2005-2006 Years in Review - Stroud Water Research Center

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The mission of the Stroud Water Research Center is to understand streams and rivers and
to use the knowledge gained from its research to promote environmental stewardship
and resolve freshwater challenges throughout the world.
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YEARs IN REVIEW
S t r o u d Wa t e r R e s e a r c h C e n t e r
In This Issue
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Message from the Director
4
Sweeney Receives Two National Honors
5
Notes from the Field: Journey to Peru
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Laboratory Reports
14
Education Report
18
Publications and Reports
20
2005/2006 Financial Summary
21
Capital Campaign Results
22
2005/2006 Gifts & Contributions
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Events and Outreach Programs
CONTRIBUTORS &
A D M I N I S T R AT I V E &
A B O U T T H E P U B L I C AT I O N
S U P P O R T S TA F F
Writing Contributors
Melanie Arnold, data analyst
James Blaine
Claire Birney
David Funk
Christina Medved
Bernard Sweeney
Claire Birney, development director
Photographers
Catherine Ferranto, laboratory assistant
Kay Dixon
David Funk
Terrence Roberts
Elizabeth Gregg, systems administrator
Production Coordinators
Heather Brooks, data analyst
Kay Dixon, associate development director
Charles Dow, information services director
William Milliken, facilities maintenance mechanic
John Pepe, controller
Claire Birney
Catherine Byers
Kay Dixon
Tonya Prigg, facilities maintenance
Editor
Shelby Von Till, administrative assistant
Salamon Romero, grounds maintenance
Javier Tinoco, grounds maintenance
Bernard W. Sweeney
2005 and 2006 Years in Review is published
by the Stroud Water Research Center,
970 Spencer Rd., Avondale, PA 19311.
Copyright number 2007-003 2M
The entire contents of the current and back
issues are available on the Stroud Center
website: www.stroudcenter.org
2005 & 2006
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John R. S. Fisher, DVM
Rodman W. Moorhead, III
Co-Chairmen
Mayra Bonilla
Peter D. Davenport
Bernard David
Arthur Dunham, Ph.D.
Carol Ware Gates
Alfred A. Gollatz
Anne Stroud Hannum
Robert V. A. Harra, Jr.
Nathan W. Hayward, III
William Kronenberg, III
Aldo A. Morell
Barbara C. Riegel
Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D.
ON THE COVER
Photo by David H. Funk
A female subimago (sub-adult) of a new, as yet unnamed, species of Eurylophella mayfly from North Carolina. This
new parthenogenetic (all-female) species has a unique method of laying its eggs. Normally in mayflies subimagos
emerge from the aquatic larval stage at the water surface, then fly off to rest for a day and molt a second time, after
which they mate in swarms. Females then return to the stream to lay their eggs. In this species there are no males,
and most emerging females never make it off the water surface. Instead, these female subimagos inflate their guts
until their abdomens explode, which releases the eggs into the stream immediately.
Message from the Director
“… unlike Jack Benny, who feared that he had
peaked at 39, we are eager to report that our
vitality and productivity continue to increase as
we move into our fifth decade.”
Jack Benny we’re not — even at “39”
When the comedian Jack Benny – who was known for his penny-pinching ways and unproductive attempts to play the violin – turned 39, he
decided never to get any older, and so he remained “39” until the day he died many years later. In contrast, we turned 39 in 2006 and look
forward to our 40th anniversary and to continue giving away our most valuable assets – our knowledge of fresh water – and productively
playing in streams and rivers.
It is hard to believe that 39 years have passed since the Stroud Center was founded. But unlike Jack Benny, who feared that he had peaked at
39, we are eager to report that our vitality and productivity continue to increase as we move into our fifth decade. In fact, we have had our
seven strongest years, both scientifically and fiscally, since becoming an independent institution in 1999 – and with the last two among our best
ever, we can’t wait to turn 40 and keep on growing.
In 2006, we completed our first strategic plan, and I proudly reported to our board that we had attained 14 major goals, implemented 68
separate action items, and successfully completed an $11.5-million campaign for new endowment. We did all this as we doubled the size of
our staff and budget and expanded and deepened our impact on the critical issues that fresh water faces in the 21st century.
Despite all the growth and change over the last 39 years, one thing has remained constant — our focus on increasing our understanding of
streams and rivers and using that knowledge to empower landowners, policy makers, students, and the general public to protect and
conserve the planet’s most valuable natural resource, fresh water. For it is clearer today than it has ever been that the loss of clean fresh water
leaves the land non-productive, the landowner destitute, and the world impoverished.
That does not have to happen. Indeed, it must not happen and we are as driven as ever to make sure that it will not happen.
Jack Benny we’re not — even at “39”.
– Bern Sweeney
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Awards
Stroud Director, Bern Sweeney, receives two prominent
awards and launches a nationwide challenge to “Garden for
Water” instead of “Watering the Garden”
Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney, Director of the Stroud Center, was honored
in 2006 by two prestigious organizations for his contributions to
environmental science and education: the Garden Club of America
(GCA) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF).
The Garden Club of America awarded Sweeney the Margaret Douglas
Medal for his “notable service to the cause of conservation education,”
for which he was nominated by West Chester Garden Club members
Carolyn Swett and Sue Armstrong.
Accepting his award, Sweeney both thanked the Garden Club and
offered a challenge to the national organization to begin “gardening for
water” instead of “watering their gardens.” He asked the club presidents
to work with their individual chapters and invite each of the 17,500
GCA members to convert 100 square feet of their own lawns to a native
plant garden and to recruit one neighbor to do the same.
These seemingly small acts, said Sweeney, would have a substantial
cumulative impact on the nation's fresh water by reducing the amount
of mowing, fertilizer, and pesticides required to maintain a lawn and by
increasing capacity of their back yards to absorb rain. This collective
effort would be the beginning a national movement, spearheaded by the
Stroud Center and the Garden Club of America, to expand the role of
native plants in providing clean fresh water to the nation. The 650
people in the room responded to the challenge with a standing ovation.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Director, Will Baker, presents Stroud director Bern
Sweeney with the Lifetime Acheivement Award.
Andrea Sweeney, Bern Sweeney, with Alice Matthews, Garden Club of America,
Executive Committee President.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation applauded Sweeney for being “an
invaluable ally in CBF's efforts to restore the Chesapeake and its watershed.”
They cited his work assessing the impact of acid mine drainage to
streams' abilities to process pollution: “His work is critical to the
advancement of CBF's pollution reduction efforts in Pennsylvania.
His extensive work at the Stroud Center is proof of his commitment to
making environmental science accessible to academics, decision makers,
conservation professionals, watershed activists, and school children, and
to seeing it put to use in policy decisions.”
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Awards are
presented by the CBF's board of trustees infrequently and only to those
most deserving individuals whose long-standing dedication to and
achievement in saving the Bay merit special recognition.
“…he (Bern) challenged them to invite each of the nation's 17,500 garden club members to convert
100 square feet of their own lawns to a native plant garden and to recruit one neighbor to do the same.”
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Notes from the Field
Journey to Peru
JAMES
G
.
BLAINE
,
FORMER
EDUCATION
DIRECTOR
James G. Blaine, former Education Director, chronicled the journey he and 11 scientists and technicians made to Peru in
2006 under the auspices of a Moore Foundation grant.
We had two goals:
1) to establish a baseline of
scientific data on water
quality, stream biodiversity,
and stream health that
would be a foundation for
international conservation
efforts and
2) to create a series
of education and
monitoring programs
for the people of
the region.
During our time in the
region, the Stroud
team sampled 31 stream
and river sites that
ranged from pristine to
severely polluted.
