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


*</sup>Jan Eckhéll is a PhD candidate working on recent marine sedimentology at Uppsala University. His main scientific interest lies with sediment dynamics, but also with associated contaminants. His address: Institute of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Villavägen 16, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden. janeckhell@hotmail.com
^**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 sediment and contaminant dynamics within the marine realm. His address: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, SE-106 48 Stockholm, Sweden. Per.Jonsson@environ.se
^***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 graduating at the Institute of Limnology, Uppsala University. His research interests include the coupled cycling of contaminants and nutrients in aquatic ecosystems, and also 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
^****Rolf Carman is assistant professor at Stockholm University. His main focus is on geochemical processes related to 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