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Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. XII: additions to the flora

  • David L. Ballantine

    David Ballantine is presently a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, U.S. National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution. He spent over 30 years at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico where his research dealt primarily with systematics and ecology of Caribbean marine algae.

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    , Hector Ruíz

    Hector Ruíz Torres is an accomplished underwater photographer, specializing in ecology and systematics of Caribbean corals and marine algae, having collected marine algae to depths of greater than 100 m. He is currently a marine environmental consultant involved with conservation and restoration of mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef habitats.

    and James N. Norris

    James N. Norris is currently a Research Scientist and Curator Emeritus in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He has spent over 40 years at the museum and US National Herbarium, focusing his research on systematics and ecology of marine algae of Gulf of California, Pacific Mexico and Panama, and the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic.

Published/Copyright: June 12, 2019

Abstract

Five species of benthic marine algae (Phaeophyceae: Lobophora littlerorum; Rhodophyta: Meristotheca cylindrica, Naccaria corymbosa, Xiphosiphonia pinnulata and Dipterosiphonia reversa) represent new distribution records from the coastal waters surrounding Puerto Rico in the northern Caribbean Sea. The latter two species are now reported for the first time from the western Atlantic Caribbean.

About the authors

David L. Ballantine

David Ballantine is presently a Research Associate in the Department of Botany, U.S. National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution. He spent over 30 years at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico where his research dealt primarily with systematics and ecology of Caribbean marine algae.

Hector Ruíz

Hector Ruíz Torres is an accomplished underwater photographer, specializing in ecology and systematics of Caribbean corals and marine algae, having collected marine algae to depths of greater than 100 m. He is currently a marine environmental consultant involved with conservation and restoration of mangrove, seagrass, and coral reef habitats.

James N. Norris

James N. Norris is currently a Research Scientist and Curator Emeritus in the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He has spent over 40 years at the museum and US National Herbarium, focusing his research on systematics and ecology of marine algae of Gulf of California, Pacific Mexico and Panama, and the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic.

Acknowledgments

We thank Scott Whittaker, NMNH Digital Imaging (Smithsonian Institution), for digital photographic and photomicrographic imaging assistance, and Katina Bucher for comments and discussion concerning the manuscript. DLB gratefully acknowledges partial support for the research by NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) Coastal Ocean Programs under award #NA17OP2919 to the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez. JNN acknowledges partial support from NSF Bioinventory grants SI-DSCG-542079 and SI-DSGC-642079. The comments and suggestions of two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript.

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Received: 2018-12-19
Accepted: 2019-04-30
Published Online: 2019-06-12
Published in Print: 2019-08-27

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