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.
News and Announcements!
- Election Results
- The results of the recent election were announced at the ASLO/NABS Summer Meeting in Santa Fe, NM. Voter turnout was very strong, with 827 ballots cast. Our thanks to all who participated! The newest members of the Board are:
President-Elect: John Downing
Members at Large: Roxane Maranger and Uta Passow
- eBook Published: Manual of Aquatic Viral Ecology
- ASLO's first eBook publication is the Manual of Aquatic Viral Ecology (MAVE), edited by Steven Wilhelm, Markus Weinbauer and Curtis Suttle. It contains 19 chapters describing state-of-the-art approaches to studying viruses in aquatic systems. Topics range from the enumeration of viruses to molecular techniques designed to dissect and query individual virus populations as well as communities of viruses. All chapters are freely available for download. Please refer to the Table of Contents to view and download.
- New L&O Issue Posted
- The latest complete issue of Limnology and Oceanography (Vol 55, Issue 3, 2010) is available online. Articles in the next issue (Vol 55, Issue 4, 2010) are being posted as they are completed.
- Award Recipients 2010
- ASLO is very pleased to announce the recipients of awards to be presented at the 2010 Summer Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They are:
- Alfred C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award
- James F. Kitchell, for field-changing contributions in the areas of fish ecology and fisheries, trophic dynamics, and understanding the role of fish in aquatic ecosystems.
- Ruth Patrick Award
- Samuel N. Luoma, for his passionate dedication to the solution of environmental problems in San Francisco Bay and his distinguished record of innovative research, leadership, and inspirational mentoring in trace metal ecotoxicology and water resource management.
- Raymond L. Lindeman Award
- Roman Stocker, for Stocker R., Seymour J. R., Samadani A., Hunt, D. E., and Polz, M. F. 2008. Rapid chemotactic response enables marine bacteria to exploit microscale nutrient patches. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105: 4209-4214
- G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award
- Peter Dillon, for his pioneering work in chemical limnology, including innovative research on eutrophication in lakes and long-term studies that have significantly advanced understanding of the responses of lakes and wetlands to acid deposition and climate change.
- John Martin Award
- M.J.R. Fasham, H.W. Ducklow, and S.M. McKelvie. 1990. A nitrogen-based model of plankton dynamics in the oceanic mixed layer. Journal of Marine Research, 48: 591-639
- Ramón Margalef Award For Excellence In Education
- C. Susan Weiler, for her longstanding dedication to mentoring and educating the next generation of scholars in limnology and oceanography, and particularly for her visionary development of programs for newly graduated doctoral students.
- New L&O Bulletin Issue Posted
- The latest issue of the Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin (Vol 19, Issue 1, 2010, 3689 KB PDF) is available online. The Featured Article is "Ramon Margalef, the Curiousity Driven Life of a Self-Taught Naturalist" by F. Peters. This issue also includes candidate statements for the upcoming election.
- University de Concepción Dichato Field Station
- The recent Chilean earthquake and subsequent tsunami destroyed the University de Concepción's Dichato Field Station, familiar to many oceanographers who have worked there over the years. Please click here to read a letter from Dr. Carlos Moffat of the University's Department of Oceanography.
- Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments Call for Papers
- L&O:F&E seeks manuscripts treating research on any aspect of limnology and oceanography where advection and/or diffusion or the mechanics of the medium drive biological, chemical, or geological processes from molecular to global scales. For more information please download the call for papers or visit the journal website.
- USA Science & Engineering Festival
- ASLO is proud to be an Official Partner of the inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival to be held in the greater Washington DC area in October 2010. The Festival, which will be the country’s first national science festival, is a collaboration of over 500 of the country’s leading science and engineering organizations and aims to reignite the interest of our nation’s youth in the sciences. The culmination of the Festival will be a two-day Expo on the National Mall on October 23-24, 2010, which will give children, teens and adults the opportunity to explore all facets of science and engineering through hundreds of fun, hands-on activities. People across the Unites States are encouraged to hold Satellite Events in their communities the same weekend that hundreds of thousands of people celebrate science on the National Mall For more information on all Festival events and how you can get involved, visit www.usasciencefestival.org.
- L&O Volume 51 moved into Free Access
- Approximately 90% of all articles in ASLO journals are freely available to the public through our website. ASLO’s philosophy is to make all articles older than 3 years freely available to the public. The latest addition is Volume 51 of L&O, which has just been moved into Free Access.
- Upcoming Summer and Fall Courses
- Each year a variety of exciting courses and educational programs are offered at institutions around the world. The Course Announcements Page lists announcements of courses coming up in summer and fall 2010. To submit a course announcement, please email the information to the ASLO web editor.
- ASLO on Facebook
- Did you know ASLO has its own Facebook group? It is open to all who are interested in the wonderful fields of Limnology and Oceanography. Click here to take a look!
- The 2009-2013 ASLO Strategic Plan
- The 2007 ASLO Strategic Plan Committee reviewed the 1996 report entitled "The Future of ASLO Report and Recommendations" and noted that the organization has now implemented most of the listed recommendations. These changes have substantially strengthened ASLO. The 2009-2013 ASLO Strategic Plan includes an assessment of how well ASLO is accomplishing its Mission Statement, through an inventory of ongoing activities and the adoption of a set of Guiding Principles for Society action. The 2009-2013 ASLO Strategic Plan discusses what ASLO needs to do to implement its Mission Statement in the future, in light of the Guiding Principles. The Strategic Plan (177K PDF) is available to all members.
- ASLO Career Directory 2009
- The ASLO Career Directory 2009 is a compilation of profiles of 124 students and early career scientists who are seeking positions in the aquatic sciences. Profiles are sorted by the type of position being sought (student, post-doctoral, technical, faculty). Profiles were submitted in preparation for the 2009 Aquatic Sciences Meeting.