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Coleman, L. and P.T. Martone. Grow with the flow: Is phenotypic plasticity across hydrodynamic gradients common in seaweeds? (In revision, J. Phycol.)

Roy-Musor, M., Samuels, A.L., and P.T. Martone. A biochemical and microscopic analysis of holdfast adhesion in the kelp Alaria marginata (In prep, J. Phycol.)

Wade, R., Ogushi, R., Hughey, J., Lindstrom, S., Miller, K.A, Gabrielson, P., and P.T. Martone. Cryptic Corallina species (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the Eastern Pacific resolved by sequencing type and field-collected specimens: C. americana sp. nov., C. hommersandiorum sp. nov., and C. saundersii sp. nov., with comments on biogeography (In prep, J. Phycol.)

Twist, B., Mazel, F., Duff, S., Lemay, M., Pearce, C., and P.T. Martone. (2024) Kelp and sea urchin settlement mediated by biotic interactions with benthic coralline algal species (In press, J. Phycol.)

Supratya, V. and P.T. Martone. (2024) Kelps on demand: Closed-system protocols for culturing large bull kelp sporophytes for research and restoration (In press, J. Phycol.)

2023

Haberman, I. and P.T. Martone. (2023) Calcified coralline algae have similar caloric value to uncalcified algae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 713: 173-179 pdf

Schipper, S., Shivak, J., Hind, K., Hughey, J., Gabrielson, P., and P.T. Martone. (2023) Reinstatement of Corallina chilensis (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) based on DNA sequencing of the type material collected by Darwin. Phycologia DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2022.2159198 pdf

Whalen, M., Starko, S., Lindstrom, S., and P.T. Martone. (2023) Extreme warming restructures habitat distribution and productivity along local gradients in stress and biodiversity. Ecology DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4027 pdf

Wade, R., Gabrielson, P., Hind, K., Shivak, J., Hughey, J., Ohtsu, S., Baba, M., Kogame, K., Lindstrom, S., Miller, KA., Schipper, S., and P.T. Martone. (2023) Resolving some of the earliest names for Corallina species (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the North Pacific by sequencing type specimens and describing the cryptic C. hakodatensis sp. nov. and C. parva sp. nov. J. Phycol. 59(1): 221-235 pdf

2022

Guenther, R., Porcher, E., Carrington, E., and P.T. Martone. (2022) Effects of temperature and pH on the growth, calcification, and biomechanics of two species of articulated coralline algae. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 700: 79-93 pdf

Janot, K., Unda, F., Mansfield, S., and P.T. Martone. (2022) Evolutionary patterns in chemical composition and biomechanics of articulated coralline algae. Int. Comp. Biol. 62(3): 652-667 pdf

Xue, J., Hind, K., Lemay, M., Mcminigal, A., Jourdain, E., Chan, C.X.,  and P.T. Martone. (2022) Transcriptome of the coralline alga Calliarthron tuberculosum (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) reveals convergent evolution of a partial lignin biosynthesis pathway. PLoS One 17(7): e0266892 pdf *cover

Breitkreutz, A., Coleman, L., and P.T. Martone.  (2022) Less than the sum of its parts: morphology and blade clustering reduce drag in the bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana. J. Phycol. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13258 pdf

2021

Xue, J., Pallinit, P., Acheson, J., Ho, R., Zimmer, J., Mcfarlane, C., Van Petegem, F., Martone, P.T., and A.L. Samuels. (2021) Functional characterization of a cellulose synthase, CtCESA1, from the marine red alga Calliarthron tuberculosum (Corallinales). J. Exp. Botany, erab414, DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erab414

Lindstrom, S., Lemay, M., Starko, S., Hind, K., and P.T. Martone. (2021) New and interesting seaweed records from the Hakai area of the central coast of British Columbia: Chlorophyta. Bot. Marina DOI: 10.1515/bot-2021-0038 pdf *Hakai press

Calderon, M., Bustamonte, D., Gabrielson, P., Martone, P.T., Hind, K., Schipper, S., and A. Mansilla. (2021) Type specimen sequencing, multilocus analyses, and species delimitation methods recognize the cosmopolitan Corallina berteroi and establish the northern Japanese C. yendoi sp. nov. (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13202 pdf

