Teaching Resources

ASLO offers an extensive collection of free access, peer-reviewed, and up-to-date content that can be a perfect supplement to your limnology or oceanography course material. These resources fall into a few categories: Our e-Lectures that were written and reviewed by expert scientists, online virtual issues that pull articles from various ASLO journals under a common theme, and a variety of tools and resources for science communication and policy. The suitability of the content spans a range of backgrounds and may be used for upper-level high school to graduate courses in various aquatic science topics. You can find more information about these teaching tools below.

Limnology and Oceanography e-Lectures:

Our 19 L&O: e-Lectures are comprised of lecture slides prepared by top scientists in their fields and reviewed by panels of expert peers. The content is both current and timely. The e-lectures fall into six main categories in aquatic science:

Limnology

  1. Paleolimnology: An introduction to approaches used to track longโ€term environmental changes using lake sediments byย John P. Smol
  2. Lake Physics to Ecosystem Services: Forel and the Origins of Limnology byย Warwick F. Vincent and Carinne Bertola

Oceanography

  1. The Ocean's Biological Carbon pump as part of the global Carbon Cycle byย Susanne Neuer, Morten Iversen, and Gerhard Fischer
  2. Introduction to Satellite Oceanography byย John Marra
  3. Biological Implications of Change in Pacificโ€influenced Arctic Marine Ecosystems byย Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

Marine Benthos

  1. Nonโ€invasive flux Measurements at the Benthic Interface: The Aquatic Eddy Covariance Technique byย Peter Berg, Marie Lise Delgard, Ronnie N. Glud, Markus Huettel, Clare E. Reimers, and Michael L. Pace
  2. An Introduction to Marine Sediments with an Emphasis on Sediment Organic Matter Remineralization byย David J. Burdige
  3. Analysis of DNA archived in lake sediments byย Irene Gregoryโ€Eaves and Isabelle Domaizon

Radioactivity in the Marine Environment
byย Claudia R. Benitezโ€Nelson, Sabine Charmasson, Ken Buesseler, Minhan Dai, Michio Aoyama, Nรบria Casacuberta, Josรฉ Marcus Godoy, Andy Johnson, Vladimir Maderich, Pere Masquรฉ, Marc Metian, Willard Moore, Paul J. Morris, and John N. Smith

  1. Radioactivity in the Marine Environment: Understanding the Basics of Radioecology
  2. Radioactivity in the Marine Environment: Uraniumโ€Thorium Decay Series
  3. Radioactivity in the Marine Environment: Understanding the Basics of Radioactivity
  4. Radioactivity in the Marine Environment: Cosmogenic and Anthropogenic Radionuclides

Ocean Acidification

  1. Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem byย Richard A. Feely and Scott C. Doney
  2. Combined Effects of Ocean Acidification, Warming, and Hypoxia on Marine Organisms byHannes Baumann
  3. Ocean Acidification โ€ A Paleo Perspective byย Adina Paytan and Bรคrbel Hรถnisch
  4. How to Document โ€ Ocean Acidification Data byย Liโ€Qing Jiang, Krisa M. Arzayus, Jeanโ€Pierre Gattuso, Hernam E. Garcia, Cynthia Chandler, Alex Kozyr, Yan Yang, Rob Thomas, Brian Beck, and Tobias Spears

Plankton Ecology

  1. A Mechanistic Approach to Plankton Ecology byย Thomas Kiรธrboe
  2. Freshwater bloomโ€forming cyanobacteria and anthropogenic change byย Sylvia Bonilla and Frances R. Pick
  3. Phytoplanktonโ€Bacteria Interactions: Ectohydrolytic Enzymes and Their Influence on Biogeochemical Cycling byย Kay D. Bidle

ASLO Virtual Issues:

Our virtual issues (VIs) are curated collections of ASLO journal articles that fall under a particular major theme. The ASLOย L&O Bulletinย VIs are accessible to all types of audiences and include topics such as science policy, science communication, and field stations/marine labs. Theย L&Oย andย L&O: Methodsย VIs are targeted toward more specialized audiences. These VIs include topics such as stable isotopes, remote sensing, and the science of large lakes. All of the content included in our VIs are freely available to members and non-members.

Policy Toolkits & Other Communication Resources:

Thinking about including science communication or policy components in your course? Perfect! Communication skills and a good understanding of the policy-making process are more important in the aquatic sciences than ever. Previous ASLO Science Communication Intern Lushani Nanayakkara composed detailedย policy toolkitsย that are handy guides to the legislative process in Canada, United States, and European Union, along with tips onย how to communicate with your elected officials. In addition, we have an extensive collection of talks from previous ASLO meetings and other seminars and workshops on theย ASLO YouTube page.

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