Education

• Ph.D., Botany, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• M.S./B.A., Botany, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Research Interests

• Taxonomy, ecology and phytogeography of Pacific coral reef benthic algae and seagrasses
• Food preferences of herbivorous coral reef fishes and invertebrates

Field Work and Museum Studies

• Field work in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Johnston Atoll, New Caledonia, Okinawa, Costa Rica and Belize
• Initiated and maintained algal and seagrass Herbarium at University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Professional Experience

• Research Associate, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i (2004-present)
• Professor Emeritus of Marine Biology, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam (1990-Present)
• Chief, Environmental Services, Duenas & Associates, Inc. [Engineering/Environmental] (1990-2000)
• Foreign Visiting Researcher funded by Japan Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Sesoko Marine Science Center, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, January 5-March 31, 1990
• Instructor to Professor, Marine Laboratory, University of Guam, Mangilao, Guam, includes administrative positions as Director of Marine Laboratory, Dean of Graduate School & Research, Academic Vice Present and Acting/Interim President (1967-89, 2000-01)

Selected Publications

Tsuda, R.T., Vroom, P.S. & Page-Albins, K.N. In Press. New marine algal records from the Polynesia-Micronesia region of the Pacific Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records.

Tsuda, R.T., Fisher, J.R., & Vroom, P.S. In Press. Floristic account of the marine benthic algae from Jarvis Island and Kingman Reef, Line Islands, Central Pacific. Micronesica 43.

Tsuda, R.T., Fisher, J.R., & Vroom, P.S.. 2011. First records of marine benthic algae from Swains Island, American Samoa.  Cryptogamie Algologie 32: 271–291.

Tsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A., Vroom, P.S., & Fisher, J.R. 2010. Marine benthic algae of Johnston Atoll: New species records, spatial distribution and taxonomic affinities with neighboring islands. Pacific Science 64: 585-605.

Tsuda, R.T., Fisher, J.R., Vroom, P.S., & Abbott, I.A.  2010.  New records of subtidal benthic marine algae from Wake Atoll, Central Pacific.  Botanica Marina 53: 19-29.

Fisher, J.R., Giuseffi, L.M., Tsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A., & Coles, S.L.  2010.  New records of marine
benthic algae from offshore islets associated with O’ahu, Maui, Moloka’i and Lāna’i in the main Hawaiian Islands. In N.L. Evenhuis & L.G. Eldredge (Eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2008.  Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 107: 69-80.

Maragos, J., Miller, J., Gove, J., DeMartini, E., Friedlander, A.M., Godwin, S., Musburger, C., Timmers, M., Tsuda, R., Vroom, P., Flint, E., Lundblad, E., Weiss, J., Ayotte, P., Sala, E., Sandin, S., McTee, S., Wass, T.,  Siciliano, D., Brainard, R., Obura, D., Ferguson, S., & Mundy, B.  2008.  US coral reefs in the Line and Phoenix Islands, Central Pacific Ocean: History, geology, oceanography, and biology. p. 595-642. In B. Riegl & R.E. Dodge (Eds.), Coral Reefs of the World.  Vol. 1. Coral Reefs of the USA. Springer, NY, xxii + 806 pp.

Tsuda, R.T., Coles, S.L., Guinther, E.B., Finlay R.A.O., & Harriss, F.L.  2008.  Acanthophora spicifera
(Rhodophyta: Rhodomelaceae) in the Marshall Islands.  Micronesica 40: 245-252.

Tsuda, R.T., Vroom, P.S., Abbott, I.A., Fisher, J.R., & Foster, K.B. 2008. Additional marine benthic
algae from Howland and Baker Islands, Central Pacific.  Pacific Science 62: 271-290.

Tsuda, R.T., Abbott, I.A., & Foster, K.B. 2006. Marine benthic algae from Wake Atoll.  Micronesica 38: 207-219.

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