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DR GERALD KRAFT



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: Honorary (Principal Fellow)
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Work: 8344 5064
Fax: 9347 5460
Level: Ground
Building: Botany
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Seaweed taxonomy Algae taxonomy Rhodophyta Chlorophyta Phaeophyta Australia, United States of America, Philippines

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Canada University of New Brunswick Exchange, Research
United States University of Hawaii Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Oregon
Master of Science University of Hawaii
Doctor of Philosophy Adelaide University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Associate Bishop Museum Research Affiliate 01-Jul-2003

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
The taxonomy of marine brown & red algae of tropical & subtropical eastern Australia Chief Investigator ABRS Research Grants (DEH AUST BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES STUDY) 01/07/2003

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
The Marine Benthic-Algal Flora of Vanuatu: Biodiversity and Cultural Significance Chief Investigator ABRS 01/10/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Kappa-/beta-carrageenans from Australian red algae of the Acrotylaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta).
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 35-40
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  • Phylogenetic relationships among lineages of the Ceramiaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) based on nuclear small subunit rDNA sequence data
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 1033-1048
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Algae of Australia: Marine Benthic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, 1. Green Algae
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Struvea thoracica sp nov (Cladophorophyceae), a new deep-water chlorophyte from the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 305-311
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A nearly idealized 6'-0-methylated ι-carrageenan from the Australian red alga Claviclonium ovatum (Acrotylaceae, Gigartinales)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Carbohydrate Research
    Volume: 339
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1459-1466
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Extraction and characterization of agar from Australian Pterocladia lucida
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Applied Phycology
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 41-48
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
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  • Small-subunit rDNA sequences from representatives of selected families of the Gigartinales and Rhodymeniales (Rhodophyta). 3. Delineating the Gigartinales sensu stricto
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Canadian Journal of Botany - Revue Canadienne De Botanique
    Volume: 82
    Page numbers: 43-74
    Publisher: National Research Council of Canada(Ottawa)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Hydroclathrus (Scytosiphonaceae, Phaeophyceae): Conspectus of the genus and proposal of new species from Australia and Hawaii
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Phycological Research
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 244-258
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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  • The cell wall galactans from Australian representatives of the genus Meristotheca (Solieriaceae, Rhodophyta)
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 572-581
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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  • The morphology of Ostiophyllum sonderopeltae gen. et sp. nov. (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta) from south-eastern Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 18-25
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Gracilaria species (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from southeastern Australia, including a new species Gracilaria perplexa sp. nov.: Morphology, molecular relationships and agar content
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Phycological Research
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 295-311
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia
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  • Morphology and systematics of Sciurothamnion stegengae gen. et sp. nov. (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacific
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 1176-1189
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Phylogenetic analyses of anatomical and nuclear SSU rDNA sequence data indicate that the Dasyaceae and Delesseriaceae (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) are polyphyletic
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 551-569
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • The anatomy of Neotonophycus ichthyosteus gen. et sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales), a bizarre red-algal parasite from the central Pacific
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 269-278
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(New York)
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  • Two new Australian species of Predaea (Nemastomataceae, Rhodophyta) with taxonomic recommendations for an emended Nemastomatales and expanded Halymeniales
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 1245-1260
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Characterization of Hemineura frondosa and the Hemineureae trib. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from southern Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 135-146
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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  • Chemistry, properties, and phylogenetic implications of the methylated carrageenans from red algae of the genus Areschougia (Areschougiaceae, Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Journal of Phycology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 1127-1137
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Massachusetts)
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  • Gelling polysaccharides from Australian seaweeds: research and potential
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Marine and Freshwater Research
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 917-935
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Monograph of the green macroalgal genus Rhipilia (Udoteaceae, Halimedales), with a description of R.crassa sp. nov. from Australia and the Philippines
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Phycologia
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 21-34
    Publisher: International Phycological Society(Kansas)
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