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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
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A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Factors controlling water-column respiration in rivers of the central and southwestern Amazon Basin

Ellis, E.E.E., J.E. Richey, A.K. Aufdenkampe, A.V. Krusche, P.D. Quay, C. Salimon, and H.B. da Cunha. 2012. Limnology and Oceanography 57(2):527–540.
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Interannual dynamics of viriobenthos abundance and morphological diversity in Chesapeake Bay sediments

Helton, R.R., K. Wang, J. Kan, D.H. Powell, and K.E. Wommack. 2012. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 79:474–486.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Gryllus mandevillus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is a valid field cricket species

Weissman, D.B., D.H. Funk, and T.J. Walker. 2012. Zootaxa 3202:65–68.
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Film Festival to Benefit Stroud Center and The Land Conservancy for Southern Chester County

This is the fifth year for the film festival which is designed to educate, entertain and inspire through award-winning animations, documentaries, and independent films.
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Sustained losses of bioavailable nitrogen from montane tropical forests

Brookshire, E.N.J., L.O. Hedin, J.D. Newbold, D.M. Sigman, and J.K. Jackson. 2012. Nature Geoscience 5:123–126.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

The impact of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon on stream ecosystems through an investigation of hydrologic sources

McLaughlin, Christine. 2012. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Adviser: L.A. Kaplan.

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WikiWatershed® web tools offer watershed data visualization, geospatial analysis capabilities, and science-based predictions of human impacts on stormwater runoff and water quality.

The Water Quality mobile app is a water-monitoring data-collection and learning tool designed for use by educators and their students, citizen scientists, and researchers.

EnviroDIY™ is a community where members ask and answer questions and network within interest groups to develop do-it-yourself environmental science and monitoring devices.

The Society for Freshwater Science Taxonomic Certification Program ensures skilled persons are providing aquatic invertebrate identifications in North America.

The Leaf Pack Network® is an international network of teachers, students, and citizen monitors using a simple experiment to determine the health of their local streams.

The Consortium for Scientific Assistance to Watersheds provides free technical assistance to Pennsylvania-based watershed and conservation organizations.


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