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UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2009
UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2009
After almost three years at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, Dave Arscott will return to serve as the Stroud Center’s assistant director.
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Temporal dynamics of seston: a recurring nighttime peak and seasonal shifts in composition in a stream ecosystem
Richardson, D.C., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2009. Limnology and Oceanography 54(1):344–354.
Pennylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture logo.
Sweeney to Address Farming for the Future Conference
Stroud Center Director Bern Sweeney will underscore the critical connection between our “foodsheds” and the health of the “watersheds” in which we live.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Genetic consequences of size-selective fishing: implications for viability of Chinook salmon in the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Region of Alaska
Hard, J., W. Eldridge, and K. Naish. 2009. Pages 759–780 in Sustainability of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim salmon fisheries. C.C. Krueger and C. E. Zimmerman (editors). Pacific salmon: ecology and management of western
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Mercury(II) bioaccumulation and antioxidant physiology in four aquatic insects
Xie, L., J.L. Flippin, N. Deighton, D.H. Funk, D.A. Dickey, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2009. Environmental Science & Technology 43:934–940.
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Water quality in White Clay Creek Watershed from 1991 to 2008
Battle, J.M., and J.K. Jackson. 2008. Stream Watch Project Final Report. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.
Streamside forests: the natural cost-effective solution to clean water
In Support of Streamside Forests: Understanding the Challenges and Becoming Part of the Solution
Each tree helps prevent pollutants from entering our water supplies and provides lasting benefits of shade, beauty and the natural habitat essential to a healthy ecosystem.
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Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York City: an integrative watershed approach
Arscott, D.B., A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Final report on monitoring activities, 2000-2005. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.
UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2008
UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2008
Each of us affects the quality of our drinking water — and there’s a lot we can do as individuals to protect it from harmful contaminants and pollutants.
Spanish Leaf Pack Workshop participants identifying stream insects.
Five Days + Seventeen People = A World of Promise
The Stroud Center gained invaluable insights into ways to improve and adapt our popular Leaf Pack Kit for use in Spanish-speaking countries and the tropics.
Participants at a Spanish-language Leaf Pack Network workshop.
Stroud Center to Host Week-Long Spanish-Language Workshop
Workshop participants from Central and South America will test drive the Spanish-language version of the Leaf Pack Experiment Stream Ecology Kit.
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Flip Nicklin to Speak at the Stroud Center’s Water’s Edge Gala
Nicklin, a National Geographic contributing photographer and the foremost underwater photographer in the world, will present “Whales, A Changing View.”