Publications by authors named "Amy L Carlile"
Background: A remarkable range of environmental conditions is present in the Hawaiian Islands due to their gradients of elevation, rainfall and island age. Despite being well known as a location for the study of evolutionary processes and island biogeography, little is known about the composition of the non-marine algal flora of the archipelago, its degree of endemism, or affinities with other floras. We conducted a biodiversity survey of the non-marine macroalgae of the six largest main Hawaiian Islands using molecular and microscopic assessment techniques.
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- The Hawaiian Freshwater Algal Database (HfwADB) is designed to display and manage biodiversity data for non-marine algal specimens from the Hawaiian Archipelago, enhancing access for researchers.
- HfwADB includes a wide array of features, like photographs, taxonomic information, and unique accession numbers for easy searchability of over 2,825 samples from 1,786 collection sites.
- Launched in October 2011 and hosted at the University of Hawaii, this database serves as a comprehensive digital resource, allowing users to explore and download information related to the samples and their habitats.
The green algal genus Cloniophora has been classified in the Chaetophorales (Chlorophyceae) based on morphological characters. This study uses DNA sequence data from the nucleus (SSU) and the chloroplast (tufA) from collections in the Hawaiian Islands and a culture originating from Portugal to test this classification. Taxonomic identities of contemporary collections were confirmed by sequencing small fragments of DNA (rbcL and SSU) from type specimens, including the generitype, Cloniophora willei L.
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