FBA North East Region Meeting

Building on the success of the last two meetings, we are pleased to announce the third FBA regional meeting, which is open to all interested parties in the north-east or beyond.

This one-day event will bring together delegates with an interest in the ecology, biology and palaeoecology of streams, rivers, ponds, wetlands, lakes and canals, including academics, consultants, planners and specialist interest groups. It will provide an informal forum for discussion amongst a range of practitioners and acts as an impetus for future collaborative work.

We invite submissions for oral (15-20 min) and poster presentations. Full details of how to register are attached, and can also be accessed through www.hull.ac.uk/geog, where further details will be posted. To encourage wide participation the cost has been kept to a minimum: £12 for members; £6 for student members; £20 for non-members. This includes a buffet lunch and coffee.
 
The deadline for registration forms is Friday 9 May 2008; please return the form by post with payment, and abstracts by electronic email submission to Jane Reed (J.M.Reed@hull.ac.uk).

Please direct any enquiries to Jane Reed (J.M.Reed@hull.ac.uk) or Ian Cowx (I.G.Cowx@hull.ac.uk). We look forward to seeing you.

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Registration & Abstract Form

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Draft Programme

10.00-10.30     Welcome and Coffee

10.30-11.15     Keynote presentation: Brian Moss, Liverpool University

• The EU Water Framework Directive (provisional title)

11.15-11.35     Martyn Kelly, Bowburn Consultancy, Durham

• Reference conditions in rivers: palaeoecological and art historical perspectives

11.35-11.55     Denice Coverdale, Natural England, York (to be confirmed)

• Conservation issues: SSSI's and SPA's (provisional title)

11.55-12.15     Jon Traill, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, York

• Water for Wildlife (provisional title)

12.15-13.30     Buffet lunch and discussion

13.30-13.50     Richard Noble, HiFi, Hull

• Fisher assessment methods for the WFD

13.50-14.10     Ian Cowx, HiFi, Hull

• Habitats Directive species condition assessment procedure and the links to the WFD (provisional title)

14.10-14.30     Steve Axford, Environment Agency Fisheries, York

• Title to be confirmed

14.30-15.00     Coffee

14.50-15.10     Tracy Yates, University of Hull

• Can we classify lakes ω A palaeolimnological perspective (provisional title)
  

15.10-15.30     M Jane Bunting, University of Hull

• Why we need pollen: wetlands and their catchments

15.30-16.30     Discussion

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