From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Fri Jan 8 12:15:31 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 12:15:31 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Last Call for Nominations! US National Wetlands Awards Nominations Due by January 15 References: Message-ID: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC000117465B@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> ________________________________ From: Biological Conservation and GIS on behalf of wetlandswawards Sent: Fri 1/8/2010 11:45 AM To: CONSGIS at LISTSERV.URI.EDU Subject: Last Call for Nominations! National Wetlands Awards Nominations Due by January 15 Nomination forms for the 2010 National Wetlands Awards Program are due by January 15, 2010! Nominations are available at www.nationalwetlandsawards.org. For more than 20 years, the National Wetlands Awards program has honored individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary dedication, innovation, and excellence in wetlands conservation. Recipients provide critical examples of how individual citizens across the country can, and do, make a difference in wetlands protection and restoration efforts. The 2010 National Wetlands Awards Program will honor individual achievement in six categories: Education and Outreach; Science Research; Conservation and Restoration; Landowner Stewardship; State, Tribal, and Local Program Development; and Wetland Community Leader. Organizations and federal employees are not eligible. Award recipients will be recognized at a Capitol Hill ceremony in May 2010. For more information on the program, contact Landon Yoder at (202) 939-3829 or e-mail wetlandsawards at eli.org. ************************ CONSGIS LISTSERV To unsubscribe send to listserv at listserv.uri.edu this email message SIGNOFF CONSGIS Questions? Contact Pete August, pete at edc.uri.edu ************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Position Summary: Coordinate, develop, and implement study plan for cooperative research with the US Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, examining the integrated effects of forest management treatments and climate variation on forest vegetation, stream habitats, and headwater amphibians in western Oregon. Develop quantitative models examining multivariate associations among forest stand and stream characteristics, and to project potential future conditions with alternative forest management and climate scenarios. In conjunction with the PIs, develop research questions, implement data management and database development, and statistical analyses to address these questions, and interpret the results. Cooperate with other researchers to facilitate related research activities. Perform literature search, write up progress reports, and participate in the preparation of publications. For review of the full position announcement, or to apply: http://www.oregonstate.edu/jobs and posting #0005169. For additional information, contact Dr. Klaus Puettmann (tel. 541-737-8974, email klaus.puettmann at oregonstate.edu). You will be required to upload the following documents when applying: 1) letter of application with statement of interest, 2) vitae (resume), 3) examples of your publications if available, 4) unofficial copies of transcripts, and 5) contact information for three references including names, email addresses, and telephone numbers. For full consideration apply by March 1, 2010. For questions regarding the application process, email Jeannette Harper at jeannette.harper at oregonstate.edu or phone 541-737-6554. OSU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The position requires a strong background in economic theory, econometric/quantitative analysis, and the ability to synthesize and work with data, as well as proficiency with GIS software. The position is for three years, with reappointment in years two and three contingent upon a successful performance review. The expected start date is June 1, 2010 or earlier if possible. The responsibilities of the postdoctoral research associate could include: -Collaborate with project faculty on policy-relevant research questions pertaining to water resources/land use and climate change in the U.S. Intermountain West, with a particular focus on Idaho. -Compile and synthesize data produced by multiple disciplines at disparate spatial and temporal scales. -Disseminate findings via conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. Qualifications: -Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, or a similar field by beginning of appointment. -Research experience in water policy issues or water rights institutions in the western United States. -A high level of familiarity with GIS software. -Strong analytical skills and proficiency with econometric software (e.g. STATA, SAS). -Effective written and oral communication skills. -Ability to work with researchers from other disciplines and backgrounds. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits package. A letter of professional interest, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation required. All materials must be received by March 15th, 2010, and should be submitted to: Department of Economics Attn: Post-doctoral Research Associate Search Committee Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725-1620 Boise State University is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The University actively encourages applications and nominations of women, persons of color, and members of other underrepresented groups. EEO/AA Employer, Veterans Preference. Applicants must have or be eligible for the right to work in the United States. For more information, please contact Dr. Kelly Cobourn (kellycobourn at boisestate.edu) or Dr. Scott Lowe (scottlowe at boisestate.edu) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Duties and Responsibilities This is a 12?month tenure?accruing position that will be 40% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences), and 60% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station), available in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation (SFRC) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. Duties will include building a strong research program in innovative modeling approaches that can inform management of recreational and commercial fisheries and aquatic ecosystems. Research focus should include single and multi?species modeling to evaluate sustainability of fisheries resources and ecosystem attributes. The successful candidate is expected to acquire external funding to support her/his program. The successful candidate is expected also to contribute to the unit?s teaching program and will teach a graduate course in ?Advanced Fisheries Stock Assessment?, one undergraduate course, and participate in one or more team taught courses, some of which may contribute to the revised Natural Resources Conservation major. The faculty member will participate actively in undergraduate education and graduate education by chairing graduate committees, serving on graduate committees, supervising thesis and dissertation research, supervising undergraduate research, and publishing the results with his/her graduate students. Tenure will accrue in the SFRC. All IFAS faculty are expected to demonstrate commitment and responsibility to the three functions of the Land Grant mission (teaching, research, extension). Qualifications An earned doctorate in fisheries science or a closely related discipline is required. Postdoctoral experience is desirable. Candidates should have demonstrated skills in advanced quantitative methods (e.g., likelihood and Bayesian parameter estimation, single and multi?species modeling, network analysis), verbal and written communication, interpersonal relationships, and procurement of extramural funding. Candidates must have a commitment to IFAS core values of excellence, diversity, global involvement, and accountability. Background Information: The University of Florida (http://www.ufl.edu) is a Land?Grant and Sea?Grant institution, encompassing virtually all academic and professional disciplines, with an enrollment of more than 48,000 students. UF is a member of The Association of American Universities. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (http://ifas.ufl.edu) includes the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (http://cals.ufl.edu), the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station (http://research.ifas.ufl.edu), the Florida Cooperative Extension Service (http://extension.ifas.ufl.edu), the College of Veterinary Medicine (http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu), and encompasses 15 academic departments and the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, 9 interdisciplinary centers, 13 research and educational centers throughout the state, and Cooperative Extension units in each of Florida?s 67 counties and the Seminole Tribe. The School of Natural Resources and Environment is an interdisciplinary unit housed in IFAS and managed by several colleges on campus. IFAS employs over 3400 people, which includes approximately 950 faculty and 2450 support personnel located in Gainesville and throughout the state. IFAS, one of the nation?s largest agricultural and natural resources research and education organizations, is administered by a Senior Vice President and four deans: the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Dean for Extension and Director of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, the Dean for Research and Director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Dean for the College of Veterinary Medicine. UF/IFAS also engages in cooperative work with Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. Employment Conditions This position is available and will be filled as soon thereafter as an acceptable applicant is available. Compensation is commensurate with the education, experience, and qualifications of the selected applicant. Nominations Nominations are welcome. Nominations need to include the complete name and address of the nominee. This information should be sent to: Please refer to Requisition #0803822 Dr. Mike Allen Chair, Search and Screen Committee School of Forest Resources and Conservation University of Florida Box 110600 Gainesville, FL 32611?0410 Telephone: 352?273?3624 Facsimile: 352?392?3672 Electronic Mail: msal at ufl.edu Application Information ? Individuals wishing to apply should go online to https://jobs.ufl.edu and submit: o Faculty Profile ? Short Application o Cover letter that states applicant?s interest in the position and qualifications relative to the research and teaching credentials listed above o Resume o List of four references with contact information ? Candidates should send unofficial transcripts showing receipt of the doctoral degree to Dr. Mike Allen at the email address above. The University of Florida is an equal opportunity and equal access employer. 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URL: From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Mon Feb 1 18:22:32 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:22:32 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu TI: Movements of Alpine newts (Mesotriton alpestris) between small aquatic habitats (ruts) during the breeding season AU: Kopecky, Oldrich; Vojar, Jiri; Denoel, Mathieu JN: Amphibia-Reptilia PD: January 2010 VO: 31 NO: 1 PG: 109-116(8) PB: Brill Academic Publishers IS: 0173-5373 TI: Habitat Split as a Cause of Local Population Declines of Amphibians with Aquatic Larvae AU: BECKER, C. GUILHERME; FONSECA, CARLOS R.; HADDAD, CELIO F. B.; PRADO, PAULO I. JN: Conservation Biology PD: February 2010 VO: 24 NO: 1 PG: 287-294(8) PB: Blackwell Publishing Inc IS: 0888-8892 TI: Multiple stressors in coupled riverfloodplain ecosystems AU: TOCKNER, KLEMENT; PUSCH, MARTIN; BORCHARDT, DIETRICH; LORANG, MARK S. JN: Freshwater Biology PD: January 2010 VO: 55 NO: s1 PG: 135-151(17) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Rethinking the role of ecological research in the sustainable management of freshwater ecosystems AU: HART, DAVID D.; CALHOUN, ARAM J. K. JN: Freshwater Biology PD: January 2010 VO: 55 NO: s1 PG: 258-269(12) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Integrating species life-history traits and patterns of deforestation in amphibian conservation planning AU: Becker, C. G.; Loyola, R. D.; Haddad, C. F. B.; Zamudio, K. R. JN: Diversity Distributions PD: January 2010 VO: 16 NO: 1 PG: 10-19(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1366-9516 TI: Embracing uncertainty in freshwater climate change adaptation: A natural history approach AU: Matthews, John H.; Wickel, A. J. JN: Climate and Development PD: November 2009 VO: 1 NO: 3 PG: 269-279(11) PB: Earthscan IS: 1756-5529 TI: Climatic influences and anthropogenic stressors: an integrated framework for streamflow management in Mediterranean-climate California, U.S.A. AU: GRANTHAM, THEODORE E.; MERENLENDER, ADINA M.; RESH, VINCENT H. JN: Freshwater Biology PD: January 2010 VO: 55 NO: s1 PG: 188-204(17) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Ground Ant Diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ibera Nature Reserve, the Largest Wetland of Argentina AU: Calcaterra, Luis A.; Cuezzo, Fabiana; Cabrera, Sonia M.; Briano, Juan A. JN: Annals of the Entomological Society of America PD: January 2010 VO: 103 NO: 1 PG: 71-83(13) PB: The Entomological Society of America IS: 0013-8746 TI: Genetic structuring in the freshwater mussel Anodonta corresponds with major hydrologic basins in the western United States AU: MOCK, KAREN E.; BRIM BOX, JAYNE C.; CHONG, JER PIN; HOWARD, JEANETTE K.; NEZ, DONNA A.; WOLF, DAVID; GARDNER, RICHARD S. JN: Molecular Ecology PD: February 2010 VO: 19 NO: 3 PG: 569-591(23) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0962-1083 TI: Freshwater management and climate change adaptation: Experiences from the Great Ruaha River catchment in Tanzania AU: Kashaigili, Japhet J.; Rajabu, Kossa; Masolwa, Petro JN: Climate and Development PD: November 2009 VO: 1 NO: 3 PG: 220-228(9) PB: Earthscan IS: 1756-5529 TI: Are Replanted Floodplain Forests in Southeastern Australia Providing Bird Biodiversity Benefits? AU: Nally, Ralph Mac; De Vries, Leah; Thomson, James R. JN: Restoration Ecology PD: January 2010 VO: 18 NO: 1 PG: 85-94(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1061-2971 TI: Ecological integrity assessment of the fish assemblages of the Matigulu/Nyoni and Umvoti estuaries, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa AU: O'Brien, G.C.; Swemmer, R.; Wepener, V. JN: African Journal of Aquatic Science PD: November 2009 VO: 34 NO: 3 PG: 293-302(10) PB: NISC Pty Ltd IS: 1608-5914 TI: Cylindrospermopsis sinuosa spec. nova (Cyanophyceae, Nostocales), a new species from south-west of France AU: Coute, Par Alain; Leitao, Maria; Sarmento, Hugo JN: Algological Studies PD: February 2004 VO: 111 NO: 1 PG: 1-15(15) PB: E. Schweizerbart Science Publishers IS: 1864-1318 TI: Historic and recent (2006) state of mangroves in small estuaries from Mlalazi to Mtamvuna in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa AU: Rajkaran, A.; Adams, J.; Taylor, R. JN: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science PD: December 2009 VO: 71 NO: 4 PG: 287-296(10) PB: NISC Pty Ltd IS: 2070-2620 TI: Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation AU: BEENAERTS, NATALIE; PETHIYAGODA, ROHAN; NG, PETER K. L.; YEO, DARREN C. J.; BEX, GEERT JAN; BAHIR, MOHOMED M.; ARTOIS, TOM JN: Molecular Ecology PD: January 2010 VO: 19 NO: 1 PG: 183-196(14) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0962-1083 TI: Classification of natural flow regimes in Australia to support environmental flow management AU: KENNARD, MARK J.; PUSEY, BRADLEY J.; OLDEN, JULIAN D.; MACKAY, STEPHEN J.; STEIN, JANET L.; MARSH, NICK JN: Freshwater Biology PD: January 2010 VO: 55 NO: 1 PG: 171-193(23) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Systematics of Two Imperiled Pondweeds (Potamogeton vaseyi, P. gemmiparus) and Taxonomic Ramifications for Subsection Pusilli (Potamogetonaceae) AU: Les, Donald H.; Murray, Nancy M.; Tippery, Nicholas P. JN: Systematic Botany PD: December 2009 VO: 34 NO: 4 PG: 643-651(9) PB: American Society of Plant Taxonomists IS: 0363-6445 URL: TI: Regional Patterns in the Distribution, Diversity and Relative Abundance of Wetland Fishes of the River Murray, South Australia AU: Smith, B.B.; Conallin, A.; Vilizzi, L. JN: Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia PD: November 2009 VO: 133 NO: 2 PG: 339-360(22) PB: Royal Society of South Australia IS: 0372-1426 TI: SCOTLAND'S FRESHWATER FISH: ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION FOLKLORE. - By P. S. Maitland AU: YEOMANS, WILLIE JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: November 2009 VO: 75 NO: 7 PG: 1912-1914(3) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: Dynamic macroecology on ecological time-scales AU: Fisher, Jonathan A. D.; Frank, Kenneth T.; Leggett, William C. JN: Global Ecology Biogeography PD: January 2010 VO: 19 NO: 1 PG: 1-15(15) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1466-822X TI: Ecology and conservation of arthropods of exposed riverine sediments (ERS) AU: Bates, Adam J.; Sadler, Jon P.; Henshall, Sarah E.; Hannah, David M. JN: Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews PD: November 2009 VO: 2 NO: 2 PG: 77-98(22) PB: BRILL IS: 1874-9828 TI: Identification of ecophenotypic trends within three European freshwater mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida) using traditional and modern morphometric techniques AU: ZIERITZ, ALEXANDRA; ALDRIDGE, DAVID C. JN: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society PD: December 2009 VO: 98 NO: 4 PG: 814-825(12) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0024-4066 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tsteiner at tirn.net Sat Feb 6 08:43:28 2010 From: tsteiner at tirn.net (Todd Steiner) Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 08:43:28 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] SALMON SCIENTIST LTR Sign-On- Join Drs. Peter Moyle, John McCosker, Carl Safina and others Message-ID: Dear Colleague, Please consider posting this important opportunity for scientists to sign on to an open letter to protect the most important population of Central CA coho salmon. This local extinction crisis issue was covered in SCIENCE last week (attached or view at http://www.spawnusa.org/cgi-files/0/pdfs/1264802513_Science_Article_Lagunitas_Coho.pdf ). Current signatories include: Drs. Peter Moyle, (UC Davis*), John McCosker (Cal Academy of Sciences*), Thomas Quinn, (University of Washington)* Malcolm S. Gordon, (UCLA*), Judith S. Weis, (Rutgers Univ.