Minutes of the 1994 Annual Business Meeting of the Phycological Society of America,
University of Miami / James L. Knight International Center, Miami, Florida.
13 June 1994
[Editor's note: These are the minutes from last year's business meeting in Miami. They of the business meeting of the 1994 meeting are published late due to an error by the Editor in omitting them from an earlier issue.]
The annual business meeting of the Phycological Society of America (PSA) was called to order by President John van der Meer at 7:35 P.M., June 13, 1994, held in the Hibiscus B Room of the University of Miami/James L. Knight International Center. Forty members were in attendance. Officers in attendance at the meeting were: John van der Meer, President; Larry B. Liddle, Vice President/President Elect; Charles Yarish, Secretary; Michael J. Sullivan, Treasurer; Carole A. Lembi, Editor, Journal of Phycology; James R. Rosowski, Chairman, Board of Trustees; M. Dennis Hanisak, Chairman Elect, Board of Trustees and Local Program Co-Chair of the ASLO & PSA Joint Meetings; Russell Chapman, Board of Trustees; Richard L. Meyer, Endowment Fund Manager; and Robert Anderson, Membership Director.
The minutes of the 1993 Business Meeting, Ames, Iowa, were unanimously approved by the membership.
Business Arising from the Ames Minutes
President John van der Meer discussed some business that had arisen from the Ames Minutes. He mentioned three items in particular:
(a) White Paper on "Compelling Research Opportunities." A discussion ensued concerning John van der Meer's revision and edited comments on a white paper entitled "Compelling Research Opportunities" prepared by Joby Chesnick on behalf of PSA. This "White Paper" will be forwarded to the membership through the Phycological Newsletter. Citation for document's authorship should be PSA with acknowledgments to Joby Chesnick and the Committee.
(b) Committee for PSA Award of Excellence. John van der Meer reviewed the original request by Russell Chapman to establish the PSA Award of Excellence for the 1996 meetings. He reported that a committee has been appointed by the Executive Committee. That Committee included: M. Dennis Hanisak, Chair; Russell Chapman, Michael Sullivan, Susan Brawley, and Jane Gallagher. Solicitations for nominations for this Award will begin immediately following the Miami meetings via the PSA Newsletter.
(c) PSA 50th Anniversary Committee. John van der Meer reported that Larry Liddle has been in contact with Bruce Parker, the Chair of the PSA 50th Anniversary Committee. A brief discussion concerning some of the possible events during the anniversary meetings in 1996 followed. Larry Liddle, the incoming President of PSA, will appoint a Committee to assist Bruce Parker with the anniversary celebration.
President's Report:
John van der Meer then presented his report. He summarized the activities of his Office during the past year. One of his first activities was to appoint new people to PSA Committees. He successfully filled all vacancies and sent letters of appointment to all new members. During the past year, he embarked on a challenge to encourage gift memberships for students. Thanks to the efforts of Bob Anderson, Membership Director and Carole Lembi, Editor of the Journal, student membership in the Society increased. E-mail communications between the President and the Executive Committee were initiated. As PSA President, he invited Dr. John Smol (Queen's University, Ontario, CANADA) to deliver the PSA Distinguished Lecture in Phycology entitled "Paleolimnological sleuthing: Tracking climatic and environmental changes through algal records archived in lake sediments." John van der Meer has also initiated the process of finding a new Fund Manager, since Richard Meyer will be retiring. It was the consensus of the Executive Committee that a statement of qualifications be obtained for anyone being considered. Bob Waaland was nominated to be a candidate for the Fund Manager position and his candidacy has received the support of the Executive Committee.
The President also mentioned his networking with other Societies, including the International Union of Biological Societies (IUBS). After polling the Executive Committee, he asked Bob Anderson to represent PSA at the IUBS 25th General Assembly. Bob Anderson's representation to the IUBS will be co-funded by the International Phycological Society. Phil Sze has agree to act as the PSA representative to the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Larry Liddle was thanked for his service as the PSA representative to AIBS. Linda Graham was named as the PSA representative to the American Association of American Scientists (AAAS). Another discussion followed concerning the publication of the "Applied Phycology Forum" and its relationship to PSA. The President recommended that PSA should not get involved with that newsletter, since PSA has no legal obligations to it.
