SUZANNE FREDERICQ

Department of Biology
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
P.O. Box 42451
Lafayette, LA 70504-2451

Tel: 337/482-1291 or 482-5057
Fax: 337/482-5660

E-mail: slf9209@louisiana.edu

CURRICULUM VITAE

Current Position

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Fall 2001 - present)
• Freeport-McMoRan/Board of Regents Support Fund Professor for Coastal Biodiversity Research, UL Lafayette, Fall 2002-current.
• UL Lafayette Herbarium Staff Member (LAF)
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, UL Lafayette (Fall 1996 - Summer 2001)

Main Research Interests:

Biodiversity, taxonomy, molecular systematics and biogeography of marine macroalgae worldwide, especially red algae

Education:

• 'Kandidaat' in the Sciences (Biology), 1978. State University of Ghent, Belgium
• 'Licenciaat' in the Sciences (Zoology), 1980 (with Honors). State University of Ghent, Belgium
• M.S. in Biology, Department of Biology, George Mason University. Fall 1982-June 1984
• Ph.D. in Botany, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fall 1984-August 1988.

Theses:

• 1980.- Licenciaat thesis in Zoology, State University of Ghent, Belgium: "Fauna associatie van Ulva lactuca Linnaeus (1753) in the Spuikom van Oostende" (Fauna association of Ulva lactuca in the Spuikom of Ostend). BS thesis.
• 1984.- "Morphological studies on tropical species of Gracilaria Grev. (Rhodophyta, Gracilariaceae): Taxonomic concepts based on post-fertilization events". MS thesis, George Mason University, 125 pp.
• 1988.- "Developmental Morphology and Systematics of the Gracilariaceae (Rhodophyta)". Ph.D. Dissertation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 340 pp.

Postdoctoral Experience:

• 1988-1989. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution (Sept. 1, 1988-Aug. 1, 1989). Project title: "Gracilariaceae (Rhodophyta) from the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic"
• 1989-1990. Grantee, Collaborative NSF/SI contract #DPP774-13988, "Sorting of collections from polar regions". Project title: "Systematics of selected marine red algae from Antarctica and subantarctic Argentina and Chile" (Sept. 1, 1989-August 31, 1990).
• 1990-1993. Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Sept. 1, 1990-June 30, 1993). Project title: "Systematics of the marine red algal family Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta)" (NSF award granted to Dr. Max Hommersand)
• 1993-1994. -A.W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Plant Systematics, Department of Botany, Duke University (Sept. 1, 1993-Nov. 30, 1994). Project title: "Systematics of the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta), based on developmental morphology and rbcL sequence analysis"
• 1994-1996. Joint Postdoctoral appointment in the Department of Botany and the Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Dec. 1, 1994- Aug. 31, 1996). Co-Pi's: Drs. Jim Norris and Liz Zimmer Project title: "Testing Red Algal Classification: Phylogenetic Systematics of the Gigartinales, with Special Emphasis on the Nemathecial Families Based on rbcL Sequence Analysis and Comparative Developmental Morphology"

Supervision of Graduate Students

• Showe-Mei Lin (Ph.D.), Spring 1997-2000; Graduated: Spring 2000
• C. Fred Gurgel (Ph.D.), Fall 1997-2001; Graduated: Summer 2001
• Brian Wysor (Ph.D.), Spring 1998-2002; Graduated: Spring 2002
• Brigitte Gavio (Ph.D.), Fall 1998-2002; Graduated: Fall 2002
• David Krayesky (Ph.D. student), Fall 2002-current
• William Schmidt (Ph.D. student), Fall 2002-current
• Boo Yeon Won (Ph.D. student), Spring 2003-current
• Constanza Ehrenhaus (Ph.D. student), Fall 2003-current
• Natalia Arakaki (Ph.D. student), Fall 2004-current

Supervision of Postdoctoral Associates

• Dr. C. Fred Gurgel (NSF): Jan. 2004-present
• Dr. Tae Oh Cho (KOSEF, NSF): Sept. 2001-present
• Dr. M. Ganesan (Indian Government): Nov. 2003-present
• Dr. Juan Lopez-Bautista (NSF, MMS): Feb. 2000-July 2003
• Dr. Naomi Phillips (DOE, NOAA-NURP): Feb. 1999-Jul 2001

Recent committee membership

• Executive council member, International Phycological Society (1997-2000; 2004-2006)
• Election committee member, International Phycological Society of America (2004-2006)
• Steering commitee member, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2002-present)
• Advisor, International Foundation of Science
• Judge, Christensen Prize, International Phycological Society (2000)
• Sigma Xi Treasurer, Southeastern Louisiana Chapter (1998-present)

Grants Awarded

• 1975. "Immunology and Marine Biology in Eilat, Israel." Weizmann Institute Fellowship, Rehovot, Israel. (summer course/travel/ fieldwork)
• 1977. "Invertebrate Zoology." Fellowship, 'Nationaal Ministerie voor Culturele Opvoeding (Belgium)". Marine Science Institute, Roscoff, France (fieldwork/summer course)
• 1982. "Marine macroalgae from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize: Spring Marine Botany Project"Coral Reef Program grant (IMSWE and SWAMP), National Museum of Natural History (fieldwork/travel)
• 1983. "Gracilariaceae from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize." Smithsonian Graduate Summer Fellowship
• 1983. "Marine macroalgae from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize: Winter Marine Botany Project."Coral Reef Program grant (IMSWE and SWAMP), National Museum of Natural History (Fieldwork/travel)
• 1983. "Turf algae from Mayaguana, Bahamas." Expedition sponsored by the Department of Paleobiology, NMNH on board of the R/V Marsys Resolute (travel/field work/all ship board expenses)
• 1984. "Marine Algae from Guam." Sponsored by the California Seagrant Program (travel/fieldwork)
• 1988. "Six month On-Campus Dissertation Fellowship." Graduate School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 1989. "Marine Algae from Aldabra Atoll and Mahé (Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean)." Aldabra Expedition grant sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, NMNH (travel/fieldwork)
• 1990. "Marine algae from Guadeloupe, French West Indies." Smithsonian Research opportunity Fund Award (fieldwork/travel )
• 1990. "Marine Algae from the Azores, Madeira, Selvage Isls and Canary Isls." Expedition sponsored by the Division of Biomedical Research, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida on board of R/V Sea Diver (travel/field work/all ship board expenses)
• 1993. "Participation in Botanical Congress, Yokohama, Japan" . XVth International Botanical Congress Grant
• 1993. "Phyllophoraceae from Antarctica." M.E. Ramírez & S. Fredericq (Co-PI's). Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). Base Frei, King George I., S. Shetland Isls, Antarctic Peninsula travel/fieldwork)
• 1993. "Marine Algae from Chile and Antarctica." A.W. Mellon Fund grant , Duke University (travel)
• 1993-1994. - "Marine Algae from Taiwan." Two Taiwan Ocean University grants (travel/fieldwork)
• 1994. "Participation in Fifth International Phycological Congress, Qingdao, China." International Phycological Society grant and A.W. Mellon Fund grant, Duke University (travel, registration)
• 1993-1994. "Systematics of Red Algae." A.W. Mellon Fund grants, Duke University to purchase supplies for molecular studies
• 1995. "Marine Algae from the Lesser Antilles." Expedition sponsored by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida on board of R/V Sea Diver. (travel/all ship board expenses)
• 1995. "Marine Algae from Pacific Tropical Mexico." Instituto Politechnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico (travel/fieldwork)
• 1996. "Phylogeny, Systematics and Biogeography of Marine Red Algae.", Univ. of São Paulo, Brazil, and Brazilian Phycological Society (travel/all expenses)
• 1997. UL Lafayette Summer Research Award: "Studies in the phylogeny of two families of marine red algae". ($3,900)
• 1997-1999. Louisiana Board of Regents: Research & Development Program: "Phylogeny, Systematics and Biogeography of the Marine Red Algae". ($105,000)
• 1997. Louisiana Board of Regents: Enhancement Program: "An Automated DNA Sequencing Facility for Enhancing the Research and Training Programs in Evolutionary Biology" (PI/PD with 4 co-PIs). ($19,900)
• 1997-2000. US Department of Energy (DOE) - Energy and Environmental Technology Applications: "Modern baselines for assessment of global and regional impacts from production, transport and use of fossil fuels: characterization of endemized assemblages in the northern Gulf of Mexico at risk of warming, hypoxia and habitat perturbation". (D. Felder, J. Neigel, S. Fredericq & N. Rabalais). ($1,477,128)
• 1998. UL Lafayette Instructional Improvement mini-grant. ($400)
• 1999. Louisiana Board of Regents NSF/EPSCoR sponsored Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty (TGEF) Program to attend the XVIth International Botanical Congress in St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. ($1,000)
• 1999-2000. Louisiana Board of Regents: Research & Development Program: "Characterization of a family of marine red algae based on multiple datasets" ($37,000)
• 1999. USL STEP grant: "Purchase of an automated DNA sequencer to enhance the training and instruction of USL biology, microbiology, chemistry, nursing, anthropology and criminal justice students". ($113,500)
• 1999-2002. National Science Foundation - Systematic Biology Program: "Systematics of the marine red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on morphological and molecular evidence." ($190,000)
• 2000. Louisiana Board of Regents: Enhancement: "Acquisition of an ABI 377 Automated DNA Sequencer to Enhance the Research and Training Programs in Evolutionary Biology" (PI/PD with 4 co-PIs). ($125,277)
• 2000-2001. NOAA/NURC: "Assessing macroalgal biodiversity and biogeographic patterns in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Hard Bank communities" ($30,000)
• 2000. Louisiana Board of Regents NSF/EPSCoR sponsored Travel Grants for Emerging Faculty (TGEF) Program to attend the annual PSA meeting, San Diego CA, July 15-19. ($1,000)
• 2000-2003. Minerals Management Service Coastal Marine Institute (CMI) at LSU: "Characterization of marine algae on CMI study platforms: Preliminary assessment of algal natural products sources". Co-PI with R. Chapman. ($58,450 to SF)
• 2001. NOAA 2001 NURC/UNCW. "Assessing macroalgal biodiversity and biogeographic patterns in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico hard bank communities". ($3,000)
• 2001. USGS Tampa Bay Pilot Grant. "Characterization of epiphytes and drift algae". ($11,646)
• 2002.USGS Tampa Bay Pilot Grant. "Seagrass epiphytes and drift algae: indicator species for the health of seagrass beds". ($19,648)
• 2003. USGS Tampa Bay Grant. "Indicator species for the health of seagras beds: seagrass epiphytes and drift algae". ($89,648)
• 2003-2006. NSF Biodiversity Surveys & Inventories Program: "A survey of the deepbank marine macroalgae and macrocrustaceans in the Gulf of Mexico" (S. Fredericq & D. Felder, co-PIs). ($453,369)
• 2003-2008. NSF Systematic Biology PEET Program: "Monographic research and phylogenetic investigations of the Ceramiales (Rhodophyta)" (S. Fredericq, D.W. Freshwater, M.H. Hommersand & J.N. Norris, Co-PIs) ($749,844)
• 2003-2004. Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce: "Systematic and phylogenetic investigations of red algal seagrass epiphytes in the vicinity of Fort Pierce, Florida". (JN. Norris & S. Fredericq, co-PIs). ($12,314)

