NADS 2011 Meeting: September 14-18

	Welcome to the NADS website! The North American Diatom Symposium (NADS) is a biennial meeting normally held at field stations throughout the United States and Canada.
The meeting was first held in 1970 at Cedar Creek in Minnesota. Since that date, the gathering has been hosted at field stations in Florida, Colorado, Manitoba, Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. NADS usually attracts about 100-120 diatomists from North America and around the world. The meeting provides a student friendly atmosphere, ample opportunities to network and socialize, the ever-popular scum run, local field collecting trips, and lively auction of diatom related valuables. NADS is an informal society, that is, there are no formal officers or structure.

This meeting provides the opportunity to catch up with collegues and talk to some of the foremost diatom researchers in an informal atmosphere, often a beautiful field station in North America.

The 21st NADS will be held from 14-18 September 2011 at Flathead Lake Biological Station near Polson, Montana. This meeting will mark the 40th anniversary of the North American Diatom Symposium. Join international participants to present work on all aspects of diatom investigations including climate, biodiversity, evolution, ecology, systematics, biological assessment, and nanotechnology. This year's meeting will focus on "Diatoms on the Crown of the Continent". A special lecture discussing the natural history of the area will be presented by Dr. R. Graetz, University of Montana. Plenary speakers will include Dr. R. Crawford and P. Hamilton. In addition, our Local Expert, Dr. L Bahls, will be leading a field trip on Sunday to explore Glacier National Park. The detailed scientific program is now available here.

2011 Organizing Committee

	Dennis Vander Meer Co-organizer
	Diane Winter Co-organizer
	Loren Bahls Co-organizer, Local Expert, Montana Aficionado
	Sarah Hamsher Webmistress

Are you interested in helping out at the 2011 meeting? Please contact Dennis Vander Meer for more details.

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Flathead Lake Biological Station

The University of Montana Biological Station at Flathead Lake is one of the oldest active biological field research stations in the United States. Since opening in 1899, students from around the country and all over the world have been coming to the station to learn firsthand about biology.

Rhithron Associates, Inc.

Since 1991, the biologists at Rhithron Associates have provided taxonomic services for freshwater invertebrates, diatoms, and non-diatom algae for clients throughout North America.

AATA International, Inc.

AATA International, Inc. (formerly Advanced Aquatic Technology Associates, Inc.) was founded in 1989 by long time NADS supporter and limnologist, John G. Aronson, President. AATA is an international environmental and social management, permitting, and technical services consultancy with experience throughout the USA and in nearly 50 countries worldwide. We use our knowledge of diatom ecology to help assess the conditions of rivers, lakes, streams, and estuaries around the globe.

Lubrecht & Cramer, LTD

Lubrecht & Cramer was started by J.Cramer and Harry Lubrecht in 1975. The purpose was to distribute and publish scientific books. Over the last 27 years we have stocked many titles of interest to the scientist and the non-scientist. Over the years we added Olms publications to the list of publishers. Olms publishes books in many languages and has reprinted many of the
classical volumes that were destroyed during World War Two. We stock many of the English Volumes that deal with Shakespeare, Chaucer and other classical authors. We are adding new categories monthly. We have currently added entomology(insects) from our vast collection of books. We currently have over 10,000 books in stock.

Beta Analytic

Beta Analytic is an ISO 17025-accredited radiocarbon dating laboratory operating in conformance with ISO 9001:2008 management system requirements. It has demonstrated both the technical competency and management system requirements necessary to consistently deliver accurate and valid test results. The company's sole mission is to provide academic and industrial researchers with highly accurate radiocarbon dating results in a few days instead of weeks. The lab is located in Miami, Florida, and has sample forwarding facilities in London, UK; Sydney, Australia; São Paulo, Brazil; Beijing, China; New Delhi, India; and Nagoya, Japan.

NADS 2011 Meeting: September 14-18

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