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20th November 2009
Workshop on Physical Habitat Assessment Methods
The day after the seminar there will be a meeting between the seminar participants
and some other invited people from interested Spanish water agencies and administration
to discuss about the proposed methods for characterising physical river habitats.
The idea is to debate and draw conclusions from the following aspects of characterising
physical habitats in rivers:
1. The importance of spatial scale and river networks for physical habitat assessment
in rivers
2. River types and physical assessment methods: the definition of a reference condition
for physical habitat in rivers
3. Relationships between river physical habitats and biological communities. The
importance of targeted communities and scale sensitivity
4. Indices or characterisation protocols for physical habitat assessment in rivers?
5. Towards a unified method for characterising river physical habitat: database
development, permanent seminar on Physical Habitat Assessment Methods in Rivers
and future research lines on physical habitat assessment
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Workshop Schedule
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Chairman
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9:00 – 9:50
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1. Indices or characterisation protocols for physical habitat assessment in rivers?
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Paul Raven
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9:50 – 10:40
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2. The importance of spatial scale and river networks for river habitat
assessment.
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José Barquín
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11:15 – 11:45
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Pause-Coffe
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11:10 - 12:00
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3. Relationships between river physical habitats and biological communities.
The importance of methodological approach and scale based sensitivity
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Marc Naura
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12:00 - 12:50
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4. River types and habitat assessment methods: the definition of a reference
condition
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Rui Cortes
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12:50 - 13:40
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5. Towards a unified method for characterising river habitats; Database
development and future action
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Phil Boon
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14:00 – 16:00
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Meal & Workshop closure
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