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SUMMARY:Linking hydrology and hydraulics to ecological function in mountai
 n rivers
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DESCRIPTION:Chris Soulsby\nBio\nChris Soulsby is Professor of Hydrology at
  the University of Aberdeen in Scotland where is also the Head of the Scho
 ol of Geosciences. He has over 25 years research experience working on mou
 ntain rivers where the main thrust of his work has been understanding the 
 linkages between catchment hydrology\, in-stream hydraulics and ecological
  responses. This work has been highly inter-disciplinary and has sought to
  integrate empirical data in a modelling framework for learning and hypoth
 esis testing. Although his research has been focused in the uplands of the
  British Isles\, he has also worked in other montane environments in North
  America\, Australia\, East Africa and Latin America. He has successfully 
 supervised almost 30 PhD students and published around 200 ISI-listed pape
 rs.  His fundamental contributions to the hydrological sciences were reco
 gnised by his election as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 20
 13.\nAbstract\nMountain streams usually have a flashy flow regime\, often 
 with snow melt influence\, which creates dynamic in-channel hydraulics. Aq
 uatic organisms are usually adapted to such conditions\, and ecosystem fun
 ction throughout the year is sensitive to hydrological drivers. This talk 
 will present recent research results from a long-term study of a catchment
  in the Scottish highlands that have elucidated some of the linkages betwe
 en catchment hydrology\, in-stream hydraulics and various life stages of A
 tlantic salmon. Reference will also be made to hydraulic influences on oth
 er inter-related ecosystem processes such as primary production and invert
 ebrate drift. It will be argued – through examples - that understanding 
 such linkages is a prerequisite to sustainable exploitation of such ecohyd
 ological systems for hydropower production and mitigating the likely effec
 ts of climatic change.
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