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Prof. Margaret Clayton

Ph.D. Melbourne University

Dip. Ed. Monash

Telephone: +61-3-9905-5617
Fax: +61-3-9905-5613
E-mail: margaret.clayton@sci.monash.edu.au

Dr Margaret Clayton
Research areas
  • The functional importance of phenolic compounds in brown algae
  • The reproductive biology of marine algae
  • The biology of polar macroalgae
  • Seaweeds of the Falkland Islands
  • Phylogeny of brown algae

Honours projects for prospective students

Recent publications
Book
  • Wiencke, C. & Clayton, M.N. (2002) Biology of Antarctic Seaweeds. A. R. G. Gantner Verlag KG, Liechtenstein, 239pp.
Articles
  • Schoenwaelder M.E.A., Wiencke C., Clayton M.N. & Glombitza K.W. (2003) The effect of elevated UV radiation on Fucus spp. zygote and embryo development. Plant Biology 5: 366-377.
  • Raven J.A., Johnston, A.M., K?bler, J.E., Korb, R., McInroy, S.G., Handley, L.L., Scrimgeour, C.M., Walker, D.I., Beardall, J., Clayton, M.N., Chudek, J.A., Vanderklift, M., Fredricksen S. & Dunton, K.H. (2002) Algae in the Cold. Annals of Botany 90, 525-536.
  • Raven, J.A., Beardall, J., Chudek, J.A. Scrimgeour, C.M., Clayton, M.N. & McInroy, S.G. (2001) Altritol Synthesis by Nothiea anomala. Phytochemistry 58, 389-394.
  • Kevekordes, K. & Clayton, M.N.  (2000) Development of Hormosira banksii embryos in selected components of secondarily-treated effluent. J Phycol. 35, 25-32.
  • Schoenwaelder, M.E.A. & Clayton, M.N. (2000) Physode formation in embryos of Phyllospora comosa and Hormosira banksii (Fucales, Phaeophyta). Phycologia 39,1-9.
  • Kevekordes, K. & Clayton, M.N. (1999) Shedding of the zygote wall by Durvillaea potatorum (Durvillaeales, Phaeophyta) embryos. Eur. J. Phycol. 34, 65-70.
  • Schoenwaelder, M.E.A. & Clayton, M.N. (1999) The presence of phenolic compounds in isolated cell walls of brown algae. Phycologia 38, 161-166.
  • Schoenwaelder, M.E.A. & Clayton, M.N. (1999) The role of cytoskeleton in brown algal physode movement. Eur J Phycol. 34, 223-229.
  • Clayton, M.N., Kevekordes, K., Schoenwaelder, M.E.A., Schmid, C.E. & Ashburner, C.M. (1998) Parthenogenesis in Hormosira banksii (Phaeophyceae). Botanica marina, 40, 23-30.
  • Peters, A. F. & Clayton, M.N. (1998) Molecular phylogeny of brown algae with stellate plastid: combined analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA subunit and spacer sequences supports proposal of Scytothamnales ord. nov. (Phaeophycaeae). Phycologia  37: 40-46.
  • Schoenwaelder, M.E.A. & Clayton, M.N. (1998) The secretion of phenolic compounds following fertilisation in Acrocarpia paniculata (Fucales, Phaeophyta). Phycologia 37, 40-46.
  • Schoenwaelder M.E.A. & Clayton M. N. (1998) The secretion of phenolic substances into the zygote wall and cell plate in embryos of Hormosira and Acrocarpia (Fucales, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol.  34, 969-980.