Ecohydrology

Ecohydrology is an interdisciplinary science between hydrology and ecology, which has rapidly developed during the last 30 years. Research theme mainly focuses on evapotranspiration, carbon-water coupling, ecohydrological processes and water balance. Ecohydrology researches in China are well developed in arid and semiarid regions and have distinct practical features in combination with ecological engineering projects. Future researches need to highlight multiple spatiotemporal and multidisciplinary integrated researches and focus on the biotic-and abiotic interaction, surface-groundwater relations, coupling of natural and anthropogenic processes, interactions between geological and biological cycles, and extensions from molecule to global scales.