This is an interim schedule of the scientific program. Please download the conference app or see the online program for a more complete list of all events. The conference virtual platform will be available by May 10.

Full descriptions are available for symposia, workshops, integrative events, and plenary sessions. On-demand recordings will be available for most in-person presentations at symposia and contributed paper sessions.

Sunday, May 15

Start time
End time
Event Type
Session
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
Communicating Data Through Graphics and Visualization
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
Designing Ecological Restoration Goals and Objectives to be ‘Climate-Smart’
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
Exploring NEON: Biodiversity Data
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
Macroinvertebrates.org: An open educational tool and training resource.
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
Teaching Quantitative Reasoning Using Data: Project EDDIE
8:00 am
12:00 pm
Workshop
The Neotoma Paleoecology Database (Part I): Overview and exploration
8:00 am
5:00 pm
Workshop
Collection, Identification, Ecology and Control of Freshwater Algae
8:00 am
5:00 pm
Meeting
NSF LEAPS CASS IDEA Audit Tool Workshop (invite only)
8:00 am
5:00 pm
Meeting
Policy Roundtable for CASS Societies (invite only)
8:00 am
5:00 pm
Workshop
Turning Your Research into Management: Evidence Banking and Synthesis
8:00 am
5:00 pm
Workshop
Understanding and Applying the Field Indicators of Hydric Soils
11:00 am
7:00 pm
Registration
Registration
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
Clean Water Protection Around the World
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
Exploring NEON: Aquatic Instrument Data
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
Getting Published: A workshop for aquatic scientists
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
Macrosystems EDDIE: Teaching Ecological Forecasting to Undergraduates
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
The Neotoma Database (Part II): Data uploading and R package
1:00 pm
5:00 pm
Workshop
We Need You to Improve Wikipedia Aquatic Content – Learn How!
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
Plenary
Opening Plenary
7:00 pm
9:00 pm
Networking
Opening Reception

Monday, May 16

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
7:00 am
6:00 pm
Registration
Registration
8:30 am
9:30 am
Symposium
Improving and Implementing Water Conservation and Water Use Efficiency across Basin
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Community Ecology and Habitat Relationships
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Ecotoxicology
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Evolution
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Lampreys in a changing world: Challenges and opportunities
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
PSA Presidential Symposium: Algal Research Informing Conservation and Management
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Synthesizing global drivers of ecosystem responses to tropical cyclones
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Microbial Ecology
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
All Tributaries Great and Small: Connectors Across Ecosystems
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Better Collaborations Lead to Better Answers: Large-scale Collaborative Success Stories – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Coastal wetland management and restoration in the Anthropocene- Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Food Web
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Restoration/Conservation – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Development of a Binational Decadal-Scale Science Plan for the Great Lakes
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Effects of climate driven changes in rainfall on aquatic ecosystems
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Fish growth: advances in analysis and understanding
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of Coastal and Freshwater Ecosystems
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Nutrients and Interactions that Impact Integrity in Surface Waters – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Stressor Effects on Ecosystems – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Two decades (and counting) of applying DNA techniques to aquatic sciences – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Understanding and Predicting Distribution and Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Wetlands for Nutrient Management: Building a Framework for Science-Based Restoration – Day 1
9:00 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Responding to the Global Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies
10:00 am
10:30 am
Break
Coffee Break
10:30 am
12:00 pm
Plenary
Collaborations Across Disciplines: Margaret Palmer and Robert Twilley
11:00 am
5:00 pm
Exhibits
Exhibit Hall Open
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Collaborations With and Among African Lake Scientists
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Break
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Balancing benefits and socioenvironmental costs of water infrastructure projects
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
PSA Bold Award Symposium for Graduate Students
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Carbon in Urban Aquatic Ecosystems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Education
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Land-use and Non-point Source
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Discoveries in ecosystem services provided by human created hydrological systems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
How Professional Science Societies Can Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Open Science for Collaborative Management of Aquatic Ecosystems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Status and Future Outlook for the Management of Invasive Aquatic Plants and Harmful Algae
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Walking a line between necessity and toxicity: Trace Metals
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Molecular Ecology
5:00 pm
7:00 pm
Networking
Early Career Networking Event
5:30 pm
7:30 pm
Poster
Monday Evening Poster Presentations

