Report of the Working Group on Marine Sediments in Relation to Pollution (WGMS)

The Working Group on Marine Sediments in Relation to Pollution (WGMS) met from 8 to 12 March in San Sebastian, Spain. The meeting was chaired by Patrick Roose and Lucia Viñas and attended by 14 scientists from nine countries. The proposed agenda was accepted without modifications and arrangements were made to carry out the work. For most topics, the group split up into subgroups that prepared the material for discussion in plenary. Furthermore, a number of informa-tive and relevant presentations were given during the meeting. In particular, infor-mation on the use of passive samplers (PS), was presented through this means.