American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
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Initiated in 1947, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) is a scientific society with the goal of Advancing the Sciences of Limnology
and Oceanography
. With approximately 4000 members in nearly 60 different countries, ASLO is the largest scientific society, worldwide, devoted to either limnology or oceanography or both. ASLO’s mission is to foster 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.
ASLO publishes four scientific journals:
Limnology and Oceanography;
Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments;
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods;and
Limnology and Oceanography: Bulletin.
Much of the content of ASLO journals is open access. In addition to occasional small workshops (LINK) ASLO hosts regularly scheduled major scientific meetings around the world including the Aquatic Science Meetings; the Ocean Science Meetings and the Summer ASLO Meetings. ASLO presents five annual awards in recognition of professional excellence in the field. Active in outreach and public affairs
related to the aquatic sciences and related fields, ASLO has a Public Affairs Office. ASLO is governed by an elected Board of Directors, which includes 2 student members with full voting privileges. ASLO offers its members many benefits and provides information to the general public and educators as well.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography gives out the following awards:
Limnology
Limnology , also called freshwater science, is the study of inland waters. It is often regarded as a division of ecology or environmental science. It covers the biological, chemical, physical, geological, and other attributes of all inland waters...
and Oceanography
Oceanography
Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
. With approximately 4000 members in nearly 60 different countries, ASLO is the largest scientific society, worldwide, devoted to either limnology or oceanography or both. ASLO’s mission is to foster 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.
ASLO publishes four scientific journals:
Limnology and Oceanography;
Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments;
Limnology and Oceanography: Methods;and
Limnology and Oceanography: Bulletin.
Much of the content of ASLO journals is open access. In addition to occasional small workshops (LINK) ASLO hosts regularly scheduled major scientific meetings around the world including the Aquatic Science Meetings; the Ocean Science Meetings and the Summer ASLO Meetings. ASLO presents five annual awards in recognition of professional excellence in the field. Active in outreach and public affairs
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
related to the aquatic sciences and related fields, ASLO has a Public Affairs Office. ASLO is governed by an elected Board of Directors, which includes 2 student members with full voting privileges. ASLO offers its members many benefits and provides information to the general public and educators as well.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography gives out the following awards:
- the Raymond L. Lindeman Award for an outstanding paper written by a young aquatic scientist
- the G. Evelyn Hutchinson AwardG. Evelyn Hutchinson AwardThe G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award is an award granted annually by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography to a mid-career scientist within the society's field for outstanding scientific contributions. The award is named for the limologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson.- Awardees :* 1982 Gene E....
to an outstanding mid-career scientists in limnology or oceanography - the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement AwardA.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement AwardThe Lifetime Achievement Award was first presented in 1994 to honor major long-term achievements in the fields of limnology and oceanography, including research, education and service to the community and society. In 2004, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Board renamed the award...
to recognize and honor major, long-term achievements in the fields of limnology and oceanography - the Ruth Patrick Award to honor outstanding research in aquatic science, particularly a solution of an environmental problem
- the John Martin Award to recognize a paper in aquatic sciences that is judged to have had a high impact on subsequent research in the field