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UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2010

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The Stroud Center has been recording daily, monthly, seasonal, annual — and even multiyear data — in Costa Rica to gain insights on climate change.

Sweeney Receives Distinguished Service Award

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The North American Benthological Society awarded the director of the Stroud Center its Distinguished Service Award at its Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM.

Sweeney Accepts Honorary Garden Club of America Membership

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GCA honored Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney for his outstanding and continuing research on streamside forest and river ecosystems.

Monitoring Growth and Environmental Parameters in Algal Growth Systems

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This study assessed whether algae could be grown in experimental ponds and harvested as a biofuel. Funded by: Philadelphia Renewable Energy Principal Investigators: Thomas L. Bott, Bernard W. Sweeney Project…

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…

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…

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…

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A preliminary water quality study of the Rio Sierpe and its tributaries (Costa Rica)

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Arscott, D.B., W. Eldridge, and B.W. Sweeney. 2010. Prepared for the Blue Moon Foundation. Stroud Water Research Center, Avondale, Pennsylvania.