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#4461

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#1229

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Systematics

#99

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#116

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Ecology

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#171

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#70

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#951

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PhD Botany University of California, Berkeley
Masters Botany University of California, Berkeley
Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Paul Claude Silva was a phycologist, marine biologist, and algal taxonomist considered to be the world's leading expert in the chlorophyte green algal genus Codium. Silva was also an expert in botanical nomenclature and was an editor of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature's Eighth through Sixteenth International Botanical Congresses.

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Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean (1996) (572)
Linnaeus was right all along: Ulva and Enteromorpha are not distinct genera (2003) (561)
The Algae of Illinois (1953) (204)
International code of botanical nomenclature (Saint Louis Code): Sixteenth International Botanical Congress, St Louis, Missouri, USA, July-August 1999. (2000) (199)
Catalog of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Philippines (1987) (180)
SOLVING TAXONOMIC AND NOMENCLATURAL PROBLEMS IN PACIFIC GIGARTINACEAE (RHODOPHYTA) USING DNA FROM TYPE MATERIAL (2001) (162)
The systematics of Zoochlorella revisited employing an integrative approach. (2011) (145)
A review of nomenclatural conservation in the algae from the point of view of the type method (1952) (144)
A reappraisal of the order Corallinales (Rhodophyceae) (1986) (122)
First Report of the Asian kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (2002) (116)
REMARKS ON ALGAL NOMENCLATURE. III. (1957) (115)
The dichotomous species of Codium in Britain (1955) (105)
Annotated catalogue of Scenedesmus and nomenclaturally related genera, including original descriptions and figures (1988) (77)
Marine algae and seagrasses of the Dahlak Archipelago, southern Red Sea (2002) (64)
A taxonomic and nomenclatural reassessment of Tenarea, Titanoderma and Dermatolithon (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) based on studies of type and other· critical specimens* (1985) (59)
Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris (1991) (56)
Tracing species invasion in Codium, a siphonous green alga, using molecular tools (1992) (48)
THE GENERIC NAME HORMIDIUM AS APPLIED TO GREEN ALGAE (1972) (46)
MORPHOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF HIMANTOTHALLUS (INCLUDING PHAEOGLOSSUM AND PHYLLOGIGAS), AN ANTARCTIC MEMBER OF THE DESMARESTIALES (PHAEOPHYCEAE) 1 (1981) (43)
Geographic Patterns of Diversity in Benthic Marine Algae (1992) (41)
Antarctic Marine Flora: Uniquely Devoid of Kelps (1977) (39)
Reconsideration of the taxonomy of ellipsoidal species of Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), with establishment of Watanabea sen. nov. (1998) (38)
Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). I. Antarcticothamnion polysporum gen. et sp. nov. (1979) (30)
Ahnfeltiopsis, a new genus in the Phyllophoraceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae) (1992) (29)
Janieae and Lithotricheae: two new tribes of articulated Corallinaceae (Rhodophyta)* (1978) (29)
NOTES ON PACIFIC MARINE ALGAE1 (1957) (27)
Farming the Ocean. Seaweeds[,] Cultivation and Utilization (2002) (26)
VALIDATION OF NEW COMBINATIONS (2004) (26)
Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). II. Pterothamnion antarcticum (Kylin) comb. nov. (Antithamnion antarcticum Kylin) (1980) (25)
