Dr Fred Gurgel

Telephone	+61 8 8303 6303
Position	Research Fellow
Email	fred.gurgel@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8222 9456
Building	Darling
Floor/Room	1 12
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Earth and Environmental Sciences, School of

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Biography/ Background

Note: My lab is currently accepting honours and postgrad students. A range of research projects on macroalgal systematics is available. Don't hesitate to contact me!

2007-present. Three-party joint-appointment among the University of Adelaide (School of Earth & Environmental Sciences), State Herbarium of South Australia (Department for Environment and Heritage) and South Australia Research & Development Institute, Aquatic Sciences (Department of Primary Industries and Resources).

Experience:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, USA (2005-2007); Research Associate, University of Louisiana, USA (2004-2005); Postdoctoral Fellow, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2002-2003).

Education:
PhD in Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, University of Louisiana, USA (1997-2001); MSc in Ecology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1996-1997); BSc in Biology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1991-1995).

Teaching Interests

Current teaching assignments: Botany II.

Professional Associations

ARC-NZ Vegetation Function Network. Member of the working group no. 47: Marine Plant Phylogeography and Bioregionalization along Australian and New Zeland Temperate Coasts. [http://www.vegfunction.net/wg/47/47_Marine_Plant_Phylogeography.htm]

ARC Linkage with Drs. Sean Connell and Bayden Russell (UofA, DEH & Abalone Association of SA): Forecasting change in subtidal habitats: connecting local pollution with global climate in temperate Australia (2008-2010).

CReefs member responsible for the algal surveys (www.creefs.org).

Membership in scientific societies: Botanical Society of America (since 1994), Phycological Society of America (since 1996), International Phycological Society (life-time member), American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS (since 2002), Society for Systematic Biology (since 2005)

Reviewer for Scientific Journals: Phycologia, Cryptogamie Algologie, European Journal of Phycology, Journal of Phycology, Applied Phycology, Acta Botanica Brasilica, Gulf of Mexico Science, Proceedings of the 18thInternational Seaweed Symposium, Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Botanica Marina, Hidrobiologia and Marine Ecology Progress Series.

Research Interests

Anywhere they occur, from the tropics to the poles, macroalgae are key ecological components of marine benthic communities. My research focus is on the systematics of these organisms. My ultimate phycological interest is to bridge the fields of taxonomy, molecular biology, ecology, organismal biology and biogeography to create a more holistic understanding of macroalgal evolution, distribution and biodiversity.

Publications

2008. Runcie J., Gurgel, C.F.D. & McDermid, K. J. In situ photosynthetic rates of tropical marine algae at their lower depth limit. European Journal of Phycology. in press.

2008. Fredericq, S., Cho, T.O., Earle, S.A., Gurgel, C.F.D., Krayesky, D.M., Mateo-Cid, L.E., GonzÃ¡les, C.A.M., Norris, J.N. & SuÃ¡rez, A.M. Seaweeds (Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, and Phaeophyceae) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: D.L. Felder and D.K. Camp, eds. Gulf of Mexico: Its Origins, Waters, and Biota: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, USA. in press

2008. Gurgel, C.F.D., Y., Fredericq, S., Norris, J.N. & Yoneshigue-Valentin. Two new flat species of Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from Brazil: G. abyssalis and G. brasiliensis. Phycologia 47(3):249 - 264.

2007. Gurgel, C.F.D. & Lopez-Bautista, J. Red Algae. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester, UK [http://www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/emrw/9780470015902/els/article/a0000335/current/abstract]

2006. Fuji, M.T., Guimaraes, S.M.P.B., Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. Characterization and phylogenetic affinities of the red alga Chondrophycus flagellifera (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) from Brazil based on morphological and molecular evidence. Phycologia 45: 432-441.

2006. Thomsen, M.S., Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & McGlathery, K.J. Gracilaria vermiculophylla (Rhodophyta, Gracilariales) in Hog Island Bay, Virginia: a cryptic alien invasive macroalga and taxonomic correction. Journal of Phycology 42: 139-141.

2004. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. Gracilaria flabelliformis and G. apiculata (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): restoring old names for common tropical Western Atlantic species, including the recognition of three new subspecies, and a replacement name for â��G. lacinulata.â�� Cryptogamie Algologie 25: 367-396.

2004. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. Phylogeography of Gracilaria tikvahiae (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta): a study of genetic discontinuity in a continuously distributed species. Journal of Phycology 40: 748-758.

2004. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. Molecular systematics and taxonomy of flattened species of Gracilaria Greville (Gracilariaceae, Gracilariales, Rhodophyta) from the Western Atlantic. In: Abbott, I. A. & McDermid, K. J. (Eds.), Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds, with Reference to the Pacific and other Locations. Vol. IX, pp. 159-199. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program.

2004. Gurgel, C.F.D. & Fredericq, S. Systematics of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): a critical assessment based on rbcL sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 43: 138-159.

2003. Gurgel, C.F.D., Liao L.M., Fredericq, S. & Hommersand, M.H. Systematics of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) based on morphological and molecular evidence. Journal of Phycology 39: 154-171.

2003. Gurgel, C.F.D., Fredericq, S. & Norris, J.N. Gracilariopsis silvana, G. hommersandii and G. cata-luziana, three new species of Gracilariopsis (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Western Atlantic. Hidrobiologica 13: 53-64.

2003. Fuji, M.T., Yoneshigue-Valentin, Y. & Gurgel, C.F.D. Osmundea lata (Howe & Taylor) comb. nov. (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) from the southeastern Brazilian continental shelf. Phycologia 42: 301-307.

Expertise for Media Contact

Categories	Environment, Beach, reef and marine issues
Expertise	algae; evolution; systematics; biodiversity; marine; biology; phylogenetics; genetics; speciation; marine botany; phycology; biogeography
Notes	Current employment: joint-appointment among the University of Adelaide, State Herbarium of SA (DEH) & SARDI-Aquatic Sciences (PIRSA).

Entry last updated: Sunday, 12 Oct 2008

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