Seminar Description

Objectives

This seminar has been organised with the intention of gaining an insight on river physical habitat assessment methods. The intention is to review different approaches to assess river physical habitat that are being applied in Spain and Europe and to draw conclusions for future physical habitat assessment protocols.

The main objective of the seminar is to:

• Identify fluvial processes that generate and maintain river physical habitat
• Recognize river physical habitat characteristics that may be relevant for fluvial biological communities
• Review methods of physical habitat assessment in rivers
• Draw conclusions from the results presented by the different participants

The seminar contributions and conclusions will be compiled in a book titled “Physical Habitat Assessment Methods: from the basin to cobbles”. The contents of this book will follow the structure of the seminar

Structure

The seminar will consist on two days, being the first day open to all interested people while only invited people will participate in the meeting of the second day. The first day of the seminar will be structured in four sections that will help to understand the need for river physical habitat assessment, the key elements determining physical habitat characteristics and the methodologies that are currently being used in Spain and Europe. The second day will consist of an expert meeting in which different aspects of PHAM in rivers will be discussed and conclusions will be drawn accordingly.

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Other Contacts: José Barquin Ortiz