Publications in refereed national and international journals; book chapter

• Abbott I.A., Chiang Y.M., Fredericq S., Norris J.N., Tsuda R.T., Xia B. & Yamamoto N. 1985. The red alga Gracilaria Greville (Gracilariaceae, Gigartinales): Introduction. Pp. 67-8 in Abbott I.A. & Norris J.N. [Eds.], Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds (with reference to some Pacific and Caribbean species). California Sea Grant Program, University of California, La Jolla. xvi+167 pp.
• Fredericq S. & Norris J.N. 1985. Morphological studies on some tropical species of Gracilaria Grev. (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): Taxonomic concepts based on reproductive morphology. Pp. 137-55, in Abbott I.A. & Norris J.N. [eds.], Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds (with reference to some Pacific and Caribbean species). California Sea Grant Program, University of California, La Jolla. xvi+167 pp.
• Fredericq S. & Norris J.N. 1986. The structure and reproduction of Dasya haitiana, sp. nov. (Dasyaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Caribbean Sea. Phycologia 25:185-196.
• Norris R.E., Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1987. Gelidium pteridifolium (Rhodophyceae), a new species from Natal and the eastern Cape. South African Journal of Botany 53:375-380.
• Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1988. An investigation of cystocarp development in Gelidium pteridifolium with a revised description of the Gelidiales (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 27:254-272.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1989. Proposal of the Gracilariales, ord. nov. (Rhodophyta) based on an analysis of the reproductive development of Gracilaria verrucosa. Journal of Phycology 25:213-227.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1989. The comparative morphology and taxonomic status of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 25:228-243.
• Fredericq S., Hommersand M.H. & Norris J.N. 1989. Morphological observations on the adelphoparasite Gracilariophila oryzoides (Gracilariales, Rhodophya). Japanese Journal of Phycology 37:167-179.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1989. Reproductive morphology and development of the cystocarp in Curdiea flabellata Chapman (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). New Zealand Journal of Botany 27:521-530.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1990. Morphology and Systematics of Holmsella pachyderma (Pterocladiophilaceae, Gracilariales). British Phycological Journal 25:39-51.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1990. Taxonomy of Melanthalia obtusata var. abscissa and its placement in the Gracilariales (Rhodophyta). Cryptogamic Botany 2:39-51.
• Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1990. Diagnoses and key to the genera of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). Hydrobiologia 204/205:173-178.
• Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1990. Sexual Reproduction and Cystocarp Development. Pp. 305-345. In: Biology of the Red Algae. Cole K.M. & R.G. Sheath [Eds]. Cambridge University Press.
• Fredericq S., Hommersand M.H. & Leister G.L. 1992. Morphology and systematics of Acanthococcus antarcticus Hooker et Harvey (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 31:101-118.
• Fredericq S. & Norris J.N. 1992. Studies on cylindrical species of Western Atlantic Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): G. cylindrica BØrgesen and G. blodgettii Harvey. In: "Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds III", I.A. Abbott [Ed.], pp. 211-231.
• Hommersand M.H., Fredericq S. & Cabioch J. 1992. Developmental morphology of Gigartina pistillata (Gigartinaceae, Gigartinales). Phycologia 31:300-325.
• Fredericq S., Brodie J. & Hommersand M.H. 1992. Developmental morphology of Chondrus crispus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 31:542-563.
• Fredericq S., Serraõ E. & Norris J.N. 1992. New records of marine red algae from the Azores. Arquipelago. Life and Earth Sciences 10:1-5.
• Hommersand M.H., Guiry M.D., Fredericq S. & Leister G.L. 1993. New perspectives in the taxonomy of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales). Hydrobiologia 260/261: 105-120.
• Hommersand M.H., Fredericq S. & Freshwater D.W. 1994. Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on sequence analysis of rbcL. Botanica Marina 37:193-203.
• Freshwater D.W., Fredericq S., Butler B.S., Hommersand M.H. & Chase M.W. 1994. Phylogenetic studies of plastid rbcL sequences from red algae. Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 91:7281-7285. Click here for pdf file
• Freshwater D.W., Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H. 1995. A molecular phylogeny of the Gelidiales (Rhodophyta) based on analysis of plastid rbcL nucleotide sequences. Journal of Phycology 31:616-632.
• Fredericq S. & Norris J.N. 1995. A new order (Rhodogorgonales) and family (Rhodogorgonaceae) of red algae, which includes two calciferous tropical genera, Renouxia gen nov. and Rhodogorgon. Cryptogamic Botany 5:316-331.
• Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1996. Vegetative and reproductive development in Pterocladia capillacea (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta) from La Jolla, California. Nova Hedwigia 112:145-158.
• Fredericq S., Hommersand M.H. & Freshwater D.W. 1996. The molecular systematics of some agar-and carrageenan-containing marine red algae based on rbcL sequence analysis. Proceedings XVth int. Seaweed Symp., Hydrobiologia 326/327: 125-135.
• Fredericq S. & Ramírez M.E. 1996. Systematic studies of the antarctic species of the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis. Proceedings XVth int. Seaweed Symp., Hydrobiologia 326/327: 137-143.
• Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1997. Characterization of Myriogramme livida, Myriogrammeae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 33:106-121.
• Hommersand M.H. & Fredericq S. 1997. Characterization of Schizoseris condensata, Schizoserideae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 33: 475-490.
• Freshwater D.W., Fredericq S. & Bailey C.J. 1999. Characteristics and utility of nuclear-encoded large ribosomal subunit gene sequneces in phylogenetic studies of red algae. Phycological Research 47:33-38.
• Fredericq S., Hommersand M.H. & D.W. Freshwater. 1999. Observations on the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Solieriaceae (Rhodophyta) inferred from rbcL sequences and morphological evidence. Hydrobiologia 398/399:25-38. Click here for pdf file
• Hommersand M.H., Fredericq S., Freshwater D.W. & J. Hughey. 1999. Recent developments in the systematics of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and morphological evidence. Phycological Research 47:139-152. Click here for pdf file
• Fredericq S., Phillips N. & B. Gavio. 2000. Observations on the macroalgae inhabiting deep-water hard bank communities in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico Science 2000(2): 88-96. Click here for pdf file
• Phillips N. & Fredericq S. 2000. Biogeographic investigatios of the pan-tropical genus Sargassum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) with respect to Gulf of Mexico species. Gulf of Mexico Science 2000(2): 77-87. Click here for pdf file
• Lin S.-M, Fredericq S. & M.H. Hommersand. 2001. Systematics of the Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on LSU rDNA and rbcL sequences, including the Phycodryoideae, subfam. nov. Journal of Phycology 5:881-899. Click here for pdf file
• Lin S.-M. & S. Fredericq. 2001. Neotypification and taxonomic status of Opephyllum martensii Schmitz in Schmitz et Hauptfleisch (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Zamboanga, southern Philippines. Botanica Marina 44: 589-595. Click here for pdf file
• Fredericq S., R.J. Anderson & J. Lopez-Bautista. 2002. Systematic circumscription of some Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the Cape region, South Africa, based on morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 263-274. Proceedings XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium, Oxford University Press. Click here for pdf file
• Hommersand M.H. & S. Fredericq. 2002. Biogeography of the red seaweeds of the South African west coast: a molecular approach. Proceedings XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium, pp. 325-336. Oxford University Press. Click here for pdf file
• Lin S.-M, J.E. Lewis & S. Fredericq. 2002. Drachiella liaoii sp. nov., a new member of the Schizoserideae (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan and the Philippines. European Journal of Phycology 37: 93-102. Click here for pdf file
• Gavio B. & S. Fredericq. 2002. Grateloupia turuturu (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) is the correct name of the non-native species in the Atlantic known as Grateloupia doryphora. European Journal of Phycology 37: 349-360. Click here for pdf file
• Fredericq S. & J. Lopez-Bautista 2002. Characterization and phylogenetic position of the red alga Besa papillaeformis Setchell: an example of progenetic heterochrony? (Constancea 83, the online continuation of University of California Publications in Botany (1902-2002) (special Festschrift to honor P.C. Silva).
• Gurgel C.F., S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris. 2003. Gracilariopsis silvana, G.hommersandii and G. cata-luziana, three new species of Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Western Atlantic. Hidrobiologica 13:53-64.
• Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & S.M. Boo. 2003. Ceramium inkyuii, sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Korea: a new species based on morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Phycology 39:237-247. Click here for pdf file
• Gurgel C.F., L. Liao, S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand. 2003. Systematics of Gracilariopsis Dawson (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and morphological evidence. Journal of Phycology 39:154-171. Click here for pdf file
• Lin S.M. & S. Fredericq. 2003. Nitophyllum hommersandii sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Taiwan. European Journal of Phycology 38:143-151.
• Cho T.O., S. Fredericq, S.N. Murray & S.M. Boo. 2003. New systematic insights in the Ceramium sinicola complex: resurrection of C. interruptum S. & G. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 39: 775-788.
• Gavio B. & S. Fredericq. 2003. Botryocladia caraibica sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales) a new species from the Caribbean. Cryptog. Algol. 24:93-106.
• Lindstrom S.C. & S. Fredericq. RbcL gene sequences reveal relationships among northeast Pacific species of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta), and a new species, P. aestivalis. Phycological Research 51:211-224.
• Gurgel C.F. & S. Fredericq. 2004. Systematics of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): a critical assessment based on rbcl sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 40:139-159.
• Lin S.M., M.H. Hommersand & S. Fredericq. 2004. Two new species of Martensia (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Kenting National park, southern Taiwan. Phycologia 43:13-25.
• Gurgel C.F., S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris. 2004. Molecular systematics, taxonomy and new flat species of Gracilaria Greville (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Western Atlantic, in: I.A. Abbott & K. McDermid, Eds, Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds IX (with reference to the Pacific and other locations, pp. 159-199).
• Gurgel C.F., S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris. 2004. Phylogeography of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): a study of genetic discontinuity in a continuously distributed species. Journal of Phycology 40: 748-758.
• Gurgel C.F., S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris. 2004. Gracilaria apiculata and G. flabelliformis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): restoring old names for common tropical western Atlantic species, including the recognition of three new subspecies, and a replacement name for "G. lacinulata". Cryptogamie, Algologie 25(4):367-396.
• Lin S.M., S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand. 2004. Augophyllum, a new genus of the Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis and cystocarp development. Journal of Phycology 40: 962-976.
• Cho T.O., S.M. Boo, J.N. Norris & S. Fredericq. 2004. Rhizoidal cortication in the genus Ceramium (Ceramiaceae, Ceramiales): two developmental patterns. Cryptogamie, Algologie 25(4):397-407.
• Mateo-Cid L.E., C. Mendoza-Gonzáles, B. Gavio & S. Fredericq. 2005. Grateloupia huertana sp. nov., a peculiar new prostrate species from tropical Pacific Mexico. Phycologia 44:4-16.
• De Clerck O., B. Gavio B., S. Fredericq S., E. Cocquyt & E. Coppejans. 2005. Systematic reassessment of the red algal genus Phyllymenia (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) .European Journal of Phycology (In Press)
• De Clerck O., B. Gavio, S. Fredericq, I. Barbara, E. Coppejans. 2005. Taxonomic studies on Grateloupia filicina (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Atlantic Ocean, including the reinstatement of G. minima from the northeast Atlantic and the description of G. capensis from South Africa. Journal of Phycology 41:000-000.