*), Carl Safina (Blue Ocean Institute*) and many others (*for identification purposes only). To be included, send me (TSteiner at SpawnUSA.org) your name and affiliation* Thank you. Todd Steiner TSteiner at SpawnUSA.org Executive Director SPAWN-- SALMON PROTECTION AND WATERSHED NETWORK a project of TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK ----- A Call by Leading Scientists to Increase Watershed Protections for Endangered Central Coast California Coho Salmon in Marin County, CA February 2010 Central California and North Coast wild coho salmon are on the verge of extinction (Science, January 29 2010), and the past two years of severely declining numbers of both spawning adults and coho smolts returning to sea require that we take urgent and immediate actions to prevent their extirpation. As scientists concerned with the health and recovery of salmonid populations throughout California, we strongly support increased habitat protections for the largest remaining wild population of CCC ESU coho salmon, located in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed, west Marin County, CA. This population makes up 10-20% of the fish across the entire ESU and is a keystone to recovery of the entire ESU. Lands in the lower reaches of the Lagunitas Creek watershed are relatively well protected (they include State Parks, National Parks and Recreation Areas, and County and Water District property) and maintain habitat values important to coho and other native species. But, thirty-one percent of spawning in the Lagunitas Creek Watershed occurs in the relatively small 9 sq. mi. un-dammed headwaters area of the San Geronimo Valley. And the out-migration research documents that on average 40% of all Lagunitas Creek coho rear in these headwater reaches too (SPAWN 2009). The San Geronimo Valley supports a growing human population whose lands are governed by elements in the Marin County General Plan and by the County Board of Supervisors. Continued loss of critical riparian habitats and floodplains to development, increased erosion and sedimentation of spawning gravels, stormwater runoff as a result of increasing impervious surfaces, especially within the streamside corridor, and invasive species, and chronic leaking septic systems cumulatively pose a significant threat to the survival of coho salmon here. We appreciate the fact that the Board of Supervisors heeded some of the advice from a previous open letter (September 2007) from many of the same scientists that are writing to you today. Though not placing a complete halt to loss of habitat in the 100-foot Stream Conservation Area (SCA), the County did place a temporary moratorium on issuing building permits, which reduced new construction in the SCA until the County completed an independent review of the science. Furthermore, though the County did not complete the requested Cumulative Impact Analysis (CIA), as required under California's Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), to inform the County on degradation thresholds and the limits of development that coho can withstand, we do recognize the County did complete an Existing Conditions Report and Salmonid Enhancement Study to provide some of the analysis that would be found in an CEQA CIA. Unfortunately, the moratorium will end February 9, 2009, yet no new protections have been enacted to address loss and degradation of habitat. Specifically, the following actions we recommended have not taken place: 1. Enact a Native Riparian Forest Management Policy and Ordinance that prohibits removal of streamside native vegetation. Right now, there is NO special protection for streamside trees and landowners are permitted to remove five trees/year without a permit. 2. Implement strict enforcement of violations and illegal new development in the 100-foot Stream Conservation Area. 3. Require any new development in coho watersheds to meet a zero net increase in storm-water run-off for the life of the project. 4. Close loopholes in the Stream Conservation Area ordinance and modify the draft County-wide Plan to eliminate provisions that allow new construction in the SCA and a net loss of critical riparian habitat. In recognizing that measures which protect coho salmon in their freshwater habitat will also benefit a wide range of species including threatened steelhead trout and chinook salmon, and over 225 birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians depend on California's riparian habitat (3), we urge the County of Marin to take new IMMEDIATE and urgent actions to implement the highest standards of protections for the San Geronimo Valley headwaters region, which include both incentives to encourage voluntary actions of San Geronimo Valley residents, but also adequate regulations to prevent continued loss and degradation of habitat. It is important to understand that the activities that occur in the San Geronimo Valley that result in loss of spawning, refuge and nursery habitat, and pollute streams with documented high levels of fecal coliform, sediment and nutrients impact the entire Lagunitas population of coho that occur downstream in our State and National Parks. Sincerely, Signatures as of _____ February 2010. NOTE: All affiliations for identification purposes only Name Affiliation Dr. Peter Moyle Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and Center for Watershed Sciences Dr. Steven R. Beissinger A. Starker Leopold Chair in Wildlife Biology and Professor of Conservation Biology Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Division of Ecosystem Sciences ... -- ********************************* Todd Steiner Director SPAWN-- SALMON PROTECTION AND WATERSHED NETWORK a project of TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK PO Box 370, Forest Knolls, CA 94933 USA 9255 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Olema, CA 94950 PH. 415 663-8590 ext.103 * FAX 415 663-9534 JOIN OUR FREE EMAIL ALERT LIST: http://www.topica.com/login.html?al=s&sub=1&loginMsg=12051&location=listinfo Visit our web site: http://www.SpawnUSA.org -- ********************************* Todd Steiner Executive Director TURTLE ISLAND RESTORATION NETWORK PO Box 370, Forest Knolls, CA 94933 USA 9255 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Olema, CA 94950 PH. 415 663-8590 ext.103 * FAX 415 663-9534 JOIN OUR FREE EMAIL ALERT LIST: http://www.seaturtles.org/joinlistserv.cfm Visit our WEB sites: http://www.SeaTurtles.org http://www.SpawnUSA.org http://www.GotMercury.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ed is the official mascot of the 2010 ICCB - and he's on Facebook! Find out more about the meeting in Edmonton, see pictures of where Ed's been, and connect with colleagues at www.conbio.org/2010/FacebookFan. About Ed Ed Monton is the official mascot of the 2010 International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB). As the largest meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), the ICCB will bring more than 1,500 of the top thinkers and visionaries in conservation to Edmonton, Canada this July. Ed will be there - will you? [cid:image004.jpg at 01CABB8F.3D0537B0] Ed travels the world as an ambassador for SCB and the thousands of members whose mission is to advance the science and practice of conserving the Earth's biological diversity. Originally from the beautiful province of Alberta, Canada, Ed made his debut at the 2009 ICCB, where he toasted the meeting's success with his friends in Beijing and promised warm hospitality and an exciting scientific program at next year's meeting in his hometown. Ed is making his way back to Edmonton, but first he's visiting members and learning about diverse conservation efforts in our global society! Where will Ed turn up next? [cid:image006.jpg at 01CABB8F.3D0537B0][cid:image008.jpg at 01CABB8F.3D0537B0][cid:image010.jpg at 01CABB8F.3D0537B0][cid:image012.jpg at 01CABB8F.3D0537B0] For more information about the ICCB, please visit: www.conbio.org/2010 Find out more about Ed, check out pictures, ask questions, and connect with colleagues on the SCB Facebook page! www.conbio.org/Facebook About SCB The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is an international professional organization dedicated to promoting the scientific study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. The Society's membership comprises a wide range of people interested in the conservation and study of biological diversity: resource managers, educators, government and private conservation workers, and students make up the more than 10,000 members world-wide. About the ICCB The Society for Conservation Biology International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) is recognized as the most important international meeting for conservation professionals and students. ICCBs are a forum for addressing conservation challenges. They are the global venue for presenting and discussing new research and developments in conservation science and practice. Most importantly, they connect our global community of conservation professionals and serve as the major networking outlet for anyone interested in conservation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 230136 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Workshop 8 Taking HCV from forests to freshwaters Session Organizer: Robin Abell Description: The High Conservation Value (HCV) concept was originally designed for application to forests for use within forest certification processes. Extensive guidance materials exist for identifying forest HCVs, but despite widespread acknowledgement that HCV should be broadened beyond forests, no such materials have been developed for freshwaters. This gap is quickly becoming problematic. Over a dozen agriculture and aquaculture commodity certification processes under development are looking to incorporate biodiversity protection through HCV-related standards, and production of many of these commodities (e.g. sugarcane, tilapia) poses marked risks to freshwater systems. However, without freshwater HCV areas defined globally at a scale useful to certification processes, and without guidance materials for identifying freshwater HCV areas through site assessments, certification processes will likely omit areas of freshwater importance from their standards. This omission would be a missed opportunity for mainstreaming freshwater biodiversity and resources into this quickly growing markets-based conservation strategy, which targets commodities contributing disproportionately to the planet's rapid change. The workshop will address how the HCV concept would need to be modified to apply to freshwaters; how guidance for identifying freshwater HCV areas would differ from that for forests; and whether existing freshwater conservation planning methodologies and datasets can be applied at production landscape scales in data-poor situations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robin Abell Senior Freshwater Conservation Biologist Conservation Science Program World Wildlife Fund - United States 1250 24th St. NW Washington, DC 20037 USA +1 202/495-4507- phone *note new number* www.worldwildlife.org/science/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Nel, J.L., B. Reyers, D.J. Roux, and R.M. Cowling. 2009. Expanding protected areas beyond their terrestrial comfort zone: Identifying spatial options for river conservation. Biological Conservation 142:1605-1616. Nel, J.L., D.J. Roux, R. Abell, P.J. Ashton, R.M. Cowling, J.V. Higgins, M. Thieme, and J.H. Viers. 2009. Progress and challenges in freshwater conservation planning. Aquatic Conserv: Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 19:474-485. TI: What Environmental Factors Are Important Determinants of Structure, Species Richness, and Abundance of Mosquito Assemblages? AU: Beketov, Mikhail A.; Yurchenko, Yury A.; Belevich, Olga E.; Liess, Matthias JN: Journal of Medical Entomology PD: March 2010 VO: 47 NO: 2 PG: 129-139(11) PB: The Entomological Society of America IS: 0022-2585 TI: Insights on endemism: comparison of the duration of the marine larval phase estimated by otolith microstructural analysis of three amphidromous Sicyopterus species (Gobioidei: Sicydiinae) from Vanuatu and New Caledonia AU: Lord, C.; Brun, C.; Hautecoeur, M.; Keith, P. JN: Ecology of Freshwater Fish PD: March 2010 VO: 19 NO: 1 PG: 26-38(13) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0906-6691 TI: Ground Ant Diversity (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ibera Nature Reserve, the Largest Wetland of Argentina AU: Calcaterra, Luis A.; Cuezzo, Fabiana; Cabrera, Sonia M.; Briano, Juan A. JN: Annals of the Entomological Society of America PD: January 2010 VO: 103 NO: 1 PG: 71-83(13) PB: The Entomological Society of America IS: 0013-8746 TI: Cross-population responses to conspecific chemical alarm cues in wild Trinidadian guppies, Poecilia reticulata: evidence for local conservation of cue production AU: Brown, Grant E.; Elvidge, Chris K.; Macnaughton, Camille J.; Ramnarine, Indar; Godin, Jean-Guy J. JN: Canadian Journal of Zoology PD: 1 February 2010 VO: 88 NO: 2 PG: 139-147(9) PB: NRC Research Press IS: 0008-4301 TI: Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation AU: BEENAERTS, NATALIE; PETHIYAGODA, ROHAN; NG, PETER K. L.; YEO, DARREN C. J.; BEX, GEERT JAN; BAHIR, MOHOMED M.; ARTOIS, TOM JN: Molecular Ecology PD: January 2010 VO: 19 NO: 1 PG: 183-196(14) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0962-1083 TI: The pitfalls of extrapolation in conservation: movements and habitat use of a threatened toad are different in the boreal forest AU: Constible, J. M.; Gregory, P. T.; Larsen, K. W. JN: Animal Conservation PD: January 2010 VO: 13 NO: 1 PG: 43-52(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1367-9430 TI: The lesser of two evils: seasonal migrations of Amazonian manatees in the Western Amazon AU: Arraut, E. M.; Marmontel, M.; Mantovani, J. E.; Novo, E. M.L.M.; Macdonald, D. W.; Kenward, R. E. JN: Journal of Zoology PD: March 2010 VO: 280 NO: 3 PG: 247-256(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0952-8369 TI: Do non-native invasive fish support elevated lamprey populations? AU: Inger, Richard; McDonald, Robbie A.; Rogowski, David; Jackson, Andrew L.; Parnell, Andrew; Jane Preston, S.; Harrod, Chris; Goodwin, Claire; Griffiths, David; Dick, Jaimie T.A.; Elwood, Robert W.; Newton, Jason; Bearhop, Stuart JN: Journal of Applied Ecology PD: February 2010 VO: 47 NO: 1 PG: 121-129(9) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0021-8901 Monroe, J.B., Baxter, C.V., Olden, J.D., P.L. Angermeier. 2009. Freshwaters in the public eye: Understanding the role of images and media in aquatic conservation. Fisheries 34: 581-585. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lwalko at conbio.org Tue Mar 16 10:17:09 2010 From: lwalko at conbio.org (Laura Walko) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:17:09 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Fish Biologist - Fish Programs Leader Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A57C6669916@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> There may be an extension to the current application due date of March 29th. Please forward to any interested contacts you may have, so we can make sure the outreach reached a broad audience of potential candidates. Thanks! Amy Unthank USDA Forest Service Acting Fisheries Program Leader Washington D.C. office (202) 205-0951 cell (505) 307-0412 > Position Title : Fish Biologist - Fish Programs Leader GS13/14 Series 482 Opportunity Type: Pre-announcement permanent full time position Organizational Unit : WO - Washington Office Series : 482 - Biological Science Grade : 13, 14 Duty Location City : Washington, District of Columbia Duty Location State : Washington, District of Columbia Primary Contact : Ronald L Dunlap/WO/USDAFS Position Description : Natural Resource Program Coordination 50% Incumbent is a recognized national and international technical authority in natural resource management specifically fish habitat and aquatic ecosystem management. Serves as National fish program manager, responsible for providing overall leadership, coordination, planning and direction for the program. Reports to the Assistant Director for Watershed and Fisheries Program on the WRWARP staff in the WO. As a recognized expert, provides advice and guidance on policy matters related to meeting environmental regulatory documentation requirements in the most challenging cases. Provides technical oversight and coordination of reporting activities for an organization that is comprised of a multi-disciplinary group of land managers, scientists, and technicians. Advice and Guidance in an Area of Physical Science 25% Serves as an expert consultant and program manager on broad fish and aquatic projects and programs with national impact. Consults with all levels of management, headquarters personnel, other federal agencies, and to foreign and commercial organizations in technical discipline, in areas such as measurement and instrumentation, life science, and earth science. Establishes and maintains liaison with Regional program managers, Regional Directors and line officers and works closely with their representatives to ensure that concerns such as proper treatment methodologies and adequate funding are met. Prepares Reports and Recommendations in a Biological Area 25% Authoritatively evaluates and interprets study findings and develops or modifies direction for on the ground project