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. A ten . (Florida Fish and Editor: (Louisiana State [email protected] [email protected] Juan Lopez-Bautista Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 AL Tuscaloosa, University of Alabama of Alabama University Department of Biological Sciences Dr. Karen SteidingerDr. Dr. John W. Day JohnW. Dr. ∗ WINTER SPRING 2008 sity) presenting a talk“Harmful entitled Algal Blooms (HABs) and their impact on Marine Environments in the Northern Gulf Paul Kemp ofand Mexico,” (Vice- Dr. President, Gulf Coast Initiative National Audubon Society) presenting a talk on the ecological implications of wetland will be Dr. Leannewill beFlewelling Dr. (Florida Fish andWildlife Research Institute) present ing a talk“Unexpected entitled vectors of brevetoxins to marine and ” Dr. Jonathan Deeds (US FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied ) present ing a talk“The entitled evolving story of Gyrodinium galatheanum = Karlodinium micrum = Karlodinium veneficum year perspective.” * University) headlining a session on the and management of coastal and wetland , particularly in the Mississippi Delta region in the aftermath of major Day willhurricanes. presentDr. a talk“Climate entitled energychange, andscarcity, sustainable management of the Mississippi Onedelta.” of the associ ated mini-symposium speakers will be Sibel BarguDr. (Louisiana State Univer Wildlife Research Institute) presenting a plenary talk“Harmful entitled algal blooms in : Common risks.” The associated mini-symposium speakers 8 9 2 2 5 - 11 1 1 1

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he Phycological Society of America (PSA) will hold its 2008 annual meeting on July 27-30, 2008 in NewThe Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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Island to honor UAB scientists Meetings and Symposia 2008 PSA Meeting INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Courses Job Opportunities Trailblazer 28: Sophie C. Ducker Books Deadline for contributions The Plenary Speakers and session topics for 2008 are: related to the mini-symposia topics will be solicited and scheduled“featured contributedin ses talk” sions immediately following each mini-symposium. associated mini-symposia with participants identi fied by the Plenary speakers. Contributed papers Continuing with the new meeting format begun in PSA2006, will again sponsor Plenary talks and modations will be available on the Loyola campus. Room blocks have also been reserved at two nearby hotels. planned before the meeting and a work day with for Humanity is being explored for the day after the meeting. Low-cost dormitory accom Wednesday, 28-30 July. The 28-30PSA banquet Wednesday, July. will be Wednesday evening at the Louisiana Swamp Ex hibit at the Audubon Optional Zoo. field trips are an opening mixer on the evening 27 ofJuly Sunday, and the scientific program will be Monday through meeting will be held on the campus of Loyola University and is being hosted James Wee by Prof. (Loyola University).The meeting will kick-off with T versity. Topic: “Early of ” Minisymposium: Paleolimnology (Christian Kamenik, WINTER convener) -Sergi Pla (Loughborough Univ.) – Paleoclimatology with SPRING 2008 a focus on the Pyrenees -Andrew Paterson (Ontario) – Improving Lake manage- volume 44 volume restoration and flood protection. ment: Linking the Past & Present *Dr. Bill Barclay (Martek Biosciences -Jordi Catalan (Univ. Barcelona), tentative - Climate Recon- struction Corporation) will headline a session on -Peter Siver (Connecticut College) - Chrysophytes in the algal and present an ad- Eocene dress entitled “Commercial production of highly unsaturated fatty acids by microal- Tuesday, June 24th gae: Lessons for biofuels production.” The Keynote Presentation: Mitch Sogin, Marine Biological Lab- associated mini-symposium speakers will oratory, Hole. Topic: Microbial  be Dr. Craig Weaver (Martek Biosciences) of the World’s Oceans: an underexplored “rare ” presenting a talk entitled “Manipulation of Minisymposium: Evolution of Heterokonts (Robert Ander- Number Number Schizochytrium genes for improved fatty sen, convener) acid production” and Dr. Casey Lippmeier -Rose Ann Cattolico (University of Washington) - New (Martek Biosciences) presenting a talk perspectives on stramenopile genome

1 entitled “Schizochytrium as a viable produc- -Robert Andersen (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sci- tion platform for biotechnology.” ences) - Heterokont algal phylogenies derived from multi- gene analyses. -Hwan Su Yoon (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences) Molecular evolution of the brown and -J. Craig Bailey (University of North Carolina - Wilmington) and colorless stramenopiles: implications for the 7th International Chrysophyte Symposium origin of heterokont algae Connecticut College Stom@ocyst WIKI workshop led by Christian Kamenik Other Workshops are still being planned June 22-27, 2008 New London, Connecticut, U.S.A. Wednesday, June 25th Taste & Odor Workshop- The Senses of Taste and Smell, and Water Tentative Keynote and Mini-Symposia Schedule Gary Burlingame, Philadelphia Water Supply

his is a reminder notice that plans continue Thursday, June 26th to move forward for this year’s International Keynote Presentation: James Rohlf, SUNY-Stony Broo. TChrysophyte Symposium. We’ve heard from Topic: “Use of Geometric Morphometrics in ” many of you and anticipate a great crowd and an Minisymposium: Signals & Smells: Chemical Ecology exciting series of talks. Listed below are the key- &Taste and Odor (Sue Watson, convener) note talks and tentative minisymposia speakers. -Sue Watson (National Water Research Institute, Burling- In addition, we’ll have open sessions each day for ton, Canada) – Chrysophyceae & Other Taxa: Signals & the presentations and posters that we hope many Smells in Drinking Water and Foodwebs of you will present. Please check our conference -Gary Burlingame (Philadelphia Water Supply) – The Case website for regular updates of the Cucumber http://www.conncoll.edu/academics/departments/botany/ICS.html T-homas Wichard (Princeton) - Chemical Signals & Harm- ful Algal Blooms Sunday, June 22nd -David Domozych (Skidmore College) – tentative title, Arrival & Registration Didymosphenia geminata: Invasive or Opportunist?

Monday, June 23rd We look forward to seeing you in June! Keynote Presentation: Andrew Knoll, Harvard Uni- WINTER SPRING 2008 ISAP 2008 June 21-27 Galway, 44 Volume

he 3rd Congress of the International Society for Applied and the T11th International Conference on Ap- plied Phycology will be held at the National University of Ireland, Galway 21st to 27th of  June 2008 and will be hosted by the Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway. “Eocene Chrysophyte Cyst” taken by P.A. Siver Number The Fifth Asian Pacific Phycological Forum Since the early 19th century, when scientif- November 10-14, 2008 ic investigations of Irish marine algae began Wellington, in earnest with (1811- 1 1866), over 600 different of he Fifth Asian Pacific Phycological Forum will from Irish waters have been identified. Given be held on November 10-14, 2008 in Welling- the small area of the island, this is a very high Tton, New Zealand. . No wonder as Ireland has an extensive coastline of about 7,500 km and This meeting is jointly sponsored by the APPA a north-south span of almost 4 degrees of (Asian Pacific Phycology Association) and ASPAB latitude. Seawater temperature range from 6- (Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic 8 ºC in February and from 15-16 º C in August ), and local organizations (NIWA and VUW). and the mean range of spring tides varies The web page is up and running at from 2.2-4.5 m (Marine Institute 2002). www.appf2008.com and a flier is downloadable from this site. Please cir- Seaweed harvesting is an ancient tradition culate it to all your students and associates. Various in Ireland and the usage of dulse for food mini-symposia are scheduled (see web site), as are (Palmaria palmata) in Ireland first appears in workshops. a stanza of a poem now thought to be 12th century (Ó Madagáin 1994). Other edible spe- This is the first international phycological meeting cies that have traditionally been harvested in New Zealand. are Chondrus crispus and Mastocarpus stella- tus (carrageen), and species (laver). A call for papers and registration details will be an- Different types of fucoids and kelps have nounced in January 2008, with registration/abstract been used as fertilizer by coastal dwellers for due about May/June. The page will be updated as hundreds of years. During Ireland’s potato information becomes available. famines of the 19th century, many commu- nities were forced to rely on seaweed and Please book this exciting meeting at this great site other seafoods. Ireland has a tradition of into your calendar. harvesting dating back to the 17th century. Coastal communities would collect and We look forward to seeing many of you! harvest kelp, particularly storm-cast, which were burnt in kelp kilns (oval circles tours to view these magnificent sea creatures up close. Bird-watching is a real highlight in some of the WINTER country’s more remote areas and majestic seacliffs, with fulmars, puffins and razorbills all making an ap- SPRING 2008 pearance. Inner Galway (the Claddagh) is well known volume 44 volume of stopes in the foreshore). The burnt ash-re- for its rare waders and gulls. Also, unspoiled mains of kelp contained soda and potash that reserves and national parks are great places to spot was used as a fertilizer, for pottery glazing, badgers, deer, foxes and squirrels in their natural and in the manufacture of glass and soap. The . remains of kelp kilns are still visible along the west coast of Ireland (Guiry & Blunden 1991). So go on, indulge yourself with a tour around Collection of maërl has been evident since Irish spectacular sights, stunning scenery and ex- the 17th century in Ireland (Briand 1991). The ceptional attractions. As is said in the ancient Irish main use was as a fertiliser on lime-poor soils. tongue “Céad Míle Fáilte” or “A Hundred Thousand  Recently, the value-added sector of the indus- Welcomes”. We hope to see you In Galway at the 3rd try has emerged using seaweed to produce Congress of the International Society for Applied Number Number attractive, high quality products. Phycology and the 11th International Conference on Applied Phycology in June 2008. Nevertheless, Ireland has more to offer

