International Society of Limnology

The International Society of Limnology, abbreviated SIL, based on the original name Societas Internationalis Limnologiae Theoreticae et Applicatae, is an entity created by the German August Thienemann and Sweden Einar Naumann in 1922 international trade company, which limnology and management of inland water ecosystems ( lakes, rivers, etc. ) is dedicated. Your former name and abbreviation in German-speaking countries was alongside the Latin form mentioned above, the German form International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (IVL ); in Anglo-Saxon countries, it was referred to as the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology.

The Company currently (2008) around 2,800 members. The SIL publishes the following scientific publications:

• The scientific journal Fundamental and Applied Limnology, E. Content Free Trial - Science Publishers, ISSN: 1863-9135; to 31 December 2006 was the magazine the title Archives of Hydrobiology, she still wears as a second name today
• The SIL Occasional Publications, earlier releases ( Communications ), called an irregular series of publications on individual topics
• Limnology in Developing Countries, a series of books
• The Congress Proceedings, still carry the historical name negotiations International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary, the tradition-conscious society in 1972 held an anniversary symposium in Germany ( Kiel ); the 75th anniversary in 1997 in Frankfurt am Main, honored in the presence of long-time Secretary General of the SIL, Robert G. Wetzel. The annual meetings are traditionally held in a three -year cycle, most recently in Melbourne (Australia, 2001), Lahti (Finland, 2004), Montreal (Canada, 2007), Cape Town (South Africa, 2010) and Budapest (Hungary, 2013).