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Water Research Conference 2010
Lisbon, Portugal, April 11-14, 2010

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The Water Research Conference 2010 will concentrate on one of the major scientific disciplines contributing to the field of water research: Microbiology. In this conference, we will provide a platform for exchange and interaction between microbiological research and its application; the provision of clean water to society.

Reasons to attend:

  • Hear about the latest developments in microbial ecology applied to the water sector
  • Get inspired on long term research goals
  • Meet with top specialists in the field of Water Research.

For more detailed information, our keynote speakers as well as information on location and registration, go to www.waterresearchconference.com

Special Issue Publication

Selected, refereed papers from the Water Research Conference will be published in one of two Special Issues (Microbial ecology of drinking water and waste water treatment processes and Shifting paradigms in the assessment of recreational water quality. All invited speakers and poster presenters at the conference are requested to submit full manuscripts, which will be selected through the normal process of peer review. Manuscripts should be submitted at the latest by April 1st 2010.The special issues will be mailed to all conference participants following publication in 2010.

 

Hydrology Conference 2010
San Diego, California, October 11-13, 2009

Hydrology conferenceThis major international conference will target the developing interdisciplinary science themes in the interface between hydrology and other scientific disciplines, including climate change, biology, chemistry and social sciences. The Hydrology Conference 2010 (The Changing Physical and Social Environment: Hydrologic Impacts and Feedbacks) is organized by Elsevier and is supported by UNESCO and Elsevier’s Journal of Hydrology.

Keynote Speaker:
Shahbaz Khan, Chief, Sustainable Water Resources, Development and Management Section Division of Water Sciences Natural Sciences Sector UNESCO

Invited Speakers:
V Ratna Reddy, Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute, Hyderabad, India
Wolfang Kinzelbach, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland
Martin Beniston, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Aris Georgakakos, Georgia Tech, USA
Rafael Bras, University of California, Irvine, USA
Ronald Amundson, University of California, Berkley, USA
David Meko, University of Arizona, USA
Marco Borga, University of Padova, Italy

For the latest information and updates on the speaker line-up and program, sign up for regular email alerts at www.hydrologyconference.com


Journal News

Harmful Algae Research mentioned in the New York Times:
A Tale of Two Flagella

Harmful Algae In the section “Opinionator – the exclusive online commentary from the New York Times”, New York Times columnist, Olivia Judson, describes dinoflagellate organisms, their structure and their effects on the ecological system. Harmful Algae is presented as the expert journal in the field:” Not all dinoflagellates are so helpful, however. Pick up a copy of the journal Harmful Algae, and you’ll find plenty of articles about how dangerous some dinoflagellates can be.”
Read the full article

The article specifically refers to two recent articles in Harmful Algae:
Literature review of Florida red tide: implications for human health effects
Harmful Algae, Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2004, Pages 99-115
Barbara Kirkpatrick, Lora E. Fleming, Dominick Squicciarini, Lorrie C. Backer, Richard Clark, William Abraham, Janet Benson, Yung Sung Cheng, David Johnson, Richard Pierce, Julia Zaias, Gregory D. Bossart, Daniel G. Baden

Gastrointestinal emergency room admissions and Florida red tide blooms
Harmful Algae, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 82-86
Barbara Kirkpatrick, Judy A. Bean, Lora E. Fleming, Gary Kirkpatrick, Lynne Grief, Kate Nierenberg, Andrew Reich, Sharon Watkins, Jerome Naar


Marine Chemistry’s Editor in Chief Elected AAAS Fellow

Frank J. Millero

The American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Frank J. Millero as a Fellow of the AAAS. A Fellow is defined as “a member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished.”  A thought leader in the application of physical chemistry to natural waters, Millero’s work has helped to define this field of endeavor for the last four decades. Millero has been Editor-in-Chief of Marine Chemistry since 1993.

For more information on this distinction, view the press release

Marine Genomics – Impact Factor in 2010

Marine Genomics on ScienceDirect(Opens new window) We are very pleased that Marine Genomics has been selected for inclusion in the ThomsonReuters database. The journal has been accepted for indexing by Thomson from its first issue in 2008, which means that the journal qualifies for a 2010 Impact Factor. This underlines both the relevance of the journal as well as the upcoming field of Marine Genomics.


Individual Journal Copies Now Available to Authors

Printed journal copies featuring your article are now exclusively available to authors at a significantly reduced price. You could keep them for reference or share with colleagues.

To learn more and browse other options of available offerings related to your publications, visit: http://authororders.elsevier.com

Publishing article-embedded multimedia content possible – send your video now!

Supplementary Multimedia Data in your Article! Publish videos, soundclips and more

Elsevier is offering a new and improved way of embedding videos in-line in an article, making them a core part of the article, just like a figure. Click here to see a sample

For instructions on how to submit multimedia content, please see: Supplementary_Multimedia_Data_oct2009.pdf



Upcoming Conferences
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Water Research Conference
April 11-14, 2010
Lisbon, Portugal

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EGU General Assembly
May 2-7, 2010
Vienna, Austria

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IAGLR
May 17-21, 2010
Toronto, Canada

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ICMPE
May 31-June 3
Hong Kong

arrow SETAC Europe Annual Meeting
23-27 May
Seville, Spain
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Hydrology Conference 2010
October 11-13, 2009
San Diego, California


Featured Special Issues

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Continental Shelf Research
The Ecology and Oceanography of Thin Plankton Layers
Volume 30, Issue 1, pp. 1-118 (15 January 2010)

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2nd Shallow Flows
Volume 3, Issue 4, pp. 165-260 (March 2010)
arrow Journal of Hydrology
Water Quality and Assessment under Scarcity. Prospects and challenges in
Volume 383, Issues 1-2,  pp. 1-146 (15 March 2010)
arrow Progress in Oceanography
Special Issue: Parameterisation of Trophic Interactions in Ecosystem Modelling
Volume 84, Issues 1-2, pp. 1-138 (January-February 2010), pp. 1-138 (January-February 2010)
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Water Research
Transport and Fate of Colloids and Microbes in Granular Aqueous Environments Volume 44, Issue 4, pp. 1027-1296 (February 2010)


Special Issues Round Up

View a list of all Aquatic Sciences Special Issues published between January  – March 2010


Featured Books

Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry

Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry, 2nd Edition
By Susan Libes

A must-have for students of the subject

Quaternary Coral Reef Systems

Quaternary Coral Reef Systems
By Lucien F. Montaggioni and Colin J.R. Braithwaite

History, development processes and controlling factors. Covers some of the most sensitive gauges of environmental change.

Shore Processes and their Palaeoenvironmental Applications

Shore Processes and their Palaeoenvironmental Applications, Volume 4
By Edward J. Anthony

A title in the Developments in Marine Geology Series

Coastal Wetlands

Coastal Wetlands
An Integrated Ecosystem Approach

Edited by Gerardo M.E. Perillo, Eric Wolanski, Donald R
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