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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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Recent Publications

Riparian groundwater nitrogen (N) isotopes reveal human imprints of dams and road salt salinization

Inamdar, S., M. Peipoch, M. Sena, B, Joshi, M.M. Rahman, J. Kan, E.K. Peck, A. Gold, T.L.E. Trammell, and P.M. Groffman. 2024. Geophysical Research Letters 51(5): e2023GL106888.

Agricultural practices influence soil microbiome assembly and interactions at different depths identified by machine learning

Mo, Y., R. Bier, X. Li, M. Daniels, A. Smith, and J. Kan2024. Microbiome, early online access.

Delaware River Watershed Initiative Pollution Assessment: Stage 2 Project Report

Aufdenkampe, A.K., D.B. Arscott, B. Evans, L. Perez. 2024. Stroud Water Research Center Report #2024-001.

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Freshwater Research News

Ruth Patrick in a stream holding clumps of aquatic plants.
UpStream Newsletter, October 2013
Remembering Ruth Patrick: Ruth Patrick, Ph.D., a pioneer in environmental science and aquatic ecology and co-founder of the Stroud Center, died September 23, 2013 at 105 years old.
Remembering Ruth Patrick
Remembering Ruth Patrick
Patrick's outstanding career in limnology, which focused on the study of streams, spanned eight decades and earned her worldwide recognition.
Sherman Roberts collecting rocks from the Neversink River.
Staff Spotlight: Sherman Roberts and Michael Gentile
Ask anyone at Stroud Water Research Center what makes working here great, and most often you’ll hear that it’s the people.
Stroud Center Scientist to Advise U.S. Army Corps on Environmental Impacts
Stroud Center Scientist to Advise U.S. Army Corps on Environmental Impacts
Melinda Daniels, Ph.D., has been appointed by Secretary of Defense Hagel to serve on the Environmental Advisory Board to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Roberta Weber and Sally Peirson sampling a Lancaster County stream
Staff Spotlight: Sally Peirson and Roberta Weber
Sally Peirson and Roberta Weber, both Stroud Water Research Center staff scientists, have worked side by side in the Entomology Group for nearly 30 years.
Rafa Morales, station manager at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica, with Jamie Blaine, author.
Talking About Rafa: Maritza’s Manager In Words and Pictures
Those who know Morales best describe him with words that are often identical: Intelligent. Conscientious. Responsible. Curious. Honest. Funny.