Menu
Posts Tagged :

Research

Diana Oviedo-Vargas downloading data from a sensor located in White Clay Creek to a field laptop.

Stroud Center Scientist to Serve as Nature Conservancy Trustee

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Diana Oviedo Vargas, Ph.D., is to serve as a trustee of the Nature Conservancy in Pennsylvania and Delaware, the conservancy recently announced.

Employment Opportunity: Watershed and River Science Seasonal Technicians

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

Seasonal technicians will work on long-term studies of stream restoration, water quality, climate change mitigation, and regenerative agriculture.

Closterium algae magnified 20x under a microscope.

A Fresh Look at River Algae in the Delaware River Basin

640 480 Stroud Water Research Center

A novel method to evaluate how algal concentration changes during river floods may be key to more accurately predicting how to keep algae under control. 

A crew of four men work on a newly planted riparian buffer.

Cutting Waste in the Reforestation of Riparian Zones

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

New research on buffer plantings seeks to reduce plastic waste, maintenance costs, and the mortality of planted trees and shrubs.

Publication title with image of a mayfly

Assembly and network stability of planktonic microorganisms under the influence of salinity gradient: an Arctic case study from the Lena River estuary to the Laptev Sea

350 210 Stroud Water Research Center

Liu, Q., L. Yan, H. Wang, G. Yang, J. Kan, et.al. 2023. Environmental Microbiology, early online access.

Publication title with image of a mayfly

Influence of the 2021 Brood X cicada emergence on near surface hydrology in forested and urban landscapes

350 210 Stroud Water Research Center

Ficklin, D., C. Kelleher, E.V. Bergan, D.T. Myers, S. Adelsperger, and E. Hardman. 2023. Hydrological Processes, early online access.

Two scientists paddle on the Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania during an algae bloom.

NSF REU Opportunity in Ecosystem Ecology

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

This internship is part of a multidisciplinary research project investigating the origin and transport of river algae in the main stem and tributaries of the Delaware River Basin.

A hand holding a chloride test strip near a creek.

Why Volunteers Are Tracking Down Road Salt in Streams

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

With help from the Stroud Center, community scientists and watershed groups are measuring the impact of salt pollution on fresh water and taking action.

Publication title with image of a mayfly

Arsenic and mercury distribution in an aquatic food chain: importance of femtoplankton and picoplankton filtration fractions

350 210 Stroud Water Research Center

Alowaifeer, A.M., S. Clingenpeel, J. Kan, P.E. Bigelow, M. Yoshinaga, B. Bothner, and T.R. McDermott. 2023. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 42(1): 225–241.

Three summer interns measuring stream parameters.

Summer Internship Opportunity: Entomology

800 450 Stroud Water Research Center

We’re seeking current or recently graduated science majors to serve as laboratory assistants in a biological water quality analysis of sites in the Schuylkill and Delaware River basins.