Tuesday, May 17

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
7:00 am
5:00 pm
Registration
Registration
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen: Changes, Challenges and Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Better Collaborations Lead to Better Answers: Large-scale Collaborative Success Stories – Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Coastal wetland management and restoration in the Anthropocene- Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Fish Assemblages
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Impacts of phytoplankton phosphorus physiology across aquatic ecosystems
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
One Health in Great Lakes Urban Ecosystems
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Uncommon Dialogue – A Rare Opportunity for Collaboration Between Typical Opponents
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Wetlands for Nutrient Management: Building a Framework for Science-Based Restoration – Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
What’s in a (Species) Name? Language and Metaphor in Aquatic Ecology
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
A new community of practice for fishery and ecosystem services valuation
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Lakes and Rivers
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Management and Policy
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Lang Symposium: Evolutionary ecology of cryptic species
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Lessons on Leadership and Mentorship: Tips and Stories
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Contamination in Aquatic Systems
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Two decades (and counting) of applying DNA techniques to aquatic sciences – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Carbon Cycling and Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Wetlands
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Collaborative Solutions in Response to Harmful Algal Blooms
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Conservation of urban aquatic systems: Interdisciplinary solutions to complicated problems
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Conservation/Restoration – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Modelling aquatic ecosystems and food webs under global change
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Reeling in Historical Data: Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Reviewing cisco taxonomy in the Great Lakes & Lake Nipigon
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Revisiting the Freshwater Imperative: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Visions
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Understanding and Predicting Distribution and Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species – Day 2
9:00 am
5:00 pm
Exhibits
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 am
10:30 am
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am
12:00 pm
Plenary
Power, Politics, and Culture in Aquatic Sciences and Technology: Kiki Jenkins
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Expanding Horizons – Connecting Freshwater Researchers Across Borders
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Leading for Change – How Women in Science are Overcoming Adversities
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Break
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Aquatic Ecology
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Habitat and Species
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Drying freshwaters in the Anthropocene: ecological effects and socio-economic perspectives – Day 1
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ecosystems on the edge: RADical approaches for southernmost coldwater systems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Evaluating wetland easements for restoration success
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Great Lakes Connecting Waters: Research, Monitoring, and Progress
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Integrating perspectives on nitrogen fixation across the aquascape
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Nutrients and Interactions that Impact Integrity in Surface Waters – Day 2
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Spatial and Temporal Scales of Stressor Effects on Ecosystems – Day 2
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Springs: Unique aquatic habitats in steady decline
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Talking trash: The ecology of litter in freshwaters – Day 1
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm
4:30 pm
Symposium
Adventures, Challenges, and Benefits of Conducting International Collaborative Research
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Urban Issues/Pollution
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Zooplankton
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Integrative
A transatlantic confluence of researchers who study drying freshwaters
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Integrative
Aquatic N2-Fixation Research Coordination Network
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Integrative
Speed Networking for Early Career Professionals
Evening
Networking
Student Networking Event

