Rate My Professor Marc Los Huertos

In addition to his research endeavors, Professor Los Huertos has made significant contributions through publications and funded projects. He authored the textbook Ecology and Management of Inland Waters published by Elsevier in 2020. Notable peer-reviewed articles include "Understanding the fate of shrimp aquaculture effluent in a mangrove ecosystem: Aiding management for coastal conservation" in the Journal of Applied Ecology (2020), "Examining mollusks as bioindicators of shrimp aquaculture effluent contamination in a southeast Asian mangrove" in Ecological Indicators (2020), and "Robust Spatial Analysis of Sequestered Metals in a Southern California Bioswale" in Science of the Total Environment (2019). He has secured grants such as $174,199 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Organic Agricultural Research and Extension Initiative for "Global Warming Potential of Row Crop Agroecosystems" (2011-2015), $130,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for "Evaluating Watershed and in-lake Controls of Cyanobacteria Harmful Algae Blooms" (2010-2013), and others from the Leafy Green Research Board and California Air Resources Board. At Pomona College, he teaches courses including Ecology of Inland Waters—for which he is writing a textbook—Environmental Science and Statistics, Food, Land, and the Environment, Science and the Environment Lab, and Critical Inquiry Seminar. His areas of expertise include the nitrogen cycle, aquatic ecology, fire policy and ecology, and environmental science.