NAVIGATION
This page is a sub-page of ObsSG, a top-level page on
the website Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds
(www.versicolor.ca/barbados).
Go to ObsSG for a list of other subpages in this section
of the website.
DRAFTING
Guides, papers etc. used in the identification of species.
ALGAE
– Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas.Taylor WR, 1960. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
– Distribution and sexual reproduction in species of Caulerpa in Barbados
MSc thesis, McGill, 1968.
Abstract
A study, dealing with distribution and sexual reproduction of a tropical marine alga, Caulerpa, was conducted in Barbados, West Indies. An annotatèd list of all the species, varieties, and forms of Caulerpa known for Barbados, was prepared, and their distributions were mapped. The plants were grouped according to habitat type, with emphasis placed on environmental factors such as substrate and wave action. The process of sexuel reproduction was described for six species and includes information on gamete formation, gamete “pairing” and fusion, and zygote formation.
– Notes on the distribution of West Indian marine algae particularly in the Lesser Antilles
W. Taylor. 1969. In Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 9(2) pp 125-203, 26 text-figures, 8 plates
– Marine Plants of the Caribbean. A Field Guide from Florida to Brazil By D. S. Littler, M. M. Littler, K E Bucher, and J. N. Norris. 1989. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C 20560, USA 221 color, 7 B & W illus. 5 x 7 518, 272 pp. See Review
– Systematics of Avrainvillea (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in the tropical western Atlantic
DS Littler and MM littler. 1992. In Phycologia
– Caribbean Reef Plants
Littler, D.S. and Littler, M.M. 2000. Offshore Graphics Inc., Washington DC, 542 p. From GoodReads: “Caribbean Reef Plants is an identification guide to approximately 565 marine algae and seagrasses of the Caribbean Region. The 542-page color text is richly illustrated with over 700 underwater photographs and 1,645 line drawings. More than 130 “ecological phenomena” are depicted. The treatment covers the entire Caribbean Region and is indispensable for anyone interested in the study of coral reefs.”
– A checklist of the benthic marine algae of Barbados, West Indies
Michael J. Wynne et al., 2014.on Botanica Marina