Emerging science from aquatic sensor networks ASLO 2010 special session Paul Hanson & Cayelan Carey The recent development of environmental sensor networks offers unprecedented opportunities to advance our understanding of aquatic ecosystems.  High-frequency data collected across expanded temporal and spatial scales provides a new frontier for examining ecosystem dynamics, and advances in sensor technology are revealing previously unobservable phenomena.  Simultaneously, collaborations between limnologists and scientists from other disciplines are stimulating innovative hypotheses and analytical approaches.  The role of aquatic sensor networks will become increasingly important in future research, as lakes are sensitive indicators of land use and climate change. The aim of this session is to highlight innovative science facilitated by the use of remotely-deployed aquatic sensors.  We invite scientists utilizing these tools to present their findings from single systems, as well as analyses from networks of sensored systems.  In particular, we will highlight discoveries and active research from the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (www.gleon.org), an international grassroots network of limnologists, ecologists, information technology experts, and engineers who have a common goal of building a scalable, persistent network of lake ecology observatories.