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Since 1967, Stroud Water Research Center has focused on one thing — fresh water.
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Biology, ecophysiology, and energetics of Sigara alternata (Say) in White Clay Creek

Schnack, J.A., B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1978. Physis Sección B 37(93):89–98.
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Bioenergetic and developmental response of a mayfly to thermal variation

Sweeney, B.W. 1978. Limnology and Oceanography 23(3):461–477.
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Size variation and the distribution of hemimetabolous aquatic insects: two thermal equilibrium hypotheses

Sweeney, B.W., and R.L. Vannote. 1978. Science 200(4340):444–446.

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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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