1 Briand X (1991) Seaweed harvesting in Europe. In: Guiry MD, Blunden G (Eds.). than just seaweed. Often referred to as the Seaweed Resources in Europe: Uses and Potential. John Wiley & Sons, Chicester. Land of Saints and Scholars, the country’s hills pp. 259-308 and valleys have seen Neolithic farmers clear Guiry MD, G Blunden (1991) Seaweed Resources in Europe: Uses and Poten- the land, fugitives hide in its forests, churches tial. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 432 pp provide shelter to Christians, and great armies Ó Madagáin B (1994) The Picturesque in the Gaelic Tradition. In: Collins T (Ed). mass for battle. Through tumultuous times Decoding the Landscape Centre for landscape Studies. Galway pp 48-59 and heroic tales, the Irish countryside is Marine Institute (2002) Oceanographic Data Coverage of the Northeast riddled with reminders of bygone eras result- Atlantic 1970- 2000. Marine institute, Galway 64 p ing in a phenomenal array of historical sites, Stefan Kraan pilgrim walks, museums and heritage centres [email protected] just waiting to be explored. Bursting at the Irish Seaweed Centre, Martin Ryan Institute, seams with literary giants past and present, National University of Ireland, Galway wonderful prose and poetry can be enjoyed either in the elegant rooms of our magnifi- cent libraries or in the jovial confines of a liter- ary pub crawl and everything in between. Im- bued into daily , you could down a pint on the same barstool that Brendan Behan used to frequent, stumble upon a Neolithic monu- ment out in the countryside or find yourself in the midst of an impromptu traditional music seisún (session). Galway was an important mediaeval port, dominated, like Florence, by a few merchant and banking families, and the remains of several important mediaeval town houses and castles are evident in its narrow, lively streets.

Biologically, Ireland is more than just leap- ing salmon. Seals, whales, sharks and dolphins swim around Irish waters and one can take Stefan Kraan Volume 44  Number 1 ------8 ------e http://striweb.si.edu/bocas_databas his course is designed to orient partici to is designed his course pants to the biodiversity of tropical ma of tropical the biodiversity to pants field and laboratory through rine WINTER SPRING 2008 TROPICALFIELD PHYCOLOGY MARINE http://striweb.si.edu/bocas_database/details.php?id=370

T Barcode of Life Project. Project. of Life Barcode by snorkel Mostcan be sampled field sites div but optional SCUBA ing (0-10m depths), through ing opportunities will be available out the course. lar investigations in the laboratory. in the laboratory. lar investigations will empha Morphological investigation micro of specimens for the preparation size and the interpretation examination scopic in and reproductive of vegetative ob of published in the light living material Partici servations the primary from literature. of the development to will contribute pants Inventory Biodiversity Toro the Bocas del of a bi-lingual field and the development the the local through marineguide to production of individual species pages docu observationsfield and microscopical menting will emphasize Molecular investigation for sampling and preservation of material for of DNA sequences analysis subsequent and biogeographi phylogenetic barcoding, this part from derived Data of the cal studies. Toro the Bocas to del class will contribute work. Specifically, it will emphasize the devel emphasize it will Specifically, work. of practical skills or enhancement opment characterization identification, for essential marine macroal and preservation of tropical in diverse Sampling forays gae (). habitats, mangrove (e.g., environments sponge communi reefs, coral beds, seagrass shorelines and exposed ties) on protected Archipelago Toro the Bocasthroughout del morphological molecu and will complement l - - - - -

SEPC April 4-6 April Hopefully we’ll see you in October! see you Hopefully we’ll October 24-26 Charleston, Oregon Charleston, [email protected] NW Algal Symposium Algal NW We look forward to seeing you all there! seeing you look forward to We Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Beach, Vedra Ponte For further contact information For held in the Oregon Institute of Marine of Institute Biol Oregon held in the of on the weekend Oregon ogy in Charleston he 22nd NorthWest Algal Symposium will be Symposium Algal NorthWest he 22nd

will take during 24-26 October place 2008 at Estuarine Matanzas National Tolomato Guana he 30th South Eastern Phycological Colloquoy Colloquoy he 30th South Phycological Eastern Organizers at the University of North the University at Organizers Florida:

http://www.spu.edu/depts/biology/nwas/2008meeting/22ndNWAS.htm [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cliff Ross Casamatta Cliff Dale Details and website information shall be forthcom information Details and website ing. are planned for a full day of Saturday, October 25. of Saturday, a full day planned for are all aspects on of the biology of algae, Presentations welcome. are plants and other aquatic seagrasses, The SEPC is a small, informal meeting which em informal SEPC is a small, The participation student phasizes and student-faculty sessions paper and poster Contributed interaction. T Florida Beach, Vedra Ponte Reserve, Research be found at be found most welcome! Awards will be presented for the for will be presented Awards most welcome! De presentation. and best oral poster best student can tails of the meeting and abstract submittal forms algal aficionados and novices alike are encouraged alike encouraged are and novices algal aficionados in particular, are, students Graduate participate. to talks on seagrasses. The symposium will provide an symposium will provide The talks on seagrasses. and of information the exchange for forum excellent Long-term setting. and informal ideas in a relaxed symposium will include oral and poster presenta and poster symposium include oral will aspect or microalgal any of macro tions covering also particularly we and this year welcome research T The 6th of April 2008. Sunday 4th of April to Friday - / - - - - m The course course The 665 or $924), which 665 or $924), € The course tutors, Dr tutors, course The The course takes course full The The course is open to is open to course The Kindrogan Field Centre, Enoch Centre, Kindrogan Field FRESHWATER ALGAE COURSE 2008 COURSE ALGAE FRESHWATER http://www.ccap.ac.uk/algalculturecollections2008.ht http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan Where and when? Where the tour (near Scotland Perthshire, Blairgowrie, dhu, 6 June, – Friday, 30 May Friday, of Pitlochry), ist area has been the course that year is the 13th This 2008. offered. Eileen Cox and Prof Elliot Shubert, have taught this taught have ElliotShubert, and Prof Cox Eileen a have and they years the past twelve for course Eileen expertise algae. wide-ranging on freshwater History Natural The at and Elliot conduct research and green specialising in London, Museum, live has published a key Eileen to respectively. algae, of the European and is Co-Editor-in-Chief diatoms Perthshire to provide a sound introduction to the a sound introductionto provide to Perthshire of freshwa and ecology identification recognition, on the use of the will be Emphasis placed algae. ter the identifica keys for and taxonomic ecological and their generic and species level tion to importance. the participants? are Who from ranging backgrounds individuals with different their likerefresh to those who would beginners to knowledge of particular of algae or experi groups of the world. region collectingence in a different of the course? is the full cost What £455 per person (approx costs all meals (please notify includes accommodation, special dietary any needs) and have if you the Centre and costs money for value is excellent This tuition. courses algal less than other freshwater significantly on offer. tutors? the course are Who Immediately following the Freshwater Algae course, course, Algae the Freshwater following Immediately meeting will take Collections place Culture the Algal Argyll Oban, the Dunstaffnage Marineat Laboratory, 2008. 8-11 June, Scotland, Highlands, West / both the combining like consider might to You plans. travel and the meeting in your course about? is the course What and of aquatic range of the excellent advantage of Highland in this beautifularea habitats terrestrial -