Non-refereed publication

• Fredericq S. 2001. Elegance, a "brief, perfectly balanced instant of complete possession of forms", pp. 14-19. In: Elegance: Beauty and Truth, edited by Lewis Pyenson (Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2001) [Publications of the Graduate School, New Series, vol. 2]. Click here for pdf file
• Fredericq S. 2000. Tyge Christensen Prize for 2000. Phycologia 6: p. 567.
• Fredericq S. 2003. Book Review of "Antarctic Seaweeds" by C. Wiencke & M.N. Clayton, Koeltz Scientific Books (2002).

Invited Symposium, Plenary Lecture and Workshop Participant

• Invited Symposium Speaker: "Classification of the red algal family Ceramiaceae at the subfamily and tribal levels". 3rd Asian Pacific Phycological Forum in Tsukuba, Japan, July 19-24, 2002. (Abstract: S11-5 of abstract book) [Hommersand M.J., S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater]
• Invited Symposium Speaker: "Biogeography of the red seaweeds of the South African west coast: a molecular approach: In Minisymposium, "Biogeography of the seaweeds of southern Africa". XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium Cape Town 2001. Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Jan. ­ 2 Feb. 2001. [M.H. Hommersand & S. Fredericq] (Abstract).
• Invited Symposium Speaker: "Phylogeny, biogeography and life history evolution in the red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales)" in Symposium "Morphology, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Marine Red Algae". 54th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, July 15-19 2000, San Diego. CA. [Fredericq S. & J. Lopez-Bautista]. (Abstract, J. Phycology Suppl. 36(3): 67
• Invited Symposium Participant: "Significance of phylogenetic systematics for the biogeography of the marine red algae" in Symposium "Morphology, Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Marine Red Algae". 54th Annual Meeting. 54th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, July 15-19 2000, San Diego. CA. [Hommersand M.H., S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater] (Abstract, J. Phycology Suppl.36(3): 94)
• Invited Symposium Speaker in Mini-Symposium "Molecular Advances in Phycological Research", "Molecular systematics of red algae based on DNA sequence analysis : An Overview". Vth V Latinamerican Phycological Congress, Puerto Varas, southern Chile, November 21-24, 1999.
• Invited Plenary Lecture: "Molecular systematics of red algae based on rbcL sequence analysis and developmental morphology". III Congreso Mexicano de Ficologia, La Paz, Baja California, Mexico, October 25-29, 1999.
• Invited Symposium Speaker: "Comparative developmental morphology and molecular systematics of red algae" in Red Algal Systematics Symposium, XVth International Botanical Congress, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MI, Aug. 1-7, 1999.
• Invited Symposium Speaker: "The phylogeny and biogeography of the Solieriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequences and morphological evidence" during Symposium "Molecular Systematics of the Economic Seaweeds", XVIth International Seaweed Symposium, Cebu Convention Center, Cebu City, Philippines, 12-17 April 1998. M.H. Hommersand & S. Fredericq
• Invited Plenary Lecture: "Phylogeny, Systematics and Biogeography of Marine Red Algae", during Symposium "Biodiversity Conservation and New Technologies: Promises and Perils", IVth Congresso Latino Americano de Ficologia, Caxambu, MG, Brazil, 28 July-3 Aug. 1996.
• Invited Plenary Lecture: "New insights in the systematics and biogeography of the red algal order Gigartinales derived from rbcL sequence analysis and developmental morphology" during the 1st Coloquy "Temas Selectos en Sistemática de Rhodophytas Marinas", Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politechnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 1995.
• Invited Symposium Lecture: "Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the carrageenan-containing marine red algae: molecular and morphological evidence" in Mini-Symposium "Biogeography and Systematics of Marine Macroalgae", XVth International Seaweed Symposium in Valdivia, Chile, Jan. 8-14, 1995.
• Invited Symposium Lecture: "Systematics of the Gigartinaceae-complex based on developmental morphology and rbcL sequence analysis" during Symposium "Systematics of Red Algae", Fifth International Phycological Congress in Qingdao, China, June 26-July 2, 1994.
• "Red Algal Systematics Workshop", sponsored by Taiwan Ocean University, and held at Keelung, Taiwan, Aug. 16-20, 1993, and July 4-13,1994. I was twice invited to chair the workshop, demonstrate my red algal anatomy techniques and apply them to Taiwanese seaweeds"
• "Taxonomy Workshop on selected Pacific Economic Algae", sponsored by California Sea Grant Program, University of California, and held at the University of Guam, Mangilao (Conveners Drs. I.A. Abbott & R. Tsuda). I was invited to participate in the workshop on Gracilaria (June '84).

