International Society of Limnology
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The International Society of Limnology promotes and communicates knowledge among limnologists, those who study inland aquatic ecosystems and their 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, SIL.
It has about 2.800 members in 2008.
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 (Mittelungen), irregular publication.
- Limnology in Developing Countries, a book series
- Congress proceedings, published as Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie
