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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 1169–1185 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 58:3614–3621.
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Comparison of high-temperature and persulfate oxidation methods for the determination of dissolved organic carbon in freshwaters

Kaplan, L.A. 1992. Limnology and Oceanography 37:1119–1125.
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Habitat specific differences in persistence and effects of introduced cellulolytic bacteria used as surrogates for GEMS

Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1992. Pages 135–139 in J.E. Harvey (editor). Proceedings of the 4th Investigators meeting for EPA’s Biotechnology-Biological Control Agent Risk Assessment Research Program, Report No. EPA/600/R-92/147.
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Variation in genetic structure among populations of the caddisfly Helicopsyche borealis from three streams in northern California, U.S.A.

Jackson, J.K., and V.H. Resh. 1992. Freshwater Biology 27:29–42.
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Climate change and the life histories and biogeography of aquatic insects in eastern North America

Sweeney, B.W., J.K. Jackson, J.D. Newbold, and D.H. Funk. 1992. Pages 143–176 in Firth and S. G. Fisher (editors). Global climate change and freshwater ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, New York, New York.

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Featured Initiatives and Partnerships

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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