implementation. Performs peer review, oversight and evaluation functions on fish habitat proposals and documents prepared by other technical specialists. Program manager plays a lead role in policy development for the organization. His or her activities have a major impact on the direction of USDA FS programs. The program manager must recognize situations when the work being conducted in one area may affect other areas. He or she may initiate action among a variety of interests to bring into sharper focus any deficiencies, inadequacies and new developments in the field. Factor 1- 8 Knowledge Required by the Position The position requires a mastery of fish habitat management and aquatic ecology areas in the biological sciences sufficient to apply new developments and theories to critical and novel problems; extend and modify approaches, precedents, and methods to solve a variety of technical problems with unprecedented aspects; and make decisions or recommendations that significantly affect the content, interpretation, or development of major policies or programs concerning critical or major technical issues. Factor 2- 5 Supervisory Controls The supervisor provides guidance solely in the form of general legislative, mission, or policy directions and resource constraints. The incumbent typically initiates new projects or activities independently and keeps the supervisor informed of progress in planning, coordinating, and implementing the work and resolving conflicts. Recommendations and decisions of the incumbent are accepted as technically sound even though final approval may depend on formal action by high-level management. The incumbent has the highest degree of independence in seeking optimum technical or policy solutions to problems in the light of current scientific or developments. Completed work is broadly reviewed for adherence to mission or legislative direction and for assurance that broad policy or program objectives are fulfilled. Factor 3- 5 Guidelines Guidelines are basic legislation and/or broadly stated agency regulations and policy statements. The incumbent is a recognized technical authority in the interpretation of such broad guidelines, and must exercise considerable judgment and ingenuity in interpreting and adapting guides that exist; in developing new and improved hypotheses, concepts, or approaches not previously tested or reported; and/or in developing new policies that have the potential to take the organization in new directions. The ideas, methods and procedures developed are on the cutting edge of technology and often serve as precedents for other technical experts, or policy-makers within or outside the agency. Factor 4- 5 Complexity Assignments are of such breadth, diversity, and intensity that they involve many varied and complex features, and typically contain a combination of complex features that involve serious or difficult to resolve conflicts between scientific and management requirements. The work requires originating innovative technical approaches, establishing criteria and standards applicable to wide range of technical and management problems and conditions, or developing new concepts or approaches that advance the technology and applies new scientific findings to resource management. Factor 5- 5 Scope and Effect The purpose of the position is to advise on and resolve a broad range of critical or highly unusual scientific issues and problems, develop innovative technical approaches or guides, or determine the effectiveness and validity of proposed or current policies and programs. The program manager serves as an expert advisor and consultant to officials and managers within or outside the agency on a broad range of fish habitat and aquatic ecology activities and broad policy issues. Factor 6- 3 Personal Contacts Personal contacts include a wide range of professional and administrative personnel throughout the agency, at other federal agencies, in state and local government, private industry, academia, and in some cases the media and elected officials. Factor 7- 4 Purpose of Contacts The purpose of contacts is to justify, defend, negotiate, or settle controversial and far-reaching matters through active participation in conferences, meetings or presentations. The persons contacted typically have diverse viewpoints, goals, or objectives, requiring the program manager to achieve a common understanding of the problem and a satisfactory solution by convincing others, arriving at a compromise, or developing suitable alternatives. Factor 8- 1 Physical Demands The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical effort may be required, e.g., walking, standing, carrying light items, such as manuals or briefcases. Factor 9- 1 Work Environment The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, training rooms, and libraries. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. There may be occasional exposure to moderate risks or discomforts in work areas. Duty Station Specifics : The Yates Federal Building is located at 14th and Independence Avenue, 1-block from the Smithsonian Metro Station Community Information: Transportation facilities within the D.C. Metro Area include a subway and bus system that connects the city with many suburbs. The Smithsonian Metro Subway Station is located one block from the Forest Service headquarters at the Yates Federal Building at 14th and Independence Avenue. Forest Service Offices in nearby Rosslyn are also located within walking distance of the subway. Commuter rail systems in MD and VA serve the outer metro area. The main rail center is Union Station in Washington D.C. Ronald Reagan Washington National and Dulles International airports in Virginia, and Baltimore-Washington International Airport in Maryland provide air service in the Washington D.C. area. Weather and Climate Summer in Washington (July to August) can be very warm and humid, with temperatures often passing 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius). From late November to March there usually is some snow and ice. However, the accumulated snow and ice generally melts in short order. Spring and autumn are usually long and pleasant. Housing Housing within the immediate suburban area of Montgomery county, MD and Fairfax county, VA is very high with new single family homes having a median price of $480,000 to $699,000+ with townhouses averaging $375,000. As with most urban areas increasing numbers of people are moving further out to find more affordable housing. Washington D.C. metro area's system of mass transportation, especially commuter rail and commuter buses allows people to find more affordable housing in outlying areas such as Manassas and Fredericksburg, VA, Fredrick county, MD, and Berkeley and Jefferson counties in West Virginia's eastern panhandle. Community Information Washington D.C. capitol of the United States is the center of a metropolitan area (1990 pop. 3,923,574) extending into Maryland and Virginia. With the city of Baltimore to its north in Maryland, it forms a consolidated metropolitan area of more than six million people. Washington is the legislative, administrative, and judicial center of the United States. Its business is government, and hundreds of thousands are so employed in the metropolitan area. 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Please consider posting the following information on your website, subscription newsletter or email to your members announcing grant opportunities: The Core Fulbright Scholar competition for 2011-2012 is now open. Over 800 grants are available for teaching, conducting research, or combining both in more than 125 countries around the globe. The deadline is August 2. For information on Fulbright Scholar Awards, consult our website at www.iie.org/cies. If you are interested in requesting information, please write to scholars at iie.org. We appreciate your consideration and assistance in sharing this information. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at anytime. Sincerely, Victoria Lardner Outreach and Public Affairs Institute of International Education Department of Scholar and Professional Programs Council for International Exchange of Scholars 3007 Tilden St. NW, Suite 5L Washington, DC 20008 202-686-7850 | 202-362-3442 vlardner at iie.org | www.iie.org/cies The Fulbright Program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State?s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government?s flagship international exchange program and is supported by the people of the United States and partner countries around the world. For more information on the overall program, visit fulbright.state.gov. The Fulbright Scholar Program and Fulbright Humphrey Fellowship Program are administered by the Institute of International Education?s Department of Scholar and Professional Programs, which includes the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and Humphrey divisions. 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These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Hitt, N.P., and M. Hendryx. 2010. Ecological integrity of streams related to human cancer mortality rates. EcoHealth DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0297-y TI: River and wetland classifications for freshwater conservation planning in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa AU: Rivers-Moore, N.A.; Goodman, P.S. JN: African Journal of Aquatic Science PD: May 2010 VO: 35 NO: 1 PG: 61-72(12) PB: NISC Pty Ltd IS: 1608-5914 TI: Dormancy, germination and seed bank storage: a study in support of ex situ conservation of macrophytes of southwest Australian temporary pools AU: TUCKETT, R. E.; MERRITT, D. J.; HAY, F. R.; HOPPER, S. D.; DIXON, K. W. JN: Freshwater Biology PD: May 2010 VO: 55 NO: 5 PG: 1118-1129(12) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Life cycle and nymphal feeding of Besdolus ravizzarum (Plecoptera: Perlodidae), a threatened stonefly AU: Fenoglio, Stefano; Bo, Tiziano; Lopez-Rodriguez, Manuel Jesus; Tierno de Figueroa, Jose Manuel JN: Insect Science PD: April 2010 VO: 17 NO: 2 PG: 149-153(5) PB: Blackwell Publishing Asia IS: 1672-9609 TI: Against 'Green Development Fantasies': Resource Degradation and the Lack of Community Resistance in the Middle Mahakam Wetlands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia AU: Nooteboom, Gerben; de Jong, Edwin B.P. JN: Asian Journal of Social Science PD: April 2010 VO: 38 NO: 2 PG: 258-278(21) PB: BRILL IS: 1568-4849 TI: Global Biodiversity and Geographical Distribution of Diapausing Aquatic Invertebrates: The Case of the Cosmopolitan Brine Shrimp, Artemia (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) AU: Munoz, J.; Pacios, F. JN: Crustaceana PD: April 2010 VO: 83 NO: 4 PG: 465-20.A(-444) PB: Brill Academic Publishers IS: 0011-216X TI: Ecologically Functional Floodplains: Connectivity, Flow Regime, and Scale AU: Opperman, Jeffrey J.; Luster, Ryan; McKenney, Bruce A.; Roberts, Michael; Meadows, Amanda Wrona JN: JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association PD: April 2010 VO: 46 NO: 2 PG: 211-226(16) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1093-474X TI: Priority Wetland Invertebrates as Conservation Surrogates AU: ORMEROD, S. J.; DURANCE, ISABELLE; TERRIER, AURELIE; SWANSON, ALISA M. JN: Conservation Biology PD: April 2010 VO: 24 NO: 2 PG: 573-582(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Inc IS: 0888-8892 TI: Environmental and Biogeographic Factors Influencing Ichthyofaunal Diversity: Indian River Lagoon AU: Gilmore, Grant R. JN: Bulletin of Marine Science PD: July 1995 VO: 57 NO: 1 PG: 153-170(18) PB: University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos IS: 0007-4977 TI: Fragmentation of the Land-Water Margin Within the Northern and Central Indian River Lagoon Watershed AU: Larson, Vickie L. JN: Bulletin of Marine Science PD: July 1995 VO: 57 NO: 1 PG: 267-277(11) PB: University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmos IS: 0007-4977 TI: Emerging concepts in temporary-river ecology AU: LARNED, SCOTT T.; DATRY, THIBAULT; ARSCOTT, DAVID B.; TOCKNER, KLEMENT JN: Freshwater Biology PD: April 2010 VO: 55 NO: 4 PG: 717-738(22) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Untangling associations between chironomid taxa in Neotropical streams using local and landscape filters AU: ROQUE, FABIO O.; SIQUEIRA, TADEU; BINI, LUIS M.; RIBEIRO, MILTON C.; TAMBOSI, LEANDRO R.; CIOCHETI, GIORDANO; TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, SUSANA JN: Freshwater Biology PD: April 2010 VO: 55 NO: 4 PG: 847-865(19) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Effects of land use on aquatic macrophyte diversity and water quality of ponds AU: AKASAKA, MUNEMITSU; TAKAMURA, NORIKO; MITSUHASHI, HIROMUNE; KADONO, YASURO JN: Freshwater Biology PD: April 2010 VO: 55 NO: 4 PG: 909-922(14) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Simply visit: https://store.york.ac.uk/events/default.asp?compid=1&ModuleID=2 If you are not able to book by the end of April I would urge you to book as soon as possible as we cannot guarantee that accommodation will be available on campus right up to the final deadline in July. Please find attached the latest draft programme. Phil Boon Chair, Organising Group _____________________________________________________________________ The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the statutory adviser to Government on UK and international nature conservation, on behalf of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside, the Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems. JNCC SUPPORT CO. Registered in England and Wales, company no. 05380206. 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Have you already become an Ed fan on Facebook and registered early for the 2010 ICCB in Edmonton for the chance to meet him? Ed wants to meet you, and tell the society about your conservation work! Host Ed in your hometown! Ed is on the move again, and he's traveling around the world to discover more about vital conservation that SCB members are achieving in our global community. Have a great success story about conservation, want to talk about the important work you and your peers are doing, excited about the activities in your regional section or local chapter, or just interested in meeting the well-traveled Ed? Here's your chance to share your story with your professional society! In addition to some great Ed photo ops and a feature on the SCB home page, one lucky finalist will win a free registration to the ICCB in Edmonton! To enter for the chance to host Ed, please send an email to ed at conbio.org with the following information: * Name * Location * Short description of your conservation work * The top reason(s) Ed should visit Deadline is 28 May, 2010. For more information about the ICCB, please visit: www.conbio.org/2010 Remember, registration for the 2010 ICCB is now open! To see where Ed has already been, check out his Facebook adventures here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ed-Monton/311307795377 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The newsletter is available on the IMCAFS newsletter website at http://www.imcafs.org/coastsheds/. The program website http://www.imcafs.org/ also contains information on program projects around the world focused on integrated water management. We welcome your comments on the newsletter and the website. We hope you'll enjoy this seventh issue of our newsletter. If you would like to be removed from this announcement list for the Basins and Coasts newsletter, please email info at imcafs.org. We respect your privacy and wishes in this matter. Best regards, Bob Bowen, and the IMCAFS Basins and Coasts team * IMCAFS comprise two complementary programs: the Sustainable Coastal Communities and Ecosystem/(SUCCESS Program (marine waters) (http://www.crc.uri.edu/SUCCESS/), led by the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island, and the Global Water for Sustainability/GLOWS Program (fresh water) (http://www.globalwaters.net/), led by Florida International University. 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To date I have gotten back more than 700 responses from around the globe, which I am posting at the blog I created for the project, http://earthsurvey.blogspot.com At some point in the future I hope to turn this into some sort of book or other printed publication, possibly a more detailed website, or perhaps even a documentary. For now, I continue to accept and post responses as they come in. Anyone who has not taken part and would like to can access the survey online at http://tinyurl.com/nx4ng7 Please share this with your other contacts/colleagues, as I am looking for as wide a range of responses as I can get for this project. So far I have gotten responses back from scientists, environmentalists, religious leaders, school children, villagers in Nairobi, a few world leaders and many more. The greater an audience I can reach the better, so again, please share this as widely as you are able to! I am particularly interested in personal views of nature and the environment, and in the intersections between religion, culture, society, and nature/the environment. Please feel free to contact me off-list if you have any questions or comments about this, and I welcome your participation in my project should you choose! Regards, Jeremy ______________________________________________ "We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors; we borrow it from our Children." ~Native American proverb Answer my Earth Survey questionnaire at http://tinyurl.com/nx4ng7 Earth Survey Project http://earthsurvey.blogspot.com Project Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34705684632 Jeremy's website http://jeremyjtaylor.tripod.com Jeremy - Facebook http://www.facebook.com/jeremyjtaylor Jeremy's Photography http://jeremyjtaylor.shutterfly.com/ From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Thu Jun 3 08:58:13 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:58:13 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] FW: The International Rivers Conference University of York 6th - 9th September Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641849102A2@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> From: Rivers Conference 2010 [mailto:RiversConference2010 at jncc.gov.uk] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:56 AM Subject: The International Rivers Conference University of York 6th - 9th September With summer in full bloom here, we are now looking forward to welcoming delegates to: The International Rivers Conference, University of York 6th -9th September 2010 Please find the online link to access the booking form to reserve your place at the rivers conference. Simply click on the link below which will take you to the University of York's events page. From here you can access a revised draft programme and do to the booking site to reserve you place at the conference. https://store.york.ac.uk/events/default.asp?compid=1&ModuleID=2 For those delegates unable to attend the whole conference there is now flexibility on the days you can book to attend. Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me via the above Rivers email. We look forward to seeing you at this truly international conference. Kind regards Zena Bailey (Office Administrator) More information on York: www.visityork.org/ _____________________________________________________________________ The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) is the statutory adviser to Government on UK and international nature conservation, on behalf of the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside, the Countryside Council for Wales, Natural England and Scottish Natural Heritage. Its work contributes to maintaining and enriching biological diversity, conserving geological features and sustaining natural systems. JNCC SUPPORT CO. Registered in England and Wales, company no. 05380206. Registered office: Monkstone House, City Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1JY This message has been checked for all known viruses by JNCC delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. 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Water Hour aspires to be a global happening to protect water. The global launch will take place in June a year from now. Tangible, incremental steps will be taken starting with the all-important pilot test on June 11. Don't be fooled by the word 'pilot'. For everybody who participates, it will be the real thing. But at the same time we will be testing every dimension of the program needed for global uptake over the coming year. Here's how you can help: Before June 11 - Start participating yourself at the links above. http://www.waterhour.org, for example, has several ways to get involved. The site will guide you. Relay this note to everybody in your networks. This is so important. Our power for change is in our combined networks. Send the attached media release to all the media you can. During Water Hour - Celebrate water . in big or small ways. Lots of ideas for celebrating are at http://www.waterhour.org. However you celebrate, post it on one of the Water Hour social media. 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Ten years after publication of the final report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), UNEP is seeking feedback on the degree to which the recommendations of the WCD have been adopted and put into practice. The results will be presented at World Water Week in Stockholm in September 2010, and will be used as the basis for a chapter to a special WCD+10 issue of the journal ?Water Alternatives? to be published later in 2010. The survey is online in English, French and Spanish at http://fluidsurveys.com/surveys/dam/wcd/langen/ or also accessible from http://www.unep.org/dams/ As a person interested in the topic, we invite you to complete the survey which is in the form of a questionnaire divided into four parts as follows: A. RESPONDENT?S PROFILE: groups respondents and directs them to complete different parts of the questionnaire. B. UPTAKE OF THE WCD's RECOMMENDATIONS: addresses the degree to which the WCD recommendations have resulted in changes to laws, regulations, policies and procedures. C. IMPACT OF THE WCD?s RECOMMENDATIONS: deals with specific changes in the actual implementation of dam development and operations during the last ten years. D. RESPONDENT?S PERSPECTIVES ON DAM DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS - GOVERNANCE AND PRACTICE: provides an opportunity to share opinions of dam development and the WCD during the 10 years since the report was released. In case you have questions regarding the survey, you can reach us at Thank you for your time, whether completing the survey or forwarding this message to others. ............................................................................................................................ Peter M. Manyara (Mr) Freshwater Ecosystems Unit (FEU/DEPI) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) P.O. Box 30552, Nairobi 00100, Kenya. tel: +254-20 762 4052 email: peter.manyara at unep.org url: http://www.unep.org ............................................................................................................................ Save trees - Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 35326640.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 7009 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nhitt at usgs.gov Thu Jun 3 12:21:40 2010 From: nhitt at usgs.gov (Nathaniel P Hitt) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:21:40 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] Module on freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity Message-ID: Greetings, all. My colleagues and I have produced an educational module on freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity which is now available for download: This module targets introductory college students. 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The study quantified the issues of greatest concern and importance regarding fishing access to guide development and advancement of programs to facilitate and improve access to waters by anglers. To see an overview of the study, go to http://www.responsivemanagement.com/download/RM_ENews/Angler_Access.pdf (791KB PDF) To see the full report, go to http://www.responsivemanagement.com/download/reports/Fishing_Access_Report.p df (1.1MB PDF) Responsive Management is a survey research firm specializing in fish and wildlife and outdoor recreation issues. For more information about Responsive Management, visit us online at http://www.responsivemanagement.com From Eliot.Levine at WWFUS.ORG Mon Jun 21 11:59:03 2010 From: Eliot.Levine at WWFUS.ORG (Levine, Eliot) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:59:03 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] Announcing ClimatePrep.org a new adaptation focused blog Message-ID: <088AEE793149D74C99807CFEE39D538A10D5349410@WWFUS-EXCH10.hq.wwfinternal.org> Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to announce the official launch of a new climate change adaptation focused blog, ClimatePrep.org. Through first-hand accounts and expert interviews, the site aims to illustrate climate change adaptation through on the ground adaptation projects, explorations of adaptation concepts, and tracking firsthand the progress of adaptation in the international policy arena. While the site is not solely dedicated to freshwater issues, we have covered a number of freshwater adaptation stories that I think members of this list would find very interesting, and hopefully useful. Some recent freshwater focused posts: Holding Back the Flood Waters: The Draining of Northern Bhutan's Glacial Lakes http://www.climateprep.org/2010/03/04/holding-back-the-flood-waters-the-draining-of-northern-bhutan's-glacial-lakes/ The Plain of Reeds: Restoring wetlands in the Rice Bowl of Vietnam http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/09/the-plain-of-reeds-successfully-restoring-wetlands-in-the-rice-bowl-of-vietnam Building Climate Adaptation Capacity in Amazon Floodplain Communities http://www.climateprep.org/2010/02/12/building-climate-adaptation-in-amazon-floodplain-communities-3 At this time we would also like to invite the submission of new material. Currently, many of the posts are focused on work going on around the WWF network; we are aiming to branch out very quickly. 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URL: From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Mon Jul 19 10:20:46 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:20:46 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22CBE@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu TI: Freshwater fish introductions in mediterranean-climate regions: are there commonalities in the conservation problem? AU: Marr, S. M.; Marchetti, M. P.; Olden, J. D.; Garcia-Berthou, E.; Morgan, D. L.; Arismendi, I.; Day, J. A.; Griffiths, C. L.; Skelton, P. H. JN: Diversity Distributions PD: July 2010 VO: 16 NO: 4 PG: 606-619(14) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1366-9516 TI: Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: recent progress and future challenges AU: Olden, Julian D.; Kennard, Mark J.; Leprieur, Fabien; Tedesco, Pablo A.; Winemiller, Kirk O.; Garcia-Berthou, Emili JN: Diversity Distributions PD: May 2010 VO: 16 NO: 3 PG: 496-513(18) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1366-9516 TI: Evolution and taxonomy of aquatic species in the genus Rhynchostegium (Brachytheciaceae, Bryophyta) AU: Huttunen, Sanna; Ignatov, Michael S. JN: Taxon PD: August 2010 VO: 59 NO: 3 PG: 791-808(18) PB: International Association for Plant Taxonomy IS: 0040-0262 TI: Fatty acid analyses reveal high degrees of omnivory and dietary plasticity in pond-dwelling tadpoles AU: WHILES, MATT R.; GLADYSHEV, MICHAIL I.; SUSHCHIK, NADEZDA N.; MAKHUTOVA, OLESIA N.; KALACHOVA, GALINA S.; PETERSON, SCOT D.; REGESTER, KURT J. JN: Freshwater Biology PD: July 2010 VO: 55 NO: 7 PG: 1533-1547(15) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Diversity, extinction risk and conservation of Malaysian fishes AU: Chong, V. C.; Lee, P. K. Y.; Lau, C. M. JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 76 NO: 9 PG: 2009-2066(58) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: The status of fish conservation in South African estuaries AU: Whitfield, A. K.; Cowley, P. D. JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 76 NO: 9 PG: 2067-2089(23) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: Fish and aquatic habitat conservation in South America: a continental overview with emphasis on neotropical systems AU: Barletta, M.; Jaureguizar, A. J.; Baigun, C.; Fontoura, N. F.; Agostinho, A. A.; Almeida-Val, V. M. F.; Val, A. L.; Torres, R. A.; Jimenes-Segura, L. F.; Giarrizzo, T.; Fabre, N. N.; Batista, V. S.; Lasso, C.; Taphorn, D. C.; Costa, M. F.; Chaves, P. T.; Vieira, J. P.; Correa, M. F. M. JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 76 NO: 9 PG: 2118-2176(59) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: Harmonizing recreational fisheries and conservation objectives for aquatic biodiversity in inland waters AU: Cowx, I. G.; Arlinghaus, R.; Cooke, S. J. JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 76 NO: 9 PG: 2194-2215(22) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: Is there a need for a 100 questions exercise to enhance fisheries and aquatic conservation, policy, management and research? Lessons from a global 100 questions exercise on conservation of biodiversity AU: Cooke, S. J.; Danylchuk, A. J.; Kaiser, M. J.; Rudd, M. A. JN: Journal of Fish Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 76 NO: 9 PG: 2261-2286(26) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0022-1112 TI: New Roles for Aquariums in Conservation AU: Shumway, Caroly A. JN: Marine Technology Society Journal PD: Spring 2001 VO: 35 NO: 1 PG: 63-68(6) PB: Marine Technology Society IS: 0025-3324 TI: Rapidly Shifting Baselines in Yangtze Fishing Communities and Local Memory of Extinct Species AU: TURVEY, SAMUEL T.; BARRETT, LEIGH A.; YUJIANG, HAO; LEI, ZHANG; XINQIAO, ZHANG; XIANYAN, WANG; YADONG, HUANG; KAIYA, ZHOU; HART, TOM; DING, WANG JN: Conservation Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 24 NO: 3 PG: 778-787(10) PB: Blackwell Publishing Inc IS: 0888-8892 TI: Effects of an exotic invasive macrophyte (tropical signalgrass) on native plant community composition, species richness and functional diversity AU: MICHELAN, THAISA SALA; THOMAZ, SIDINEI MAGELA; MORMUL, ROGER PAULO; CARVALHO, PRISCILLA JN: Freshwater Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 55 NO: 6 PG: 1315-1326(12) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Sources of small-scale variation in the invertebrate communities of headwater streams AU: LeCRAW, ROBIN; MACKERETH, ROBERT JN: Freshwater Biology PD: June 2010 VO: 55 NO: 6 PG: 1219-1233(15) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0046-5070 TI: Climate Change Implications for River Restoration in Global Biodiversity Hotspots AU: Davies, Peter M. JN: Restoration Ecology PD: May 2010 VO: 18 NO: 3 PG: 261-268(8) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 1061-2971 TI: Lengthweight relationships of 14 Indian freshwater fish species from the Betwa (Yamuna River tributary) and Gomti (Ganga River tributary) rivers AU: Sani, R.; Gupta, B. K.; Sarkar, U. K.; Pandey, A.; Dubey, V. K.; Singh Lakra, W. JN: Journal of Applied Ichthyology PD: June 2010 VO: 26 NO: 3 PG: 456-459(4) PB: Blackwell Publishing Ltd IS: 0175-8659 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lwalko at conbio.org Mon Jul 19 12:37:54 2010 From: lwalko at conbio.org (Laura Walko) Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:37:54 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] SCB Working Group membership Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A5830E3B683@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> Hello everyone, SCB's Working Groups and listservs are separate entities. You can be a member of the Working Group without being on the listserv, and vice versa. Working Group membership is restricted to SCB members only (voting in elections, serving on the Board, etc.). The listservs, however, are not restricted to SCB members, thus offering a way to reach out to and recruit potential members. To join a Working Group, log in as a member at www.conbio.org and click on "My Section and Working Group Affiliations" under Society Involvement. To join the listserv - or to unsubscribe from the listserv - go to http://list.conbio.org/mailman/listinfo/freshwater and sign up or unsubscribe. Cheers, Laura _______________________________________________________ Visit us online at www.conbio.org to: - Attend our 25th Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand! www.conbio.org/2011 - Connect with your local chapter on Facebook www.conbio.org/facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Tue Aug 17 14:04:10 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:04:10 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] WWN Wetland Globes at the CBD CoP in Japan Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8950@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB Freshwater List, You may be interested in participating in nominating wetlands to receive this recognition. See the message below, which was posted to the SCB European Section list. -Ken Vance-Borland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:33:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Lengyel Subject: [Europe] WWN Wetland Globes at the CBD CoP in Japan To: europe at list.conbio.org Dear Colleagues, In the framework of the World Wetland Network we will award the Wetland Globes at the CBD CoP in Japan. In about 10-15 minutes you can register and vote for a wetland you think it should get one of the Globes: Blue, Green or Grey... Peter http://www.worldwetnet.org/awards/ http://www.birdlife.org/community/2010/07/launch-of-wetland-globe-international-wetland-awards/ Launch of Wetland Globe International Wetland Awards The World Wetland Network, an international initiative comprising over 200 wetland NGOs from across the globe, is today launching a new set of awards to recognise best practice in wetland management, and to highlight wetlands in crisis. The awards, known as the Wetland Globes, offer local community and grassroots groups an international voice on how their local wetlands are managed. At a time when rivers, swamps and lakes everywhere are coming under increasing pressure from population rises and climate change, we need to be taking extra care of our wetlands and recognising their long term value for wildlife, water storage, flood regulation, and recreation and culture. The scheme forms part of approach of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands to promote wise use of wetlands everywhere. The awards scheme will highlight both best practice, where wetlands are well managed, but will also award ?gongs? for those wetlands that are either being neglected or actively degraded by human activities, often for short-term economic gain. All NGOs are invited to vote on their wetlands of national or international importance at www.worldwetnet.org starting in March 2010 and the awards will be announced at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference in Japan in October 2010. The Wetland Globes are generously supported by the Spanish Fundacion Biodiversidad. http://www.worldwetnet.org/awards/information/ Awards InformationThe Wetland Globes were developed by the World Wetland Network to encourage best practice in wetland management. They are non-financial awards, and will be given to the wetland itself; we welcome representatives connected to the wetland to receive the award. Download our poster here and display wherever you can! The awards are divided into three categories. Blue recognises best practice in wetland management; green for successful restoration of a degraded wetland; and grey highlights wetlands that are being actively degraded or neglected. We will deliver these three awards for each continent at the Convention on Biological