A Freshwater Research Agenda for the Ecological Sciences

这项工作涉及拟订一份协商一致文件 一个多学科的科学家小组， 美国的淡水生态研究 本报告 将根据国家对预测性 了解淡水生态系统和资源， 环境变化的背景。 文件编制工作将在哥伦比亚大学进行， 1992年，华盛顿，在以前的纪律努力的基础上， 阐明特定类型淡水的研究议程 (e.g.河流、湖泊、湿地和水库）， 感兴趣的尺度（例如，从生物到景观）。 产品 多学科合作将是一份共识文件， 关键问题，对每个问题的分析，未来的优先事项 研究方向，重大进展的沟通， 如果优先建议得到遵循， 分析如何执行优先建议。 该报告将综合淡水的现状， 生态研究，以及确定最重要的未来 这一纪律的方向。 这也将提高我们的 了解研究和管理需求， 淡水，维持社会，经济和生态 北美的系统。

This work involves the development of a consensus document by a multidisciplinary team of scientists on the needs for ecological freshwater research in the United States. This report will be developed in light of the national need for a predictive understanding of freshwater ecological systems and resources in the context of environmental change. Document development will take place at the University of Washington in 1992, building upon previous disciplinary efforts to articulate research agendas for specific types of freshwaters (e.g. streams, lakes, wetlands and reservoirs) and for specific scales of interest (e.g. organisms to landscapes). Products of the multidisciplinary collaboration will be a consensus document of key issues, an analysis of each issue, priorities for future research directions, communication of significant advances that can be achieved if the priority recommendations are followed, and an analysis of how priority recommendations could be implemented. The report will synthesize the current status of freshwater ecological research, as well identify the most significant future directions for this discipline. It will also enhance our understanding of research and management needs for the freshwaters which sustain the social, economic, and ecological systems of North America.