Research Technician
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: (831) 775-1972
Fax: (831) 775-1620
email: lonny@mbari.org
B.S., Marine and Coastal Ecology, California State University Monterey Bay
M.S., Marine Science, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Publications
2008
Lundsten L, Barry JP, Cailliet GM, Clague DA, DeVogelaere AP, Geller JB (2008) The Distribution of Benthic Invertebrate Communities at Three Seamounts off Southern and Central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series. In Review.
McClain CR, Lundsten L, Ream M, Barry JP, DeVogelaere AP (2008) The Biogeography of Deep-Sea Species: Reflections on Seamount Endimicity, Composition, and Structure. PLoS One. In Review.
Williams GC & Lundsten L (2008) The nephtheid soft coral genus Gersemia (Marenzeller, 1878), with the description of a new species from the northeastern Pacific Ocean (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. In Review.
2007
Foster MS, McConnico LM, Lundsten L, Wadsworth T, Kimball T, Brooks LB, Medina-Lopez M, Riosmena-Rodriguez R, Hernandez-Carmona G, Vasquez-Elizondo RM, Johnson S, Steller DL (2007) Diversity and natural history of a Lithamnion muelleri-Sargassum horridum community in the Gulf of California. Ciencias Marinas, 33: 367-384.
2006
Stoffers P, Worthington T J, Schwarz-Schampera U, Hannington M D, Massoth G J, Hekinian R, Schmidt M, Lundsten L J, Evans L J, Vaiomo'unga R, Kerby T (2006) Submarine volcanoes and high-temperature hydrothermal venting on the Tonga arc, southwest Pacific. Geology, 34: 453-456.
Theses
Lundsten L (2002) An evaluation of benthic infaunal community change from October 1992 to October 2001. Elkhorn Slough Technical Report Series 2002:2. PDF
Lundsten L (2007) The Biogeography and Distribution of Megafauna at Three California Seamounts. Master's Thesis. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. PDF
Technical Documents
Lundsten L, Graybeal J, Stocks K (2007) Metadata Specification for Environmental Images v1.0. PDF
Poster Presentations
4th International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, December 1 - 5, 2008, Wellington, NZ
The nephtheid soft coral genus Gersemia (Marenzeller, 1878) with the description of a new species from the northeastern Pacific Ocean (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea).
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 11 - 15, 2006, San Francisco, CA
A Characterization of the Megafauna on Davidson Seamount.
Seamount Biogeosciences Network Workshop, March 24 - 25, 2006, La Jolla, CA
Observations and Comparisons of California Seamount Communities.
3rd International Symposium on Deep-Sea Corals, Nov. 28 - Dec. 2, 2005, Miami, FL
Observations and Comparisons of California Seamount Communities.
Research Cruises
R/V Western Flyer
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), Dec. 18 - 21, 2007
California Seamounts (Clague), June 17 - 24, 2007
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), Jan. 10 - 13, 2007
Davidson Seamount (DeVogelaere/Barry/BBC), Jan. 26 - Feb. 4, 2006
Monterey Canyon Processes (Paull), March 10 - 16, 2005
Midwater (Haddock), Oct. 4 - 11, 2004
Juan de Fuca Ridge (Stakes), Aug. 30 - Sept. 9, 2004
California Seamounts (Clague), April 27 - May 8, 2004
California Seamounts (Clague), October 11-17, 2003
Midwater (Robison), Sept. 29 - Oct. 4, 2003
R/V Point Lobos
Cliff Search (Haddock), June 3, 2008
Cliff Search 2 (Barry), April 18, 2008
Cliff Search (Barry), April 10, 2008
MARS Cable Environmental Monitoring Program (Barry), January 30, 2008
MARS Cable Environmental Monitoring Program (Barry), December 6, 2007
MBA HD Filming (MBA), October 4, 2004
MBA HD Filming (MBA), January 29, 2003
R/V Zephyr
Davidson Seamount (Clague), AUV Mapping, Oct. 7 - 12, 2006
R/V Ka'imikai-O-Kanaloa
South Tonga (Tofua) Arc Submarine Volcanoes (Stoffers), Pisces IV & V Manned Submersibles, Auckland, NZ - Pago Pago, American Samoa, June 6 - 29, 2005
R/V Alpha Helix
Southeast Alaska (Kvitek) ECOHAB, June 23 - July 15, 1999
Scientific Diving (SCUBA)
Subtidal
Gulf of California (Foster), October 2003
Gulf of California (Foster), March 2003
Channel Islands (Estes/Kenner), October 8 - 13, 2002
Channel Islands (Estes/Kenner), April 2002
Southeast Alaska (Kvitek) ECOHAB, June 23 - July 15, 1999
Blue Water
Monterey Bay Midwater (Robison), Sept. 29 - Oct. 4, 2003
Equipment Deployments
ESP deployment & retrieval (Massion), October - November, 2004
Submarine Dives
Pisces IV
Pisces IV #138 (Stoffers), Volcano 19, South Tonga (Tofua) Arc, 562 meters, June 21, 2005