The Index Nominum Algarum (1999) (25)
ITS1 sequences of type specimens of Gigartina and Sarcothalia and their significance for the classification of South African Gigartinaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta) (2002) (24)
Generic names of algae proposed for conservation (1950) (23)
Morphological and taxonomic studies on Antarctic Ceramiaceae (Rhodophyceae). III. Georgiella and Plumariopsis (Tribe Ptiloteae) (1983) (23)
Conservation of microalgal type material: Approaches needed for 21st century science (2010) (21)
Desmarestia antarctica (Desmarestiales, Phaeophyceae), a new ligulate Antarctic species with an endophytic gametophyte (1989) (21)
First report of the seaweed Codium parvulum (Chlorophyta) in Mediterranean waters: recent blooms on the northern shores of Israel (2010) (19)
(1768) Proposal to change the listed type of Chlamydomonas Ehrenb., nom. cons. (Chlorophyta) (2007) (17)
Revisiting the nomenclature of haptophytes (2007) (16)
CULTURE STUDIES ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCHIZYMENIA AND HAEMATOCELIS (GIGARTINALES, RHODOPHYCEAE) FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF NORTH AMERICA 1 (1992) (16)
Review of the taxonomic history and nomenclature of the yellow-green algae (1979) (16)
Algae. A Taxonomic Survey. Fasc. 1 (1982) (15)
THE STRUCTURE AND REPRODUCTION OF THE RED ALGA, PLATYSIPHONIA (1954) (14)
Field Guides to Pacific North American Seaweeds@@@Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast@@@Seaweeds of the Pacific Coast: Common Marine Algae from Alaska to Baja California (2004) (13)
First report of Anguillicola crassus in the European eel in Portugal. (1992) (13)
The Contented Botanist. Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific (1989) (11)
Codium bernabei sp. nov. (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta), a coalescing green seaweed from the coast of Chile (2012) (10)
Codium giraffa, a new marine green alga from tropical Pacific Mexico (1979) (10)
Historical review of attempts to decrease subjectivity in species identification, with particular regard to algae. (2008) (10)
Photomicrographs of the Fresh-water Algae (1989) (9)
History of the typification of conserved and rejected names, including an account of the typification of Bangia Lyngb. (Bangiaceae, Rhodophyta) (2008) (9)
Ordinal names in the Phaeophyceae (2000) (9)
Marine algae from Islas San Félix y San Ambrosio (Chilean Oceanic Islands) (2005) (9)
Historical overview of the genus Caulerpa (2003) (8)
Codium picturatum sp. Nov. (Chlorophyta), una especie extraordinaria del Pacifico tropical mexicano (1996) (6)
Geographic correlation of morphological and molecular variation in Silvetia compressa (Fucaceae, Fucales, Phaeophyceae) (2004) (6)
Taxonomic and nomenclatural history of Fragilaria (Bacillariophyceae) (2006) (6)
Notes on the type specimens of red algal parasites described from California by W.A. Setchell (1991) (6)
1379) Proposal to Conserve the Name Chlorella against Zoochlorella (Chlorophyceae) (1999) (6)
1087) Proposal to Conserve Thalassiosiraceae against Lauderiaceae and Planktoniellaceae (Algae) (1994) (6)
Codium amphibium: a species of doubtful validity (1960) (6)
1283) Proposal to Conserve the Name Synedra nitzschioides (Bacillariophyceae) with a Conserved Type to Preserve the Current Application of the Generic Name Thalassionema (1997) (5)
GAILLONELLA VS. GALLIONELLA (2009) (5)
NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON CLEMENTE'S ENSAYO (1991) (5)
The first 20 years of the International Phycological Society (1981) (5)
Comments on the commentary by Kraft & Saunders [Phycologia 39: 258–261 (2000)] (2002) (5)
NOMENCLATURAL NOTES ON DISCOPLEA EHRENBERG (2003) (4)
The life history and anatomy of Opuntiella californica (Gigartinales, Rhodophyceae) (1992) (4)
The identity of Fucus pepricarpos Poiret (1993) (4)
