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Overview

Gary W. Saunders is affiliated with the University of New Brunswick in Canada. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant work focused on subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Echinoderm biology and ecology

Gary W. Saunders has published frequently in several scientific venues, including:

  • Journal of Phycology
  • Botanica Marina
  • Phycologia
  • Cryptogamie Algologie
  • Botany

Recent publications featuring their contributions include:

  • "Ten people-centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration" (2021), Restoration Ecology
  • "Chiixuu Tll iinasdll: Indigenous Ethics and Values Lead to Ecological Restoration for People and Place in Gwaii Haanas" (2021), Ecological Restoration
  • "Unique biodiversity in Arctic marine forests is shaped by diverse recolonization pathways and far northern glacial refugia" (2020), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Global biogeography and diversification of a group of brown seaweeds (Phaeophyceae) driven by clade-specific evolutionary processes" (2021), Journal of Biogeography
  • "Lithothamnion (Hapalidiales, Rhodophyta) in the changing Arctic and Subarctic: DNA sequencing of type and recent specimens provides a systematics foundation" (2021), European Journal of Phycology

Collaborations have been an integral part of their work. Frequent co-authors associated with Gary W. Saunders include:

  • Craig W. Schneider
  • Cody Brooks
  • John M. Huisman
  • Trevor T. Bringloe
  • Heroen Verbruggen

Best Publications

  • Applying DNA barcoding to red macroalgae: a preliminary appraisal holds promise for future applications

    Gary W Saunders

  • CBOL Protist Working Group: Barcoding Eukaryotic Richness beyond the Animal, Plant, and Fungal Kingdoms

    Jan Wojciech Pawlowski;Stéphane Audic;Sina Adl;David Bass

  • A multi-gene molecular investigation of the kelp (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) supports substantial taxonomic re-organization

    Christopher E. Lane;Charlene Mayes;Louis D. Druehl;Gary W. Saunders

  • Ultrastructure and 18s rrna gene sequence for pelagomonas calceolata gen. et sp. nov. and the description of a new algal class, the pelagophyceae classis nov.¹

    Robert A. Andersen;Gary W. Saunders;Michael P. Paskind;Julianne P. Sexton

  • A molecular assessment of northeast Pacific Alaria species (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) with reference to the utility of DNA barcoding.

    Christopher E. Lane;Sandra C. Lindstrom;Gary W. Saunders

  • DNA BARCODING IS A POWERFUL TOOL TO UNCOVER ALGAL DIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY OF THE PHYLLOPHORACEAE (GIGARTINALES, RHODOPHYTA) IN THE CANADIAN FLORA

    Line Le Gall;Gary W. Saunders

  • Methods for DNA barcoding photosynthetic protists emphasizing the macroalgae and diatoms.

    Gary W. Saunders;Daniel C. McDevit

  • Gel purification of red algal genomic DNA: an inexpensive and rapid method for the isolation of polymerase chain reaction-friendly DNA

    Gary W. Saunders

  • Assessing red algal supraordinal diversity and taxonomy in the context of contemporary systematic data

    Gary W. Saunders;Max H. Hommersand

  • Refinements for the amplification and sequencing of red algal DNA barcode and RedToL phylogenetic markers: a summary of current primers, profiles and strategies

    Gary W. Saunders;Tanya E. Moore

  • Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 1. Evidence for the Plocamiales ord.nov.

    G. W. Saunders;G. T. Kraft

  • Barcoding diatoms: exploring alternatives to COI-5P.

    Sarah E. Hamsher;Katharine M. Evans;David G. Mann;Aloisie Poulíčková

  • A nuclear phylogeny of the Florideophyceae (Rhodophyta) inferred from combined EF2, small subunit and large subunit ribosomal DNA: establishing the new red algal subclass Corallinophycidae.

    Line Le Gall;Gary W. Saunders

  • Small-subunit rDNA sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 3. Delineating the Gigartinales sensu stricto

    Gary W Saunders;Anthony Chiovitti;Gerald T Kraft

  • A DNA barcode examination of the red algal family Dumontiaceae in Canadian waters reveals substantial cryptic species diversity. 1. The foliose Dilsea–Neodilsea complex and WeeksiaThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Issue on Systematics Research.

    Gary W. SaundersG.W. Saunders

  • Phylogenetic relationships of the 'golden algae' (haptophytes, heterokont chromophytes) and their plastids

    Linda K. Medlin;Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra;Daniel Potter;Gary W. Saunders

  • Divergence time estimates and the evolution of major lineages in the florideophyte red algae.

    Eun Chan Yang;Sung Min Boo;Debashish Bhattacharya;Gary W. Saunders

  • Small-subunit ribosomal RNA sequences from selected dinoflagellates: testing classical evolutionary hypotheses with molecular systematic methods

    G. W. Saunders;D. R. A. Hill;J. P. Sexton;R. A. Andersen

  • Routine DNA barcoding of Canadian Gracilariales (Rhodophyta) reveals the invasive species Gracilaria vermiculophylla in British Columbia.

    Gary W. Saunders

  • Small-subunit rRNA gene sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 2. Recognition of the Halymeniales ord.nov.

    G. W. Saunders;G. T. Kraft

Frequent Co-Authors

Christine A. Maggs
Christine A. Maggs Bournemouth University
Heroen Verbruggen
Heroen Verbruggen University of Melbourne
Michael D. Guiry
Michael D. Guiry University of Galway
Morgan L. Vis
Morgan L. Vis Ohio University
Frederik Leliaert
Frederik Leliaert Ghent University
Olivier De Clerck
Olivier De Clerck Ghent University
David G. Mann
David G. Mann Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Claude Payri
Claude Payri Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Julius Lukeš
Julius Lukeš Czech Academy of Sciences
Patrick J. Keeling
Patrick J. Keeling University of British Columbia

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