Wednesday, May 18

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
7:00 am
8:30 am
Integrative
Multicultural mentoring breakfast
8:00 am
4:00 pm
Registration
Registration
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Catchment-Estuary Linkages to Improve Management
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Fisheries
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Restoration/Conservation – Day 3
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Stream Communities
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Understanding and Predicting Distribution and Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species – Day 3
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Broadening Participation in the Aquatic Sciences
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Communicating Science in an Ever Changing World
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Biossessment
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Climate Change and Adaptation
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Macroinvertebrates
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Remote Sensing and Sensory Technology
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Drying freshwaters in the Anthropocene: ecological effects and socio-economic perspectives – Day 2
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Great Lakes Tributary Restoration Projects – Successes, Challenges, and Approaches
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Harmful and Nuisance Algal Bloom/Proliferation Impacts on the Environment – Day 1
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
How applied is your research? Engaging communities for enhanced relevance
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Lake Sturgeon Habitat and Population Restoration
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
NEON data: leveraging continental scale data to advance freshwater science
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Phenological Change in Aquatic Ecosystems
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Recognizing community dimensions within coastal restoration and revitalization
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Talking trash: The ecology of litter in freshwaters – Day 2
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Wetland Science and Conservation from Diversified Wildlife Partnerships
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Working in Wetlands: The People, Planet and Profit Edition-Collaboration Required
9:00 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
‘Omics observatories in aquatic systems
9:00 am
5:00 pm
Exhibits
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00 am
10:30 am
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am
12:00 pm
Plenary
Collaborative Science Networks: Daniel Allen and Lisette De Senerpont Domis
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Early Career Event: Non-Academic Careers
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Revisiting the Freshwater Imperative: Challenges and Future Visions
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Break
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
Symposium
Carbon fluxes across ecosystem interfaces: Sources, cycling, and fate – Day 1
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
Contributed
Biogeochemistry – Day 1
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
Symposium
Importance of food webs for trophic transfer across aquatic ecosystems – Day 1
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
Symposium
Stoichiometry in a Changing World: Assessing Elemental Ratios from Organisms/Ecosystems – Day 1
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
3:30 pm
6:30 pm
Society
ASLO Meeting and 2022 ASLO Awards
5:00 pm
6:30 pm
Integrative
Working in Wetlands: The People, Planet, Profit Edition
5:15 pm
6:45 pm
Hybrid
Exploring Race & Ethnicity in Aquatic Science Societies
5:30 pm
7:30 pm
Posters
Wednesday Evening Poster Presentations

Thursday, May 19

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Coastal Wetland Resilience to Extreme Disturbances
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Collaborations between ecologists and economists to improve aquatic ecosystem management
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Hydrodynamics/physical processes
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Deciphering past aquatic ecosystem dynamics using sedimentary ancient DNA
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Integrating Social and Biophysical Research to Support Community Flood Resilience
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Science for Management of Midcontinent Wetlands: Monitoring, Mapping, Modeling and More
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Wet & salty: coastal ecosystem science and management under rising tides
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Contributed
Biodiversity, DNA and Ecosystem Function
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Assessing and comparing climate change vulnerability of freshwater organisms- Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Carbon fluxes across ecosystem interfaces: Sources, cycling, and fate – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Biogeochemistry – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Non-native Species
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Drones reveal patterns in aquatic ecosystems using high-frequency sampling
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ecological models as tools for integrating aquatic sciences – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Exploring past, present and future of Lake Erie – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Harmful and Nuisance Algal Bloom/Proliferation Impacts on the Environment – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Importance of food webs for trophic transfer across aquatic ecosystems – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Improved fisheries management by understanding spatial ecology – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Improving Wetland Restoration Outcomes: Revisiting Monitoring and Adaptive Management
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Recognizing community dimensions within coastal restoration and revitalization
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Marine Debris & Microplastic in the Great Lakes: Sources, Impacts, and Solutions
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ponds and shallow lakes: ecosystem processes
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Reeling in Historical Data: Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems – Day 2
9:00 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Stoichiometry in a Changing World: Assessing Elemental Ratios from Organisms to Ecosystems – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
The Clean Water Act at 50 – Day 1
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Urban freshwater ecosystems: multiple stressors and manifold opportunities – Day 1
9:00 am
2:00 pm
Exhibits
Exhibit Hall Open
9:00 am
3:00 pm
Registration
Registration
10:00 am
10:30 am
Break
Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 am
12:00 pm
Plenary
Collaborations with Communities: Catherine Febria and Andrea Reid
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Advancing Aquatic Science: A Conversation with the National Science Foundation
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Early career freshwater poetry networks
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
Inclusion Event
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Integrative
What Comes Next? Interviewing for Careers in Aquatic Science
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Break
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
3:00 pm
Symposium
On a quest for collaborative solutions: multicultural perspectives on aquatic conservation
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Access and Human Connection to Public Waters: Research and Outreach
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Advancing Near-term, Iterative Ecological Forecasting in Aquatic Ecosystems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Beyond Ecotox: Opportunities and Networks for Integrating Ecosystem Contaminants Research – Day 1
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Socio-economic Dimensions
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Physical Processes in Lakes
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Recent Advances in Wetland Delineation
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Scaling aquatic invasion dynamics
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
The Future of Aquatic Ecological Restoration in a Changing Environment
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ecological Responses to Freshwater Salinization – Day 1
3:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Genetic applications in conservation and restoration biology – Day 1
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Society
PSA Auction
Evening
Networking
Grand Social

