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SWS Awards Program
The SWS Awards Program honors individuals worldwide who are con- land plants and the classification and bio- individuals and/or institutions that have cerned about science based conservation diversity of Estonian wetlands. Dr. demonstrated outstanding innovation and and management of wetland resources. Bingol received her M.S. at Southern dedication to wetland research and man- The National Wetlands Research Center Illinois University, in Carbondale, agement and service to the Society. The has also provided assistance with another Illinois, USA, and her Ph.D. in Botany at recipients provide an example of dedicat- important communication device, the the University of Anatolia, Turkey. She is ed commitment to the field of wetland SWS Bulletin, which is sent to nearly currently a Research Assistant at ecology and management and protection 5,000 members and institutions world- Dumlupina University in Kutahya, of a valuable resource. The following wide. The Center’s support and encour- Turkey. awards will be presented at the Society’s agement extends a partnership with SWS Annual Meeting in Québec City, Canada, that brings two important communication Merit Award August 2000. tools to the wetland science community The Merit Award is presented to an and the public-at-large. individual in recognition of an outstand- Award Descriptions International Travel Award ing piece of original research, achieve- ment, or contribution to wetland science. President’s Service Award The International Travel Awards pro- The award recognizes individuals for vide financial assistance to wetland sci- specific accomplishments in any field of The President’s entists who are disadvantaged through wetland science and management and to Service Award recog- regional economic conditions, to enhance inspire future effort. nizes significant con- their participation in Society activities. Dr. James B. tributions to the The goal of this award is to foster partici- Grace of the U.S. Society and its mem- pation of the international membership Geological Survey’s bers. The President’s through a travel grant to an annual meet- National Wetlands Service Award will ing and free membership in the Society Research Center, in be presented to the for 3 years. Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S. Geological USA will receive the Survey’s National Dr. Robert E. Stewart Society’s Merit Wetlands Research Award for 2000 in Center in Lafayette, LA, USA, Dr. Québec City. Dr. Robert E. Stewart, Director. The National Dr. James Grace Grace is recognized Wetlands Research Center is internation- for his use of ally recognized for its scientific contribu- Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to tions to wetland understanding, conserva- further our understanding of patterns of tion, management, and outreach. This wetland species diversity and plant com- award recognizes the Center’s contribu- munity organization. SEM provides a Prof. Jaanus Paal Dr. Nuket Bingol tions that have helped further wetland means to assess the relative importance science and the goals of the Society. The This year’s Travel Awards to attend the of the different processes operating on National Wetlands Research Center has Society’s annual meeting in Quebec City plant communities and allows a way to been instrumental in the initiation and go to Professor Jaanus Paal of the predict the response of communities to continued importance of the Society’s Institute of Botany and Ecology, changes in multiple environmental fac- electronic communication tool, the SWS University of Tartu, Estonia and Dr. tors. His use of wetland systems as mod- Web Site (http://www.sws.org). This site Nuket Bingol of the Department of els to address basic questions in plant is an important communication link Biology, Dumlupina University, Turkey. community ecology has produced a fun- among wetland scientists worldwide. The The Society is pleased to provide the damental shift in the way ecologists web site provides the Society with the financial support for their attendance at approach studies of species interactions ability to widely inform users about the annual meeting. Professor Paal is a and community dynamics and provides important wetland science issues, wet- phytosociologist who has done important new insights into coastal wetlands and land conferences, training, employment work in Estonia on the biology of wet- the factors controlling wetland plant opportunities, and answer queries from June 2000 Page 11
SWS Awards, continued
community dynamics. has served on countless editorial and