President van der Meer recognized Dennis Hanisak's service to the PSA, as a past President and Editor of the Newsletter, as the co- Convener of the ASLO/PSA 1994 meetings and as the new Chair of the Board of Trustees. The President also thanked Jim Rosowski for his many years of service to PSA and especially for his leadership as the retiring Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer's Report was presented by Michael Sullivan. As of June 1, 1994, assets of PSA was $827,161.48 which included: Endowment Fund at $308,562.91; PSA Reserve Fund at $205,245.41; Life Membership Investment at $15,909.24 and Cash of $298,443.92. He also stated that the Society had an operating surplus of nearly $48,635.70 at the end of 1993. Receipts were $5,810 less than predicted, since there was less revenues from regular members, subscribers and lower interest rates from our savings accounts. Disbursements for 1993 were $54,446 less than predicted. The largest "savings" were in the Editor's Office of the Journal ($16,384), the contingency fund ($8,237), dues processing ($4,078), membership directory ($3,908), President's discretionary fund ($2,790) and the annual meeting ($2,281). The Treasurer also reported that the Executive Committee instructed him to move $20,000 to the PSA Reserve Fund, to cover in part, the costs of life memberships.
The Treasurer mentioned the costs of the new Membership Directory. The costs associated with the new directory had been previously encumbered in the last fiscal year, but will be expended in 1995. Mike Sullivan continued his report and presented his 1995 budget that had been approved by the Executive Committee. Due to increasing costs associated with the Journal, Abstracts and the Editorial Office ($176,650 in 1994 budget vs $198,598 in the 1995 budget), there will be a publication cost that represents 73.3% of expected 1995 income. This represents a 12.4% increase in the budget for that Office.
At the 1993 Ames Meetings, a motion was approved giving the Program Director of the 1995 meetings $10,000 for two symposia. At least $6,000 will have to be encumbered for the symposia by the Treasury and at least $4,000 from the Endowment, if the local organizing committee is unable to recover 50% of these costs from the meeting registrants.
The Treasurer also reported that the Executive Committee had unanimously approved an increase in subscriber rates by $10, from $250 to $260 for 1995. He will inform Allen Press of the increase in rates. The Treasurer urged that any increase in subscriber fees be kept at the inflation rate. The Treasurer's Report for 1994 was unanimously approved by the membership. President van der Meer thanked Mike Sullivan for his service to PSA as he was retiring from the position.
Editor's Report-Journal of Phycology:
The report of the Editor of the Journal of Phycology was presented by Carole Lembi. The Editor's Office received and processed 197 manuscripts in 1993 and 113 were accepted for a 57% acceptance rate. Excluding supplements (i.e. abstracts of papers presented at the Annual Meetings and the UTEX catalog), volume 29 (1993) contained 904 pages. The cost per volume was $76.10 while the total cost to PSA was $159,814.
Based on the first half of 1994, Carole Lembi estimates close to 156 manuscripts will be submitted by the end of the year. This is a considerable drop in comparison to 1993. However, due to the large number of submittals in 1993, the February, April, June and August issues will be the largest in the Journal's history. The Editor projects the costs for running the Office of the Editor (including the printing of the Journal and the Membership Directory, and the Office expenses) will be $196,303 for 1994 ($93.00 per volume). This would be about $15,676 over the 1994 budget year estimate.
The Editor believes that it will be very difficult to make accurate projections for the 1995 calendar year. Allen Press will be increasing printing costs by 2.5%. Based upon the 1994 journal printing costs ($182,596), the 1993 cost for publication of abstracts ($1857), and in increase in the expenses of the Editor's Office by 5% (14,800), she projects the total budget at $199,253 ($95.00 per volume). The Editor's budget does not reflect any increases in the costs of mailings.
