Chairman: Prof. Janusz Pempkowiak (pempa@iopan.gda.pl)

Secretary: M.Sc. Małgorzata Radłowska (mrad@iopan.gda.pl)
 
 

Address for correspondence:

Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences  P.O. Box 68, 81-712 Sopot, Poland

• General
• Report on activities in 1997
• Activities planned for 1998
• List of Members

Krystyna Bernatowicz

Marine Chemistry Section is a part of Polish National SCOR.

Marine Chemistry Section creates a platform for

• discussions on problems arising in the field of marine chemistry, chemical oceanography, geochemistry and protection of the marine environment against pollution,
• exchange of ideas among oceanographers,

No permanent budget is assigned to the Section.

A chairman elected for a three-year long term (1996-1998), is responsible for organising activities relevant to the above stated aims.

Within this frame statutory meetings are organized twice a year. Topical problems are taken up at the meetings. Also a lecture is delivered covering selected fields of contemporary chemical oceanography. Usually the lecturer is affiliated with the Section.

One or two Ad hoc meetings devoted to matters to be dealt with swiftly are organized in-between statutory meetings.

Every second year (1993, 1995, 1997, .... ) a conference " Chemistry, Geochemistry and Protection of the Marine Environment" is held, devoted to achievements of marine chemists and oceanographers in Poland.

In the term 1996-1998 there are fifty one members in the Section representing research institutes and universities from Gdansk area ( 48 ), Szczecin (2), and Warszawa (1). See the LIST OF MEMBERS at the end for detailed affiliations.

• Editorial work on the Proceedings of the III Conference" Chemistry, Geochemistry and Protection of the Marine Environment", manuscripts of oral and poster presentations, delivered at the conference, are awaited till 6^th March, 1998
• Two statutory meetings: June and December
• National Oceanographic Program - final work
• Ad hoc meetings and lectures - to be announced

Agricultural University of Szczecin, Faculty of Fisheries and Food Technology
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