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Since 1967, Stroudโ„ข Water Research Center has focused on one thing โ€” fresh water.
We seek to advance knowledge and stewardship of freshwater systems through global research, education, and watershed restoration.

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Use of the stream mayfly Cloeon triangulifer as a bioassay organism: life history response and body burden following exposure to technical chlordane

Sweeney, B.W., D.H. Funk, and L.J. Standley. 1993. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 12(1):115โ€“125.
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Sources and biogeochemistry of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon entering streams

Kaplan, L.A., and J.D. Newbold. 1993. Pages 139โ€“165 in T.E. Ford (editor). Aquatic microbiology: an ecological approach. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, England.
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Streamside forests and the physical, chemical, and trophic characteristics of piedmont streams in Eastern North America

Sweeney, B.W. 1992. Water Science and Technology 26:2653โ€“2673.
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Cycles and spirals of nutrients

Newbold, J.D. 1992. Pages 379โ€“408 in P. Calow and G.E. Petts (editors). The rivers handbook, volume 1: hydrological and ecological principles. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, England.
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Evaluation of utility laboratory personnel performance of a standardized AOC technique

Kaplan, L.A., M.W. LeChevallier, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Pages 1169โ€“1185 in Proceedings of Water Quality Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida.
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Assessment of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA as a method to determine bacterial productivity in streambed sediments

Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and J.K. Bielicki. 1992. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58:3614โ€“3621.

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

WikiWatershedยฎ 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.

EnviroDIYโ„ข 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 Networkยฎ 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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