On the Way
It wasn't a great start. Before we had even finished unloading our 39 big
black bags at Philadelphia airport early on the morning of August 14th,
the cryo-shipper, a container used to keep field samples cold, tumbled
from the van to the tarmac and discharged a suspicious white vapor.
Only three days earlier, London's Heathrow Airport had been closed by
a terrorist threat, and people
were jumpy. As bystanders headed for cover, a police officer
appeared with his hand on his
holster. After a good deal of
explaining and the removal of
the liquid nitrogen remaining in
the container, we were allowed to
get in line. We got to the counter,
only to be told we were 15 bags
over the limit and fined $100 for After a good deal of explaining and the removal of the
liquid nitrogen remaining in the container, we were
each.
allowed to get in line.
Most of the bags were filled with
the scientific equipment that we 12 scientists, technicians and educators from the Stroud Center and a
colleague from Florida State University - needed for our work in
southeastern Peru. We planned to spend almost three weeks in the
Amazon headwaters, studying the Madre de Dios River and its tributaries
under a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The
Amazon is the largest river system in the world and the source of 20% of
all fresh water, and the rainforest to which we were headed is a
cradle of biodiversity. We had two goals: (1) to establish a baseline
of scientific data on water quality, stream biodiversity, and stream
health that would be a foundation for international conservation
efforts and (2) to create a series of education and monitoring
programs for the people of the region.
From the Andes to the Amazon
Thunderstorms and various Customs holdups left the group
exhausted when we arrived in Cuzco, Peru, our last stop before
flying to Puerto Maldonado, our final destination. But we took off
on the final leg of the journey, ascending over small brown fields
and pastures cut into steep slopes, past distant glacial peaks, to a
land of dense forests and meandering brown rivers. “Flying into
this rough-and-ready frontier town,” wrote Conservation
International's Mike Satchell, “the endless unbroken expanse of
brilliant green rainforest suddenly opens into a vast ocher wasteland. From 20,000 feet, this barren and bizarre panorama resembles a Martian landscape - or a vision of wanton destruction,
which is exactly what it is. The giant scar across the earth is
25,000 mercury-poisoned acres of red, orange, brown, yellow, and
gray sediments and tailing wastes along Huaypetue, a tributary of
the Inambari River. It is the legacy of indiscriminate, unregulated
gold dredging by some 15,000 miners on land owned mainly by
the powerless and vulnerable Amarakaire Indians.” The mercury,
which is used to separate the gold from the dross, has poisoned
the rivers as well.
As we stepped off the plane, the heat hit us like a blow dryer. We
collected our bags, piled onto a bus and drove to the river port
through dusty streets filled with motorbikes and scrawny dogs.
beyond. While much of the discussion around the new road
focuses on transportation and commercial issues, it is above all a
real estate deal, and land speculation is rampant in the region.
On the River
The area has few roads beyond the limits of Puerto Maldonado, and
rivers remain the principal transportation arteries. We traveled in
long canoes with outboard motors, sometimes for hours at a time.
Here on the Madre de Dios, we were witnessing the tragedy of those commons, as gold
miners, who reportedly hold concessions on every square meter of the river, ravaged a
priceless public asset for purely private gain.
Our boats passed mounds of dirt and stone that resembled huge
anthills along the banks - the collective product of thousands of
small prospectors chasing the big chance and the gold that
washes down from the Andes. We watched men, standing
waist-deep in water, bore gashes into the stream banks with
high-pressure hoses, the noise of their equipment drowning out
all other sounds. We saw few signs of wildlife anywhere.
“the endless unbroken expanse of brilliant green rainforest suddenly opens into a vast ocher wasteland. From 20,000 feet, this
barren and bizarre panorama resembles a Martian landscape - or a vision of wanton destruction, which is exactly what it is. The giant
scar across the earth is 25,000 mercury-poisoned acres of red, orange, brown, yellow, and gray sediments and tailing wastes along
Huaypetue, a tributary of the Inambari River. It is the legacy of indiscriminate, unregulated gold dredging by some 15,000 miners on
land owned mainly by the powerless and vulnerable Amarakaire Indians.” – Conservation International's Mike Satchell
Located just above the confluence of the Madre de Dios and
Tambopata rivers, Puerto Maldonado is a city of 80,000 people,
the capital of a region characterized by gold mining,
land-development plans and exploding population growth. It also
lies within perhaps the world's largest remaining expanse of virgin rainforest. The greatest threat to that forest comes not only
from the gold mines but also from the planned construction of a
macadam highway that will eventually connect the Brazilian
interior to the Pacific coast and the lucrative Asian markets
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Throughout history, people have used rivers as public commons
to be exploited for their many benefits. Civilizations grew on the
banks of great rivers, which provided food and irrigation,
drinking water and sanitation, transportation and power. Here on
the Madre de Dios, we were witnessing the tragedy of those
commons, as gold miners, who reportedly hold concessions on
every square meter of the river, ravaged a priceless public asset for
purely private gain.
On those stretches through forest preserves where mining is
forbidden, we found ourselves in the midst of remarkable beauty.
At times the river was as still as an Eakins painting, with wide
sandy beaches undulating out from bends in the shore . . . a
family of capybaras playing near the water, ambling away as we
draw near . . . cormorants perched on dead trees in the middle of
the river . . . an osprey circling effortlessly above us.
Over the years Stroud research has demonstrated the connection
between population growth and deforestation on one hand and
the degradation of streams and rivers on the other. Particularly
vulnerable are the small and medium-sized streams that are often
overlooked in public debates about fresh water, but which provide
more than 90% of the overall water supply. Protecting them is
vital, and doing so requires us to look on our streams and rivers not
simply as systems to deliver goods and services but as ecosystems.
During our time in the region, the Stroud team sampled 31 stream
and river sites that ranged from pristine to severely polluted. We
employed a variety of physical, chemical and biological parameters
to assess the health of the streams, gauge the impact of human
activities on water quality, create a baseline of conditions against
which to measure future changes and establish a set of protocols
that will enable people in the region to monitor stream health.
years ago, in fact, E. O. Wilson identified 362 species of ants at
Reserva Amazónica just across the river, the most ever found in
one place.
August is dry season in the rainforest, and the footpaths are filled
with fallen leaves of varying shades of tan, brown and muted
greens. Although the foliage is lush, long-leaved and green, the
forest is hardly a riot of colors. There is an occasional red flower,
and sometimes a bird of paradise appears, almost as an epiphany.
Because the plants quickly take up the organic matter that falls to
the ground, the soil's nutrient content is low, and beneath the
surface there is little but sand. When the trees are cut down, the
forest does not grow back. Today, the Amazonian rainforest is
losing about 4% of its area each year.
Human activities on the land have a direct and significant impact
on conditions in the streams and rivers. The key to protecting
clean water is to preserve the rainforest, particularly in
headwaters areas and along stream corridors. Conversely, the key
to protecting the forest is to safeguard the streams that run
through it and provide the water essential for forest life.
In the field
Early one morning we set out for Quebrada Abejitas, a stream that
runs through cattle country across the Madre de Dios River from
Puerto Maldonado. After taking a ferry across the river, we hired
a Toyota Corolla and a Toyota Corona, two dilapidated taxis
covered with dust and sporting spider-webbed windshields and
bald tires. As we careened down the red dirt highway, we quickly
learned to roll up the left windows when a car approached. Other
than that, we just hung on for dear life.
It also takes endurance and courage for these scientists to follow a stream wherever it
flows and their research wherever it leads…Inevitably, something goes wrong.
