Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry

流域(也称为流域)是基本的景观单元，在其植物、土壤、排水和生态系统中包含可解释的物理、化学和生物信号。集水区对当地、区域和全球环境作出反应：气候变化、大气沉积、土地利用变化、间歇性事件和其他全球变化驱动因素的影响往往可以在集水区水、土壤和植物中检测到。集水科学是2015年6月戈登研究会议(GRC)和相关的戈登研究研讨会(GRS)的焦点，它是一项真正的跨学科和国际努力，由(除其他外)水文学家、生态学家、工程师、土壤科学家和生物地球化学家进行，他们的目标是探索和了解流域过程和对慢性和间歇性信号的反应，以便更好地预测水和生态系统管理者面临的未来挑战。面对未来水资源面临严重威胁的预测，提高对流域的了解是至关重要的。即将举行的GRC的目的是将来自世界各地、来自学术机构、研究机构和政府机构的成熟和发展中的(职业生涯早期)专家聚集在一起，以分享前沿研究的成果，发展新的合作，并评估流域和流域科学的当前和未来状态。流域科学GRC自1991年以来每两年举行一次，对于这一领域的科学家来说仍然是一个独特的机会，因为没有其他与此主题相关的重点会议。事实上，虽然CUAHSI和临界区网络等大型流域网络项目为其项目参与者举办了研讨会，但这些项目的科学家们发现，参加流域科学GRC是他们与更广泛的流域科学家互动的机会，并将他们的视野扩展到专注于项目之外。重要的是，GRS为新的流域科学家提供了机会，让他们与同行以及网络建立终身合作--并与各自领域的专家进行实质性的互动和指导。这种网络已经被证明对推动科学和早期职业科学家的发展至关重要。

Catchments (also known as watersheds) are fundamental landscape units that contain interpretable physical, chemical, and biological signals in their plants, soils, drainage waters, and ecosystems. Catchments are responsive to the local, regional and global environment: the effects of climate variability, atmospheric deposition, land use shifts, episodic events, and other drivers of global change can often be detected in catchment water, soils, and plants. Catchment Science, which is the focus of a June 2015 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS, for early career scientists), is a truly interdisciplinary and international endeavor conducted by (among others) hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, soil scientists, and biogeochemists, whose goal is to explore and understand catchment processes and responses to chronic and episodic signals in order to better anticipate the future challenges facing water and ecosystem managers. It is critical to improve understanding of catchments in the face of predictions for serious threats to water resources in the future.The purpose of this upcoming GRC is to bring together established and developing (early career) experts from around the world in the field of Catchment Science, from academic institutions, research institutes, and government agencies, in order to share the results of cutting-edge research, develop new collaborations, and assess the current and future state of catchments and catchment science. The Catchment Sciences GRC has taken place bi¬annually since 1991 and continues to represent a unique opportunity for scientists in this field as there are no other focused conferences related to this topic. Indeed, while large catchment network programs such as CUAHSI and the Critical Zone Network have workshops for their program participants, scientists from those programs find that attendance at the Catchment Sciences GRC is their opportunity to interact with a broader range of catchment scientists and to expand their vision beyond focused programs. Importantly, the GRS provides the opportunity for new catchment scientists to initiate lifelong collaborations with their peers as well as to network-- and have substantial interactions with and mentoring from experts in their field. This kind of networking has been shown to be of crucial importance in advancing the science and early career scientists.