- Françoise Ardré
Françoise Ardré (born in 1931) is a French
phycologist and marine scientist; honoured as the namesake of thered alga known as "Pterosiphonia ardreana" [Maggs & Hommersand, 1993] .After she held a Doctorate in Sciences, Ardré was in charge of the phycology department of the
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle inParis . She also conducted research programs in Portugal, in Spain (Cadaqués ) and in France (Ile d'Yeu ), among another locations. Able to dive in apnea without wetsuit in the cold water of the ocean, she fetched, discovered and collected herself the new seaweeds she studied.Her most well known published literary work is "Contribution à l'étude des Algues Marines du
Portugal I: La Flore" (English: Contribution to the Study of the Marine Algas of Portugal I: Flora).Bibliography
Some of her works:
*"Contribution à l'étude des Algues Marines duPortugal " (publisherCino del Duca ),Biarritz ).
*"Observations sur quelques especes du genreCentroceras (Ceramiaceae ,Rhodophyta )" 1987.
*"Observations nouvelles sur la morphologie et la repartition géographique de trois ceramiales: Ceramium cinnabarinum, Mesothamnion caribaeum et Ctenosiphonia hypneoides". In collaboration with Ir. Hardy-Halos and L. Saldanha, 1982.Other
Portraits of Françoise Ardré were painted, inspiring painters such as as
Maurice Boitel andPierre Béchon .External links
Related articles:
* [http://www.sefalgas.org/AlgasnumeroespecialSeoane.pdf]
* [http://www.seaweed.ie/guiry/pdfs/NiChualain_et_al.2004.pdf]
* [http://www.torontopost.biz/Info/?Portugal]References
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