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Prof. Ivan Goodbody

MA Dublin, PhD Aber, Professor Emeritus (UWI, Mona)


Prof & Mrs. Goodbody Having found it necessary to relinquish all laboratory and fieldwork, Prof. Goodbody devotes most of his time to the publication of the results of work he has carried out on Caribbean Ascidiacea. His research extends over fifty years, ever since the opening of the first marine laboratory in Port Royal in November 1955, and was conducted mostly in Port Royal and Belize.

 


Research Areas
  • Marine Invertebrate Zoology
  • Physiology, Ecology and Taxonomy of Ascidiacea

Memberships
  • Editorial Board, Bulletin of Marine Science
  • Editorial Board, Caribbean Marine Studies
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
  • Caribbean Academy of Sciences

Awards
  • Silver Musgrave Medal from the Insitute of Jamaica in 1973.
  • In July 3003, Professor Emeritus Ivan Goodbody was honoured for his past services to the Association of Marine Science Laboratories of the Caribbean with an Honorary Life membership at a meeting held in Trinidad.

Recent Publications
  • Goodbody, I. & Thomas-Hope E. (eds). (2002) "Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean". Canoe Press 496pp. ISBN - 976-8125-76-4.
  • Goodbody, I. & Smith D. (2002) Recreational Use of Natural Resources. In Natural Resource Management for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean. Edited by Ivan Goodbody and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope Canoe Press pp 389-425.
  • Goodbody, I. 2003. Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. An Overview. Bulletin of Marine Science 73 (2) 249-255.
  • Harvey, G. H., Ivan Goodbody and Karl A. Aiken. (2003) The Artisanal thread herring fishery of Kingston Harbour: a review. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):398-420.
  • Goodbody, I. (2003) The Ascidian fauna of Port Royal, Jamaica In Harbour and mangrove dwelling species. Bulletin of Marine Science Vol.73 (2):457-476.
  • Goodbody, I. (2004) Natural History in Jamaica. Reflecting on the past and charting the future. Jamaica Journal 27 (2-3) 48-53.
  • Goodbody, I. M (2004) "Diversity and distribution of Ascidians (Tunicata) at Twin Cays, Belize". Atoll Research Bulletin No. 524, 1-23.
  • Goodbody, I.M. (2004) "Port Royal as a focal point for marine biodiversity in Jamaica". Jamaica Journ. Sci. & Tech. Vol. 15, 37 -53.
  • Rutzler, K, C. Diaz, I. C. Feller, I. M. Goodbody and I. G. Macintyre. (2004) "The Aquatic environment of Twin Cays, Belize". Atoll Research Bulletin. No. 512, 1-49.
  • Warner G.F. and I. M. Goodbody.(2005) "Jamaica". Chapter 1.4 in Caribbean Marine Biodiversity: The Known and the Unknown ed. by P. Miloslavich. Lancaster PA DEStech Publications Inc. pp. 57 -71.
  • Goodbody, I. and Linda Cole. (2006) "The Western Atlantic Perophoridae (Ascidiacea) II. The genus Ecteinascidia". Bulletin of Marine Science 79 (1) 49-70.
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