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Susan Brawley

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Susan Brawley

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(207) 581-2973

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Address:
321 Hitchner Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5741

Education

Ph.D. University of California

Publications

  • Journal of Cellular Biology
    Brawley, S.H., and K.R. Robinson. 1985. Cytochalasin treatment disrupts the endogenous currents associated with cell polarization in embryogenesis: studies of the role of F-actin in embryogenesis. J. Cell Biol. 100, 1173-84.
  • American Zoology
    Brawley, S.H., L.E. Johnson, G.A. Pearson, V. Speransky, R.L. and E. Serrão 1999. Gamete release at low tide in fucoid algae: Maladaptive or advantageous? Amer. Zool. 39: 218-29.
  • Canadian Journal Fish Aquatics Science
    Rosemond, A.D., P.J. Mulholland, and S.H. Brawley. 2000. Seasonally shifting limitation of stream periphyton: Response of algal populations and assemblage biomass and productivity to variation in light, nutrients, and herbivores. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57: 66-75.
  • 1999 Oecologia
    Johnson, L.E. and S.H. Brawley. 1999. Dispersal and recruitment of a canopy-forming intertidal alga: The relative roles of propagule availability and post-settlement processes. Oecologia 117, 517-26.
  • 1999 Journal of Phycology
    Serrão, E., S.H. Brawley, J. Hedman, L. Kautsky and G. Samuelsson. 1999. Reproductive success in Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae) in the Baltic Sea. J. Phycol. 35: 254-269. Serrão, E., L. Alice and S. Brawley. 1999. Evolution of the Fucaceae (Phaeophyceae) inferred from nrDNA-ITS. J. Phycol. 35: 382-394. Brawley, S.H. 1999. Submission and retrieval of an aligned set of nucleic acid sequences. J. Phycol. 35: 433-37. Speransky, V., S. Speransky, and S.H. Brawley. 1999. Cryoanalytical studies of freezing damage and recovery in Fucus vesiculosus (Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 35: 1264-1275. Speransky, S. and S.H. Brawley. 2000. Gamete release is increased by calm conditions in the coenocytic green alga Bryopsis (chlorophyta). J. Phycol. 36: 730-739.
  • Sensing hydrodynamic conditions via carbon acquisition. Ecology
    Pearson, G.A., E. Serrão, and S.H. Brawley. 1998. Control of gamete release in fucoid algae: sensing hydrodynamic conditions via carbon acquisition. Ecology 79, 1725-1739.
  • 1998 Journal of Phycology
    Li, R., S.H. Brawley and T. Close. 1998. Proteins immunologically related to dehydrins in fucoid algae. J. Phycol. 34, 642-50.
  • Plant Physiology
    Pearson, G. and S.H. Brawley. 1998. A model for signal transduction during gamete release in the fucoid alga Pelvetia compressa. Plant Physiol. 118, 305-13.
  • 1996 Journal of Phycology
    Rosemond, A. D. and S. H. Brawley. 1996. Species-specific characteristics explain the persistence of Stigeoclonium tenue (Chlorophyta) in a woodland stream. J. Phycol. 32, 54-63.
  • Oecologia
    Serrão, E. A., L. Kautsky and S. H. Brawley. 1996. Distributional success of the marine seaweed Fucus vesiculosus L.in the brackish Baltic Sea correlates with the osmotic capabilities of Baltic gametes. Oecologia 107, 1-12.
  • Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
    Serrão, E. A., G. Pearson, L. Kautsky and S. H. Brawley. 1996. Successful external fertilization in turbulent environments. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93, 5286-90.
  • Marine Ecological Progess Series
    Pearson, G. and S. H. Brawley. 1996. Reproductive ecology of Fucus distichus (Phaeophyceae): An intertidal alga with successful external fertilization. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 143, 211-23.
  • National Academy Press, Washington
    Committee on Biodiversity in Marine Systems. 1995. Understanding Marine Biodiversity. National Academy Press, Washington, 128 pp.
  • 1993 Journal of Phycology
    Brawley, S.H. and L.E. Johnson. 1993. Predicting desiccation stress in microscopic organisms: the use of agarose beads to determine evaporation rates within and between intertidal microhabitats. J.Phycol. 29, 528-535.
  • Oecologia
    Davison, I.R., L.E. Johnson, and S.H. Brawley. 1993. Sublethal stress in the intertidal zone: tidal emersion inhibits photosynthesis and retards development in embryos of the brown alga Pelvetia fastigiata. Oecologia 96, 483-492.
  • Oxford University Press
    Brawley, S.H. 1992. Mesoherbivores. In: Plant-Animal interactions in the Marine Benthos (D. John, S. Hawkins & J. Price, Ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 235-263.
  • 1992 Marine Biology
    Brawley, S.H. 1992. Fertilization in natural populations of the dioecious brown alga Fucus ceranoides L. and the importance of the polyspermy block. Marine Biology. 113, 145-157 
  • British Phycological Journal
    Brawley, S.H. and L.E. Johnson. 1992. Gametogenesis, gametes and zygotes: an ecological perspective on sexual reproduction in the algae. British Phycological Journal 27, 233-252.
  • 1991 Developmental Biology
    Brawley, S.H. 1991. The fast block against polyspermy in fucoid algae is an electrical block. Develop. Biol. 144, 94-106.