In the Rainforest
We began our work a few miles downstream from Puerto
Maldonado at a facility operated by the Amazon Center for
Environmental Education and Research (ACEER), whose
U.S. offices are at West Chester University. It is in the
Vilcabamba-Amboro Forest Ecosystem region, which contains
over 4 million acres of protected primary forest and was a refuge
for plants and animals during the last ice age. The region includes
some of the oldest rainforests on Earth and is, according to
ACEER, “the epicenter of biodiversity on the planet.” Several
In an age in which molecular studies in the laboratory have
largely replaced natural research in the wild, the Stroud expedition
had one foot firmly planted in each world. Out here, fieldwork
becomes an absorbing combination of modern scientific precision
and old-fashioned trial and error, subject to the vicissitudes of
nature and the vagaries of man. It is research that requires more
than scientific knowledge and laboratory techniques. It also
demands adaptability and ingenuity. Unpredictable things happen
- rainstorms in the dry season, equipment breakdowns in remote
places, people falling into the stream. The exactitude of the
scientific method must yield at times to unforeseen events.
It also takes endurance and courage for these scientists to follow
a stream wherever it flows and their research wherever it leads.
Driven by their quest for data, they walk for miles in wilting heat,
lug bulky equipment along root-infested paths, and return with
welts the size of quarters. One afternoon, we hiked two miles to a
remote stream, only to find no way down to the site. Jan Surma
went scouting for a route, and suddenly he was yelping and
running and frantically flapping his hat, desperately trying to
escape the wasps into whose nest he'd stumbled.
Inevitably, something goes wrong.
“This is why we went to elementary school,” says Denis
Newbold, doing long division on a scrap of paper because his calculator was destroyed in the morning rain.
“Nothing is simple around here,” says Tom Bott, as he sits for six
hours by a stream, taking periodic metabolism measurements,
fending off mosquitoes and the tropical heat.
“You have to be MacGyver,” says Dave Montgomery as he tries to
fix a broken centrifuge. “Troubleshooting is a big part of our job.”
Post Script: Fall Workshops
In October scientific and education staff members returned to
Madre de Dios to give a series of full-day workshops on
water-quality monitoring and the ecology of streams and rivers
to: (1) local public- and private-sector decision makers;
(2) teachers; (3) conservation planners and (4) eco-tourism
guides. We targeted our efforts both at those now in positions to
make decisions about water resources and at those whose
students will become the stewards of the future. In December the
Stroud team gave a similar series of workshops in Costa Rica.
with information about local and global water issues, the
relationship of land use to stream health, the impact of human
activities on water quality, and the critical interplay between
streams and forests.
Workshop participants then walked to a nearby stream where
they made chemical measurements of water quality and collected
aquatic macroinvertebrates. Later they spent a couple of hours in
the laboratory sorting and identifying the animals they had
collected and learning about the role they play as indicators of
stream health.
Perhaps the most consistent message that came through in the
workshop evaluations was "we want more" - more information,
more time to learn, more and better tools to make a difference,
more workshops for more people. A corresponding message was
"we want it now" . . . because at the rate the region is changing,
there is no time to lose.
Stroud Center’s educators
and scientists went back
to the Madre de Dios and
conducted workshops on
water quality monitoring
and stream ecology
to local teachers,
conservation planners
and eco-tourism guides.
Presented in Spanish and offered free of charge, the workshops
introduced the participants to freshwater ecosystems, taught
simple and affordable methods for monitoring streams, and
encouraged best conservation practices. Each workshop began
Perhaps the most consistent message that came through in the workshop evaluations was "we want more" - more information, more
time to learn, more and better tools to make a difference, more workshops for more people. A corresponding message was "we want
it now" . . . because at the rate the region is changing, there is no time to lose.
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Laboratory Reports
Microbiology
focus
RESEARCH
The ecology of bacteria, algae,
protozoa and fungi living in streams
and rivers
R E S E A R C H
P R O J E C T S
Measured algal biomass and primary productivity and community respiration in:
New York City drinking water reservoirs (Amawalk, Cannonsville, Cross, Muscoot,
Neversink, Pepacton, Titicus).NY State DEC and U.S. EPA. 2003-2006.
New York City drinking water reservoirs (West Br. Delaware, East Br. Delaware,
Neversink, Tremper Kill, Trout Creek, Haviland Hollow, Muscoot River2 stations, Titicus, Cross River). NY State DEC and U.S. EPA. 2003-2006.
Three reaches of White Clay Creek, one in a woodlot, one in a meadow, and the third
in a meadow with a replanted riparian zone. National Science Foundation - Long Term
Research in Environmental Biology. 2004 -2009.
Three streams in the Amazonian rainforest of Peru: Quebada ATI8, Quebada Abejita,
and Quebada TRC4. Moore Foundation. 2006.
P R E S E N T A T I O N S
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C O N F E R E N C E S
Bott, T. L., Maintaining ecosystem services in upland streams: Strategies impacting
watershed restoration. Symposium entitled “Transcending boundaries: Challenges for
holistic restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed” at the Annual Meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC. 2005.
Bott, T. L., Primary productivity and algal biomass in NYC drinking water reservoirs
and influent streams. New York City Watershed Science and Technical ConferenceAdvancing the Science of Watershed Protection. Fishkill, NY. 2005.
Bott, T. L., D. Montgomery, J. D. Newbold, D. B. Arscott and C. L. Dow. Algal biomass
and metabolic rates in New York City drinking water reservoirs and tributary streams.
Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. 2006.
Staff
Thomas L. Bott, Ph.D.
David Montgomery
Chris Cain
Rajiv Shah
Dow, C. L., D. B. Arscott, A. K. Aufdenkampe, T. L. Bott, L. G. Carter, J. K. Jackson, L.
A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold and B. W. Sweeney. Enhanced monitoring effort in New York
City's drinking-water-supply-watershed. Annual Meeting of the North American
Benthological Society. 2006.
Arscott, D. B., J. K. Jackson, E. B. Kratzer, C. L. Dow, J. D. Newbold, A. K.
Aufdenkampe, L. A. Kaplan,T. L. Bott and B. W. Sweeney. Using macroinvertebrate
communities to assess anthropogenic impacts in New York City's surface water supply
catchments. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society. 2006.
University of Pennsylvania: Biology 415: Introduction to Freshwater Ecology,
Spring 2005, Spring 2006
S E R V I C E
A N D
A W A R D S
Member: Editorial Boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology (published by
the American Society for Microbiology) and of Microbial Ecology (published by the
International Society of Microbial Ecology)
Member: Search Committee, Disease Ecologist, Department of Biology, University of
Pennsylvania
Laboratory Reports
Ecosystem Processes
focus
RESEARCH
The effectiveness of streamside forest
buffers in protecting water quality,
and the role of headwater streams in
generating organic particles that
supply food resources to downstream
ecosystems
R E S E A R C H
P R O J E C T S
National Monitoring Project: Use of a Riparian Forest Buffer to reduce
sediment and nutrient inputs to
Morris Run at the Stroud Preserve.
US-EPA and PA-DEP. 1992-2007.
Seston Contributions to metabolism
Across Longitudinal Ecosystems
(SCALE)-Dynamics of Organic
Particles in River Networks. National
Science Foundation. 2006-2009.
Nutrient spiraling in streams that
supply New York City's drinking
water. NY State DEC and U. S. EPA.
2003-2006.
Stream ecosystem structure and
function within a maturing deciduous
forest. National Science FoundationLong Term Research in Environmental
Biology. 2004-2009.
Staff
Denis Newbold, Ph. D.
Aaron deLong
Sara Geleskie
Susan Herbert
Philip Taylor
Graduate Student - Ph. D Candidate
David C. Richardson, University of Maryland
Laboratory Volunteers
Frank Klein, Ph. D.
