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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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Yellowstone Lake: high energy geochemistry and rich bacterial diversity

Clingenpeel, S., R.E. Macur, J. Kan, W. P. Inskeep, D. Lavalvo, J. Varley, E. Mathur, K. Nealson, Y. Goby, T.L. Fracois, and T.R. McDermott. 2011. Environmental Microbiology 13:2172–2185.
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Archaea in Yellowstone Lake

Kan, J., S. Clingenpeel, R.E. Macur, W.P. Inskeep, D. Lavalvo, J. Varley, Y. Gory, T.R. McDermott, and K.H. Nealson. 2011. ISME Journal 5:1784–1795.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Phytoplankton abundance and contributions to suspended particulate matter in the Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers

Bukaveckas, P.A., A.K. MacDonald, A. Aufdenkampe, J.H. Chick, J.E. Havel, R. Schultz, T. Angradi, D. Bolgrien, T. Jicha, and D. Taylor. 2011. Aquatic Sciences 73(3):419–436.
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Eating local: influences of habitat on the diet of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)

Clare, E.L., R. Brittany, R. Barber, B.W. Sweeney, P.D.N. Hebert, and M.B. Fenton. 2011. Molecular Ecology 20(8):1772–1780.
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No teacher left inside: preparing a new generation of teachers

Marcum-Dietrich, N., L. Marquez, S.E. Gill, and C. Medved. 2011. Journal of Geoscience Education 59(1):1–4.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Rates of soil mixing and associated carbon fluxes in a forest vs. tilled agricultural field: implications for modeling the soil carbon cycle

Yoo, K., J. Ji, A. Aufdenkampe, and J. Klaminder. 2011. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 116:2156–2202.

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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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