PSA Annual Meeting 2006
Juneau, Alaska 7 - 12 July
Post-Meeting Intertidal Field Trips
Sitka is a rich area for seaweeds. Phycologists in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries made Sitka the type locality for more than 40 taxa, and visits by contemporary phycologists have added new records if not new species. A significant number of species reach their northern distribution limit here. A diversity of habitats-from exposed coasts to estuarine backwaters-provides ample environment for marine life to flourish.
Join Sandra Lindstrom for a 3-day field foray in the Sitka area after the PSA meeting in Juneau. The trip will begin with a half-day field trip by boat to an exposed outer coast site on the morning of Thursday, July 13. A variety of habitats will be visited by bus for the low tide on Friday, July 14. A semi-exposed site will be visited on the morning of Saturday, July 15. Participants should make their own travel arrangements to Sitka (most people will save money by including Sitka as a stopover on their return flight from Juneau to Seattle and beyond rather than as a separate reservation) and plan to arrive on the evening of Wednesday, July 12 (Alaska Airlines flight 79 is recommended) and depart the morning of Saturday, July 15 (after the field trip, of course) on Alaska Airlines flight 62 or on a later flight. Cost for the field trip includes accommodation and transportation to and from field sites in the Sitka area. Food and transfers are extra, and participants should bring their own field gear.
Sitka also has a long and interesting history as a Native Tlingit settlement, as the capital of Russian America, as an important fishing port and as a thriving tourist destination. Ample time will be available in the afternoons and evenings to enjoy some of the cultural and other local activities.
Costs: $420 each for shared double accommodations, $656 single accommodations.
Minumum Number of Participants is 20 registered by 15 May. The maximum number that can be accommodated is 40.