Diversity Conference in October 2010, and then at the Ramsar Conference in 2012. The deadline for this round is the 30th September 2010. Choose from one of the wetland regional maps from the left hand menu to cast your vote. Blue Globe Award This award celebrates wetlands that are being well-managed for species and habitat, that have a healthy engagement of the local population and that provide goods and benefits. We can learn from these cases, and will use the winners to develop case studies of successful approaches. The specific criteria that we will use include: Participation and involvement (of local people) Sustainable livelihoods Wetland benefits Management for wildlife and biodiversity Green Globe Award Many countries have wetlands that have been degraded in the past, leading to loss of size, quality and character. However, we recognise that a lot of partners are planning and implementing improvement projects that are improving the situation for people and wildlife. We will use the same criteria as the Blue Globe, which are: Participation and involvement (of local people) Management for wildlife and biodiversity Sustainable livelihoods Wetland benefits Grey Globe Award With increasing pressures on wetlands from human activities, particularly economic and development sectors, and impacts from climate change and invasive species, many wetlands are being rapidly degraded. Even if this is not an active process, neglect of wetlands can be just as harmful. This award will be less popular, but will act to draw attention to the wetland, prompting action to reverse the situation. The criteria are: Industrial and agricultural impact / pollution Habitat / species loss Unsustainable development (e.g. building, man-made structures, drainage and over-abstraction and reclamation) Exclusion of local communities in decision-making From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Wed Aug 18 14:01:22 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:01:22 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22CBE@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8959@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Distribution of freshwater snails in family-based VAC ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in Nam Dinh Province, Vietnam. By: Dung, Bui Thi; Madsen, Henry; The, Dang Tat. Acta Tropica, Oct2010, Vol. 116 Issue 1, p15-23, 9p; DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.04.016; Intra-lake stable isotope ratio variation in selected fish species and their possible carbon sources in Lake Kyoga (Uganda): implications for aquatic food web studies. By: Mbabazi, Dismas; Makanga, B.; Orach-Meza, F.; Hecky, R. E.; Balirwa, J. S.; Ogutu-Ohwayo, R.; Verburg, P.; Chapman, L.; Muhumuza, E.. African Journal of Ecology, Sep2010, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p667-675, 9p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01163.x; Hurricane-induced failure of low salinity wetlands. (eng; includes abstract) By Howes NC, Fitzgerald DM, Hughes ZJ, Georgiou IY, Kulp MA, Miner MD, Smith JM, Barras JA, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A], ISSN: 1091-6490, 2010 Aug 10; Vol. 107 (32), pp. 14014-9 A trial of two trouts: comparing the impacts of rainbow and brown trout on a native galaxiid [electronic resource]., Young, K.A., Animal conservation, 2010 Aug., v. 13, no. 4, p. 399-410., Terrestrial Reserve Networks Do Not Adequately Represent Aquatic Ecosystems [electronic resource]., HERBERT, MATTHEW E., Conservation biology the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2010 Aug., v. 24, no. 4, p. 1002-1011., Coexistence of Fisheries with River Dolphin Conservation [electronic resource]., KELKAR, NACHIKET, Conservation biology the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2010 Aug., v. 24, no. 4, p. 1130-1140., Changes in fish assemblages in catchments in north-eastern Spain: biodiversity, conservation status and introduced species [electronic resource]., MACEDA-VEIGA, ALBERTO, Freshwater biology, 2010 Aug., v. 55, no. 8, p. 1734-1746., Aquatic life declines at early stages of urban development. Fisheries, Jul2010, Vol. 35 Issue 7, p317-317, 1/2p DNA barcodes show cryptic diversity and a potential physiological basis for host specificity among Diplostomoidea (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) parasitizing freshwater fishes in the St. Lawrence River, Canada [electronic resource]., LOCKE, SEAN A., Molecular ecology, 2010 July, v. 19, no. 13, p. 2813-2827., Managing the world's most international river: the Danube River Basin [electronic resource]., Sommerwerk, Nike, Marine & freshwater research, 2010, v. 61, no. 7, p. 736-748., Linking process to pattern: Causes of stream-breeding amphibian decline in urbanized watersheds. By: Barrett, Kyle; Helms, Brian S.; Guyer, Craig; Schoonover, Jon E.. Biological Conservation, Sep2010, Vol. 143 Issue 9, p1998-2005 Snake prices and crocodile appetites: Aquatic wildlife supply and demand on Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia. By: Brooks, Sharon E.; Allison, Edward H.; Gill, Jennifer A.; Reynolds, John D.. Biological Conservation, Sep2010, Vol. 143 Issue 9, p2127-2135 The effects of alterations in temperature and flow regime on organic carbon dynamics in Mediterranean river networks. By: ACU?A, V.; TOCKNER, K.. Global Change Biology, Sep2010, Vol. 16 Issue 9, p2638-2650 Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects. By: Habit, Evelyn; Piedra, Priscila; Ruzzante, Daniel E.; Walde, Sandra J.; Belk, Mark C.; Cussac, V?ctor E.; Gonzalez, Jorge; Colin, Nicole. Global Ecology & Biogeography, Sep2010, Vol. 19 Issue 5, p697-710 Habitat Use of the Watercress Darter (Etheostoma nuchale): An Endangered Fish in an Urban Landscape. By: DUNCAN, R. SCOT; ELLIOTT, CHAD P.; FLUKER, BROOK L.; KUHAJDA, BERNARD R.. American Midland Naturalist, Jul2010, Vol. 164 Issue 1, p9-21 Changes in taxonomy and species distributions and their influence on estimates of faunal homogenization and differentiation in freshwater fishes [electronic resource]., Taylor, Eric B., Diversity & distributions, 2010 July, v. 16, no. 4, p. 676-689., Effects of stocked trout on native fish communities in boreal foothills lakes [electronic resource]., Nasmith, Leslie E., Ecology of freshwater fish, 2010 June, v. 19, no. 2, p. 279-289., Diet and trophic niche overlap of native and nonnative fishes in the Gila River, USA: implications for native fish conservation [electronic resource]., Pilger, T.J., Ecology of freshwater fish, 2010 June, v. 19, no. 2, p. 300-321., Land-use and isolation interact to affect wetland plant assemblages. By: Boughton, Elizabeth H.; Quintana-Ascencio, Pedro F.; Bohlen, Patrick J.; Jenkins, David G.; Pickert, Roberta. Ecography, Jun2010, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p461-470 Vectors and Timing of Freshwater Invasions in Great Britain [electronic resource]., KELLER, REUBEN P., Conservation biology the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2009 Dec., v. 23, no. 6, p. 1526-1534 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.mcrae at ncdenr.gov Tue Sep 7 10:52:38 2010 From: sarah.mcrae at ncdenr.gov (Mcrae, Sarah) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 13:52:38 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] Freshwater Ecologist position with NC Natural Heritage Program Message-ID: <7BF6EFA334C83C43BF778FED8063C431044CE169B1@NCWITMXMBEV43.ad.ncmail> Please see the following vacancy announcement. I highly recommend this job!!! Website: www.enr.state.nc.us/ Position: Environmental Senior Specialist Working Title: Environmental Senior Specialist Vacancy Number: 60036200 Salary Grade: 73 Salary Range: $42833 - $70500 Hiring Range: $42833 - $70500 Department: Environment Natural Resources Division: ENR SO ASNR DO OCPCA Type of Appointment: Perm Full-Time Location: Raleigh Posting Date: 09/02/2010 Closing Date: 09/22/2010 Number of Positions: 1 Description of Work The NC Natural Heritage Program is seeking a freshwater ecologist to serve as the program authority on freshwater ecosystems & their components in the eastern portion of the state; generate, compile, & evaluate data about the ecological significance & health of the freshwater ecosystems in eastern NC; design & implement field studies to evaluate & document occurrences of freshwater habitats; provide guidance & information concerning the special conservation needs of freshwater ecosystems to other public & private agencies as well as private, corporate, NGO, or government & owners; identify, classify, & prioritize the eastern part of the state s freshwater ecosystems for conservation action; oversee or implement grants or contracts which deal with conservation of freshwater ecosystems in eastern NC; & contribute to the development of management policies & protection planning for significant aquatic habitats. Excellent communication skills are key components of this position. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Knowledge in freshwater conservation issues. Knowledge of Southeast Atlantic Slope & /or NC s freshwater fish, mussel & crayfish fauna. Experience working with complex databases, conducting field research, preparing technical & non-technical reports. Training and Experience Requirements Graduation from a four year college or university with a major in one of the agriculture, biological, engineering, environmental,natural resources sciences or closely related curriculum and two years of experience related to the area of assignment;or an equivalent combination of training and experience that provides the employees functional work experiences needed to perform the work of the position. Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. Degrees must be from appropriately accredited institutions. How to Apply: An applicant must complete and submit a separate State Application for Employment form (PD-107), listing the position number & job title for the position applied for. DENR uses the Merit-Based Recruitment & Selection Plan to fill positions subject to the State Personnel Act with most qualified individuals. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of a PD-107. Original application must be signed, dated & mailed to the contact person listed. Applicants seeking Veteran's Preference with State Government should submit a copy of Form DD-214. Any information omitted from the application form cannot be considered for qualifying credit. Applications must be received by 5:00pm on the closing date. When a salary range is posted the actual salary will be based on relevant competencies, knowledge, skills & ability, training, internal equity & budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position. All post-high school degrees must be from appropriately accredited institutions. No fax or email applications will be accepted. Contact Person: Rosalind Harris Contact Agency: Environment Natural Resou Contact Address: 1601 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 Contact Phone: 919-715-4153 Contact Fax: 919-715-3060 Sarah McRae NEW EMAIL: sarah.mcrae at ncdenr.gov Freshwater Ecologist, Eastern Region North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Office of Conservation, Planning and Community Affairs Department of Environment and Natural Resources MSC 1601 Raleigh, NC 27699-1601 (919) 715-1751 www.ncnhp.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dave at dfblanton.com Thu Sep 9 09:37:27 2010 From: dave at dfblanton.com (Dave Blanton) Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:37:27 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] URGENT / Stop the Serengeti Highway Message-ID: Dear Moderator, I've been in touch with the Washington office, which sent me links to listserves to send the following message: *STOP THE SERENGETI HIGHWAY* ---------------------------------------------- *There is an online petition and short survey specifically for scientists and conservationists. * http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/impacts-SCB At the SCB Alberta conference, Dr. Andrew Dobson revealed that the Serengeti is under an unprecedented threat from a planned commercial highway. The proposed truck route cuts through the northern part of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania in a critical area for the migration. More information, including statements from the Frankfurt Zoological Society and other organizations can be found here: http://www.savetheserengeti.org/?p=1 There is a need to bring development to western Tanzania, but no need to sacrifice a great World Heritage Site in doing so. An alternative route has been suggested that would actually serve many times more people. http://www.savetheserengeti.org/?p=227 Despite warnings about the impact on the entire ecosystem, along with the loss of tourism revenue, the government of Tanzania has vowed to go ahead. Scientists around the world are speaking out. We urge you to do so as well. Your support on the petition will be important. And if you feel qualified to answer a few questions about specific impacts on the Serengeti, please do so. The results will be sent in a press release to media outlets and will be used by NGO?s and others as evidence of the highway?s impact. To help stop the highway, go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/impacts-SCB Thank you for your support. David Blanton SaveTheSerengeti.org info at savetheserengeti.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Guillaume.Chapron at ekol.slu.se Sat Sep 11 13:52:29 2010 From: Guillaume.Chapron at ekol.slu.se (Guillaume Chapron) Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:52:29 +0200 Subject: [Freshwater] Using science for biodiversity conservation Message-ID: - with apologies for cross postings - Hi list, As researchers in ecology, we strive that our results are published in the best journals, but we also wish that they can be useful in advancing biodiversity conservation. With many governments stressing their strong commitment to science-based environmental policies, we could hope to successfully reverse the biodiversity crisis. Still, it does not seem to be happening (e.g. Butchart, et al. Science 328, 1164; 2010). In fact, we often observe that pure political considerations prevail over anything else. Are we unable to reach governments or are governments just not listening? To find out, I'm compiling a list of 100 illustrative science-based conservation actions to act against biodiversity loss in G20 countries. This initiative is supported by the newspaper The Guardian and we will present this list to governments and ask them to sign up to them for the next Convention on Biological Diversity summit this October. More details on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/aug/13/biodiversity-100-tasks-campaign and also: http://blogs.nature.com/soapbox_science/2010/09/10/biodiversity-from-conservation-science-to-action I'm looking for actions that are (1) major contribution to the safeguard of a particular endangered species or ecosystem, (2) unequivocally and widely supported by peer-reviewed scientific evidence, (3) politically costly to implement or opposed by some interest groups. These actions should be 'smart' i.e. Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely and should not be vague platitudes like ?more money? or ?better law enforcement? and the like! Typical examples would include specific issues like reintroduce individuals to achieve minimum viable population size, halt or modify a development threatening a critical ecosystem or more general issues like ban chemicals threatening biodiversity or modify a particular law that has loophole permitting environment destruction. Have you published papers (or know of some particular ones) that should have had influential consequences on biodiversity or wildlife related policies but had not due to political blockade? Can you or your colleagues participate in selecting the best set of actions? Please contact me directly at guillaume.chapron at ekol.slu.se and feel free to forward this email to other people who may help. Thanks! Guillaume -- Guillaume Chapron, PhD Assistant Professor Grims? Wildlife Research Station Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SE - 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Wed Sep 15 15:58:46 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:58:46 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8959@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22CBE@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8959@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64261FC7786@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu The zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) impacts European bitterling (Rhodeus amarus) load in a host freshwater mussel (Unio pictorum) [electronic resource]., zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E. , Hydrobiologia, 2010 Oct., v. 654, no. 1, p. 83-92., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Saving The Finless Porpoise. By: TANG YUANKAI. Beijing Review, 9/2/2010, Vol. 53 Issue 35, p42-43, 2p; (AN 53331839) Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems [electronic resource]., Harrison, Paula A. , Biodiversity and conservation, 2010 Sept., v. 19, no. 10, p. 2791-2821., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Conserving macroinvertebrate diversity in headwater streams: the importance of knowing the relative contributions of ? and ? diversity. By: Clarke, Amber; Mac Nally, Ralph; Bond, Nick R.; Lake, P. S.. Diversity & Distributions, Sep2010, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p725-736, 12p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00692.x; (AN 52928058) Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin [electronic resource]., Clavero, Miguel, Diversity & distributions, 2010 Sept., v. 16, no. 5, p. 744-754., Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd Native and introduced fish species richness in Mediterranean streams: the role of multiple landscape influences [electronic resource]., Filipe, Ana F., Diversity & distributions, 2010 Sept., v. 16, no. 5, p. 