Contributed and Invited Papers (and Published Abstracts) (* denotes speaker)

• 1984. - "Some characters used in distinguishing selected Gracilaria species (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Western Atlantic-Caribbean Sea". 23rd Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, April. (Abstract).
• 1985.- "Development of the carposporophyte in Gelidium versicolor from South Africa". 24th Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, April [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract)
• 1985.- "Observations on cystocarp development in some species of Gracilaria". 2nd Intern. Phycological Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 4-10. (Abstract p. 48).
• 1985.- "Development of the female reproductive system in Gelidium before and after fertilization". 2nd International Phycological Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 4-10 [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract p. 68)
• 1985.- "Carposporophyte development in Hypnea and related genera of red algae". 7th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy. Beaufort, NC, Oct. [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Thrainsson & S. Fredericq]
• 1986.- "Morphology, Systematics and Biogeography of Myriogramme". 25th Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, April [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract).
• 1987.- "The female conceptacle before and after fertilization in some Corallinaceae". 9th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Cocodrie, Louisiana, Oct. [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]
• 1988.- "The status of the genus Gracilariopsis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta)". Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. America, Pacific Grove, California, July 24-29 [S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand*]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 24:10).
• 1988.- "Nutritive tissues of the floridean cystocarp". 2nd International Phycological Congress, Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 14-20 [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract p. 19).
• 1988.- "Are the agarophytes: Orders Gelidiales, Ahnfeltiales and Gracilariales related taxa?". 10th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, Oct. 14-16 [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]
• 1989.- "Morphology and systematics of Holmsella pachyderma (Reinsch) Sturch, a parasite of Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis from Great Britain and Ireland". 28th Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, April 29-30. [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand. (Abstract p. 4).
• 1989.- "Diagnosis and Key to the genera of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)". XIIIth International Seaweed Symposium, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Aug. 13-18. [S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand*]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 26:19).
• 1990.- "Cystocarp formation in Acanthococcus (Cystocloniaceae, Gigartinales), a fusion cell type". Annual meeting Phycol. Soc. America, College Park, Maryland, June 24-28. [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 26:19).
• 1990.- "Studies on cylindrical species of western Atlantic Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): G. cylindrica BØrgesen and G. blodgettii Harvey [J.N. Norris & S. Fredericq ] . Annual meeting Phycol. Soc. America, College Park, Maryland, June 24- 28. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 26:20).
• 1990.- "Morphology and systematics of the agarophyte, Pterocladia capillacea". 12th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Wilmington, NC, Oct. 12-14. [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand].
• 1991.- "Biogeographic affinities of the red algae of the temperate North Atlantic Ocean". 30th Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, Apr. 28-28. [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract).
• 1991.- "Development of the cystocarp in Gigartina pistillata and G. teedii from France". 3rd International Phycological Congress, Durham, NC, Aug. 4-10. [S. Fredericq*, M.H. Hommersand & J. Cabioch]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 27:22).
• 1991.- "An unusal new calciferous red algal genus from the Caribbean". 3rd International Phycological Congress, Durham, NC, Aug. 4-10. [S. Fredericq* & J.N. Norris]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 27:22).
• 1991.- "Systematics and biogeography of the Cystocloniaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)" 3rd International Phycological Congress, Durham, NC, Aug. 4-10. [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq & S. Thrainsson]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 27:32)
• 1991.- "Two developmental strategies in a family of red algae: Chondrus vs. Gigartina". 13th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Clemson, SC, Oct. 25-27 (M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq).
• 1992.- "The position of Rhodoglossum californicum in the Gigartinaceae". Annual meeting Phycol. Soc. America, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, Aug. 9-13. [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 28(3): p. 3).
• 1992.- "Cystocarp development in Mastocarpus stellatus (Petrocelidaceae, Gigartinales)". XIth International Seaweed Symposium, Brest, France, Aug. 16-21. [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract).
• 1992.- "Developmental morphology of Chondrus crispus (Gigartinaceae, Gigartinales)". XIth International Seaweed Symposium, Brest, France, Aug. 16-21. [J. Brodie* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract).
• 1992.- "Relationship between Mastocarpus (Petrocelidaceae) and Gymnogongrus (Phyllophoraceae)". 14th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Fla., Oct. 23-25. [S. Fredericq* & M.H. Hommersand].
• 1993.- "New insights regarding the taxonomic position of Chondriella and the Chondriellaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". 32nd Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, Mass, Apr. 24-25. [S. Fredericq*, M.E. Ramírez & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract p. 3, poster).
• 1993.- "Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the Gigartinaceae and Gelidiaceae based on comparative morphology and direct sequence analysis of the rbcL gene". Vth Intern. Seaweed Biogeography Workshop. Univ. Cape Town, Rondebosch, S. Africa, July 12-16 [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater]. (Abstract).
• 1993.- "Phylogenetic systematics of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based upon direct sequence analysis of the rbcL gene". XVth Intern. Botanical Congress, Tokyo, Aug. 28-Sept. 3. [S. Fredericq*, M.H. Hommersand & D.W. Freshwater]. (Abstract, poster).
• 1993.-"Phylogenetic systematics of the carrageenan-containing red algae based on sequence analysis of rbcL". XVth Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Belle W. Baruch Institute, Georgetown, South Carolina, Oct. 15-17. [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater].
• 1993.-"Systematics of the Gigartinaceae based on morphology and sequence analysis of rbcL". Dept. of Botany, Duke University, Nov. 4.
• 1994.-"New names for genera and species of the economically important red algal family Gigartinaceae". Multiexport Inc. headquarters & Chilean Customs, Santiago, Chile, Jan. 26.
• 1994.-"Phylogenetic analysis of the Gelidiales: new implications". Annual meeting Phycol. Soc. America, Univ. of Miami, June. [D.W. Freshwater*, S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl.).
• 1994.-"Systematics of the Gigartinaceae-complex based on developmental morphology and rbcL sequence analysis". Fifth Intern. Phycol. Congress, Qingdao, China, June 26-July 2 [S. Fredericq*, M.H. Hommersand & D.W. Freshwater] (Abstract).
• 1994.-"Phylogenetic analysis of the Gelidiales: new implications". Fifth Intern. Phycol. Congress, Qingdao, China, June 26-July 2 [D.W. Freshwater*, S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract).
• 1994.-"Systematics of the marine red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales) based on rbcL sequence analysis and morphology". 16th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Univ. North Carolina, Beaufort, Sept. 30-Oct.2.
• 1994.-"New developments in the phylogenetic systematics of the red algae". 16th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Univ. North Carolina, Beaufort, Sept. 30-Oct.2. [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater].
• 1994.-"Sistematica de las especies antarticas de Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". VIth Congreso Latin-Americano, Mar del Plata, Argentina, Oct. 2- 8 [M.E. Ramírez* & S. Fredericq] (Poster, Abstract).
• 1994.-"Systematics of the marine red algal Gigartinaceae-complex (Gigartinales) based on developmental morphology and rbcL sequence analysis". The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Oct. 14.
• 1994.-"Systematics of the marine red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales) based on molecular and morphological evidence". Dept. of Botany, Duke University, Nov. 17.
• 1995.-"Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the carrageenan-containing marine red algae: molecular and morphological evidence". XVth International Seaweed Symposium, Valdivia, Chile, Jan-8-14. (Abstract).
• 1995.-"Systematics of the Antarctic species of Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on developmental morphology and rbcL sequence analysis". XVth International Seaweed Symposium, Valdivia, Chile, Jan-8-14 [M.E. Ramírez* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract).
• 1995.-"A resumé of taxonomic advances in the genus Chondrus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta)". XVth International Seaweed Symposium, Valdivia, Chile, Jan-8-14 [J. Brodie*, S. Fredericq, M.D. Guiry & M. Masuda]. (Abstract).
• 1995.-"New insights into the systematics and biogeography of the red algal order Gigartinales derived from rbcL sequence analysis and developmental morphology". Annual meeting Phycol. Soc. America, Breckenridge, Colorado, August 7- 11. [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer, D.W. Freshwater & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. vol. 31(3):18).
• 1995.- "New insights in the systematics and biogeography of the red algal order Gigartinales derived from rbcL sequence analysis and developmental morphology". 1st Coloquy "Temas Selectos en Sistemática de Rhodophyta Marinas", Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituo Politechnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 28-Sept. 1, 1995. [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer, D.W. Freshwater & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract ).
• 1995.-"New insights in the systematics of the Dumontiaceae and Sphaerococcaceae complexes, red algal assemblages currently placed in the Gigartinales". 17th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, College of Charleston, SC, Oct.14 [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer, D.W. Freshwater & M.H. Hommersand].
• 1996.-"Evolutionary relationships of the Gigartinales, a large order of Red Algae".
• - CERC, Columbia University, 7 March
