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SUMMARY:An ecohydraulic template for  stream microbial ecology and biogeoc
 hemistry
DTSTART:20140213T101500
DTEND:20140213T110000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Tom Battin\nBio\nTom J. Battin was born in Luxembourg (30.06.1
 966). He holds an MSc in Zoology and a PhD in Aquatic Ecology. He heads th
 e Department of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography at the University of Vienna
  where he is Full Professor in Limnology. He was visiting Professor at the
  University of Uppsala (Sweden) and at the University of Applied Arts\, Vi
 enna. He has published more than 60 papers on stream microbial ecology and
  biogeochemistry\, and on ecohydraulics. Currently he is editorial board m
 ember of Biogeosciences and Aquatic Microbial Ecology. He got awarded a Ra
 mon y Cachal Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spain and a START Prize in Austria
 .\nAbstract\nHastened by the recent recognition that fluvial ecosystems di
 sproportionately contribute to biodiversity and global biogeochemistry\, s
 tream and river research is on the rise. Key ecological and biogeochemical
  processes and patterns in streams and rivers are controlled by the physic
 s of these ecosystems — likely more than in any other aquatic ecosystem.
  It is therefore of prime importance to consider the coupled physical\, ch
 emical and ecological processes in streams and rivers. Clearly this requir
 es an ecohydraulic template for stream and river science.\nThe Seminar wil
 l provide such an ecohydraulic template specifically tailored to the micro
 bial life in streams and the critical functions they fulfill therein. Movi
 ng from the micrometer to the multikilometer scale\, the Seminar will outl
 ine how ecohydraulics affects the architecture\, functioning and biodivers
 ity of biofilms — the dominant form of microbial life in streams — and
  how fluvial network organization shapes microbial diversity of stream bio
 films at the large scale. The Seminar will then link small-scale ecohydrau
 lics and the metabolism of organic carbon to large-scale patterns of CO2 o
 utgassing from streams and discuss the physical basis of these carbon flux
 es.\nThe Seminar will conclude by inferring consequences from ecohydraulic
 s for microbial life and biogeochemistry in streams and rivers given futur
 e scenarios of altered hydrological regimes and climate extremes. The Semi
 nar will make the case for ecohydraulics as an emerging and necessary fiel
 d to understand\, quantify and predict the consequences of global change f
 or the functions and services stream ecosystems provide.
LOCATION:ELA1 http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=fr&room=ela1
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