Publications
Brooks J and Merced A. 2022. Bryophyte Diversity and Distribution in the Virgin Islands Based on Historical Collections. Caribbean Journal of Science 52(1): pp.50-62.
Mercado-Diaz J and Merced A. 2021. Impact of hurricanes on the bryological and lichenological flora of Puerto Rican forests. Acta Científica 32(1-3): 55-72.
McAdam SAM, Duckett JG, Sussmilch FC, Pressel S, Renzaglia KS, Hedrich R, Brodribb J and Merced A. 2021. Stomata: the holey grail of plant evolution. American Journal of Botany 108(3): 1-6.
Renzaglia KS, Browning W and Merced A. 2020. With over 60 independent losses, stomata are expendable in mosses. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11: 567.
Renzaglia KS, Lopez RA, Welsh RD, Owen HA, Merced A. 2020. Callose in sporogenesis: Novel composition of the inner spore wall in hornworts. Plant Systematics and Evolution 306: 16.
Merced A. and Renzaglia KS. 2019. Contrasting pectin polymers in guard cell walls of Arabidopsis and the hornwort Phaeoceros reflect physiological differences. Annals of Botany 123 (4) 579–585.
Jezzini SH., Merced A. and Blagburn JM. 2018. Shaking-B misexpression increases the formation of gap junctions but not chemical synapses between auditory sensory neurons and the giant fiber of Drosophila melanogaster. PloS one 13(8), e0198710.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2017. Structure, function and evolution of stomata from a bryological perspective. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 39 (1): 7-20.
Renzaglia, K. S., J. C. Villareal, B. T. Piatkowski, J. R. Lucas and A. Merced. 2017. Hornwort stomata: Architecture and fate shared with 400 million year old fossil plants without leaves. Plant Physiology 174 (2): 788-797.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2016. Patterning of stomata in the moss Funaria: a simple way to space guard cells. Annals of Botany 117 (6): 985-994.
Merced A. 2015. Novel insights on the structure and composition of pseudostomata of Sphagnum (Sphagnaceae). American Journal of Botany 10: 1-7.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2014. Developmental changes in guard cell wall structure and pectin composition in the moss Funaria: implications for function and evolution of stomata. Annals of Botany 114 (5): 1001-1010.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2013. Moss stomata in highly elaborated Oedipodium (Oedipodiaceae) and highly reduced Ephemerum (Pottiaceae) sporophytes are remarkably similar. American Journal of Botany 100 (12): 2318-2327.
García Cancel J. G., E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman, P. Olaya-Arenas, A. Merced, N. P. Flores, R. L. Tremblay. 2013. Associations between Lepanthes rupestris orchids and bryophyte presence in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 4: 1-14.
Merced-Alejandro, A. and I. Sastre-De Jesús. 2009. A developmental sequence for paraphyses in Neckeropsis (Neckeraceae). The Bryologist 112 (2): 342-353.
Mercado-Diaz J and Merced A. 2021. Impact of hurricanes on the bryological and lichenological flora of Puerto Rican forests. Acta Científica 32(1-3): 55-72.
McAdam SAM, Duckett JG, Sussmilch FC, Pressel S, Renzaglia KS, Hedrich R, Brodribb J and Merced A. 2021. Stomata: the holey grail of plant evolution. American Journal of Botany 108(3): 1-6.
Renzaglia KS, Browning W and Merced A. 2020. With over 60 independent losses, stomata are expendable in mosses. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 11: 567.
Renzaglia KS, Lopez RA, Welsh RD, Owen HA, Merced A. 2020. Callose in sporogenesis: Novel composition of the inner spore wall in hornworts. Plant Systematics and Evolution 306: 16.
Merced A. and Renzaglia KS. 2019. Contrasting pectin polymers in guard cell walls of Arabidopsis and the hornwort Phaeoceros reflect physiological differences. Annals of Botany 123 (4) 579–585.
Jezzini SH., Merced A. and Blagburn JM. 2018. Shaking-B misexpression increases the formation of gap junctions but not chemical synapses between auditory sensory neurons and the giant fiber of Drosophila melanogaster. PloS one 13(8), e0198710.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2017. Structure, function and evolution of stomata from a bryological perspective. Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 39 (1): 7-20.
Renzaglia, K. S., J. C. Villareal, B. T. Piatkowski, J. R. Lucas and A. Merced. 2017. Hornwort stomata: Architecture and fate shared with 400 million year old fossil plants without leaves. Plant Physiology 174 (2): 788-797.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2016. Patterning of stomata in the moss Funaria: a simple way to space guard cells. Annals of Botany 117 (6): 985-994.
Merced A. 2015. Novel insights on the structure and composition of pseudostomata of Sphagnum (Sphagnaceae). American Journal of Botany 10: 1-7.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2014. Developmental changes in guard cell wall structure and pectin composition in the moss Funaria: implications for function and evolution of stomata. Annals of Botany 114 (5): 1001-1010.
Merced, A. and K. S. Renzaglia. 2013. Moss stomata in highly elaborated Oedipodium (Oedipodiaceae) and highly reduced Ephemerum (Pottiaceae) sporophytes are remarkably similar. American Journal of Botany 100 (12): 2318-2327.
García Cancel J. G., E. J. Meléndez-Ackerman, P. Olaya-Arenas, A. Merced, N. P. Flores, R. L. Tremblay. 2013. Associations between Lepanthes rupestris orchids and bryophyte presence in the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Caribbean Naturalist 4: 1-14.
Merced-Alejandro, A. and I. Sastre-De Jesús. 2009. A developmental sequence for paraphyses in Neckeropsis (Neckeraceae). The Bryologist 112 (2): 342-353.
Other publications
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IAB Blog: Stomata are not that important... for bryophytes
Atlas of Science: Early land plants evolved a simple but effective mechanism to place stomata away from each other
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AJB Highlights: Clues on the evolution of stomata: the enigmatic pseudostomata of Sphagnum
