The 30th anniversary of the (HOT) program, based at the (SOEST) at the , is being celebrated with a . This volume of seminal papers from HOT, published by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography on biogeochemistry, ocean physics and plankton ecology, is available for public viewing.
Thirty years ago, on October 30, 1988, a team of scientists from 东精影业 established (22°45′N, 158°W) as an open ocean observatory for physical, biogeochemical and ecological investigations. ALOHA is an acronym for A Long‐term Oligotrophic Habitat Assessment, the stated mission of the National Science Foundation‐supported HOT program.
Since then, scientists, engineers, students and technicians from around the world have embarked on more than 300 expeditions to observe and record both natural and human‐induced variations in ecosystem structure and function at this remote open ocean location.
“This presents some of the key scientific discoveries made at Station ALOHA and published in Limnology and Oceanography over the past three decades,” said and , HOT directors, in the of the special volume.
The American Society for Microbiology recently designated Station ALOHA as a Milestones in Microbiology Site, one of only 15 institutions, scientists or locations where significant contributions toward advancing the science of microbiology have been achieved.
See the .
—By Marcie Grabowski