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Physical, chemical, and biological connections between a headwater wetland complex and downstream waters, U.S. v. D. Donovan, No. 96-484

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To assist with a legal decision regarding the jurisdictional determination of a wetland dredge and fill permit, Stroud Water Research scientists studied and characterized the hydrological, chemical, and biological linkages…

Connecting the Hydrologic Cycle From Hillslopes to River Networks

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This collaborative research will generate the first model that links the water and carbon cycles of river catchments by focusing on the interactions of water movement and organic carbon in…

Evaluating the Seasonal Effects of Short-Term Temperature Change on Macroinvertebrates and Fish in Streams and Rivers

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We are conducting laboratory studies to test criteria of existing legislation for protecting fish and macroinvertebrates from excessive temperature changes during a 24-hour period in both winter and summer. Funded…

The Importance of Streamside Reforestation for Reducing Nonpoint-Source Pollution in Small Streams

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This ongoing project to track water quality improvements provided by a riparian forest buffer in the Stroud Preserve, Chester County, Pennsylvania, indicates that 15 years after planting, the buffer reduced…

Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB): Stream Ecosystem Structure and Function in a Maturing Deciduous Forest

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This project addresses long-term changes in a stream ecosystem in southeastern Pennsylvania to evaluate best management practices for riparian or streamside lands and provide a time frame for ecosystem recovery…

Water Quality and Stream Health in Eastern Pennsylvania: 40 Years of Progress

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This project compares the current state of 11 Bucks County, Pennsylvania streams with data collected from 1968-1971, before the Clean Water Act went into effect. Research comparisons will document whether…

Nutrient Balances in an Estuarine Salt Marsh

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The study seeks to determine whether nutrients from Kent County’s wastewater treatment plant contribute significantly to the seasonal absence of oxygen in the Murderkill River estuary. Kent County will use…

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Restoring the river discontinuum: looking at the example of beaver dams

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Burchsted, D., M.D. Daniels, and R.M. Thorson. 2010. Pages 1797–1806 in R.N. Palmer (editor). Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010, Providence, Rhode Island.

A stream cascade in Lofty Creek, Pennsylvania.

Redefining the dam removal paradigm in formerly glaciated forested headwater systems

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Daniels, M.D., D. Burchsted, J. MacBroom, L. Wildman, S. Harold, M. Carabetta, P. Woodworth, and G. Boardman. 2010. Pages 1750–1758 in R.N. Palmer (editor). Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010, Providence, Rhode Island.

Monitors Find Healthy Signs in Hay Creek Near Birdsboro

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April 21, 2010. bctv.org: Stroud Water Research Center employees were interviewed while monitoring Hay Creek during their annual Schuylkill River Watershed monitoring.