Whats New

• Annual meeting program addendum(5/17/2013)
• Annual meeting press release(5/17/2013)
• Hot off the virtual presses -- In the Drift Spring Newsletter(5/13/2013)
• Search the abstracts(5/11/2013)
• Pack your bags, the Jacksonville program is now online!(5/11/2013)
• Heading to Jacksonville?  Download the searchable abstracts file (.xls)(5/9/2013)
• Got something fabulous to donate?  Live Auction info!(4/25/2013)
• Making Waves Podcast Episode 3: Dr. Brad Cardinale(4/24/2013)
• By-Laws changes to the GRC name(4/11/2013)
• Student Worker Program at Annual Meeting(4/11/2013)
• New submission site for Freshwater Science(4/7/2013)
• Memorial Jam Session(4/6/2013)
• 8th Annual Photo Contest, submissions due May 10th!(4/6/2013)
• Plenary Speaker Bios(4/3/2013)
• John C. & Suzanne E. Morse Endowed Chair in Arthropod Biodiversity
  (3/25/2013)
• Oral and poster presentation instructions (3/25/2013)
• Early registration for Jax extended to 15 April(3/20/2013)
• Making Waves Podcast Episode 2: Dr. Val Smith(3/15/2013)
• Preliminary meeting schedule now online(3/11/2013)
• It's not too late to submit a late-breaking research poster abstract!(3/11/2013)
• March issue of FWS: Volume 32 Issue 1(3/6/2013)
• Making Waves Podcast Episode 1: Dave Penrose(2/13/2013)
• It's not too late to read the Fall Bulletin, download today!(2/11/2013)
• Hot off the electronic presses - SFS Winter 2013 In the Drift Newsletter!(1/25/2013)
• Planning for the meeting?  Check out the details for the workshops and field trips!(1/20/2013)
• SFS Awards Nominations due March 15th(1/17/2013)
• SFS Election -- polls are open(1/9/2013)
•  Abstract submission is now open for the 2013 Annual Meeting in Jax!(1/4/2013)
• SFS Publishing Partnership with the University of Chicago Press for Freshwater Science(1/1/2013)
• Time to renew your membership, don't wait! (12/19/2012)
• University of Michigan Water Center, 8 Postdoctoral Fellowship positions
  (12/19/2012)
• Instars 2013 program announced(11/13/2012)
• Missed the annual meeting?  It's not to late to watch the awards talks!(11/12/2012)
• The first new Regional & International Chapters formed!(11/12/2012)
•  Summer 2012 Newsletter(10/22/2012)
• Summer 2012 Bulletin is now online!  Read all about it...(10/22/2012)
• September 2012 issue of Freshwater Science(9/18/2012)
• Job season is here, check out the classifieds!(9/6/2012)
•  Jax 2013 - Call for Special Session Proposals, Closes 10/22(9/4/2012)
• Jax 2013 - Golf and Kayak Survey, Closes 8/31(8/17/2012)
• Freshwater Science Librarian Survey due July 15th, 2012(7/1/2012)
• June 2012 Issue of Freshwater Science(6/5/2012)
• What's the news on the FWS co-publishing proposal?(5/22/2012)
• Downloadable & Searchable Abstracts!(5/12/2012)
• Ready to go to Louisville?!  Download the meeting program!(5/12/2012)
• Annual Meeting Session Schedule and Abstract Search(5/7/2012)
• Have you seen the BenthosNews Twitter lately?(4/27/2012)
• Proposed Constitutional Revisions for 2012(4/17/2012)
• Need a roommate for the meeting?  Check out the SFS Roommate matching service!(4/17/2012)
• Did you know?  Clean Water Act Workshop is now free!(3/27/2012)
• Don't forget to renew your membership!(3/26/2012)
• Early Registration for the Annual Meeting open until April 1st.(3/26/2012)
• Jan and Kim's Must See Must Do Places in Louisville(3/26/2012)
• Digital Photography Workshop by Freshwaters Illustrated(3/26/2012)
• Louisville meeting schedules (Revised 3/15/2012)(3/23/2012)
• Two new student presentation awards!(3/13/2012)
• Biosketches of Plenary Speakers(3/13/2012)
• SFS 2010 Bibliography now online(1/3/2012)
• The Summer 2011 Issue of In the Drift, the SFS Newsletter, is now online!(10/14/2011)
• Summer issue of The Bulletin is now online!(9/25/2011)