Srivastava, D., Coristine, L., Angert, A., Bontrager, M., Amundrud, S., Williams, J., Yeung, A., de Zwaan, D., Thompson, P., Aitken, S., Sunday, J., O'Connor, M., Whitton, J., Brown, N., MacLeod, C., Parfrey, L., Bernhardt, J., Carrillo, J., Harley, C., Martone, P.T., Freeman, B., Tseng, M., and S. Donner. (2021) Wildcards in climate change biology. Ecol. Monographs 0(0), 2021, e01471 pdf

Higham, T., Ferry, L., Schmitz, L., Irschick, D., Starko, S., Anderson, P., Bermann, P., Jaminiczky, H., Navon, D., Messier, J., Carrington, E., Farina, S., Feilich, K., Hernandez, L.P., Johnson, M., Kawano, S., Law, C., Longo, S., Martin, C., Martone, P.T., Rico-Guevara, A., Santana, S., and K. Niklas. (2021) Linking ecomechanical models and functional traits to understand phenotypic diversity. Trends in Ecol. Evol. 36(9): 860-873 pdf

Starko, S., Bringloe, T., Soto Gomez, M., Darby, H., Graham, S., and P.T. Martone. (2021) Genomic rearrangements and sequence evolution across brown algal organelles. Genome Biol. Evol. 13(7): 1-14 pdf

Lemay, M., Davis, K., Martone, P.T., and L.W. Parfrey. (2021) Kelp-associated microbiota are structured by host anatomy. J. Phycol. 57: 1119-1130 pdf *cover

Martone, P.T., Schipper, S., Froese, T., Bretner, J., DeMong, A., and T. Eastham. (2021) Calcification does not necessarily protect articulated coralline algae from urchin grazing. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 537: 151513 pdf

2020

Lemay, M., Chen, M., Mazel, F., Hind, K., Starko, S., Keeling, P., Martone, P.T., and L.W. Parfrey. (2020) Morphological complexity affects the diversity of marine microbiomes. ISME Journal DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00856-z link

Twist, B., Cornwall, C., McCoy, S., Gabrielson, P., Martone, P.T., and W. Nelson. (2020) The need to employ reliable and reproducible species identifications in coralline algal research. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 654: 225-231 pdf

Coleman, L. and P.T. Martone. (2020) Morphological plasticity in the kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae) is sensitive to the magnitude, direction, and location of mechanical stress. J. Phycol. 56: 1414-1427 pdf *cover

Starko, S., Demes, K., Neufeld, C., and P.T. Martone. (2020) Convergent evolution of niche structure in Northeast Pacific kelp forests. Funct. Ecol. 34: 2131-2146 pdf *featured

Supratya, V.P., Coleman, L., and P.T. Martone. (2020) Elevated temperature affects phenotypic plasticity in the bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 56: 1534-1541 pdf

Liggan, L. and P.T. Martone. (2020) Gas composition of developing pneumatocysts in bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 56: 1367-1372 pdf

2019

Martone, P.T., Janot, K., Fujita, M., Wasteneys, G., Ruel, K., Joseleau, J.P., and J. M. Estevez. (2019) Cellulose-rich secondary walls in wave-swept red macroalgae fortify flexible tissues. Planta 250: 1867-1879 pdf

Hind, K., Starko, S., Burt, J., Lemay, M., Salomon, A., and P.T. Martone. (2019) Trophic control of cryptic coralline algal diversity. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1900506116 pdf *UBC press *video

Starko, S., Soto Gomez, M, Darby, H., Demes, K., Kawai, H., Yotsukura, N., Lindstrom, S.C., Keeling, P.J., Graham, S.W., and P.T. Martone. (2019) A comprehensive kelp phylogeny sheds light on the evolution of an ecosystem. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 136: 138-150 pdf

2018

Hind, K., Gabrielson, P., Jensen, C., and P.T. Martone. (2018) Evolutionary reversals in Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): first report of a coralline genus with both geniculate and non-geniculate species. J. Phycol. 54: 788-798 pdf *cover

Liggan, L. and P.T. Martone. (2018) Under pressure: biomechanical limitations of developing pneumatocysts in the bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 54: 608-615 pdf *cover

