Identification of Seaweeds of SF Bay 2023

A joint program of the SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and the Estuary and Ocean Science Center, RTC/SF State

Wetland Science and Coastal Training Program

Our workshop will introduce you to the seaweeds commonly encountered in San Francisco Bay.

Estuary Hall

Our workshop will introduce you to the seaweeds commonly encountered in San Francisco Bay. We will explore seaweed habitats, structure and function, species identification, and specimen preservation. The workshop will include short lectures, intertidal field trips to collect specimens, and time in the lab to examine them closely. Please bring boots, warm clothes, hand lens, camera, a collecting bucket or bag, and, if you have them, a plant press and 100% rag paper for pressing.Full field site details to be provided, likely all w/in Marin counthyClassroom portion to be held at EOS center Instructors: Kathy Ann Miller has loved seaweeds since her first phycology class in 1976 at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory. In 1987, she earned her B.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany at UC Berkeley with Paul C. Silva and Donald Kaplan as her advisors. Her knowledge of California seaweeds, her chief research subject, is built upon her extensive time in the field, her dedication to making specimens for the Herbarium, and her collaborations with talented colleagues. Kathy Ann is the Curator of Algae at the University Herbarium, UC Berkeley.