We are very pleased to invite you to the 13th Symposium SAME, this year called First EMBO Conference on Aquatic Microbial Ecology: SAME13 after the very welcome acknowledgment of the quality of the SAME series by the European Molecular Biology Organization. The meeting will be held in Stresa, on the shore of Lake Maggiore (Italy), from September 8th to 13th, 2013. This meeting will be organized in the tradition of the very successful SAME symposia, coupling the outstanding scientific level of lectures and communications to the unique convivial atmosphere of SAME. ... [Information of the supplier]
The conference will aim to communicate recent advances in: 1. Aquatic biodiversity: assessment, monitoring, conservation and management 2. Aquatic habitats - biodiversity interrelations 3. Aquatic biodiversity and alien species 4. Aquatic microbial ecology 5. Food web interactions and aquatic productivity 6. Wetlands biodiversity 7. Research methods in aquatic ecology / biodiversity 8. Ecologic reconstruction and the biodiversity 9. Human impact and the aquatic biodiversity 10. Global changes ... [Information of the supplier]
The aim of this fifth HydroEco conference – after the four previous meetings, in Karlovy Vary (Carlsbad), Czech Republic in 2006, in Vienna in Austria in 2009 and 2011, and in Rennes in France in 2013 – 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 advances in monitoring, modelling and predicting dynamics of hydroecological processes, and iv) to discuss management approaches and applications to tackle environmental issues, including engineering measures for ecosystem preservation and restoration of ecologically valuable environments.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. The unifying theme is the interaction between groundwater and (or) /surface water and ecological systems. A typical example is the hyporheic zone in riparian areas, where the ecological system interacts with water and chemical flows between surface water, groundwater and unsaturated soil zone. ... [Information of the supplier]
Das lokale Organisationstem lädt Sie herzlich zur 30. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Limnologie ein. Das Treffen wird in diesem Jahr vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ und der Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal mit Unterstützung von F&U Confirm veranstaltet. Die wissenschaftlichen Sitzungen werden auf dem Magdeburger Campus "Herrenkrug" der Hochschule gehalten. Genaueres zu Terminen und Veranstaltungsprogramm entnehmen Sie bitte den Angaben unter entsprechenden Rubriken. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Essen liegt im Zentrum des Ruhrgebietes, einer der am dichtesten besiedelten Regionen Europas. Die Region war lange Zeit ein Synonym für massive Umweltverschmutzung. Der Himmel war grau, ebenso das Wasser in den Bächen und Flüssen. Heute gehört das Ruhrgebiet zu den grünsten Metropolen Deutschlands und ist zudem Schauplatz des weltweit größten Vorhabens zur naturnahen Umgestaltung eines Gewässers: dem Umbau des Emschersystems. Der Himmel ist wieder blau, ebenso wie das Wasser in den Bächen und Flüssen. „Wasser“ ist ein schnell wachsendes Schwerpunktthema der Universität Duisburg-Essen. Zwei technische, vier chemische und vier biologische Arbeitsgruppen haben wässerige Forschungsgebiete, weitere Arbeitsgruppen werden in den nächsten Jahren entstehen. Die meisten dieser Arbeitsgruppen betreiben angewandte Forschung in den Bereichen Biofilme, Ökotoxikologie und Ressourcenmanagement. Seit Jahren begleiten Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der Universität zudem die Umsetzung von Umweltschutzmaßnahmen und Rechtsnormen. Insofern ist es konsequent, dass die DGL-Tagung in Essen mit einem wichtigen Datum der europäischen Gewässerschutzpolitik zusammenfällt: der ersten Zielerreichungsfrist der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie für den guten ökologischen Zustand bzw. das gute ökologische Potenzial der Oberflächengewässer. Dieses Jubiläum -15 Jahre EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie- sollte ein Anlass für einen kritischen Rückblick und Ausblick sein: Wo stehen wir im Gewässerschutz? Was hat sich getan, was haben wir erreicht? Was haben wir (noch) nicht erreicht? Und was ist überhaupt erreichbar? Vor diesem Hintergrund wird die Tagung, 25 Jahre nach der letzten DGL-Tagung in Essen, einen besonderen Schwerpunkt auf angewandte Themen legen—ohne jedoch Grundlagenthemen zu vernachlässigen. Wir wollen zudem dazu beitragen, die Verbindung der Anwender aus Behörden, Wasserwirtschaft und Unternehmen mit der DGL weiter zu stärken. Die Tagung wird daher in enger Kooperation mit den großen Wasserwirtschaftsverbänden in Essen ausgerichtet: Emschergenossenschaft, Lippeverband und Ruhrverband. Verschiedene Exkursionsangebote zu wasserwirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen, unter anderem zu einigen Großbaustellen der Gewässerentwicklung in Nordrhein-Westfalen, sollen die praktischen Aspekte des Gewässerschutzes anschaulich vor Augen führen. Das Themenspektrum bleibt dabei, wie gewohnt, vielfältig. ... [Information des Anbieters]