Lemay, M., Martone, P.T., Hind, K., Lindstrom, S., and L.W. Parfrey. (2018) Alternate life history phases of a marine macroalgal genus have distinct microbial surface communities. Mol. Ecol. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14815 pdf *cover

Starko, S., Boo, G.H., Martone, P.T., and S.C. Lindstrom. (2018) A molecular investigation of Saccharina sessilis from the Aleutian Islands reveals a species complex, necessitating the description of Saccharina subsessilis comb. nov. Algae 33(2): 157-166 pdf

Janot, K. and P.T. Martone. (2018) Bending strategies of convergently-evolved, articulated coralline algae. J. Phycol. 54: 305-316 pdf *cover

Starko, S., Mansfield, S., and P.T. Martone. (2018) Cell wall chemistry and tissue structure underlie shifts in material properties of a perennial kelp. Euro. J. Phycol. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2018.1449013 pdf

Lemay, M., Martone, P.T., Keeling, P., Burt, J., Krumhansl, K., Sanders, R., and L. Parfrey. (2018) Sympatric kelp species share a large portion of their surface bacterial communities. Environ. Microbiol. 20(2): 658-670 pdf

2017

Guenther, R., Miklasz, K., Carrington, E., and P.T. Martone. (2017) Macroalgal spore dysfunction: ocean acidification delays and weakens adhesion. J. Phycol. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12614 pdf

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2016

Hind, K., Gabrielson, P.W., Jensen, C., and P.T. Martone. (2016) Crusticorallina gen. nov., a non-geniculate genus in the subfamily Corallinoideae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 52: 929-941 pdf *cover *Bob Paine memorium

Starko, S. and P.T. Martone. (2016) An empirical test of 'universal' biomass scaling relationships in kelps: evidence of convergence with seed plants. New Phytol. 212: 719-729 pdf *cover *blogpost *Science press

Janot, K. and P.T. Martone. (2016) Convergence of joint mechanics in independently evolving, articulated coralline algae. J. Exp. Biol. 219: 383-391 pdf

Starko, S. and P.T. Martone. (2016) Evidence of an evolutionary-developmental trade-off between drag avoidance and tolerance strategies in wave-swept intertidal kelps (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 52: 54-63 pdf

2015

Hind, K., Miller, K.A., Young, M., Jensen, C., Gabrielson, P.W., and P.T. Martone. (2015) Resolving cryptic species of Bossiella (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) using contemporary and historical DNA. Am. J. Bot. 102(11): 1-19 pdf

Labeeuw, L., Martone, P.T., Boucher, Y., and R.J. Case. (2015) Ancient origin of the biosynthesis of lignin precursors. Biology Direct 10:23 pdf

Starko, S., Claman, B. and P.T. Martone. (2015) Biomechanical costs of branching in flexible wave-swept macroalgae. New Phytol. 206: 133-140 pdf

2014

Hind, K., Gabrielson, P., Lindstrom, S., and P.T. Martone. (2014) Misleading morphologies and the importance of sequencing type specimens for resolving coralline taxonomy (Corallinales, Rhodophyta): Pachyarthron cretaceum is Corallina officinalis. J. Phycol. 50: 760-754 pdf

Fisher, K. and P.T. Martone. (2014) Field study of growth and calcification rates of three species of articulated coralline algae in British Columbia, Canada. Biol. Bull. 226: 121-130 pdf

Guenther, R. and P.T. Martone. (2014) Physiological performance of intertidal coralline algae during a simulated tidal cycle. J. Phycol. 50: 310-321 pdf

Anderson, L. and P.T. Martone. (2014) Biomechanical consequences of epiphytism in intertidal macroalgae. J. Exp. Biol. 217: 1167-1174 pdf

2013

Denny, M., Mach, K., Tepler, S. and P.T. Martone. (2013) Indefatigable: an erect coralline alga is highly resistant to fatigue. J. Exp. Biol. 216 (20): 3772-3780 pdf *featured *Science News

