Hydroecological tools for river basin planning

Tuesday 20th September 2011

Presentations given at the BHS National Meeting at the University of Birmingham, are listed here: most are available to download in PDF format.

• Introduction and aims of the meeting:
  Adoption of a hydroecological approach to river basin planning
  Sarah Hainie; David M. Hannah; Chris Bradley

• Towards the hydroecological validation of flow targets for high priority waterbodies
  Stuart Smith (Atkins)

• An ecosystem approach to implementation of the Water Framework Directive
  Mark Everard (Environment Agency)

• Restoring Europe’s Rivers
  James Holloway (The River Restoration Centre)

• Delivering Good Ecological Potential in Heavily Modified Waters designated for Water Supply and Regulation.
  David Corbelli (Cascade Consulting)

• A framework for indicating severe impacts of hydrological alteration and optimising flow releases from water storage reservoirs: WFD 21D
  David C Bradley (APEM)

• Ecological impact assessment tools for fluvial flooding and coastal inundation
  Gareth Old (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)

• The development and application of hydroecological tools Hydromorphology and macroinvertebrates: RICT and DRIED-UP Michael Dunbar (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology)

• ‘Validation’ of complex ecological models
  Attila N Lazar (University of Reading)

• Integrated catchment modeling using LFE, SIMCAT and accounting for seasonality
  Barry Hankin (JBA Consulting)

• Assessing the robustness of mesoscale approaches to river habitat characterisation and assessment
  Gemma Harvey (Queen Mary, University of London)

• Techniques to detect change outside natural variation of riverine community structure in non-impaired streams
  Alexander M Milner (University of Birmingham)

• How to avoid muddying the waters
  Granville Davies (Royal Haskoning)

• Using river restoration techniques to improve water quality
  Diana Hammond (The River Restoration Centre)

• Final Discussion