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Louis Kaplan taking a streamwater sample.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2002

Stroud scientists are studying how organic molecules support stream microorganisms and how far the molecules travel downstream before they are metabolized.

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Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis on black flies and nontarget macroinvertebrates and fish in a large river

Jackson, J.K., R.J. Horwitz, and B.W. Sweeney. 2002. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 131:910–930.

Autecological properties of 3-chlorobenzoate-degrading bacteria and their population dynamics when introduced into sediments

Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 2002. Microbial Ecology 43:199–216.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Determination of relative survival of two stocked walleye populations and resident natural origin fish by microsatellite DNA parentage assignment

Eldridge, W., M. Bacigalupi, I. Adelman, L. Miller, and A. Kapuscinski. 2002. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59(2):282–290.

Monitoring dissolved organic carbon in surface and drinking waters

Volk, C., L. Wood, B. Johnson, J. Robinson, H.W. Zhu, L. Kaplan. 2002. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 4(1):43–47.

Assessment of relative accuracy in the determination of organic matter concentrations in aquatic systems

Aiken, G., L.A. Kaplan, and J. Weishaar. 2002. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 4:70–74.

Stroud Preserve riparian buffer study site map.

UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2001

The Stroud Center’s federally funded study of riparian forest buffers in West and East Bradford townships in Chester County, turns 10 years old this year.

The influence of particle size on the deposition of seston in streams

Thomas, S.A., J.D. Newbold, M.T. Monaghan, G.W. Minshall, T. Georgian, and C.E. Cushing. 2001. Limnology and Oceanography 46:1425–1424.

The influence of filter-feeding benthic macroinvertebrates on the transport and deposition of particulate organic matter and diatoms in two streams

Monaghan, M.T., S.A. Thomas, G.W. Minshall, J.D. Newbold, and C.E. Cushing. 2001. Limnology and Oceanography 46:1091–1099.

2001 Pennsylvania Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence.

Stroud Water Research Center Wins State Watershed Award

Governor Tom Ridge today presented the Stroud Water Research Center of Chester County, Pa. with the Governor’s Award for Watershed Stewardship.

A young streamside forest in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania.

UpStream Newsletter, Spring 2001

The Stroud Center has completed analysis and comparison of 16 paired woodland and meadow streams that strongly supports restoration of streamside forests.

Turbulent transport of suspended particles and suspended benthic organisms: the hitting-distance problem for the local exchange model

McNair, J.N., and J.D. Newbold. 2001. Journal of Theoretical Biology 209:351–369.