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Research interests emphasize the functional role and ecology of macrophytic marine plants (seaweeds) in nearshore coastal habitats. Recent projects have involved synoptic surveys (censuses) of native and introduced seaweed populations in diverse open coastal and estuarine habitats such as the Great Bay and Hampton/Seabrook Estuarine Systems, plus Casco and Penobscot Bays and Boston Harbor. Environmental studies dealing with human impacts on marine resources, the physiological ecology and population genetics of seaweeds, and enhanced utilization and cultivation of seaweeds have also been conducted. Several research projects also have focused on interpretive autecological investigations of seaweed populations, particularly economically significant species.

Graduate Students

Current Students

Joan Beskenis. Ph. D. Plant Biology
Shelly Dare. M.Sc. Plant Biology (Jointly sponsored with Chris Neefus)
Jeremy Nettles. M.Sc. Plant Biology (Jointly sponsored with Chris Neefus)

Former Students

Troy Bray. 2006. (Jointly sponsored with Chris Neefus), A Molecular and Morphological Investigation of the Red Seaweed Genus Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in the Northwest Atlantic. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Plant Biology.

Aaron Wallace. 2005. (Jointly sponsored with Anita Klein), The Taxonomic and Systematic Relationships of Several Salt Marsh Fucus Taxa (Heterokontophyta, Phaeophyceae) within the Gulf of Maine and Ireland Examined Using Microsatellite Markers. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Paula Busse-Philbrick. 2004. Factors Restricting Recruitment of Ascophyllum nodosum L. (Le Jolis). Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Plant Biology. 

Brian Teasdale. 2004. (Jointly sponsored with Anita Klein), An Investigation of Genetic Variation within Northwest Atlantic Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) with Specific Phylogeographic Analysis of the common, Rocky Intertidal Species, Porphyra umbilicalis. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Plant Biology.

Troy Bray. 2003. (Jointly sponsored with Chris Neefus), A Molecular and Morphological Survey of Porphyra purpurea (Roth) C. Agardh (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) in the Northwest Atlantic. M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Plant Biology.

Andrew West. 2001. (Jointly sponsored with Anita Klein), Molecular and Ecological Studies of New Hampshire Species of Porphyra (Rhodophyta, Bangiales). M.Sc. Thesis, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 

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