• SFS launches Instars program (7/1/2011)
• NABS changes its name to the Society for Freshwater Science!(6/28/2011)
•  (6/5/2011)
• NABS Newsletter: In the Drift (Spring 2011) is now online(5/17/2011)
• Download the program!(5/16/2011)
• Download and search the abstracts from the comfort of you own computer.(5/16/2011)
•  (5/16/2011)
• NABS Student Presentation Awards competition: Call for Judges(5/10/2011)

• Special Discussion: Funding opportunities in aquatic sciences with the National Science Foundation

  (5/10/2011)
• Proposed revisions to the NABS Constitution and By-laws will be voted on at the annual meeting(4/19/2011)
• It's not too late to get out your camera! Submit your photo contest entries!(4/17/2011)
• Providence Session Schedules and Abstracts are now available for Special Sessions, Technical Sessions, and Poster Sessions(4/17/2011)
• The NABS Annual Meeting Preliminary Session Schedule is now available(3/22/2011)
• Annual Meeting Early Registration Deadline: Register by March 31st, midnight CST(3/2/2011)
• NABS Award nominations, due March 15th(3/2/2011)
• J-NABS seeks your assistance in requesting an EndNote style for J-NABS.  Please fill out the form.(3/2/2011)
• J-NABS sincrerely thanks manuscript referees for 2010.(3/2/2011)
• J-NABS recognizes excellent referees.(3/2/2011)
• The March 2011 Issue of J-NABS is now online!(3/2/2011)
• Winter NABS newsletter is out!
  
  INSIDE:
  •    Mark your calendars (lots of big deadlines coming!)
  •    JNABS article spotlight: climate and Welsh flatworms
  •    Pam’s JNABScorner
  •    Bugs, muck in local media
  •    NABS economic growth policy
  •    Bulletin highlights(1/14/2011)
• The Fall 2010 Bulletin is now online.  Check out all the news!(12/17/2010)
• Time to register for the annual meeting and submit your abstract.  Abstracts due Jan 21st!(12/15/2010)
• The NABS Presidential Election is now open.  Please login and cast your vote!(12/15/2010)
• The Symposium of the International Society for River Sciences has changed their abstract submission deadline to 12 February 2011(12/2/2010)
• Full program and logistics information is now available on the NABS website.(11/22/2010)
• The 7th Symposium for European Freshwater Sciences is taking part in Girona, Spain from 27 June to 1 July 2011 and being organised Iberian Limnological Association in collaboration with ICRA and UdG.(10/26/2010)
• The 2nd biennial symposium of the International Society for River Science (ISRS) will be held 8 - 12 August 2010 in Berlin. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 20 December 2010.(10/21/2010)
• The University of Toronto Press is pleased to announce that Glenn Wiggins' Larvae of the American Caddisfly ($140) and Caddisflies, the Underwater Architects ($139) are both available for purchase once again. You can order online on our website, www.utppublishing.com, or by phone at 1-800-565-9523.(10/18/2010)
• We are asking you to provide input on a short survey to rank terms the describe the society and journal. Thank you in advance for your participation on this important topic. The survey will close at the end of business on Oct 27 so please participate now.(10/14/2010)
• NABS Newsletter "in the drift" Issue 8 Summer 2010 is now online(9/27/2010)
• The Summer 2010 Issue of the NABS Bulletin is now posted online.(9/24/2010)
• 5 Graduate Positions for Large-Scale Climate Change Experiments(7/27/2010)
• Information regarding the meeting dates and location have been posted online.(6/25/2010)
• Spring 2010, Issue 7, In the Drift newsletter is now available online
  (6/1/2010)
• The June 2010 issue of J-NABS (Volume 29, Issue 2) is now available online
  (6/1/2010)
• There are a number of proposed revisions to the NABS Constition and Bylaws.  Read details in the general message.
