David Ballantine

Journal Article

• Edlund, Mark B., Ruiz, Hector J., Ballantine, David L., and Stone, Jeffery R. 2025. "A new schizonematous marine diatom from Puerto Rico, Berkeleya witkowskii sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae; Berkeleyaceae), forms macroscopic floral-shaped colonies." Nova Hedwigia, https://doi.org/10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2025/1008.
• Ballantine, David L., Sprung, Julian, and Norris, James N. 2023. "An Indian Ocean macroalga new to the Atlantic: Halimeda macroloba (Chlorophyta, Halimedaceae) discovered and now established in Biscayne Bay, Florida." Bulletin of Marine Science, 99, (4) 559–560. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2023.0036.
• Ballantine, David L., Norris, James N., Johnson, Gabe P., and Ruiz, Hector J. 2023. "Dasya hispida sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) from Puerto Rico and Grenada, Caribbean sea." Botanica Marina, https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2022-0065.
• Appeldoorn, Richard S., Ballantine, David L., Carlo, Milton, Cruz Motta, Juan J., Nemeth, Michael, Ruiz, Hector J., Schizas, Nikolaos V., Sherman, Clark E., Weil, Ernesto, and Yoshioka, Paul M. 2021. "Intra-Annual Variation in Mesophotic Benthic Assemblages on the Insular Slope of Southwest Puerto Rico as a Function of Depth and Geomorphology." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.732926.
• Sauvage, Thomas, Ballantine, David L., Peyton, Kimberly A., Wade, Rachael M., Sherwood, Alison R., Keeley, Sterling, and Smith, Celia. 2020. "Molecular confirmation and morphological reassessment of Udotea geppiorum (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) with ecological observations of mesophotic meadows in the Main Hawaiian Islands." European Journal of Phycology, 55, (2) 186–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2019.1668061.
• Ballantine, David L., Brooks, Barrett L., and Johnson, Gabe P. 2019. "Some rarely reported deep-water macroalgal species from Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, including Verdigellas discoidea sp. nov. (Palmophyllaceae, Chlorophyta) based on submersible collections." Botanica Marina, 62, (6). https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0026.
• Ballantine, David L., Ruiz, Hector, and Norris, James N. 2019. "Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. XII: additions to the flora." Botanica Marina, 62, (4) 337–344. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2018-0117.
• Ballantine, David L., Ruíz, Hector, Lozada-Troche, Chad, and Norris, James N. 2017. "The genus Ethelia (Etheliaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Bahamas and Puerto Rico in the western Atlantic." Botanica Marina, 60, (6) 639–649. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2017-0034.
• Ruiz, Hector, Ballantine, David L., and Sabater, Jorge. 2017. "Continued Spread of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea in the Caribbean: Documentation in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands." Gulf and Caribbean Research, 28, (1) SC5–SC7. https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.2801.05.
• Schmidt, W. E., Lozada-Troche, C., Ballantine, David L., Arakaki, N., Gabriel, D., Norris, James N., and Fredericq, S. 2017. "Taxonomic transfer of the red algae Chrysymenia enteromorpha and C. wrightii to the genus Botryocladia (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodymeniales)." Phytotaxa, 324, (2) 122–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.324.2.2.
• Appeldoorn, Richard, Ballantine, David L., Bejarano, Ivonne, Carlo, Milton, Nemeth, Michael, Otero, Ernesto, Pagan, Francisco, Ruiz, Hector, Schizas, Nikolaos, Sherman, Clark, and Weil, Ernesto. 2016. "Mesophotic coral ecosystems under anthropogenic stress: a case study at Ponce, Puerto Rico." Coral Reefs, 35, (1) 63–75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-015-1360-5.
• Ballantine, David L., Ruiz, Hector, Lozada-Troche, Chad, and Norris, James N. 2016. "The genus Ramicrusta (Peyssonneliales, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean Sea, including Ramicrusta bonairensis sp. nov. and Ramicrusta monensis sp. nov." Botanica Marina, 59, (6) 417–431. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2016-0086.
• Reyes-Contreras, Maria, Kazandjian, Aniuska, and Ballantine, David L. 2016. "Identification Of Compounds Of Allelopathic Extracts From Two Species Of Metapeyssonnelia (Rhodophyta) Growing On The Hydrocoral, Millepora Complanata, In Puerto Rico." Gulf and Caribbean Research, 27, (1) 33–41. https://doi.org/10.18785/gcr.2701.04.
• Ballantine, David L., Ruiz, Hector, and Norris, James N. 2015. "Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico, XI: new records including new Meredithia (Kallymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) species." Botanica Marina, 58, (5) 355–365. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2015-0005.
• Athanasiadis, Athanasios and Ballantine, David L. 2014. "The genera Melyvonnea gen. nov and Mesophyllum s.s. (Melobesioideae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta) particularly from the central Atlantic Ocean." Nordic Journal of Botany, 32, (4) 385–436. https://doi.org/10.1111/njb.00265.
• Ballantine, David L., Lozada-Troche, Chad, and Ruiz, Hector. 2014. "Metapeyssonnelia tangerina (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new species associated with coral reef habitats in Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea." Phycological Research, 62, (3) 197–205. https://doi.org/10.1111/pre.12051.
• Bucher, Katina E., Ballantine, David L., Lozada-Troche, Chad, and Norris, James N. 2014. "Wrangelia gordoniae, a new species of Rhodophyta (Ceramiales, Wrangeliaceae) from the tropical western Atlantic." Botanica Marina, 57, (4) 265–280. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2014-0012.
• Lin, Showe-Mei, Huisman, John M., and Ballantine, David L. 2014. "Revisiting the systematics of Ganonema (Liagoraceae, Rhodophyta) with emphasis on species from the northwest Pacific Ocean." Phycologia, 53, (1) 37–51. https://doi.org/10.2216/13-201.1.
• Athanasiadis, Athanasios, Ballantine, David L., and Ruiz, Hector. 2013. "Hydrolithon abyssophila sp. nov. (Hydrolithoideae, Corallinales), a bisporic coralline from the insular shelf edge of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (US)." Botanica Marina, 56, (5-6) 495–505. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2013-0019.
• Ballantine, David L. and Ruiz, H. 2013. "A unique red algal reef formation in Puerto Rico." Coral Reefs, 32, (2) 411–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1016-2.
• Abbott, Isabella A. and Ballantine, David L. 2012. "Veleroa setteana sp. nov. (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Hawaiian archipelago, including notes on the generitype." Pacific Science, 6 387–395.
• Ballantine, David L. and Ruiz, Hector. 2012. "Peyssonnelia stratosa sp nov (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta), a new shallow-water species from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea." Cryptogamie Algologie, 33, (3) 235–244. https://doi.org/10.7872/crya.v33.iss3.2012.235.
• Norris, James N. and Ballantine, David L. 1995. "Two new species of the Red Alga Chrysymenia J. Agardh (Rhodomeniales: Rhodomeniaceae) from the Tropical Western Atlantic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108, (1) 153–165.
• Norris, James N. and Ballantine, David L. 1995. "Two new species of the red alga Chrysymenia J. Agardh (Rhodymeniales: Rhodymeniaceae) from the tropical western Atlantic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, (1) 153–165.
• Apont, ,N.E., Ballantine, David L., and Norris, James N. 1994. "Culture studies on the morphology and life history of Aglaothamnion herveyi (Howe) comb. nov., with notes on A. felipponei (Howe) comb. nov." Phycologia, 33 231–238.
• Ballantine, David L. and Norris, James N. 1994. "Verdigellis, A new deep-water genus (Tetraporales, Chlorophhyta) from the Tropical Western Atlantic." Cryptogamic Botany, 4 368–372.
• Ballantine, David L. and Norris, James N. 1989. "Notes on the marine algae of Puerto Rico, V: new additions to the flora." Caribbean Journal of Science, 25 1–8.

