2017 Gordon Research Conference on Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology, Biology & Geochemistry

戈登流域科学研究会议(GRC)的构思是为了提高对流域(也称为流域)中水文学、生物学和地球化学之间相互作用的理解，流域是作为系统的水文流域，包括相互关联的物理、化学和生物过程，这些过程决定了水的组成、状况和价值。没有其他水文科学会议关注这一目标。流域科学GRC自1991年以来每两年举行一次，继续为来自世界各地的学术机构和政府机构的科学家在该领域提供一个独特的机会。GRC流域科学和相关的戈登研究研讨会(GRS，面向早期职业科学家和学生)包括来自广泛学科的成员，但仍专注于流域科学中水文学、生物学和地球化学之间的相互作用。这次会议将从综合的、多学科的角度确定流域科学的新研究机会和新的研究问题。从物理、化学和生物综合角度揭示流域功能需要水文学家、生态学家、工程师、土壤科学家和生物地球化学家进行跨学科研究和信息交流。来自这些学科的科学家需要有一个共同的框架和语言，以便能够解决和理解当今水资源和生态系统的重大挑战。2017年的具体会议主题是“跨越边界，寻求流域科学的综合”，目的是使来自不同学科、从事流域不同方面工作的流域科学家能够相互分享和学习，以确定整个科学的研究和进步的机会。对“边界”(物理的、体制的、学科的和概念的)的关注突出了跨越与集水科学有关的各种边界的必要性，因为许多关键过程和问题的解决办法都发生在代表各种贡献系统的交集的边界上。重要的是，这次会议及其相关的GRS为早期职业研究人员之间的思想交流提供了机会，并提供了一个与同行建立关系的机会，这些同行将形成下一代科学家，他们将更好地跨过边界在集水科学领域工作。

The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Catchment Science was conceived on the idea of improving the understanding of interaction among hydrology, biology and geochemistry in catchments (also known as watersheds), which are hydrologic drainage areas that act as systems and encompass interconnected physical, chemical, and biological processes that determine the composition, regime, and value of water. No other hydrologic science meeting is focused on this goal. The Catchment Science GRC, has taken place biennially since 1991 and continues to represent a unique opportunity for scientists from academic institutions and government agencies from around the world in this field. The GRC on Catchment Science and the associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS, for early career scientists and students) includes members from broad ranging disciplines but maintains a focus on interactions among hydrology, biology and geochemistry in catchment science. The conference will identify new research opportunities and define new research questions in catchment science from an integrative, multidisciplinary standpoint.Unraveling catchment functions from an integrated physical, chemical, and biological perspective, requires interdisciplinary research and information exchange among hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, soil scientists, and biogeochemists. Scientists from these disciplines need to have a common framework and language to be in a position to solve and understand today's water resource and ecosystem grand challenges. The specific conference theme in 2017, "Crossing Boundaries and Seeking Synthesis in the Catchment Sciences," is to enable catchment scientists from different disciplines and who work on different aspects of catchments to share and learn from one another in order to identify opportunities for research and advancement of the science as a whole. The focus on "boundaries" (physical, institutional, disciplinary and conceptual) highlights the need to cross those various boundaries related to catchment science because many critical processes and solutions to problems occur at the boundaries which represent the intersection of the various contributing systems. Importantly, this conference, with its associated GRS, provides opportunities for the exchange of ideas among early career investigators and an occasion to build relationships with peers that will form the next generation of scientists who will be better positioned to work across boundaries in catchment science.