The International Society of Limnology (formerly International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology; Societas Internationalis Limnologiae, SIL) promotes and communicates new and emerging knowledge among limnologists to advance the understanding of inland aquatic ecosystems and their management.
The aim of SIL, which was founded in 1922, is to further the study and understanding of all aspects of limnology. A primary means toward this end is through the organization of triennial congresses to promote scientific intercourse among those pursuing fundamental research and those concerned with practical fishery, pollution, and water-supply problems. Generally about a week is devoted to contributed papers and discussions and a week or longer for scientific excursions to lakes and rivers, laboratories, fishery institutions, places where pollution problems are being addressed, and water treatment facilities. Any member is entitled to give a lecture on one of a great diversity of subjects of special interest. A few authorities are invited to lecture on subjects of particular current interest and other speakers are encouraged to make contributions to selected themes of either outstanding universal topicality or of special relevance to the host country.
In addition, SIL has a number of active
Working Groups in specialized limnological subjects that address improvements in research
and communication among workers in these interest areas. SIL also sponsors numerous
international symposia and workshops on research subjects of theoretical and applied
limnology.
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SIL National Representatives
President
Prof. Dr. Brian Moss
School of Biological Sciences
Biosciences Building
The University of Liverpool
P.O. Box 147
Liverpool L69 3BX Great Britain
United Kingdom
Email: brmoss@liverpool.ac.uk
General Secretary-Treasurer
Prof. Dr. Morten Søndergaard
Freshwater Biological Laboratory
University of Copenhagen
51 Helsingørsgade
DK 3400 Hillerød
E-mail: msondergaard@bi.ku.dk
Executive Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Judit Padisák
Veszprém University
Limnological Research Group
P.O.B. 158, H-8200 Veszprém
Hungary
E-mail: padisak@almos.uni-pannon.hu
Executive Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Ellen Van Donk
NIOO-Centrum voor Limnologie
P.O. Box 1299 3600 BG Maarssen
Netherlands
Email: e.vandonk@nioo.knaw.nl
Executive Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Brij Gopal
Centre for Inland Waters in South Asia
National Institute of Ecology
41-B Shiv Shakti Nagar, Jagatpura Road
Jaipur 302017
Rajasthan, India
Email: brij44@gmail.com or ciwsa.nie@gmail.com
Editor-in-Chief, Inland Waters
John R. Jones
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
School of Natural Resources
302 Anheuser-Busch Natural Resources Building
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri 65211-7240
USA
Email: jonesj@missouri.edu
Newsletter Editor, SILnews
Dr. Ramesh D. Gulati
Department of Aquatic Ecology
Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW)
Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB Wageningen
P.O. Box 50, 6700 AB Wageningen
The Netherlands
Email: r.gulati@nioo.knaw.nl
SIL Business Services Coordinator
Denise L. Johnson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
CB 7431
GSGPH, 135 Dauer Drive, ESE, 148 Rosenau Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7431
USA
Telephone: +1-336-376-9362
Fax: +1-336-376-8825
Email: denisej@email.unc.edu
Webmaster
Gordon Goldsborough
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Canada R3T 2N2
Email: webmaster@limnology.org