• - NCBI/GenBank, NIH, Bethesda MD, 8 March
• - University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette LA, April 1
• - Botanical Society of Washington DC, April 7
• 1996.-"Molecular Systematics of the Gigartinales (Rhodophyta)". Mellon Foundation Retreat, Cornell Univ., March 21-23
• 1996.-"Proposal of the Dumontiales ord. nov. and reinstatement of the Sphaerococcales Sjoestedt emend. based on family complexes previously placed in the marine red algal order Gigartinales". 50th Anniversary Meeting, Phycol. Soc. Am., Univ. California, Santa Cruz, 14-19 July. [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer, D.W. Freshwater & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. vol. 32(3):16).
• 1996.-"A phylogeny for the Solieriaceae and related red algal families inferred from rbcL sequence analysis and morphological evidence". 50th Anniversary Meeting, Phycol. Soc. Am., Univ. California, Santa Cruz, 14-19 July. [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer, D.W. Freshwater]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. vol. 32(3):22).
• 1996.-"Molecular phylogenies indicate the need for reclassification of the large red algal order Gigartinales and highlight the importance of changes in female reproductive characters in its evolution". 50th Anniversary Meeting SSE/SSB, St. Louis MI, 19- 23 June [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris, E.A. Zimmer & M.H. Hommersand].
• 1996.- "Phylogeny, Systematics and Biogeography of Marine Red Algae", IVth Congresso Latino Americano de Ficologia, Caxambu, MG, Brazil, 28 July-3 Aug. (abstract).
• 1996.- "New perspectives in the phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of the red algal order Gigartinales with special emphasis on representatives from Pacific North America". 2nd Mexican Phycological Congress, Univ. autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, B.C., Mexico [M.H. Hommersand*, S. Fredericq & J.R. Hughey].(abstract). Invited Plenary Speaker.
• 1997.-"Taxonomic placement of Kallymenia antarctica Hariot. International Workshop "Investigacion biologica marina en el area de Magellanes en relacion con la Antartida, Univ. de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile [M.E. Ramírez* & S. Fredericq].
• 1997.- "New perspectives in the systematics of the Gigartinales, a large order of marine red algae" April 11, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• 1997.-"Contributions toward a phylogeny of the red algae (Rhodophyta) based on morphological evidence and rbcL sequence analysis". Sixth Intern. Phycological Congress, Leiden, The Netherlands, 9-16 Aug. [S. Fredericq*, J.N. Norris & M.H. Hommersand]. (Abstract: Phycologia 36(4) supplem:121).
• 1997.- "A model for the phylogenetic systematics of the Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) based on cystocarp development". Sixth Intern. phycological Congress, Leiden, The Netherlands, 9-16 Aug. [M.H. Hommersand*, M.E. Volovsek & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract: Phycologia 36(4) supplem:155).
• 1997.- "Pterocladiella (Rhodophyta, Gelidiaceae) in the northeastern Atlantic". Sixth Intern. Phycological Congress, Leiden, The Netherlands, 9-16 Aug. [J. Rico*, M.D. Guiry & S. Fredericq] (Abstract: Phycologia 36(4) supplem. 353).
• 1997.- "The Halymeniales revisited". 19th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Univ. of Florida at Cedar Key, Florida, 24-26 Oct.
• 1998.- "The phylogeny and biogeography of the Solieriaceae (Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequences and morphological evidence". XVth Int. Seaweed Symposium, Cebu, Philippines, 12-17 April 1998. [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. Invited Symposium Speaker (Abstract).
• 1998.- "Characteristics of nuclear large-subunit rRNA gene sequences in red algae and their use in phylogenetic studies". XVth Int. Seaweed Symposium, Cebu, Philippines, 12-17 April 1998. [D.W. Freshwater* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract).
• 1998.- "Phylogeny of the Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta): a preliminary study derived from morphological and molecular data." XVth Int. Seaweed Symposium, Cebu, Philippines, 12-17 April 1998. [S.M. Lin* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract)
• 1998.-"New Perspectives in the systematics of the red algae". Invited lecture, Sima Xi, USL campus, May 1.
• 1998.- "Phylogenetic systematics of the Gigartinaceae based on rbcL sequence analysis and morphological evidence". Annual PSA meeting, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ, 3-8 Aug. [M.H. Hommersand* & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl . 34: 24-25 ). Invited Symposium Speaker.
• 1998.- "Taxonomic status of the antarctic red alga Kallymenia antarctica Hariot". Annual PSA meeting, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ, 3-8 Aug. [S. Fredericq*, D.L. Moe & M.E. Ramírez]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 34: 19).
• 1998.- "Phylogenetic analysis of rbcL sequence data for Pacific species of Porphyra". Annual PSA meeting, Northern Arizona Univ., Flagstaff, AZ, 3-8 Aug. [S. Lindstrom*, A. Candia, W. Nelson & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 34: 33-34)
• 1998.- "Characteristics of nuclear large-subunit rRNA gene sequences in red algae and their use in phylogenetic studies". 20th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL, Nov. 6-8 [D.W. Freshwater* & S. Fredericq].
• 1998. -"Phylogenetic reconstruction of the marine red algal family Delesseriaceae (Rhodophyta) inferred from two molecular datasets". 20th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL, Nov. 6-8 [S.M. Lin & S. Fredericq]
• 1998.- "Preliminary observations on the Gracilariaceae (Rhodophyta) in the vicinity of Fort Pierce, Florida". 20th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, FL, Nov. 6-8 [C.F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris].
• 1999.- "Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) inferred from two molecular datasets". XVth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. 1999. [Lin S.M., Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H.] (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl., 35: 31)
• 1999.- "Preliminary observations on the marine red algal Rhodymeniales-Halymeniales complex from the Gulf of Mexico". XVth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. 1999. [Gavio B. & Fredericq S.] (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl., 35: 33)
• 1999.- "Characterization and biogeographic affinities of the red algal genusGracilaria (Gracilariales) in the Gulf of Mexico". XVth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. 1999. [Gurgel C.F.D., Fredericq S. & Norris J.N.] (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl. 5: 41)
• 1999.- "Phylogenetic investigations of the brown algal genus Sargassum (Fucales) in the Gulf of Mexico". XVth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. 1999. [Phillips N. & S. Fredericq] (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl., 35: 8)
• 1999.- "Taxonomic position of the marine red alga Flahaultia tegetiformans W.R. Taylor in the Caribbean. XVth International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MI, 1-7 Aug. 1999. [Norris J.N., Fredericq S. & Hommersand M.H.] (Abstract J. Phycol. suppl., 35: 82)
• 1999.- "New insights in the taxanomy and phylogenetic relationships of some red algae from Mexico". III Congreso Mexicano de Ficologia, la Paz, Baja California, Oct. 25-29 [C. Mendoza, L.E. Cid & S. Fredericq]
• 1999.- "Molecular, biogeographic and phylogenetic analysis of the brown algal genus Sargassum (Sargassaceae, Fucales) in the Gulf of Mexico". 21st Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, LUMCON, Nov. 5-7 1999 [N. Phillips & S. Fredericq]
• 1999.- "Observations on the red algal genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales) in the Gulf of Mexico. 21st Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, LUMCON, Nov. 5-7 1999 [C. Fred Gurgel & S. Fredericq]
• 1999.- "A vicariant origin of Tethyan and Pacific Ocean red algal floras on eastern Gondwanaland". 21st Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, LUMCON, Nov. 5-7 1999 [M.H. Hommersand & S. Fredericq]
• 1999.- "Phylogenetic reconstruction of the Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) inferred from two molecular datasets". 21st Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, LUMCON, Nov. 5-7 1999 [S.M. Lin, S. Fredericq & M.H. Hommersand]
• 1999.- "Preliminary observations on the marine red algal Rhodymeniales-Halymeniales complex from the Gulf of Mexico". 21st Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, LUMCON, Nov. 5-7 1999 [B. Gavio & S. Fredericq]
• 1999.-"Molecular systematics of red algae based on rbcL sequence analysis: an overview". Vth Latinamerican Phycological Congress, Puerto Varas, Chile, November 21-24. [S. Fredericq, M.H. Hommersand & D.W. Freshwater] (Abstract).
• 2000.-"Characterization and biogeographic affinities of the offshore algae from the Northwestern Gulf of mexico Hard Bank Communities" . Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000, Mobile, AL, April 9-12 [S. Fredericq, N. Phillips, B. Gavio, C.F. Gurgel, S.M. Lin & B. Wysor].
• 2000.-"Characterization and biogeographic affinities of the red algal genus Gracilaria (Gracilariales) in the Gulf of Mexico". Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000, Mobile, AL, April 9-12 [C.F. Gurgel & S. Fredericq].
• 2000.-"Molecular biogeographic and phylogenetic analysis of the brown algal genus Sargassum (Sargassaceae, Fucales) in the Gulf of Mexico". Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000, Mobile, AL, April 9-12 [N. Phillips & S. Fredericq].
• 2000.- "Characterization of the marine red algal Rhodymeniales-Halymeniales complex from the Gulf of Mexico based on molecular and morphological evidence". Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000, Mobile, AL, April 9-12 [B. Gavio & S. Fredericq].
• 2000.-"Phylogeny, biogeography and life history evolution in the red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales). 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [S. Fredericq & J. Lopez-Bautista] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):67)) .
• 2000.-" Characterization of the offshore marine macroalgae from the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Hard Bank communities". 4th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [S. Fredericq , N. Phillips, B. Gavio, C.F. Gurgel, S.M. Lin, B. Wysor & J. Lopez-Bautista] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):68)) .
• 2000.-"Phylogenetic and biogeographic affinities of the Halymeniales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta) from the Gulf of Mexico. 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [B. Gavio, S. Fredericq, C. Mendoza-Gonzales, L. Mateo-Cid, L.E. Aguilar-Rosas & R. Aguilar-Rosas] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):72)) .
• 2000.-"Gracilaria from the Gulf of Mexico, with special emphasis on Gracilaria tikvahiae based on two molecular data sets" 4th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [C.F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & J. N. Norris] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):81 .
