Current Projects

Current projects are those that researchers are currently working on and are considered unpublished at this time. Projects listed below are linked to the primary researcher of the project.

Featured Researcher of the Month: Bridgette Clarkston

Bridgette Clarkston is a PhD candidate at the University of New Brunswick. The objectives of her study are to: 1) determine unequivocally the relationships and diversity of species in the family Kallymeniaceae, and in particular the genera Callophyllis, Pugetia and Euthora in Canada, using the DNA barcode (COI-5P) marker as an assessment tool; 2) determine which morphological and/or anatomical characteristics are taxonomically viable at the species level in these genera; and 3) resolve the phylogenetic affinities of Kallymeniaceae found in Canada relative to other genera of this family from other geographical regions, using LSU sequence data.


Bridgette with the Postelsia at Pachena Beach in Bamfield, BC.
Select Publication:
Clarkston, B.E. and Saunders, G.W. 2010. A comparison of two DNA barcode markers for species discrimination in the red algal family Kallymeniaceae (Gigartinales, Florideophyceae), with a description of Euthora timburtonii sp.nov. Botany 88(2): 119-131.
Current Projects:

Bay of Fundy Biodiversity Inventory
Biodiversity Invertebrate - Bay of Fundy

Canadian Green Algae
Australian Chlorophyta
Canadian Marine Green Algae
Ulvophyceae barcode marker test
Wapusk National Park

Canadian Marine Diatoms
Diatoms of Canada from Culture
Tube Forming Diatoms in Canada

Canadian Phaeophyceae
Marine Macroalgae - Phaeophyceae
Phaeophyceae of the Azores

Canadian Rhodoplantae
Rhodophyta General
Haida Gwaii
Acrochaetiales of Canada
Ahnfeltiales/Gelidiales of Canada iBOL
Bangiales of Canada
Batrachospermales of Canada
Bonnemaisoniales of Canada
Ceramiales (Ceramiaceae sensu lato) of Canada
Ceramiales (Delesseriaceae/Dasyaceae) of Canada
Ceramiales (Rhodomelaceae) of Canada
Compsopogonophyceae
Corallinales
Gigartinales (Dumontiaceae2) of Canada
Gigartinales (Gigartinaceae) of Canada
Gigartinales (Kallymeniaceae 2) of Canada
Gigartinales (Kallymeniaceae/Callophyllis) of Canada
Gigartinales (Kallymeniaceae/Pugetia et al.) of Canada
Gigartinales (Other families) of Canada
Gracilariales of Canada 2
Halymeniales of Canada
Heterosiphonia in Rhode Island
Nemaliales of Canada
Nemaliophycidae (APCN) of Canada
Nemastomatales of Canada
Phyllophoraceae of Canada
Plocamium of Europe
Plocamium of the World
Red Crusts of Canada
Rhodymeniales of Canada

Can/Australian Phaeophyceae
Can/Australian Phaeophyceae General

Can/Australian Rhodoplantae
Australian Ahnfeltiales & Hildenbrandiales
Australian Bonnemaisoniales, Gelidiales & Gracilariales
Australian Ceramiales
Australian Corallinales
Australian Halymeniales, Sebdeniales & Rhodymeniales
Australian Nemaliophycidae
Australian Peyssonneliaceae
Australian Reds General

 

Lichen Algae

Ghent Diatom Culture Collection
Eunotia cultures
GHENT Marine & Estuarine Benthic Diatoms
GHENT Marine & Estuarine Planktonic diatoms
Terrestrial diatoms

Ghent Macroalgal Survey
Ghent Phaeophyceae
Ghent Rhodophyta
Ghent Ulvophyceae Global Survey

Huiso's Australian Folder
Huiso's WA Brown Flora
Huiso's WA Green Flora
Huiso's WA Red Flora

Korean Marine Algal Barcoding Project
Korean Brown Algal Barcoding Project
Korean Green Algal Barcoding Project
Korean Red Algal Barcoding Project

Marine Algae of Micronesia
Brwon Algae of Micronesia
Red Algae of Micronesia

Marine Chlorophyta of Europe Folder
Marine Chlorophyta of Europe Project

Phaeophyceae of Europe
Brown General

Rhodophyta from Europe
General Red Project
Phyllophoraceae of Europe
SANTO Corallinales

Seaweeds of Bermuda
Bermuda browns
Bermuda greens
Bermuda reds

Seaweeds of Guam
Brown Algae of Guam
Green Algae of Guam
Red Algae of Guam

Seaweeds of Hokkaido
Hokkaido Green Algae
Hokkaido Reds Uploader
Phaeophyceae of Hokkaido

Seaweeds of Italy
Browns of Italy
Reds of Italy

Seaweeds of South Africa
Red algae of the Table Mountain National Park