Francis R. Trainor (11 February 1929–12 February 2013)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We are grateful to M. Wynne for providing a scan of the W.R. Taylor image of Dr Trainor, C. Schneider for the image of the carvings, and V. Kask for her 2010 image as well her assistance with colour correction of older images used in the article and supplement. Gary Wikfors kindly allowed us to use text from his tribute to Dr Trainor.

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Supplementary data associated with this article can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.2216/13-222.1.s1.

New Taxa Described

• 1953. Hormotilopsis Trainor & Bold; H. gelatinosa F.R. Trainor & H.C. Bold; Chlorococcum oleofaciens F.R. Trainor & H.C. Bold; Characium polymorphum F.R. Trainor & H.C. Bold.

• 1964. Hormotila blennista F.R. Trainor & R. Hilton; Spongiochloris typica F.R. Trainor & R.J. McLean.

• 1965. Fasciculochloris R.J. McLean & F.R. Trainor; Fasciculochloris boldii R.J. McLean & F.R. Trainor.

• 1966. Dactylococcus dissociatus P.A. Verses & F.R. Trainor, now Kartococcus dissociatus (P.A. Verses & F.R. Trainor) H. Ettl & G. Gärtner.

• 1967. Chlorococcum starii F.R. Trainor & P.A. Verses, now Cystomonas starii (P.A. Verses & F.R. Trainor) H. Ettl & G. Gärtner; Chlorosarcinopsis variabilis F.R. Trainor & R.L. Hilton.

Eponymy

• Neidium trainorii P.A. Siver & P.B. Hamilton

• Pseudostaurosira trainorii E. Morales

• Scenedesmus trainorii L.E. Shubert

PhD Students Supervised

Robert McLean (1967) A study of senescence in algae; Thomas Lee (1967) Inhibition among soil algae; Carol Ann Burg Thompson (1968) A comparative study of Scenedesmus taxa; Thomas Monahan (1969) Hormotila blennista extracellular products; Kwong-yu Chan (1971) A cytological study of Coelastrum species; Jack Lylis (1971) Heterotrophy in Cyclotella meneghiniana; John Foerster (1971) Experimental ecology of marine and freshwater microscopic algae; L. Elliot Shubert (1973) Morphology and physiology of Scenedesmus N46; Jerome Cain (1975) Environmental regulation of the sexual cycle of Scenedesmus; Edmund Bonneau (1976) Growth and morphology of Ulva in culture; Noble Proctor (1976) Effects of shore birds on dispersal and growth of Connecticut algae; Larry Klotz (1979) Effects of copper level on river algae; Lillian Harter (1980) Algae in stressed and non-stressed nutrient environments; Peter Siver (1980) Morphology and physiology of Scenedesmus 170; Priscilla Baillie (1983) Marine sediment diatom ecology; Joseph Grochowski (1987) Substrate preference in a stressed river environment; Barry Egan (1988) Scenedesmus phenotypic plasticity; Gary Wikfors (1996) Algal succession & Si:N ratios in LIS; Eduardo Morales (2000) Paleolimnological assessments in Connecticut Lakes: the use of epiphytic diatoms as indicators of lake water quality.