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Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals
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TABLE B-1 Demographics of Professional Societies Including Limnologists in Their Membership
ASLO
NALMS
NABS
SWS
IAGLR
ESA
Total number of members
4,000
2,500
1,873
3,500
1,075
7,400
Student members (percent of total membership)
25
5
18
5
10
13
Final degree (percent):
Ph.D.
88a
15
39
na
52
79
M.S./M.A.
10
nab
43
na
29
na
B.S./B.A.
2
na
17
na
15
na
Other
1
4
Gender distribution (percent):
Male
77
na
na
na
na
77
Female
23
na
na
na
na
23
Employment distribution (percent):
Academia
na
10
49
11
na
61
Government
na
22
34
25
na
18
Private sector
na
15
17
41
na
18
NOTE: ALSO, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography; NALMS, North American Lake Management Society; NABS, North American Benthological Society; SWS, Society of Wetland Scientists; IAGLR, International Association for Great Lakes Research; ESA, Ecological Society of America.
a 21 percent of ASLO members did not indicate their highest degree; these figures represent those who did indicate their education level.
b "na" indicates that this information is not available from the professional society.
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TABLE B-2 Home Institutions of American Limnologists Publishing in Selected Limnological Journals
Home Institution of First Authors of Limnological Papers (percent of total number of limnological papers)
Academic
Government Private
Journal
Year
Total Number of Papers
Papers Covering Topics in Limnology (percent of total papers)
Papers in Limnology with U.S. First Authors (percent of total papers)
Major University
Small College
Limnology and Oceanography
1985
109
50
27
83
7
3
7
1986
129
68
29
86
0
14
0
1987
113
51
24
70
0
30
0
1988
128
92
43
89
2
9
0
1989
134
63
24
81
9
6
3
1990
183
85
27
88
8
4
0
1991
179
75
21
66
11
21
0
1992
167
81
22
76
8
13
3
1993
142
74
26
84
8
8
0
1994
139
66
19
77
15
8
0
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
1991
36
97
67
21
63
12
4
1992
34
85
74
12
64
20
4
Ecology
1990
231
39
13
90
7
3
0
1991
219
28
12
73
15
12
0
1992
176
21
8
57
29
14
0
Biogeochemistry
1990
28
29
18
80
20
0
0
1991
34
32
18
100
0
0
0
Journal of Phycology
1991
103
29
17
78
17
5
0
1992
110
34
15
76
12
12
0
NOTE: A wide range of other journals also publish papers in limnology and related fields of aquatic science. Examples include Hydrobiologia, Freshwater Biology, Archiv für Hydrobiologia, and Journal of Aquatic Ecosystem Health.
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limnological papers
