Françoise Ardré

Françoise Ardré (born in 1931) is a French phycologist and marine scientist; honoured as the namesake of the red 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 in Paris. 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 du Portugal" (publisher Cino del Duca), Biarritz).
*"Observations sur quelques especes du genre Centroceras (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 and Pierre 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]

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