{"title":"Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone: Early Career Researcher Perspectives on Chairing a Session at an International Conference","authors":"Sofia Baliña, Paula C.J. Reis","doi":"10.1002/lob.10615","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10615","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The fear of making mistakes and/or expressing ideas incorrectly is a common reason for early career researchers (ECRs) to avoid engaging in activities that they feel could expose them. This feeling often intensifies at international conferences, where renowned scientists in our field are present and the possibility of being judged becomes very real. Some of us can vividly recall our first international conference and the anxiety that crept up when entering the auditorium where we would present our work. That feeling can be amplified when ECRs decide to go a step further and organize their own conference session.</p><p>We are two ECRs from South America interested in the cycle of methane in freshwater ecosystems. Paula is a postdoctoral fellow in Canada working on methanotrophy in lakes, and Sofia is finishing up her Ph.D. in Argentina, looking at methane dynamics in Pampean lakes. In 2022, during the conference of the International Society of Limnology, the desire to organize our own session at an international conference in the future sparked in us. At that moment, doubts abounded: What should the session focus on? Should we target a broad audience or be very specific? Who would be interested in presenting during our session? Are more experienced researchers going to propose sessions that might overshadow ours? Would our proposed session be accepted? How can we effectively and confidently communicate with our audience? These and other concerns crossed our minds, but we persevered and submitted a session proposal for the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting to be held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in June 2023.</p><p>Our session focused on the recent advances in understanding the biological and physical controls on the cycle of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, in freshwater and marine ecosystems. Despite significant progress in recent decades, much uncertainty remains regarding mechanistic explanations, quantitative estimations, upscaling, and predictions of each component of the intricate methane cycle. We invited contributions related to any step (production, oxidation, accumulation, emission, food web incorporation) and at every scale (from molecular to global) in both freshwater and marine systems. Session presentations included experimental and field evidence of oxic methane production, methane oxidation by aerobic bacteria under oxygen-limited conditions, the importance of neglected methane emission pathways such as plant mediated and ebullition, the effect of submerged macrophytes on methane dynamics, sediment flushing and degassing in hydropower reservoirs, and coupled physical and biogeochemical modeling (Fig. 1). Some of the ECRs in the audience approached us after the session curious about the process we went through to organize it, and some even suggested that we publish a note about our experience. Below we share our journey and the valuable lessons we learnt, particularly that confronting our fears and preparing well can lead to unexpec","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"16-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10615","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139154268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Swimming Animals Mix the Ocean?","authors":"John O. Dabiri","doi":"10.1002/lob.10614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10614","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The world's oceans are in constant motion, transporting the sun's heat from the equator to the poles, bringing marine life fresh supplies of oxygen and nutrients, and sequestering nearly half of our carbon dioxide emissions since the Industrial Revolution. Within this dynamic aquatic milieu exists another type of motion: the perpetual teeming of trillions of swimming animals. Are these organisms simply along for the ride, carried by the prevailing ocean currents and occasionally using their powers of locomotion to explore their surroundings; or could their propulsion result in dynamical feedbacks that influence the physical and biogeochemical structure of the ocean itself?</p>","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 2","pages":"60-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10614","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140907019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael L. Pace, Stephen R. Carpenter, Gene E. Likens
{"title":"Jonathan J. Cole (1953-2023)","authors":"Michael L. Pace, Stephen R. Carpenter, Gene E. Likens","doi":"10.1002/lob.10611","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10611","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"28-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138955656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Yesterday's “lake” endures in its name—The etymology of lake names","authors":"Lars Tranvik","doi":"10.1002/lob.10613","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10613","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The global language of limnology is English, but most of our study objects do not have English names. Here, I compare 57,000 lake names in a lake-rich, non-English speaking country, that is, Sweden, with a previous analysis of 83,000 lakes in the conterminous United States. The diversity of lake name appellations is strikingly different. In the United States, three different appellations (“lake,” “pond,” “reservoir”) apply to 96% of the lakes, whereas in Sweden to account for 93% of the lakes, 76 different appellations and suffixes were required. The etymology of the remaining largely idiosyncratic 4000 lake names is difficult to assess, and of ancient origin. In the United States, lake names with appellations in languages of non-English European colonizers are rare and lakes that include words in indigenous languages almost exclusively also include an English appellation. Contrastingly, in regions of Sweden where Sami, Finnish, and Meänkieli are spoken, lake names are typically fully indigenous, including the appellation. The historical reasons for the differences are discussed. Examples of malpractice in the use of lake names in scientific papers are presented, and suggestions are made for how we better can achieve a good lake-name practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10613","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138966804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The ASLO Multicultural Program: 34 Years of Leading the Way for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Success","authors":"Benjamin E. Cuker, Jeanette Davis, Deidre Gibson","doi":"10.1002/lob.10612","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10612","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ASLO Multicultural Program (ASLOMP) began in 1990 to promote diversity in the aquatic sciences. It involves brining diverse undergraduate and graduate students to annual ASLO meetings. The students participate in special programing that includes an opening dinner and keynote speaker, a student symposium where they present their