HR: 16:45h
AN: NB44B-06    [Abstracts]
TI: Developing an Environmental Decision Support System for Stream Management: the STREAMES Experience
AU: * Riera, J
EM: jlriera@ub.edu
AF: Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
AU: Argerich, A
EM: alba@ceab.csic.es
AF: Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
AU: Comas, J
EM: quim@lequia1.udg.es
AF: Chemical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory (LEQUIA), University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, Girona, 17071 Spain
AU: Llorens, E
EM: esther@lequia1.udg.es
AF: Chemical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory (LEQUIA), University of Girona, Campus Montilivi, Girona, 17071 Spain
AU: Martí, E
EM: eugenia@ceab.csic.es
AF: Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Accès Cala Sant Francesc, Blanes, 17300 Spain
AU: Godé, L
EM: lxgode@gencat.net
AF: Agència Catalana de l'Aigua, Proven‡a 204-208, Barcelona, 08036 Spain
AU: Pargament, D
EM: david@yarqon.org.il
AF: Yarqon River Authority, Ha'Marganit 8, Israel
AU: Puig, M
EM: mpuig@ceab.csic.es
AF: Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Accès Cala Sant Francesc, Blanes, 17300 Spain
AU: Sabater, F
EM: fsabater@ub.edu
AF: Departament d'Ecologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 645, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
AB: Transferring research knowledge to stream managers is crucial for scientifically sound management. Environmental decision support systems are advocated as an effective means to accomplish this. STREAMES (STream REAach Management: an Expert System) is a decision tree based EDSS prototype developed within the context of an European project as a tool to assist water managers in the diagnosis of problems, detection of causes, and selection of management strategies for coping with stream degradation issues related mostly to excess nutrient availability. STREAMES was developed by a team of scientists, water managers, and experts in knowledge engineering. Although the tool focuses on management at the stream reach scale, it also incorporates a mass-balance catchment nutrient emission model and a simple GIS module. We will briefly present the prototype and share our experience in its development. Emphasis will be placed on the process of knowledge acquisition, the design process, the pitfalls and benefits of the communication between scientists and managers, and the potential for future development of STREAMES, particularly in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive.
UR: http://www.streames.org
DE: 1803 Anthropogenic effects
DE: 1871 Surface water quality
DE: 6309 Decision making under uncertainty
SC: North American Benthological Society [NB]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly