Rick Zechman
Research: Marine Phycology. Molecular phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology and biodiversity of marine and freshwater organisms. Mariculture as a tool for marine conservation of kelps. Over 40 years of experience in the biology of algae, including culture, growth, identification, ecology and evolution of seaweeds.
Education
Ph.D. Louisiana State University, Department of Botany, Baton Rouge, LA. 1992. “Phylogenetic Systematics of the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta) Based on Cladistic Analysis of Ribosomal RNA Genes and Morphology.
M.S. University of New Hampshire, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Durham, NH. 1984. “The Distribution of Seaweed Propagules in Estuarine, Coastal and Offshore Waters of New Hampshire, USA.
B.S. University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Department of Biological Sciences. 1979.
Publications
Leliaert, F., Tronholm, A., Lemieux, C., Turmel, M., DePriest, M.S., Fredericq, S., Zechman, F.W., and Lopez-Bautista, J.M. 2016. Chloroplast phylogenomic analyses reveal the deepest-branching lineage of the Chlorophyta, Palmophyllophyceae class. nov. Scientific Reports, 6:25367. DOI:10.1038/srep25367.
Lewis, L.A., J.D. Hall, and F.W. Zechman 2011. Green Algae. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0000333.pub2
Leliaert, F., Verbruggen, H. and F. W. Zechman. 2011. Into the deep: New discoveries at the base of the green plant phylogeny. Bioessays 33:683-692. DOI: 10.1002/bies.201100035.
Zechman, F.W., H. Verbruggen, F. Leliaert, M.A. Buchheim, M.W. Fawley, M. Ashworth, H. Spalding, C. Peuschel, J.A. Buchheim, B. Verghese, M.D. Hanisak. 2010. An unrecognized ancient lineage of green plants persists in deep marine waters Journal of Phycology 46:6 pg 1288- 1295. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2010.00900.x. *Awarded 2011 Luigi Provasoli Award
Olsen, J. L., F. W. Zechman, G. Hoarau, J. A. Coyer, W. T. Stam, M. Valero and P. Åberg. 2010. The phylogeographic architecture of the fucoid seaweed Ascophyllum nodosum: an intertidal marine tree and survivor of more than one glacial-interglacial cycle. Journal of Biogeography 37: 842-856.
Verbruggen, H., M. Ashworth, S.T., C. Vlaeminck, E. Cocquyt, T. Sauvage, F.W. Zechman, D.S. Littler, M.M. Littler, F. Leliaert, O. De Clerck. 2009 A multi-locus time-calibrated phylogeny of the siphonous green algae. Mol. Phylogenetics and Evolution 50:642-653.
Cocquyt E., H. Verbruggen, F. Leliaert, F.W. Zechman, K. Sabbe. & O. De Clerck. 2009. Gain and loss of elongation factor genes in green algae. BMC Evolutionary Biology: 9: 1-13.
Lam, D.W., and F.W. Zechman. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of the Caulerpales (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) based on RUBISCO Large Subunit gene sequences. Journal of Phycology, 42: 669-78.
Zechman, F. W. 2003. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dasycladales (Chlorophyta, Ulvophyceae) based on Analyses of Ribulose 1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase Large Subunit (rbcL) Gene Sequences Journal of Phycology 39:819-827.
Jousson, O., J. Pawlowski, L. Zaninetti, F. W. Zechman, F. Dini, G. Di Guiseppe, R. Woodfield, A. Millar, A. Meinesz. 2000. Invasive alga reaches California. Nature 408: 156-157.
Zechman, F.W., E.A. Zimmer and E.C. Theriot. 1994. Use of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacers for phylogenetic studies in diatoms. Journal of Phycology 30:507-512. Mishler, B.D., L.A. Lewis, M.A. Buchheim, K.S. Renzaglia, C.F. Delwiche, F.W. Zechman, T.S. Kantz and R.L. Chapman. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the "green algae" and "bryophytes". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 81:451-483.
Zechman, F.W., E.C. Theriot, E.A. Zimmer and R.L. Chapman. 1990. Phylogeny of the Ulvophyceae (Chlorophyta): Cladistic analysis of nuclear-encoded rRNA sequence data. Journal of Phycology 26:700-710.
Zechman, F.W. and A.C. Mathieson. 1985. The distribution of seaweed propagules in estuarine, coastal and offshore waters of New Hampshire, U.S.A. Botanica Marina 28: 283-294.
Kapraun, D.F. and F.W. Zechman. 1982. Seasonality and vertical zonation of benthic marine algae on a North Carolina jetty. Bulletin of Marine Science 32(3): 702-714.
