Ronald C. Phillips

Ronald Carl Phillips
Professor Ron Phillips in 2005
Born(1932-06-04)4 June 1932
Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Died1 November 2005(2005-11-01) (aged 73)
Sevastopol
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
OccupationsMarine botanist, SCUBA diver, underwater photographer, educator
Spouse(s)Sylvia E. Anderson (1954-1983)
Nataliya A. Milchakova (2003-2005)
Children3 children and 1 stepson

Ronald Carl Phillips (1932–2005) was an American marine botanist[1] and educator in the United States, Netherlands and Ukraine. He specialized in seagrass biology, ecology, systematics, distribution and transplantation. Prof. Phillips was the first individual to combine scuba-diving with seagrass research and transplantation. He co-edited or co-authored four scientific books,[2][3][4][5] 20 book chapters, 20 technical reports[6][7] and 3 monographs,[8][9] over 70 reviewed papers, plus his autobiography which included the development of seagrass biology and restorative seagrass transplantation as important parts of the environmental sciences.[10]

  1. ^ "reefED: Marine Botanists. Accessed 16 April 2013". Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ^ Phillips, R.C. and McRoy, C.P. [eds.] Handbook of Seagrass Biology: an ecosystem perspective. Garland STPM Press, 1980, New York, 353 p.[1]
  3. ^ Phillips, R.C. and Meñez, E.G. (1988) Seagrasses. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., 104 p.[2]
  4. ^ Phillips, R.C. and McRoy, C.P. [eds.] (1990) Seagrass research methods. UNESCO, Paris, 210 p.[3]
  5. ^ Kuo, J., Phillips, R.C., Walker, D.I. and Kirkman, H. [eds.] (1996) Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Seagrass Biology Workshop. Rottnest Island, Western Australia, 25–29 January 1996, 385 p.es. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C., 104 p.[4]
  6. ^ Phillips, R.C. (1960) Observations on the ecology and distribution of the Florida seagrasses. St. Petersburg, Florida State Board of Conservation, Marine Laboratory [5]
  7. ^ Dawes, C.J., Phillips, R.C., Morrison, G. (2004) Seagrass communities of the Gulf Coast of Florida : status and ecology, St. Petersburg, Fl. : Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute : Tampa Bay Estuary Program [6]
  8. ^ Phillips, R.C., Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) (1980) Planting guidelines for seagrasses, Fort Belvoir, Va. : U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center ; Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service [7]
  9. ^ Meñez, E.G., Phillips, R.C., Calumpong, H.C. (1983) Seagrasses from the Philippines, Washington : Smithsonian contributions to the marine sciences, no. 21, Smithsonian Institution Press [8]
  10. ^ Phillips, R.C. (2013) Travels with Seagrass: The Memoirs of Prof. Ronald C. Phillips. Compiled by Kathleen A. Parsons and Nataliya A. Milchakova, 204 p. and 40 colour plates [9][10]