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Sampling advective benthic chambers, by Bradley Eyre

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Sampling advective benthic chambers
Photo by ASLO member Bradley Eyre

Sampling advective benthic chambers on Heron Island as part of a global study of coral reef carbonate sediment dissolution. The chambers have a circular stirrer that creates flow within the permeable carbonate sediments. Samples are collected over the course of a day to measure the dissolution rate.

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Announcing the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange program

By: ASLO Communications | Jul 31

ASLO is pleased to announce a new NSF-funded initiative: the Limnology and Oceanography Research Exchange (LOREX) program....

Scoping Sessions for Coastlines and People Initiative

By: Paul F. Kemp | Jul 28

Coasts are paramount to our nation’s economic prosperity, sustainability and national security. NSF encourages you to apply to attend scoping sessions to identify priorities for a research initiative focused on coastal regions. The workshops will be held September 26-28, 2018.

Early career peer reviewers should feel confident to evaluate big ideas

By: Laura J Falkenberg | Jul 18

As an Early Career Researcher, being invited to peer review is an important milestone. But, once you’ve accepted the invitation to review, worry can creep in. In this blog post I want to reassure ECR reviewers that it is good to point out all the issues that you see in the paper - even the big ones!

Announcing the 2020 L&O Special Issue: “Linking metagenomics to aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles”

By: ASLO Communications | Jul 10

Limnology & Oceanography will be publishing a special issue in 2020, entitled “Linking metagenomics to aquatic microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycles” and edited by Special Editors Hans-Peter Grossart, Katherine McMahon, Ramon Massana and David Walsh. Manuscripts are due January 28, 2019.

NSF Advisory Committee for Environmental Research and Education Requests Input

By: Patricia A Matrai | Jul 3

To identify emerging research questions in these areas, the NSF Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education is reaching out to interested and knowledgeable members of the scientific community for their views.

2018 ASLO Member Survey: we need your input!

By: ASLO Communications | Jul 2

ASLO has undergone tremendous change since we last surveyed our members in 2012 (see highlights at the end of this post). The results of that survey, including many thoughtful comments included in responses, have been instrumental in creating the 2015 ASLO Strategic Plan...

Reading about writing: summaries of recently published guides

By: Laura J Falkenberg | Jun 6

One of the key activities scientists undertake is writing. There is much advice out there on how to write, with many books published in the last year alone. Here, I discuss some of these books and what they cover, to help you choose the one that will help you write more effectively.

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