Stroud Water Research Center
Stroud Center helps communities establish trusted freshwater data, strengthen local monitoring, and protect vital freshwater resources.
Stroud Center’s comprehensive assessment reveals exceptional biodiversity and establishes a benchmark for freshwater conservation in Belize.
Panama contains vast Indigenous territories of mixed land use. This project seeks to facilitate the development of economically sustainable reforestation approaches to expand contiguous forest cover and improve Indigenous livelihoods.…
This project contributes to ongoing operations, monitoring, and synthesis of long-term research at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica. Seed funding advances collaborations between the Stroud Center and the Smithsonian…
This project evaluates water resources at Silk Grass Farms in Belize through physical, biological, and chemical indicators and identifies potential activities at the farms that may be degrading or improving…
Less is known about Archaea than the other two domains of life on Earth (Bacteria and Eukarya), particularly the role they play in ecosystem functions and nutrient cycling (e.g., ammonia…
Researchers are following the path of nitrogen in a tropical stream to uncover relationships that support the entire ecosystem.
Duvert, C., Borges, A.V., Calamita, E., et al. 2025. Nature Water 3: 1303–1317.
To understand the state of its water resources and how to protect them, Silk Grass Farms asked the Stroud Center to provide expert guidance.
Ensign, S.H. 2025. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 34(2): 37–64.