Fred Gurgel
Research Fellow
Areas of expertise:
Phycology, marine botany
Countries of work experience:
Brazil, USA (including Hawaii), Venezuela, Mexico, Belize and Australia.
Experience and qualifications:
Taxonomy, molecular ecology and systematics of marine plants.
Professional appointments:
State Herbarium of SA (DEH, 50%), University of Adelaide (School of Earth & environmental Sciences, 25%) and SARDI-Aquatic Sciences (PIRSA, 25%).
Selected recent publications:
2008. Fredericq, S., Cho, T.O., Earle, S.A., Gurgel, C.F.D., Krayesky, D.M., Mateo-Cid, L.E., Gonzáles, C.A.M., Norris, J.N. & Suárez, 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., Guimarães, 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.
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 “G. lacinulata.” 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. Systematics of the Gracilariaceae (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta): a critical assessment based on rbcL sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 43: 138-159.
Current Research Projects:
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DNA barcoding of the SA marine flora.
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Molecular systematics of selected ecologically and economically important taxa of marine red algae such as the Gracilariaceae and Hypnea spp.
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Biodiversity assessment of coral reef algae as part of the CREEFS program (www.creefs.org).
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PI in the ARC-Linkage project: Forecasting change in subtidal habitats, connecting local pollution with global climate in temperate Australia.
Contact:
Dr C. Frederico Gurgel
State Herbarium
Plant Biodiversity Centre
Hackney Road, GPO Box 1047
Adelaide SA Australia 5001
Phone: 08 8222 9291
Fax: 08 8222 9456
E-mail 1: gurgel.fred@saugov.sa.gov.au
E-mail 2: fred.gurgel@adelaide.edu.au