• 2000.-"Significance of phylogenetic systematics for the bhiogeography of the marine red algae". 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [M.H. Hommersand, S. Fredericq & D.W. Freshwater] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):94)) .
• 2000."Phylogenetic and taxonomic reassessment of the Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on two molecular datasets". 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [S.M. Lin, S. Fredericq & M. Hommersand (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):131)).
• 2000." Global systematic and phylogenetic analysis of Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean and Pacific Basin". 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [N. Phillips, C. Smith, C. Morden & S. Fredericq] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):164)).
• 2000.-"Analysis of Porphyra rbcL demonstrates multiple migrations occurred between the North Atlantic and North Pacific". 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [B.W. Teasdale, S. C. Lindstrom, S. Fredericq, C.D. Neefus, A.C. Mathieson, H. Taylor, A.L. West, S.T. Mercado, N. Piche & A.S. Klein] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):194)).
• 2000.-"Marine macroalgal diversity in the Republic of Panama". 54th Annual Meeting Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA [B. Wysor, W.H. Kooistra & S. Fredericq] (Abstract J. Phycol. Suppl. 36(3):213)).
• 2001.- "Systematic circumscription of some Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) from the Cape region, South Africa, based on morphological and molecular evidence". XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium Cape Town 2001. Cape Town, South Africa, 28 Jan. ­ 2 Feb. 2001. [Fredericq S., R.J. Anderson & J. Lopez-Bautista] (Abstract).
• 2001.-"Phylogeny, biogeography and life history evolution in the marine red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". Dept. Biology, Loyola University, New Orleans LA, 17 April 2001. Invited Departmental Seminar Speaker.
• 2001.-"Assessing the evolutionary and biogeographic relationships of marine red algae based on morphological and molecular evidence". Dauphin Island Marine Laboratory, Alabama, 3 July 2001. Invited Speaker for Summer Class (Marine Biology).
• 2001.-"The biotech potential of algae colonizing oil and gas platform substructures in the Gulf of Mexico: risks and rewards". Annual Meeting, Botanical Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, 12-16 Aug. [R.L. Chapman, J.M. Lopez-Bautista, S. Fredericq & D. A. Waters]. Abstract.
• 2001.-"Euptiloteae, a new tribe primarily from the southern hemisphere (subfam. Callithamnioideae Itono, Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [M. Hommersand & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr, 69, p. 22).
• 2001.-"Algae on offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico: biodiversity and biotechnology". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [D. Waters, J. Lopez-Bautista, S. Fredericq, R.L. Chapman]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr, 375, pp. 115-116).
• 2001.-"Phylogeny and biogeography of the Halymeniales-Rhodymeniales complex (Rhodophyta) with emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [B. Gavio & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr, 163, p. 51).
• 2001.-"Phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on the taxa from the Western Atlantic Ocean". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [C. F. Gurgel. S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr. 66., p. 21).
• 2001.-"Documentation of macroalgal diversity and algal community structure in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico Hard Banks Communities". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [N. Phillips, S. Fredericq, F. Gurgel, B. Gavio, B. Wysor, S.-M. Lin, J. Lopez-Bautista & E. Hickerson]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr. 93, pp. 29-30).
• 2001.-"Systematics, life history, and biogeography of the red algal family Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales)". International Phycological Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, Aug. 18-25. [J. Lopez-Bautista & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract, Phycologia 40(4) Suppl., nr. 247, p. 76).
• 2001.-"Characterization and position of the genus Stenogramme in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". 23rd Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Wilmington NC, Oct. 12-14, 2001 [S. Fredericq & J. Lopez-Bautista].
• 2001.-"The deepwater marine macroalgal flora off Louisiana". 23rd Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Wilmington NC, Oct. 12-14, 2001 [S. Fredericq, B. Gavio, F. Gurgel, S.M. Lin, J. Lopez-Bautista, N. Phillips, F. Rita, B. Wysor, R. Chapman & D. Waters].
• 2001.-"Phylogenetic position and distribution range of Gracilaria tikvahieae McLachlan (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales)". 23rd Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Wilmington NC, Oct. 12-14, 2001 [F. Gurgel & S. Fredericq ]
• 2001.-"Biogeography of Phyllodictyon anastomosans with emphasis on the relationship between specimens separated by the isthmus of Panama". 23rd Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Wilmington NC, Oct. 12-14, 2001. [B. Wysor & S. Fredericq ].
• 2002. -"Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). IX Reunião Brasileria de Ficologia. Santa Cruz ­ Aracruz, ES, Brazil, March 2nd - 6th [Gurgel C.F.D. & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract p. 261).
• 2002. -"Caracterizão e afinidades filogenéticas da alga vermelha Chondrophycus flagellifera (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) do Brasil, baseadas em evidências morfológicas e moleculares". IX Reunião Brasileria de Ficologia. Santa Cruz ­ Aracruz, ES, Brazil, March 2nd - 6th [Fujii M.T., S.M.P.B. Guimarães & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract p. 253).
• 2002.-"The correct name for the plant known as Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis from Pacific North America". 16th Northwest Algal Symposium, Humboldt State University, May 24. [Hommersand M.H., L. Liao, F. Gurgel & S. Fredericq]
• 2002.-"Grateloupia turuturu (Halymeniaceae, Rhodophyta): the correct identity of the invasive species in the Atlantic known as Grateloupia doryphora as inferred from molecular and morphological evidence". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7 [Gavio B. & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract # 339 p. 86)
• 2002. -"New systematic insights in the Ceramium sinicola complex: resurrection of C. interruptum S. & G. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7 [Cho T., S. Fredericq, S.N. Murray & S.M. Boo]. (Abstract # 275, p.70).
• 2002.- "New insights in the systematics of the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 2-7. [Fredericq S., J. Lopez-Bautista & R.L. Moe]. (Abstract # 339, p. 86).
• 2002. -"Recognition of a new tribe, the Apoglosseae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) based on two molecular datasets and postfertilization development". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7. [S.M. Lin, S. Fredericq & M. H. Hommersand]. (Abstract # 306, p. 78).
• 2002. -"Three new species of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Northwestern Atlantic". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7 [Gurgel C.F. & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract # 340, p. 86-87)
• 2002. -"Characterization and position of the genus Stenogramme in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7 [Lopez-Bautista J., S. Fredericq, S.C. Lindstrom, W. Nelson & M.E. Ramírez]. (Abstract # 307, p. 78).
• 2002.-"Biodiversity and potential use of marine macroalgae from the offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7[Lopez-Bautista J., S. Fredericq, R.L. Chapman & D.A. Waters]. (Abstract # 349, p. 89).
• 2002.-"Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum in Tampa Bay, Florida". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 4-7. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates]. (Abstract # 331, p. 85).
• 2002. -"A survey of the offshore marine algae from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Hard Bnak Communities: a survey". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 2-7. [Fredericq S., Cho T.O., Gavio B., Gurgel C.F., Hickerson E., Lin S.M., Lopez-Bautista J., Phillips N.. Viguerie M. & B. Wysor]. (abstract # 338 p. 86).
• 2002. -"Phylogeny of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) inferred from rbcL sequence analysis: taxonomic implications". Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 2-7. [Gurgel, C.F.D. & S. Fredericq] (abstract, p. 74).
• 2002.-"Comparative phylogeography of reticulate Cladophoralean algae. Botany 2002 & Annual Meeting Phycological Society America, Madison Wisconsin, Aug. 2-7. [Wysor, B., Kooistra, W.H.C.F. & S. Fredericq]. (Abstract, # 360 p. 91).
• 2002. -"Characterization of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiforme in Tampa Bay, Florida. Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Integrated Science Tampa Bay Pilot Study. USGS, St. Petersburg, FL., 19 Sept. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates].
• 2002. "Productivity of benthic habitats in Tampa Bay. USGS Gulf of Mexico Estuaries Integrated Science Tampa Bay Pilot Study, 2nd Annual Science Conference, St. Petersburg, FL., 19 Sept. "[Yates K, P. Swarzenski, M. Fernandez, R. Miller, C. Kellogg, S. Fredericq & C. Dawes].
• 2002. "The Ceramium sinicola complex: Resurrection of C. interruptum S. & G. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta). 24th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, Nov. 1 ­ 3. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq, S.N. Murray & S.M. Boo]
• 2002. "Macroalgal Epiphyte Diversity on Thalassia and Syringodium in Tampa Bay, Florida". 2002. 24th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, Nov. 1 ­ 3. [Cho, T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates].
• 2002. "The Offshore Marine Macroalgae from the NW Gulf of Mexico: A Survey. 24th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Fort Pierce, Florida, Nov. 1 ­ 3. [Fredericq S., B. Gavio, T.O. Cho, C.F.Gurgel, S.M. Lin, J. Lopez-Bautista, J.N. Norris, N. Phillips, D. Krayesky, W. Schmidt, M. Viguerie, B. Wysor].
• 2003."Overview of the evaluation of oil and gas platforms on the Louisiana Continental Shelf for organisms with Biotechnology Potential: macroalgae. 22nd Information Transfer Meeting (ITM), Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region of the Minerals Management Service (MMS), Kenner LA, 14-16 Jan. [López J., R. Chapman, S. Fredericq & D. Waters].
• 2003. "Systematics of Hydropuntia Montagne (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on comparative morphology and rbcL sequence analysis". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19. [Gurgel C.F.D, S. Fredericq & J.N. Norris]. Abstract #45.
• 2003. "The Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophya): a revision of generic concepts". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #79.[ Lopez-Bautista J. & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Preliminary results of cytoskeletal components in various red algae using confocal laser scanning microscopy". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #110. [Schmidt W., D. Krayesky, R.C. Brown, B.E. Lemmon & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Proposal of a new red algal genus in the Ceramieae (Ceramiaceae, Ceramiales)". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #17. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq, M.H. Hommersand & S.M. Boo].