  (5/25/2010)
• Click through to read the latest NABS Bulletin.  Hot off the electronic presses!
  (5/25/2010)

• Please participate in the open forum on potential name changes for the society and its journal. View the Invitation Message, the NABS 5-year Strategic Plan, and the J-NABS Editorial Board white paper recommending a title change for the journal.

  Member commentary is welcome on the discussion boards on the NABSWeb Forum.(4/11/2010)
• J-NABS 25th Year Anniversay Issue is now online!
  (2/5/2010)
• The deadline for submissions for the Spring 2010 issue of the NABS Bulletin is Feb 1st.
  (1/29/2010)
• The Fall issue of the NABS Bulletin is now available online.
  (1/29/2010)
• The Winter 2010 issue of In The Drift now available!
  (1/27/2010)
• Deadline for nominations for the Hynes Award for New Investigators is March 15th
  (1/23/2010)
• In response to the effects of world population growth, global climate change, water shortages, and habitat loss, the NABS Science and Policy Committee (SPC) has drafted an Economic and Population Growth Policy which was approved by the Executive Committee at the 2009 annual meetings in Grand Rapids, for circulation to the broader membership.  The draft policy is posted here on the NABS website for a 60-day member comment period (20 January to 20 March), and we strongly encourage your input and participation on forming this important policy.(1/20/2010)
• The NABS Endowment Student Awards Applications are due Feb 1st.
  (1/19/2010)
• Applications are due February 15th for the annual Graduate Student Conservation Research Award.
  (1/18/2010)
• EPA extends application date to Jan 29th, 2010 for the Director for the Ecological Exposure Research Division (EERD) of the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)(12/16/2009)
• BioFresh announces 5 PostDoc Positions, 2 PhD Positions, and 1 Science Officer Position (12/16/2009)
• Elections for NABS President, Secretary and Treasurer are open until 15 January 2010. Log into your Control Panel to Vote!(12/16/2009)
• Abstract submission for the ASLO/NABS 2010 Summer Meeting is now open. Please read the abstract guide before submitting. Deadline for all abstracts is 12 February 2010.(12/11/2009)
• The ASLO/NABS 2010 Summer Meeting Call for Papers (PDF, 1.1m) is available in the files section of the meeting's web site for download.(12/7/2009)
• The Departments of Biological Sciences and Geography, University of Cincinnati, seek a tenure-track Assistant Professor in landscape, ecosystem, or aquatic ecology of watersheds.  (11/19/2009)
• Kent State and Miami University of Ohio are now accepting applications for our National Science Foundation funded Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training program entitled: “Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing (EARS): Basic Science, Business Education and Outreach”. 
  (11/19/2009)
• The West Tennessee Program Director directs some or all aspects of protection, science, stewardship and community relations for a region within the Tennessee Operating Unit. The West TN Program Director serves as the principle contact to government agencies, other conservation organizations, foundations and the academic community in west TN.(10/27/2009)
• Tenure-track assistant professor in Biology with specialty in Entomology(10/16/2009)
• New NABS Bulletin Posted (Volume 26, Issue 2, Summer 2009)(10/15/2009)
•  (10/7/2009)
•  (10/7/2009)
• Chair, Department of Biological Sciences.  This is a tenure-track position at a rank of professor/associate professor.  (10/7/2009)
• Colby College is seeking an Ecologist to fill a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Biology to begin September 1, 2010. The successful candidate will have a specialization in aquatic ecology along with an interest in the application of ecological principles to the solution of environmental problems.(9/22/2009)
• Three new post-doc positions offered in NABS Classfieds(9/22/2009)
• The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies will again offer a short course in ecosystem ecology during the January 2010 Intersession (January 4 through January 16, 2010). This intensive course will cover the concepts, theories, approaches, utility and history of ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycles and budgets, ecosystem energetics and trophic structure, and the response of ecosystems to stress and disturbance.