Dr. Grace received his Ph.D. in 1980 review boards. He has a lifetime hon- from Michigan State University in East orary appointment as Erlander Professor Lansing, Michigan, USA with a specialty at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. in Botany and Ecology. He has served on He has received the G. Evelyn the faculty at the University of Arkansas, Hutchinson Medal from the American Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, from 1980 Society of Limnology and to 1985. He left to join the faculty in the Oceanography, the Naumann- Department of Botany at Louisiana State Thienemann Medal from the University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, International Association of Theoretical USA, from 1985-93. He is currently a and Applied Limnology, and the Burnum Senior Research Scientist with the U.S. Prof. Distinguished Faculty Award from the Geological Survey in Lafayette, Robert G. University of Alabama. Professor Wetzel Louisiana, USA. Dr. Grace has served on Wetzel received his Ph.D. from the University of the editorial boards for a number of sci- California, Davis, California, USA, in entific societies including Ecological al meeting in Québec City. Professor 1962; his thesis was entitled “A compar- Society of America, International Society Wetzel is internationally recognized for ative study of the primary productivity of of Plant Ecology, Society for Aquatic an inspiring career in aquatic and wet- higher aquatic plants, periphyton, and Botany, and the Society of Wetland land science. He has redrawn the para- phytoplankton in a saline lake.” He Scientists. His published work includes a digm for how wetlands influence lake served on the faculty of Michigan State co-edited book on Plant Competition and ecosystems and the functional connect- University, USA from 1965–86. He then 67 journal articles and book chapters. Dr. edness of wetland and pelagic subsys- served on the faculty at the University of Grace’s past work has included seminal tems. From tracing the movement and Michigan from 1986–90 before accept- studies that utilized Typha species as a influence of organic carbon compounds ing the position of Bishop Professor of model system to explore general rela- in aquatic systems, to exploring the role Biology at the University of Alabama in tionships between plant traits, habitat of internal gas dynamics in controlling 1990. conditions, and competitive outcomes, leaf photosynthesis, he has maintained a Behind his extensive list of honors and assessment of specific threats to habitat diverse yet systematic assault on the bar- awards is a vast body of original investi- conservation in coastal wetlands of the riers to our understanding of wetlands. gations and syntheses. He is the author central Gulf of Mexico, and development His scientific research has consistently of the foremost Limnology text in the of a consensus model about the role of led to major discoveries about the role of world (three editions) and the companion competition in controlling species diver- the littoral zone in regulating pelagic work Limnological Methods (with Gene sity. His current research deals with metabolism, the detailed interactions Likens). In addition he has over a half monitoring, assessment, impact, and con- among aquatic macrophytes and their dozen edited books in the fields of wet- trol of invasive species. epiphytic associates, and the ecosystem land and aquatic ecology. He has pub- impacts of UV radiation on regulatory lished over 325 scientific articles, given Lifetime Achievement Award metabolic compounds. His highly pro- 226 invited lectures and seminars, has The Lifetime Achievement Award is ductive career has also been character- had over 220 published abstracts of presented to an individual in honor of a ized by the development and application papers given at scientific meetings, and distinguished and extensive career of of new methodologies to elucidate the supervised 35 student dissertations. He consistent meritorious contributions to metabolic processes controlling produc- has also graciously given his time to pro- wetland science and management. The tivity and nutrient cycles of wetlands and mote scientific societies for many award honors wetland scientists who lakes. decades and the development of an inter- have achieved special distinction in their Professor Wetzel is Past President of national scientific community of aquatic careers through sustained contributions the American Society of Limnology and and wetland scientists. to research, education, or policy in any Oceanography, Past President of the The Society of Wetland Scientists is field of wetland science or management. International Association of Aquatic pleased to recognize Professor Wetzel’s The Society of Wetland Scientists is Vascular Plant Biologists, General lifetime of commitment to wetland and honored to present the Society’s Lifetime Secretary and Member of the Executive aquatic sciences, his outstanding degree Achievement Award to Professor Robert Board of the International Association of excellence as a scientist and scholar, G. Wetzel, Bishop Professor of Biology for Theoretical and Applied Limnology and his training of a remarkable group of in the Department of Biological Sciences since 1968, a fellow of AAAS, and elect- graduate students who have achieved dis- at the University of Alabama, ed Honorary Life Member of the tinction in their own right. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA, at the annu- Asociacion Argentina de Limnolgia, and