773-785., Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd Inter-regional comparison of land-use effects on stream metabolism [electronic resource]., BERNOT, MELODY J., Freshwater biology, 2010 Sept., v. 55, no. 9, p. 1874-1890., Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd Australian waterbirds - time and space travellers in dynamic desert landscapes [electronic resource]., Kingsford, R.T., Marine & freshwater research, 2010, v. 61, no. 8, p. 875-884., Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing Ecology and management of subsurface groundwater dependent ecosystems in Australia - a review [electronic resource]., Tomlinson, Moya, Marine & freshwater research, 2010, v. 61, no. 8, p. 936-949., Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing Natural versus artificial- wetlands and their waterbirds in Sri Lanka [electronic resource]., Bellio, M.G., Biological conservation, 2009 Dec., v. 142, no. 12, p. 3076-3085., Kidlington, Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd SCOTLAND'S FRESHWATER FISH: ECOLOGY, CONSERVATION & FOLKLORE. - By P. S. Maitland. (eng) By Yeomans W, Journal Of Fish Biology [J Fish Biol], ISSN: 1095-8649, 2009 Nov; Vol. 75 (7), pp. 1912-4; PMID: 20738663 Effects of river impoundment on ecosystem services of large tropical rivers: embodied energy and market value of artisanal fisheries. (eng; includes abstract) By Hoeinghaus DJ, Agostinho AA, Gomes LC, Pelicice FM, Okada EK, Latini JD, Kashiwaqui EA, Winemiller KO, Conservation Biology: The Journal Of The Society For Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol], ISSN: 1523-1739, 2009 Oct; Vol. 23 (5), pp. 1222-31; PMID: 19459891 Food Resources for Wintering and Spring Staging Black Ducks. By: Plattner, Dawn M.; Eichholz, Michael W.; Yerkes, Tina. Journal of Wildlife Management, Sep2010, Vol. 74 Issue 7, p1554-1558, 5p; DOI: 10.2193/2009-269; (AN 53383812) Population structure and genetic diversity of the threatened quillwort Iso?tes malinverniana and implication for conservation. By: Gentili, Rodolfo; Abeli, Thomas; Rossi, Graziano; Li, Mingai; Varotto, Claudio; Sgorbati, Sergio. Aquatic Botany, Oct2010, Vol. 93 Issue 3, p147-152, 6p; DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.05.003; Interactions between invasive plants and insect herbivores: A plea for a multitrophic perspective. By: Harvey, Jeffrey A.; Bukovinszky, Tibor; van der Putten, Wim H.. Biological Conservation, Oct2010, Vol. 143 Issue 10, p2251-2259, 9p; DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.03.004; (AN 53307512) The European Water Framework Directive at the age of 10: a critical review of the achievements with recommendations for the future. (eng; includes abstract) By Hering D, Borja A, Carstensen J, Carvalho L, Elliott M, Feld CK, Heiskanen AS, Johnson RK, Moe J, Pont D, Solheim AL, de Bund W, The Science Of The Total Environment [Sci Total Environ], ISSN: 1879-1026, 2010 Sep 1; Vol. 408 (19), pp. 4007-19; PMID: 20557924 Tidal Freshwater Wetlands. By: Hackney, Courtney. Restoration Ecology, Sep2010, Vol. 18 Issue 5, p782-782, 1p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00733.x; (AN 53323074) Nonnative trout impact an alpine-nesting bird by altering aquatic-insect subsidies. By: Epanchin, Peter N.; Knapp, Roland A.; Lawler, Sharon P.. Ecology, Aug2010, Vol. 91 Issue 8, p2406-2415, 10p; (AN 53155093) Global fishery development patterns are driven by profit but not trophic level. (eng; includes abstract) By Sethi SA, Branch TA, Watson R, Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A], ISSN: 1091-6490, 2010 Jul 6; Vol. 107 (27), pp. 12163-7; PMID: 20566867 Evidence needed to manage freshwater ecosystems in a changing climate: turning adaptation principles into practice. (eng; includes abstract) By Wilby RL, Orr H, Watts G, Battarbee RW, Berry PM, Chadd R, Dugdale SJ, Dunbar MJ, Elliott JA, Extence C, Hannah DM, Holmes N, Johnson AC, Knights B, Milner NJ, Ormerod SJ, Solomon D, Timlett R, Whitehead PJ, Wood PJ, The Science Of The Total Environment [Sci Total Environ], ISSN: 1879-1026, 2010 Sep 1; Vol. 408 (19), pp. 4150-64; PMID: 20538318 Feeding rates of an introduced freshwater gastropod Pomacea insularum on native and nonindigenous aquatic plants in Florida. By: Baker, Patrick; Zimmanck, Frank; Baker, Shirley M.. Journal of Molluscan Studies, May2010, Vol. 76 Issue 2, p138-143, 6p; (AN 53297956) Incorporating lakes within the river discontinuum: longitudinal changes in ecological characteristics in stream?lake networks. By: Jones, Nicholas E.. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Aug2010, Vol. 67 Issue 8, p1350-1362, 12p; DOI: 10.1139/F10-069; (AN 52969973) Latent extinction and invasion risk of crayfishes in the southeastern United States. (eng; includes abstract) By Larson ER, Olden JD, Conservation Biology: The Journal Of The Society For Conservation Biology [Conserv Biol], ISSN: 1523-1739, 2010 Aug; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 1099-110; PMID: 20337670 Integrated Watershed Management Modeling: Generic Optimization Model Applied to the Ipswich River Basin. By: Zoltay, Viktoria I.; Vogel, Richard M.; Kirshen, Paul H.; Westphal, Kirk S.. Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, Sep2010, Vol. 136 Issue 5, p566-575, 10p; DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000083; (AN 52929232) The conservation value of farmland ponds: Predicting water beetle assemblages using vascular plants as a surrogate group [electronic resource]., Gioria, Margherita, Biological conservation, 2010 May, v. 143, no. 5, p. 1125-1133., Relative influences of catchment- and reach-scale abiotic factors on freshwater fish communities in rivers of northeastern Mesoamerica. By: Esselman, P. C.; Allan, J. D.. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, Sep2010, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p439-454, 16p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2010.00430.x; (AN 52904031) Using native riparian barriers to reduce Giardia in agricultural runoff to freshwater ecosystems. (eng; includes abstract) By Winkworth CL, Matthaei CD, Townsend CR, Journal Of Water And Health [J Water Health], ISSN: 1477-8920, 2010 Dec; Vol. 8 (4), pp. 631-45; PMI D: 20705977 Defining conservation status using limited information: the case of Patagonian otters Lontra provocax in Argentina [electronic resource]., Cassini, Marcelo H. , Hydrobiologia, 2010 Sept., v. 652, no. 1, p. 389-394., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Community-level effects of co-occurring native and exotic ecosystem engineers. By: WARD, JESSICA M.; RICCIARDI, ANTHONY. Freshwater Biology, Sep2010, Vol. 55 Issue 9, p1803-1817, 15p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02415.x; (AN 52903753) Inter-regional comparison of land-use effects on stream metabolism. By: BERNOT, MELODY J.; SOBOTA, DANIEL J.; HALL, ROBERT O.; MULHOLLAND, PATRICK J.; DODDS, WALTER K.; WEBSTER, JACKSON R.; TANK, JENNIFER L.; ASHKENAS, LINDA R.; COOPER, LEE W.; DAHM, CLIFFORD N.; GREGORY, STANLEY V.; GRIMM, NANCY B.; HAMILTON, STEPHEN K.; JOHNSON, SHERRI L.; MCDOWELL, WILLIAM H.; MEYER, JUDITH L.; PETERSON, BRUCE; POOLE, GEOFFREY C.; VALETT, H. MAURICE; ARANGO, CLAY. Freshwater Biology, Sep2010, Vol. 55 Issue 9, p1874-1890, 17p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02422.x; (AN 52903747) Modelling the impacts of flow regulation on fish distributions in naturally intermittent lowland streams: an approach for predicting restoration responses. By: BOND, NICK; McMASTER, DAMIEN; REICH, PAUL; THOMSON, JAMES R.; LAKE, P. S.. Freshwater Biology, Sep2010, Vol. 55 Issue 9, p1997-2010, 14p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02421.x; (AN 52903748) Importance of freshwater flow in terrestrial?aquatic energetic connectivity in intermittently connected estuaries of tropical Australia. By: Abrantes, K?tya; Sheaves, Marcus. Marine Biology, Sep2010, Vol. 157 Issue 9, p2071-2086, 16p; DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1475-8; (AN 52898568) Fly Fishers Serving as Transports for Noxious Little Invaders. By: BARRINGER, FELICITY. New York Times, 8/16/2010, p9, 0p; (AN 52886268) Synergistic effects of regional climate patterns and local water management on freshwater mussel communities [electronic resource]., Galbraith, Heather S., Biological conservation, 2010 May, v. 143, no. 5, p. 1175-1183., Kidlington, Oxford: Elsevier Science Ltd -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From zootraining at si.edu Fri Sep 24 09:34:30 2010 From: zootraining at si.edu (NZP-Zoo Training) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:34:30 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] Conservation Conflict Resolution course 2011 In-Reply-To: References: <384843317.4109.1284341166016.JavaMail.SI-PWEBCF28$@smtp.si.edu>, <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704E3BC1D1B@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> Message-ID: <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704E3CF3077@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> Conservation Conflict Resolution Graduate and Professional Training Course January 10-19, 2011 Held at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, USA Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Programs See www.conservationtraining.si.edu or contact zootraining at si.edu for more information Conservation Conflict Resolution, an intensive experiential training, is a must for anyone addressing conservation conflicts, whether these are conflicts between people and wildlife or between people about wildlife or other natural resources. To reach conservation goals more effectively, we need to better analyze conflict dynamics, anticipate arising conflicts, and reconcile old conflicts that may impede new progress. We also need to understand how struggles about identity, status, and group recognition affect conservation conflicts. Process is critical. By accurately analyzing conflicts to determine their root causes and then facilitate appropriate resolution processes, we can foster trust and respect among stakeholders and ensure sustainable conservation solutions. Designed and led by the co-founders of the Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration (HWCC), a leading organization in conflict resolution capacity building (humanwildlifeconflict.org), the course teaches proven skills, strategies, and processes for effectively addressing conservation-related conflict, including: using practical models and tools for conducting analysis of deep-rooted conflict; designing intervention processes for real-life conflict prevention and reconciliation plans; understanding the roles of identity and neutrality in conflict transformation; and conflict-transforming communication techniques. Course fee: $2,500 (includes meals/ accommodations). Earn Continuing Education Units; graduate credits available for qualified applicants at additional cost through George Mason University. Visit www.conservationtraining.si.edu or contact zootraining at si.edu for more information. "Approach the course with motivation, diligence, and an open mind and you will no longer view conflict as a source of anxiety, but as an opportunity to address deep-seated, and often ignored, issues at the heart of every dispute. It will make you a better collaborator, a stronger leader, and a more diverse researcher. It did for me!" C. Hester, 2010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From larnold at conbio.org Mon Sep 27 08:32:02 2010 From: larnold at conbio.org (Lyn Arnold) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:32:02 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Public Comment period - possible regulatory action for Bd in the amphibian trade - deadline is 12/16/10 Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A58805E4AD5@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> Friends of Wild Amphibians, On Sept. 17, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) posted a formal "notice of inquiry" in the Federal Register seeking information concerning the possible designation of all live amphibians or their eggs that are infected with chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis or Bd) as "injurious wildlife" under the Lacey Act. The fungus causes chytridiomycosis, a disease deadly to amphibians, and has been identified as a primary factor leading to the listing of a number of amphibian species as threatened or endangered. If finalized, the designation as injurious would require a health certification that live amphibians or their eggs are not infected with chytrid fungus prior to import or transportation across state lines. The Notice of Inquiry explains the chytrid fungus issue and asks the public to provide information on the subject. The submissions will be reviewed and a decision made whether to proceed with a proposed rule or to take no further action. The comment period is 90 days, with a deadline of Dec. 16. Anyone may file a public comment on any issue related to the petition. The second page of the notice indicates 14 particular questions that the FWS would like information on. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The text of the Federal Register notice is here: http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480b51d8f ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The online regulatory "docket folder" where public comments may be filed (at least 5 already have been) and be available for viewing is here: http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#docketDetail?R=FWS-R9-FHC-2009-0093 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Defenders of Wildlife filed the petition that led to this notice being filed, about a year ago. The actual petition text is at this link: http://www.defenders.org/resources/publications/programs_and_policy/international_conservation/petition_to_interior_secretary_salazar.pdf Defenders filed a separate parallel petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which has not been acted on to date. The text of that petition is here: http://www.defenders.org/resources/publications/programs_and_policy/international_conservation/petition_to_agriculture_secretary_vilsack.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The FWS petition asks for the U.S. import, export and interstate commerce regulations to be amended to require health certification and handling based on an international standard, recommended in 2008 unanimously by parties (including the U.S.) to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in its Aquatic Animal Health Code on Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. The details of that standard are available here: http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/fcode/en_chapitre_1.8.1.htm#rubrique_batrachochytrium_dendrobatidis --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defenders' Press Release of a year ago on filing the petition is here: http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/press_releases_folder/2009/09_09_2009_as_deadly_fungus_spreads,_defenders_seeks_stronger_protections_for_native_amphibians.php ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The FWS' Press Release on publication of its information request is here: http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/ans/doc_files/Chytrid_fungus_NR_045679_FINAL_BAIS_edit.doc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The FWS has posted a Q&A document of responses to anticipated questions about the notice here: http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/ans/doc_files/Chytrid_fungus_FAQs_045679_FINAL_9-15-10.doc ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The FWS lead staffer identified in the notice as appropriate to contact for further information is. 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Proposal guidelines can be found here: http://www.conbio.org/Activities/Meetings/2011/register/proposals.cfm . For additional information please visit www.conbio.org/2011 or contact the scientific program committee at 2011 at conbio.org. _______________________________________________________ Laura Walko | lwalko at conbio.org Visit us online at www.conbio.org to: - Attend our 25th Congress in Christchurch, New Zealand! www.conbio.org/2011 - Connect with your local chapter on Facebook www.conbio.org/facebook -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lwalko at conbio.org Fri Oct 22 07:30:38 2010 From: lwalko at conbio.org (Laura Walko) Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 07:30:38 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Senior Editor for Conservation Letters Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A58E6C456F5@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> Conservation Letters is seeking a new Senior Editor with broad background in conservation biology to work side by side with our Senior Editor for Social Science. We welcome candidates who are SCB members, or members' recommendations. The job of the Senior Editor is evaluate submissions for review, assign a handling Editor to the review cycle, and assess the Editor's publication decision to ensure that all such decisions are consistent, fair, and in keeping with editorial policy. The Senior Editor interfaces frequently with an offsite Managing Editor and our four Editors-in-Chief: Richard Cowling, Michael B. Mascia, Hugh Possingham, and William J. Sutherland. Conservation Letters is an online only, rapid publication journal publishing empirical and theoretical research with significant implications for the conservation of biological diversity. Fast, global and policy-relevant, the journal draws on knowledge, tools and interactions from many disciplines. The Senior Editor therefore will be someone who is committed to the mission, used to interdisciplinary thinking, and willing to work in expedited fashion to achieve fast turnarounds. He or she should also be comfortable with online peer review systems and have some familiarity with journal workflows. Now publishing its third volume, Conservation Letters was accepted for ranking by Web of Science in 2010 and will receive its first Impact Factor in 2011. Like most editorial service, this position is largely volunteer, but a small stipend will be provided the Senior Editor. Please note that all responses must be received no later than November 5, 2010. 