Dear Colleagues, We would like to encourage submission of abstracts to our special session at the ASLO meeting this summer. The deadline for abstract submission is approaching soon (February 2nd) and more information about the meeting can be found here:
https://www.sgmeet.com/aslo/santafe2016/ Here is the description for our special session: The first principles of aquatic biogeochemical cycling are derived from intensive studies of individual systems and comparative studies of systems in close proximity. These studies have identified the importance of biological, chemical, and physical processes locally, but these key processes rarely explain significant variation in indices of biogeochemical cycling when relationships are evaluated in regional and global scale analyses. This disconnect across scales severely limits the ability of limnologists to generalize, predict, and extrapolate responses of aquatic ecosystems to environmental change. This session aims to unite and synthesize research across spatial scales by assembling presentations aiming to describe and understand the multi-scale limnological patterns in a context of rapid climatic and landscape changes. We are especially interested in studies that contribute to this effort by either having developed and analyzed extensive datasets on carbon or nutrient cycling, or by using geostatistical, teledetection, experimental or modeling approaches that will allow to identify geographically variable relationships as well as scalable principles in an attempt to reconcile local processes and large-scale limnological patterns across landscapes. Thanks for your consideration and we hope to see you in June, Jean Francois Lapierre, Michigan State University, David Seekell, University of Umea, Sarah Collins, Michigan State University, Francois Guillemette, Florida State University, Christopher Filstrup, Iowa State University -- --------------------------------------------------------- Sarah Collins Postdoctoral Research Fellow Michigan State University Department of Fisheries and Wildlife 165 Natural Resources Building East Lansing, MI 48824 website: sarahmcollins.weebly.com
