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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
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Present status and future directions of tropical stream research

Jackson, J.K., and B.W. Sweeney. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:5–11.
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Concentrations and export of solutes from six mountain streams in northwestern Costa Rica

Newbold, J.D., B.W. Sweeney, J.K. Jackson, and L.A. Kaplan. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:21–37.
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Egg and larval development times for 35 species of tropical stream insects from Costa Rica

Jackson, J.K., and B.W. Sweeney. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14:115–130.
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Semivoltinism, seasonal emergence, and adult size variation in a tropical stream mayfly (Euthyplocia hecuba)

Sweeney, B.W., J.K. Jackson, and D.H. Funk. 1995. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 14(1):131–146.
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Maternal transfer of chlordane and its metabolites to the eggs of a stream mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer

Standley, L.J., B.W. Sweeney, and D.H. Funk. 1994. Environmental Science & Technology 28(12):2105–2111.

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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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