Forthcoming Meetings

Litter breakdown in rivers and streams
Bilbao, Spain 24-26 September 1997
Contact: Dr. Arturo Elosegi Dpto. Biologia Vegetal y Ecologia, Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad del Pais Vasco/EHU Apdo. 644, 48080 Bilbao (Spain) Tel.: +34 4 4647700 Ext. 2798, Fax: +34 4 4648500 E-mail: gvpelira@lg.ehu.es.

Biology and taxonomy of green algae III
An International Symposium to be held at Smolenice-Castle, Slovakia, October 6-10, 1997. and A Post-symposium Excursion to Neusiedlersee (Austria) and Balaton (Hungary) October 10-12, 1997.
Ass. Prof. Dr. F. Hindák, DrSc. Institute of Botany SAS, Dúbravská cesta 14, SK-84223 Bratislava, Slovakia.

2nd International Symposium on ecology and engineering
Engineering the Aquatic Environment Nov. 10-12, 1997 Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Contact Vicki Sly at sly@cwr.uwa.edu.au.

International Workshop 0+ Fish as Indicators of the Ecological Status of Rivers
University of Vienna 16-20 February 1998.
Organisers: Fritz Schiemer & Hubert Keckeis
Laurence Flore, Institute of Zoology, Dept. of Limnology, Althanstrasse 14 A - 1090 Vienna, Austria. Phone: 0043 1 31336 1342 Fax: 0043 1 31336 778 E-mail: Flolo@zoo.univie.ac.at.

Man and river systems
The Functioning of River Systems at the Basin Scale
Paris 25-27 March 1998 For details see SILNEWS 22 or contact Mme F Bourgain by e-mail at: bourgain@paris.enpc.fr Tel: +33 (0)1 44 58 28 22 Fax: +33 (0)1 44 58 28 30

Tropical fish biology
The Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual International Symposium
13-16 July 1998 University of Southampton, UK
Call for papers: The following are suggestions for possible topics, though any papers on the general theme will be considered by the Organising Committee:

Abstracts should be submitted no later than 15 November 1997. Oral presentation (20mins) and Posters welcome. Specific poster sessions will be timetabled.
If there is sufficient interest we may hold a workshop on the theme of African freshwater fisheries and conservation on Friday 17 July.
Further information: Dr George F. Turner School of Biological Sciences University of Southampton, Bassett Cresent East, Southampton SO16 7PX, UK Tel: +44 (0)1703 594394 Fax: +44 (0)1703 59426/594793 E-mail: GFT@SOTON.AC.UK or http://www.soton.ac.uk/~gft/.

Shallow Lakes '98: Trophic interactions in shallow freshwater and brackish lakes
Berlin 3 - 8 August 1998
For details of this pre-congress meeting supported by SIL, contact Prof N. Walz, E-mail: walz@igb-berlin.de Tel: +49 30-64 19 05 11, Fax +49 30-64 19 05 23. First registration 15 October 1997.

AQUATIC PLANTS 10th International Symposium of the European Weed Research Society
Lisbon, Portugal, 22-25 September 1998