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Call for Associate Editors of Limnology & Oceanography: Bulletin

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO) is pleased to announce that the editorial team of Limnology & Oceanography: Bulletin (LOB) is searching for two new Associate Editors for ASLO’s main member communications channel. Published quarterly, LOB features articles, viewpoints, book reviews, society and policy news, and other items of interest to ASLO members. Annually, LOB publishes ...

Krista Longnecker named next Editor-in-Chief of Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Krista Longnecker as the next Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the journal Limnology and Oceanography: Methods! Dr. Longnecker served as an Associate Editor for the journal since 2016 and was approved for the EIC position by the ASLO Board of Directors following an open ...

ASLO Member Survey on Open Access

ASLO is inviting members to help shape its vision on Open Access (OA) publishing for the future! The society currently publishes the Limnology & Oceanography family of journals:  Limnology and Oceanography (LNO), the society’s flagship journal, which was first published in January 1956 and remained a print-only journal (even for manuscript submission and peer review) for decades;  Limnology and Oceanography ...

L&O Special Issue – Mesocosms: bridging the gap between in-situ and laboratory studies

In a rapidly changing world, it is crucial that we examine the responses of aquatic organisms across the scales of individuals, communities, and trophic levels, on time scales relevant for responses to environmental change. Laboratory studies allow us to develop mechanistic understandings on individual organisms or groups thereof but are often limited in their ecological realism. In situ observations yield ...

Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin Call for Book Reviewers

The L&O Bulletin regularly features book reviews and the editorial board is looking for your help! The team has NEW titles in need of review:   A Global Atlas of Atolls(Goldberg and Rankey) more here Oar Feet and Opal Teeth: About Copepods and Copepodologists (Miller) more here Water Chemistry (Brezonik and Arnold) more here Books reviewed in Limnology and Oceanography ...

Second Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin Call for Book Reviewers

The L&O Bulletin regularly features book reviews and the editorial board is looking for your help! The team has NEW titles in need of review: Water Chemistry (Brezonik and Arnold) Climate Change and Estuaries (Kennish, Paerl, and Crosswell) Rivers of North America (Delong et al.) Lakes in the Anthropocene (Smol) Books reviewed in Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin are recent titles in ...

ASLO Journals Excel in the Aquatic Sciences

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography publishes three peer-reviewed journals: Limnology & Oceanography (L&O), Limnology & Oceanography: Methods (L&O Methods), and Limnology & Oceanography Letters (L&O Letters), as well as the quarterly Limnology & Oceanography Bulletin. While the journals vary in aims and scope, they all serve as fundamental pillars in fulfilling ASLO's mission to "create, integrate, ...

L&O Letters Special Issue Call for Papers: Expanding the Horizons of Sclerochronology

Expanding the Horizons of Sclerochronology: New Perspectives for Life History and Environmental Monitoring Article proposals due 30 October 2023 Manuscripts due 30 June 2024 We are pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a special issue presenting advances in sclerochronology research and its applications in aquatic systems. Sclerochronology is the study of physical, chemical and structural variations in the ...

L&O Special Issue: Autonomous Instrumentation and Big Data: New Windows, Knowledge, and Breakthroughs in the Aquatic Sciences

  The development and deployment of autonomous instrumentation in the aquatic sciences, which has rapidly expanded during the last decade, has led to fantastic new insight into unexplored waters, increased understanding of temporal and spatial dynamics, and amazing discoveries across the aquatic sciences. These tools have allowed us to acquire more data, at higher frequency in time and space, and ...

ASLO takes a step to address the inequity of open-access publication

Early Career Researchers around the world are doing impactful innovative science. Most do not have resources to pay for open-access publication of their work. ASLO has taken a step to help with its Early Career Publication Honor that pays for OA publication by ECRs in need. A new virtual issue of Limnology and Oceanography Letters binds together the first seven ...
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