ASLO Summer Meeting

 

Aquatic Sciences - Global Changes from the Center to the Edge

On 6 June 2010, hundreds of aquatic scientists of many nationalities representing two major scientific societies will rendezvous on Santa Fe, New Mexico, to share and discuss their latest findings. The global water resources these scientists study face inordinate challenges.  The year 2010 marks the 400th commemoration of Santa Fe as a state capital and cultural center.  During these past four centuries, a limited supply of freshwater has been a precious hydrological lifeline in this area of the United States.  The 2010 ASLO/NABS meeting’s theme, Aquatic Sciences: Global Changes from the Center to the Edge, draws attention to the entirety of aquatic systems on which humans depend.  Lakes and ponds have centers that respond to influences from the near shore and the watershed.  Science too has centers of scholarship and associated interdisciplinary activities.  This meeting will explore these and other centers and edges, encompassing and embracing the entire hydrological cycle and drawing strength from the synergy to be found between the North American Benthological Society (NABS) and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).    The website can be found here.

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