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The
symposium aims to:
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bring
together and synthesize current knowledge of the effects of urban
land-use on stream ecosystems
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examine
priorities and potential for stream restoration in urban catchments
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identify
knowledge gaps to direct future ecological research in urban catchments.
The symposium will be
held at the University of Melbourne in the austral summer of 2003,
will consist of plenary papers presenting some of the world's foremost
research on stream ecology in urbanized catchments, followed by
contributed papers and workshops over 3 days.
Plenary
speakers :
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Peter
Groffman, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Milbrook USA (Baltimore
Long Term Ecological Research).
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Nancy
Grimm, Arizona State University, USA (Central Arizona-Phoenix
Long-Term Ecological Research) .
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Derek
Booth, Center for Water and Watershed Studies, University of Washington,
Seattle USA.
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Judy
Meyer, River Basin Science and Policy Center, Institute of Ecology,
University of Georgia, USA.
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Chris
Walsh, Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Monash
University, Australia.
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Cathy
Tate, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado USA (National Water
Quality Assessment Program) .
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