Introduction. A basin scale framework for the study of Human pressure on river system functioning; J. Garnier, J.-M. Mouchel. Part One: Biological communities. Plankton dynamics in the Rhine during downstream transport as influenced by biotic interactions and hydrological conditions; T. Ietswaart, et al. Aquatic bryophyte assemblage along a gradient of regulation in the river rhine; A. Vanderpoorten, J.-P. Klein. A macrophyte communities sequence as an indicator of eutrophication and acidification levels in weakly mineralised streams in north-eastern France; T. Thiebaut, S. Muller. Use of Oligochaete communities for assessment of the ecotoxicological risks in fine sediment of rivers and canals in the Artois-Picardie water basin (France); J. Prygiel, et al. Contribution of the macrobenthic compartment to the oxygen budget of a large regulate river: the Mosel; V. Bachmann, P. Usselglio-Polatera. Contribution to the ecological quality of Aliakmon River (Macedonia, Hellas): A multivariate approach; M. Lazaridou-Dimitriadou, et al. Multiple anthropogenic impacts induced by Paris on fish communities in the Seine River basin, France; Ph. Boët, et al. Rehabilitation efforts for atlantic salmon in the Meuse Basin area; C. Prignon, et al. Biophysical interactions and the structure and dynamics of Riverine Ecosystems; R. Naiman. Part Two: Eutrophication, nutrient dynamics and organic pollution. Biogeochemical nutrient cycles and nutrient strategies; D. Conley. Application of the `snapshot' methodology to a basin-wide analysis of phosphorus and nitrogen at stable low flow; M. Salvia, et al. Nutrient runoff and transfer from land and rivers to the gulf of Riga; P. Stalnacke, et al. Retention of nutrients in river systems: Dependence on specific runoffand hydraulic load; H. Behrendt, D. Opitz. Modelling nutrient flow from source to river load: A macroscopic analysis applied to the Rhine and Elbe basins; M.J.M. de Wit. Integrated modelling of hydrological processes and nutrient dynamics at the basin scale; V. Krysanova, A. Becker. Nitrogen transfers through the Seine drainage network: a budget based on the application of the `Riverstrahler' Model; G. Billen, J. Garnier. Understanding to oxygen budget and related ecological processes in the Mosel River: the Riverstrahler approach; J. Garnier, et al. Model-based analysis of oxygen budget and biological processes in the regulated rivers Moselle and Saar: Modelling the influence of benthic feeders on phytoplankton; A. Schöl, et al. Optimal design and real time control of the integrated urban run-off system; P. Harremoës, W. Rauch. Quantification of nitrates removal by a flooded alluvial zone of the Ill floodplain (East of France); J.M. Sanchez Perez, et al. The impact of hydrological fluctuations on shallow groundwater hydrochemistry under two alluvial meadows; L. Krebs, et al. Scenario analysis of nutrient management at the river basin scale; B. Kronvang, et al. Methodology for multifunctional assessment or vierine wetlands in the Seine River basin; E. Fustec, et al. Part Three: Erosion and sediment transport. Linking land use, erosion and sediment yields in river basins; D.E. Walling. High frequency variation of water flux and sediment discharge during the Little Ice Age (1586-1725 AD) in the Rhone Delta (Mediterranean, France). Relationship to the catchment basin; G. Arnaud-Fassetta, M. Provansal. Estimation of soil loss and sediment yield using suspended sediment load and 137 Cs measurements in agricultural land, Brie Plateau, France; S. Sogon, e