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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
We advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Characterization and source determination of stream suspended particulate material in White Clay Creek, USA

D.L. Karwan, R. Aalto, A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.D. Newbold, and J.E. Pizzuto. 2011. Applied Geochemistry 26:S354–S356.
Brandywine Trek students carrying a canoe.

Coatesville Students Prepare for Brandywine Trek

Students will learn skills they will need this summer when they will embark on a weeklong journey, by foot and canoe, down the Brandywine River.
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Synchronicity between population structure and proteome profiles: a metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay bacterial communities

Kan, J., T.E. Hanson, and F. Chen. 2011. Pages 637–644 in Frans J. de Bruijn (editor). Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I; Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Optimizing the indirect extraction of prokaryotic DNA from soils

Williamson, K.E., J. Kan, S.W. Polson, and S.J. Williamson. 2011. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:736–748.
Fly River in Papua New Guinea.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2011

Two weeks into their work in Papua New Guinea, Dr. Anthony Aufdenkampe and his colleagues had already surveyed more than 600 miles of remote jungle rivers.
Fly River in Papua New Guinea.

Unearthing Buried Treasure in Papua New Guinea

Second article in a series about an international team of scientists following the transformation of river-borne carbon from the sources of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea to its

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

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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