Lakes are a Swiss national asset and thus provide many potential sites to develop limnological investigations. Being in a landlocked country, however, Swiss students and scientists need to go abroad to gain experience marine issues. For many years COL supported several marine stations in France and Germany securing to Swiss scholars a preferential access to them.

The activities included organization of courses at different levels, participation in field and oceanographic campaigns, possibilities for sabbatical terms, etc.

Since recently and following the establishment of the Platform of Geosciences of the Academy the direct annual support to these stations have been discontinued. Swiss scholars and researchers, however, can always profit from these facilities as well as from those at any other marine station through partial COL funding. Swiss-based researchers interested in organizing courses or research stages in marine stations please contact Jan Pawlowski or Daniel Ariztegui.

Contact

President
	Dr. Daniel Ariztegui Section of Earth Sciences Rue des Maraîchers 13, 1205 Genève Tel. 022/ 379 66 18 Fax 022/ 379 32 10 daniel.ariztegui@unige.ch

	Prof. Jan Pawlowski Dept of zoology and animal biology University of Geneva, Sciences III 30, Quai Ernest Ansermet 1205 Genève Tel. 022 379 30 69 Fax 022 379 67 95 jan.pawlowski@unige.ch