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Richard B. Searles

Professor Emeritus of Botany
Biology
Box 90338, Durham, NC 27708-0338
049 Bio Sci Bldg, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications


Yucatán seaweeds from the offshore waters of Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Journal Article Botanica Marina · December 1, 2007 Seaweeds in the offshore waters of Isla Mujeres, in the western Caribbean Sea on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula, were sampled using SCUBA. Three species of Cyanophyta, 90 Rhodophyta, 21 Ochrophyta and 41 Chlorophyta were identified. New records an ... Full text Cite

A checklist and seasonal account of the deepwater Rhodophyta around Cozumel Island on the Caribbean coast of Mexico

Journal Article Caribbean Journal of Science · April 1, 2006 Red seaweeds were investigated, using SCUBA, from waters around the island of Cozumel off the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. One hundred and eighteen species of Rhodophyta were collected and identified. Forty-five of these are reported for ... Cite

New Mexican records of marine algae including crouania mayae sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)

Journal Article Caribbean Journal of Science · December 1, 2002 We report new records from the Mexican Caribbean of three species of Rhodophyta (including Crouania mayae sp. nov.), two species of Heterokontophyta, and two species of Chlorophyta; all are rare species in the Caribbean. The only previous Caribbean record ... Cite

New records of benthic marine algae from isla Cozumel, Mexico: Phaeophyta and Chlorophyta

Journal Article Bulletin of Marine Science · December 1, 2000 Waters off the island of Cozumel on the east coast of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico were investigated using SCUBA. Species recorded here supplement earlier reports of seaweeds collected in shallow water from this Caribbean island. Twenty-three taxa of Ph ... Cite

Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 3. Avrainvillea sylvearleae, Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum, and Peyssonnelia valentinii

Journal Article Journal of Phycology · February 1, 1998 Three species of marine algae are reported from the Bermuda islands for the first time, Avrainvillea sylvearleae D. S. Littler et Litter, Discosporangium mesarthrocarpum (Menegh.) Hauck, and Peyssonnelia valentinii Yonesh. et Boudour. The presence of Avrai ... Full text Cite

Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 4. Additions to the flora, including Polysiphonia plectocarpa sp. nov.

Journal Article Phycologia · January 1, 1998 Eight additional species of marine algae are reported from Bermuda for the first time: Ulvella lens P. Crouan et H. Crouan; three epiphytic species of Audouinella (A. daviesii (Dillwyn) Woelkerling, A. hormorhiza (Borgesen) Garbary, and A. hoytii (Collins) ... Full text Cite