[Lista-Algas] SPRINGS AND SMALL STREAMS - SIL Special Session

[Andrés Boltovskoy]

SIL Special Session on springs and small streamsColleagues working on springs and small streams are especially invited to submit an abstract to the following Special Session at next year's 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology  SIL:
Session 47: "Springs and small streams: understudied and under-protected key habitats for biodiversity conservation"

Call for abstracts started in October and will close on February 15. All abstracts submitted will be reviewed and the final inclusion in our session may depend on the number of abstracts submitted for it. All presenters having submitted an abstract will be required to register and pay for the Congress.
Springs and small streams: understudied and under-protected key habitats for biodiversity conservation
SIL2007 (30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology). Montréal, Canada, 12-18 August 2007 (http://www.sil2007.org/)

Session motivation and description 

The biological communities of small streams and springs are distinctive, and more than simply a nested subset of species found downstream. Springs are considered special habitats by all running water classification systems in recognition of their marked environmental stability and generally low degree of pollution. They are however much less studied than other freshwater habitats. The processes that provide habitat conditions suitable for specialized taxa have often only been described in general terms. Advances in testing physical, chemical and biological mechanisms that select amongst taxa have started to demonstrate the roles of hydraulic and other physical processes that set habitat constraints. As applied problems emerge, it is increasingly important to strengthen fundamental knowledge on these environments. Indeed, springs and groundwater-fed streams are often under-protected in some landscapes (e.g. managed forests), while in others they are increasingly threatened by capture for drinking water use (European Alps). This session will explore the distinctiveness of the biological and physical systems, as well as how these are affected by various kinds of management. The links (or absence thereof) to broader policy, such as the Clean Water Act (USA) and the Water Framework Directive (EU-WFD) will also be considered. Initiatives for an improved international cooperation in spring-research will be explored.

Session organizers:

Dr Marco Cantonati, Trento Science Museum, Limnology and Phycology Section, Trento, Italy & 

Prof John S. Richardson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Keynote speakers:

Prof Eugen Rott, University of Innsbruck, Austria: 
Headwater streams: Biodiversity and conservation aspects. 

Dr Reinhard Gerecke, University of Tübingen, Germany: 
Spring habitats: the biota and pros for long-term ecological research. 
Others to be contacted. 

 

For further information on the Special Session please contact: 

Marco Cantonati; cantonati at mtsn.tn.it <mailto:cantonati at mtsn.tn.it>; 
http://www.mtsn.tn.it/sezioni/limnologia.asp 
Trento Science Museum, 
Limnology and Phycology Section, 
Via Calepina 14, 
I-38100 Trento, 
Italy 
Tel. 0039-0461-270-342 or -383 

or 

John S. Richardson; john.richardson at ubc.ca 
http://faculty.forestry.ubc.ca/richardson/ 
University of British Columbia, 
Department of Forest Sciences Faculty of Forestry 
3rd Floor, Forest Sciences Centre #3041 - 
2424 Main Mall Vancouver, 
British Columbia Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-6586
  










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