  (9/17/2009)
• Two new postdoc postions have been posted.(9/17/2009)
• Three new postdoc postions have been posted.
  (9/14/2009)
• We seek an individual to join an interdisciplinary team of investigators examining the cycling of nitrogen and the controls on nitrate concentrations in the Laurentian Great Lakes.
  (9/11/2009)
• The Department of Biology at Rhodes College seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track faculty position to begin in August of 2010.  Candidates must have a Ph.D. in Ecology or a related field and a strong interest in teaching and engaging students in research at the undergraduate level.
  (9/10/2009)
• Saint Louis University, a Catholic, Jesuit Institution dedicated to student learning, research, health care, and service, is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position in hydrologic modeling in the Department of Biology.
  (9/10/2009)
• Funding available for a MS student to work on a project entitled, "Native springsnails and the invasive red-rim melania snail (Melanoides tuberculata), species habitat associations and life history investigations in the San Solomon Spring complex, Texas”.(9/10/2009)
• We are seeking a person to help sample and identify aquatic invertebrates important for waterbirds in Great Basin wetlands.
  (9/8/2009)
• Please pardon the dust as NABS moves into its new web site. The new site is still rough around the edges but the site will be smoothed out in the coming weeks. If you have a suggestion or see a fix thats needs to be addressed, please send a message to webmaster@benthos.org with a brief description of the issue and what web page address the issue resides on.(9/7/2009)
• NABS is searching for  a NABS member who would be interested in serving as the new Web Editor. Please  see the full description of the position in the General Messages Section.(9/7/2009)
• A Resource Science Assistant position has been posted in the Jobs Offered Section.
  (9/7/2009)
• Thre  graduate positions were added to the Graduate Student and Postdoc Postions section.
  (9/7/2009)
• Member by-laws have been updated
  (7/28/2009)
• 2007 NABS bibliography posted(9/25/2008)
• Summer Bulletin posted(9/25/2008)
• As of Jan 1st, 2007, all submissions of manuscripts to J-NABS will be done electronically(12/22/2006)
• Abstract submissions for NABS2007 now accepted. Deadline is January 21th.(12/22/2006)
• JNABS and Freshwater Invertebrate Biology back issues are now available through JSTOR(3/8/2006)
• Online version of the 2004 NABS bibliography posted to the Publications-Bibliography section (8/17/2005)
• NABstracts for the 2005 meeting are posted (4/22/2005)
• 2003 NABS Bibliographies posted(9/22/2004)
• NABS Summer 2004 Bulletin posted(9/7/2004)
• As voted at the Annual Meeting, access to the membership directory is now restricted to NABS members.(8/17/2004)
• Access to the Bibliography and to the NABS Bulletin is now restricted to NABS members only. (7/14/2004)
• Updated list of GRC members(6/30/2004)
• Ride Board and Roommate matching service sections that were broken by the last server update are fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. PS. Antonella Cattaneo and Antoine Morin are looking for two additional roomates to fill their 6 bedrooms suite. We cook, eat, and drink well...(4/21/2004)
• Ride Board and Roommate matching service sections that were broken by the last server update are fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience. PS. Antonella Cattaneo and Antoine Morin are looking for two additional roomates to fill their 6 bedrooms suite. We cook, eat, and drink well...(4/21/2004)
• Fall NABS Bulletin is posted(12/11/2003)
• The electronic version of the NABS Bulletin, Summer 2003 is posted.(9/24/2003)
• NABS web is back on line, 3 days after a desperate individual stole 2 computers from my office, including the one hosting benthos.org. Unfortunately, we have lost a dozen or so abstracts for NABS2003 that were submitted between the last backup and the time the computer was stolen. (12/23/2002)
