Reviewers and Associate Editors contribute greatly to the quality of manuscripts that are published in Lake and Reservoir Management. In recent years, <5% of submissions that enter peer review are accepted at the first decision. The rest undergo an intensive improvement process that can involve multiple reviews and revisions, and currently leads to a relatively-high 72% acceptance rate. All reviewers and Associate Editors are volunteers, well regarded in their fields, and find time for Lake and Reservoir Management in spite of the challenges of busy personal and professional lives. We would like to offer our sincere thanks to our reviewers and Associate Editors, and especially recognize the outstanding contribution of the following Associate Editor who has retired from the Editorial Board after years of faithful service:
Dr. Jennifer Graham (June 2009–January 2016)
At this time we would also like to welcome the following new Associate Editor who has been appointed to the Editorial Board. All Associate Editors have made outstanding contributions to lake management and we are grateful they have agreed to join our Editorial Board and further our mission to publish the best in applied lake and reservoir research and management experiences. A summary of the new Associate Editor's professional experience follows:
Dr. Euan D. Reavie (effective August 31, 2015), University of Minnesota Duluth, MN
Euan is a Senior Research Associate at the Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth. He has undertaken freshwater aquatic studies for 25 years. Euan received his PhD at Queen's University under John Smol, and followed that with postdoctoral work at the University of Toronto. Euan's research largely revolves around algae as indicators of human impacts, with particular applications to cultural eutrophication, hydrologic manipulation, invasive species mediated by ballast water, and climate change. Along with contemporary studies, such as the Laurentian Great Lakes pelagic monitoring program, paleolimnology is a large part of his team's work. This has included an analysis of the fossils in sedimentary records to reconstruct impacts and remediation success within the Anthropocene.
Al Sosiak
Editor, Lake and Reservoir Management