Welcome to ASLO!
For more than 50 years, ASLO has been a leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science, working to provide for their needs at all phases of professional development. ASLO is best known for its highly rated research journals, its interdisciplinary meetings and its special symposia. The society supports increasingly important programs in public education and outreach and public policy. It strives to encourage student participation and to increase opportunities for minorities in the aquatic sciences. ASLO's mission statement is:
ASLO fosters a diverse, international scientific community that creates, integrates and communicates knowledge across the full spectrum of aquatic sciences, advances public awareness and education about aquatic resources and research, and promotes scientific stewardship of aquatic resources for the public interest. Its products and activities are directed toward these ends.
What's New At ASLO!
- Summer Courses
- The summer courses page is back! Please visit it to view exciting summer course opportunities for students and post-graduate researchers. Current listings include courses in Microbial Oceanography, Freshwater Algae, Ecology and Systematics of Diatoms, and Analysis of Environmental Data. Click here to learn more about the latest announcements.
- Funding Opportunity
- The CALFED Bay-Delta Science Program is announcing a solicitation for research proposals in support of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. The goal is to fund research into the current and changing Bay-Delta system. A total of approximately $8 million will be available for research in four topic areas: Native Fish Biology and Ecology; Food Webs of Key Delta Species and their Relationship to Water Quality and other Drivers; Coupled Hydrologic and Ecosystem Models; and Water and Ecosystem Management Decision Support System Development. For more information, click here.
- New L&O Issue Posted
- The latest issue of Limnology and Oceanography (Vol 54, Issue 1, 2009) is available online.
- New L&O Bulletin Issue Posted
- The latest issue of the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin (Vol 17, Issue 4, 2008, 1550 KB PDF) is available online.
- Another year goes into Free Access Publication (FAP)!
- Most of the content of all three ASLO journals is freely available without a subscription. At the start of each year, another volume of each journal is moved into FAP. For 2009, the new all-free content is Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin vol. 16, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods vol. 3, and Limnology and Oceanography vol. 50.
- ASLO Nominations for 2009
- Elections for members of the ASLO Board will occur soon. The Nominations Committee makes nominations on the basis of information provided by members, considerations about the current composition of the ASLO Board and on the willingness of suggested candidates to stand for election and do the work involved in being on the Board. The person you suggest will definitely be considered by this committee but, clearly, not all suggested individuals will be nominated. The more information you provide about a potential candidate, the clearer the reason for nominating this person will be to the Committee. We need your input as soon as possible so that the committee can begin its deliberations. To submit your nomination, please collect all materials that you will upload, and then go to the online nominations form.
- Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2009
- With this third international ASLO Meeting in Europe and the only ASLO meeting in 2009, the picturesque coasts and towns of Southern France invite you to share and exchange your scientific findings and viewpoints with colleagues from all over the world with a touch of Mediterranean life style by setting the premises for lively discussions in a friendly and warm atmosphere. For complete information, click here.