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Evaluating water quality for Amazonian streams along the Interoceanic Highway in Peru using macroinvertebrates collected by hand and with leaf packs

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Sweeney, B.W., J.M. Battle, D.H. Funk, R.W. Flowers, T. Gonzales Ojeda, A. Huamantinco, J.K. Jackson, and M. Arnold. 2020. Limnologica 81, 125759.

Video still from Episode 5 of the WHYY "Stories From the Streams" video series

Stories From the Streams: Salty Streams

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How salty is too salty? Road salt keeps travelers safe in winter but can pose a serious threat to nearby streams. Episode 5 in the “Stories from the Streams” series from WHYY TV12.

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Why some mayfly adults are older and larger: photoperiodic induction of larval quiescence

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Funk, D.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.K. Jackson. 2019. Freshwater Science 38(4): 725–741.

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Online Atlas of Aquatic Insects Aids Water-Quality Monitoring

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A new online field guide promises to be an important tool for monitoring water quality and learning how to correctly identify freshwater insects.

Courtland Hess

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Staff Scientist

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Sampling aquatic insects – collection devices, statistical considerations, and rearing procedures

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Jackson, J.K., D.P. Batzer, V.H. Resh, R.W. Merritt, K.W. Cummins. 2019. Pages 17–42 in: Merritt, R.W., K.W. Cummins, and M.B. Berg (eds.), An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America. 5th Ed., Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa.

Three summer interns measuring stream parameters.

Meet Our 2019 Summer Interns!

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Our internship program, now in its 47th year, has ushered through hundreds of interns who have come in search of meaningful work.

Former Intern Deirdre Flemming Is Farming Like a Scientist

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“I feel like the farm is our living laboratory, and I look at farming like an entomologist. It’s an integrated system, and I’m never bored.”