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Scientific Awards - 2009

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The Federation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 CERF scientific awards. Please plan to attend the CERF 2009 conference plenary on Sunday afternoon, 1 November, to congratulate them in person. 

Odum Award for Lifetime Achievement

Walter Boynton

From the Executive Director: Thank you for your vote!

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Joy Bartholomew, Executive Director, jbarth@erf.org

Vote to Transfer Assets from ERF to CERF 

Dear CERF Members:

The CERF Governing Board and I thank you for your vote in February 2009 to approve the transfer of the assets of what was formerly the Estuarine Research Federation (ERF) to the organization now known as the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF).

Delving Deeper into Estuaries and Coasts

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Electronic Supplemental Material

(Excerpted from information provided by Springer, publisher of Estuaries and Coasts) 

Outstanding Contributions to Manuscript Review

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On behalf of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation,

The Editors in Chief and the Editorial Board of Estuaries and Coasts

Recognize the following individuals for their

 

Coastal and Estuarine Scientific Awards Call for Nominations

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One of the highlights of our 2009 conference will be the conferring of the four Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Awards. We invite you to nominate candidates for the following awards:  

Odum Lifetime Achievement Award for a sustained record of important contributions to our understanding of estuaries.  

Journal Transition Period Completed

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Robert Howarth

Professor in Ecology & Environmental Biology

Cornell University

leopoldleadership.stanford.edu/fellows/howarth

Dr. Robert Howarth chairs the International SCOPE Biofuels Project, is President of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation, directs the Agrictural Ecosystems Program at Cornell University, and represents the State of New York on the science and technical advisory committee of the Chesapeake Bay Program. Howarth is also the Founding Editor of the journal "Biogeochemistry" and served as Editor-in-Chief from 1983 to 2004.

Howarth's research program is focused broadly on the following topics: the interaction of climate and land-use as regulators of nutrient flows from large watersheds; the effects of biofuels on the environment; deposition of nitrogen gases, particularly near vehicle and agricultural emission sources; human alteraton of global and regional nitrogen and phosphorus cycles; complex biogeochemical feedbacks that occur in estuaries during eutrophication; and the interaction of biotic, physical and biogeochemical factors as controls on nitrogen fixation.
 

Last summer we began two ambitious transitions for the CERF journal, Estuaries and Coasts: we moved to a new editorial structure in which co- Editors-in-Chief Carlos Duarte and Jim Cloern became responsible for all editorial decisions, and we joined with Springer an international academic publisher to co-publish the journal. I am pleased to report that both transitions are now complete, and the journal is thriving! 

CERF Student Membership Is A Bargain!! If You Are or Were A Student – Read This!

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Robert R. Christian

East Carolina University

Department of Biology

www.actionbioscience.org/environment/christian.html

Robert Christian, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of the Thomas Harriot College of Arts and Sciences and Research Distinguished Professor of Biology at East Carolina University. He was President of the Estuarine Research Federation from 2005–2007. His research focuses on coastal ecosystems— particularly salt marshes, estuaries, and coastal lagoons along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the USA, and in the Mediterranean. In these various ecosystems, he has studied nutrient cycling—especially the nitrogen and carbon cycles and energy flow.

 

Estuaries and Coasts and Online Peer Review -- FAQs

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Taylor Bowen, Editorial Coordinator, Estuaries & Coasts,

estuariesandcoasts@erf.org, 434-977-5494

Where do I submit a paper to Estuaries & Coasts?

http://www.editorialmanager.com/esco/ The journal uses Editorial Manager™, a Web-based submission and review system.  

Estuaries and Coasts Enters a New Era

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Jim Cloern

sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/access/wqdata/overview/people/jim.html

James Cloern (jecloern@usgs.gov) is an aquatic ecologist who began working for the USGS in 1976. He has BS (1970) and MS (1973) degrees in zoology from the University of Wisconsin, and Ph.D. in zoology/limnology from Washington State University (1976). Jim has experience conducting research in lakes, streams, and estuaries, using field measurements and numerical modeling to identify the patterns and mechanisms of ecosystem variability. He is leader of the USGS team that collects water quality measurements in San Francisco Bay.
 

 

We are very pleased with the direction Estuaries and Coasts is taking and see signs, such as a recent 10-fold increase in the number of papers downloaded and a 3-fold increase in international manuscript submissions, that our main strategic goals are being met. Our new publishing partner, Springer, is solid and responsive and good team spirit has been built. Springer is the world’s second largest publisher of science, technology and medical scholarly literature.

Membership and International Committee Program

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Michael Poirrier, Membership Committee Member
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