International Society of Limnology

The International Society of Limnology (SIL) is an international scientific society that disseminates information among limnologists, those who study all aspects of inland waters, including their physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and management. It was founded by August Thienemann and Einar Naumann in 1922 as the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology and Societas Internationalis Limnologiae.

It had about 2800 members in 2008. SIL celebrated its 100th anniversary at a meeting in Berlin, Germany, in August 2022.[1]

SIL publishes the following scientific publications:

  • the journal Fundamental and Applied Limnology:Archiv für Hydrobiologie ISSN 1863-9135 ; prior to 2007, it was called Archiv für Hydrobiologie.
  • Communications (Mitteilungen), irregular publication.
  • Limnology in Developing Countries, a book series.
  • Congress proceedings, until 2007, published as Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie.
  • SIL has discontinued publication of the Verhandlungen and has replaced it with a peer-reviewed journal entitled Inland Waters. The new journal was launched at the 31st SIL Congress in Cape Town 2010,[2] with first publication in 2011. The journal is supported by the electronic submission and tracking system of the Freshwater Biological Association. Manuscripts will be published consecutively online (as accepted) and quarterly in paper format. Access to the electronic version is provided to all SIL members and subscribers.

Congresses

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  • Germany 1922 Germany
  • Austria 1923 Austria
  • Soviet Union 1925 USSR
  • Italy 1927 Italy
  • Hungary 1930 Hungary
  • Netherlands 1932 Netherlands
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1934 Yugoslavia
  • France 1937 France
  • Sweden 1939 Sweden
  • Switzerland 1948 Switzerland
  • Belgium 1950 Belgium
  • United Kingdom 1953 Britain
  • Finland 1956 Finland
  • Austria 1959 Austria
  • United States 1962 United States
  • Poland 1965 Poland
  • Israel 1968 Israel
  • Soviet Union 1971 USSR
  • Canada 1974 Canada
  • Denmark 1977 Denmark
  • Japan 1980 Japan
  • France 1983 France
  • New Zealand 1987 New Zealand
  • Germany 1989 Germany
  • Spain 1992 Spain
  • Brazil 1995 Brazil
  • Republic of Ireland 1998 Ireland
  • Australia 2001 Australia
  • Finland 2004 Finland
  • Canada 2007 Canada

(Above list from Jones, 2010[3])

  • South Africa 2010 South Africa
  • Hungary 2013 Hungary
  • Italy 2016 Italy
  • China 2018 China
  • South Korea 2021 South Korea
  • Germany 2022 Germany[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b International Society Of Limnology (2022-06-07). "SILNews80". Flaim Giovanna, Nava Veronica. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.6618986. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "SIL 2010". sil2010.ufs.ac.za. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  3. ^ Jones, J. (2010) Verhandlungen Epilogue, p 1671, In: Jack Jones and Janice Faaborg (2010) 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology. Montreal, Canada, 12–18 August 2007 [1]
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