Carole Lembi also told the membership that the number of non-U.S. authored publications has continued to increase. In 1993, 61% of the manuscripts submitted were from non-U.S. authors compared to 64% in 1992. In 1993, 59% of the published manuscripts were from non-U.S. authors compared to 50% in 1992. She briefly commented on the breakdown of Journal publications by country and by discipline. Advertising has begun in the Journal with Carolina Biological Supply placing several advertisements. Kimon Bird continues to conduct inquiries on improving the marketing potential of the Journal.
The Editor also mentioned that Allen Press invited her to a seminar on electronic publishing in October, 1993. Allen Press will let the Editor's Office know when the Journal will be required to move to electronic publishing. Carole Lembi discussed the ways that the future submissions of the Journal will be made to Allen Press. Allen Press has begun using two typesetters for entering the copy of the Journal for the June, 1994 issue. This new procedure produced an almost error-free proof. She also discussed a new system referred to as the "Document Delivery System." The system will eventually pay the Society copyright fees or royalties, but may impact on the Society's well being. This will be important if our subscriber base begins to decline with more electronic communication. A lively discussion was then initiated by John West on electronic innovations and options that may be available to the Journal. He asked about the added costs to the Journal and the possible dropping of page charges. Jeanine Olsen then mentioned that the journal "Marine Biology" requests that manuscripts be delivered in an ASCI format for publication, since this reduces publication costs. Dennis Hanisak's suggested that a subcommittee of the Editorial Board investigate the options that will become available to the Journal. His motion was unanimously approved by the membership.
The Editor also discussed the process in selecting the winners of the Luigi Provasoli Award. Many fine papers were nominated and the recipients will be announced at the Plenary Session of the Meetings.
The continued excellence of the work of the Editor, Carole Lembi, was acknowledged by President van der Meer. He did remind all in attendance that the term of the Editor will come to an end in 1997. The Editor's Report was unanimously accepted by the membership.
Phycological Newsletter, Editor's Report
Richard McCourt briefly presented the Editor's Report. The Editor's Office, as of May. 1994, had encumbered $6,414.78. Most of the budget of the Office of the Editor goes to the cost of printing three issues of the Newsletter ($4,500). Three hundred dollars was spent on brochures for the National Lecturer Program and an additional $1,500 was spent on postage. The President and the members in attendance thanked Rick McCourt for his work on the Newsletter.
Program Director's Report
The Program Director's report was given by John van der Meer for Linda Graham. Briefly, Linda Graham was very pleased that Dennis Hanisak, PSA's local representative for the joint PSA/ASLO meeting, took the lead role in developing a program for the Miami meetings. Her report also mentioned the decision of the Executive Committee not to publish abstracts as a supplement to the 1994 volume of the Journal of Phycology. Obviously, this will result in a substantial savings in publication costs to PSA.
The major activity of the Program Director in 1994 was the scheduling of the 1996 PSA meeting for Asilomar, CA and the development of a program of symposia for the 1995 PSA meetings in Breckenridge, CO. Linda Graham's report also mentions that Paul Kugrens will function as the local representative for the 1995 meetings and PSA will be meeting independently from other societies. Two symposium proposals for the Breckenridge meetings have been unanimously approved by the Executive Committee. These include a proposal by Michael Gretz entitled "Algal Attachment Mechanisms" and one by Louise Lewis entitled "Phylogenetics and Classification of the Coccoid Green Algae." Partial funding for these symposia will be given by PSA at a level of @$5000. President van der Meer reported that the incoming President of PSA, Larry Liddle, will direct the symposia organizers at the 1995 meetings to structure their symposia in a manner that would encourage contributed papers, especially those of students. He also noted that the 1995 Local Organizing Committee was directed by the Executive Committee to try to recover from the registration fees, 50% of the $10,000 given to the Program Director. If that was unsuccessful, $4000 would come from the Endowment and $6000 from the Treasury. The President reported that several members of the Executive Committee felt that PSA funding should be used as matching monies to leverage additional support from the Office of Naval Research, National Science Foundation or other Federal agencies.