Validation of the name Codium profundum P.C. Silva & M.E. Chacana (2010) (4)
Machine data processing and plant taxonomy. (1966) (4)
E. Yale Dawson (1918–1966) (1967) (4)
Marine Algae of the Eastern Tropical and Subtropical Coasts of the Americas . William Randolph Taylor. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1960. xi + 870 pp. Illus. $19.50. (1960) (3)
1620) Proposal to conserve the name Caloglossa against Apiarium (Rhodophyceae) (2004) (3)
Later Starting Points in Algae (1958) (3)
(1653) Proposal to conserve the name Fragilariopsis against Pseudo-eunotia (Bacillariophyceae) (2005) (3)
1382) PROPOSAL TO CONSERVE THE NAME PYLAIELLA BORY (PHAEOPHYCEAE) WITH A CONSERVED SPELLING (1999) (3)
First report of the Asian kelp (2002) (3)
A Logical Approach to the Code (1959) (3)
Taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Trochiscia Kützing and Trochiscia moniliformis Montagne (1996) (3)
Botany in India: Summer School of Botany, 1960 (Darjeeling) . Proceedings . P. Maheshwari, B. M. Johri, and I. K. Vasil, Eds. Ministry of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs, New Delhi, 1962. viii + 522 pp. Illus. Rs. 25. (1963) (2)
Hesperophycus Setchell & Gardner, nom. cons. prop., a problematic name applied to a distinctive genus of Frucaceae (Phaeophyceae) (1990) (2)
Seaweed ecology and physiology: Appendix: Taxonomic classification of algae mentioned in the text (1994) (2)
Seaweeds of the eastern Mediterranean coast. (2008) (2)
Typification of species of Codium (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) described by Okamura (1997) (2)
(2017) Proposal to conserve the name Vesicularia (Müll. Hal.) Müll. Hal. (Bryophyta: Hypnaceae) against Vesicularia P. Micheli ex Targ. Tozz. (Algae incertae sedis), with a new name for Vesicularia Vologdin (fossil Cyanophyceae). (2011) (2)
Validation of names of four Hawaiian species of Codium (Chlorophyta) (2014) (2)
Marine algae published by Savigny in the zoological portion of Description de l'Egypte (2003) (2)
Abstract: São Francisco Basin - Exploration Frontier for Gas in Central Brazil (1998) (2)
Codium apiculatum (Codiaceae, Chlorophyta), a New Species from Southern and Southwestern Australia (2012) (2)
(1206) Proposal to Conserve the Name Asteronema Delepine & Asensi (Phaeophyceae) against Asteronema Trevis. (Fungi) (1996) (1)
First Record of Elachista nigra (Chordariales, Phaeophyceae) from California, North America (2005) (1)
(1484) Proposal to conserve the name Utriculidium durvillei (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae) with a conserved type (2001) (1)
(1144) Proposal to Conserve Husseya J. Agardh against Husseia Berk. and Rhododactylis J. Agardh (Rhodophyceae: Rhodomelaceae) (1995) (1)
(264-266) Three Proposals Dealing with Lectotypification (1993) (1)
I.C.A.R. Monographs on Algae. No. 1, Zygnemaceae. M. S. Randhawa. 478 pp. Illus. Rs. 26. No. 2, Cyanophyta. T. V. Desikachary. x + 686 pp. Illus. Sh. 72. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1959 (1960) (1)
LATER STARTING POINTS VERSUS THE TYPE METHOD (1960) (1)
Historical, Nomenclatural, and Distributional Notes on Two Pacific Coast Kelps: Lessoniopsis littoralis and Pleurophycus gardneri (Phaeophyceae, laminariales, alariaceae) (2009) (1)
(165-167) Miscellaneous proposals to amend the Code (2010) (1)
George Rufus Johnstone 1888–1971 (1975) (1)
Evaluation of the Protista as a Group of Living Organisms (1956) (1)
1383) Proposal to Conserve the Name Rhodochorton (Rhodophyceae) with a Conserved Type (1999) (1)
(290-320) Thirty-One Proposals Mainly concerning Editorial Matters (1993) (1)
Validation of the name Codium arenicola M.E. Chacana & P.C. Silva (2014) (1)
1062) Proposal to conserve Ahnfeltia Fr. (Rhodophyceae) with a conserved type (1993) (1)
Proposals to Amend the Code: Superfluous and Allegedly Superfluous Names (1980) (1)
