International Paleolimnology Association (IPA)

11th Symposium postponed until December 2009

Mike Hughes — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:26:19 +0000

The organizing committee of the 11th International Paleolimnology Symposium, in agreement with the IPA board members, has taken the decision of postponing the symposium until 15-18th December 2009. This decision was made taking in consideration the Influenza alert in Mexico which has lead to different levels of travel restrictions by some countries. We are sorry for the inconveniences that this could cause, but we are sure this is the best option in order to guarantee both the health of each one of the attendees as well as the academic level of the meeting. More news on the symposium website in due course.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Mike Hughes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:47:40 +0000

Nominations are requested for the IPA’s “Lifetime Achievement Award”. This award is designed to honour one of our senior colleagues for their career contribution to palaeolimnology.

Please send nominations by email with a paragraph of justification for the nomination to Rick Battarbee or any member of the IPA Executive Committee.

Please note you need to be a registered member of the IPA for your nomination to qualify.

Become a member »

International Advisory Committee

Mike Hughes — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:10:00 +0000

The IPA Executive committee are delighted to announce the appointment of an International Advisory Committee of 13 prominent palaeolimnologists from around the world.

The committee comprises:

Jennie Fluin Australia
Fahu Chen China
Krystyna Szeroczynska Poland
Hilary Birks Norway
Andy Lotter The Netherlands
Dirk Verschuren Belgium
John Dearing UK
Helen Bennion UK
Antje Schwalb Germany
Sheri Fritz USA
Dan Engstrom USA
John Smol Canada
Felipe Garcia-Rodriguez Uruguay

The committee will serve from now until the symposium following the Guadalajara meeting. The role of the committee is to:

Advise the executive
Represent their nation, region or continent on behalf of the IPA
Promote palaeolimnology regionally, especially helping to disseminate information about meetings, publications, agendas etc.
Help to develop the strategic planning of palaeolimnological science in general
Help to ensure that future meetings are located and planned effectively
Attend Symposia if at all possible, and encourage others in their region to attend

Student prizes in Guadalajara

Mike Hughes — Tue, 27 May 2008 09:29:48 +0000

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.

Diatoms on Flickr

Mike Hughes — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:45:50 +0000

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 personal interest. Anson has been using the group to upload images of diatoms to get advice from other experts on nomentclature and taxonomy.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/diatoms/

If you are already registered with Flickr just login, visit the link above and click the » Join this group? link.

11th International Paleolimnology Symposium - Mexico

Mike Hughes — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:27:30 +0000

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

Visit the website for more details.

Pollution of Lakes and Rivers - New Edition

Mike Hughes — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:07:18 +0000

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 demonstrates how paleolimnological approaches can be used to interpret the physical, chemical, and biological information stored in lake and river sediments, and how this information is integral to identifying key environmental stressors and setting targets for mitigation purposes.

This new edition includes over 250 additional references and a new chapter on recent climatic change and its effects on water quality and quantity. This comprehensive, up-to-date volume provides essential insights into a multi-disciplinary science aimed at tackling some of the most urgent environmental problems of modern times.

Order Online from Blackwell

Uraguay Shallow Lakes Congress 2008

Mike Hughes — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:56:14 +0000

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 like to encourage those working on paleolimnology of shallow lakes to come and show your work, and enjoy the congress!

We look forward to welcoming you in Uruguay.

On behalf of the Organising Committee.

Felipe Garcia-Rodriguez

Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium

Mike Hughes — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:40:44 +0000

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 “chrysophytes” in a broad sense, we anticipate significant contributions representing allied heterokont groups and an infusion of ideas from other fields.

In addition to regular paper sessions, we are planning four mini-symposia: paleolimnology/paleobiology, taste and odor problems in drinking water, heterokont phylogeny and use of geometric-morphometric concepts in the study of algae. The symposium will include several keynote speakers who work in areas peripheral areas to chrysophyte biology, allowing for a cross fertilization of ideas. Our goal is to provide a forum to advance the study of chrysophytes.

There will be a Proceedings volume published by Cramer under the Nova Hedwigia Beiheft series.

Visit the Seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium website

Announcement - 11th Symposium, June 2009, Mexico

maga — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:23:04 +0000

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 at a city-centre venue to be arranged.

There will be three symposium field-trips. The first will take in the archaeological site of Ixtlan del Rio in Nayarit, the Santa Maria del Oro crater lake and the Ceboruco volcano. During the meeting there will be an excursion to the archaeological site of Guachimontones. Finally, a post-meeting trip will take the Tequila Express!

More details in 2008!