HYDROLOGICAL (framework): integrating of understanding water and biota interplay at a catchments scale (GIS) for identification of threats and opportunities for sustainable water, economy and society. It covers such aspects as:
- scale: mesocycle water circulation in a basin - the template for quantification of ecological processes;
- dynamics: water and temperature - the driving forces for terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems;
- hierarchy of factors: abiotic factors to hydrology dominate, however, when these are stable and predictable, biotic interactions begin to manifest themselves
- ECOLOGICAL (target): understanding of the evolutionarily established resilience and resistance of ecosystems to stress and patterns of ecological succession to increase their carrying capacity against human impacts.
ECOLOGICAL ENGENEERING (methodology): using ecosystem properties as a management tool for restoration of biodiversity, improve water quality and enhancement of ecosystem services for society by:
- Dual regulation of hydrology by shaping biota and, vice versa, regulation of biota by altering hydrology;
- Integration: at the basin scale various types of regulations should be integrated towards achieving synergy to stabilize and improve the quality of freshwater resources at a basin scale
- Harmonization of ecohydrological measures with necessary hydrotechnical solutions (e.g., sewage treatment plants, levees in urbanized areas, etc.)
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