Book

• Athanasiadis, Athanasios and Ballantine, David L. 2024. Anatomy and Classification of the Mesophyllaceae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta), Based on Phylogenetic Principles. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.25267183.
• Ballantine, David L., Norris, James N., and Ruiz, Hector. 2023. The Marine Benthic Algal Flora of Puerto Rico, II. Chlorophyta and Prasinodermatophyta. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 117. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.22185874.
• Ballantine, David L., Torres, Hector Ruiz, and Aponte, Nilda E. 2016. The Mesophotic, Coral Reef–Associated, Marine Algal Flora of Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to Botany, 105. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1938-2812.105.

Report

• Ballantine, David L., Norris, James N., and Ruiz, Hector. 2021. The Marine Benthic Algal Flora of Puerto Rico, I. Ochrophyta: Phaeophyceae, Pelagophyceae, and Xanthophyceae. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.16709413.

Book Chapter

• Appeldoorn, Richard S., Alfaro, Monica, Ballantine, David L., Bejarano, Ivonne, Ruiz, Hector J., Schizas, Nikolaos V., Schmidt, Wilford E., Sherman, Clark E., and Weil, Ernesto. 2019. "Puerto Rico." In Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Loya, Yossi, Puglise, Kimberly A., and Bridge, Tom C. L., editors. 111–130. Springer Nature. In Coral Reefs of the World, 12.
• Spalding, Heather L., Amado-Filho, Gilberto M., Bahia, Ricardo G., Ballantine, David L., Fredericq, Suzanne, Leichter, James J., Nelson, Wendy A., and Slattery, Marc. 2019. "Macroalgae." In Meosphotic Coral Ecosystems. Loya, Yossi, Puglise, Kimberly A., and Bridge, Tom C. L., editors. 507–536. Springer Nature. In Coral Reefs of the World, 12.
• Appeldoorn, R. and Ballantine, David L. 2016. "Biodiversity of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems." In Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: A Lifeboat for Coral Reefs?. Baker, E., Pugilise, K. A., and Harris, P. T., editors. 45–49. The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal.
• Sinniger, F. and Ballantine, David L. 2016. "Biodiversity of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems." In Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: A Lifeboat for Coral Reefs. Baker, E., Pugilise, K. A., and Harris, P. T., editors. 50–62. The United Nations Environment Programme and GRID-Arendal.
• Appeldoorn, R. and Ballantine, David L. 2014. "Reports for Individual Countries and Territories, Puerto Rico." In Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012. Washington, DC: Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.