Harry West
Rick Migliore
Outside Collaborators
Tom J. Battin, University of Vienna
George Hornberger, University of Virginia
Steven A. Thomas, University of Nebraska
Jackson R. Webster, Virginia Tech
Maurice Valett, Virginia Tech
Dynamics of stream ecosystem responses across gradients of reforestion and
changing climate in a tropical dry forest. National Science Foundation-Long
Term Research in Environmental Biology. 2005-2010.
The application of scaling rules to energy flow in stream ecosystems. National
Science Foundation. 2005-2010.
Hydrological regulation of dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry from
forests through river networks. National Science Foundation. 2005-2010.
Measuring watershed health: training conservation planners how to sue
biophysical tools for monitoring streams in temperate and neo-tropical
ecosystems. Moore Foundation. 2006.
Point Lookout, Brandywine River: Streamflow and streamwater chemistry.
Point Lookout Farm and Wildlife Conservation Foundation. 2006.
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Newbold, J. D. Particles in the continuum: The role of seston in river
ecosystems. Minshall Stream Ecology Symposium, Pocatello, ID. 2005.
Newbold, J. D., L. A. Kaplan, T. L. Bott, J. K. Jackson, A. K. Aufdenkampe,
and C. L. Dow. Factors influencing the uptake of nutrients in streams within
the New York City water-supply source areas. Annual Meeting of the North
American Benthological Society, New Orleans. 2005.
Newbold, J. D., S. Herbert, and B. W. Sweeney. Stroud Preserve Riparian
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Laboratory Reports
Entomology
focus
RESEARCH
The ecological characteristics of stream
macroinvertebrates (especially aquatic insects
in tropical and temperate streams), the
role they play in the food web of aquatic
systems and how they can be used to assess
water pollution
R E S E A R C H
P R O J E C T S
Tropical Stream Ecology: Studies of rainfall, temperature, leaf fall, and
stream chemistry and macroinvertebrates at sites near the Martiza
Biological Station, Santa Rosa and Rincón de la Vieja in Guanacaste,
Costa Rica. National Science Foundation - Long Term Research in
Environmental Biology. 2005-2010.
Macroinvertebrate monitoring and site classification of 60 streams and
rivers in the source drinking ware areas of New York City. NY State DEC
and U.S. EPA. 2003-2006.
Monitoring of macroinvertebrates in streams throughout the Schuylkill
River basin, including numerous sites in the Perkiomen, Manatawny, and
Hay Creek watersheds. William Penn Foundation. 2005-2007.
Parthenogenesis and hybridization in a number of related and unrelated
mayfly species in White Clay Creek as well as streams throughout eastern
North America. Stroud Endowment. 2005-2006.
Macroinvertebrate responses to long-term removal, restoration, and
management of riparian forests on White Clay Creek. National Science
Foundation - Long Term Research in Environmental Biology. 2004-2009.
Staff
John K. Jackson, Ph.D.
Juliann M. Battle
Michael C. Broomall
Andrew J. Byler
David H. Funk
Erika B. Kratzer
William Milliken
Sally Peirson
Roberta M. Weber
Patricia Zaradic, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow
Graduate Students
Danielle DiFederico, M.S. Program,
West Chester University
Lynnette Sanders, Ph.D. Program,
Drexel University
Leopold Füreder, Ph.D. Universität Innsbruck
Ian D. Hodkinson, Ph.D. Liverpool John Moores
University
Julio Calvo, Ph.D. Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Arturo Sánchez-Azofeifa, Ph.D University of Alberta
Macroinvertebrate monitoring of numerous sites on the following rivers
and streams: White Clay Creek (PA), Alabama River (AL), Flint River
(GA), Lake Blackshear (GA), Mississippi River (MO), Susquehanna River
(PA). White Clay Watershed Association, Weyerhaeuser Co., Proctor &
Gamble Co. 2005-2006.
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Jackson, J.K. Aquatic insect responses to the removal of streamside
forests. Department of Biology, Millersville University.
Jackson, J.K. and Interns. Current conditions in Skippack and Perkiomen
Creeks based on stream watch collections from April 2005 and historical
data from 1996-2004. Special meeting of the Perkiomen Watershed
Conservancy, Perkiomen Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the Upper
Perkiomen Watershed Coalition, and the Montgomery County
Conservation District. 2005.
Jackson, J.K. and Interns. Current conditions in White Clay Creek based
on stream watch collections from March 2005. Annual meeting of the
White Clay Watershed Association. 2005.
Jackson, J.K. Aquatic bugs, assessing the impact of the Clean Water Act
of 1972. Summer Science Series, Stroud Center. 2006
Jackson, J.K., B.W. Sweeney and J.D. Newbold. Annual Variation in
Climatic Conditions and Leaf Litter Inputs Into Two Tropical Dry Forest
Streams – a Response to the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). 53rd
annual meeting of the North American Benthological Society.
2 0 0 5 - 2 0 0 6 y e a r s i n r e v i e w | s t r o u d wa t e r r e s e a r c h c e n t e r 1 1
Laboratory Reports
Organic Matter Biochemistry
focus
RESEARCH
Energy flow and
nutrient cycling in
streams with an
emphasis on the
interface between
organic chemistry
and microbiology;
the distribution
patterns of stream
and river bacterial
communities and the structure of organic molecules that
provide sources of food and energy
R E S E A R C H
P R O J E C T S
The application of scaling rules to energy flow in stream
ecosystems. National Science Foundation. 2005-2010.
Hydrologic regulation of dissolved organic matter
biogeochemistry from forests through river networks.
National Science Foundation. 2005 - 2010.
Stream ecosystem structure and function within a
maturing deciduous forest. National Science Foundation Long Term Research in Environmental Biology.
2004-2009.
Biofilm ecology within the East Park Reservoir distribution
system, Philadelphia Water Department, and the efficacy
of control strategies. Philadelphia Water Department.
2006-2008.
Staff
Louis A. Kaplan, Ph.D.
Michael D. Gentile
Sherman L. Roberts
Joshua Z. Goldenberg
Xueju Lin, Ph.D.
Graduate Students - Ph.D. candidates
Karen Rowley Hogan. University of Pennsylvania
David C. Richardson, University of Maryland
Special Visitor
Nancy Giron from Guatemala worked as a participant in the Norman E.
Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellows Program
for Central America.
Laboratory Volunteers
Jean Peirson
Jen Knapp, Upattinas School
Tom J. Battin, University of Vienna
Robert H. Findlay, University of Alabama
Scott W. Frazier, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science & Technology
Meredith A. J. Hullar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Patrick G. Hatcher, Old Dominion University
George Hornberger, University of Virginia
Sunghwan Kim, Florida State University
David Reasoner, US EPA (retired)
Ferran Ribas, Societat General d'Aigues de Barcelona
David A. Stahl, University of Washington
Peggy H. Ostrom, Michigan State University
David J. Van Horn, University of New Mexico
Christian Volk, Indiana American Water Company
Tracy N. Wiegner, University of Hawaii
Susan Ziegler, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Dynamics of stream ecosystem responses across gradients
of reforestation and changing climate in a tropical dry
forest. National Science Foundation - Long term research
in environmental biology. 2005-2010.
Seston contributions to metabolism across longitudinal
ecosystems (SCALE) - Dynamics of organic particles in
river networks. National Science Foundation. 2006-2010.
Measuring watershed health: training conservation
planners how to use biophysical tools for monitoring
streams in temperate and neo-tropical ecosystems. Moore
Foundation. 2006.
Coupling biofilm diversity and ecosystem functioning:
The role of communication and mixing in microbial
landscapes. (COMIX) The European Science Foundation
EuroDIVERSITY. 2006.
