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Hear more from the 2019 ASLO Awardees!

By: ASLO Communications | May 15

Video recordings of the plenary and award presentations at the 2019 Aquatic Sciences Meeting are now available on our YouTube channel. In addition to their official award presentations, our 2019 ASLO Awardees conducted in-person interviews which you can view online!

Student Meets Capitol Hill: A Case for Policy Training in Graduate Education

By: Brittany M. Schieler | May 10

One graduate student's experiences and reflections visiting Capitol Hill to advocate for federal support of basic science research.

Now accepting applications for 2020 Limnology & Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX)

By: ASLO Communications | May 9

We are now accepting applications for the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX).These paid research exchanges are part of a new NSF-funded initiative to provide professional development in international research collaboration for graduate students.

The changing of the guard: a discussion between an outgoing and incoming Editorial Fellow

By: Laura J Falkenberg | May 1

In this blog post we are publishing a discussion between two of our Fellows to celebrate a changing of the guard – Laura Falkenberg is completing her term, while Scott Hotaling is just getting started. Here they share their perspectives and thoughts on the Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellowship program.

Call for L&O special issue: Arctic aquatic ecosystems in the 21st century

By: Marguerite A. Xenopoulos | Apr 29

Limnology & Oceanography will be publishing a special issue in 2021, entitled “Biogeochemistry and ecology across Arctic aquatic ecosystems in the face of change” and edited by Special Editors Peter Hernes, Suzanne Tank and Ronnie Glud. We welcome submissions from all interested researchers.

Writing effective titles, abstracts, and summaries

By: Laura J Falkenberg | Apr 5

At the recent ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, we led a workshop on how to compose effective titles, abstracts, and summaries. Here, we summarize key tips presented in the workshop.

ASLO comments on proposal to increase nutrient loads to Lake Baikal

By: ASLO Communications | Apr 3

ASLO has written to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russian Federation in response to ASLO member concern over proposed changes to regulations surrounding discharge into Lake Baikal...

Call for Proposals: ASLO Global Outreach Initiative

By: ASLO Communications | Mar 27

We are pleased to announce the availability of funds for the ASLO Global Outreach Initiative.

Virtual Issue: Stable Isotopes in Limnology and Oceanography

By: Marguerite A. Xenopoulos | Mar 9

Over 600 papers using stable isotope studies have been published in L&O over the past 60 years. This virtual issue contains 60 of L&O's most cited and influential papers using stable isotope analyses.