• NABS2003 Abstract submission section is opened(12/11/2002)
• NABS2003 information updated.(12/2/2002)
• NABS2002 section is archived(9/12/2002)
• New section of the web site for Graduate Students and Postdocs(9/12/2002)
• Summer 2002 NABS Bulletin is posted in PDF format(9/12/2002)
• NABS2003 First Call for Papers(9/12/2002)
• NABS web site is migrated and now runs under Macromedia Cold Fusion MX(7/11/2002)
• Spring 2002 Bulletin (Programme issue) is posted(3/20/2002)
• Online J-NABS. The Journal of the North American Benthological Society is now accessible online. For the trial period (until July 1st, 2002), access is free to anyone. To access it after the trial period, you will need to be an online subscriber. (3/19/2002)
• The NABS2002 Programme Committee publishes the electronic version of the detailed schedule of each session (NABStracts 2002) (1/25/2002)
• Special session added for NABS 2002: Current and Future Approaches for Using Benthic Algae to Monitor and Assess Aquatic Ecosystems(12/6/2001)
• New membership form for 2002.(11/29/2001)
• Fall Bulletin posted(11/12/2001)
• Electronic version of the Summer 2001 NABS Bulletin is posted(8/27/2001)
• NABS 2002 - Pittsburgh - First Call for Papers(8/2/2001)
• Archived NABS2001 La Crosse meeting section(7/2/2001)
• NABSWeb is migrated to a new server. Forgive the hickups...(5/17/2001)
• JNABS submissions now require an electronic copy of the manuscript(4/30/2001)
• NABS2001: Detailed programme is posted(2/6/2001)
• NABS2001: Information about plenary session speakers is posted(2/6/2001)
• NABS2001: NABStracts2001 and Authors index are posted.(2/6/2001)
• Photographs from the Freshwater Invertebrates basic slide set are peppered throughout the site(1/25/2001)
• Two new services for the annual meeting: the Roommate matching service and the Ride board(12/19/2000)
• A new development, resulting from the diligent work of Jeff Runde, the Digital Images Library.(12/13/2000)
• From now on, the online membership directory will be updated weekly.(11/21/2000)
• Membership directory updated.(11/7/2000)
• Membership directory updated(11/1/2000)
• Revised Fall 2000 Bulletin posted(10/31/2000)
• NABS 2001 meeting section opened.(10/31/2000)
• New version of NABSweb online(10/18/2000)
• Database of taxonomic experts(10/18/2000)
• NABStracts for the 1997 meeting are put online, and search interface to the entire set of NABStracts implemented(10/18/2000)
• Online membership directory updated(9/13/2000)
• Summer Bulletin online(8/31/2000)
• Sneak preview of the next skin for NABS web(8/31/2000)
• 1959-1992 NABS bibliography back online, with a new home. A million thanks to Jeff Runde who wrote the interface to the database now hosted on NABS web. The post 1992 data are on their way ...(8/24/2000)
• Correction to meeting update: Overhead projectors WILL be available. Apologies for the panic created.(5/24/2000)
• Update to the online membership directory(5/23/2000)
• Steve Canton, Local Arrangement Chair, reminds you about Keystone weather, and answers frequently asked questions about Posters and Audio-visual equipment available at the conference(5/20/2000)
• Program changes posted for NABS 2000 in Keystone(5/11/2000)
• Correction of posted times and place of papers of 4 sessions(3/15/2000)
• New version of the Acrobat file for the Spring 2000 Bulletin (The programme issue). It is 3X smaller and should now work with IE. (3/8/2000)
• Search interface to NABStracts2000 is functional(3/7/2000)
• Final schedule for NABS2000 is posted (3/6/2000)
• Larval Chironomid taxonomy workshop at NABS 2000(2/8/2000)
• NABS 2000 - Graduate Resources Committee Workshops, free for students!(2/5/2000)
• Online membership directory updated.(2/2/2000)
• David Kirschtel replaces Wease Bollman as the editor of NABSLinks. A million thanks to Wease for her efforts over the last year and a half.(1/18/2000)
• Exhibitors prospectus posted in NABS2000 meeting section.(1/5/2000)
• NABS Professional survey is online. (12/15/1999)
