Contents:

I - Executive summary
II - Workshop communications

- Photosensitized degradation of organic compounds in natural waters
O. Bajt, N. Kovac, J. Faganeli and B. Sket

- The role of the surface microlayer in contaminant concentration and pollutant transport via marine aerosols
A. Cincinelli, L. Lepri, L. Checchini and M. Perugini

- Air-Sea exchange of semi-volatile organic compounds: transfer processes and the role of phytoplankton
Steven J. Eisenreich and Jordi Dachs

- Diurnal fluctuation of nutrient and suspended organic matter concentrations in the sea surface microlayer during spring in offshore water of the Gdansk Basin
Lucyna Falkowska

- Chemical characterization of the sea-surface microlayer using electrochemical methods
B. Gasparovic, V. Vojvodic and B. Cosovic

- Biology, contamination and toxicity of the sea surface
Jack T. Hardy

- Interactions of bacteria and dissolved organic matter at the sea surface microlayer
Gerhard J. Herndl

- Investigation of the sea-surface microlayer by a complex methodological approach
Z. Kozarac, B. Cosovic and D. Msbius

- The role of microorganisms at the seawater interface and potential applications
Philippe Le Baron and Fabien Joux

- The role of the sea surface microlayer in air-sea gas exchange
Peter S. Liss

- How chemistry of the sea surface microlayer influences biogeochemical processes at the atmosphere/ocean interface
Alain Saliot

- The role of atmospheric input of natural and anthropogenic organic compounds in the biogeochemistry of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Euripides G. Stephanou and Alexandra Gogou