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Molecular characterization of biodegradable dissolved organic matter using bioreactors and [12C/13C] tetramethylammonium hydroxide thermochemolysis GC-MS
Frazier, S.W., L.A. Kaplan, and P.G. Hatcher. 2005. Environmental Science and Technology 39:1479–1491.
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Techniques for measuring biodegradable organic matter
Kaplan, L., F. Ribas, and D. Reasoner. 2005. In Biodegradable organic matter in drinking water treatment and distribution. Prevost et al.(editors). American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado.
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Hydrogen-deficient molecules in natural riverine water samples — evidence for the existence of black carbon in DOM
Kim, S., L.A. Kaplan, R. Benner, and P.G. Hatcher. 2004. Marine Chemistry 92:225–234.
Streamside Forests Protect the World’s Fresh Water
Streamside Forests Protect the World’s Fresh Water
Stroud Center scientists have discovered that streamside forests play a critical, and previously unacknowledged, role in protecting the world’s fresh water.
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Riparian deforestation, stream narrowing, and loss of stream ecosystem services
Sweeney, B.W., T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, L.J. Standley, W.C. Hession, and R.J. Horwitz. 2004. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(30):14132–14137.
Graphic of the Amazon River basin.
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2004
A National Science Foundation grant for a study in the Amazon could help unravel the mystery of the missing carbon sink.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Riverine organic matter composition as a function of land use changes, southwest Amazon
Bernardes, M.C., L.A. Martinelli, A.V. Krusche, J. Gudeman, M. Moreira, R.L. Victoria, J.P.H.B. Ometto, M.V.R. Ballester, A.K. Aufdenkampe, et al. 2004. Ecological Applications 14(4):S263–S279.
Federal Monies Available for Planting Native Trees and Shrubs
Federal Monies Available for Planting Native Trees and Shrubs
A Riparian Buffer Consultant from the Stroud Water Research Center will create a Riparian Buffer Management Plan for interested landowners at no cost.
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Riparian forest restoration: why each site needs an ecological prescription
Sweeney, B.W., and S.J. Czapka. 2004. Forest Ecology and Management 192:361–373.
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Isotopic (13C) analysis of dissolved organic carbon in stream water samples using an elemental analyzer coupled to a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer
Gandhi, H., T.N. Wiegner, P.H. Ostrom, L.A. Kaplan, N.E. Ostrom. 2004. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 18:903–906.
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Assessment of TOC analytical accuracy
L.A. Kaplan. 2004. American Water Works Association, Denver, Colorado.
A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.
Spatio-temporal patterns of benthic invertebrates along the river continuum of a braided Alpine river
Arscott, D.B., K. Tockner, and J.V. Ward. 2003. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158:431–460.