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most important are the Oceanographic Institute of the University of Goteborg, the Marine Geological Laboratory, and the Research Institute for Marine Fisheries. The laboratory, formerly a division of the Oceanographic Institute, concentrates on studies of deep sea deposits, marine chemistry, paleo-oceanography, and marine pollution. The Research Institute for Marine Fisheries has undertaken biological surveys in the waters around Sweden, as well as investigations on the physiochemical characteristics of the sea as a biological environment.

Sweden is active in international oceanographic organizations and is a member of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean (IAPSO), International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and the Conference of Baltic Oceanographers. It is also a member of the Nordic Commission to provide student training in oceanography and the Nordic Commission on Marine Biology. Sweden participates fully in arctic ice studies with other countries which have arctic interests.

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