River conference in Australia 2003

[Tim Barrows]

From: Martin Thoms - Martin_Thoms at enterprise.canberra.edu.au

Ninth International Conference on River Research and Applications
formerly Ninth International Symposium on Regulated Streams (NISORS)

First Call for Papers

The Ninth International Conference on River Research and Applications will be
held on the banks of the River Murray at Albury, New South Wales, Australia,
from Sunday 6 July to Friday 11 July, 2003. It will be an opportunity for
environmental scientists, managers and students from throughout the world to
share their discoveries and ideas about river ecosystems.
The theme for the meeting is
THE NATURE OF VARIABILITY IN RIVER ENVIRONMENTS
By their nature, rivers extend over large areas and persist for long periods of
time, and to understand them we need to relate observations made at many
different scales of space and time. The ways that patterns and processes are
distributed across scales, from days to centuries and reaches to 
catchments, may
be what most distinguishes the big rivers of the world. Yet we know little of
the nature of this variability, its environmental and evolutionary consequences
and its significance for resource management.
The theme is not exclusive, as papers on all aspects of river regulation 
will be
considered.
Papers submitted for presentation may be considered for publication in the
international journal River Research & Applications, published by John 
Wiley and
Sons.
For more general information, see the Internet at
http//:www.conlog.com.au/NISORS.
Registration details and other logistic information should be directed to Ms
Elizabeth Medley (conference at conlog.com.au).
Inquiries about the scientific program should be directed to A/Professor Martin
Thoms (thoms at scides.canberra.edu.au).
Deadline for abstracts: 31st Jan 2003