Earle, Sylvia A.

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EARLE, Sylvia A.

EARLE, Sylvia A. American, b. 1935. Genres: Marine sciences/Oceanography. Career: Research marine biologist and oceanographer. Resident director for Cape Haze Marine Laboratories, Sarasota, FL, 1966; research scholar, Radcliffe Institute; research fellow, Farlow Herbarium, Harvard University, 1975; research biologist and curator, California Academy of Sciences, 1976; fellow, Natural History Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 1976; chief scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 1990-92; founder, president, CEO Deep Ocean Technology and Deep Ocean Engineering, Oakland, CA, 1981-90. Publications: Humbrella, a New Red Alga of Uncertain Taxonomic Position From the Juan Fernandez, 1969; (with J.R. Young) Siphonoclathrus, A New Genus of Chlorophyta (Siphonales: Codiaceae) from Panama, 1972; (with A. Giddings) Exploring the Deep Frontier: The Adventure of Man in the Sea, 1980; Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans, 1995. EDITOR: (with B.C. Collette) Results of the Tektite Program: Ecology of Coral Reef Fishes, 1972; (with R.J. Lavenberg) Results of the Tektite Program, Coral Reef Invertebrates and Plants, 1975. Address: Deep Ocean Engineering, 1431 Doolittle Drive, San Leandro, CA 94577, U.S.A.

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