Themes and topics (but are not limited to)
A. Rivers and lakes ecosystem ecology
- Groundwater influx in rivers and lakes
- Paleoecological approach – a mirror between past and future
- Water geomorphologic process and landscape modeling
- Water level fluctuation
- Water quality management: surface and groundwater
- Phytoplankton and zooplankton
- Aquatic macrophytes and invasive aquatic plants
- Shallow lakes / large and deep lakes – researches and paradigms in the XXI century
- Biogeochemistry and aquatic ecology
- Biodiversity, conservation, restoration and management of lakes and rivers
-GIS and Remote Sensing of Inland waters
- Habitat Structure, Fragmentation and Connectivity of Inland Waters
B. Climate changing and water resources
- Polar and alpine lakes
- Arid and semi-arid aquatic systems
- Climate changing and extreme events: floods, droughts, hurricanes, cyclones etc.
- Linking climatology, hydrology and water resources management
- Hydropower production and hydraulics construction – adaptation and changing to the global warming
- Improvements of techniques and technologies for water economy (biotechnology, desalination, irrigation, domestic and industrial supply)
C. Coastal environment
- Aquaculture & Fisheries
- Biodiversity, conservation and management of coastal ecosystem
- Marine Biology
- Coastal morphology and process
- Hydrology of coastal and wetland zones
- Estuaries, saltmarshes and mangroves
- Atolls and coral reefs
- Sea level fluctuation and changing
- Coastal lakes and human pressure
- Coastal development for tourism and economic activity
D. Deltas and wetlands
- Biodiversity monitoring and management
- Deltas and anthropogenic impacts on deltas ecosystems
- River deltas and floodplain restoration (habitat and species)
-Alien species ecological impact
-Algal blooms in inland waters
E. Water policies
- Trans-boundary river and lakes issues
- Water and health
- River/lakes restoration and rehabilitation – ecological processes, ecosystem functioning and services
- River/lakes restoration and rehabilitation – political and economic aspect
- The role of protected areas in conservation of inland waters
- Water and human development (urbanization, megacities, towns and rural areas)
- Water economy, security, institutional and socio-economic aspects
- Education and public awareness
