List of special session proposal [Keynote Sessions]

Keynote Session 1 Title: The ecohydrology of river vegetation Organizer: Dr. Matthew O’Hare (CEH Edinburgh, Bush estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB, UK Synopsis: This session will focus on the developing field of riverine plant ecohydrology. Riverine plants including both aquatic macrophytes and riparian vegetation respond to their physical environment but they also influence it, effecting both hydrological and fluvial geomorphological processes. The topic has significant blue skies research components but the fundamental nature of the plant-ecohydrological interactions means they can also determine system response to damming, channel modification and system restoration. Not surprisingly the topic has attracted researchers from a wide variety of disciplines, physics, engineering, ecology, fluvial geomorphology, modelling and environmental management. We expect strong contributions from the following main areas; the fundamental physics of plant –flow interactions; ecological interactions and applied management questions relating to channel conveyance, river restoration and eflows. Empirical lab based studies, field studies and modelling are all welcome. There has been an intensification in research activity in recent years and we encourage contributions from all areas of research. We envisage a session where ideas can be exchanged and discussion encouraged.