We live on a blue planet. Yet freshwater makes up only 3 % of all water on earth, 2 % of which is locked up in snow and ice, leaving just 1 % for all of us to use. The availability of clean freshwater is vital for life, humans and nature alike. UNEP estimates, however, that by 2025 two out of three people will live in water stressed areas. Yet other parts of the world will be subject to increased flood risks. Nature in rivers, lakes and wetlands is equally dependent on ample, clean freshwater. Changes in the global water cycle instigated by changes in precipitation snow and ice-melt, which are part of global changes in climate, will enhance the uncertainty in the availability of freshwater in the (near) future. Moreover, freshwater systems are under extreme pressure from modification, over-exploitation, eutrophication and pollution. This is a threat to the extraordinary level of biodiversity these systems maintain. Other important services freshwater systems provide are the provision of drinking water, irrigation, fisheries and recreation. These services can only be maintained if the freshwater ecosystems maintain their resilience under stress. The functioning and resilience of ecosystems is strongly dependent on the level of biodiversity. What emerges is that various global crises – loss of biodiversity, climate change and water scarcity – interact and may strengthen each other. All of this requires much better governance of the increasingly limited water supplies as well as proper management of water quantity, quality and aquatic biodiversity. For this freshwater sciences are indispensable. It has been 100 years since François Alphonse Forel passed away. Forel, the founder of Limnology, lived and worked in the Lake Geneva area and published his major work on this lake “Le Leman” between 1892 and 1902. One could say that by hosting SEFS in Geneva in 2015 freshwater sciences are coming home. A time to commemorate more than a century of freshwater studies, but above all a time to look ahead, since in the 21st century freshwater sciences are needed more than ever before. ... [Information of the supplier]
This interdisciplinary conference is a platform for exchange and discussion of innovative scientific findings and methods in aquatic ecosystems research. It focuses on novel methods of environmental monitoring and modeling of various scopes, scales and structural complexity to improve process understanding the interconnectivity and feedback mechanisms of climate (regional), land use (regional), economy, hydrology and hydraulics (catchment and river), water quality (river), biology and aquatic ecosystems (reach scale). Further, the conference builds the bridge to the scientific assessment of implications on policy and management. ... [Information of the supplier]
Our planet is under pressure due to increased demand for freshwater. The availability and suitability of water resources are threatened by human influences, directly, through globally unbalancing the slow and fast water cycles and impairing water quality, and indirectly through the adverse effects of climate change. Many freshwater ecosystems are deteriorating in quantity and quality. As a result, an increasing number of people are chronically short of water. In this context, limnology must represent the answer to the planetary water crisis as we need more science and more scientists to urgently face a sustainable and effective freshwater recovery. This need can be satisfied only improving our knowledge in Limnological Sciences and the people awareness of what science can do for a more sustainable use of freshwater ecosystems. Thus, as water scientists we have two missions: 1) to improve our knowledge of freshwater ecosystem functioning and 2) to make our knowledge a tool handy for environmental managers and friendly for people. We are confident that this Congress will help us as to accomplish these missions as scientists and as human beings. ... [Information of the supplier]
Ecohydrology as a scientific discipline has been emerging from the need to address the interactions and feedbacks between ecological, hydrological, geomorphological and atmospheric processes, and aims to understand and predict fast changing aquatic-terrestrial environments. Over the last decade, the scientific discipline of Ecohydrology has seen rapid technological and conceptual developments. The 7th International Multidisciplinary Conference on: Hydrology and Ecology will focus on "Ecohydrology on the edge: ecology-hydrology-human interactions in a changing world". ... [Information of the supplier]
Our crucial aim is to ensure a sufficient supply of good-quality water for future generations. However, the maintenance and management of freshwater ecosystems require the close cooperation of scientists, politicians and stakeholders, and must arise from the best available knowledge and experience provided by ecologists and limnologists. We hope that the 10th European Symposium for Freshwater Sciences (SEFS10) will offer an opportunity to bring together experts from various freshwater disciplines and contribute substantially to increasing our knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of freshwater sciences. ... [Information of the supplier]
