Scottish Freshwater Group: 2014 meetings

93rd meeting

The 93rd meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group took place on Thursday 30 October 2014.

Agenda

Morning Chair: Laurence Carvalho (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

10:00: Meet for tea / coffee
10:30: Paul Ramsay (Bamff Estate) "1 Beavers at Bamff"
11:00: Charles Perfect (University of Stiring) "2 Restoration development trajectories; patterns of recovery by riparian vegetation"
11:30: Eirini Politi (University of Dundee) "

Document

3 The 1000 lake challenge.pdf PDF - 3.6 MB

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12:00: Marian Scott (University of Glasgow) "

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4 Statistics of the aquatic environment - what is on the horizon.pdf PDF - 2.18 MB

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12:30-14:00 Lunch & Poster Demonstrations

Erica Dewell (Dundee University): "Impacts of Morphological Restoration on Macroinvertebrate Assemblage in Eddleston Water"
Hannah Clilverd (University College London): "The ecohydrological effects of river embankment removal on a floodplain meadow"

Afternoon Theme: The Eddleston Water Project - measuring the effectiveness of restoring a sub-catchment of the Tweed

Afternoon Chair: Chris Spray (University of Dundee)

14:00: Chris Spray (University of Dundee) "

Document

5 Introduction to the Eddleston Water Project - aims and policy context.pdf PDF - 4.24 MB

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14:15: Hugh Chalmers (Tweed Foundation) and Carolyn Mills (cbec) "Practical restoration works undertaken"

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SFG93 part one.pdf PDF - 3.32 MB

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SFG93 part two.pdf PDF - 4.06 MB
14:40: Tom Ball/Andrew Black (University of Dundee) "Surface Water Monitoring"
15:00: Alan McDonald (BGS) "

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Measuring the contribution of groundwater and soil water to flooding.pdf PDF - 521.23 KB

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15:20: Chris Bromley (SEPA) "

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9 Geomorphology and ecology monitoring.pdf PDF - 997.63 KB

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15:40: Chris Spray (chair) "Discussion and summing up"
16.00: Close of meeting, followed by social drink in the Meadowpark Hotel

The next meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group will be on Thursday 19 April 2015, with a half-day theme on "CREW discussion of research priorities". To offer a talk or poster, please contact Dr Laurence Carvalho, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (Edinburgh), Bush Estate, Penicuik, EH26 0QB. E-mail: laca@ceh.ac.uk

92nd meeting

The 92nd meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group took place on Thursday 27 March 2014.

Agenda

Morning theme: The Story of Tweed Sea-trout

Morning chair: Ronald Campbell (Tweed Foundation)

10.00: Meet for tea / coffee
10:30: Kenny Galt (Tweed Foundation) "

Document

1 Sea Trout Freshwater Phase.pdf PDF - 4.25 MB

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11:00: Niall Gauld (University of Durham) "

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2 The Downstream migration of smolts.pdf PDF - 2.05 MB

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11:30: Ronald Campbell (Tweed Foundation) "

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3 Sea trout migrations at sea.pdf PDF - 934.55 KB

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12:00: Niall Gauld (University of Durham) "

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4 The Upstream spawning migration.pdf PDF - 2.9 MB

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12:40-14:00 Lunch & Poster Demonstrations

Alan Law (University of Stirling) "The impact of beaver dams on macroinvertebrates"
Shallow Lakes 2014

Afternoon Session

Chair: Laurence Carvalho (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology)

14:00: Robert Brackley (University of Glasgow) "

Document

5 Investigating the impacts of a small-scale hydropower scheme upon salmonids.pdf PDF - 2.33 MB

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14:30: Rick Battarbee (University College London) "

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6 Upland Waters Monitoring Network.pdf PDF - 3.06 MB

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15:00: Chris Mellor (Scottish Natural Heritage) "

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7 The monetary value of ecosystem service enhancements delivered by river restoration projects.pdf PDF - 1.6 MB

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15:30 Steve Addy (James Hutton Institute) "

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8 Monitoring the effectiveness of natural flood management and engineering techniques to reduce flood risk in upland catchments.pdf PDF - 3.25 MB

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16.00 Close of meeting, followed by social drink in the Meadowpark Hotel

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