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URL: From scbitraining at si.edu Mon Oct 25 14:38:07 2010 From: scbitraining at si.edu (NZP-SCBI Training) Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 17:38:07 -0400 Subject: [Freshwater] Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program 2011 In-Reply-To: <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704E3CF3286@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> References: <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704E3CF31E2@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> <8F6124F2BDCC014A9DFA5E13AF21DDB303DD54C0DB@SI-MSEV02.US.SINET.SI.EDU> <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704E3CF3286@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> Message-ID: <8E16D65E47BAA64B8D4AE6C1BD771CE704ED36057A@SI-MSEV04.US.SINET.SI.EDU> [Please post and distribute widely; apologies for cross-posting] 2011 Graduate/Professional Training Courses Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program, Front Royal, VA For more information, visit http://conservationtraining.si.edu or e-mail SCBItraining at si.edu Conservation Conflict Resolution January 10-19, 2011 Designed and led by the Human-Wildlife Conflict Collaboration (HWCC), this course teaches proven skills, strategies and processes for effectively addressing conservation-related conflict. By analyzing conflicts to determine root causes and facilitate appropriate resolution processes, we foster trust among stakeholders and ensure sustainable solutions. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/consconflict.cfm Statistics for Ecology and Conservation Biology February 7-18, 2011 Gain in-depth knowledge of analysis techniques for cutting-edge ecological research, employing R, including: classical regression models; mixed models; generalized linear models; generalized additive models; and conservation-specific approaches, e.g. distance sampling and species distribution modeling. The course emphasizes real-world analysis and how to deal with the limitations of real datasets. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/statsecology.cfm Spatial Ecology, Geospatial Analysis & Remote Sensing March 14-25, 2011 Learn to use GIS tools to address conservation research problems, quantifying effects of human-induced global change on wildlife and biodiversity. Hands-on lab exercises (e.g. land cover mapping; home range analysis; modeling habitat selection; mapping species distributions) use remote sensing data and SCBI field surveys to monitor global changes, assess impacts on wildlife, and develop mitigating strategies. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/spatial.cfm Species Monitoring & Conservation: Terrestrial Mammals April 18-29, 2011 Explore current techniques in assessment and monitoring of wild mammal populations, including bats. Participants learn principles of study design; current field assessment methods; data analysis techniques including MARK and DISTANCE software; application of monitoring data to decision-making and population management; and collection and preparation of museum voucher specimens. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/terremammals.cfm Effective Conservation Leadership May 3-13, 2011 What makes for a successful conservation leader? Conservation professionals need to know more than science to lead effectively. Employing real-life environmental and conservation case studies, this course addresses key conservation leadership skills, including cross-cultural learning, team-building and support, project management, applied conservation ethics, effective communication, and conflict resolution. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/SCBI/MAB/GMU/leadership.cfm For information on the Applied Conservation Science Graduate Certificate see: mccs.gmu.edu/courses/ Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program course participants engage in dynamic learning communities, build lifelong professional networks, and connect with valuable conservation resources -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Thu Nov 4 11:25:49 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 11:25:49 -0700 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64261FC7786@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22CBE@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8959@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64261FC7786@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642668C9927@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Response of aquatic macrophytes in Northern Irish softwater lakes to forestry management; eutrophication and dissolved organic carbon. By: McElarney, Y.R.; Rasmussen, P.; Foy, R.H.; Anderson, N.J.. Aquatic Botany, Nov2010, Vol. 93 Issue 4, p227-236, 10p; DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.09.002 Contrasting life-cycle impacts of stream flow on two Chinook salmon populations [electronic resource]., Arthaud, David L. , Hydrobiologia, 2010 Nov., v. 655, no. 1, p. 171-188., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Hurricanes, Floods, Levees, and Nutria: Vegetation Responses to Interacting Disturbance and Fertility Regimes with Implications for Coastal Wetland Restoration. By: McFalls, Tiffany B.; Keddy, Paul A.; Campbell, Daniel; Shaffer, Gary. Journal of Coastal Research, Sep2010, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p901-911, 11p; DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00037.1 Influence of Vegetation on Invertebrate Communities in Grazed Freshwater Wetlands in South-central Florida. By: Morrison III, William R.; Bohlen, Patrick J.. Southeastern Naturalist, 2010, Vol. 9 Issue 3, p453-464, 12p Effect of forest clear-cutting on subtropical bryophyte communities in waterfalls, on dripping walls, and along streams. (eng; includes abstract) By Pati?o J, Hylander K, Gonz?lez-Mancebo JM, Ecological Applications: A Publication Of The Ecological Society Of America [Ecol Appl], ISSN: 1051-0761, 2010 Sep; Vol. 20 (6), pp. 1648-63; PMID: 20945765 Hydrological connectivity for riverine fish: measurement challenges and research opportunities. By: FULLERTON, A. H.; BURNETT, K. M.; STEEL, E. A.; FLITCROFT, R. L.; PESS, G. R.; FEIST, B. E.; TORGERSEN, C. E.; MILLER, D. J.; SANDERSON, B.L.. Freshwater Biology, Nov2010, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p2215-2237, 23p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02448.x Effects of upland clearcutting and riparian partial harvesting on leaf pack breakdown and aquatic invertebrates in boreal forest streams. By: KREUTZWEISER, DAVID; MUTO, ELISA; HOLMES, STEPHEN; GUNN, JOHN. Freshwater Biology, Nov2010, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p2238-2252, 15p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02410.x Efficacy of 'saltwater flushing' in protecting the Great Lakes from biological invasions by invertebrate eggs in ships' ballast sediment. By: BRISKI, ELIZABETA; BAILEY, SARAH A.; CRISTESCU, MELANIA E.; MACISAAC, HUGH J.. Freshwater Biology, Nov2010, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p2414-2424, 11p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02449.x Assessing the conservation value of fresh waters: an international perspective. By: Bilton, David. Freshwater Biology, Nov2010, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p2436-2436, 1p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02445.x Conservation genetics of a peripherally isolated population of the wood turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) in Iowa [electronic resource]., Spradling, Theresa A. , Conservation genetics, 2010 Oct., v. 11, no. 5, p. 1667-1677., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Low river flow alters the biomass and population structure of a riparian predatory invertebrate [electronic resource]., GREENWOOD, MICHELLE J., Freshwater biology, 2010 Oct., v. 55, no. 10, p. 2062-2076., Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd Spatio-temporal scaling of biodiversity and the species-time relationship in a stream fish assemblage. By: ER?S, TIBOR; SCHMERA, D?NES. Freshwater Biology, Nov2010, Vol. 55 Issue 11, p2391-2400, 10p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02438.x Migration patterns counteract seasonal isolation of Squalius torgalensis, a critically endangered freshwater fish inhabiting a typical Circum-Mediterranean small drainage [electronic resource]., Henriques, Romina , Conservation genetics, 2010 Oct., v. 11, no. 5, p. 1859-1870., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Conservation of the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber: an olfactory perspective [electronic resource]., CAMPBELL-PALMER, R??is??n, Mammal review, 2010 Oct., v. 40, no. 4, p. 293-312., Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd Selecting objectively defined reference sites for stream bioassessment programs. (eng; includes abstract) By Yates AG, Bailey RC, Environmental Monitoring And Assessment [Environ Monit Assess], ISSN: 1573-2959, 2010 Nov; Vol. 170 (1-4), pp. 129-40; PMID: 19902368 Responses of stream macroinvertebrates and ecosystem function to conventional, integrated and organic farming. By: Magbanua, Francis S.; Townsend, Colin R.; Blackwell, Grant L.; Phillips, Ngaire; Matthaei, Christoph D.. Journal of Applied Ecology, Oct2010, Vol. 47 Issue 5, p1014-1025, 12p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01859.x; (AN 53154399) Effects of outreach on the awareness and adoption of conservation practices by farmers in two agricultural watersheds of the Mackinaw River, Illinois. By: Lemke, Maria A.; Lindenbaum, Tim T.; Perry, William L.; Herbert, Matt E.; Tear, Tim H.; Herkert, Jim R.. Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, Sep/Oct2010, Vol. 65 Issue 5, p304-315, 12p; DOI: 10.2489/ jsWC.65.5.304; (AN 54071768) Selman, P., C. Carter, A. Lawrence and C. Morgan 2010. Re-connecting with a neglected river through imaginative engagement. Ecology and Society 15(3): 18. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art18/ Mu?oz-Erickson, T. A., B. B. Cutts, E. K. Larson, K. J. Darby, M. Neff, A. Wutich, and B. Bolin. 2010. Spanning boundaries in an Arizona watershed partnership: information networks as tools for entrenchment or ties for collaboration? Ecology and Society 15(3): 22. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss3/art22/ Effects of hydromorphological integrity on biodiversity and functioning of river ecosystems. By: Elosegi, Arturo; D?ez, Joserra; Mutz, Michael. Hydrobiologia, Dec2010, Vol. 657 Issue 1, p199-215, 17p; DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-0083-4; (AN 53978934) Urbanization and a threatened freshwater mussel: evidence from landscape scale studies. By: Brown, Kenneth; George, Gerald; Daniel, Wesley. Hydrobiologia, Nov2010, Vol. 655 Issue 1, p189-196, 8p; DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0448-8; (AN 53873183) An Overview of a Lake Ecological Disaster..... and an Invitation to the 14th World Lake Conference. By: Rast, Walter. Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management, Sep2010, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p165-166, 2p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1770.2010.00439.x; (AN 53767276) Spatiotemporal dynamics of prairie wetland networks: power-law scaling and implications for conservation planning. (eng; includes abstract) By Wright CK, Ecology [Ecology], ISSN: 0012-9658, 2010 Jul; Vol. 91 (7), pp. 1924-30; PMID: 20715611 Indicators of Recovery in a Tropical Freshwater Marsh Invaded by an African Grass. By: Rosas, Hugo Lopez; L?pez-Barrera, Fabiola; Moreno-Casasola, Patricia; Aguirre-Le?n, Gustavo; C?zares-Hern?ndez, Erasmo; Sdnchez-Higueredo, Lorena. Ecological Restoration, Sep2010, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p324-332, 9p; (AN 53775359) Global warming impacts and conservation responses for the critically endangered European Atlantic sturgeon. By: Lassalle, G?raldine; Crouzet, Philippe; Gessner, J?rn; Rochard, Eric. Biological Conservation, Nov2010, Vol. 143 Issue 11, p2441-2452, 12p; DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.008; (AN 53793764) Climate change impacts on streamflow extremes and summertime stream temperature and their possible consequences for freshwater salmon habitat in Washington State. By: Mantua, Nathan; Tohver, Ingrid; Hamlet, Alan. Climatic Change, Sep2010, Vol. 102 Issue 1/2, p187-223, 37p; DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9845-2; (AN 53764000) The fall of Native Fishes and the rise of Non-native Fishes in the Great Lakes Basin. By: Mandrak, Nicholas E.; Cudmore, B.. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, Jul-Sep2010, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p255-268, 14p, 1 Chart, 1 Graph; DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.507150; (AN 53539449) Spatial and temporal extinction dynamics in a freshwater cetacean. (eng; includes abstract) By Turvey ST, Barrett LA, Hart T, Collen B, Yujiang H, Lei Z, Xinqiao Z, Xianyan W, Yadong H, Kaiya Z, Ding W, Proceedings. Biological Sciences / The Royal Society [Proc Biol Sci], ISSN: 1471-2954, 2010 Oct 22; Vol. 277 (1697), pp. 3139-47; PMID: 20484234 Species richness facilitates ecosystem resilience in aquatic food webs. By: DOWNING, AMY L.; LEIBOLD, MATHEW A.. Freshwater Biology, Oct2010, Vol. 55 Issue 10, p2123-2137, 15p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02472.x; (AN 53419220) Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Disease Emergence in Freshwater Fish in the United Kingdom. By: Marcos-L?pez, M.; Gale, P.; Oidtmann, B. C.; Peeler, E. J.. Transboundary & Emerging Diseases, Oct2010, Vol. 57 Issue 5, p293-304, 12p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2010.01150.x; (AN 53418629) Building local community commitment to wetlands restoration: a case study of the Cache River Wetlands in southern Illinois, USA. (eng; includes abstract) By Davenport MA, Bridges CA, Mangun JC, Carver AD, Williard KW, Jones EO, Environmental Management [Environ Manage], ISSN: 1432-1009, 2010 Apr; Vol. 45 (4), pp. 711-22; PMID: 20127327 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Resource Conservation and Climate Change program area supports the development of the science, technologies, and methods needed to manage DoD's installation infrastructure in a sustainable way. SERDP is requesting proposals that respond to the following two focused Statements of Need (SON) in Resource Conservation and Climate Change: - Assessment and Monitoring of Biological Diversity: Method Development - Climate Change Impacts to Department of Defense Installations Proposals responding to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 SONs will be selected through a competitive process. PRE-PROPOSALS FROM THE NON-FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, JANUARY 6 , 2011. PROPOSALS FROM THE FEDERAL SECTOR ARE DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011. The SONs and detailed instructions for federal and private sector proposers are available on the SERDP web site at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/SERDP-Solicitations. LEARN MORE ABOUT FUNDING AVAILABLE THROUGH SERDP- TWO OPPORTUNITIES, TWO DIFFERENT TIMES! Participate in a webinar on "SERDP Funding Opportunities" conducted by SERDP and ESTCP Director Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee on November 16, 2010, at 12:00 p.m. EST. This "how to play" briefing will offer valuable information for those who are interested in new funding opportunities with SERDP. During the online seminar, participants may ask questions about the funding process, the current SERDP solicitation, and the proposal submission process. Pre-registration for this webinar is required. To register, visit http://webinars.serdp-estcp.org. If you have difficulty registering, please contact Mr. Jon Bunger in the SERDP Office at jbunger at hgl.com or by telephone at 703-696-2126. AND Join us in person for the Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, November 30 - December 2, 2010, in Washington, DC, where SERDP and ESTCP Director Dr. Jeffrey Marqusee will present a Funding Opportunities Briefing and Q&A session on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at 12:15 p.m. EST. 