Lonny Lundsten
Senior Research Technician
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Research Institute
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Phone: (831) 775-1762
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
2013
Lundsten L (2013) Carnivorous demosponge biology in McGraw-Hill 2014 Yearbook of Science & Technology, New York (Accepted)
Schlining K, von Thun S, Kuhnz L, Schlining B, Lundsten L, Jacobsen Stout N, Chaney L, and Connor J (2013) Debris in the deep: Using a 22-year video annotation database to survey marine litter in Monterey Canyon, central California, USA. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, Available online 28 May 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.006
2012
Lundsten L, Johnson SB, Cailliet GM, DeVogelaere AP, Clague DA (2012) Morphological, molecular, and in situ behavioral observations of the rare deep-sea anglerfish Chaunacops coloratus (Garman 1899), Order Lophiiformes, in the eastern North Pacific. Deep-Sea Research I 68: 46–53 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.05.012 Web
Lee WL, Reiswig HM, Austin WC, and Lundsten L (2012), An extraordinary new carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, in the new subgenus Symmetrocladia (Demospongiae, Cladorhizidae), from off of northern California, USA. Invertebrate Biology 131(4): 259–284. doi: 10.1111/ivb.12001 Web
2011
Yoklavich M, Laidig T, Krigsman L, Taylor A, Watters D, Love M, Lundsten L, and Negrete B (2011) A characterization of the coral and sponge community on Piggy Bank Seamount in Southern California from a survey using a remotely operated vehicle. A report to NOAA Deep-sea Coral Research and Technology Program. August 31, 2011, Santa Cruz, CA.
2010
Lundsten L, Schlining KL, Frasier K, Johnson SB, Kuhnz LA, Harvey JBJ, Clague G, Vrijenhoek RC (2010) Time-series Analysis of Six Whale Fall Communities in Monterey Bay, California, USA. Deep Sea Research Part I 57: 1573–1584 Abstract
Mah C, Nizinski M, Lundsten L (2010) Phylogenetic Revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): Systematics of Deep Sea Corallivores, including one new genus and three new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 266–301 Abstract
Lundsten L, Paull CK, Schlining KL, Ussler W, McGann M (2010) Biological Characterization of a Whalefall Near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Deep-Sea Research I 57: 918–922 Abstract
McClain CR, Lundsten L, Barry JP, DeVogelaere AP (2010) Assemblage structure, but not diversity or density, change with depth on a northeast Pacific seamount. Marine Ecology 31 (Suppl. 1): 1–12 Abstract
Clague D, Lundsten L, Hein J, Paduan J, Davis A (2010) Spotlight 6: Davidson Seamount. Oceanography 23(1): 126-127 PDF
2009
Lundsten L, McClain CR, Barry JP, Cailliet GM, Clague DA, DeVogelaere AP (2009) Ichthyofauna on Three Seamounts off Southern and Central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 389:223-232. Abstract
Williams GC and Lundsten L (2009) The nephtheid soft coral genus Gersemia (Marenzeller, 1878) with the description of a new species from the northeast Pacific and a review of two additional species (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden 83 (34): 1067-1081. Open Access Article | PDF | YouTube Movie
Lundsten L, Barry JP, Cailliet GM, Clague DA, DeVogelaere AP, Geller JB (2009) Benthic Invertebrate Communities on Three Seamounts off Southern and Central California, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 374:23-32. Abstract
McClain CR, Lundsten L, Ream M, Barry JP, DeVogelaere AP (2009) Endemicity, Biogeograhy, Composition, and Community Structure On a Northeast Pacific Seamount. PLoS ONE 4(1): e4141. Open Access Article
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. Abstract
2006
Stoffers P, Worthington TJ, Schwarz-Schampera U, Hannington MD, Massoth GJ, Hekinian R, Schmidt M, Lundsten L, Evans LJ, Vaiomo'unga R, Kerby T (2006) Submarine volcanoes and high-temperature hydrothermal venting on the Tonga arc, southwest Pacific. Geology 34: 453-456. Abstract
Theses
Lundsten L (2007) The Biogeography and Distribution of Megafauna at Three California Seamounts. Master's Thesis. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories. PDF
Lundsten L (2002) An evaluation of benthic infaunal community change from October 1992 to October 2001. Elkhorn Slough Technical Report Series 2002:2. PDF
Technical Documents
Burton EJ & Lundsten L (2008) Davidson Seamount Taxonomic Guide. Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series ONMS-08-08. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Silver Spring, MD. PDF
Lundsten L, Graybeal J, and Stocks K (2007) Metadata Specification for Environmental Images v1.0 PDF
Burton EJ and Lundsten L (2006) Biological Characterization at the USS Macon Wreck Site. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Technical Report. PDF
Research Cruises
R/V McArthur II
West Coast Corals 2010, Leg 3 Piggy Bank (Yoklavich) May 27 - July 2, 2010
Southern California 2013 (Vrijenhoek), May 18 - 24, 2013
Alarcon Rise, GoC Expedition 2012 (Clague), April 21 - May 1, 2012
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), June 2 - 7, 2011
MBNMS Container Survey (DeVogelaere), March 8 - 10, 2011
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), October 25 - 29, 2010
Taney Seamounts (Clague), August 5 - 13, 2010
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), November 16 - 20, 2009
Monterey Canyon Processes (Paull), June 15 - 20, 2009
Monterey Canyon Wood & Davidson Seamount (Barry), April 15 - 19, 2009
Monterey Bay Whale Falls (Vrijenhoek), March 10 - 13, 2009
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
Monterey Bay Whale Fall (Vrijenhoek), May 26, 2010
Midwater (Haddock), February 12, 2009
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
ESP deployment - March 31, 2011
ESP recovery - April 19, 2010
ESP recovery - June 11, 2009
ESP deployment - May 14, 2009
ESP recovery - April 29, 2009
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