The Program Director's report mentioned that a reservation request had been filed on behalf of PSA for the use of the Asilomar facilities in late July or early August of 1996. Jonathan Krupp has been assisting with the plans for the program development at Asilomar. The incoming President, Larry Liddle, and incoming Program Director, Paul Kugrens, will maintain contacts with the Asilomar staff to insure PSA reservations are made. A local representative of PSA will be named by the Program Director and an organizing committee will be formed to assist with the plans for these meetings. The membership was reminded that these will be the 50th Anniversary meetings and a special Anniversary Committee is being chaired by Bruce Parker.
A discussion of the Program Director's Report continued as well as the responsibilities of the incoming Program Director, Paul Kugrens. He reported that the 1995 meetings will be held at the Breckenridge Hilton Resort, Breckenridge, Colorado. The resort is 75 miles west of Denver and is in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Paul Kugrens reported that the Hilton may provide meeting rooms free of charge to PSA. He briefly mentioned that he may be able to secure special group room rates of $75 for a single and $85 for a double room occupancy. Students will be given the option of sharing up to four individuals per room. Families will also be encouraged to attend these meetings. Meal plans will not be included by the Local Organizing Committee, since there are many restaurants on site and in close proximity to the Hilton. However, the Local Organizing Committee will provide a western style barbecue! Further information will be available to the membership via the Newsletter and e-Mail.
Larry Liddle mentioned that he has urged the Executive Committee of PSA to develop advanced planning for the 1996 meetings and beyond. A joint meeting with ASLO in 1997 was approved by the Executive Committee. A motion was then made from the floor and unanimously approved by the membership to hold a joint meeting with ASLO in 1997. Dennis Hanisak suggested that the Northeast Algal Society (NEAS) be encouraged to take the lead in these meetings with ASLO. Carole Lembi then mentioned there are many other professional societies that the PSA leadership should explore a joint meeting structure. President van der Meer, noted that the Executive Committee had instructed the incoming President and Program Director to approach the organizers of the 1999 International Botanical Congress (St. Louis, MO) to include the PSA in these joint meetings. He also reported that the Executive Committee felt that in 1998, a possible meeting with the Botanical Society of America (Montreal, Canada) and AIBS should be explored by the leadership of PSA. Russell Chapman did caution about potential problems with joint meetings with very "large" societies, since PSA may have problems with an identity. Nevertheless, Robert Anderson suggested that phycologists could show the larger societies that "the algae are good model systems."
Gene Rosenberg then mentioned that the PSA should have a joint meeting with the Mexican Phycological Society in 1998. After some lively discussion, President van der Meer, reported that the Executive Committee directed the incoming President to invite the President of the Mexican Phycological Society for a planning meeting at Breckenridge to discuss a future venue for a joint meeting.
Philosophical concerns were voiced about the nature of PSA by Dorothy Chappell. She questioned the role of the contributed papers within the annual meeting structure, the importance of workshops, as well as the selection of special symposia and plenary speakers. She particularly mentioned the need to encourage the membership, especially the students, to attend these meetings. Russell Chapman and President van der Meer reported that there was a consensus of the Executive Committee to encourage the Program Director be more "proactive" in planning the annual meeting. The membership was encouraged to submit ideas for future annual meetings to the Program Director, Paul Kugrens.
Membership Director's Report
The Membership Director's Report was orally presented by Robert Anderson. He mentioned that the Membership Committee was planning to make contact with some businesses that have phycological interests. Membership data was also presented by the Director. Membership in the Society has declined slightly from 1918 in 1993 to 1892 in 1994. The decline has been in regular memberships, as well as in subscribers. Student membership increased slightly. Several suggestions were made from the floor to encourage ASLO members to join PSA. The Director continued on with his discussion of getting new members in the Society and encouraging active participation of younger members.
The publication of the new membership directory is expected in early 1995. The Director reported the anticipated cost of mailing will be $1200. Finally, Robert Anderson informed the membership that he was resigning from his position as Membership Director. President van der Meer noted the Executive Committee reluctantly accepted Robert Anderson's resignation as Chair and Membership Director. Larry Liddle, the incoming President, will speak with Thierry Chopin and Ruth Schmitter to share the responsibilities of the Chair following the annual meetings. President van der Meer thanked Robert Anderson for his report and his service to PSA.