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http://www.brphycsoc.org/courses.lass -Botanical Society of America Awards) (click on BAS http://www.botany.org/awards_grants/detail/bsagsra.ph -STRI: need-based assistance, by 1 Mar 08 (with by need-based assistance, -STRI: details application)See instructions application for http://www.psaalgae.org/ops/grants.sht of class. Since this will give everyone in the this will give Since of class. class an opportunity about learn more to all par interests research each participant’s their present to will be encouraged ticipants work. Please note, many institutions provide sup institutions provide many note, Please of the results port presenting students for wish Students their ongoing investigations. 15 will be given their work present ing to in one of three discuss their work to minutes week 1-hour sessions during the first or four in the course. Some links to potential funding potential Some links to in the course. also check Please below. provided are sources Phycological, regional/national with your or other relevant Environmental Ecological, course support. and field travel societies for Funding: A variety of funding sources may may sources of funding variety A Funding: participate those wishing to to be available -British Phycological Society, by 1 Mar 08 by Society, -British Phycological -PSA Croasdale Fellowship, by 1 Mar 08 by Fellowship, -PSA Croasdale SPRING 2008 WINTER volume 44  Number 1 Volume 44  Number 1 ------SUMMER FIELD OPPORTUNITIES SUMMER WINTER SPRING 2008 JC KINGSTON FELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIP DIATOM JC KINGSTON ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA OF ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS http://www.campus.ncl.ac.uk/staff/Stephen.Juggins/courses.htm http://www.campus.ncl.ac.uk/staff/Stephen.Juggins/courses.htm ing offered this summer at Iowa Lakeside Lab. Lab. Lakeside at Iowa this summer ing offered Opportunities be are diatomists to of interest ECOLOGY AND OF DIATOMS AND SYSTEMATICS ECOLOGY collection, preparation, and identification. and identification. preparation, collection, systemat , will cover Lectures of most freshwater ics and individual will complete Students genera. collections using modern voucher database to encouraged are Students techniques. use of diatoms The materials. bring research research and paleoecological in ecological ten to is limited size Class will be discussed. is encouraged. and earlystudents enrollment to Reimer Scholarship will be awarded The June based on scholastic merit. one student Spaulding Sarah by taught 2008, June 27, 1 to and Mark Edlund. is sched Data of Environmental Analysis Juggins during Steve by be taught uled to See the 2009 session. furtherfor details. This course is an intensive, field-oriented field-oriented is an intensive, course This undergradu advanced for class appropriate and post students, graduate students, ate envi geology, workers in ecology, graduate taxonomy. and diatom sciences, ronmental in the diverse will immerse ourselves We deposits Up of the and fossil habitats aquatic diatoms. observeper Midwest to freshwater in diatom will learn techniques Students The John C. Kingston Diatom Fellowship Fellowship Kingston Diatom John C. The friends colleagues, by 2004 in established was memory and to honor John’s and family to the he made to the contributions recognize - l - - - 3 o For detailed For and Edinburgh Yes, support a for Yes, Prof Elliot ShubertProf [email protected] Tel 020 7942-5606 (UK) Tel Fax 020 7942-5529 (UK) Fax Tel +44 207 942-5606 (international) Tel Fax +44 207 942-5529 (international) Fax http://www.brphycsoc.org/funding.lass Cromwell Road, London SW7 5B D,United SW7 5B D,United London Road, Cromwell Department of Botany, The Natural MuseumThe Department of Botany, http://www.field-studies-council.org/2008/courseinfo.aspx?id=50 http://www.field-studies-council.org/kindrogan/ http://www.psaalgae.org/student/stugrants.htm If you have any other queries, please contact: queries, other any have If you For course information and a booking form, go to: go to: and a booking information course form, For Where can I find more information? can I find more Where Centre: about the Kindrogan Field information Cross-Edinburgh-Inverness route. Participants will Participants route. Cross-Edinburgh-Inverness Pitlochrybe met at Kindrogan staff. by in the respective cities. The nearest mainline railway railway mainline nearest The cities. in the respective Kings is on the London which is Pitlochry, station How do you get to Kindrogan? get to do you How airportsThe airports. international have Glasgow station connection the main railway a coach to have The deadline for applications is 1 March 2008. applications deadline for The logical Society of America are eligible for financial logical Society eligible for of America are sta a field at course support a phycology attend to Fellowship. Croasdale T. the Hannah tion from Graduate students who are members Phyco of the who are students Graduate 1 December, 1 March and 1 June. The sooner you sooner you The and 1 June. 1 March 1 December, a of receiving are chances your are the better apply, stipend. The deadlines for applications are: 30 September, 30 September, are: applications deadlines for The Is there support there Is students? for British Phyco The from stipend available is student logical Society Framework Directive. Framework We will be joined for part of course, by Guest Tutor, Tutor, Guest by part will be joined for of course, We Hydrol and Ecology for Centre Carvalho, DrLaurence Water the EU on a presentation will give who ogy, Journal of Phycology. Elliot a key published has to Journal Phycology. of and algae green colonial and coccoid the non-motile and Biodiversity. of Systematics is Editor-in-Chief ------Friday Harbor Laboratories Friday Summer 2008 Marine Algae course course Summer Marine 2008 Algae he course lasts 5 weeks from June 9 - July from 5 weeks lasts he course Marine as Biology 539, is listed 2008 and 12, is applications Deadline for credits). Algae(9 3. Quantitative analysis of the distributions analysis and Quantitative 3. will be inves of seaweed abundances of lectures and field with a combination tigated on study Emphasis will be placed and lab exercises. methods of data sampling procedures, designs, will obtain Students interpretation. and data analysis, Collection, preservation and record keeping essential preservation and record Collection, be will em sampling and analysis biodiversity for Laboratory the methods will emphasize phasized. examina and microscopic literature use of essential understand the morphological and to tion in order will We this purpose. to details relevant reproductive the deeper trips for dredging least two include at we also use Centennial; using the R/V marine flora seaweed the underwater accessible examine ROV to in selectcommunities localities. marine in eco functionalThe of seaweeds role 2. labo discussion, through will be examined systems ratoryrole of and field methods emphasizing the as primary marine seaweeds in coastal producers their functional morphology and their communities, with other members of the marineinteractions and as habitat). webs in food role (e.g., will include introduction exercises Lab and field oxygen dissolved selectedto analytical gear (e.g., loggers for simple data and nutrient analysis, meters, and light). temperature T encour 2008 but early are applications 1, February will applications Later with planning. aged as it helps basis. on a space-available be considered Tom Dr. and Waaland Bob Dr. instructors are The marine algae with explores course This Mumford. in marine ecosystems. role emphasis on their key components. three will have course The and the practical diversity seaweed Investigating 1. these of skills identification for essential and laboratory forays field through will be examined water temperate cool studies of seaweed-dominated in the SanJuan Archipelago accessible communities Island. Vancouver of coast outer and on the exposed - - m - g Mark Edlund Sarah Spaulding Sarah Campus Box 450 Box Campus 16910 152nd St. N 16910 152nd St. Boulder CO 80309 Boulder CO [email protected] [email protected] University of Colorado University

http://www.lakesidelab.or Marine on St. Croix MN 55047 Croix Marine on St. Science Museum of MinnesotaScience [email protected] REGISTRATION AND CONTACTS: REGISTRATION Institute of Arctic Research & Alpine Institute St. Croix Watershed Research Station Research Watershed Croix St.

