Stroud Water Research Center
Researchers are following the path of nitrogen in a tropical stream to uncover relationships that support the entire ecosystem.
Ensign, S.H. 2025. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 34(2): 37–64.
Sullivan, S.N., J.C. Bowen, L.A. Kaplan, R.M. Cory, and P.G. Hatcher. 2025. Water Research 281: 123668.
Scientist Lou Kaplan, Ph.D., describes how tropical research like his deepens our understanding of stream ecosystems both locally and abroad.
Students majoring in teaching, STEM, and international studies joined the Stroud Center for one week in the Área de Conservación Guanacaste of Costa Rica.
Bier, R.L., J.J. Mosher, L.A. Kaplan, and J. Kan. 2023. Environmental Microbiology 25(10): 1860–1874.
Take a virtual trip to Maritza Biological Station, which houses one of the world’s longest continuously running data collections from tropical freshwater ecosystems.
Stroud Center scientists continue to investigate how climate change influences tropical species and ecosystem dynamics.
Rafa Morales, station manager at Maritza Biological Station in Costa Rica, shares photos and videos of interesting wildlife he encounters.
When wildlife-tracking telemetry towers were installed in Pennsylvania and Costa Rica, a purple martin reminded us of the connections between the temperate and tropical watersheds we study.