American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

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, world-wide, 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 three scientific journals:
[http://aslo.org/lo/ Limnology and Oceanography] ;
[http://aslo.org/lomethods/ Limnology and Oceanography: Methods] ; and
[http://aslo.org/bulletin/index.html 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 [http://aslo.org/meetings/aslomeetings.html meetings] around the world including the Aquatic Science Meetings; the Ocean Science Meetings and the Summer ASLO Meetings. ASLO presents five annual [http://aslo.org/information/awards.html 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 [http://www.aslo.org/policy/index.html Public Affairs Office] . ASLO is governed by an elected [http://aslo.org/information/board.html Board of Directors] , which includes 2 student members with full voting privileges. ASLO offers it's members many [http://aslo.org/information/benefits.html 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 dealing with the aquatic sciences
*the "G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award" to an outstanding mid-career scientists in limnology or oceanography
*the "A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement 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

External links

[http://aslo.org/ ASLO official web site]