http://www.psaalgae.org/soc/croasdale.sht Merit Scholarships are available through through Merit available Scholarships are Lakeside Lab (deadline April 1) and the Iowa the through Fellowship Croasdale T. Hannah Society of America (deadline Phycological March 1) career interests to Jane Shuttleworth Feb to by interests career The 2008 ([email protected]). ruary 15, by is administered JC Kingston Fellowship Lakeside Labo Iowa of Lakeside Lab, Friends IA USA 51351. Milford 1838 Hwy 86, ratory, and is available to domestic and international international domestic and to and is available or advanced level the graduate at students, level. undergraduate CV, letter, should submit a cover Applicants and research, of teaching, and a statement advanced student or researcher to serve to as or researcher student advanced and Sys the Ecology for assistant teaching engage and to course of Diatoms tematics includes fellowship The project. in a research Lakeside at and board a stipend and room study of diatoms at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory. Lakeside Laboratory. Iowa at diatoms of study one be will made to an award summer, Each SPRING 2008 WINTER volume 44  Number 1 Volume 44  Number 1 ------Green Algae Algae Green Prof. Brian A. Whitton (Durham) Whitton Brian A. Prof. Hild-Bede College and School and of Edu Hild-Bede College Sunday 6 July – Thursday 10 July 2008 Thursday 6 July – Sunday WINTER SPRING 2008 Advanced Course on Blue-green and on Blue-green Course Advanced DURHAM FRESHWATER ALGAL COURSES ALGAL FRESHWATER DURHAM

Cost The inclusive cost for all participants for cost inclusive The Cost Hild-Bede College charge). VAT is £360 (no anyone for accommodation can provide the begin an extra at night stay to wanting (about £32 per ning or end of the course can be included in the main Payment night). nobacteria) and green algae at a more ad nobacteria) a more at algae and green than in the Introductory level Course vanced course This Identification. Algal Freshwater on who has at anyone is planned especially for but also for the introductorytended course, field of experience others with considerable refresh benefit from or who would material on focuses course The ing their knowledge. especially using modern meth identification, keys. ods including interactive and Whitton Brian Prof. leaders are Course Dr from with contributions John, Dr David during Donaldson partAlan (consultant) of is a mixture course of lecturesThe course. The with a field trip. together and practicals, and green deals with blue-green course if only mentioned are other groups algae; The field visit in important in field samples. (Cumbria), region Tarn cludes the Sunbiggin and a areas, of wetland which has a range Eden). River (provisionally site main river Venue: Venue: UK of Durham, University cation, Organisers: John (London) M. and Dr David Date: is £360 cost inclusive Costs: training provide is to aim of the course The (cya algae of blue-green on identification - - - - 2 e l M.J. Wynne M.J. Centroceras secundum Centroceras http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/stu_index.htm http://www.psaalgae.org/ops/grants.shtm#croasdal http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentClasslist2008.html#SumA-

Hannah T. Croasdale Fellowships are for students students for are Fellowships Croasdale T. Hannah biological field stations: algae at studying In addition,the Phycological Society of America’s Society of America’s In addition,the Phycological Application instructions Application further and information such as fellowships students to of special interest at: available and meals are housing and scholarship, Tom Mumford ([email protected]) Mumford Tom Labs Web Site: Web Labs ([email protected]) or Waaland or contact Bob students (juniors, seniors) are encouraged to apply. apply. to encouraged seniors) are (juniors, students Harbor see the Friday additional information, For rine biodiversity, , and coastal and coastal conservation biology, rine biodiversity, with an emphasis on primaryecology producers. undergraduates and advanced students Graduate This is a course appropriate for marine , marine biologists, for appropriate is a course This in ma interests with botanists and oceanographers cosm experiments, and for production of food and production of food and for experiments, cosm chemicals. tigated for use at laboratory to commercial scale as a laboratory commercial use at to for tigated patterns growth histories, algal life elucidate to tool meso responses, physiological and rates, prerequisite. be will inves of seaweeds cultivation Methods for 4. design of monitoring programs at multiple scales at programs design of monitoring prior knowledge statistical is not a will be addressed; analyzing assemblage or community data will be community assemblage or analyzing data with sessions and supporteddiscussed computer by such as the applications Practical software. relevant experience with different field methods field of sampling different with experience popula and analyzing with handling and seaweeds for approaches Various communitytion and data. - - - - - o [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Travel and Booking Courses for Travel http://www.brphycsoc.org/courses.lass

phone 0191-386-7504 (home) or 0191-334-1347 John or David (university) phone 0208-464-6367 (home) or 0872553909 (mo algal train on our 2008 freshwater Information bile). on can also be found ing courses Hild-Bede College (about 1.5 miles, but a long hill for but a long hill for (about 1.5 miles, Hild-Bede College airport nearest The is about £3.50. walkers) costs airport Newcastle A taxi from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Durham to (26 miles) takes and costs 35-45 minutes members usually meet at organizers The about £40. the airport the course, prior to on a day arrive if they be difficult on the Sunday. but this may reservations and firm should Booking Provisional email be made by an official by be followed to or fax 0191-386-0619, 74 Archery Rise, Training, Algal B.A.Whitton to order order or a proper Payment UK. Durham DH1 4LA, will be 1 June and a full refund by is required form the res early but cancels paying anyone made to will be while a 50% refund 1 June, ervation before 20 June. by cancelling anyone made to con to welcome are You Information Further For Whitton: tact Brian ing to stay an extra night at the beginning the end of or at extra an night stay ing to can be Payment (about per £32 night). the course organizers provided in the main invoice, included otherwise be it should advance; in well informed are Dinner on after arrival. paid directly the college to will beprovided not bed (but breakfast) and Friday the night. stay to wanting anyone to free Hild- is at both course meals for and Residence the on a hill above is situated which Bede College and city; the river over fine view and has a Wear River drink. and food for reputation it also has an excellent special diet require can be made for Arrangements inside the college. is available Parking ments. Durham line between the main rail is on Travel about are Trains Edinburgh. and Cross King’s London (260 London an hour and the journey from once to the station A taxi from miles) takes hours. three - - - - Identification

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No. 28: Sophie C. Ducker

ith the death of Sophie Ducker on 20 May, 2004, in Melbourne, 1

2 phycology lost a major contem- Fig. 1. Sophie Ducker on a Sphagnum bog near Wporary figure, a person who contributed Brighton, Michigan, August, 1982.

Number Number much to our understanding of marine algae, sea-grasses and their , was initially on her own. Her father had en- , and the . trusted her with a small but very valuable collec-

