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WHERE ARE THE LIMNOLOGISTS? SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 344 AND JOURNALS B Where Are the Limnologists? Surveys of Professional Societies and Journals
WHERE ARE THE LIMNOLOGISTS? SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 345 AND JOURNALS TABLE B-1 Demographics of Professional Societies Including Limnologists in Their Membership ASLO NALMS NABS SWS IAGLR ESA Total number of 4,000 2,500 1,873 3,500 1,075 7,400 members Student members 25 5 18 5 10 13 (percent of total membership) 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.
WHERE ARE THE LIMNOLOGISTS? SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 346 AND JOURNALS