Berta Andersson is a senior scientist at the Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Her primary interest is in aquatic macrophytes and nature conservation issues. She holds a licentiate degree in taxonomic botany, from the University of Uppsala.
Address: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Assessment, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: berta.andersson@ma.slu.se

Eva Bergstrand is responsible for biological sampling, data processing and echo-counting at the National Fishery Administration.
Address: Institute of Freshwater Research, National Fishery Board, Pappersbruksallén 22, SE-702 15 Örebro, Sweden.
E-mail: eva.bergstrand@fiskeriverket.se

Richard Bindler has a PhD and is a research scientist in the Environmental Change Assessment group within the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Umeå University. His research interests focus on the assessment of natural variability and the anthropogenic loads of mercury and lead.
Address: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
E-mail: richard.bindler@eg.umu.se

Emily Bradshaw is a research scientist in the Department of Environmental History and Climate Change at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. Her main interests are in the impact of primitive agriculture on lakes and lake eutrophication in Denmark and Sweden.
Address: Department of Environmental History and Climate Change, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Thoravej 8, DK-2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
E-mail: egb@geus.dk

Gudrun Bremle has a PhD in ecotoxicology from Lund University. She is working at the County Administrative Board at Jönköping with contaminated soils and sediments. She also evaluates projects incorporating remedial actions. Her interests cover cycling of POPs in the environment.
Address: Lake Vättern Society for Water Conservation, County Administrative Board, SE-551 86 Jönköping, Sweden.
E-mail: gudrun.bremle@f.lst.se

Ola Broberg has a PhD in limnology from Uppsala University. He is Head of the Environmental Assessment Section at the County Administrative Board at Jönköping. He is interested in cycling of nutrients and POPs in lakes.
Address: Lake Vättern Society for Water Conservation, County Administrative Board, SE-551 86 Jönköping, Sweden.
E-mail: ola.broberg@f.lst.se

Erik Degerman, BSc, works mainly on the assessment and ecology of fish communities in streams and large southern lakes. Senior scientist within the National Fishery Administration.
Address: National Board of Fisheries Regional Office, Pappersbruksallén 22, SE-702 15 Örebro, Sweden.
E-mail: erik.degerman@fiskeriverket.se.

Ove Emteryd is head of the Environmental Research Laboratory at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. His research interests include isotope analyses and agricultural research, with recent focus on research cooperation in China.
Address: Department of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden.
E-mail: ove.emteryd@sek.slu.se

Olof Enderlein is responsible for biological sampling, data processing and echo-counting at the National Fishery Administration.
Address: Institute of Freshwater Research, National Fishery Board, Pappersbruksallén 22, SE-702 15 Örebro, Sweden.
E-mail: olof.enderlein@fiskeriverket.se

Willem Goedkoop is an associate professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His main research interests are in benthic ecology, invertebrate feeding biology, and bioavailability of sediment contaminants, in particular the interactions between contaminants and sediment microbes and the role of exopolymer secretions as vectors for contaminant bioconcentration and bioaccumulation.
Address: Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 Ol Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: willem.goedkoop@ma.slu.se

Johan Hammar, PhD, works mainly at the Institute of Freshwater Research in Drottningholm with the evolutionary ecology and species interactions of Arctic char in northern and southern lakes. Senior scientist within the National Fishery Administration.
Address: Institute of Freshwater Research, SE-178 93 Drottningholm, Sweden.
E-mail: johan.hammar@fiskeriverket.se

Richard K. Johnson is a professor of aquatic ecology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His research interests are in lake and benthic macroinvertebrate ecology, ecosystem function and biodiversity and the effects of disturbance in freshwater systems.
Address: Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07, Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: richard.johnson@ma.slu.se

Melanie Josefsson is a principal technical officer at the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. She works primarily with alien species. She holds a PhD degree in physical geography from the University of Uppsala.
Address: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: melanie.josefsson@snv.slu.se