1 On April 9, 1909, Sophie Charlotte von tion of stamps to use as possible collateral in her Klemperer was born in Berlin into a promi- escape, but, as she later told me, all the stamps nent Jewish family, in which her banker were taken from her at a border crossing. father had sufficient leisure time and resources to spend much of his non-bank- Another incident, a traumatic event, that she ing hours in accumulating very old books. also related to me of her escape was that when That love for books was passed down to her labor pains began, she was put into a room Sophie. She was raised in Dresden, but all by herself, where she gave birth to a daugh- with her father off to serve in the Austrian ter. She received no medical assistance, and the Army during World War I, normal life was baby died soon after birth. Separated from her non-existent. She was sent off to England husband and her son, Sophie traveled to “Persia” to complete her education (at the Chel- [Iran], where she was finally reunited with her tenham Ladies College), upon which she family. She happened to be visiting her parents in returned to Germany. She had an abiding Rhodesia, where they had escaped to, when the fascination with life and thus started War fully broke out. She was forced to remain advanced studies in botany, first with in Africa for some time employed as a govern- the freshwater phycologist R. H. Chodat ess on a remote farm looking after 5 children. In in Geneva. This was pivotal training that 1940 she was able to book passage on an Italian opened up to her the world of algae. She ship headed from Mozambique to Persia, were also studied in Stuttgart. But this educa- her husband and son were located. But while tion was interrupted in 1931, when she that journey was underway, in June of 1940, married Dr. Johann Friedrich Ducker, an entered the war, and the boat got chased executive officer with the Chamber of by a British warship. The ship that Sophie was Commerce in Hamburg. on took refuge in southeastern Persia, and from that remote point Sophie made a risky journey, With the emergence of the Nazi regime partly on camelback through bandit country, to in Germany, the decade of the 1930s was reach the relative safety of Tehran. In 1941, with an extremely difficult and dangerous time, the three Duckers still in Persia, the Soviet Army and in 1938, Sophie, her husband, and invaded the northern part of the country, and young son Klaus were forced to flee Ger- the British forces invaded the south. Sophie‘s many. Sophie, expecting a second child, husband was placed under arrest by the Soviet Army, but according to son Klaus’ story (Ducker, 2004), his Mother was able to cajole the British WINTER authorities [she had a knack for that] in Teh- ran into arranging her husband’s release. Once SPRING 2008 set free from the Russians, Dr. Ducker, his wife Sophie and young Klaus soon left on a boat, with onchie. She had fruitful collaborations on very few possessions, headed for an unknown such diverse topics as pollination in sea- destination. They arrived in just be- grasses and distinctive red algal pigments 44 Volume fore Japan entered the War. It was in Australia, with colleagues in the School of Botany more specifically Melbourne, where they settled, such as Bruce Knox, Kingsley Rowan, and established , and were later to become John Pettit. Like many of the talented Australian citizens, although husband Fritz’s Australian woman botanists of her era, qualifications and doctorate were never recog- such as Isabelle Cookson, Ethel McLennan, nized in that country and he never achieved the Margaret Blackwood, and Gretna Weste, 1 status there that he would have had he elected Sophie was a victim of a repressive “glass 3 to remain in Germany and abandon his “Jewish” ceiling” at Melbourne University for none wife as he was ordered to do by the Nazis. of these talented scientists were ever Number Number elevated to full professorships and indeed It was only after Sophie’s son was raised that were granted only the rank of reader (i.e., she made the decision to resume the pursuit Associate Professor) in their last year be- of a botanical career, even though she had no fore retirement. 1 graduate degree. Her first employment was in the Botany School at ‘Melboure Uni’, where she Her interest in green algae resulted in worked in the fungal lab of Dr. Ethel McLennan, several papers, including not just a mono- who proved to be an encouraging mentor (Duck- graph of Chlorodesmis (Ducker, 1967) er, 1988b 1995a). The focus of McLennan’s lab but also the first publication on the use was to establish and maintain cultures of fungi, of numerical taxonomy in an algal especially Penicillium, as a for obtaining (Ducker et al., 1965). She had several solo- antibiotics in Australia. At first, Sophie did menial authored and co-authored papers on vari- tasks such as washing glassware and preparing ous green algal genera and also on species media, but gradually she was given more and of mostly articulated Corallinaceae, in- more responsibilities, eventually becoming a co- cluding a monograph of the Australian- author to several publications with Dr. McLen- endemic genus Metagoniolithon (Ducker, nan. Sophie’s innate abilities and her enthusiasm 1979b). Her fluency in several languages for botany became obvious to everyone, and she gave her a facility to carry out her re- was now even entrusted with academic responsi- search in the , with bilities such as mentoring her own PhD students. an emphasis on Australia. She dealt with She also transferred her attention more to the contributions by the French (1979a), the marine algae as well as to sea-grasses despite Germans (1981, b, c), and the Austrians the constant discouragement and carping of her (1990a), as well as producing more gen- Department Head that there was no prestige, fu- eral historical treatments (1981a, 1990b). ture or road to advancement in the study of such But it was , of Trinity Col- inconsequential organisms. Her interests were lege, Dublin, Ireland, that she was espe- very broad: systematics, ecology, the relationship cially drawn to (1972, 1977, 1992, 2002). of host and epiphyte or parasite, pollination ecol- A visit to Harvard University resulted in ogy in sea-grasses, and eventually history She her discovering a treasure-trove of letters was allowed to advise several graduate students written by Harvey to and his over the years. These included Ian Price, Robert wife Emma Gray (and to others), allow- King, Peter Saenger, Margaret Clayton, Vicki ing Sophie to edit a handsome volume of Brown, Serena Canterford, and Cameron McK- these correspondences (Ducker, 1988a). resulted in the description of a totally new genus WINTER and species of gigartinalean algae of the obscure family Acrotylaceae which Gerry Kraft named SPRING 2008 Ranavalona (after both the collection locality, Cape Ranavalona, and a famous early queen of volume 44 volume Her chapter on the history of Australia the southern region) duckerae (Kraft, 1977). phycology (done with Roberta Cowan) in Sophie’s Madagascar trip was not without con- the recent book Algae of Australia, Intro- siderable personal dangers. Madagascar was then duction is a very rich source of informa- governed by a series of unstable left-wing dicta- tion and a fitting final contribution from torships, life and safety for the very few intrepid her (Cowan & Ducker, 2007). visiting westerners could be very uncertain. Awaiting departure with a large collection of I first met Sophie Ducker as a grad marine algae, she was told that all would have to be left behind and that the penalties for attempt- 1 student in the mid-1960s, when she spent 4 some time in the Dept of Botany and ing to smuggle out even the smallest amount of natural resources would be severe. Retiring to

Number Number of the University of California, Berkeley, consulting with Drs G. F. Pap- the ladies’ room, Sophie picked out the cream of enfuss and P. C. Silva. Some time later (in her collections (including the “” and 1981) I spent a sabbatical at Melbourne Ranavalona), secreted the specimens in her bra- 1 Uni interacting much with her and with zier, and returned intimidation for intimidation old friends and colleagues such as Gerry as she sailed majestically through customs. Kraft, Rick Wetherbee, Carrick Chambers, and Tim Entwisle. I was housed in a rather A year later, in 1982, on her way to attend spartan “faculty flat” at one of the “col- the First International Phycological Congress in leges” (student resident halls), and Sophie St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, Sophie came often checked to make sure that I was get- through Ann Arbor and stayed with me. I can’t ting along ok, loaning me books to read recall where the idea came from, but I decided to and her spare “telly”. She also invited me drive her up to a very picturesque Sphagnum bog several times to have dinner with her at just west of Brighton, Michigan, a perfect place her home on Percy Street in the suburb of to see sundews and pitcher plants, as well as to Balwyn. I recall how she would go out into make Sphagnum “squeezings” for acid-loving her backyard and bring in ripe vegetables desmids. Sophie quickly ventured out on the bog and like pomegranates and citrus (Fig. 1) and although by then in her early 70s, to add to the meal. Her home was also a she totally delighted in jumping up and down, rich library full of choice items that she as if she were on a mattress. It was a genuine was later to bequeath to the University of quaking bog after all, and she remarked that it Melbourne special-collections Library. It was her first time on such aSphagnum bog since was during that sabbatical stay that So- she had left Germany almost 45 years before. At phie kindly turned over to me a small vial that First Congress Sophie had been invited to of a wet-preserved delesseriacean alga give a special lecture covering the rich history of that she had “secreted” out of Madagas- collecting done at Port Phillip Heads, south of car in 1974. It was just a fragment, but Melbourne, a classic site that was visited by such in studying that small scrap I was able to luminaries as William Harvey, Ferdinand von determine that it was the totally obscure Mueller, Rev. John Bracebridge Wilson, A. H. S. species Delesseria ferlusii Hariot, the Lucas, , Lily Newton, Ferguson original 18th Century collection having , Mary Pocock, and G. F. Papenfuss. That been made at Fort Dauphin, Madagascar. lecture, which was both informative and enter- But I also later realized that it had to be taining, was published the next year in Phyco- an undescribed genus that I was pleased to logia (Ducker, 1983), and it is still a “good read” name Duckerella. Her Madagscar trip also as Sophie’s keen interest in the human side of science comes abundantly through. At the time of the Third International Phycological Congress, WINTER held in Melbourne, Australia, Sophie was in the thick of the collectors on an organized foray to SPRING 2008 Queenscliff, Port Phillip Heads, giving out her ideas of the names of species that folks brought for me!” So I quickly returned to the shop to her to identify (Fig. 2). and bought it for Sophie to add to her col- Volume 44 Volume lection.