Board of Trustee's Report
The Board of Trustee Report was presented by Jim Rosowski. He mentioned the need to have revised job descriptions for members of the Board of Trustees. Dennis Hanisak agreed to put them together and forward them to the Secretary. The Secretary will then forward the job descriptions to members of the Executive Committee and the membership.
The Trustees also reported that Susan Waaland will be the new Chair of the Education Committee. The slide collection needs to be featured at the annual meetings. It is an invaluable resource for teaching. A suggestion was made from the floor to explore the possibility of putting the slide collection on a CD-ROM. Dorothy Chappell continues with planning a phycological calendar. The Board of Trustees approved a 1997 calendar (16 month) that could be made available for sale at the Breckenridge Meetings. One calendar will be given to each registrant at the Asilomar Meetings. This cost should be included in the registration costs at Asilomar.
The Board of Trustees recommended to the Executive Committee that Dorothy Chappell be re-appointed to the Board for another five year term. She was unanimously approved by the Executive Committee for a new five year membership on the Board of Trustees. Jim Rosowski also reported a motion was unanimously approved by the Executive Committee, after a recommendation by Board of Trustees, to have all proceeds from the Endowment Auction deposited in the Hoshaw Travel Award Fund.
The Board of Trustees also recommended in their report that the President, in the letter appointing chairs to committees, include a statement of their responsibilities as described in the By-Laws. The Chair of the Board of Trustees also noted that Russell Chapman had been appointed as the Chair of the Publications Committee. Russell Chapman encouraged the membership to submit new ideas to the Board for future publications. Some publication suggestions before the Board now include "Phycological Biographies" or "Key to the Genera of Algae." The latter being a possible supplement to the "Encyclopedia of Algal Genera." Suggestions were made from the floor to possibly publish keys for marine phytoplankton, seaweeds or freshwater algae. An increase in the Bold Award from $250 to $300 was noted by the Chair, as recommended by the Board of Trustees to the Executive Committee.
The Board of Trustees also reported that the "Silent Auction for Croasdale Library" was very successful. It raised approximately $9,000 for the PSA Endowment. Many journals have yet to be sold. Reprints from the collections may be bought by Japanese collectors. Russell Chapman reported that many of the rare books in the library are now in a special collection at the Louisiana State University Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bruce Parker reported that "The Encyclopedia of Algal Genera" will not include prokaryotic algae.
Jim Rosowski reported that the National Lecture Program in Phycology had been re-instated by the Board of Trustees. The national lecturers included William R. Barclay, Omega Tech, Inc., Sarah Gibbs, McGill University, Joseph L. Scott, College of William and Mary, and Charles Yarish, University of Connecticut. A brochure has been mailed to the membership and will be available at the PSA Headquarters. A discussion followed about better advertising this Program. The Board of Trustees will continue to discuss ways of increasing membership interest in this activity.
A special note of thanks was mentioned by the Chair for the unselfish assistance to the Society by Christine Parker. She has given so much time and effort in successfully managing the PSA Headquarters.
President van der Meer thanked Jim Rosowski for his report and acknowledged to the membership Jim's extended service to the Society and the Board of Trustees.
Fund Manager's Report:
Rick Meyer briefly presented the Endowment Fund Manager's Report. There was $283,033.41 in the Endowment as of December 31, 1992. The following summary table highlights the Endowment Fund:
31 December 1993 3 June 1994
Expenditures ($19,061.46) ($9,633.09)
Contributions $23,537.69 $5,362.30
Interest $20,143.27 $3,694.93
Balance $307,652.91 $307,077.05
Rick Meyer reported that the Executive Committee approved a motion to have a $100 minimum award for any author receiving the Provasoli Award beginning with these meetings. Furthermore, the funds for this Award will be from the Endowment Fund and supplemented by the General Treasury. He also mentioned that the proceeds from the Ames and Miami PSA Auctions will be deposited in the Hoshaw Travel Award Fund. Rick Meyer acknowledged the help of Worthen Associates in assisting him in the investments of the Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund Report was unanimously approved by the membership. President van der Meer heartily thanked Rick Meyer for his many years of service in successfully managing the Endowment Fund.
