Stroud Water Research Center
Human activities are increasing stream temperatures and harming habitat quality for freshwater fish and species like mayflies.
Stroud Center scientists are amassing long-term data on streams and rivers that will help build resilience against the impacts of climate change.
How the Clean Water Act changed the trajectory of America’s waterways and became a beacon for freshwater science.
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When stream temperatures rise, often as a result of climate change or thermal pollution or a lack of tree shade, mayflies display poorer growth.
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Discover why streams that are too warm endanger the habitats of mayflies and other life sustaining insects. Episode 3 in the “Stories from the Streams” series from WHYY TV12.
Eldridge, W.H., B.W. Sweeney, and J.M.Law. 2015. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 72(10):1527-1537.
This laboratory project investigates macroinvertebrate and fish responses to artificial changes in water temperature. Thermal regimes are warmer than normal and approach or exceed physiological and regulatory limits. Daily temperature…