Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

David Ballantine

Research Associate
Department / Division
Publications
Journal Article
  • 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 (Rhodymeniales: Rhodymeniaceae) from the tropical western Atlantic." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, (1) 153–165.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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.
Book
  • 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.