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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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Planktonic eukaryotes in the Chesapeake Bay: Contrasting responses of abundant and rare taxa to estuarine gradients

Hualong, W., F. Liu, M. Wang, Y. Bettarel, Y. Eissler, F. Chen, and J. Kan. 2024. Microbiology Spectrum, early online access.

Agricultural soil microbiomes differentiate in soil profiles with fertility source, tillage, and cover crops

Bier, R.L., M. Daniels, D. Oviedo-Vargas, M. Peipoch, J.R. Price, E. Omondi, A. Smith, and J. Kan. 2024. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, early online access.

Variation in freshwater insect osmoregulatory traits: A comparative approach

Cochran, J.K., S.E. Orr, D.H. Funk, A.C. Figurskey, M.H. Reiskind, and D.B. Buchwalter. 2024. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology, early online access.

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Freshwater Research News

UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011
UpStream Newsletter, Winter 2011
Stroud Center scientists think Papua New Guinea might be more important in terms of carbon and sediment discharge than the entire Amazon River.
Macroinvertebrate identification workshop in Peru.
Expanding the Leaf Pack Network® to South and Central America
The goal is to create a conservation ethic that integrates ordinary people into the decision-making process by putting simple assessment tools into their hands.
People in a marketplace in Papua New Guinea.
Pursuing Science Half a World Away: The Fly River in Papua New Guinea
First article in a series about an international team of scientists following the transformation of river-borne carbon from the sources of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea to its
Chester County’s Share: $4 Million For Environmental Projects
Chester County’s Share: $4 Million For Environmental Projects
October 6, 2010, Daily Local News: Federal stimulus funds are funding basic research on several factors that influence the health of streams.
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2010
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2010
The Stroud Center has been recording daily, monthly, seasonal, annual — and even multiyear data — in Costa Rica to gain insights on climate change.
Maritza Biological Station dormitory with Orosi volcano in the background.
Studying Tropical Waters To Understand the Impacts of Climate Change
Naturally occurring differences in temperature, rainfall, and hydrological characteristics of tropical landscapes will yield useful information about how climate variation and change may impact the diverse species that populate our