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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
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Louis Kaplan taking a streamwater sample.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2002

Stroud scientists are studying how organic molecules support stream microorganisms and how far the molecules travel downstream before they are metabolized.
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Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis on black flies and nontarget macroinvertebrates and fish in a large river

Jackson, J.K., R.J. Horwitz, and B.W. Sweeney. 2002. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:910–930.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Determination of relative survival of two stocked walleye populations and resident natural origin fish by microsatellite DNA parentage assignment

Eldridge, W., M. Bacigalupi, I. Adelman, L. Miller, and A. Kapuscinski. 2002. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59(2):282–290.
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Monitoring dissolved organic carbon in surface and drinking waters

Volk, C., L. Wood, B. Johnson, J. Robinson, H.W. Zhu, L. Kaplan. 2002. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4(1):43–47.
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Assessment of relative accuracy in the determination of organic matter concentrations in aquatic systems

Aiken, G., L.A. Kaplan, and J. Weishaar. 2002. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 4:70–74.

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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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