Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Volume 27 Number 2 May 2018 1–40
Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin Volume 27 Number 2 May 2018 1–40
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湖泊学和海洋学通报第 27 卷第 2 期 2018 年 5 月 1–40
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2018
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Dervla Meegan Kumar
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Over the last few decades, there has been a paradigm shift in the regulation of genetic resources. The rapid development of biotechnology and the concomitant rise in the sustainability and conservation movements fueled the political will to protect against the exploitation of biodiversity resources. The Nagoya Protocol was specifically drafted to provide legal clarity on access and benefit sharing procedures to pro mote the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. It may have an impact on how ASLO members conduct their research as the legislation covers the collection, distribution, and use of a broad class of biological and environmental material. Though the Nagoya Protocol went into effect in 2014, many researchers and institutions are still not aware of its existence or its breadth. This article is intended to provide ASLO members with an overview of the Nagoya Protocol, how it may affect their research, and ways in which to ensure compliance with it. Abstract While there are many local and regional sampling efforts in lakes across the U.S., it is often difficult to compile this information into a cohesive framework to make national-or continental-scale conclusions. To address this gap, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partners with States and Tribes to implement the National Lakes Assessment, which is a national-scale, coordinated lake sampling program. The resulting data include colocated biological, chemical, habitat, and human use measures that are available to the scientific community. We provide a brief overview of the program, describe the data, and discuss some of the ways the results have been used. The availability of a consistent data set of this magnitude is an impressive and unique resource for the limnological community.