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I am currently studying systematics and ecology of coral reef-related algae, including deeper water species

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	Depth distribution of algal species on the deep insular fore reef at Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas | article Aponte NE, Ballantine DL (2001) Deep Sea Res 48:2185-2194
	An annotated checklist of deep-reef benthic marine algae from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas (western Atlantic), I. Chlorophyta and Heterokontophyta | article Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (2003) Nova Hedwigia 76:113-127
	An annotated checklist of deep-reef benthic marine algae from Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas (western Atlantic) II. Rhodophyta | article Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (2005) Nova Hedwigia 80:147-171
	Mesophotic coral ecosystems under anthropogenic stress: a case study at Ponce, Puerto Rico | article Appeldoorn R, Ballantine D, Bejarano I, Carlo M, Nemeth M, Otero E, Pagán F, Ruiz H, Schizas N, Sherman C, Weil E (2016) Coral Reefs 35:63-75
	A new encrusting deep-water coral reef alga, Peyssonnelia incomposita (Peyssonneliaceae, Rhodophyta), from Puerto Rico, Caribbean Sea | article Ballantine DL, Ruiz H (2011) Crypt Algol 32:19-26
	Verdigellas, a new deep-water genus (Tetrasporales, Chlorophyta) from the tropical western Atlantic | article Ballantine DL, Norris JN (1994) Crypt. Bot 4:368-372
	Botryocladia bahamense sp. nov. (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Bahamas, western Atlantic | article Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (2002) Crypt Algol 23:123-130
	Verdigellas nektongammea (Tetrasporales, Chlorophyta), a new deep-water species from the Bahamas | article Ballantine DL, Aponte NE (1996) Nova Hedwigia 62:425-429
	Halimeda Hummii Sp. Nov., Halimeda Cryptica V. Acerifolia Var. Nov. (Caulerpales, Chlorophyta), And Additional Records Of Halimeda Species From: Pu... | article Ballantine DL (1982) J Phycol 18:86-91
	Hydrolithon abyssophila sp. nov. (Hydrolithoideae, Corallinales), a bisporic coralline from the insular shelf edge of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Is... | article Athanasiadis A, Ballantine DL, Ruiz H (2013) Botanica Marina 56:495-505
	Notes on the benthic marine algae of Puerto Rico. IX. Additions to the flora including reports of three species for the first time in the Atlantic ... | article Ballantine DL, Ruiz H, Aponte NE (2009) Botanica Marina 52:229-235
	Puerto Rico | chapter Appeldoorn RS, Alfaro M, Ballantine DL, Bejarano I, Ruiz HJ, Schizas NV, Schmidt WE, Sherman CE, Weil E (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems (Springer) by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Macroalgae | chapter Spalding HL, Amado-Filho GM, Bahia RG, Ballantine DL, Fredericq S, Leichter JJ, Nelson WA, Slattery M, Tsuda RT (2019) in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
	Intra-annual variation in mesophotic benthic assemblages on the insular slope of Southwest Puerto Rico as a function of depth and geomorphology | article Appeldoorn RS, Ballantine DL, Carlo M, Cruz Motta JJ, Nemeth M, Ruiz HJ, Schizas NV, Sherman CE, Weil E, Yoshioka PM (2021) Front Mar Sci 8:732926