Celia M. Smith
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1983
celia@hawaii.edu
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/cm_smith

Celia M. Smith

Research Interests

My research interests center on the physiological ecology and evolution of marine algae and seagrasses. In particular, I am interested in the physiological and cellular adaptations made by intertidal algae to features of tropical environments such as high irradiance and nutrient discharges via groundwater flow. These features are not typical to intertidal regions in temperate locations and suggest a different suite of adaptational responses by tropical algae to "intertidal life".My other interests include biogeography of algae and seagrasses across the Hawaiian archipelago, ecology of reef systems and the systematics of our local flora.

   
  Selected Publications
  
Sundberg, D. C., R. C. Zimmerman & C. M. Smith. 1998. Chapter 5: Selection, Design and Delivery of Environmentally Benign Antifouling Agents. In: Naval Research Reviews Office of Naval Research Vol, Arlington VA 22217
Vroom, P. S., C. M. Smith and Sc. C. Keeley. 1998. Cladistics of the Bryopsidales: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Phycology 34:195-204.
Beach, K. S. and C. M. Smith. 1997. Ecophysiology of a tropical rhodophyte III. Recovery from emersion stresses on Ahnfeltiopsis concinna. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 211:151-167.
Hunter, C. L., C. Morden and C. M. Smith. 1997. The utility of ITS sequences in assessing relationships among zooxanthellae and corals. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Congress, Galeta Panama. 2:1599-1602.
Beach, K. S., H. Borgeas, N. Nishimura and C. M. Smith. 1997. In vivo absorbance spectra and UV-absorbing compounds of tropical reef macroalgae. Coral Reefs 16:21-8.
Shin, H. W. and C. M. Smith. 1996b. Impact of physical factors on periodic reproduction for Hawaiian Algae Ulva fasciata Delile and Enteromorpha intestinalis. Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 11:325-32.
Shin, H. W. and C. M. Smith. 1996a. Characterization of light-harvesting pigments in spores of Ulva fasciata Delile. Algae (The Korean Journal of Phycology) 11:309-15.
Beach, K. S. and C. M. Smith. 1996b. Ecophysiology of tropical rhodophytes II. Microscale acclimation in photosynthesis. Journal of Phycology 32:710-18.
Beach, K. S. and C. M. Smith. 1996a. Ecophysiology of tropical rhodophytes I. Microscale acclimation in pigmentation. Journal of Phycology 32:701-10.
Walters, L. J., M. G. Hadfield and C. M. Smith. 1996. Waterborne chemical compounds in tropical macroalgae: positive and negative cues for larval settlement. Marine Biology 126:383-93.