Posted in News on May 27th, 2008 No Comments »
The publishing company Springer, who publish the Journal of Paleolimnology, have agreed to sponsor a book award for the best student oral and poster presentations at the 11th IPA Symposium in Guadalajara, Mexico. They will also arrange for a certificate to be presented to the two winning students.
Posted in News on April 15th, 2008 Comments Off
Dr Anson Mackay, a diatomist at UCL-ECRC, has set up a diatom group on Flickr. Flickr is one of the world’s most popular online photo management and sharing applications. It is used by millions of people to organise and show their digital photographs and images (and just this week, videos), both professionally and for […]
Posted in News, Events on February 29th, 2008 Comments Off
We are pleased to confirm that the 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium will be held from the 23rd to the 26th of June 2009, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. We encourage the scientific community to submit presentations related to all fields of paleolimnology.
Student Prize
The publishing company Springer, who publish the Journal of Paleolimnology, have agreed to […]
Posted in News on February 29th, 2008 Comments Off
Blackwell Publishing have brought out a new edition of John Smol’s Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective.
This book addresses many of our present-day water quality problems from an international perspective, covering critical issues such as acidification, eutrophication, land-use changes, pollution by metals and other contaminants, climatic change, and biodiversity losses.
It […]
Posted in News, Events on February 28th, 2008 Comments Off
Dear Colleagues,
The SHALLOW LAKES CONGRESS 2008 will be held in Punta del Este, Uruguay. If we receive enough abstracts, there will be a special session on paleolimnology.
For abstract submission as well as general info on congress location, please visit the website:
http://www.shallowlakes2008.org
The deadline for abstract submission and registration is 31st March 2008.
I would […]
Posted in News, Events on September 18th, 2007 Comments Off
The Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium will take place during the week starting 23 June 2008 at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA.
The three to four day symposium is expected to bring together experts from around the world representing a broad spectrum of disciplines. Although the overriding theme of the symposium will focus on […]
Posted in News, Events on September 6th, 2007 No Comments »
Preliminary details for the 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium have been announced.
The meeting will take place in June, 2009 in Guadalajara, Mexico (dates still to be confirmed but 23-26th have been suggested).
Guadalajara is the state capital of Jalisco and Mexico’s second largest city with a population of 5.1 million. The symposium will take place […]
Posted in News, Events on September 5th, 2007 No Comments »
The 4th China - Japan - Korea International Workshop on Present Earth Surface Processes and Historical Environmental Changes in East Asia “Modern Lake-Catchment Processes and Human Activity in East Asia” takes place 17-21 September 2007.
Introduction
The purpose of the China-Japan-Korea (CJK) Workshop is to exchange modern and historical environmental information in East Asia region for […]
Posted in News on June 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
Prof. Mark Brenner has been appointed the new Editor of the Journal of Paleolimnology.
Mark Brenner is a limnologist and paleolimnologist with special interests in tropical and subtropical lakes and watersheds. He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Grinnell College (1973) and his MS (1978) and PhD (1983) degrees in Zoology at the […]
Posted in News on May 16th, 2007 No Comments »
Common freshwater diatoms of Britain and Ireland: An interactive identification key
The UK Environment Agency has funded the development of three interactive CD-ROMs to help their staff and others to identify freshwater algae (blue-green algae, green algae and diatoms).
This, the latest CD, is an interactive multi access key/tool for the identification of diatoms of […]