Miscellaneous Committee Reports:
John van der Meer summarized information from a number of Committee Reports.
a. Election Committee (report submitted by Chair Donald F.Kapraun): President van der Meer reported that the Chair informed him of difficulties with the election process and unfortunately was unable to follow the By-Laws. The following results of the 1994 Election of new officers include: Rick Meyer is the new Vice President/President Elect; Steven Murray is the new Treasurer; and Paul Kugrens will be the new Program Director. William Barclay, Keith Roberts and Theodore Smayda have been elected to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Phycology. In addition, Dennis Hanisak and Russell Chapman are new members of the Board of Trustees. In order to minimize any future problems with the election process, the President will follow next years election process very carefully.
b. Gerald W. Prescott Award (report submitted by Co-Chairs Marilyn Harlin and Max Hommersand): The Prescott Award Committee decided to give this year's award to the 1992 book "Dasycladales: An Illustrated Monograph of a Fascinating Algal Order" by S. Berger and M.J. Kaever. The book was published by Georg Theime, Stutgart/Oxford University Press, New York.
c. Education Committee: John van der Meer reported that there was no report available from JoAnn Burkholder, Committee Chair. Jan Hoffman suggested that this Committee develop a program or pamphlet for high school teachers and students to explore what can be done with algae. This program might also be expanded to the primary school grade audience.
d. Archives Committee: The report submitted by Chair, Bruce Parker, mentioned that the Committee continues to make new additions to the PSA Archival Collection. These materials will be available for use during the 50th Anniversary Celebration in 1996.
e. Ad hoc Committees
Applied Phycology: Following the 1993 Executive Committee meetings to invite "applied phycologists" to petition PSA for official "sectional" status, Dennis Hanisak reported that there was little, if any activity of this Committee. The President will send a letter to Kimon Bird (Chair) to disband the Committee, since there was no activity.
Collections Committee: There was no report from this Committee. The President should send a letter to Ed Theriot (Chair) to disband the Committee, since there was no activity.
Compelling Research Opportunities Committee: This Committee report submitted by, Joby Chesnick, Chair, was discussed earlier. The Committee prepared a report entitled "Why Algae Matter in Human Affairs." President van der Meer mentioned that he was asked by the Executive Committee to thank this Committee for a fine job and then disband it.
a. Joint Meeting with Mexican Phycological Society: A request was made by Gene Rosenberg that PSA meet with the Mexican Phycological Society. As mentioned earlier, a planning meeting will be organized at Breckenridge by the President of PSA and the leadership of the Mexican Phycological Society to discuss a future joint meeting.
b. Ad-hoc Committee on External Liaison: President van der Meer suggested the establishment of an External Liaison Committee that would raise the profile of PSA and phycology in national and international "political" circles. The Executive Committee has asked the President to create an Ad-hoc Committee on External Liaison and has instructed the President-Elect, Larry Liddle, to name a Chair.
c. Final Comments: President van der Meer thanked Joe Scott, the former Secretary of PSA, for his service to the Society. Larry Liddle, President-Elect, was given a plaque by John van der Meer. Larry thanked John and the Society. Larry then gave John a certificate of appreciation from PSA acknowledging John van der Meer's service as President during 1994.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:35 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Charles Yarish
Secretary, PSA
The 1995 Gerald W. Prescott Award has been given to Christine A. Maggs and Max H. Hommersand, for their book, "Seaweeds of the British Isles, Vol. 1, Part 3A Ceramiales," published in 1993, by HMSO, The Natural History Museum, London.
The 34th Northeast Algal Symposium was held April 29-30, 1995 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. One hundred and eighty-two participants--professionals, students and guests--attended the meeting, making it one of the largest NEAS gatherings in recent years. Dr. Robert R. L. Guillard was Honorary Chair and Distinguished Lecturer.
