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A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Riverine coupling of biogeochemical cycles between land, oceans, and atmosphere
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, P.A. Raymond, J.M. Melack, S.C. Doney, and S.R. Alin. 2011. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9(1):53–60.
Film Festival to benefit Stroud Center on February 24, 2011
Film Festival to benefit Stroud Center on February 24, 2011
The Wild & Scenic Film Festival opens the door for audiences to learn about their environment and how to engage in stewardship activities.
UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011
UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011
Stroud Center scientists think Papua New Guinea might be more important in terms of carbon and sediment discharge than the entire Amazon River.
Macroinvertebrate identification workshop in Peru.
Expanding the Leaf Pack Network® to South and Central America
The goal is to create a conservation ethic that integrates ordinary people into the decision-making process by putting simple assessment tools into their hands.
People in a marketplace in Papua New Guinea.
Pursuing Science Half a World Away: The Fly River in Papua New Guinea
First article in a series about an international team of scientists following the transformation of river-borne carbon from the sources of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea to its
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Can DNA barcodes of stream macroinvertebrates improve descriptions of community structure and water quality?
Sweeney, B.W., J.M. Battle, J.K. Jackson, and T. Dapkey. 2011. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30(1):195–216.
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The biology of the limnephilid caddisfly Dicosmoecus gilvipes (Hagen) in Northern California and Oregon (USA) streams
Resh, V.H., M. Hannaford, J.K. Jackson, G.A. Lamberti, and P.K. Mendez. 2011. Zoosymposia 5:413–419.
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Current production by bacterial communities in microbial fuel cells enriched from wastewater sludge with different electron donors
Kan, J., L. Hsu, A.C.M. Cheung, M. Pirbazari, and K.H. Nealson. 2011. Environmental Science and Technology 45:1139–1146.
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Why stream mayflies can reproduce without males but remain bisexual: a case of lost genetic variation
Funk, D.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.K. Jackson. 2010. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29:1258–1266.
Chester County’s Share: $4 Million For Environmental Projects
Chester County’s Share: $4 Million For Environmental Projects
October 6, 2010, Daily Local News: Federal stimulus funds are funding basic research on several factors that influence the health of streams.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Dissolved CO2 in small catchment streams of eastern Amazonia: a minor pathway of terrestrial carbon loss
Davidson, E., R. Figueiredo, D. Markewitz , A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2010. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biosciences 115:G04005.