Collado-Vides, Ligia - Florida International University

个人简介

I am a macroalgae person, I love nature and the underwater shallow world. My line of research is with marine macroalge, first as a basic scientist looking for architectural models and their distribution in space at different scales, jumping into some biomechanical and physiological aspects. Asking questions such as the ecological and evolutionary consequences of clonality in algae, playing with L-Systems as tools to model growth and compare different morphotypes. However, maybe when we are older we get more concerned with the planet we are living on! My present interests are closer to understanding what is causing the increase of some macroalgal populations and maybe some changes in the community structure in seagrasses and coral reef communities. I am very interested in finding the links between ecological research and management of marine protected areas, particularly in the Mexican Caribbean. If you want to learn more about my interests, please click here. My CV can be accessed here

研究领域

Dr. Collado-Vides is a marine botanist with a research emphasis in ecology of tropical marine macroalgae, commonly known as seaweeds. She has experience in the tropical macroalgal flora of seagrass and reef communities in the Mexican Caribbean and south Florida. Her research focuses on evaluating the effects of land-based stressors on coastal ecosystems and their potential impact in coral reefs and seagrass ecosystems. She uses macroalgal diversity, abundance, distribution and nutrient content in different spatiotemporal scales to evaluate drivers of phase-shifts in these ecosystems. She is also interested in the effects of climate change on coastal ecosystems, and her laboratory is conducting research on the role of calcareous green algae in the carbon budget of Florida Bay and the Mexican Caribbean. She is estimating the organic and inorganic carbon produced by these rhizophytic algae along a salinity and nutrient gradient, as part of the Florida coastal Everglades LTER. Dr. Collado-Vides is interested in conducting research that is directly applicable to marine conservation, and management of coastal ecosystems, particularly in Marine Protected Areas in south Florida and the Caribbean. As a Lecturer she has a heavy teaching load, she uses her teaching assignments as a great opportunity to educate students about environmental problems and solutions.

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Collado-Vides, L., Mazzei, V., Thyberg, T., & Lirman, D. 2011. Spatiotemporal patterns and nutrient status of macroalgae in a heavily managed region of Biscayne Bay, Florida, USA. Botanica Marina 54: 377-390. Yñiguez, A. T., McManus, J. W. and Collado-Vides L. 2010. Capturing the dynamics in benthic structures: environmental effects on morphology in the macroalgal genera Halimeda and Dictyota. MEPS 411:17-32. Collado-Vides L., Suárez, A., and Cabrera, R. 2009. Una revisión taxonómica del género Udotea en el Caribe Mexicano y Cubano. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas 30: 145-161. Piñón-Gimate, A. and Collado-Vides, L. 2009. Macroalgal distribution in a Mexican Caribbean Reef. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. 678-682. Collado-Vides, L., Caccia, V., Boyer, J.N. and Fourqurean, J.W. 2007. Spatiotemporal distribution of macroalgal groups in relation to water quality in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences. 73: 680-694. Ruesink J.L. and Collado-Vides L. 2006. Modeling the increase and control of Caulerpa taxifolia (Chlorophyta), an invasive marine macroalga. Biological Invasions 8(2): 309-325. Collado-Vides, L., Rutten, L.M. and Fourqurean, J. W. 2005. Spatiotemporal variation of the abundance of calcareous green macroalgae in the Florida Keys: A study of synchrony within a macroalgal functional-form group. Journal Phycology. 41:742-752. Carmona, J., Beltrán, M. Y. and Collado,-Vides. L. 2004.Taxonomy and distribution of freshwater Blennothrix (Oscillatoriaceae, Cyanophyceae) from central Mexico. Nova Hedwigia. 80:323-333. Collado-Vides L. 2002. Morphological plasticity of Caulerpa prolifera (Caulerpales-Chlorophyta) in relation to growth form in a coral reef lagoon. Botanica Marina, 45:123-129. Berlín. Collado-Vides L. 2001. Clonal architecture in marine macroalgae: Ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Evolutionary Ecology. 15:531-545. Tussenbroek, B. I. Van and L. Collado Vides (2000) Filamentous Algae Dominate a Tropical Reef Community in the Mexican Caribbean: an Unexpected Organization of Reef Vegetation. Botanica Marina 43(6): 547-557. De Lara-Isassi G., S. Álvarez-Hernández, & Collado-Vides, L. 2000. Ichtyo-toxic activity of extracts from Mexican marine seaweeds. J. Applied Phycology, 12: 1-8 Elsevier Collado-Vides L. & D. Robledo (1999) Morphology and photosynthesis of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) in relation to their growth form.Journal of Phycology, A.S.P., 35(2): 325-330. Collado-Vides L., R.E. DeWreede, & K.L.D. Milligan 1998. Biomechanical properties of Udotea (Halimedales, Chlorophyta) in a Mexican reef lagoon. Phycologia I.S.P., 37(6): 443-449. Collado-Vides L., I. Ortegón-Aznar, L. Comba, A. Sentíes & J. González-González 1998. Macroalgae of Puerto Morelos reef, Mexican Caribbean. Hydrobiologia, México, 8(2): 133-143. Collado-Vides L. 1997. Consecuencias ecológicas y evolutivas de la arquitectura modular en plantas: Persepctivas en algas marinas. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Chile, 70: 23-39. Collado-Vides L., G. Gómez, V. Gómez & G. Lechuga. 1997. Simulation of the clonal growth of Bostrychia radicans (Ceramiales Rhodophyta) using L-Systems. BioSystems, Elsevier, 42: 19-27. Trelles, J. Suárez A.M. y Collado-Vides L. 1997. Macroalgae from the reef of La Herradura, northwestern coast of La Habana.Revista de Investigaciones Marinas Cuba-México. Vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 191-192. Suárez A.M., L. Collado-Vides & J. González-González 1996. Estudio comparativo de la ficoflora del Caribe de Mexico y Cuba.Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, Cuba-México, 17: 9-16. Collado-Vides, L. & J.A. West 1996. Bostrychia calliptera (Montagne) Montagne (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta), registro nuevo para el centro del Golfo de Mexico. Ciencias Marinas, México, 22(1): 47-55. Rodríguez, V. D. & L. Collado-Vides 1996. Architectural models for apical growth patterns in Gelidium L. (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta). Phycological Research, Japan, 44: 95-100. Fujii, T. M., Collado-Vides L. & M. Cordeiro-Marino 1996. Morphological studies on Laurencia gemmifera Harvey and Laurencia poiteaui (Lamouroux) Howe from the Nichupte Lagoon System, Quintana Roo, México. Botanica Marina, Berlín, 39: 317-326. Collado-Vides L. & M. do Rosario de A. Braga 1996. Discusión y perspectivas sobre la morfología en el estudio de las algas marinas. Revista Ciencias, UNAM, México: 42: 20-25. Collado-Vides L., J. González-González & E. Ezcurra 1995. Patrones de distribución ficoflorística del sistema lagunar de Nichupté, Quintana Roo, México. Acta Botánica Mexicana, México, 31: 19-32. Collado-Vides L., J. González-González & M. Gold Morgan 1994. A descriptive approach to the "Floating masses" of algae of a Mexican Caribbean coastal lagoon. Botanica Marina, Berlín, 37: 371-376.