Eco-DAS: Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences

水生科学生态论文（Eco-DS）继续通过DIALOG（湖沼学和海洋学促进论文倡议）计划建立的一系列专题讨论会，但将该系列推向新的方向。Eco-DS的关键要素包括：1）促进生态海洋学和湖沼学顶尖新研究人员之间持续的跨学科互动。2）通过让新研究人员熟悉现有研究机会的多样性，并将他们介绍给他们未来将与之互动的资助机构代表，提高新研究人员寻求资助以建立其研究计划的成功率。该卷侧重于其工作的跨学科和协作方面;并在参与者和知名科学家之间建立指导关系。4）通过优先选择目前是美国居民的参与者来加强美国科学，或有明确的计划在不久的将来在美国或与美国科学家一起进行研究。将有三个研讨会，大约每隔24个月举行一次，第一个-Eco-DS VIII将于2008年10月举行。以下两次将于2010年秋季和2012年秋季举行。 Eco-DS系列研讨会将在夏威夷大学马诺阿校区附近的东西方中心举行。东西方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。它靠近国际公认的地球和海洋科学与技术学院（索斯特）。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），已利用这个场地取得了巨大成功。该设施可方便地容纳研讨会与会者以及导师和观察员，并为重点小组提供分组讨论室。 该系列研讨会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，以使科学和研究人员受益。系列专题讨论会还将向供资机构提供宝贵的反馈意见。研讨会的与会者代表了国家研究工作的最新成果，并有可能成为未来的主要科学家。他们将面临的挑战，以确定需要和建议的方向，为未来的研究，在生态海洋学和湖沼学。此外，还将进行专业评价，评估系列专题讨论会是否实现了目标。评估将包括在整个拟议计划的过程中（理想情况下，在较长的时间内）跟踪参与者，并评估他们的专业成就，他们与其他参与者的互动，以及生态海洋学和湖沼学领域的系列研讨会的影响。

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.