Withdrawal of proposals for conservation of family names of algae (1993) (1)
Golden algae: A biology of Chrysophytes. (2008) (1)
Type specimens of Gelidiaceae (Rhodophyceae) described by Nina H. Loomis (1978) (1)
Conspecificity of Eisenia desmarestioides and E. masonii (Laminariales, Phaeophyceae) from Isla Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico (2008) (1)
OFFICERS OF THE PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. (1985) (0)
OFFICERS OF THE PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC. (1987) (0)
A new record of the rare alga Pachycladella (2015) (0)
51) Proposal to Conserve the Generic Name Chlorococcum Meneghini (Chlorococcaceae) against Chlorococcum E. M. Fries (Coccomyxaceae) (1959) (0)
Proposal to change the listed type of Ptilota C. Agardh, nom. cons. (Rhodophyceae). (1995) (0)
XXVII. Report of the Committee for Algae (1959) (0)
Phytoflagellates Elenor R. Cox (1983) (0)
(218-222) Miscellaneous Proposals to Amend the Code (2004) (0)
NATO Advanced Institute on Books and Non-Books. (Book Reviews: Algae and Man. Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Louisville, Ky.), 22 July-11 August 1962) (1965) (0)
(215-217) Proposals offered by the Committee for Algae (2004) (0)
Greetings to Professor Tseng Cheng-Kwei on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday (1999) (0)
(262-263) Two proposals to incorporate the term "iconotype" in the Code (1993) (0)
Phycological Literature for 1963 (1968) (0)
The Nomenclatural Status of Holodiscus Maxim. (Rosaceae), with a Proposal (1005) to Reject Sericotheca Raf. (1991) (0)
Proceedings of the Symposium on Algology. P. Kachroo, Ed. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1960 [1961]. 406 pp. Illus. Paper, $3 (1962) (0)
A Word of Thanks from the Editor (2008) (0)
Phycological Literature for 1961 (1964) (0)
The International Phycological Society (1961) (0)
Asian Kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the northeastern Pacific Ocean (2002) (0)
AND TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON ANTARCTIC CERAMIACEAE (RHODOPHYCEAE). I. ANTARCTICOTHAMNI ON POLYSPORUM GEN. ET SP. NOV. (1979) (0)
Phycological Literature for 1959 (1961) (0)
(260-261) Two proposals concerning the terms "description" and "diagnosis" (1993) (0)
Phycology in India: Proceedings of the Symposium on Algology . P. Kachroo, Ed. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, 1960 [1961]. 406 pp. Illus. Paper, $3. (1962) (0)
Pinnunavis vs. Pinnuavis (2011) (0)
CURRENT STATUS OF THE PHYCOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF THE HERBARIUM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY (UC) (1990) (0)
Article: "The identity of Fucus pepricarpos Poiret" From Cryptogamie. Algologie Volume 14, Issue 1 (1993), 37--42 (2021) (0)
Validation of the names of two new species of Codium (Chlorophyta, Bryopsidales) from Isla Guadalupe and Rocas Alijos, Pacific Mexico and the southern California Channel Islands, with some remarks on insular endemism (2014) (0)
Linnaeus[:] Progress and Prospects in Linnaean Research. (1981) (0)
Editorial corrections to the entries for Agarum, nom. cons. (Phaeophyceae) and Zygnema, nom. cons. (Chlorophyceae) (1993) (0)
Codium (Chlorophyta) species presented in the Galápagos Islands (2016) (0)
Phycological Literature for 1962 (1965) (0)
Phycological Literature for 1960 (1962) (0)
THOMAS CHARLES DeCEW (1946–1997) (1998) (0)
Algae and Man. Based on lectures presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute (Louisville, Ky.), 22 July-11 August 1962. Daniel F. Jackson, Ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1964. x + 434 pp. Illus. $14.50 (1965) (0)
Cath of Dengue Mosquisto and Blowflies in Rio Paranaíba (2014) (0)
On the terms in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (2007) (0)

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