Twenty-three contributed oral presentations and twenty-four posters made up Saturday's technical program. Douglas C. McNaught, from the University of Maine's Darling Center, was awarded best student paper honors for his talk, "What happens to algal communities when the dominant herbivore is removed? Cascading effects of urchin harvesting," and Ester Serrao, from the University of Maine at Orono, earned honorable mention for her talk, "The success of external fertilization: Release of eggs and sperm from subtidal populations of Fucus vesiculosus is synchronous and is inhibited by high water motion." The best student poster award went to Neil Rooney, University of Western Ontario, for his presentation of "Environmental regulation of phytoplankton community structure in an experimentally acidified lake," and James Moran, SUNY-Genesco, received honorable mention for his poster, "Flagellar apparatus structure in the colonial volvocales: Pleodorina californica and Volvox spermatosphaera."
A special mini-symposium entitled, "Algae in Contemporary Environmental Issues--Regulator and Regulated," was held on Sunday, featuring the following invited speakers: Glen Thursby, "Macroalgae and Toxicity Testing: Methods Development and Limitations," Jim Foertch, "Algae and Environmental Monitoring: Perspective of the 'Regulated'," Ted Smayda, "Microalgal Blooms: Human Influence and the Open Niche Hypothesis," Don Cheney, "Macroalgal Blooms: Environmental Causes and Economic Opportunities;" Robert Kortmann, "Physical, Chemical, and Biological Control Strategies for Eutrophic Lakes," Lynda Goff, "The Application of Molecular Research to Macroalgal Ecological Studies: Plasmids, DMS Production, and Population Biology," and Paul Falkowski, "The Molecular Ecology of Iron Limitation in Phytoplankton Photosynthesis."
Social events included a banquet at which Dr. Guillard was honored for his contributions to algal research and an auction conducted by Barry Colt to benefit the NEAS Student Development Committee at which treasures from the library of Dr. Robert Wilce, UMASS emeritus, were auctioned. Pre- and post-meeting events included an historical walking tour of Woods Hole, a tour of the world MBL Library, a tour of MBL's new Marine Resources Center, and a group bicycle ride on Martha's Vinyard.
Co-conveners for the 1995 meeting Gary Wikfors, NOAA, NMFS, Milford, CT, and Dorothy Swift, GSO, University of Rhode Island, are grateful for all the help provided by colleagues, friends, and family. Next year's co-conveners Grey Boyer and Carolyn Bird look forward to another full weekend of NEAS activities when the 35th Northeast Algal Symposium is convened, April 27-28, 1996. Those wishing to join NEAS and become involved in our dynamic growing organization are urged to contact Membership Chair Bill Johansen, telephone 508/793-7190; email: hjohansen.vax.clarku.edu.
17th Southeastern Phycological Colloquy
The 17th Colloquy was held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina on October 14, 1995. Attending were 20 participants from 5 states, and the pixie red algal systematist, Suzanne Fredericq, journeyed down from the Smithsonian Institute to reveal with Kylinian thoroughness her new taxonomic insights in the Sphaerococcaceae and the Dumontiaceae. The west winds carried John West from Melbourne, Australia to the Charleston area in search of Bostrychia radicans and the culcitol-sorbitol enigma of this species. James Engman from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama was felled by Noriega's revenge after having arrived in Charleston and was unable to share with us his new findings about the biogeographic relationships among Halimeda opuntia. A death in the family prevented Rick Searles from presenting his paper on the three Williams (Harvey, Taylor, and von Hoyt) whose works on the marine algal flora or the southeastern United States have served as the taxonomic cairns for this region. Max Hommersand was unable to give his incisive, shirt-tailed comments because of his phycological peregrinations in Australia. A colloquy loyalist, Clint Dawes, was unable to van up from Florida with a gaggle of his students due to his son's wedding. Peggy Wiseman hosted a candle-light, rose-bouquet, shrimp-crab meat pilaf dinner at the Wiseman's post-Hugo renovated home on the Isle of Palms to close the proceedings of the colloquy.
Steve Davis of the University of Florida at Gainesville will host the 18th Colloquy next fall. D. Reid Wiseman