work, a field trip, and work with meeting mentors. Between 1990 and 2023, 1443 different students participated in ASLOMP. They were a diverse lot; 43.0% African American, 33.0% Hispanic, 6.4% white, 6.4% Native American, 5.3% Pacific Islander, 3.5% Asian, and 2.4% other. Participants have gone on to be the first persons of color to serve on the ASLO Board of Directors and to assume other leadership positions in the society. Many former ASLOMP participants have gone on for advanced degrees and often return as mentors in the program. The ASLOMP model has been adopted by various other scientific societies including the Ecological Society of America (Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability - SEEDS), the Society of Wetland Scientists, Sigma Xi, and the Coastal and Estuarine and Research Federation. The founding of ASLOMP demonstrated the usefulness of empowered allies in leading efforts to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"10-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10612","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Volume 32 Number 4 November 2023 125-155","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/lob.10610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10610","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"32 4","pages":"125-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"109169532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rita M Franco-Santos, Laura J Falkenberg, Scott Hotaling, Erin Peck
{"title":"Meeting the Raelyn Cole Editorial Fellows at the ASLO 2023 Aquatic Sciences Meeting: Perspectives on Professional Development, Writing, and Finding your Academic Superpower","authors":"Rita M Franco-Santos, Laura J Falkenberg, Scott Hotaling, Erin Peck","doi":"10.1002/lob.10608","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10608","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"38-40"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10608","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135867971","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Message from the Communications Office: Shedding Light on Diverse Careers with the Science Communication Internship: Q + A with Adrienne Sponberg and Call for 2024","authors":"Brittany M. Schieler","doi":"10.1002/lob.10609","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10609","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"32 4","pages":"142-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"109176865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael F. Meyer, Merritt E. Harlan, Robert T. Hensley, Qing Zhan, Carolina C. Barbosa, Nahit S. Börekçi, Jonathan J. Borrelli, Tuba Bucak, Alli N. Cramer, Johannes Feldbauer, Robert Ladwig, Jorrit P. Mesman, Isabella A. Oleksy, Rachel M. Pilla, Jacob A. Zwart, Elisa Calamita, Nicholas J. Gubbins, Mary E. Lofton, Daniel A. Maciel, Nicholas S. Marzolf, Freya Olsson, Audrey N. Thellman, R. Quinn Thomas, Michael J. Vlah
{"title":"Hacking Limnology Workshops and DSOS23: Growing a Workforce for the Nexus of Data Science, Open Science, and the Aquatic Sciences","authors":"Michael F. Meyer, Merritt E. Harlan, Robert T. Hensley, Qing Zhan, Carolina C. Barbosa, Nahit S. Börekçi, Jonathan J. Borrelli, Tuba Bucak, Alli N. Cramer, Johannes Feldbauer, Robert Ladwig, Jorrit P. Mesman, Isabella A. Oleksy, Rachel M. Pilla, Jacob A. Zwart, Elisa Calamita, Nicholas J. Gubbins, Mary E. Lofton, Daniel A. Maciel, Nicholas S. Marzolf, Freya Olsson, Audrey N. Thellman, R. Quinn Thomas, Michael J. Vlah","doi":"10.1002/lob.10607","DOIUrl":"10.1002/lob.10607","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The 3<sup>rd</sup> Aquatic Ecosystem MOdeling Network—Junior (AEMON-J) Hacking Limnology Workshop and 4<sup>th</sup> Virtual Summit: Incorporating Data Science and Open Science in the Aquatic Sciences (DSOS) took place 24–28 July 2023. This joint event followed a similar structure to previous years, comprising three days of workshops followed by two days of the virtual summit (Meyer and Zwart <span>2020</span>; Meyer et al. <span>2021<i>a</i></span>, <span>2022</span>). During the week, over 100 aquatic science practitioners and enthusiasts gathered to exchange knowledge and to share experiences working in the nexus of data science, open science, remote sensing, and the aquatic sciences.</p><p>As in previous years, accessibility for a global audience was at the forefront of both events. To prevent financial restrictions, there were no registration fees. All recordings and workshop materials were made freely available on the Open Science Framework archive (Meyer et al. <span>2021<i>b</i></span>; https://osf.io/682v5/) for asynchronous viewing and access following the event. Having videos subtitled helped overcome language barriers, allowing attendees to translate subtitles from English into their preferred language using available software. Relative to the 50 countries represented in the 2021 and 2022 workshop and summit (Meyer et al. <span>2021<i>a</i></span>, <span>2022</span>), the 2023 workshop and summit experienced an expansion in global representation, with registrants from more than 60 countries. The most represented countries included the United States (42% of registrants), Canada (8.2%), Nigeria (8.2%), Germany (5%), and Brazil (3.8%). The majority of registrants from newly represented countries were largely located in the Caribbean. With respect to career-stage, most participants identified as being in early career positions (i.e., graduate students and post-doctoral researchers; ~ 57%).</p><p>Leading up to the 2023 summit, the leadership team began a period of restructuring, a process aimed to usher in fresh perspectives and formalize the group as a community of practice (Fig. 1). This restructuring included an expansion of the leadership teams, including a steering team, a summit team, a workshop team, and an external advisory team. This expansion was realized in part to further establish the growing AEMON-J and DSOS communities, as well as enable clearer succession paths, new leadership opportunities, and organizational sustainability. The steering team, as highlighted in Fig. 1, will be instrumental in advising long-term development and goals, ensuring the community can move past short-term planning for individual summits to envision and achieve long-term goals. As the combined AEMON-J + DSOS organizing teams strive to be composed of early career researchers, this long-term planning is crucial for the broader community. To involve community members in the strategic development, a listening session was organized as a part of the 2","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"33 1","pages":"35-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lob.10607","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135618484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Menone, M. L., and Metcalfe, C. 2023. The Ecotoxicology of Aquatic Macrophytes. Springer: Cham. ISBN: 978-3-031-27832-7 (Hardcover). XV + 214 p. EUR €119.99","authors":"Muh Farhan, Khusnul Yaqin, Muhammad Iqbal Djawad","doi":"10.1002/lob.10603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lob.10603","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40008,"journal":{"name":"Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin","volume":"32 4","pages":"154-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"109168349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}