Technology. 99 (17):1851-1855
Puzon JJM, Rivero GC, Montaño MNE. 2008. Vacuolar sequestration as a coping mechanism in cadmium-treated water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms.]. 2008. Philippine Agricultural Scientist. 91(2):123-133
Rodrigueza MRC, Montaño MNE. 2007. Bioremediation potential of three carrageenophytes to dissolved nutrients of fish farm effluent: Ammonium. Journal of Applied Phycology 19: 755-762
Romero JB, Montaño MNE, Merca FE, Villanueva RD, Liao ML, Bacic A. 2007. Seasonal variations in the in the composition and gel quality of agar from Gracilaria edulis in the Philippines. Botanica Marina 50:191-194.
Montaño MNE, MRC Rodrigueza, RL Balitaan. 2006. Ethnobotany of Sargassum spp. in the Philippines. Coastal Marine Science 30(1): 222-225
ET Ganzon-Fortes, MNE Montaño, WG Mendoza. 2006. First documented report on Solieria robusta (Greville) Kylin (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae) in the Philippines. Coastal Marine Science 30(1): 238-239
Villanueva R. D., H. T. Yap, M. N. E. Montaño.2006. Intensive fish farming in the Philippines is detrimental to the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 316: 165–174
Mendoza WG , ET Ganzon-Fortes,RD Villanueva, JB Romero, MNE Montaño. 2006. Tissue age as a factor affecting carrageenan quantity and quality in farmed Kappaphycus striatum (Schmitz) Doty ex Silva. Botanica Marina 49: 57–64
Villanueva RD, HT Yap, MNE Montano. 2005. Survivorship of coral juveniles in a fish farm environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 51:580-589.
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