Working Group 3 “Application” within COST Action 626

Main goal of the meeting:

Defining state-of-the-art for the application of river habitat models at different scales

in all participating countries.

Subsidiary goals:

Identify opportunities for collaboration in research and training.

Identify the gaps between current practice (in application of models), current state of the art and end user requirements and aspirations (ie both now and in the future).

(This leads into defining research needs which will be discussed further by email between the Stuttgart and Trondheim meetings and at the latter).

Proposed timetable:

Day 1: Thursday 8 March

15:30 – 18:00

WG3 Short Presentations on Key Topics

Peter Borsanyi linking models to evaluate hydropower scenarios

Jean-Michel Olivier flow rehabilitation for bypassed sections of river

Morten Lauge Pederson ?

Antoni Palau Appropriate goals and end‑user doubts. Sophistication or efficiency?

Timo Yrjänä Applications of models to river restoration

Franz Kerle Scaling

Craig Elliott Bridging the gap between research and the real world

Leif Lillehammer Working at the catchment scale

Veronique Adriaenssens Use of model output in decision support systems

?? (volunteers?) Standardisation

Other possible topics: minimum flows vs scenario analysis, frameworks, interpretation of results

• Discussion on organisation of topics: distillation.
• Overlap and interaction with other WGs.

Day 2: Friday 9 March

Tor Zeigler (end-user) presentation etc.

10-10:30. Presentation and Review of Day 1 discussions (WG1,2,3 together)

10:30-12:30

WG3: Defining state of the art (SOA): structured discussion with rapporteurs

Split (spatially and temporally!) into two 1hr sessions and two groups

Session 1 (10:30-11:15): split into

• SOA at the reach scale and
• SOA at the catchment scale,

(then 15 minutes for summaries of each group)

Session 2 (11:30-12:15): split into:

· SOA applied by the research lab and

· SOA as applied by end-users

(then 15 minutes for summaries of each group)

13:30-15:00

WG3:

• Opportunities for collaboration in research (teams and topics?) and training
• Production of short report on state-of-the-art for WG3
• Sub-headings rough contents (which should follow key topics) and authors

15:30-17:00. Full session: conclusions of each WG, expectations of COST626, chances for cooperation, homework for Trondheim meeting.

Appendix

1. Scope of COST 626 Working Group 3

The application of modelling techniques for the prediction and assessment of impacts (which may be positive or negative), to river biota.

Impacts are likely to be due to physical disturbances or modifications, be it to hydrology or channel form.

We have no restriction on modelling techniques: numerical, analytical, process-based, statistical, simple, complex: but the techniques do need to be predictive, not just descriptive. We have no restriction on spatial / temporal scale of working, although I think that necessarily much of the existing and ongoing work will have been undertaken at the reach scale. One of the key aims of the WG in the later stages will be to navigate a way forward towards methods applicable at the catchment scale which are still underpinned by robust science at the reach scale.

2. Members of Working Group 3

Member	Country	Confirmed Attendance	Confirmed WG3 Presentation	Affiliation
Gregory Egger	Austria	?	?
Veronique Adriaenssens	Belgium	ü	ü
Morten Lauge Pedersen	Denmark	ü	?
Andreas Eisner	Germany	ü
Franz Kerle	Germany	ü	ü
Timo Yrjänä	Finland	ü	ü
Timo Muotka	Finland	--	--
Jean-Michel Olivier	France	ü	ü
?Bert Higler?	Netherlands	?	?
Piet Verdonschot	Netherlands	?	?
Harm Duel	Netherlands	?	?
Peter Borsanyi	Norway	ü	ü
Atle Harby	Norway	ü	?
Leif Lillehammer	Norway	ü	ü
Svein Jakob Saltveit	Norway	?	?
Tor Ziegler	Norway	ü	?
Antoni Palau	Spain	ü	ü
Diego García de Jalón	Spain	ü	N?
Armin Peter	Switzerland	?	?
Michael Dunbar (chair)	UK	ü	N
Craig Elliott	UK	ü	ü
Mike Acreman	UK	ü	?
Ian Maddock	UK	ü	?