A Freshwater Research Agenda for the Ecological Sciences

这项工作包括由一个多学科科学家小组就美国生态淡水研究的需要制定一份共识文件。这份报告将根据国家需要在环境变化的背景下对淡水生态系统和资源有一种预测性的了解来编写。​1992年将在华盛顿大学编写文件，以以前的学科努力为基础，阐明具体类型的淡水(例如溪流、湖泊、湿地和水库)和特定的兴趣尺度（例如生物景观）。多学科合作的成果将是关键问题的共识文件，每个问题的分析，未来研究方向的优先事项，通报如果遵循优先建议可以取得的重大进展，并分析如何执行优先建议。该报告将综合淡水生态学研究的现状，并确定该学科未来最重要的方向。它还将加强我们对淡水的研究和管理需求的理解，这些淡水维持着北美的社会、经济和生态系统。

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.