Laboratory Reports
Organic Isotope Geochemistry
focus
RESEARCH
Investigative processes that control
cycling of both naural and organic
matter and anthropogenic organic
contaminants throughout the watersheds
- from soils to rivers to estuaries
R E S E A R C H
P R O J E C T S
Collaborative Research:
Seston Contributions to
metabolism Across
Longitudinal Ecosystems
(SCALE)--Dynamics of
Organic Particles in River
Networks. National
Science Foundation.
2006-2009.
Measuring watershed
health: training
conservation planners
how to use biophysical
tools for monitoring streams in temperate and neo-tropical ecosystems. Moore
Foundation. 2006.
Dynamics of Stream Ecosystem Responses Across Gradients of Reforestation and
Changing Climate in a Tropical Dry Forest. National Science Foundation, Long
Term Research in Environmental Biology. 2005-2010.
Staff
Anthony Aufdenkampe, Ph. D.
Jan Surma
Mark Monk
Jessica Auman
Part-Time
Linda Carter, Ph. D.
Sue Patterson
Tom Brown, Center for Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry
Paul Buckavekas, Virginia Commonwealth
University
Carrie Massiello, Rice University
Emilio Mayorga, University of Washington
Jeff Richey, University of Washington
Collaborative Research: The Application of Scaling Rules to Energy Flow in Stream
Ecosystems. National Science Foundation, 2005-2009.
Collaborative Proposal: Hydrologic Regulation of Dissolved Organic Matter
Biogeochemistry from Forests through River Networks. National Science
Foundation Hydrological Sciences Water Cycle Research Program. 2005-2009.
Collaborative Research: Episodic, ENSO-Orchestrated Carbon Sequestration in
Amazonian River Basins by Erosion-Sedimentation Processes. National Science
Foundation. 2007.
Organic geochemistry of particles in Great River Ecosystems. Subcontract to
through Universit. of Louisville. 2004-2006.
Stream ecosystem structure and function within a maturing deciduous forest.
National Science Foundation - Long Term Research in Environmental Biology.
2004 -2009.
Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York City: an
integrative watershed approach. NY State DEC and U.S. EPA. 2003-2006.
Carbon dioxide evasion from fluvial environments of Amazonia: A major sink for
terrestrially fixed carbon and a tracer of ecosystem processes.Subcontract to
National Science Foundation. 2002-2005.
S E R V I C E
A N D
A W A R D S
Voting Member. Toxic Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Delaware River Basin
Commission (DRBC). 2003 to present.
Outreach
Education
focus
RESEARCH
The Stroud Center's education program
translates the research of Stroud Center
scientists into programs and products for the
general public, policy makers and educators
so that they have relevant information to
practice effective stewardship of the world's
stream and river ecosystems. More than
4,000 students and 2,300 adults took
part in our education programs in 2005
and 2006.
M A J O R
P R O G R A M S
From Scientific Research to Public Policy: With William Penn Foundation
funding, we led a diverse partnership (Natural Lands Trust, PennFuture,
Institute for Conservation Leadership, Green Valleys Association, Berks
County Conservancy and The Keystone Center) to provide public officials
with the scientific research, educational tools, and legal advice to create,
implement and defend model strategies and ordinances to protect their
streams and rivers.
Peru (Andes Amazon) & Costa Rica Initiative: With Moore Foundation
support, (see page 5) we presented a series of full-day workshops to:
(a) local public- and private-sector decision makers; (b) teachers;
(c) conservation planners, non-governmental organization staff members,
and university faculty; and (d) eco-tourism guides.
Chesapeake Bay Watershed Workshops: Launched training for teachers in
underserved areas to introduce education related to the Chesapeake Bay.
Two-year grant from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
Art & Science on Brandywine Creek: Our program introduced students to the
art, environment and science of the Brandywine Creek watershed, and included
an afternoon with Jamie Wyeth. In the spring of 2006, the program was the
subject of a film by Greentreks Network, which will be used in future
programs. Funded by the Point Lookout Farm & Wildlife Preservation
Foundation.
Tree Planting/Riparian Restoration: Local students monitor and study the
effects of planting 6,000 trees to restore the riparian areas of the Stroud
Preserve in West Chester, PA. Applestone Foundation Grant. Girl Scouts from
the Chesapeake and Hemlock Councils and Eagle scout candidates with the
Chester County Boy Scouts planted trees in honor of Wangari Maathai's
Water's Edge lecture (see page 27). Funded by the Future of Life, Chesapeake
Bay Foundation, the Girl Scouts and the Stroud Water Research Center.
Staff
James G. Blaine, Ph. D.
Christina Medved
Kristen Travers, M. Ed.
Vivian Williams
Graduate Students
Erica Chando, West Chester University
Megan McCarron, West Chester University
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Western Pennsylvania Watershed Programs With support of the R.K. Mellon
Foundation we continued to provide an individualized menu of watershed
programs for teachers, students and community groups in western
Pennsylvania. In 2006 teachers received continuing education credits for
participating in a two-day workshops.
Municipal Booklet. We collaborated with Media Borough to produce a
booklet, “Stormwater, Trees and Our Drinking Water.”
Watershed Tours: The state of Delaware has purchased 150 Watershed Tours
to integrate into the 7th grade curriculum on water.
“Watershed Welcome” packet. We developed a “Watershed Welcome” packet
for the White Clay Watershed Association.
Experiment and Comparing Biotic Indices: The Best Choice
for Your Students and Your Stream
Medved, C. and Travers, K., Macroinvertebrate Identification
Medved, C., Leaf Pack Network®, Slimy Leaves for Clean Streams
Blaine, J., Schuylkill Learning Community: several one- and
two-day retreats focused on the Schuylkill watershed. William
Penn Foundation. 2006.
Workshops:
• 9 Leaf Pack Workshops were given in Pennsylvania, New York,
Maryland, and Virginia.
• 5 GLOBE Workshops were given in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
• Leaf Pack and Watershed Tour workshops given on behalf of the
LaMotte Co. at:
- Pennsylvania Science
Teachers Association annual
conference, Hershey
- CA Science Teacher
Convention, Palm Springs
Students & volunteers helped to plants thousands of trees last year.
A R T I C L E S
&
- VA Science Teacher
Convention, Roanoke
P U B L I C A T I O N S
Travers, K., “The Leaf-Stream Connection,” Volunteer Monitor,
Summer 2005
- TreeVitalize program:
About 400 adult and student
volunteers joined us to plant
6,000 trees at the Stroud
Preserve, thought to be the
largest research projects of
its kind.
Travers, K., Riparian Forests (brochure), Summer 2005
Medved, C., Leaf Pack Letter® e- Newsletter, Spring & Fall 2005
& 2006
Blaine, J. G., “Getting to the Root of the Problem,”
The Philadelphia Inquirer (op-ed), Oct. 28, 2005
Blaine, J. G., “Volunteers Work to Restore Forests,” Daily Local
News (guest column), Dec. 5, 2005
Williams, V., Trees and Our Drinking Water (brochure for Media
Borough, 2006)
The International School of P.O.S.: Teachers from Trinidad, whom we
originally trained in 2004, returned with their students for our stream
study program.
S E R V I C E
A N D
A W A R D S
Medved, C., North American Association of Environmental Educators
conference abstracts, reviewer.
Travers, K., White Clay Wild & Scenic Management Committee
member.
Professional Conferences:
Medved C., Leaf Pack Program at the North American Association
for Environmental Education Annual Convention, St. Paul, MN,
Oct. 11-14, 2006
Travers, K., Steering Committee of the Keystone Watershed
Monitoring Network.
Williams, V., Leaf Pack workshop, National Association of Biology
Teachers Professional Development Conference. 2006
Williams, V., GLOBE Certified Teacher Trainer at University
Corporation of Atmospheric Research.
National Science Teachers Association Regional Conference. 2006:
Williams, V., Delaware Science Olympiad for at Delaware State
University, judge.