• 2003. "Marine algae from the oil/gas platforms in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #147. [López-Bautista J.M., D.A. Waters, S. Fredericq & R.L. Chapman]
• 2003. "Characterization of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico macroalgae". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #148. [Fredericq S., T.O. Cho, B. Gavio, C.F. Gurgel, D. Krayesky, S.M. Lin, J. López-Bautista, N. Phillips, W. Schmidt, B.Y. Won & B. Wysor].
• 2003. "Preliminary observations on the identity of the red algal genus Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Ceramiales) in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #68. [Krayesky D.M. & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Phylogenetic relationships within Centroceras Kützing (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta)". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #133. [Won B.Y., T.O. Cho & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Diversity of macroalgal epiphytes on Thalassia and Syringodium in Tampa Bay, Florida". 57th Annual Meeting Phycological Society of America, Gleneden Beach, OR, June 14-19, Abstract #176. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates].
• 2003. "Generic concepts in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophya)". The 3d European Phycological Congress, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK, 21-26 July. Abstract M4-9 (Minisymposium [Fredericq S. & J. Lopez-Bautista].
• 2003. "The algae of oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ­ a digital resource". The 3d European Phycological Congress, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK, 21-26 July 2003, Abstract #P5-19 [Waters D.A, López-Bautista J.M., S. Fredericq, R.L. Chapman].
• 2003. "Macroalgae and platforms in Louisiana". The 3d European Phycological Congress, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland UK, 21-26 July 2003, Abstract #P5-17. [López-Bautista J.M., S. Fredericq, R.L. Chapman & D.A. Waters].
• 2003. "Observations on the red algal genus Caloglossa (Harvey) G. Martens in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico". 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26 [D.M. Krayesky & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Developmental studies in red algae: preliminary results". 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26 [W.E. Schmidt, D. Krayesky, R.C. Brown, B. Lemmon & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "The Ceramium flaccidum complex (Ceramiaceae: Rhodophyta): new insights". 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26 [T.O. Cho, S.M. Boo, M. Hommersand & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta); a cosmopolitan species?" 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26 [B.Y. Won, T.O. Cho & S. Fredericq].
• 2003. "A survey of the offshore seaweeds from the NW Gulf of Mexico". 25th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort NC, Oct. 24-26 [S. Fredericq, B. Gavio, C.F. Gurgel, B. Wysor, S.M. Lin, N. Phillips, D. Krayesky, W. Schmidt, M. Viguerie, J.N. Norris & E. Hickerson].
• 2003. " Towards the production of a photographic guide of macroalgal seagrass epiphytes in Tampa Bay, FL. BASIS 4 Tampa Bay Conference, St. Petersburg FL, Oct. 27-29. Abstract. [T.O. Cho, S. Fredericq & K.Yates].
• 2003. "Comparative DNA sequence analyses and morphological evidence reveal a diverse marine red algal flora in Tampa Bay, FL. BASIS 4 Tampa Bay Conference, St. Petersburg FL, Oct. 27-29. Abstract. [T.O. Cho, B.Y. Won, C.F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & K.Yates].
• 2003."Characterization of bostrychietum mangrove algae based on morphological and molecular evidence: the red algal genus Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Ceramiales)". Twin Cays Mangrove Conference, Ft. Pierce, FL, Dec. 14-17. Abstract. [D. Krayesky & S. Fredericq].
• 2004. " Towards the production of a photographic guide of macroalgal seagrass epiphytes in Tampa Bay, FL". Tampa Bay Study ­ 3rd Annual Science Conference, St. Petersburg FL, Jan. 30th. Abstract. [T.O. Cho, S. Fredericq & K.Yates].
• 2004. "Comparative DNA sequence analyses and morphological evidence reveal a diverse marine red algal flora in Tampa Bay, FL". Tampa Bay Study ­ 3rd Annual Science Conference, St. Petersburg FL, Jan. 30th. Abstract. [T.O. Cho, B.Y. Won, C.F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & K.Yates].
• 2004. "Productivity of benthic habitats in Tampa Bay". Tampa Bay Study ­ 3rd Annual Science Conference, St. Petersburg FL, Jan. 30th. Abstract. [K. Yates, C. Dawes, S. Fredericq, M. Fernandez, R. Miller & J. Lisle].
• 2004. Kylin Revisited: A Revised Classification of the Red Algae. XVIII International seaweed symposium, June 20-25, Bergen, Norway. (Invited Minisymposium speaker). ABSTRACT #7 p. 35 in abstract book. [Fredericq S.]
• 2004. Global systematics of the genus Gracilaria sensu lato (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) based on rbcL sequence analysis: new taxonomic developments. XVIII International seaweed symposium, June 20-25, Bergen, Norway (oral). ABSTRACT #62 p. 58 in abstract book. [Gurgel C.F.D, Hau L.N., Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. The Ptiloteae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) in the North pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. XVIII International Seaweed Symposium, June 20-25, Bergen, Norway (oral). ABSTRACT #64 p. 59 in abstract book. [Hommersand M.H., Freshwater D.W., Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Diversity in Grateloupia filicina (Halymeniales, Rhodophyta) with special emphasis on cryptic diversity in the Atlantic Ocean. 58th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, 6-12 Aug., Williamsburg VA. (Oral). ABSTRACT #23, p. 27-28 in booklet of abstracts. [De Clerck O., S. Fredericq, B. Gavio & E. Coppejans].
• 2004. Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta): a cosmopolitan red algal species? 58th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, 6-12 Aug., Williamsburg VA. (Oral). ABSTRACT #24, p. 28 in booklet of abstracts. [Won B.Y., T.O. Cho & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Antithamoion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) is a recent introduction along the coast of North Carolina and the correct name of the species known as A. hubbsii in Pacific North America and A. pectinatum in western Europe. 58th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, 6-12 Aug., Williamsburg VA. (Oral). ABSTRACT #25, p. 28 in booklet of abstracts. [Cho T.O., B.Y. Won & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Towards the production of a photographic guide of macroalgal seagrass epiphytes in Tampa Bay, Florida. 58th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, 6-12 Aug., Williamsburg VA. (Poster). ABSTRACT #69, p. 43 in booklet of abstracts. [Cho T.O., S. Fredericq & K. Yates]
• 2004. Comparative DNA sequence analyses and morphological evidence reveal a diverse marine red algal flora in Tampa Bay, Florida. 58th Annual Meeting, Phycological Society of America, 6-12 Aug., Williamsburg VA. (Poster). ABSTRACT #70, p. 43 in booklet of abstracts. [Cho T.O., B.Y. Won, F. Gurgel, S. Fredericq & K. Yates].
• 2004. Morphological and phylogenetic investigations in Ceramiaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (oral). [Won B.Y., Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Caloglossa (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) and its pit connections. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (oral). [Krayesky D.M. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. New systematics of the genus Gracilaria sensu lato (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) and the correlated evolutionary divergence of agar quality and the chloroplst-encoded rbcL gene across distinct generic clades. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (oral). [Gurgel C.F.D. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Characterization of two creeping Ceramium species (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from Florida. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (oral). [Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta): a cosmopolitan species? 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (poster). [Won B.Y., Cho T.O & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Antithamnion nipponicum Yamada & Inagaki (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) is a recent introduction along the coast of North Carolina and the correct name of the species known as A. hubbsii in Pacific North America and A. pectinatum in western Europe. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (poster). [Cho T.O., Won B.Y. & S. Fredericq].
• 2004. Haloplegma duperreyi, preliminary observations. 26th Annual Southeastern Phycological Colloquy, Oct. 22-24, Dauphin Island, Alabama (poster). [Ehrenhaus C. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Antithamnion nipponicum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) is a recent invader along the coast of North Carolina. NSF PEET V - Spatial and Temproral issues in Taxonomy. Partnerships for Enhancing Experise in Taxonomy. Fifth Biennial Conference, Sept. 20-23, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (poster). ABSTRACT p. 21 in abstract booklet, EP9. [Cho T.O., Won B.Y. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Cho T.O., Won B.Y. & S. Fredericq. 2004. The Ptiloteae (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) in the North pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. NSF PEET V - Spatial and Temporal issues in Taxonomy. Partnerships for Enhancing Experise in Taxonomy. Fifth Biennial Conference, Sept. 20-23, Univesity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (poster). ABSTRACT p. 22 in abstract booklet, EP10. [Hommersand M.H., Freshwater D.W. &, Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2004. Centroceras clavulatum (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta): a cosmopolitan marine red algal species?. NSF PEET V - Spatial and Temporal issues in Taxonomy. Partnerships for Enhancing Experise in Taxonomy. Fifth Biennial Conference, Sept. 20-23, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (poster). ABSTRACT p. 23 in abstract booklet, EP11. [Won B.Y., Cho T.O. & S. Fredericq]
• 2005. New insights in the diversity of red algae belonging to the Ceramiaceae (Ceramiales) growing epiphytically on seagrasses in Tampa Bay. Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science-Tampa Bay Study 4th Annual Science Conference, Feb 8-9, Gulfport, FL. ABSTRACT p. 16 in booklet (poster). [Won B.Y., T.O. Cho, S. Fredericq & K. Yates]
• 2005. Productivity of benthic habitats in Tampa Bay. Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science-Tampa Bay Study 4th Annual Science Conference, Feb 8-9, Gulfport, FL. ABSTRACT p. 17 in booklet (poster). [Yates K., S. Fredericq, C. Dawes, M. Fernandez, R. Miller, J. Lisle & P. Swarzenski]

