Stroud Water Research Center
The Entomology Group studies the distribution, abundance, and role of invertebrates in stream and river ecosystems, and their response to human activities.
The Fish Ecology Group works to determine why fish in streams have the distributions they do.
The Fluvial Geomorphology Group studies the movement of water, sediment, organic matter, nutrients and other molecules through watersheds.
Ensign, S.H., and C. Currin. 2017. Wetlands 37(2):245–256.
The Microbiology Group focuses on the composition, distribution, and roles of microbial communities, as well as their interactions with environments.
The Organic and Isotope Geochemistry Group studies the cycles of energy and nutrients in streams and rivers and the impact of contamination on water quality.
Stroud Center entomologist David Funk documented the unusual behavior of an orthoclad midge species at Lake Umbagog on the Maine/New Hampshire border: Adult females fly over the lake and extrude long strings of eggs which they eventually drop into the water.
Stroud Center president Bern Sweeney, Ph.D., and Jamie Blaine published an op-ed piece in the September 2016 issue of Freshwater Science proposing a new system to reward private behavior to…
Cover cropping coach, Steve Groff, explains in Lancaster Farming how a project at Meadow Springs Farm is a rare opportunity for Stroud Water Research Center scientists to closely observe and…
Stroud Center scientists are using DNA to identify the likely sources of fecal bacteria in streams, a potential human health risk.