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Scottish Freshwater Group

The Scottish Freshwater Group (SFG) provides a forum for its members to exchange information across disciplines and to promote awareness of current issues and research related to the freshwater environment in Scotland. The SFG holds a one-day meeting twice yearly in April and October at the University of Stirling. These meetings usually consist of seven or eight talks and a lunchtime poster display. They attract participants from academic research institutes, industry, government and non-government agencies who share a professional interest in the freshwater environment. The meetings are also attended by undergraduate and postgraduate students. Membership of the Group is open to anybody with an interest in freshwater ecosystems. Currently there are about 350 members. There is no subscription fee.

Meetings

If you wish to receive agendas for future SFG meetings, or give a talk or contribute either a poster or a theme for discussion, please contact Dr Laurence Carvalho at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology's Edinburgh research site.

All meetings are held at Stirling University, hosted by David Gilvear of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Talks are usually held in Lecture Theatre 2V1 and poster demonstrations in Laboratory 2B147, both in the Cottrell Building. Lunch can be obtained in the refectory in the MacRobert Centre.

Past and Future Meetings
	Date	Theme
79th Meeting	Thursday 25 October 2007	River Restoration in Scotland
80th Meeting	Thursday 3 April 2008	Half the talks will be on the theme of "Carbon in Freshwaters"
81st Meeting	Thursday 30 October 2008	Environment and Health
82nd Meeting	Thursday 9 April 2009	Freshwaters and Scottish Culture
83rd Meeting	Thursday 29 October 2009	Joint Meeting of Scottish Freshwater and Marine Groups
84th Meeting	Thursday 8 April 2010	Loch Restoration
85th Meeting	Thursday 28 October 2010	Connectivity across aquatic landscapes
86th Meeting	Thursday 31 March 2011
87th Meeting	Thursday 27 October 2011	Includes a discussion on strategies for species conservation in a changing freshwater environment.
88th Meeting	Thursday 5 April 2012	To offer a talk or poster please contact Laurence Carvalho
89th Meeting	Thursday 25 October 2012	To offer a talk or poster please contact Laurence Carvalho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Scottish Freshwater Group is organised by Laurence Carvalho, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) and hosted by David Gilvear of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Stirling.