Travers, K., Connecting Streams, Science & Students
Williams, V., Examining Methods for a Stream Monitoring
Williams, V. and Travers, K., EPA Environmental Education Grant
reviewers.
Notes from the Laboratory
Aquatic Moths
DAVID
H
.
FUNK
,
ENTOMOLOGIST
AND
PHOTOGRAPHER
“…aquatic caterpillars can reach very high densities and play an important role in aquatic food chains.”
Most lepidopterists may not think of river bottoms as fertile
collecting ground for moths, but freshwater biologists have long
been aware that, while not particularly diverse in this habitat,
aquatic caterpillars can reach very high densities and play an
important role in aquatic food chains.
Most of the truly aquatic moths are members of Nymphulinae, a
pyralid subfamily with worldwide distribution. Caterpillars of
the Nymphulinae fall into two distinct groups. Members of the
tribe Nymphulini have case-making, leaf-eating, caterpillars with
or without gills and are usually found in ponds, lakes or slow
flowing reaches of streams and rivers. Argyractini have webspinning, algae-eating, caterpillars that always have gills and live
in fast moving areas of streams and rivers.
Caterpillars of Parapoynx, a genus of Nymphulini known from
North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, feed on
various aquatic macrophytes and live in flattened cases made
from leaves, either freshly cut from the host plant or scavenged
from the surrounding detritus. These caterpillars have highly
branched gills on the thorax and abdomen and thus derive all the
oxygen they need from the water. The adults are rather attractive
little moths (wingspread about 1.5 - 2 cm) that can often be seen
perched on trees, snags or rocks along the streams and rivers
where their larvae live. As is true for many of the pyralids, their
resting posture is quite distinctive (see photo). Parapoynx
obscuralis, perhaps the most common and widespread species in
eastern North America, holds its forewings outspread, revealing
beautifully striped hindwings. Both males and females are seen
resting in this conspicuous way, the significance of which is
unknown.
The genus Petrophila (see photo) is a rather typical member of
the Argyractini, with 14 species in America North of Mexico and
many more in the American tropics. Petrophila caterpillars live
on boulders and bedrock in the fastest current of streams and
rivers. These flattened, multi-gilled caterpillars live beneath
tightly woven silken retreats that are closely appressed to the
rock, from which they graze diatoms (single-celled algae) from
the rock surface. In some rivers they can reach densities of many
hundreds per square meter of rock surface. The highest algal
productivity in rivers can be found on these exposed bedrock
surfaces and Petrophila larvae are sometimes the dominant
macroinvertebrate there, perhaps because their silken retreats are
difficult for predators such as fish to dislodge. Many of the more
familiar aquatic insects such as mayflies and stoneflies fall easy
prey on such exposed surfaces; members of these groups are
much more common on rocks and small boulders, venturing out
to forage on these productive exposed surfaces when they can,
but quickly scurrying back down to the interstices when threatened.
When full grown, Petrophila caterpillars spin tough, felt-like
cocoons with rows of holes at the upstream and downstream
ends to allow water to flow through for respiration. Within this
cocoon the larva spins a fine silk lining in which it pupates, but
not before cutting a small escape hatch in the tough upper
surface of the retreat to facilitate its escape at emergence. Newly
metamorphosed moths slip through this exit and ride an air
bubble to the water surface. The adults of many of the
Argyractini are quite beautiful. Petrophila species typically hold
their forewings out and somewhat tent-like, with the hindwings
at least partly exposed revealing a conspicuous row of black and
metallic spots along the hind margin of the hindwing (see
photo). The significance of these markings and behavior is
unknown. A walk though the riparian vegetation along some
large rivers in North America during the flight season of
Petrophila will flush up clouds of these pretty little moths. After
mating, females crawl down emergent rocks into the water,
carrying an air bubble with them, to lay their eggs on submerged
rock surfaces.
Opposite page: Clockwise from top: Parapoynx, a genus of Nymphulini; Parapoynx live in flattened cases made from leaves; Petrophila, a rather typical member of the
Argyractini; Petrophilacaterpillars live on boulders and bedrock in the fastest current of streams and rivers.; Petrophilalarvae; Petrophila species typically hold their forewings
out and somewhat tent-like, with the hindwings at least partly exposed revealing a conspicuous row of black and metallic spots along the hind margin of the hindwing.
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Research
Publications & Reports
In 2005, Stroud submitted a proposal for a
special issue to the Journal of the North
American Benthological Society's (JNABS)
editorial board. The JNABS publishes articles
that will promote further understanding of
benthic* communities and their roles in
aquatic ecosystems. The proposal outlined 10
manuscripts that would describe the Stroud
Center's enhanced water quality monitoring
in the source water areas of New York City's
drinking water supply. The editorial board
approved this proposal and recommended
that these articles be submitted to peer review
process. The JNABS board extended Guest
Editorial status to Dr. David Arscott, Dr.
James Blaine, and Dr. Charles Dow in order to
direct the review process for manuscripts
where they were not (co)authors.
The series of articles published in the
December 2006 issue of the Journal of the
North American Benthological Society,
present the results from the first three years
(2000-2002) of the New York project. The
entire project lasted six years and involved all
of our research interests at the Center
including macroinvertebrates, inorganic
chemistry, molecular tracers, organic matter,
and ecosystem processes.
You can find out more by visiting www.
stroudcenter.org/research/newyorkproject.htm
*Benthic or benthos refers collectively to all aquatic
organisms that live on, in, or near the bottom
(substratum) of water bodies.
Journal of the North American Benthological Society,
December 2006; Source-Water Monitoring: Combining Basic
and Applied Research.
I N D I V I D U A L
A R T I C L E S
Blaine, J. G., B. W. Sweeney, and D. B. Arscott. 2006.
Enhanced source-water monitoring for New York City:
historical framework, political context, and program
design. Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 25:851-866.
Arscott, D. B., C. L. Dow, and B. W. Sweeney. 2006.
Landscape template of New York City's drinking-watersupply watersheds. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 25:867-886.
Dow, C. L., D. B. Arscott, and J. D. Newbold. 2006.
Relating major ions and nutrients to watershed conditions
across a mixed-use, water-supply watershed. Journal of
the North American Benthological Society 25:887-911.
Kaplan, L. A., J. D. Newbold, D. J. Van Horn, C. L. Dow,
A. K. Aufdenkampe, and J. K. Jackson. 2006. Organic
matter transport in New York City drinking-water-supply
watersheds. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:912-927.
Aufdenkampe, A. K., D. B. Arscott, C. L. Dow, and L. J. Standley. 2006. Molecular tracers of
soot and sewage contamination in streams supplying New York City drinking water. Journal of
the North American Benthological Society 25:928-953.
Kratzer, E. B., J. K. Jackson, D. B. Arscott, A. K. Aufdenkampe, C. L. Dow, L. A. Kaplan, J. D.
Newbold, and B. W. Sweeney. 2006. Macroinvertebrate distribution in relation to land use and
water chemistry in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds. Journal of the North
American Benthological Society 25:954-976.
Arscott, D. B., J. K. Jackson, and E. B. Kratzer. 2006. Role of rarity and taxonomic resolution in
a regional and spatial analysis of stream macroinvertebrates. Journal of the North American
Benthological Society 25:977-997.
Newbold, J. D., T. L. Bott, L. A. Kaplan, C. L. Dow, L. A. Martin, D. J. Van Horn, and A. A. de
Long. 2006. Uptake of nutrients and organic C in streams in New York City drinking-water-supply watersheds. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25:998-1017.