Friday, May 20

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Assessing and comparing climate change vulnerability of freshwater organisms- Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Habitat Disturbances
8:30 am
10:00 am
Contributed
Hydroecology
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Exploring past, present and future of Lake Erie – Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
The Clean Water Act at 50 – Day 2
8:30 am
10:00 am
Symposium
Urban freshwater ecosystems: multiple stressors and manifold opportunities – Day 2
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Carbon fluxes across ecosystem interfaces: Sources, cycling, and fate – Day 3
8:30 am
3:00 pm
Symposium
Ecological models as tools for integrating aquatic sciences – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Advances in Remote Sensing Technologies to Monitor Water Quality in Large Lakes
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Beyond Ecotox: Opportunities and Networks for Integrating Ecosystem Contaminants Research – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Community Science: Adding Value, Creating Action, and Impacting Regions
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Contributed
Biogeochemistry – Day 3
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Depressional Wetland Biodiversity: Controls, Threats, and Conservation Implications
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ecological Responses to Freshwater Salinization – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Genetic applications in conservation and restoration biology – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Importance of food webs for trophic transfer across aquatic ecosystems – Day 3
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Improved fisheries management by understanding spatial ecology – Day 2
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Innovative Approaches to Freshwater Monitoring
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Invasive species collaboratives: Tackling invasive species problems through coordinated action
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Monitoring and Modeling Effects of Aquatic Barriers on River Ecosystems
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Reeling in Historical Data: Temporal Changes in Aquatic Ecosystems – Day 3
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Sediments affecting harmful algal blooms: multidisciplinary perspectives
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Towards environmental flow implementation for a sustainable water future
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Understanding Reservoir Function in a Changing World
8:30 am
5:00 pm
Symposium
Winter Science Symposium – Understanding and adapting to changes in winter climate & freshwater ice
9:00 am
12:00 pm
Registration
Registration
10:00 am
10:30 am
Break
Coffee Break
10:30 am
12:00 pm
Plenary
Inclusive Environmental Communication: The Urgency of a New Paradigm: Sunshine Menezes
12:00 pm
1:30 pm
Break
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm
4:00 pm
Symposium
Aquatic Species in Watersheds and Reservoirs in Weather Extremes
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Contributed
Harmful Algae and Eutrophication
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Extreme solutions to extreme problems: evolution of Cyanidiophyceae red algae
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Flooded with ideas on dry rivers: Hydro-biogeochemistry of intermittent freshwater systems
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Operationalizing the science: Collaborating to put ecological theory into practice
1:30 pm
5:00 pm
Symposium
Ring of Fire and Water: New/persistent concerns for burned watersheds, ecosystems, & drinking water
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
Break
Coffee Break

Virtual Only Events

Start time
End time
Event type
Session
On demand
On demand
Contributed
Aquatic Sciences Virtual Talks
1:00 pm Thursday
3:00 pm Thursday
Virtual Q&A
Questions We Should Be Asking to Advance Aquatic Research and Conservation