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Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology (1996)

Chapter: Appendix B: Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals." National Research Council. 1996. Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5146.
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WHERE ARE THE LIMNOLOGISTS? SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 344 AND JOURNALS B Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals

WHERE ARE THE LIMNOLOGISTS? SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 345 AND JOURNALS TABLE B-1 Demographics of Professional Societies Including Limnologists in Their Membership ASLO NALMS NABS SWS IAGLR ESA Total number of 4,000 2,500 1,873 3,500 1,075 7,400 members Student members 25 5 18 5 10 13 (percent of total membership) Final degree (percent): Ph.D. 88a 15 39 na 52 79 M.S./M.A. 10 nab 43 na 29 na B.S./B.A. 2 na 17 na 15 na Other 1 4 Gender distribution (percent): Male 77 na na na na 77 Female 23 na na na na 23 Employment distribution (percent): Academia na 10 49 11 na 61 Government na 22 34 25 na 18 Private sector na 15 17 41 na 18 NOTE: ALSO, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; NALMS, North American Lake Management Society; NABS, North American Benthological Society; SWS, Society of Wetland Scientists; IAGLR, International Association for Great Lakes Research; ESA, Ecological Society of America. a 21 percent of ASLO members did not indicate their highest degree; these figures represent those who did indicate their education level. b "na" indicates that this information is not available from the professional society.

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To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciences—from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues.

Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners. Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management.

Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for industrial waste, wetlands destruction, the release of greenhouse gases, extensive damming of rivers, the zebra mussel and other "invasions" of species—the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply. Freshwater Ecosystems provides the foundation for improving a field whose importance will continue to increase as human populations grow and place even greater demands on freshwater resources. This volume will be of value to administrators of university and government science programs, faculty and students in aquatic science, aquatic resource managers, and clean-water advocates—and it is readily accessible to the concerned individual.

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