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URL: From JNel at csir.co.za Tue Nov 9 02:51:57 2010 From: JNel at csir.co.za (Jeanne Nel) Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:51:57 +0200 Subject: [Freshwater] FWWG Call for Nominations to Board In-Reply-To: <4ADC54F2.A4FD.00A0.0@csir.co.za> References: <24467255.152771255091984411.JavaMail.SYSTEM@scriptmail.intermedia.net> <4ADC54F2.A4FD.00A0.0@csir.co.za> Message-ID: <4CD943ED020000A000030E61@pta-emo.csir.co.za> Dear SCB Freshwater Working Group and list server members, We invite you to submit nominations for the next Board of Directors (BOD) elections of the Society for Conservation Biology - Freshwater Working Group. If you know of someone who would be a good candidate for one of these positions (including yourself; self-nominations are welcome) please reply to this e-mail and fill out the form below or send the form by e-mail to: Jeanne Nel (jnel at csir.co.za), Nominations Officer, before 19 November 2010. In the subject line please indicate 'SCB FWWG nominations' to facilitate our process. In your message please be sure to indicate if the nomination is for Board Members. Our request for "good" candidates is intended to elicit suggestions for individuals that are not only committed to making SCB FWWG successful, but also energetic and willing to push FWWG in new directions. The FWWG needs individuals that build on our recent successes, including symposia, workshops, and outreach to other professionals globally. It is desired that BOD members will be able to travel to one BOD meeting per year. IF YOU NOMINATE SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF DO IT WITH ENOUGH TIME THAT I CAN ASK FOR HIS OR HER ACCEPTANCE BEFORE THE DEADLINE. ________________________________________________________________________ **Nomination Form -- Board of Directors, Society for Conservation Biology - FWWG** Nominations are sought for 4 members on the Board of Directors and a president elect. DEADLINE: 19 November 2010 ELECTIONS: December TERM: 1 January 2011 to December 31 2013 Nominees must be members in good standing of the Society for Conservation Biology and members of the FWWG and have to accept running for election before the deadline. By agreeing to stand for election, nominees indicate their willingness to serve the SCB- FWWG by attending all Board of Directors meetings / conference calls during their term of office (three two years for all officers). Board meetings occur once a year. In addition, Board members are expected to be actively engaged in directing the SCB- FWWG through committee work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominee's Information Name of Nominee: Board Position: Organization: Address: City: State, Province or Region: Postal Code: Country: Phone: Email: If you can provide a short biographical sketch of the Nominee, please do it: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Information (if different): Your Name: Your Email Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------- Dr Jeanne Nel Principal Scientist: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services Natural Resources & the Environment CSIR PO Box 320 Stellenbosch 7599 SOUTH AFRICA jnel at csir.co.za +27 (21) 888-2484 (work) +27 (72) 120-6442 (mobile) -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. 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Thanks Jeanne >>> "Jeanne Nel" 09/11/2010 12:51 >>> Dear SCB Freshwater Working Group and list server members, We invite you to submit nominations for the next Board of Directors (BOD) elections of the Society for Conservation Biology - Freshwater Working Group. If you know of someone who would be a good candidate for one of these positions (including yourself; self-nominations are welcome) please reply to this e-mail and fill out the form below or send the form by e-mail to: Jeanne Nel (jnel at csir.co.za), Nominations Officer, before 19 November 2010. In the subject line please indicate 'SCB FWWG nominations' to facilitate our process. In your message please be sure to indicate if the nomination is for Board Members. Our request for "good" candidates is intended to elicit suggestions for individuals that are not only committed to making SCB FWWG successful, but also energetic and willing to push FWWG in new directions. The FWWG needs individuals that build on our recent successes, including symposia, workshops, and outreach to other professionals globally. It is desired that BOD members will be able to travel to one BOD meeting per year. IF YOU NOMINATE SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF DO IT WITH ENOUGH TIME THAT I CAN ASK FOR HIS OR HER ACCEPTANCE BEFORE THE DEADLINE. ________________________________________________________________________ **Nomination Form -- Board of Directors, Society for Conservation Biology - FWWG** Nominations are sought for 4 members on the Board of Directors and a president elect. DEADLINE: 19 November 2010 ELECTIONS: December TERM: 1 January 2011 to December 31 2013 Nominees must be members in good standing of the Society for Conservation Biology and members of the FWWG and have to accept running for election before the deadline. By agreeing to stand for election, nominees indicate their willingness to serve the SCB- FWWG by attending all Board of Directors meetings / conference calls during their term of office (three two years for all officers). Board meetings occur once a year. In addition, Board members are expected to be actively engaged in directing the SCB- FWWG through committee work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominee's Information Name of Nominee: Board Position: Organization: Address: City: State, Province or Region: Postal Code: Country: Phone: Email: If you can provide a short biographical sketch of the Nominee, please do it: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Information (if different): Your Name: Your Email Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------- Dr Jeanne Nel Principal Scientist: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services Natural Resources & the Environment CSIR PO Box 320 Stellenbosch 7599 SOUTH AFRICA jnel at csir.co.za +27 (21) 888-2484 (work) +27 (72) 120-6442 (mobile) -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. 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URL: From lwalko at conbio.org Wed Nov 24 10:31:39 2010 From: lwalko at conbio.org (Laura Walko) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:31:39 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Call for Proposals CLOSING SOON: 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A58EA569736@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> Call for Proposals Now Open: 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology [http://www.conbio.org/new/clip_image002_0002.jpg] Come to Christchurch! The 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, 28th November ? 2nd December 2011. Join us for five days as we celebrate 25 years of groundbreaking research, premier networking opportunities, and dynamic discussions among the leading minds in conservation biology. Engaging Society in Conservation This year?s theme addresses biodiversity around the world?specifically biodiversity?s continued declines at an ever-increasing pace, while much of society carries on with business as usual. How can conservation biologists engage with the broader society to achieve positive outcomes for conservation without compromising our scientific rigor or integrity? Do you have a solution to share? Submit your proposal for a symposia, workshop, or short course by 10 December 2010. Proposal guidelines can be found here. For additional information, please visit www.conbio.org/2011 or contact the scientific program committee at 2011 at conbio.org. [rtfimage:///] Remember when you met Ed Monton in Canada in 2010? 2011 is the year of Kia Ora the Kakapo! Stay tuned for the first meeting between Ed and Kia Ora, coming soon! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harmonypatricio at fishbio.com Wed Dec 1 11:06:07 2010 From: harmonypatricio at fishbio.com (Harmony Patricio) Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 11:06:07 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Infiltrate ICCB 2011! Message-ID: Please post: Fellow freshwater specialists, Join your colleagues and infiltrate ICCB 2011 with your freshwater presentations! Freshwater species declining more rapidly than terrestrial or marine counterparts, increasing demand for hydroelectric energy, drinking water shortages, more severe droughts with climate change...yet freshwater has not been mainstreamed in the larger conservation agenda or policy processes. We can facilitate such progress by stepping beyond our specialized disciplines and talking to those in the broader research and policy fields. Past years of the congress have shown low participation by those working in the conservation of freshwater. Let's make a strong showing in New Zealand next year, forging collaborations that enable integrated practices. Please commit to attending the conference and submit your abstracts to be included in broad sessions, so that those working in other fields will be exposed to your research. Conference Link: www.conbio.org/2011 Some special symposia are being organized to focus specifically on freshwater biodiversity and engaging society in freshwater conservation. If you wish to submit directly to these sessions please contact Harmony at harmonypatricio at fishbio.com H. C. Patricio FISHBIO e: harmonypatricio at fishbio.com t: +1 (831) 331-9085 skype: harmonypatricio www.fishbio.com From lwalko at conbio.org Mon Dec 6 15:27:54 2010 From: lwalko at conbio.org (Laura Walko) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 15:27:54 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Call for Proposals EXTENDED 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology Message-ID: <569984C3FC629E4DB22AFA468621699A58EA569757@EXVMBX015-3.exch015.msoutlookonline.net> Come to Christchurch! The 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology will be held in Christchurch, New Zealand, 28th November ? 2nd December 2011. Join us for five days as we celebrate 25 years of groundbreaking research, premier networking opportunities, and dynamic discussions among the leading minds in conservation biology. Engaging Society in Conservation This year?s theme addresses biodiversity around the world?specifically biodiversity?s continued declines at an ever-increasing pace, while much of society carries on with business as usual. How can conservation biologists engage with the broader society to achieve positive outcomes for conservation without compromising our scientific rigor or integrity? Do you have a solution to share? Submit your proposal for a symposia, workshop, or short course by 17 January 2010. Proposal guidelines can be found here or online www.conbio.org/2011. For additional information, please visit www.conbio.org/2011 or contact the scientific program committee at 2011 at conbio.org. [https://owa015.msoutlookonline.net/owa/attachment.ashx?id=RgAAAACPK9OeGgiiRpfK4Wr1kK60BwBWmYTD%2fGKeTbIq%2bkaGIWmaAAePoCu4AAAJ%2fY4K%2bWhNSqN3RQ1XhQmgAFkrbUIBAAAP&attcnt=1&attid0=EABxr3rBFGm%2bTJfe7Rlv2XCR] Remember when you met Ed Monton in Canada in 2010? 2011 is the year of Kia Ora the Kakapo! Stay tuned for the first meeting between Ed and Kia Ora, coming soon! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JNel at csir.co.za Tue Dec 14 12:46:55 2010 From: JNel at csir.co.za (Jeanne Nel) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:46:55 +0200 Subject: [Freshwater] Action before 31 Dec 2010: Vote for Board Members of the FWWG Message-ID: <4D07F3DF020000A000032796@pta-emo.csir.co.za> Dear Freshwater Working Group Members Please do not forget to login and cast your votes for our nominated President Elect and Board Members. This needs to be done before 31 December 2010. Wishing you all a good Christmas. Jeanne ----------------------------------- Dr Jeanne Nel Principal Scientist: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services Natural Resources & the Environment CSIR PO Box 320 Stellenbosch 7599 SOUTH AFRICA jnel at csir.co.za +27 (21) 888-2484 (work) +27 (72) 120-6442 (mobile) -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu Tue Dec 21 13:04:05 2010 From: ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu (Vance-Borland, Ken) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:04:05 -0800 Subject: [Freshwater] Recent Freshwater Papers In-Reply-To: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642668C9927@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> References: <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB879@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CB90A@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBB28@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBBCC@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBC59@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <451453C181B199458A55B2B1723FAC00014CBCEF@SAGE.forestry.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641824C2A94@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22CBE@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64182F22D97@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D641A82692F4@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642608A8959@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D64261FC7786@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642668C9927@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Message-ID: <1D673F86DDA00841A1216F04D1CE70D642683B99B0@EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> Dear SCB FreshWater list, Below are citations for some recent freshwater conservation related papers. These citations and others from the past few months are also available on the SCB Freshwater Working Group site at http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwpapers.cfm. You are welcome to post information about freshwater publications, meetings, educational programs, jobs, conservation projects, or other relevant material to this moderated list at freshwater at list.conbio.org. Your freshwater colleagues are invited to sign on to this list by going to http://www.conbio.org/workinggroups/freshwater/fwlist.cfm. SCB membership is not required. -ken ---- Ken Vance-Borland Senior Faculty Research Assistant Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University and USFS Aquatic and Land Interactions Program Corvallis, Oregon 97331 USA voice: (541)758-8772 ken.vance-borland at oregonstate.edu A multi-objective optimization approach to allocate environmental flows to the artificially restored wetlands of China's Yellow River Delta. By: Yang, Wei. Ecological Modelling, Jan2011, Vol. 222 Issue 2, p261-267, 7p; DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.024 Linking environmental conditions and ship movements to estimate invasive species transport across the global shipping network. By: Keller, Reuben P.; Drake, John M.; Drew, Mark B.; Lodge, David M.. Diversity & Distributions, Jan2011, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p93-102, 10p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00696.x Modelling distributional trends to inform conservation strategies for an endangered species. By: Wilson, Conor D.; Roberts, Dai. Diversity & Distributions, Jan2011, Vol. 17 Issue 1, p182-189, 8p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00723.x Phylogeny and conservation priorities of afrotherian mammals (Afrotheria, Mammalia). By: Kuntner, Matja?; May-Collado, Laura J.; Agnarsson, Ingi. Zoologica Scripta, Jan2011, Vol. 40 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00452.x Priority water research questions as determined by UK practitioners and policy makers. (eng; includes abstract) By Brown LE, Mitchell G, Holden J, Folkard A, Wright N, Beharry-Borg N, Berry G, Brierley B, Chapman P, Clarke SJ, Cotton L, Dobson M, Dollar E, Fletcher M, Foster J, Hanlon A, Hildon S, Hiley P, Hillis P, Hoseason J, Johnston K, Kay P, McDonald A, Parrott A, Powell A, Slack RJ, Sleigh A, Spray C, Tapley K, Underhill R, Woulds C, The Science Of The Total Environment [Sci Total Environ], ISSN: 1879-1026, 2010 Dec 15; Vol. 409 (2), pp. 256-66; PMID: 21035169 Spawning behaviour of the endangered Macquarie Perch Macquaria australasica in an upland Australian river. By: Tonkin, Zeb; Lyon, Jarod; Pickworth, Andrew. Ecological Management & Restoration, Dec2010, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p223-226, 4p; DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2010.00552.x Micro-invertebrates conservation: forgotten biodiversity [electronic resource]., Vicente, Filipe , Biodiversity and conservation, 2010 Dec., v. 19, no. 13, p. 3629-3634., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Fungal diversity on submerged wood in a tropical stream and an artificial lake [electronic resource]., Hu, DianMing , Biodiversity and conservation, 2010 Dec., v. 19, no. 13, p. 3799-3808., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands Ecology, changes in fisheries, and energy estimates in the middle stretch of the River Ganges. By: Vass, K. K.; Tyagi, R. K.; Singh, H. P.; Pathak, V.. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, Oct2010, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p374-384, 11p; DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.529788 Macro-invertebrate species diversity as a potential universal measure of wetland ecosystem integrity in constructed wetlands in South East Melbourne. By: Awal, Sadiqul; Svozil, Daniel. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, Oct2010, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p472-479, 8p; DOI: 10.1080/14634988.2010.526439 The invasive bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus in oases of Baja California Sur, Mexico: potential effects in a fragile ecosystem [electronic resource]., Luja, V??ctor H. , Biological invasions, 2010 Sept., v. 12, no. 9, p. 2979-2983., Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands The contribution of man-made ditches to the regional stream biodiversity of the new river watershed in the Florida panhandle. By: Simon, Troy; Travis, Joseph. Hydrobiologia, Feb2011, Vol. 661 Issue 1, p163-177, 15p; DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0521-3 Adaptive Diversity: Hormones and Metabolism in Freshwaters. By: Laudet, Vincent. Current Biology, Dec2010, Vol. 20 Issue 23, pR1016-R1018, 0p; DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.053 High Diversity and Abundance of Legionella spp. in a Pristine River and Impact of Seasonal and Anthropogenic Effects. 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(eng; includes abstract) By V?r?smarty CJ, McIntyre PB, Gessner MO, Dudgeon D, Prusevich A, Green P, Glidden S, Bunn SE, Sullivan CA, Liermann CR, Davies PM, Nature [Nature], ISSN: 1476-4687, 2010 Sep 30; Vol. 467 (7315), pp. 555-61; PMID: 20882010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scbitraining at si.edu Wed Dec 22 13:00:14 2010 From: scbitraining at si.edu (NZP-SCBI Training) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:00:14 -0500 Subject: [Freshwater] NEW TRAINING COURSE! Adaptive Management for Conservation Success Message-ID: <7A06988C8B0AED4F86EA77B52A3A60BE92BF153381@SI-MSEV03.US.SINET.SI.EDU> PLEASE POST AND CIRCULATE WIDELY Graduate and Professional Course Adaptive Management for Conservation Success June 6-17, 2011 Smithsonian-Mason Global Conservation Studies Program At the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA, USA Visit http://conservationtraining.si.edu or contact SCBItraining at si.edu for more information. 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