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Society for Freshwater Science
NicknameSFS
Formation1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Membership1,800 (2019)
President
Alonso Ramirez
Past-President
Amy Rosemond
President-Elect
Ashley Moerke
Websitefreshwater-science.org
Formerly called
Midwest Benthological Society; North American Benthological Society

The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) is an international scientific society whose members study freshwater ecosystems (rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, bogs, fens, riparian forests, and grasslands).

History

The Society for Freshwater Science was founded in 1953 in Havana, Illinois by 13 charter members, and was called the Midwest Benthological Society.[1] It was later known as the North American Benthological Society before being renamed the Society for Freshwater Science.

Membership and Governance

Currently, SFS has over 1800 members.[2] The majority of members are students and are from North America. Members are employed in academia, consulting, federal and state agencies, and other governmental positions. Members are elected as officers and delegates by their fellow society members.[3]

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is responsible for day-to-day business of the society and is made up of member officers elected by their peers. It includes the current President, the Past President, the President-Elect, the Treasurer, and the Secretary; the current Vice President, the Vice President-Elect, the Public Information and Policy representative, the chair of the Finance Committee and the Executive Director participate in the committee but are non-voting members.[3] Thus, being elected President of the society represents a three-year service role (one year each as President-Elect, President, and Past President), and being elected Vice President is a two-year role (one year each as Vice President-Elect and Vice President).

Recent Presidents of the society include:

Name Year Elected Year President
Ashley Moerke 2020[4] 2021-2022
Alonso Ramirez 2019[5] 2020-2021
Amy Rosemond 2018[6] 2019-2020
Jennifer Tank 2017[7] 2018-2019
Colden Baxter 2016[7] 2017-2018
Emily Bernhardt 2015[7] 2016-2017
Matt R. Whiles 2014 2015-2016[8]
David L. Strayer 2013 2014-2015[9]
Randall Fuller 2012 2013-2014[10]
David Penrose 2011 2012-2013[10]
Joe Holomuzki 2010 2011-2012[11]
Lucinda B. Johnson 2009 2010-2011[12]
Nancy Tuchman 2008 2009-2010[13]
Nick Aumen 2007 2008-2009[10]
R. Jan Stevenson 2006 2007-2008[14]
N. LeRoy Poff 2005 2006-2007[15]
Michael T. Barbour 2004 2005-2006[15]
Clifford N. Dahm 2003 2004-2005[10]
F. Richard Hauer 2002 2003-2004[16]
Catherine M. Pringle 2001 2002-2003[17]
Bernard W. Sweeney 2000 2001-2002[10]
Joseph Culp 1999 2000-2001[18]
Nancy Grimm 1998 1999-2000[19]
Leonard Smock 1997 1998-1999[10]
Gary A. Lamberti 1996 1997-1998[20]
Jack A. Stanford 1995 1996-1997[21]
Alan P. Covich 1994 1995-1996[22]
Ernest F. Benfield 1993 1994-1995[10]
Colbert E. Cushing 1992 1993-1994[23]
Charles F. Rabeni 1991 1992-1993[24]
J. Bruce Wallace 1990 1991-1992[25]
Stuart G. Fisher 1989 1990-1991[26]
Leonard Ferrington 1988 1989-1990[10]
Arthur C. Benke 1987 1988-1989[10]
James Ward 1986 1987-1988[27]
David M. Rosenberg 1985 1986-1987[28]
Edwin Masteller 1984 1985-1986[29]
Richard Merritt 1983 1984-1985[10]
Vincent Resh 1982 1983-1984

Other Committees

The Society is also governed by a Board of Directors and 19 standing committees: a Finance Committee, a Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund, a Development Committee, a Journal Endowment Committee, an Election and Place Committee, an Awards Selection Committee, a Long-Range Planning Committee, an Annual Meeting Committee, a Publications Committee, a Public Information and Policy Committee, a Constitutional Revision Committee, a Student Resources Committee, an Early Career Committee, a Taxonomic Certification Committee, a Technical Issues Committee, a Science and Policy Committee, an International Coordination Committee, a Conservation and Environmental Issues Committee, and an Education and Diversity Committee.[3] As of 2021, the Society also had three ad hoc committees: the Code of Conduct Committee, the JEDI Task Force, and the Membership and Data Committee.[30]

Annual Meetings

SFS hosts an annual meeting for its members. On occasion, SFS has partnered with other scientific societies, such as the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the Phycological Society of America, and the Society of Wetland Scientists to host joint meetings.[31]

Journal

The main publication of the Society is the journal Freshwater Science.[32] 4 issues are published each year. The journal was first published in 1982 and called Freshwater Invertebrate Biology. In 1986 the title was changed to Journal of the North American Benthological Society, and the title was changed again in 2012 to Freshwater Science.

About once a year the journal publishes open-access fact sheets called BRIDGES that cover new ideas in aquatic science using non-technical language.

Awards & Programs

SFS gives out awards annually to its members, including naming members as SFS Fellows. Recent SFS Fellows include Emily Bernhardt, Lucinda Johnson, Jennifer Tank, Valeria Souza, R. Jan Stevenson, Nancy Grimm, Mary Power, N. LeRoy Poff, Matt Whiles, Jeremy Monroe, Alan Covich, and Richard Hauer.[33]

The Instars mentoring program supports underrepresented groups in freshwater science. Students who are accepted into the program as mentees are assigned a graduate student mentor who helps them network at the Annual Meeting.[34]

SFS partners with the Stroud Center to provide an aquatic invertebrate taxonomic certification program for its members.[35]

Outreach

SFS has several programs focused on outreach to broader audiences.[36] 'Making Waves' is a podcast hosted by society members that comes out semi-monthly and discusses freshwater science for a general audience. Society members also maintain media libraries through Flickr for general use. SFS holds a leaf pack workshop at the annual meetings for local environmental groups and educators. Finally, a group of SFS members recently developed the Ecological Evidence Exchange to create a publicly available database of scientific information to inform environmental management.

References

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  4. ^ Wood, Sharmay (2020-06-19). "Dr. Ashley Moerke Elected as President of the Society of Freshwater Science". Lake Superior State University. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  5. ^ "Prof. Alonso Ramirez elected President of the Society of Freshwater Science | Applied Ecology | NC State University". 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  6. ^ "Odum School of Ecology | Rosemond is new president of Society for Freshwater Science". Odum School of Ecology. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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  19. ^ "Curriculum Vitae, Nancy Beth Grimm". Arizona State University. Retrieved 2021-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ "Gary A. Lamberti Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Notre Dame. February 2020. Retrieved 2021-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Jack A. Stanford" (PDF). Flathead Lake Biological Station. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2021-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "2019 Fellow - Alan Covich". Society for Freshwater Science. Retrieved 2021-04-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  26. ^ "Front Matter". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 10 (1): 81–81. 1991. ISSN 0887-3593.
  27. ^ "Front Matter". Journal of the North American Benthological Society. 7 (1). 1988. ISSN 0887-3593.
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  31. ^ "Annual Meeting". Society for Freshwater Science.
  32. ^ "Freshwater Science". University of Chicago Press.
  33. ^ "SFS Fellows". Society for Freshwater Science.
  34. ^ "Instars Mentoring Program". Society for Freshwater Science.
  35. ^ "Stroud Center Taxonomic Certification". Stroud Water Research Center.
  36. ^ "SFS Outreach". Society for Freshwater Science.
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