Eco-DAS: Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences

水产科学中的生态论文(生态博士S)延续了通过DIALOG(论文倡议促进湖沼学和海洋学)计划建立的一系列研讨会，但将该系列带入了新的方向。生态-D-S的主要内容包括：1)促进生态海洋学和湖泊学领域顶尖新研究人员之间持续的、跨学科的互动。2)通过让新研究人员熟悉可用研究机会的多样性，并将他们介绍给未来将与他们互动的资助机构的代表，提高寻求资金建立研究项目的新研究人员的成功率。3)通过高知名度、开放获取的正式研讨会论文集突出这些新研究人员的初步工作，增加他们获得专业成功的可能性；将这一卷集中在他们工作的跨学科和协作方面；4)通过优先选择当前的美国居民，或有明确计划在不久的将来在美国进行研究或与美国科学家一起进行研究的参与者，来加强美国的科学。将有三个研讨会，大约每隔24个月举行一次，第一次生态D-D S第八次会议将于2008年10月举行。以下两次会议将于2010年秋季和2012年秋季举行。生态-D-S系列研讨会将在毗邻夏威夷大学马诺阿校区的东西中心举行。东西中心会议设施的物理设计是为了促进交流和互动特别重要的研讨会和会议。它位于国际公认的地球和海洋科学与技术学院(SOEST)附近，交通便利。另外两个系列研讨会，化学海洋学论文研讨会(DISCO)和物理海洋学论文研讨会(PODS)，都利用了这个场所，取得了巨大的成功。该设施可以很容易地容纳研讨会参与者以及导师和观察员，并为焦点小组提供分组讨论房间。研讨会系列将鼓励和促进来自不同分支学科的早期职业科学家之间的跨学科合作，使科学和研究人员都受益。专题讨论会系列还将向供资机构提供宝贵的反馈。研讨会的参与者代表了国家研究工作的最新成员，很可能在未来成为领先的科学家。他们将面临确定需求和为未来生态海洋学和湖泊学研究提出方向的挑战。此外，专业评估将评估系列研讨会是否实现了其目标。评估将包括在拟议方案的整个过程中跟踪参与者(最好是在更长的时间内)，评估他们的专业成就、他们与其他参与者的互动，以及专题讨论会系列对生态海洋学和湖泊学领域的影响。

Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences (Eco-DÂS) continues the series of symposia established through the DIALOG (Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography) program, but takes that series in new directions. Key elements of Eco-DÂS include:1) Fostering sustained, cross-disciplinary interactions among the top new researchers in ecological oceanography and limnology.2) Increasing the success rate of new researchers seeking funding to build their research programs, by familiarizing them with the diversity of available research opportunities, and introducing them to representatives of funding agencies with whom they will interact in future.3) Increasing the likelihood of professional success for these new researchers by highlighting their initial work through high-visibility, open-access publication of a formal symposium proceedings volume; focusing that volume on interdisciplinary and collaborative aspects of their work; and establishing mentoring relationships between participants and established scientists.4) Enhancing U.S. science through preferential selection of participants who are current U.S. residents, or demonstrably have specific plans to conduct research in the U.S. or with U.S. scientists in the near future.There will be three symposia at roughly 24 month intervals, the first - Eco-DÂS VIII to be held in October 2008. The following two will be held in fall 2010 and fall 2012. The Eco-DÂS symposium series will be held at the East-West Center immediately adjacent to the University of Hawai`i, Mânoa campus. The East-West Center conference facility is physically designed to facilitate workshops and conferences in which communication and interaction are particularly important. It is conveniently located near the internationally recognized School of Earth and Ocean Science and Technology (SOEST). Two other symposium series, the Dissertations Symposium on Chemical Oceanography (DISCO) and the Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS), have employed this venue with great success. The facility can easily accommodate symposium participants as well as mentors and observers, and provides for breakout rooms for focus groups.The broader impacts are significant and far reaching. The symposium series will encourage and foster interdisciplinary collaborations among early career scientists from diverse subdisciplines, to the benefit of both the science and the researchers. The symposium series will also provide valuable feedback to funding agencies. The symposium participants represent the latest additions to the national research effort and are likely to become leading scientists in future. They will be challenged to identify needs and recommend directions for future research in ecological oceanography and limnology. Furthermore, a professional evaluation will assess whether the symposium series has achieved its objectives. Evaluation will include tracking of participants throughout the course of the proposed program (and ideally, over a longer period), and evaluating their professional success, their interactions with other participants, and the impact of the symposium series on the fields of ecological oceanography and limnology.