Teaching Experience

• 2005, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998: "Marine Botany" - Biol. 485(G): Spring
• 2003, 1999. "Systematic Methods" - Biol. 550: Spring
• 2002. "General Biology for Majors" Biol.101: Spring
• 2001, 1999. "Seminar in Evolution" -Bio. 452(G): Spring
• 2003-1997. "Principles of Biology I"- Biol 121 Fall;
• 1997-2002. "Library Resources in Biology"-Biol 209: Fall
• 1996-1997. "Principles of Biology II" -Biol 122: Fall 1996, Spring 1997
• 1996. Invited Lecturer for graduate Course "Systematics of Red Algae", University of Saõ Paulo, Brazil, Aug. 5-9
• 1984-1987.-Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Principles of Biology" (Fall 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987)
• 1985. -Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , "Phycology" (Spring)

Other Professional Experience

• 1981-1984. -Volunteer: Research and Curatorial assistance on marine macro-algae, Department of Botany, and the Algal Collection of the US National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution (Apr. '81-June '84)
• 1985. - Curatorial Assistant on marine macro-algae, Dept. of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Spring)
• Contractor, Dept. of Botany, Smithonian Inst.: Curatorial assistance and computer inventory of marine macro-algae from the Gulf of California (Summer)
• 1986. - Contractor, Dept. of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Inst.: Curatorial assistance and computer inventory of marine macro-algae from the Galapagos Islands and Caribbean Sea (Summer)
• Contractor, Dept. of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Inst.: Curatorial assistance on marine macro-algae from the Lesser Antiles, Caribbean Sea (Fall).
• 1987. -Curatorial Assistant on marine macro-algae, Dept. of Biology, UNC-CH (Spring)
• 1989. -Contractor, Dept. of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Inst: Curatorial assistance and computer inventory of marine macro-algae from Aldabra Atoll and Seychelles (Sept. -Oct.)
• 1990. -Contractor, Dept. of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution: Curatorial assistance and computer inventory of marine macro-algae from Guadeloupe (June-July)

Grant Reviewer:

National Science Foundation (Systematics; Biodiversity Surveys & Inventories; AtoL; Microbial Observatories/Microbial interactions & Processes), National Sea Grant College Program, National Institute of Health MBRS Program, Ohio University Research Committee, American Philosophical Society, F.W.O.

 

Invited Voting Panel Member

• National Science Foundation, Committee of Visitors (COV) for the Instrument-related Activities (IID) Cluster within the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI). Arlington VA, March 2002.
• Judge for Christensen Price, International Phycological Society, Aug. 2000
• NSF: Biotic Surveys and Inventories Advisary Panel, Washington DC 24-26 Feb. 1997
• Agency for International Development (AID), US State Department, Marine Sciences Panel, Washington DC, October 1988
  Judge for Phycological Society of America's H.C. Bold Award for best student paper at the fourth International Phycological Congress, Durham, NC, August 1991
• Judge for the best student poster award at the 32nd Northeast Algal Symposium, Woods Hole, MA, April 1993.

Invited Chairperson

• Co-Chairperson (W. C. Maggs), XVIIth International Seaweed Symposium, Cape Town, South Africa, Section: "Systematics", 28 Jan. ­ 2 Feb. 2001.
• Chairperson, 54th Anniversary meeting, Phycol. Soc. Am., San Diego CA. Section: Contributed Papers "Systematics and Evolution III", 19 July. 2000.
• Chairperson, 50th Anniversary Meeting, Phycol. Soc. Am., Univ. California, Santa Cruz, Section: Contributed Papers "Molecular Systematics", 19 July, 1996.
• Co-chairperson (With Dr. J. Cabioch), XIth International Seaweed Symposium (Brittany, France), Section: Contributed Papers, "Biology", August 18, 1992.

Editorial Responsibilities

Reviewer for American Journal of Botany, Arquípelago: Life and Earth Sciences, Botanica Marina, Canadian Journal of Botany, Caribbean Journal of Science, Cryptogamic Botany, Cryptogamie: Algologie, European Journal of Phycology, Evolution, Hydrobiologia, IJSEM, Journal of Phycology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Phycologia, Nova Hedwigia, Phycological Research, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Taxon.

Professional Affiliations

AAAS, International Phycological Society, Japanese Phycological Society, Korean Society of Phycology, Phycological Society of America, Sigma Xi/ Southwestern Louisiana Chapter, Society of Systematic Biologists, Southeast Phycological Society

Pertinent Marine Field Experience

• 2003. NW Gulf of Mexico Hard Banks (Sept 21-Oct 2) (NOAA Explore)
• 2003. Northern Ireland (July)
• 2001. - Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Stetson Banks TX, Sonnier Banks LA (NOAA/NURC, Feb-March)
• 2001.- South Africa (Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal) (Jan-Feb.)
• 2000. - Baja California del Norte, Mexico (July)
• 2000. - Flower Garden Namks National Marine Sanctuary, Stetson Banks, Sonnier Banks (NOAA/NURC, April); offshore Louisiana (DOE, May)
• 1999.- Southern Baja California, Mexico (October), Southern Chile (November)
• 1999.- Gulf of Mexico, Oregon
• 1999. Invited participant by National Marine Sanctuaries/Henry Foundation-funded offshore scuba trip to Stetson Bank Marine Sanctuary, TX (June 6-10, 1999).
• 1999. Invited participant to Mineral Management Service-funded offshore scuba trip to Sonnier Bank, LA (June 28-July 2, 1999)
• 1998.- Falkland Islands (January); Florida Keys (April); Gulf of Mexico (TX Flower Gardens) (Sept.)
• 1995.- Central and northern Chile (January); Lesser Antilles (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Isls, St. Maarten, Joost van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, Anguilla,Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada), Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute-Expedition on board of R/V Sea Diver (June); Pacific Tropical Mexico (Guerrero) (September).
• 1994.- King George Isl., South Shetland Isls, Antarctic Peninsula; Central Chile, Magellanes, Chiloë. (Jan.-Feb).; Shandong Prov., China; North Taiwan (July).
• 1993.- Taiwan (North & South) (July); Japan (Chiba Pref. and Hokkaido) (August).
• 1990.- Guadeloupe, French West Indies: both Grande Terre and Basse Terre (March-April); Azores, Madeira, Selvage Isls and Canary Isls. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Expedition on board of R/V Sea Diver (July-August).
• 1989.- Aldabra Atoll and Mahé (Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean). Aldabra Expedition sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. (Feb-April).
• 1986.- Florida Keys. Spring.
• 1984.- Guam, Island of Oahu (Hawaii). East coast of USA (Rhode Island, Maine) and Canada (Nova Scotia). Fall.
• 1983.- Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. Mayaguana, Bahamas. Department of Paleobiology, NMNH Expedition on board of R/V Marsys Resolute.
• 1982.- Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. - Summer Course: Phycology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Monterey, CA. - Field course: Tropical Ecology, Puerto Rico (with George Mason University).
• 1979.- Summer Course: Marine invertebrates, Laboratoire de Biologie, Wimereux, Boulonnais, France.
• 1978.- Summer Course: Marine Ecology, Woods Hole Marine Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. - Spring course: Ecology of Terrestrial and Marine Environments, Niewpoort Laboratory, Belgium.
• 1977.- Seabird Survey at Texel & Schiermonnikoog, Wadden Islands, the Netherlands, with the Belgian Ornithological Society, The Wielewaal". - Summer course: Marine Ecosystems, Dale Fort Field Centre, SW Wales, U.K.
• 1976.- Summer Course: Marine Algae, Orielton Field Centre, Pembroke, SW Wales,U.K. - Seabird Survey during the Amoco Cadiz Oil Spill, Brittany, France, with the Belgian National Ornithological Research Center.

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