
Francis
R. Trainor,
Professor (Ph.D., Vanderbilt)
Contact Information:
Current Areas of Research: Phycology
Selected Publications:
Trainor, F. 1998. Biological aspects of Scenedesmus: Phenotypic Plasticity.
Schweizerbart’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart, Germany 367 pages.
Trainor, F. & Morales, E. A. 1999. Recent trends in the taxonomy of selected
Chlorococcalean algae. Chapter 4. In: Vidyavati, X. & Mahato, A. K. (Eds.)
Recent Trends in Algal Taxonomy. Vol. I. Taxonomical Issues. pp. 67 - 100. APC
Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India.
Morales, E. A. & Trainor, F. 1999. Phenotypic plasticity in Scenedesmus:
Implications for algal taxonomy and ecology. Gayana Bot. 56: 11-20.
Morales, E. A. & Trainor, F. 2001. Las algas, conceptos críticos
en la evaluación de su diversidad. [The algae, critical concepts for
the evaluation of their diversity] In: Primack, R., Rozzi, R., Feisinger, P.,
Dirzo, R. & Massardo, F. (Eds.). Fundamentos de Conservación Biológica.
p. 77. Fondo de Cultura Económica, México.
Morales, E. A., Siver, P. A. & Trainor, F. R. 2001. Identification of diatoms
during ecological assessments: Comparison between light and scanning electron
microscopy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 151:
29-37.
Morales, E. A . & Trainor, F. R. 2001. Las algas: conceptos críticos
en la evaluación de su diversidad [The algae: critical concepts for the
evaluation of their diversity]. In Primack, R. Rozzi, R. Feisinger, P. Dirzo,
R. & Massardo, F. (Eds.) Fundamentos de Conservación Biológica.
Perspectivas Latinoamericanas [Fundamentals of Conservation Biology. Latin American
Perspectives]. p. 77-80. Fondo de Cultura Económica. México.
Morales, E. A., F. R. Trainor and C. D. Schlichting. 2002. Evolutionary and
ecological implications of plastic responses of algae. Constancea http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/constancea/83/morales_etal/plasticity.html