International Society for River Science: 3rd Biennial Symposium

Session 1: Impacts of natural and human pressures and assessment of river ecosystem health

impacts of climate change
impacts of hydraulic projects
impacts of landscape change and water pollution
assessment methods of river ecosystem health
Session 2: Modeling changes within river ecosystems

temporal and spatial scales of rivers
modeling channel dynamics, erosion and sedimentation
changes of modeling flora and fauna
Session 3: Environmental flow assessment and delivery

thresholds for ecologically sensitive hydrological indicators
environmental flow assessment
water resources management
Session 4: Water quality management

thresholds of water pollutants to river health
Integrated management of nonpoint source pollution
Sedimentation control
Session 5: Aquatic community protection and restoration

biological invasion control
linkage among aquatic communities in floodplains, river channels and deltas
aquatic community protection and restoration in floodplains, river channels and deltas
Session 6: Hydraulic project management

water project planning and design
reservoir operation and release strategies
fish way design
Session 7: Regional and Basin management

riverine ecosystem condition monitoring
ecological compensation