• The NABS 2000 Abstract submission system is now operational. Abstracts must be submitted no later Jan 7th(12/8/1999)
• Two special sessions added for NABS 2000(12/8/1999)
• Plenary session speaker names for NABS 2000 are made public! (12/8/1999)
• Acrobat version of the Fall 1999 Bulletin is posted(11/20/1999)
• Additional information about the NABS2000 meeting in Keystone is added to the Meeting section.(11/20/1999)
• Connection problem experienced by a minority of users is resolved by updating records about the host name servers for www.benthos.org. (9/29/1999)
• Membership directory updated(8/13/1999)
• Updated the search engine so that Classifieds and links can now be searched(7/18/1999)
• Search membership directory by members' interests(7/18/1999)
• Update to the names of NABS Officers and Committee members for 1999-2000. The list is linked to the membership directory, so officers that have not paid their dues do not appear! (7/16/1999)
• Revamping of the Society Business section(7/16/1999)
• Summer NABS Bulletin posted in pdf format(7/14/1999)
• Work on the abstract submission system and creation of the NABS 2000 Meeting section(7/6/1999)
• Update to A Brief History of the NABS Web(6/19/1999)
• Update to the JNABS online style guide and Instructions for authors(5/13/1999)
• The online membership directory is updated. Data now reflects address changes and additions made until the end of April.(5/7/1999)
• Poll on the evaluation of the NABS web site(5/4/1999)
• The NABS web site is being migrated to a new server. Please excuse the hickups during the transfer...(4/29/1999)
• Minor restructuring. JNABS, Bulletin, Bibliography, Members directory, Slides collections, TIC Workbooks, NABStracts and NABSLinks are all accessible at the Publications section.(2/20/1999)
• Search interface to the abstracts for the annual meeting is online.(2/18/1999)
• Digital version of the Spring 1999 Bulletin, containing the program and abstracts for Duluth is posted in Adobe Acrobat format (2 Mb file....)(2/13/1999)
• Thanks to Ron Hellental and Jeff Runde, the 1959-1992 NABS Bibliography is back online. It will eventually be updated and more tightly integrated into the NABS web.(1/8/1999)
• Online polling functionality added. Test it while you allow the Technical Information Committee to take your pulse.(1/5/1999)
• Update to the names of NABS Officers and Committee members for 1998-99. The list is linked to the membership directory, so officers that have not paid their dues do not appear! (12/3/1998)
• Adobe Acrobat versions of the past Bulletins are created and put into the new BNABS Archive.(12/2/1998)
• Implementation of the new interface to external links(11/22/1998)
• The web site for the 1999 Annual meeting in Duluth is now online.(11/19/1998)
• Online membership directory gets its quarterly update.(11/11/1998)
• Background work on a collaborative editing environment for the NABS web site. See the Classified section for a preview. (11/8/1998)
• Allen Press now publishes online the table of contents and abstracts of papers in JNABS(10/7/1998)
• More slides in the Freshwater Invertebrate Slide library(7/22/1998)
• An experimental search interface for the abstracts of the presentations to the 1998 NABS annual conference is put online.(3/4/1998)
• The 1997 membership directory is online with a new search engine.(9/30/1997)
• NABS gets its own domain name, benthos.org, and the URL for the NABS web becomes (http://www.benthos.org).(6/24/1997)
• Search or browse the messages posted to BENTHOS-L, the discussion list of NABS.(6/18/1997)
• Creation of the JNABS Forum, to stimulate exchanges about material published in the Journal.(6/17/1997)
• In a bold move, the Computer Information committee decides to migrate and reorganize the NABS web site to University of Ottawa.(6/12/1997)
• The first NABS web site is born at the Illinois Natural History Survey (INHS)(8/18/1995)
• 7th Annual Photo Contest Entries due May 11th()
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