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Stroud Water Research Center produces the trusted science needed for successful stream and river conservation while fostering people’s passion for the water in their lives.

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Freshwater Research

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Environmental Education

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The Stroud Center integrates scientific discovery, watershed restoration, and long-term monitoring to generate practical solutions for freshwater protection.

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Expanding Access to Water Quality Monitoring

Globally, more than 3 billion people lack water quality data. Expanding access to monitoring tools helps communities protect their water and safeguard public health.

High school science teachers install an EnviroDIY Monitoring Station near a stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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Latest Freshwater News

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Influence of experimental removal of large woody debris on spatial patterns of three-dimensional flow in a low-energy meander bend: a LWD removal experiment

Daniels, M.D., and B.L. Rhoads. 2007. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 32(3):460–474.
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Stream insect occupancy-frequency patterns and metapopulation structure

Heatherly, T., M.R. Whiles, D.J. Gibson, S.L. Collins, A.D. Huryn, J.K. Jackson, and M.A. Palmer. 2007. Oecologia 151(2):313–331.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Organic matter in the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon: compositional evolution from the Andes to the lowland Amazon mainstem

Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, J.I. Hedges, C. Llerena, P.D. Quay, J. Gudeman, A.V. Krusche and J.E. Richey. 2007. Organic Geochemistry 38(3):337–364.
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Annual and spatial variation for macroinvertebrates in the Upper Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Battle, J.M., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. 2007. Fundamental and Applied Limnology Archiv für Hydrobiology 168(1):39–54.
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Student argumentative discourse in a seismology unit with different scientific data sources

Kerlin, S. 2007. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Primary productivity in receiving reservoirs: links to influent streams

Bott, T.L., D.S. Montgomery, D.B. Arscott, and C.L. Dow. 2006. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25(4):1045–1061.

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