**Meet the editors**

Jiu-Fu Liu received his BSc and MSc degrees in Hydrology from the Hohai University, Nanjing, China. He has been a research professor at the Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute (NHRI) of the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources since 2003. He engages himself in the development of scientific hydrology and hydroinformatics and in the renovation of hydrological experiments. He has presided the National Key R&D Program of China and several key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation. He is a winner of two second prizes of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award, four first prizes, and one second prize of Scientific and Technological Progress Award in provincial/ministerial levels. He has published c.a. 30 academic articles. He became the director of the Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources of NHRI in 2007 and the deputy secretary-general of Hydrological Professional Committee, Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, and so on.

Wei-Zu Gu graduated from the Jiao-Tung University, Shanghai, China, in 1952. He has been a research professor at the Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute of the Chinese Ministry of Water Resources since 1982 and an adjunct professor of Hefei Polytechnical University (1987–1996), Heilongjiang University (1990–1996), Hohai University (2003–2006), Xi'an University of Science and Technology (1994–2014), and Nanjing Center of Chinese Geological Survey (2003–2009). He dedicated himself to the Chinese field of basin studies for more than 60 years since 1953. He was awarded by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (2009) as the outstanding contributor of the field work. He is an editor/coeditor of three books and c.a. 50 published articles. His current research focuses on the renovation of watershed hydrological experimental systems and the applications of isotope hydrology.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Watersheds 1**

**Ecological Change 25**

and Peter A. Troch

**"Chicken Creek" 75**

Zaplata and Reinhard F. Huettl

**for Controlled Systems 95**

Jan Frouz

Chapter 1 **Experimental Watersheds at Coshocton, Ohio, USA:**

**Experiences and Establishing New Experimental**

James V. Bonta, Martin J. Shipitalo and Lloyd Owens

**Biosphere 2 Landscape Evolution Observatory: Toward Prediction of Coupled Hydrological, Biogeochemical, and**

Till H. M. Volkmann, Aditi Sengupta, Luke A. Pangle, Katerina Dontsova, Greg A. Barron-Gafford, Ciaran J. Harman, Guo-Yue Niu, Laura K. Meredith, Nate Abramson, Antonio A. Meira Neto, Yadi Wang, John R. Adams, David D. Breshears, Aaron Bugaj, Jon Chorover, Alejandro Cueva, Stephen B. DeLong, Matej Durcik, Ty P. A. Ferre, Edward A. Hunt, Travis E. Huxman, Minseok Kim, Raina M. Maier, Russell K. Monson, Jon D. Pelletier, Michael Pohlmann, Craig Rasmussen, Joaquin Ruiz, Scott R. Saleska, Marcel G. Schaap, Michael Sibayan, Markus Tuller, Joost L. M. van Haren, Xubin Zeng

Wolfgang Schaaf, Christoph Hinz, Werner Gerwin, Markus K.

**Post-Mining Sites at Various Spatiotemporal Scales: The Need**

Chapter 2 **Controlled Experiments of Hillslope Coevolution at the**

Chapter 3 **Ecosystem Development in the Constructed Catchment**

Chapter 4 **Changes of Water Budget during Ecosystem Development in**