As I said at the time that I described the new genus Duckerella (Fig. 3) (Wynne, 1982), it was named to honor “the un- daunted spirit” of Sophie Ducker. I came

to realize that that phrase aptly summa- 1 5 rized her entire life. She could be irascible and demanding at times, but underneath

that exterior was a most generous soul, Number one motivated by her high standards and also never deterred by the many hard- ships and at times extreme challenges that came her way. She’ll always be remem- 1 bered as a unique “trailblazer” and a role Fig. 2. Sophie Ducker (second from left), with Mur- model, someone who never gave up. At ray Parsons, Irené Novaczek, and Francis Magne, on this time, just a year shy of the centennial foray to Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, August, 1988. of her birth, we have happy memories of Sophie C. Ducker and are grateful for her uncounted contributions to phycology Sophie Ducker was an avid collector and read- and the history of science. er of books, traits inherited from her bibliophile father. The family home in Dresden had its own Cowan, R. A., & S. C. Ducker. 2007. A history of systematic phycology library, in which Sophie’s father had accumulated in Australia. In: Algae of Australia: Introduction. (P. M McCarthy & A. E. Orchard, eds.) Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra; CSIRO the largest private collection of “incunabula” in Publishing, Melbourne. Pp. 1-65. the world [books printed pre-1500]. These books Ducker, K. 2004. Planted new roots, then of thought. 4 pp. were later to disappear when the Nazis took over Ducker, S. C. 1958, A new species of Basicladia on Australian freshwater the city and burned down the home. It was only turtles. Hydrobiologia 10: 157-174. after 1989, when the Berlin Wall separating East ______. 1965. The structure and of the green alga from West Berlin came down, that some of her Chlorodesmis bulbosa. Phycologia 4: 149-162. father’s precious library surfaced. In 1991 Sophie ______. 1966. An earlier name for the green alga Chlorodesmis attended an auction of those incunabula at one bulbosa. Phycologia 5: 245-246. of the famous institutions (Sotheby’s or Chris- ______. 1967. The genus Chlorodesmis (Chlorophyta) in the Indo- ties’) in London. Pacific region.Nova Hedwigia 13: 145-182, pls 26-43. ______. 1969. Additions to the genus Chlorodesmis. Phycologia 8: On another occasion, it came to my attention 17-20. that a copy of Samuel G. Gmelin’s (1768) Historia ______. 1972. Harvey, William Henry. In: Australian Dictionary of Fucorum was available at an antiquarian book- Biography. D. Pike (ed.), vol. 4, 1851-90, pp. 357-358. Melbourne Univer- shop in Ann Arbor. It was an amazingly clean sity Press, Melbourne. copy, selling for $350. I owned a very dog-eared ______. 1977. W. H. Harvey’s Australian algae. 26: 166-68. ______. 1979a. History of Australian phycology: the significance of copy of the book. But I contacted Sophie to find early French exploration. Brunonia 2: 19-42. out if she was at all interested. She did not have ______. 1979b. The genus Metagoniolithon Weber-van Bosse (Coral- it in her library, and she said on the phone “Buy it ______. 1990b. History of Australian marine phycology. In: Biology of Marine Plants. M. N. Clayton & R. J. King (eds). Longman Cheshire, Melbourne. Pp. 415-430. WINTER ______. 1991. ’s visit to Port Phillip in 1836,. In: Aspects of Tasmanian Botany - A tribute to Winifred Curtis, M. R. Banks, S. J. Smith, A. E. Orchard SPRING 2008 & G. Kantvilas (eds). Royal Society of , Hobart. Pp. 201-212. ______. 1992, Harvey, William Henry. In: The Dictionary of Australian Artists. J. volume 44 volume Kerr (ed.) Oxford University Press, Melbourne. P. 351. ______. 1995a. McLennan, Ethel Irene. In: Heritage: The National Women’s Art Book. J. Kerr (ed.). G + B Arts International Limited. An Art & Australia Book, Austra- lia.. Pp. 178-179, 400. ______. 1995b. W.H. Harvey in New South Wales. Letters by the phycologist W.H. Harvey, written in New South Wales in 1855. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 115: 213-223. ______. 2000. Alex S. George, William Dampier in New Holland: Australia’s first natural historian. Hawthorn: Blooming Books, 1999. William Dampier, A new voyage 16 round the world: The journal of an English buccaneer. London: Hummingbird Press, 1998, Hist. Rec. Number Number ______. 2002a, Fleming, James. In: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. R. Aitken & M. Looker (eds). Australian Garden History Society & Oxford University Fig. 3. Duckerella ferlusii (Hariot) M.J. Wynne. Press, Melbourne. Pp. 221-222. Specimen collected by Sophie Ducker in 1 ______. 2002b. Hannaford, Samuel. In: The Oxford Companion to Australian Gar- Madagascar. dens. R. Aitken & M. Looker (eds). Australian Garden History Society, Oxford University Press, Melbourne. Pp. 288-289. linaceae, Rhodophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 27: 67-101. ______. 2002c. Harvey, William Henry. In: The Oxford Companion to Australian ______. 1981a. A history of Australian marine phycology. In: Marine Gardens. R. Aitken & M. Looker (eds). Australian Garden History Society, Oxford botany: an Australasian perspective. M. N. Clayton & R. J. King (eds), University Press, Melbourne. P. 290. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne. Pp. 1-14. ______, N. J. Foord, & R. B. Knox. 1977. Biology of Australian seagrasses: the ge- ______. 1981b. Australian phycology: the German influence.In : People nus Amphibolis C. Agardh (Cymodoceaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 25: 67-95. and Plants in Australia. D. J. Carr & S. G. M. Carr (eds). Academic Press, ______. & R. J. King. 1970. Marine algae of the Victorian coast, Victorian Year Book Sydney. Pp. 116-138. 84: 39-43. ______. 1981c. History of Australian phycology: early German collec- ______& R. B. Knox. 1976. Submarine pollination in seagrasss. Naturwissensch. tors and botanists. In: History in the Service of Systematics: papers from 263: 705-706. the conference to celebrate the centenary of the British Museum (Natural ______& ______. 1978. Alleloparasitism between a seagrass and algae. History) 13-16 April, 1981. A. Wheeler & J. H. Price (eds). Society for the Naturwissenschaften 65: 391-392. Bibliography of Natural History, London. Pp. 43-51. ______& ______. 1984. Epiphytism at the cellular level with special reference ______. 1983. Port Phillip Heads: a phycological saga. Phycologia 22: to algal epiphytes. In: Cellular interactions. H.-F. Linskens & J. Heslop-Harrison (eds). 431-443. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Pp. 113-133. ______. 1984. Harvey, William Henry. In: Dictionary of Australian Art- ______& ______. 1985. and pollination: a historical review. Taxon 34: ists. J. Kerr (ed.). Power Institute of Fine Arts, Sydney. Pp. 340-341. 401-419. ______. 1985. James Fleming: the first gardener on the River Yarra, ______, J. D. Le Blanc, & H. W. Johansen. 1976. An ephiphytic species of Jania Victoria. J. Soc. Bibliogr. Nat. Hist. 13: 123-140. (Corallinaceae: Rhodophyta) endemic to southern Australia. Contr. . Austral. 17: ______. 1986. Lucas, Arthur Henry Shakespeare. In: Dictionary of Aus- 1-8. tralian Biography. B. Nairn & G. Serle (eds), vol. 10, pp. 163-4. Melbourne ______, J. M. Pettitt, & R. B. Knox. 1978. Biology of Australian seagrasses: Pollen University Press, Melbourne. development and submarine pollination in Amphibolis antarctica and Thalassoden- ______. (ed.) 1988a. The Contented Botanist: Letters of W. H. Harvey dron ciliatum (Cymodoceaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 26: 265-285. about Australia and the Pacific.Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and ______, W. T. Williams, W.T. & G. N. Lance. 1965. Numerical classification of the Pa- the Pacific. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. cific forms ofChlorodesmis (Chlorophyta). Australian Journal of Botany 13: 389-399. ______. 1988b. Ethel McLennan 1891-1983 botanist. In: 200 Hoek, C., van den, S. C. Ducker, & H. B. S. Womersley. 1984. Wittrockiella salina Australian women, a Redress anthology (H. Radi, Ed.). Women’s Redress Chapman (Cladophorales, Chlorophyceae), a mat and ball forming alga. Phycologia Anthology. http://www.200australianwomen.com/names/147.html 23: 39-46. ______. 1990a. Early Austrian influence on Australian botany.In: King, R. J., H. J. Black, & S. C. Ducker. 1971. Intertidal ecology of Port Phillip Bay with History of Systematic Botany in Australasia. P. S. Short (ed.). Australian systematic list of plants and . Mem. Natl. Mus. Victoria 32: 93-128. Systematic Botany Society Inc., Melbourne. Pp. 297-304. Kraft, G. T. 1977. Studies of marine algae in the lesser-known families of the Gigarti- nales (Rhodophyta). I. The Acrotylaceae. Aust. J. Bot. 25: 97-140. Maroske, S. 2004. Sophie Ducker’s contributions to the history of botany. Australian Systematic Botany Newsletter 120: 20-22l. With a complete compilation of the WINTER publications by Sophie C Ducker: http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/ducker-so- phie-publications.html SPRING 2008 McConchie, C.A., S. C. Ducker & R. B. Knox. 1982. Biology of Australian seagrasses: flo- ______, ______, & K. W. Rowan. 1971. Two species of ral development and morphology in Amphibolis (Cymodoceaceae). Australian Journal from Australia and New Zealand. Phycologia 10: 105-111.

