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Microbial Fuel Cell Project

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This project is testing sediment microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a source of clean, sustainable, environmentally friendly energy. The study uses MFCs to power a Christmas tree as an example…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Observations Data Model 2: a community information model for spatially discrete Earth observations

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Horsburgh, J.S., A.K. Aufdenkampe, E. Mayorga, K.A. Lehnert, L. Hsu, L. Song, A.S. Jones, S.G. Damiano, D.G. Tarboton, D. Valentine, I. Zaslavsky, and T. Whitenack. 2016. Environmental Modelling & Software 79:55–74.

Demonstrating Low-Cost Methods for Reforestation

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Four sites in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland will demonstrate options for improving the cost-effectiveness of reforestation methods, including direct seeding, innovative fencing in lieu of tree shelters, live stakes, improved methods for managing herbivore competition, and more.

Three crayfish in a dish of water.

Crayfish May Help Restore Dirty Streams, Study Finds

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Stroud Water Research Center study finds crayfish may benefit insects, reduce sediment settling in impaired streams.

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Seasonal dynamics of the soil microbial community structure within the proximal area of tree boles: possible influence of stemflow

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Rosier, C.L., D.F. Levia, J.T. Van Stan, A.K. Aufdenkampe, and J. Kan. 2016. European Journal of Soil Biology 73:108–118.

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Geochemistry and mixing drive the spatial distribution of free-living archaea and bacteria in Yellowstone Lake

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Kan, J., S. Clingenpeel, C.L. Dow, T.R. McDermott, R.E. Macur, W.P. Inskeep, and K.H. Nealson. 2016. Frontiers in Microbiology 7(210):1–13.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Resilience of aquatic net-spinning caddisfly silk structures to common global stressors

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Albertson, L.K., and M.D. Daniels. 2016. Freshwater Biology 61(5):670–679.

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Detecting signatures of competition from observational data: a combined approach using DNA barcoding, diversity partitioning and checkerboards at small spatial scales

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Bringloe, T., S. J. Adamowicz, V. F. I. Harvey, J. K. Jackson, K. Cottenie. 2016. Freshwater Biology 61:646–657.