Hyporheic Network - a Knowledge Transfer Network on Hyporheic Zone Processes

地下水与地表水的相互作用，以及对水和污染物在含水层与河流交界面的通量的控制，是控制河流廊道化学和生态质量的重要因素。近年来，越来越多的研究发表在作用于这个界面的过程上，这个界面被称为隐隐带（Sophocleous 2002）。然而，很少有人采用真正的多学科方法，在潜行带中综合物理、化学和生物研究。英国有机会发挥带头作用。了解地下水/地表水界面的过程已被英国地质调查局、CEH和环境局确定为优先研究领域（Smith 2005）；NERC的优先事项目前正在审查中，我们希望这个领域仍然包括在内，因为它是目前可持续水管理的科学优先事项。为了更好地理解这个系统，有必要把来自不同科学学科的工作者聚集在一起。此外，确定未来研究的优先次序需要科学家和科学最终用户之间更好的参与。我们将建立一个关于地下水/地表水相互作用的知识转移网络，特别关注地下过程。hypheic网络将允许研究人员会见科学最终用户（反之亦然），以便传播现有知识，并确定该领域研究的最终用户优先事项。特别是，它将汇集水文学家、生态学家、地球化学家、地貌学家和水文地质学家，以便确定新的跨学科研究的机会。hypheic网络将为学者提供一个论坛，让他们直接向感兴趣的科学最终用户传达他们的研究成果，并为这些科学用户提供一个论坛，让他们向研究界通报他们的优先事项。将建立新的研究小组，与最终用户群体合作，制定新的和令人兴奋的研究建议。该网络将举办一系列研讨会和会议，传播最近的研究成果，我们将为一些年轻研究人员提供资金支持，让他们参加这些研讨会，以鼓励他们参与。我们将开发和维护一个网站，发布关于潜潜区的报告和信息，我们打算使该网站成为关于潜潜区各个方面的国际研究和信息的门户。该网络的主要目标之一是写一本关于潜潜带的书，这将把最新的研究成果转化为河流管理者可用的建议。这个拟议的网络已经得到了一系列研究人员的承诺，包括水文学家、生态学家、水化学家、水地质学家、水地球物理学家和地貌学家。有兴趣参与该网络的科学最终用户群体包括政府（决策者和监管机构）、大型工业公司、咨询公司、非政府组织和国际大学和组织。

Groundwater / surface water interactions, and the controls on water and pollutant flux across the interface of aquifers and rivers, are important factors controlling the chemical and ecological quality of river corridors. An increasing body of research has been published in recent years on processes acting at this interface, which is known as the hyporheic zone (Sophocleous 2002). However, few have adopted a truly multidisciplinary approach, which integrate physical, chemical and biological investigations in the hyporheic zone. There is an opportunity for the UK to take a lead. Understanding processes at the groundwater / surface water interface has been identified as a priority research area the British Geological Survey, CEH and the Environment Agency (Smith 2005); NERC's priorities are currently being reviewed and we expect this area to remain included, as it is in the current science priorities for Sustainable Water Management. In order to understand this system better it is necessary to bring together workers from a range of scientific disciplines. Furthermore, prioritisation of future research requires better engagement between researchers and science end-users. We will establish a Knowledge Transfer Network on groundwater / surface water interactions, with a specific focus on hyporheic processes. The Hyporheic Network will allow researchers to meet with science end-users (and vice versa), in order to disseminate existing knowledge, and to identify the end-user priorities for research in this area. In particular it will bring together hydrologists, ecologists, geochemists, geomorphologists and hydrogeologists in order to identify opportunities for novel cross-disciplinary research. The Hyporheic Network will provide a forum for academics to communicate their research findings directly to interested science end-users, and for those science-users to inform the research community of their priorities. New research teams will be created to develop new and exciting research proposals, in collaboration with end-user groups. The Network will run a series of workshops and meetings that will disseminate recent research and we will provide financial support a number of young researchers to attend these workshops, in order to encourage them to participate. We will develop and maintain a website to distribute reports and information on the hyporheic zone, and we intend that the website will become a portal for international research and information on all aspects of the hyporheic zone. One of the major goals of the network is to write a book on the hyporheic zone, which will turn the latest research into usable advice for river managers. The proposed Network already has commitment from a range of researchers, including hydrologists, ecologist, hydrochemists, hydrogeologists, hydrogeophysicists and geomorphologists. Science end-user groups interested in engaging with the Network include government (both policy makers and regulatory agencies), large industrial companies, consulting companies, non-governmental organisations, and international universities and organisations.