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Biophysical controls on organic carbon fluxes in fluvial networks

Battin, T.J., L.A. Kaplan, S. Findlay, C.S. Hopkinson, E. Marti, A.I. Packman, J.D. Newbold, and F. Sabater. 2008. Nature Geoscience 1:95–100.

Protecting headwaters: the scientific basis for safeguarding stream and river ecosystems

Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Research synthesis from Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Assessing dam removal impacts on downstream geomorphic stability using hydrodynamic modeling

Daniels, M.D., G.C. Boardman, and P.M. Woodworth. 2008. Papers of the Applied Geography Conference 31:133–141.

Science and policy: new insights into terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric carbon flow and implications for stormwater management policy

Adams, S., L.A. Kaplan, and E. Ritchie. 2008. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation WEFTEC 2008:2828-2829.

Frontiers and technological advances in microbial processes and carbon cycling in the ocean

Jiao, N.Z., C.L. Zhang, F. Chen, J. Kan, and F. Zhang. 2008. Pages 217–267 in Lea P. Mertens (editor). Biological Oceanography Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, New York.

From local to extreme environments (FLEXE) pilot activity guide: energy unit

Goehring, E., W. Carlsen, C. Fisher, S. Kerlin, M. Smith, E. Simms, D. Blackman, and C. Williams. 2008. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program.

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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.