First International Lake Ladoga Symposium

Lake Ladoga is the largest lake in Europe and, with its surface of 17,891 km² and volume of 837 km³, it ranks among the top fifteen of the world''s freshwater bodies. The ecological condition of Lake Ladoga is of concern to several million people living in its surroundings. There is evidence of water quality degradation and gradual eutrophication of the lake during the past decades; on the o...