of Botany 30: 251-264. 44 Volume ______, K. S. Rowan, & S. C. Ducker. 1968. The lipid-soluble pigments ______, ______, ______& J. M. Pettitt,1982. Pollen wall structure and of the marine red alga, Lenormandia prolifera. Helgoländer Wiss. Meere- cytochemistry in the seagrass Amphibolis griffithii(Cymodoceaceae). Annals of suntersuchungen 18: 549-555. Botany (Oxford) 50: 729-732. ______, ______, & ______. 1969. The water-soluble pigments Pettitt, J. M., S. C. Ducker, & R. B. Knox. 1981a. Submarine pollination. Scientific of the red alga, Lenormandia prolifera. Phycologia 7: 59-64. American 224 (3): 92-101. Woelkerling, W. J. & S. C. Ducker. 1987. Lesueuria minderiana gen. et sp. ______, C. A. McConchie, S. C. Ducker, & R. B. Knox. 1980b. Unique for nov. (Corallinaceae, Rhodophyta) from southern and western Australia.

submarine pollination in seagrasses. Nature 286: 487-489. 17 Phycologia 26: 192-204. ______, ______, ______, & ______. 1983a. Reproduction in seagrasses: Wynne, M. J. 1982. Duckerella, a new genus of Delesseriaceae (Rho- pollination in Amphibolis antarctica. Proc. Roy. Soc. London, Ser. B., Biol. Sci. 219: dophyta) from Madagascar. Phycologia 21: 236-242. 119-135. Price, I. R. & S. C. Ducker. 1966. The life history of the brown alga Splachnidium Number rugosum. Phycologia 5: 261-273. I am very grateful to Dr. Gerald T. Kraft Rowan, K. S. 1984. A tribute to Dr Sophie C. Ducker. Phycologia 23: 1-2. for reading over a draft of this essay and

Saenger, P. & S. C. Ducker. 1971. The morphology and development of Lenormandia his checking the accuracy of some of the 1 prolifera (C.Ag.) J.Agardh (Amansieae, Rhodomelaceae). Australian Journal of Botany facts and offering many improvements. 19: 51-62. Michael J. Wynne University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Leveillea major M.J. Wynne Pseudogrinnellia barrattiae M.J. Wynne started calving away, it was boom, boom, boom,” said Maggie Amsler, who had chronicled the receding WINTER glacier in a blog during one of her trips to Antarctica. Glaciers can recede naturally, the Amslers said. But SPRING 2008 Chuck Amsler said the rate at which the glacier is volume 44 volume Island puts UAB scientists on map receding is consistent with being sped up by global warming. “This part of the globe is warming faster f not for global warming, Chuck and Mag- than most others, and if it weren’t, that would prob- gie Amsler might not have an Antarctic ably still have glacier over it and we wouldn’t have Iisland named for them. The U.S. Board on our island,” he said. McClintock said he had submit- Geographic Names this summer chose the ted a nomination letter a few years ago and was told name Amsler Island for a spit of land off the by the geographic naming board that they didn’t western edge of the Antarctica peninsula. have anything to name in the area of the Antarctic Peninsula where the Amslers have done much of 1 8 The choice honors the two University of their work. He said the board told him it was nam- Alabama at Birmingham marine biologists ing places around the continent’s highest mountain. Number Number and the three decades they’ve worked in But then when he saw the island appear, he wrote the cold waters off that continent. James B. the board again, thinking it was a long shot. “We McClintock, also a UAB marine , had were jumping up and down when we saw this had 1 nominated the Amslers. McClintock had been happened. It was very exciting,” McClintock said. honored in 1998 with the naming of a point The couple say they’re particularly honored that the for him along the Antarctic coast. Maggie island was named for them because of its history of Amsler works as a research assistant with Mc- research. Clintock. “I nominated them because they are unique, being a couple who has devoted so Amsler Island is a barren granite mass with ice. But much of their time and energy and lifetimes it does have some life, including some small grass, to working in the field of Antarctic marine tiny chrysanthemums with yellow , fur seals biology,” McClintock said. Maggie Amsler said and small wingless flies, the couple said. Much of the she is “dumbfounded” the island was named couple’s work in Antarctica has involved underwater for them, joining other Antarctic explorers exploration. who have had landmarks named for them. “That’s very humbling,” she said. Amsler has worked with McClintock’s team, which includes Maggie Amsler, on projects that include Chuck Amsler said they’d been working looking for chemical compounds in the Antarctic long enough that he knew something would plants and sea creatures that might be useful in eventually be named for them. “I expected fighting disease. The Amslers return to Antarctica in it to be a rock outcropping somewhere out February for another four-month expedition. in the middle of a place I would never go,” he said. But both Amslers have been to that uninhabited island that until recently no one Kent Faulk, knew was an island. Amsler Island, a triangu- The Birmingham News lar plot of land about 1.3 miles long and just Wednesday, October 24, 2007 over a half mile at its widest point, was once thought to be part of a larger island called Anvers Island. A glacier had covered the gap between the two. The glacier had begun re- ceding noticeably by the early 1990s. Finally, in 2004 the fast-receding glacier exposed about a 1,000-foot-wide channel between the larger and smaller islands. “When this BOOKS New books, reviews, etc. WINTER

Book Review: SPRING 2008 New Field Guide to the Rich Seaweed Flora of Palau Lawrence M. Liao the marine environment there. The impact Scarborough, Ontario, Canada of the 1998 El Niño phenomenon on the 44 Volume [email protected] coral reef biota led to coral bleaching which in turn altered seaweed community dynam- Hideo Ohba, Steven Victor, Yinmang Golbuu and ics. While there is a plethora of marine habi- Hideki Yukihira. 2007. Tropical Marine Plants of Palau. tats throughout the archipelago such as the Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Republic famous marine lakes, sand flats, submerged of Palau. 153 pp, 15 cm x 21 cm, ISBN: 978-982-9079-

