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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
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Effects of trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, on acetate metabolism by freshwater benthic microbial communities

Bott, T.L., and L.J. Standley. 1998. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60(3):472–479.
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Trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants: biomolecular fate in aquatic organisms

Standley, L.J., and T.L. Bott. 1998. Environmental Science and Technology 32:469–475.
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Method of determining the effect of a test substance on a clone of a Centroptilum triangulifer mayfly

Sweeney, B.W., D.H. Funk, and L.J. Standley. 1997. US Patent 5,665,555.
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Water quality functions of riparian forest buffer systems in the Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

Lowrance, R., L.S. Altier, J.D. Newbold, R.R. Schnabel, P.M. Groffman, J.M. Denver, D.L. Correll, J.W. Gilliam, J.L. Robinson, R.B. Brinsfield, K.W. Staver, W.C. Lucas, and A.H. Todd. 1997. Environmental Management
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Turbulent transport of suspended particles and dispersing benthic organisms: how long to hit bottom?

McNair, J.N., J.D. Newbold, and D.D. Hart. 1997. Journal of Theoretical Biology 188:29–52.

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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.

EnviroDIYâ„¢ 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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