Michael J. Wynne - Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Algae)
email: mwynne@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-8415
Academic Background
University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.
Washington University in St. Louis, A.B.
Personal Website
Fields of study
Phycology, systematics of marine algae, phytogeography
Research interests
On-going interest in cataloguing the benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic; third revision of the checklist is being compiled; current efforts at describing the algal composition of the Northern Arabian sea (coast of the Sultanate of Oman), the most significant area of upwelling known in the world. Systematic treatment of the red algal family Delesseriaceae. Contributions to the historical aspects of phycology and phycological exploration.
Select publications
C.W. Schneider & M.J. Wynne. Notes on the marine algae of the Bermudas. 10. Woelkerlingia sterreri sp. nov. (Rhodophyta, Ceramiaceae), a first record of the genus in the western Atlantic. Caribbean Journal of Science 44: 303-310. ['2008']
M.J. Wynne, R. Cabrera, & Y. Alfonso. Report of the rare green alga Penicillus dumetosus f. expansus Børgesen from Cuba and the Bahamas. Caribbean Journal of Science 44: 419-422. ['2008']
M.J. Wynne. First report of the brown alga Padina glabra (Ochrophyta: Dictyotales) from the coast of Texas and the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Journal of Science 60: 227-232 ['2008']
E. Berecibar, M.J. Wynne, & R. Santos. First record of Contarinia squamariae (Rhizophyllidaceae, Rhodophyta) from Portugal: description of morphological and reproductive structures. Botanica Marina 52: 15-23.
M.J. Wynne. Notes on early collections and the distribution of the red alga Cumathamnion sympodophyllum. Madroño 55: 248-250. ['2008']
M.J. Wynne. Phycological Trailblazer No. 30: A. B. Joly. Phycological Newsletter 45(1): 12-16. [electronic]
M.J. Wynne. Marine algae and early explorations in the upper North Pacific and Bering Sea. Algae 24: 1-29.
E. Berecibar, M.J. Wynne, & R. Santos. Report of the red alga Gulsonia nodulosa (Ceramiales) from Portugal, its first recorded occurrence outside of the Mediterranean Sea. Nova Hedwigia 88: 23-31.
M. J. Wynne & C. W. Schneider. 2008. Colaconema basiramosum sp. nov. (Colaconemataceae Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman, northern Arabia Sea Cryptogamie, Algologie 29: 69-80.
C. W. Schneider & M. J. Wynne. 2007. A synoptic review of the classification of red algal genera a half century after Kylin’s “Die Gattungen der Rhodophyceen”. Botanica Marina 50: 197-249.
M. J. Wynne. 2007. Rhodymenia coccocarpa, a new combination based on Phyllophora coccocarpa Mont. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 25: 241-247.
M.J. Wynne. 2006. Portraits of marine algae: a historical perspective. The University of Michigan Herbarium, Ann Arbor, Michigan viii + 180 pp.
M. J. Wynne. 2005. A checklist of benthic marine algae of the tropical and subtropical western Atlantic: second revision. Nova Hedwigia Beiheft 129. 152 pp.
M. J. Wynne. 2005. Two new species of Bryopsis (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 24: 229-256.
M .J. Wynne & D. W. Freshwater. 2004. Gelidium omanense sp. nov. (Gelidiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman. Botanica Marina 47: 64-72.
M. J. Wynne. 2003. Centroceras secundum sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Sultanate of Oman. Nova Hedwigia 77: 125-137.
M. J. Wynne. 2002. Turbinaria foliosa sp. nov. (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from the Sultanate of Oman, with a census of currently recognized species in the genus Turbinaria. Phycological Research 50: 283-293 |