caves, mangrove swamps and of course, the 1 03-09, price unknown, http://www.picrc.org various reefs and atolls, much attention is fo- 9 cused on Omodes, a shallow passage 340 m he rich marine flora of the Pacific Basin has long and 130 m wide characterized by strong recently been showcased in a number of use- tidal currents. This unique habitat alone ac- Number Tful pictorial field guides published during the counted for about 40% of all seaweed species last decade. This latest work on the marine plants of recorded from the waters of Palau! Another the Palauan archipelago on the western portion of section of the book featuring edible sea- 1 the Caroline Islands highlights 109 common marine weeds made special mention of the fact that benthic algal species, as well as all ten seagrass spe- Palauans do not have an indigenous seaweed cies known to occur in its pristine waters. This handy culinary culture quite common in other Pa- volume is the first richly illustrated field guide to the cific islands. Whatever seaweeds consumed marine plants from Micronesia. on Palau are foreign species like Porphyra and Undaria pinnatifida imported from East Asia. Phycological explorations of the waters off Palau (sometimes known as Belau) began more than a cen- The field guide treats 57 taxa of marine tury ago when the pioneering Japanese phycologist Chlorophyta, 16 , 35 Rhodophyta, K. Okamura published a checklist in 1904. Subse- five and ten seagrasses pro- quent to the turnover of the islands to the Japanese viding a kaleidoscopic introduction to the imperial government after the defeat of Germany in Palauan marine flora sampled from 61 shal- World War 1, the Japanese set up the Palao Tropical low and subtidal sites. Each species appears Biological Station which saw a renewed interest in on an entire page spread with layout that the study of marine biota there. Palauan algal mate- is pleasing to the eye. Usually a collage of rials were then published by T. Tanaka, J. Tokida and four color photographs takes center posi- T. Kanda. The next wave saw the Americans study- tion consisting of close-up and distant in situ ing the local marine flora as part of extensive Pacific shots as well as of pressed materials islands surveys based at the University of Hawai’i. accompanied by close-ups of morphological When Palau became independent in 1981, Palauan details. The headings are color-coded ac- and Japanese biologists collaborated on numerous cording to their respective divisions, provided marine biological surveys. The present work is one with division, ordinal and familial names. such productive output arising from joint field work The complete scientific names are listed and started in 1995, and published with financial support basionyms are indicated immediately below from the Japan International Cooperation Agency. each name. Descriptions and morphomet- ric features are provided as well as habitat The field guide opens with a brief historical review information, type locality, local and global of marine botanical studies in Palau, followed by a distribution. section on Palau geography, climate and the state of Among the species included in the field cialists who sorted out the tricky taxonomy of non- geniculate forms in this book. However, the authors WINTER recognized three species of the calcareous genus Peyssonnelia on vague terms, and which would have SPRING 2008 been made clearer by providing taxonomic keys, one volume 44 volume guide, those of Caulerpa, Halimeda and the of the essential features lacking in this field guide. A Dictyotales are the most speciose. To my helpful section especially for the novice illustrates knowledge, this work provides the first de- the steps in herbarium specimen preparation as finitive photographs of such rarely encoun- well as an extensive bibliography and a species tered species such as Caulerpa bikinensis, C. index. There are a few proofreading omissions like matsueana, C. seuratii and Halimeda taenicola. misspelled last names (e.g., Leving for Levring, Mon- While the authors have employed the most tange for Montagne, Espser for Esper) and inverted updated species names, there are those that initials like Y. E. Dawson for Elmer Yale Dawson, but the only obvious factual error I have found is the

20 need to be re-labeled such as Galaxaura marginata now recognized as a species of basionym of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum which should have been Zostera ciliata.

Number Number Dichotomaria, Galaxaura fasciculata currently subsumed under an earlier name, G. divari- cata, Amansia glomerata often treated as a Despite a few shortcomings, this field guide species of Melanamansia, while will be welcomed by phycologists and lay people 1 tronoi is now widely regarded as a species of alike who are interested in tropical marine plants, Chondrophycus. and the authors should be congratulated for their pioneering effort in putting together another impor- Red calcareous algae are well represented tant work showcasing Pacific seaweeds. in Palau and this guide benefitted from the expertise of Eric Verheij and Masasuke Baba, New algal publications who are well respected spe- Dillard, Gary E.Freshwater Algae of the Southeast- ern United States, Part 8 Chrysophyceae, Xanthophy- ceae, Raphidophyceae, Cryptophyceae and Dinophy- ceae 2007. 127 pages, 22 plates, 23x14cm(Bibliotheca Phycologica, Band 112) ISBN 978-3-443-60039-6 paperback, EUR 48.00 (US$ 73.30) http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/bo/bibliothec-060011200-desc.html

Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Use of Algae for Monitoring Rivers, Hungary Balatonfüred Sept. 12-16, 2006. Ed: Acs, Eva; Kiss, Keve T. Padisak, Judit. 2007. 284 pages, 102 figures, 53 tables, 1 plate, 1 annex, 25x16cm(Large Rivers, Vol. 161 No. 3-4)Order No. ES142016103 paperback, EUR 139.00 (US$ 212.40) http://www.schweizerbart.de/pubs/books/es/archivfhyd-142016103-desc.html

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SUBMERSED PLANTS OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON: 44 Volume A FLORISTIC INVENTORY & FIELD GUIDE is a stunningly colorful floristic compendium for those who wish to increase their botanical or ecological knowledge of Florida’s spectacular east coast seaweeds, particularly the remarkable Indian River Lagoon. The book com- prises a total of 234 species, richly illustrated with 2 over 565 color photographs, 492 photomicrographs 1 and 305 anatomical line drawings. This comprehen- sive field guide provides critically needed baseline inventories to resource managers, conservationists Number and the broad scientific community, and serves as an educational/recreational guide for the interested public, who now have a usable means to accurately 1 identify the organisms that form the basis of the marine food web.

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Brodie, J., C. A. Maggs, and D. M. John. (eds.). 2007. Green seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society. xii + 242 pp. [soft-cover] ISBN 0 9527115 32 http://www.mba.ac.uk/shop/greenseaweeds.php

Kraft, G T. 2007. Algae of Australia: Marine Ben- thic Algae of Lord Howe Island and the Southern Great Barrier Reef, I: Green Algae. ABRS, Canberra; CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. vi +347 pp. [hard-cov- er] ISBN 9780643094321 [email protected]

McCarthy, P. M., and A. E. Orchard. (eds.) Algae of Australia: Introduction. ABRS, Canberra; CSIRO Pub- lishing, Melbourne. xvi +726 pp. [hard-cover] ISBN 9780643093775 publishing [email protected]

Michael Wynne University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Books on the shelves of the editors are:

WINTER a) From Fossils to - (J. Seckbach and M. Walsh, eds.). This volume is in progress stages. SPRING 2008 Most of the chapters have passed already the re-

volume 44 volume viewing steps. All manuscripts are almost ready to be shipped to Springer.

b) in Genomic Age - (J. Seckbach, D.J. Chapman and A. Weber, eds.). This volume is in its initial steps; we are collecting now the manuscripts and send them out to peer-reviewers.

c) Symbiosis and Stress - (J. Seckbach and M. 22 Grube, eds.). the volume is also in its early stages, we NEW BOOKS FROM SPRINGER call for contributors and have already some “early Number Number birds”. e just have published the volume of Algae and Cyanobacteria in Extreme d) Plant- Interactions – (Z. Dubinsky and J. 1 WEnvironments (J.Seckbach, ed.); Seckbach, eds.). Just received our contract from the which contains various groups of algae and publisher. We will start soon in recruiting our authors cyanobacteria thriving in harsh habitats. The for this book. more than 40 chapters in this book provide an updated overview of our current under- e) Role of Seaweeds in Future Globally Environ- standing of the life of oxygenic phototrophs ments (Israel, A., Einav, R. and J. Seckbach, eds.) This – from simple prokaryotic cyanobacteria to volume is in its first steps. multicellular eukaryotic macroalgae – in a wide variety of extreme biotopes in which f) We have in mind to collect reviews for future they are exposed to diverse forms of stress: titles on Stromatolites and on Diatoms). We are open high and low pH, high and low temperatures, for any recommendation for competent authors in including below zero temperatures, exces- these lines – thanks. sively high and extremely low light intensities, salt concentrations up to saturation, and xeric We would welcome any potential author for the environments. In addition, many contribu- above titles, or information of competent contribu- tions deal with “polyextremophilic” photo- tors for them. Also we would appreciate if you have trophs, which are simultaneously adapted some relevant illustrations for the book-covers for to multiple forms of environmental stress. these titles (in colors) and we shall give you all the The unicellular red alga Cyanidium caldarium credit for these photos. and its relatives Galdieria sulphuraria and Cyanidioschyzon merolae are among the best known examples of such polyextremophiles, being adapted to life in hot thermal pools at temperatures in the range of 45-56oC and pH PROFESSOR JOSEPH SECKBACH values as low as <2-4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mevo Hadas 20 [P.O.Box 1132] See more info at: Efrat, 90435, Israel Phone/Fax: 972-2-993-1832 www.springer.com/series/5775 Tel 2-9932932 [email protected] WINTER SPRING 2008 Volume 44 Volume 23 Number Number 1

Irish Seaweed-Landscape scenery by Stefan Kraan

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