  • 1991 Journal of Phycology
    Brawley, S.H. and L.E. Johnson. 1991. Survival of fucoid embryos in the intertidal zone depends upon developmental stage and microhabitat. J. Phycol. 27, 179-186.
  • Berlin: Springer-Verlag
    Brawley, S.H. 1990. The polyspermy block in fucoid algae. In: Cell Walls and Surfaces, Reproduction, Photosynthesis, Experimental Phycology I (W. Wiessner, D.G. robinson, R.C. Starr, Eds.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, pp. 134-144. Brawley, S.H. 1990. Polyspermy blocks in fucoid algae and the occurrence of polyspermy in nature. In: Mechanism of Fertilization: Plants to Humans (B.Dale, Ed.). Berlin: Springer- Verlag, pp. 419-431.
  • Cell
    1989 Cell 59, 955-56
  • 1989 Developmental Biology
    Brawley, S.H. and D.M. Roberts. 1989. Calmodulin-binding proteins are developmentally regulated in gametes and embryos of fucoid algae. Develop. Biol. 131, 313-320.
  • Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
    Brawley, S.H. and X.G. Fei. 1988. Ecological studies of G. asiatica and G. lemaneiformis in China. Chinese J. Oceanol. Limnol. 6, 22-34.
  • Developmental Biology
    Brawley, S.H. and E. Bell. 1987. Partial activation of Fucus eggs with calcium ionophores and low- sodium seawater. Develop. Biol. 122, 217-226.
  • 1987 Journal of Phycology
    Brawley, S.H. and X. G. Fei. 1987. Studies of mesoherbivory in aquaria and in an unbarricaded mariculture farm on the Chinese coast. J. Phycol. 23, 614-623.
  • Developmental Biology
    Brawley, S.H. 1987. A sodium-dependent, fast block to polyspermy occurs in eggs of fucoid algae. Develop. Biol. 124, 390-397. (Featured on journal cover.)
  • 1985 American Scientist
    1985 American Scientist 73, 484
  • Cell Motility
    Allen, N.S. and S.H. Brawley. 1984. Observations of exocytosis in Fucus vesiculosus gametes using video-enhanced light microscopy: a video report. Cell Motility 4, 25-27.
  • Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci
    Brawley, S.H., D.F. Wetherell, and K.R. Robinson. 1984. Electrical polarity in embryos of wild carrot precedes cotyledon development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81, 6064-6067.
  • Quarterly Reviews of Biology
    1983 Quarterly Reviews of Biology 58, 439-40.
  • American Scientist
    1982 American Scientist 70, 319
  • American Journal of Botany
    Brawley, S.H. and J.R. Sears. 1982. Septal plugs in a green alga. Amer. J. Bot. 69, 455-463.
  • Bulletin of Marine Science
    Brawley, S.H. and W. H. Adey. 1982. Coralliophila abbreviata: a significant corallivore! Bull. Mar. Sci. 32, 595-599.
  • 1982 American Journal of Botany
    Sears, J.R. and S.H. Brawley. 1982. Smithsoniella gen.nov., a possible evolutionary link between the multicellular and siphonous habits in the Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta. Amer. J. Bot. 69, 1450-1461.
  • Marine Biology
    Brawley, S.H. and W.H. Adey. 1981. The effect of micrograzers on algal community structure in a coral reef microcosm. Marine Biology 61, 167-177.
  • Nature
    1981. Micrograzers may affect macroalgal density. Nature 292, 177.  
  • Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd
    Brawley, S.H. and R. Wetherbee. 1981. Algal cytology and ultrastructure. In: Biology of the Seaweeds (Botanical Monograph series) (C. Lobban and M. Wynne, eds.). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., pgs. 248-299.
  • Phycologia
    1980 Phycologia 20, 96-99.
  • Academic Press
    Quatrano, R.S., S.H. Brawley, and W.E. Hogsett. 1979. The control of the polar deposition of a sulfated polysaccharide in Fucus zygotes. In: Determinants of Spatial Organization (S.Subtelny and I. R. Konigsberg, eds.). New York: Academic Press, pgs. 77-96.
  • Journal of Phycology
    Brawley, S.H. and R.S. Quatrano. 1979a. Effects of microtubule inhibitors on pronuclear migration and embryogenesis in Fucus distichus (Phaeophyta). J. Phycol. 15, 266-272.  
  • Developmental Biology
    1979b. Sulfation of fucoidin in Fucus embryos. IV. Autoradiographic investigations of fucoidin sulfation and secretion during differentiation and the effect of cytochalasin treatment. Develop. Biol. 73, 193-205.
  • 1977 Journal of Cellular Science
    Brawley, S.H., R.S. Quantrano, and R. Wetherbee. 1977. Fine-structural studies of the gametes and embryo of Fucus vesiculosus L. (Phaeophyta), III. Cytokinesis and the multicellular embryo. J. Cell Sci. 244, 275-294.
  • Environment Biology Fish
    Brawley, S. H. and W. H. Adey. 1977. Territorial behavior of three-spot damselfish (Eupomacentrus planifrons) increases reef algal biomass and productivity. Env. Biol. Fish 2,45-51  
  • Journal of Cellular Science
    Brawley, S.H., R. Wetherbee, and R. S. Quatrano, 1976a. Fine-structural studies of the gametes and the embryo of Fucus vesiculosus L. (Phaeophyta). I. Fertilization and pronuclear fusion. J. Cell Sci. 20, 233-254.
  • 1976 Journal of Cellular Science
    1976b. Fine-structural studies of the gametes and embryo of Fucus vesiculosus L. (Phaeophyta). II. The cytoplasm of the egg and young zygote. J. Cell Sci. 20, 255-271.

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