Markus Meili,^* Per Jonsson,^** Rolf Carman<sup>***


*</sup>Markus Meili is associate professor in biogeochemistry at Stockholm University. This work was initiated while he was assistant professor in geoecology at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, after graduation at the Institute of Limnology, Uppsala University. His research interest is the coupled cycling of contaminants and nutrients in aquatic ecosystems and includes the tracing of biotic and abiotic processes in food webs and sediments.His address: Institute of Applied Environmental Research, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Markus.Meili@itm.su.se
^**Per Jonsson has been project manager for the EUCON framework. He works part-time as a principal scientific officer at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and part-time as adjunct professor in recent marine sedimentology at Uppsala University. His main scientific interest is in sediment and contaminant dynamics in the marine environment.His address: Institute of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. Per.Jonsson@geo.uu.se
^***Rolf Carman is assistant professor at Stockholm University. His main focus is on geochemical processes related to the nutrient cycling in the Baltic Sea.His address: Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Rolf.Carman@geo.su.se