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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.

Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cycles between land, oceans, and atmosphere

Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, P.A. Raymond, J.M. Melack, S.C. Doney, and S.R. Alin. 2011. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(1):53–60.
Film Festival to benefit Stroud Center on February 24, 2011

Film Festival to benefit Stroud Center on February 24, 2011

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival opens the door for audiences to learn about their environment and how to engage in stewardship activities.
UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011

UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011

Stroud Center scientists think Papua New Guinea might be more important in terms of carbon and sediment discharge than the entire Amazon River.
Macroinvertebrate identification workshop in Peru.

Expanding the Leaf Pack Network® to South and Central America

The goal is to create a conservation ethic that integrates ordinary people into the decision-making process by putting simple assessment tools into their hands.
People in a marketplace in Papua New Guinea.

Pursuing Science Half a World Away: The Fly River in Papua New Guinea

First 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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Can DNA barcodes of stream macroinvertebrates improve descriptions of community structure and water quality?

Sweeney, B.W., J.M. Battle, J.K. Jackson, and T. Dapkey. 2011. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(1):195–216.

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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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