Education:
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1965
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1971
Postdoctoral :
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, 1971-1973
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Plant (seaweed) and animal (marine
invertebrates) interactions: Feeding preference; metabolism of defensive
plant compounds examined at both the
light and ultrastructural levels; growth, effective reproduction, population
structure and
ultrastructure of seaweed populations.
Genera examined to date: Bathophora; Caulerpa; Chondrus; Codium;
Crouannia; Sargassum; Strongylocentrotus; and
Aplysia
RECENT REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Prince, J. S. and W. G. LeBlanc. 1997. Types of reproductive cells in gametangia of Codium fragile ssp tomentosoides (Chlorophyceae) along the northeast coast of North America. In: Proc. Sympos. Ecology and Biology of Giant Unicellular Algae, (Ed. by S. Bonotto & S. Berger)pp.73-84. Mus. reg. Sci. nat. Torino.
Coelho, L., Prince, J. and Nolen, T.G. 1998. Processing of Defensive Pigment in Aplysia californica: Acquisition, Modification and Mobilization of the Red Algal Pigment, R-Phycoerythrin by the Digestive Gland. J. Exper. Biol. 201:425-438.
Prince, J., T. G. Nolen, and
L. Coelho. 1998. Defensive ink pigment processing and secretion in
Aplysia californica: concentration and storage of phycoerythrobilin
in the ink gland. J. Exp. Biol. 201:1595-1613.
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Send Email to jprince@umiami.ir.miami.edu
Last Updated: 10/18/99