Hans Kvarnäs is a senior scientist at the Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His primary interest is nutrient modelling of lakes and drainage basins. He holds a PhD in hydrology, from the University of Uppsala.
Address: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Assessment, Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: hans.kvarnas@ma.slu .se

Per Larsson is professor of ecotoxicology at Lund University. He is head of a research group in environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. The research objectives of the group cover transport, uptake, transformation and effects of organic pollutants in the environment.
Address: Department of Ecology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden.
E-mail: per.larsson@ekol.lu.se

Måns Lindell has a PhD in limnology from Lund University. He works at The Lake Vättern Society of Water Conservation. The Society is a voluntary organization responsible for the monitoring of Lake Vättern. The Society reports annually the ecological conditions of the lake to the authorities as well as to the public. He also coordinates other monitoring programs as well as research activities in Lake Vättern.
Address: Lake Vättern Society for Water Conservation, County Administrative Board, SE-551 86 Jönköping, Sweden.
E-mail: mans.lindell@f.lst.se

Lennart Lindeström is engaged in the ÅF-Environmental Research Group. He holds an MSc from the University of Stockholm. He has been working with environmental impact and hazard assessments, ecological field monitoring, etc. for almost 30 years.
Address: ÅF-Environmental Research Group, Sjöleden 9, SE-665 91 Kil, Sweden.
E-mail: lennart.lindestrom@mfg.se

Suzanne McGowan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Regina. Her research interests include lake eutrophication and palaeolimnological climate reconstruction, in temperate and Arctic regions, using sedimentary pigment and diatom analysis.
Address: Limnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
E-mail: suzanne.mcgowan@uregina.ca

Per Nyberg, PhD, is a former director of the Drottningholm Institute of Freshwater Research. He is currently the office head of a research division supervising assessment and management of fish in the southern large lakes in Sweden and coastal migrating Salmo species. Senior scientist within the National Fishery Administration.
Address: National Board of Fisheries Regional Office, Pappersbruksallén 22, SE-702 15 Örebro, Sweden.
E-mail: per.nyberg@fiskeriverket.se

Gunnar Persson has a PhD in limnology from Uppsala University and has eutrophication, P and N-turnover and zooplankton as major areas of interest. He holds a position as associate professor at the Department of Environmental Assessment, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Address: Department of Environmental Assessment, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: gunnar.persson@ma.slu.se

Ingemar Renberg is professor of environmental impact assessment at Umeå University. He leads the Environmental Change Assessment group, which studies environmental changes related particularly to human activities, using lake sediments and other natural archives.
Address: Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
E-mail: ingemar.renberg@eg.umu.se

Gunnar Svärdson, prof. em., is a former director of the Drottningholm Institute of Freshwater Research. He has mainly worked with speciation, species interactions, and once introduced the concept of ecology in Sweden.
Address: Institute of Freshwater Research, SE-178 93 Drottningholm, Sweden.

Gesa Weyhenmeyer is a senior scientist at the Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. She received her PhD in sedimentology at Uppsala University with special focus on sediment resuspension processes. Presently, her main research interest is the response of lakes to environmental and climatic change.
Address: Department of Environmental Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: gesa.weyhenmeyer@ma.slu.se

Anders Wilander has a PhD in limnology from Uppsala University. He covers general aquatic chemistry, especially ionic balance and acidification. He holds a position as senior scientist at the Department of Environmental Assessment, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Address: Department of Environmental Assessment, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: anders.wilander@ma.slu.se

Eva Willén is a senior scientist in ecological botany at the Department of Environmental Assessment of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. She holds a position as an associate professor with special competence in algae and biodiversity issues. She has taken part in the national long-term monitoring projects since the mid-1960s and has been responsible for those parts dealing with planktonic algae and their use in water-quality assessment.
Address: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Assessment, P.O. Box 7050, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
E-mail: eva.willen@ma.slu.se

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