Professor Susanne Menden-Deuer, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), recently was named to the inaugural class of ASLO Fellows.

“This is a tremendous honor for Susanne and her work reflects very highly on GSO,” the graduate school notes.

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Fellows program was initiated in 2015 to honor ASLO members who have advanced the aquatic sciences through their exceptional contributions to the benefit of the society and its publications, meetings, and other activities.

Members of the inaugural class are being honored for their commitment and service to ASLO, the leading professional organization for researchers and educators in the field of aquatic science for more than 60 years, that has enabled the society to advance the sciences of limnology and oceanography.

ASLO says its purpose 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.”

According to the ASLO website: “Limnology is the study of inland waters — lakes (both freshwater and saline), reservoirs, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater — as ecological systems interacting with their drainage basins and the atmosphere. The limnological discipline integrates the functional relationships of growth, adaptation, nutrient cycles, and biological productivity with species composition, and describes and evaluates how physical, chemical, and biological environments regulate these relationships.”

The 2015 ASLO Fellows will be honored at the ASLO Meeting in Santa Fe in June 2016.

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