Research Highlights
Research Interests
I am interested in the relationship of coastal ecology, ecosystem services and providing the best science to inform resource management.
Kelly Montenero
Senior Research Associate, Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division
305.361.4386
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149
Kelly Montenero joined AOML’s Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division as a University of Miami-Cooperative Institute Senior Research Associate. Kelly works in the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Florida contributing to fieldwork and research that supports ecosystem-based management of coastal systems and integrated ecosystem assessment.
Current Work
Senior Research Associate for the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystem Division’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment group
2011 – 2013, M.S., Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL
2004 – 2008, B.S. Conservation Biology, Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Burns, Corinne M, Townsend, Howard, Oakes, Stephanie A, Ahrens, Robert N M, Klajbor, Willem, Monaco, Mark E, Montenero, Kelly. Co-production for adaptive management: Where we’ve been and where to go from here Ecological Indicators Volume 182, January 2026, 114413, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114413 2026
Ref. 4591 - Kelly Montenero, Willem Klajbor, Christopher Kelble, Brittany Troast, Greg Williams, Sean Lucey, Jennifer Brown, Megan Tyrrell, Kerstin Wasson, Nick Tolimieri, Jason Link, Cross-scale implications of marine ecosystem indicator selection and interpretation, Ecological Indicators , Ecological Indicators, Volume 182, 2026, 114413, ISSN 1470-160X, , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114413 2026
Ref. 4592 - Millette, N., C. Kelble, I. Smith, K. Montenero, and E. Harvey. Spatial variability of microzooplankton grazing on phytoplankton in coastal southern Florida, USA. PeerJ, 10:e13291, https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13291 2022
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