By chance, are you in Wellington this week for the joint meeting between the Australian Society for Limnology and New Zealand Freshwater Sciences? If so, be sure to catch Thursday morning’s plenary by our own Dr Jane Catford. Last year Jane won the Australian Society for Limnology’s Early Career Excellence Award and will be giving the Christy Fellows Lecture as part of this award. Jane has been making waves in freshwater circles with her research on plant invasion ecology and will be speaking on that very subject. So, the important bits:

Where: New Zealand Water Conference, Silverstream Retreat, Wellington, New Zealand. http://nzawaterconference.com

When: 8:30, Thursday 26th, Plenary Keynote 4.

Title: Making the most of riparian plant invasions: tests and applications of community ecology theory.