Stroud Water Research Center
November 8, 2009. Rodale News: Stroud Center scientist Louis Kaplan, Ph.D. was interviewed about the effects of drilling for natural gas on freshwater systems.
The Stroud Center and the University of Delaware will study whether human-induced erosion modifies greenhouse gas emissions from the landscape.
Project aims to determine how soil erosion and sediment transport through rivers impact carbon exchange between land and atmosphere, and affect climate.
Battin, T.J., S. Luyssaert, L.A. Kaplan, A.K. Aufdenkampe, A. Richter, and L.J. Tranvik. 2009. Nature Geoscience 2:598–600.
We inoculated test solutions of 15 different polymers used in water treatment with two species of bacteria known to grow on a wide variety of molecules. We then measured the…
Most microorganisms in nature grow attached to surfaces, encased in a protective matrix — or biofilm. Our research focuses on the growth and control of microbial biofilm in the East…
After almost three years at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand, Dave Arscott will return to serve as the Stroud Center’s assistant director.
Richardson, D.C., L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and A.K. Aufdenkampe. 2009. Limnology and Oceanography 54(1):344–354.
Arscott, D.B., A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, C.L. Dow, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. 2008. Final report on monitoring activities, 2000-2005. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.
Willy Eldridge recently joined the Stroud Water Research Center to launch its Fish Molecular Ecology Department.