Janouskovec, J., Liu, S.L., Martone, P.T., Carre, W., LeBlanc, C., Collen, J., and P.J. Keeling. (2013) Evolution of red algal plastid genomes: ancient architectures, introns, horizontal gene transfer, and taxonomic utility of plastid markers. PLoS One 8(3): e59001 pdf

2012

Martone, P.T., Lindstrom, S.C., Miller, K.A., and P.W. Gabrielson. (2012) Chiharaea and Yamadaia (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) represent reduced and recently derived articulated coralline morphologies. J. Phycol. 48: 859-868 pdf *cover

Martone, P.T., Kost, L., and M. Boller. (2012) Drag reduction in wave-swept macroalgae: alternative strategies and new predictions. Am. J. Bot. 99(5): 1-10 pdf *cover *Eurekalert

Clarke Murray, C., Therriault, T. and P.T. Martone. (2012) Adapted for invasion? Comparing attachment, drag, and dislodgement of native and nonindigenous hull-fouling species. Biol. Invasions 14(8): 1651-1663 pdf

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2011

Demes, K., Carrington, E., Gosline, J., and P.T. Martone. (2011) Variation in anatomical and material properties explains differences in hydrodynamic performance of foliose red algae (Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 47: 1360-1367 pdf

Lindstrom, S.C., Hughey, J.R., and P.T. Martone. (2011) New, resurrected and redefined names for Mastocarpus species in the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 50(6): 661-683 pdf

Gabrielson, P.W., Miller, K.A., and P.T. Martone. (2011) Morphometric and molecular analyses confirm two distinct species of Calliarthron (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), a genus endemic to the northeast Pacific. Phycologia 50(3): 298-316 pdf *cover

Chan, C.X., Yang, E.C., Banerjee, T., Yoon, H.S., Martone, P.T., Estevez, J.M., and D. Bhattacharya. (2011) Red and green algal monophyly and extensive gene sharing found in a rich repertoire of red algal genes. Curr. Biol. 21: 328-333 pdf

2010

Martone, P.T., Boller, M., Burgert, I., Dumais, J., Edwards, J., Mach, K., Rowe, N., Rueggeberg, M., Seidel, R., and T. Speck. (2010) Mechanics without muscle: biomechanical inspiration from the plant world. Int. Comp. Biol. 50(5): 888-907 pdf

Martone, P.T., Alyono, M., and S. Stites. (2010) Bleaching in an intertidal coralline alga: untangling the effects of light, temperature, and desiccation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 416: 57-67 pdf

Martone, P.T., Navarro, D., Stortz, C., and J. Estevez. (2010) Differences in polysaccharide structure between calcified and uncalcified segments in the coralline Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Corallinales, Rhodophyta). J. Phycol. 46(3): 507-515 pdf

Martone, P.T. (2010) Quantifying growth and calcium carbonate deposition of Calliarthron cheilosporioides (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in the field using a persistent vital stain. J. Phycol. 46(1): 13-17 pdf

2009

Martone, P.T., Estevez, J., Lu, F., Ruel, K., Denny, M., Somerville, C., and J. Ralph. (2009) Discovery of lignin in seaweed reveals convergent evolution of cell-wall architecture. Curr. Biol. 19(2): 169-175 pdf *American Scientist magazine *EARTH magazine *Faculty of 1000

2008 and earlier

Martone, P.T. and M.W. Denny. (2008) To bend a coralline: effect of joint morphology on flexibility and stress amplification in an articulated calcified seaweed. J. Exp. Biol. 211(21): 3421-3432 pdf *featured

Martone, P.T. and M.W. Denny. (2008) To break a coralline: mechanical constraints on the size and survival of a wave-swept seaweed. J. Exp. Biol. 211(21): 3433-3441 pdf *featured

Martone, P.T. (2007) Kelp versus coralline: cellular basis for mechanical strength in the wave- swept alga Calliarthron (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta).  J. Phycol. 43(5): 882-891 pdf *cover

Steneck, R.S. and P.T. Martone. (2007) “Calcified algae.”  In Encyclopedia of Tidepools, eds. M.W. Denny and S.D. Gaines.  Berkeley: University of California Press pdf

Martone, P.T. (2006) Size, strength, and allometry of joints in the articulated coralline CalliarthronJ. Exp. Biol. 209(9): 1678-1689 pdf

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