Bott, T. L., D. S. Montgomery, J. D. Newbold, D. B. Arscott, C. L. Dow, A. K. Aufdenkampe,
J. K. Jackson, and L. A. Kaplan. 2006. Ecosystem metabolism in streams of the Catskill
Mountains (Delaware and Hudson River watersheds) and Lower Hudson Valley. Journal of the
North American Benthological Society 25:1018-1044.
Bott, T. L., D. S. Montgomery, D. B. Arscott, and C. L. Dow. 2006. Primary productivity in
receiving reservoirs: links to influent streams. Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 25:1045-1061.
Sweeney, B. W., D. B. Arscott, C. L. Dow, J. G. Blaine, A. K. Aufdenkampe, T. L. Bott, J. K.
Jackson, L. A. Kaplan, and J. D. Newbold. 2006. Enhanced source-water monitoring for New
York City: summary and perspective. Journal of the North American Benthological Society
25:1062-1067.
O T H E R
P U B L I C A T I O N S
A N D
R E P O R T S
Aufdenkampe, A. K., E. Mayorga, J. I. Hedges, C. Llerena, P. D. Quay, J. Gudeman, A. V.
Krusche and J. E. Richey. 2007. Organic matter in the Peruvian headwaters of the Amazon:
Compositional evolution from the Andes to the lowland Amazon mainstem. Organic
Geochemistry 38(3): 337-364.
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Batley, G. E., R. G. Stahl, M. P. Babut, T. L. Bott, J. R. Clark, L. J. Field, K. T.
Ho, D. R. Mount, R. C. Swartz and A. Tessier. 2005. Scientific underpinnings of
sediment quality guidelines, p. 39 - 119. In: R. J. Wenning, G. E. Batley, C. G.
Ingersoll and D. W. Moore, eds. Use of sediment quality guidelines and related
tools for the assessment of contaminated sediments, Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola.
Bott, T. L., J. D. Newbold and D. Arscott. 2006. Ecosystem metabolism in
Piedmont streams: Reach geomorphology modulates the influence of riparian
vegetation. Ecosystems 9: 398-401.
Bott, T. L. 2006. Primary productivity and community respiration, pp. 263-290.
In: F. R. Hauer and G. A. Lamberti, eds. Methods in Stream Ecology, 2nd ed.
Elsevier, New York.
Bott, T. L. Stream Metabolism. Chapter 9 in Arscott, D., A. K. Aufdenkampe, T.
L. Bott, C. Dow, J. K. Jackson, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and B. W. Sweeney.
Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York City: An
integrative watershed approach, Phase II studies, Year 2.
Bott, T. L. Reservoir Primary Productivity. Chapter 10 in Arscott, D., A. K.
Aufdenkampe, T. L. Bott, C. Dow, J. K. Jackson, L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and B.
W. Sweeney. Water quality monitoring in the source water areas for New York
City: An integrative watershed approach, Phase II studies, Year 2.
Kim, S., L. A. Kaplan, and P. G. Hatcher. 2006. Biodegradable dissolved organic
matter in a temperate and a tropical stream determined from ultra-high resolution
mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography 51:1054-1063.
Frazier, S. W., L. A. Kaplan, and P. G. Hatcher. 2005. Molecular characterization
of biodegradable dissolved organic matter using bioreactors and [12C/13C]
tetramethylammonium hydroxide thermochemolysis GC-MS. Environmental
Science and Technology 39:1479-1491.
Funk, D.H., J.K. Jackson, B.W. Sweeney. Taxonomy and genetics of the
parthenogenic mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer and its sexual sister Centroptilum
Alamance (Ephemeroptera:Baetidae) Journal of the North American Benthological
Society 25:417-429.
Golladay, S.W. and J.M. Battle. 2005. Wood debris recruitment from differing
riparian landforms in a Gulf Coastal Plain stream: the role of floods. Pages 287290 in K.J. Hatcher (editor). Proceedings of the 2005 Georgia Water Resources
Conference. Athens, Georgia.
Hodkinson, I.D. and J.K. Jackson. 2005. Terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates as
bioindicators for environmental monitoring, with particular reference to mountain
ecosystems. Environmental Management 35:649-666.
Hullar, M. A. J., L. A. Kaplan, and D. A. Stahl. 2006. Recurring seasonal dynamics
of microbial communities in stream habitats. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 72:713-722.
Jackson, J. K., A. D. Huryn, D. L. Strayer, D. L. Courtemanch, and B. W.
Sweeney. 2005. Atlantic coast rivers of the northeastern United States. Pages
21-71 in: A. C. Benke and C. E. Cushing (eds.), Rivers of North America. Academic
Press, San Diego, California.
Jackson, J.K. and L. Füreder. 2005. Long-term studies of aquatic invertebrates:
frequency, duration, and ecological significance. Freshwater Biology 51:591-603.
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Biomontoring of
the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau in 2004. Contribution No. 2005004,
Stroud Water Research Center.
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Benthic Macroinvertebrates in the Flint River
(2005) and Lake Blackshear (2006) near Oglethorpe, Georgia. Contribution No.
2006007. Stroud Water Research Center.
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Chapter 5. Macroinvertebrate community
structure and function. Pages 91-122 in Water quality monitoring in the source
water areas for New York City: an integrative watershed approach - A Report on
Year 5 (2004) Monitoring Activities. Contribution No. 2005007, Stroud Water
Research Center.
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Studies of Macroinvertebrates on the
Susquehanna River near Mehoopany, PA in 2005. Contribution No. 2006001,
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Biomonitoring of
the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau in 2005. Contribution No. 2006002,
Jackson, J. K. and Sweeney, B. W. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Water
Quality in the Schuylkill River Basin. Contribution No. 2006003. Stroud Water
Research Center.
Kaplan, L. A., F. Ribas, and D. Reasoner. 2005. Techniques for the measurement
of biodegradable organic matter. pp. 37-59, in Prevost, M., and Servais, P. eds.
Biodegradable organic matter in drinking water. AWWA Press, Denver.
Kaplan, L. A., J. D. Newbold, D. J. Van Horn, C. L. Dow, A. K. Aufdenkampe,
and J. K. Jackson. 2006. Organic matter transport in New York City drinking-watersupply- watersheds. Journal North American Benthological Society 25:912-927.
Kim, S., L. A. Kaplan, and P. G. Hatcher. 2006. Biodegradable dissolved organic
matter in a temperate and a tropical stream determined from ultra-high resolution
mass spectrometry. Limnology and Oceanography 51:1054-1063.
Mayorga, E., A. K. Aufdenkampe, C. A. Masiello, A. V. Krusche, J. I. Hedges,
P. D. Quay and J. E. Richey. 2005. Young organic matter as a source of carbon
dioxide outgassing from Amazonian rivers. Nature 436(7050): 538-541.
Newbold, J. D., Mitigation of Nonpoint Pollution by a Riparian Forest Buffer in an
Agricultural Watershed of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont. Stroud Preserve Watersheds
National Monitoring Project. Annual Report for Calendar Years 2005, Stroud
Contribution No. 2006004.
Wiegner, T. N., L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and P. H. Ostrom. 2005. Synthesis
of a 13C-labeled tracer for stream DOC: labeling tulip poplar carbon with 13CO2.
Ecosystems 8:501-511.
Wiegner, T. N., L. A. Kaplan, J. D. Newbold, and P. H. Ostrom. 2005.
Contribution of dissolved organic C to stream metabolism: a mesocosm study
using 13C-enriched tree-tissue leachate. Journal North American Benthological
Society 24:48-67.
Volk, C., L. A. Kaplan, J. Robinson, B. Johnson, L. Wood, H. W. Zhu, and M.
LeChevallier. 2005. Fluctuations of dissolved organic matter in a river used for
drinking water and impacts on conventional treatment plant performance.
Environmental Science and Technology 39:4258-4264.
