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Mark
Merlin studies Pacific natural history with main interests in
traditional use of plants, plant ecology, and human impact on
the environment.
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Left:
Ethnobotany research on Tol Island in Chuuk, Lagoon
Right:
Research on Kosrae Island, Micronesia
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Right:
Mark Merlin with Palauan Team
Left:
Mark Merlin with Empera people, Panama |
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Right:
Dr. Merlin with a non-Malay indigenous plant specialist in
Southern Luzon, Philippines
Left:
Dr. Merlin on the makatea (raised limestone) of Mangaia Island
in the Southern Cook Islands |
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Selected
Publications
| Merlin,
M. 2003. Archaeological Record for Ancient Old World Use
of Psychoactive Plants. Economic Botany, 57(3): 295-323. |
| Merlin,
M. 2000. A History of Ethnobotany in Remote Oceania. Pacific
Science. 54 (3): 275-287. |
| Merlin,
M. and W. Raynor. In press. Modern Use and Environmental
Impact of the Kava Plant in Remote Oceania. In: M, Steinberg
(ed.), Indigenous Peoples and Drug Plants. New York: Oxford
University Press. |
| Mark
D. Merlin. In Press. Pacific Ocean Islands, Coastal Ecology.
In: Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Amsterdam. |
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Lebot, V., Merlin, M., and M. Lindstrom. 1992. Kava: The
Pacific Drug. Yale University Press, New Haven and London.
255 pp. [paperback edition of the original university
press hardback: Lebot, V., Merlin, M., and M. Lindstrom.
1997. Kava: The Pacific Elixir. Inner Traditions, Rochester,
VT.] |
| Merlin,
M. 1984. On the Trail of the Ancient Opium Poppy: Natural
and Early Cultural History of Papaver somniferum. Associated
University Presses, East Brunswick, New Jersey, 324 pp. |
| Merlin,
M. 1972. Man and Marijuana: Some Aspects of their Ancient
Relationship. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford,
New Jersey, hardback, 120 pps. (2nd edition 1973); [paperback,
Perpetua Books, South Brunswick, New Jersey, 120 pp, l972]. |
| Merlin,
M. 2000. A History of Ethnobotany in Remote Oceania. Pacific
Science. In press. [Vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 275-287] |
| Gartz,
J., Allen, J. and M. Merlin. 1994. Ethnomycology, Biochemistry,
and Cultivation of Psilocybe samuiensis Guzman, Bandala
and Allen, A New Psychoactive Fungi from Koh Samui, Thailand.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 43:73-80. |
| Merlin,
M. and J. Allen. 1993. Species Identification and Chemical
Analysis of Psychoactive Fungi in the Hawaiian Islands.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 40:21-40. |
| Kennedy,
J. and M. Merlin. 1993. Aboriginal Sweet Potato Farming
in Hawaiian Dry Forest. Hawaiian Archaeology, Journal
of the Society of Hawaiian Archaeology, 2:72-82. |
| Franklin,
J. and M. Merlin. 1992 Species-environment patterns of
forest vegetation on the uplifted reef limestone of Atiu,
Mangaia, Ma'uke, and Miti'aro, Cook Islands. Journal of
Vegetation Science, 3:3-14. |
| Allen,
J. and M. Merlin. 1992 Psychoactive Mushroom Use in Koh
Samui and Koh Pha-Ngan, Thailand. Journal of Ethnopharmacology,
35:205-228. |
| Allen,
J. and M. Merlin. 1992 Observations Regarding the Suspected
Psychoactive Properties of Panaeolina foenisecii Maire.
Jahrbuch fur Ethnomedizin und Bewustseinsforschung (Yearbook
for Ethnomedicine and the Study of Consciousness, Germany).
1:99-115. |
| Allen,
J. and M. Merlin. 1992. Psychoactive Mushrooms in Thailand:
Some Aspects of their Relationship to Human Use, Law and
Art. Integration: Zeitschrift fur Geistbewegende Planzen
und Kultur (Journal for Mind-altering Plants and Culture,
Germany). 2/3:99-108. |
| Merlin,
M. 1991 Woody vegetation on the raised coral limestone
of Mangaia, southern Cook Islands. Pacific Science. 45(2):l3l-5l. |
| Allen,
J, Merlin, M. and K. Jansen. 1991. An Ethnomycological
Review of Hallucinogenic Agarics in Australia and New
Zealand. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 23(l):39-69. |
| Merlin,
M. 1989. The Traditional Geographical Range and Ethnobotanical
Diversity of Cordyline fruticosa (L.) Chevalier. Ethnobotany
(India) l:25-39. |
| Allen,
J. and M. Merlin. 1989. Copelandia and Other Psychoactive
Fungi in Hawai'i. Hawaiian Botanical Society Newsletter.
28 (2):27-30. |
| Merlin,
M. 1985. Woody Vegetation in the Upland Region of Rarotonga,
Cook Islands. Pacific Science, 39(1):81-99. |
| Merlin,
M. and J. Juvik. 1985. Bird Protection in Western Samoa.
Oryx. Journal of the Fauna and Flora Preservation Society,
London. 19(4): 97-103. |
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