Sediment resuspension

During the XXVth SIL Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, on August 21-27, 1992, I organized a special session on "Lake Sediment Resuspension", to focus more on the particulate matter exchange along the sediment-water interface. This is a subject which has long been recognized, is continuously studied and nevertheless lacking integrating interpretation. The aim of this special session was to present a state of the art of the phenomenon "resuspension", and of the methods available as well as to focus on the application of the different methods and various approaches in individual lake studies. Hence, there are contributions dedicated to the modelling (statistical) approach, the direct measurement with beam transmissometers, using isotopes, sediment traps , and experiments in oscillating chambers. Similarly, this special issue reviews a large variety of different limnological systems such as small lakes, large lakes and large slowly flowing rivers.