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Dr. Ricardo Scrosati

Research Associate

scrosati@axion.net

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Main Interests: Seaweed Ecology,  Marine Ecology,  Marine Conservation, Seaweed Harvesting,  Biostatistics

 

Recent Publications:

Mudge, B. & R. Scrosati 2003. Effects of wave exposure on the proportion of gametophytes and tetrasporophytes of Mazzaella oregona (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from Pacific Canada. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 83, in press.  Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2002. An updated definition of genet applicable to clonal seaweeds, bryophytes, and vascular plants. Basic and Applied Ecology 3: 97-99.  Download pdf

Servière-Zaragoza, E. & R. Scrosati 2002.  Reproductive phenology of Pterocladiella capillacea (Rhodophyta: Gelidiales) from southern Baja California, Mexico. Pacific Science 56: 285-290. Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2002. Monitoring seaweed invasions: predicting the spatial variability of their population dynamics. In: (Chapman, A.R.O., ed.) Marine biological invasions: a perspective on Atlantic Canada and New England. Marine Issues Committee (Ecology Action Centre) special publication 11, Halifax, pp. 41-43.

Scrosati, R. 2002. Morphological plasticity and apparent loss of apical dominance following the natural loss of the main apex in Pterocladiella capillacea (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales) fronds. Phycologia 41: 96-98. Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2001. Demography of genets of clonal red seaweeds: current limitations and proposed solutions using genetic markers from experimental populations. Hidrobiológica 11: 149-155.

Scrosati, R. 2001. Population dynamics of Caulerpa sertularioides (Chlorophyta: Bryopsidales) from Baja California, Mexico, during El Niño and La Niña years. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81: 721-726.  Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2001. Interannual variation of the abundance of Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinales) from Pacific Canada in relation to changes in abiotic variables. Journal of Applied Phycology 13: 457-460.  Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2001. Predicting the impact of El Niño on seaweeds from Baja California, Mexico. Bulletin of the British Ecological Society 32: 43.

Scrosati, R. & E. Servière-Zaragoza 2000. Ramet dynamics for the clonal seaweed Pterocladiella capillacea (Rhodophyta, Gelidiales): a comparison with Chondrus crispus and with Mazzaella cornucopiae (Gigartinales). Journal of Phycology 36: 1061-1068. Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 2000. The interspecific biomass-density relationship for terrestrial plants: where do clonal red seaweeds stand and why? Ecology Letters 3: 191-197.  Download pdf

Scrosati, R. & R.E. DeWreede 1999. Demographic models to simulate the stable ratio between ecologically similar gametophytes and tetrasporophytes in populations of the Gigartinaceae (Rhodophyta). Phycological Research 47: 153-157.  Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 1999. Regeneration and reproduction of Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) after frond harvesting. Journal of Applied Phycology 10: 531-537. Download pdf

Scrosati, R. 1998. Mechanisms of recolonization of the clonal intertidal alga Mazzaella cornucopiae (Rhodophyta, Gigartinaceae) after disturbances. Canadian Journal of Botany 76: 1717-1724.  Download pdf