4th International Multidisciplinary Conference on Hydrology and Ecology: Emerging Patterns, Breakthroughs and Challenges
Rennes, France, 13-16 May 2013
Abstract submission is possible, abstracts are due by 30 September 2012.
More information is on http://osur.univ-rennes1.fr/HydroEco2013/
Objectives and scope:
A
considerable
number
of
interdisciplinary
researches
have
been
developed
at
the
interface
between
hydrology
and
ecology
during
the
last
decade.
The
increasing
number
of
peer-reviewed
papers
on
the
topic
demonstrates
the
vitality
of
this
theme.
This
interest
in
coupling
hydrological
and
ecological
studies
has
been
triggered
by
purely
scientific
questions
related
to
the
quantification
of
the
role
of
interactions
between
hydrological
and
biological
processes
on
surface
and
groundwater
resources
and
quality,
but
also
by
the
importance
of
these
physical
and
biological
interactions
at
small,
local
and
regional
scales.
These
scales
are
of
paramount
importance
for
applied
environmental
issues
related
to
air
and
water
quality
or
biodiversity
dynamics
for
instance.
The
aim
of
this
fourth
HydroEco
conference
after
the
three
last
ones
in
Karlovy
Vary
(Carlsbad),
Czech
Republic
in
2006,
and
in
Vienna
(Austria)
in
2009
and
2011,
is
fourfold:
i)
to
present
new
findings
and
approaches
on
interactions
between
hydrology
and
ecology,
ii)
to
promote
interdisciplinary
interactions
on
water
related
issues
between
hydrology,
hydrogeology,
biogeochemistry,
microbial
ecology
and
ecology,
iii)
to
explore
emerging
patterns,
breakthroughs
and
Challenges,
and
iv)
to
provide
management
applications
and
guidelines
to
tackle
environmental
issues.
To
address
the
relevant
issues,
the
conference
aims
to
bring
together
experts
from
different
disciplines
such
as
hydrologists
(groundwater,
surface
water),
ecologists,
biologists,
subsurface
microbiologists,
environmental
biogeochemists,
eco-technologists,
geomorphologists,
hydraulic
engineers,
forest
managers,
nature
reserve
managers,
regional
and
landscape
planners,
as
well
as
experts
from
governmental
institutions.