Moving Freshwater Science Forward
Our efforts at Stroud Water Research Center require intellectual curiosity, a systematic and rigorous approach to scientific research, and the drive to answer a series of challenging questions about freshwater ecosystems. The answers to these questions may take decades to fully understand, but it is critical that we persist, as they have the power to influence others in ways that positively affect the world’s finite supply of clean fresh water.
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Pipinos, A., J. Kan, G. Zinati, A. Smith, and H. Bais. 2025. Frontiers in Microbiology, early online access.
Soil health metrics for assessment of floodplain restorations
Galella, J.G., M.M. Rahman, E.R. Moore, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, A.M. Yaculak, M. Sena, B. Joshi, S.S. Kaushal, and S. Inamdar. 2025. Environmental Research Letters 20(8): 084010.
Ameletus Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Ameletidae) of the Eastern Nearctic
Funk, D.H. 2025. Insects 16(5): 530.
Freshwater Research News
Freshwater Science: Discovering What Keeps Streams and Rivers Healthy
By discovering what makes the world’s streams and rivers healthy, Stroud Water Research Center is ensuring we can all enjoy clean fresh water.
Science Education Feature: Caddisflies
Learn about the ecosystem benefits of net-spinning caddisflies, as well as how they interact with their environment, from Ben Tumolo, a visiting Ph.D. candidate from Montana State University. Caddisflies are
Mystery Midge with “Kite Tail” Eggs
Stroud Center entomologist David Funk documented the unusual behavior of an orthoclad midge species at Lake Umbagog on the Maine/New Hampshire border: Adult females fly over the lake and extrude
Q & A: Rewarding Private Behavior to Enhance the Commons
Stroud Center president Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., and Jamie Blaine published an op-ed piece in the September 2016 issue of Freshwater Science proposing a new system to reward private behavior to
Partnership in Cover Crop Research Bears Fruit
Cover cropping coach, Steve Groff, explains in Lancaster Farming how a project at Meadow Springs Farm is a rare opportunity for Stroud Water Research Center scientists to closely observe and
DNA Tool Helps Scientists Identify Bacteria in Streams
Stroud Center scientists are using DNA to identify the likely sources of fecal bacteria in streams, a potential human health risk.
