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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Recent Publications
Peipoch, M., D. Myers, M. Daniels, D. Oviedo-Vargas, and J.P. Schmit. 2026. River Research and Applications, early online access.
Interception of river sediment in estuaries revealed by microbial community source tracking
Kan, J., and S.H. Ensign. 2026. Estuaries and Coasts 49, 55.
Distinct changes in riparian sediment microbial communities with depth and time since dam removal
Moore, E.R., M.M. Rahman, J.G. Galella, M. Sena, B. Joshi, A. Yaculak, M. Peipoch, J. Kan, and S. Inamdar. 2026. Nature Scientific Reports 16: article 6885.
Freshwater Research News
Rivers Are Not Pipes
Third 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
Stroud Center Awarded Grant to Study Agricultural Contaminants
Pesticides and other contaminants from agriculture pose an unknown threat to the Rio Sierpe ecosystem and to humans who eat contaminated fish and shellfish.
Unearthing Buried Treasure in Papua New Guinea
Second 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
NSF Funds Study of Landscape Restoration Effects on Stream
A study of the long-term impacts on streams after landscape restoration has never been done before. The grant will provide the needed funding to do so.
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.
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.
