River Research and Applications , previously published as Regulated Rivers: Research and Management (1987-2001), is an international journal dedicated to the promotion of basic and applied scientific research on rivers. The journal publishes original scientific and technical papers on biological, ecological, geomorphological, hydrological, engineering and geographical aspects related to rivers in both the developed and developing world. Papers showing how basic studies and new science can be of use in applied problems associated with river management, regulation and restoration are encouraged as is interdisciplinary research concerned directly or indirectly with river management problems.
The journal also publishes concept papers (see ARENA Section) short communications, regional and thematic review articles, and book reviews. Special thematic issues are an important feature.
ENVIRONMENTS
Rivers, impounded reaches, riparian zones, floodplains, estuaries and deltas in all biogeographic realms and artificial canals.
SUBJECTS
Hydrology (flow regimes, floods, droughts, instream flows, surface/groundwater interaction); water quality (physical, geo-chemical and biochemical processes); channel changes, erosion and sedimentation; flora and fauna (including micro-organisms, algae, macrophytes, invertebrates, fish and other vertebrates).
MANAGEMENT
Impact assessment, environmental monitoring and modelling, integrated river-basin management, and restoration and conservation of running-water and associated (e.g. floodplain) ecosystems and environmental change (e.g. land use, climate, water demand). Reservoir operation and release strategies and instream flow methodologies, surface and groundwater abstractions and inter-basin transfers, water-quality control, biotic indices, pest and aquatic weed control, fisheries, and river engineering for ecological management, channel maintenance and fishway design.
Standard papers normally should not exceed 6 000 words. Longer papers and review articles may be included but authors should first consult the editors. Papers for the ARENA section should normally be restricted to 3 000 words and papers intended for this special section should be identified as such on submission.
Regional editorial support and a strict refereeing procedure will ensure that River Research and Applications achieves a high scientific standard and maintains both an interdisciplinary and truly international content.
ARENA Section
A special ARENA section provides a forum for articulating new concepts and re-evaluating existing concepts and paradigms in theoretical and applied river science and management. Submissions of topical, scientific and policy issues and syntheses relevant to international river scientists, managers, and decision-makers are encouraged. Format and style are more relaxed than original research papers and large data sets, expansive statistical analyses, and lengthy reference lists are not required.

FOUNDING EDITOR
Professor Geoff Petts
University of Westminster

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Paul Wood
Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK
E-mail: P.J.Wood@lboro.ac.uk

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Professor Christopher Gibbins
School of Environmental and Geographical Sciences
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga
43500 Semenyih
Selangor, Malaysia

Dr Wendy A. Monk
Canadian Rivers Institute
Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management
10 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, E3B 4P2

Professor Martin Thoms
Riverine Landscapes Research Laboratory
Chair of the Division of Geography and Planning
University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Dr. Andy Large
Department of Geography
Daysh Building
University of Newcastle
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK

EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr Martin Blettler
Department of Hydro-ecology
National Institute of Limnology
Santa Fe
Argentina

Professor Nick Clifford
Department of Geography
King's College London
Room K4L.11 King's Building
Strand, London WC2R 2LS

Dr Henri Decamps
CNRS Centre d'Ecologie des
Resources Renouvelables
29 Rue Jeanne-Marvig
31055 Toulouse Cedex, France

Professor Michael D. Delong
Professor and Director
Large River Studies Center
Biology Department
Winona State University
Winona, MN 55987, USA

Dr David Dudgeon
Department of Ecology & Biodiversity
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

Assoc. Professor D. L. Galat
U.S. Geological Survey
Cooperative Research Unit
302 ABNR Building
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211-7240, USA

Dr David Gilvear
Department of Geography
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA, UK

Dr Brij Gopal
School of Environmental Sciences
Jowaharlal Nehru University
New Mehrauli Road
New Delhi 110 067, India

Professor James Gore
College of Natural and Health Sciences
University of Tampa
401W Kennedy Blvd, Box V
Tampa FL 33606, USA

Dr Robert Grabowski
School of Water, Energy and Environment
Cranfield University
Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK MK43 0AL

Dr P. Humphries
The Johnstone Centre,
School of Environmental and Information Sciences
Charles Sturt University
PO Box 789, Albury
NSW 2640, Australia

Dr Henriette Jager
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038, USA

Dr R. Kingsford
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science,
University of New South Wales, Sydney
NSW 2052, Australia

Dr J. Layzer
US Geological Survey, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery
Research Unit, Tennessee Tech University, PO Box 5114
Cookeville, TN 38505, USA

Professor M. Leclerc
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
PO Box 7500, Sainte Foy
Quebec City G1E 6B1, Canada

Dr Alexander Milner
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston, B15 2TT, UK

Dr John M. Nestler
Environmental Laboratory
Waterways Experiment Station
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180-6199
USA

Dr S. Saltveit
LFI Natural History Museums and
Botanical Garden
University of Oslo
PO Box 1172, Blindern
0318 Oslo, Norway

Dr Richard Sparks
Illinois Water Resources Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Room 278, Environmental and Agricultural Sciences Building
MC-635 1101 West Peabody Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA

Professor J. A. Stanford
Flathead Lake Biological Station
University of Montana
311, Biostation Lane
Polson
Montana 59860, USA

Prof Michael Stewardson
Environmental Hydrology and Water Resources Group
Department of Infrastructure Engineering, Melbourne School of Engineering
The University of Melbourne

Dr Kazumi Tanida
Department of Life Sciences
University of Osaka
Prefecture, Mozu-ume-machi Sakai
Osaka 591, Japan

Dr James Thorp
Arena Editor
Kansas Biological Survey, University of Kansas
142 Higuchi Hall, 2101 Constant Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66047-3759, USA

Dr R. L. Welcomme
Long Barn, Clare Road
Stoke by Clare, Suffolk
CO10 8HS, UK


Professor Geraldene Wharton
Queen Mary University of London
Mile End Road, London
E1 4NS, UK


Professor Xinan Yin
School of Environment
Beijing Normal University
19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Beijing, China