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.

SIL publishes the following scientific publications:
 * the journal Fundamental and Applied Limnology:Archiv für Hydrobiologie  ; 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, 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
(Above list from Jones, 2010 )
 * 🇩🇪		1922	Germany
 * 🇦🇹		1923	Austria
 * 1925	USSR
 * 🇮🇹		1927	Italy
 * 🇭🇺		1930	Hungary
 * 🇳🇱		1932	Netherlands
 * 1934	Yugoslavia
 * 🇫🇷		1937	France
 * 🇸🇪		1939	Sweden
 * 🇨🇭		1948	Switzerland
 * 🇧🇪		1950	Belgium
 * 1953	Britain
 * 🇫🇮		1956	Finland
 * 🇦🇹		1959	Austria
 * 🇺🇸		1962	United States
 * 🇵🇱		1965	Poland
 * 🇮🇱		1968	Israel
 * 1971	USSR
 * 🇨🇦		1974	Canada
 * 🇩🇰		1977	Denmark
 * 🇯🇵		1980	Japan
 * 🇫🇷		1983	France
 * 🇳🇿		1987	New Zealand
 * 🇩🇪		1989	Germany
 * 🇪🇸		1992	Spain
 * 🇧🇷		1995	Brazil
 * 🇮🇪		1998	Ireland
 * 🇦🇺		2001	Australia
 * 🇫🇮		2004	Finland
 * 🇨🇦		2007	Canada
 * 🇿🇦		2010	South Africa
 * 🇭🇺		2013	Hungary
 * 🇮🇹		2016	Italy
 * 🇨🇳		2018	China
 * 🇰🇷		2021	South Korea
 * 🇩🇪		2022	Germany