Stroud Water Research Center
This ovoviviparous mayfly holds her eggs internally until embryonic development is complete after which she lays them in water and they hatch immediately.
John Jackson, Ph.D., talks about his work as principal investigator in the Entomology Group at Stroud Water Research Center.
Kelly McIntyre describes her work as an aquatic entomology research technician at Stroud™ Water Research Center.
Stroud™ Water Research Center’s annual sampling of the Susquehanna River near Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, was chronicled in an article in an area newspaper. Stroud Center studies have shown that the health…
Kim, K. S., H. Chou, D. H. Funk, J. K. Jackson, B. W. Sweeney, and D. B. Buchwalter. 2017. Journal of Experimental Biology 220:2598–2605.
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 long strings of eggs which they eventually drop into the water.
Rutschmann, S., H. Detering, S. Simon, D. H. Funk, J-L. Gattolliat, S. J. Hughes, P. M. Raposeiro, R. DeSalle, M. Sartori, M. T. Monaghan. 2017. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 107:27–38.
When mayfly populations decline, it’s a warning that something has gone wrong. But what? Stroud Center scientists and their colleagues are investigating.
The project evaluated water quality in White Clay Creek and its tributaries and encouraged efforts to assess, improve, and protect water quality in the watershed.
A scientific research and environmental education project in the headwaters of the Amazon in Peru funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.