Jackson, J. K. Aquatic Macroinvertebrates in the Brandywine Creek and Point
Lookout Creek on the Point Lookout Preserve in 2003 Contribution No. 2005001,
Financial Summary
Operating Statements
Operating Statement F O R T H E Y E A R E N D E D D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 2 0 0 5
2005 REVENUES & SUPPORT
REVENUES & SUPPORT
R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M S (Grants & Contracts)
E N D O W M E N T S U P P O RT
$2,433,216
812,567
E D U C AT I O N / P U B L I C P R O G R A M S
288,570
ANNUAL FUND
233,093
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS & INCOME
T O TA L R E V E N U E S & S U P P O R T
251,378
Annual Fund
6%
Other
6%
Education
7%
Research
Programs
61%
$3,998,824
Endowment
20%
EXPENDITURES
RESEARCH
$2,444,169
E D U C AT I O N
265,545
DEVELOPMENT/OUTREACH
147,220
I N F O R M AT I O N S E RV I C E S
171,754
A D M I N I S T R AT I V E
410,929
FA C I L I T I E S
318,779
OTHER
122,903
T O TA L E X P E N D I T U R E S
$3,881,229
O P E R AT I N G R E S E R V E S
$117,525
2005 EXPENDITURES
Other
3%
Facilities
8%
Administrative
11%
Information
Services
4%
Outreach
4%
Research
63%
Education
7%
Operating Statement F O R T H E Y E A R E N D E D D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 2 0 0 6
2006 REVENUES & SUPPORT
REVENUES & SUPPORT
R E S E A R C H P R O G R A M S (Grants & Contracts)
E N D O W M E N T S U P P O RT
$2,236,283
852,420
E D U C AT I O N / P U B L I C P R O G R A M S
367,900
ANNUAL FUND
372,239
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS & INCOME
T O TA L R E V E N U E S & S U P P O R T
255,220
$4,084,062
Annual Fund
9%
Other
6%
Education
9%
Research
Programs
55%
Endowment
21%
EXPENDITURES
RESEARCH
20
$2.479,373
E D U C AT I O N
388,647
DEVELOPMENT/OUTREACH
155,718
I N F O R M AT I O N S E RV I C E S
195,522
A D M I N I S T R AT I V E
428,802
FA C I L I T I E S
315,750
OTHER
138,415
T O TA L E X P E N D I T U R E S
$4,052,227
O P E R AT I N G R E S E R V E S
$31,845
2006 EXPENDITURES
Facilities
8%
Other
3%
Administrative
11%
Information
Services
5%
Outreach
4%
Research
61%
Education
8%
Gifts & Contributions
Capital Campaign
Dansko Co.
employees plant
500 trees!
2,000 small colorful flags waved in the
breeze on the cool overcast morning of
October 14, 2006 as Stroud Center staff
Christina Medved and Kristen Travers
surveyed Taylor Run wondering how on
earth volunteers would ever be able to
plant the 2,000 trees needed to help
protect and restore the creek.
When the Stroud Center wrote its first strategic plan in 2000, it set ambitious
goals for the following five years. Among its initiatives, the plan included
expanding research and the publishing of research findings; developing new
curricula and programs for students and teachers; and new scientific
equipment. A goal of $11.5 million was set and a capital campaign was launched
in 2002. Completing the fundraising for the campaign included a prestigious
Kresge Challenge grant that helped the Center to purchase $750,000 in new
instrumentation and raise a $1.25 million endowment fund for the replacement
of the equipment in the future. Due to the tremendous generosity of the
Center's board of directors and the many gifts of support by foundation and
over 675 of our “Friends of the Stroud Center,” the campaign was completed on
December 31, 2005.
sustaining the flow
of
Then, right on schedule, 20 volunteers
appeared over the hill, sporting clogs,
black and white Dansko shirts, and
bearing shovels. More important than
shovels though, the group brought energy,
enthusiasm, and a cheery attitude.
Their strong work ethic and team attitude
contributed to planting almost 500 trees a number greater than we had expected.
While we sincerely appreciate their
physical efforts, we also appreciate the
wonderful attitude in which it was given.
Dozens of additional volunteers later
joined the effort to complete the planting.
knowledge
Ensuring the Future of Freshwater Research
CAMPAIGN RESULTS
T O TA L G O A L
$11,500,000
RAISED
$11,649,690
Dansko Co. employees volunteered over 100 man hours to help
restore the banks of a head water stream of White Clay Creek.
Contributions and Special Gifts
The Stroud Center recognizes the tremendous support of our many generous “Friends” in the years 2005 and 2006 and during our capital
campaign 2002-2005. It is you, the “Friends of the Stroud Center,” who rose to the challenge of the increased need for support in the last
few years. Not only did you rally to achieve an $11.5 million capital campaign, including a Kresge Challenge, but you also helped us increase
the level of annual giving - a rare occurrence during a capital campaign.
In addition, due to the dedicated efforts of our board of directors, 400 new donors became “Friends of the Stroud Center.” Last but not
least, the sponsors of our new signature event The Water's Edge, raised over $500,000 in the last four years for direct support of the Stroud
Center research and education programs. Your support is greatly appreciated and critical to the continued excellence of our research and
education programs.
Thank you!
Sustaining the Flow of Knowledge - Total Gifts to the Capital Campaign 2002 - 2005
Madlyn & Leonard Abramson
Mr. Joel Ackerman
Mr. Justin Adams
Henrietta Alexander
Mel & Bo Alexander
Jessie M. Allred
Joanne C. Anderson & M.J. Bishop
Aqua America
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Armstrong Jr.
Yeda & David Arscott
Alexine Atherton
Anthony Aufdenkampe & Bonnie Dickson
Antoinette & Louis Bailey
Mr. & Mrs. C. Minor Barringer
Lydia Willits Bartholomew
Jan Battle
Mr. John Battle
Mr. Anson Beard
Mr. Drummond Bell
Patti Bender & Mark Sylvester
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benjamin
Lise & William Bernhard
Claire Birney & Harry Orth
Dr. & Mrs. James G. Blaine
Mr. Edward V. Blanchard
Jane & Charlie Brosius
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Brown III
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Brown
Dianne M. & William S. Browne
Brownfield Associates
Ms. Amanda Cabot & Mr. Peter Kjellerup
Cabot-Wellington Foundation LLC
Kimberly & Christopher Cain
David J. Callard
Vicki & Jim Chandler
Mrs. John Cleveland
Dr. Peter R. Coggins
Claire Colburn
Kristin & Craig Coleman
Dr. & Mrs. Larry H. Coleman
Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket Jr.
Susan & Don Corkran
David Coye
Mr. William B. Crouch III
Joseph I. Daily Jr.
Rick Darke LLC
The Davenport Family Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Bernard J. David
Mr. & Mrs. Harold A. Davis
Helen & Frank Bonsal
Mark Borchardt & Gwen Stone
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bott
Robert C. Bowen
Mr. Benjamin Bradford
Mr. Luke Bradford
Mr. Seth Bradford
Brandywine Conservancy
Barbara & Christopher Brody
Mr. & Mrs. Howard P. Brokaw
Heather & Charlie Brooks
Barbara & Rafe de la Gueronniere
Peggy Ann Delaplane
Mr. Aaron A. deLong
Paula & Fred deLong
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey C. DeMovick
Joanne R. Denworth
Mr. Stephen Distler
Kay Dixon
Karen & Charles Dow
Brian & Ford Draper
Reeve Draper
Mr. Sam Dryden & Mrs. Sandy McLeod
Dr. Art Dunham
Cindy & Curt Dunn
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Duprey
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip P. Dutton
E.I. DuPont deNemours & Co.
Janet Ebert
Ecos Corporation
Ederic Foundation Inc.
Elk Creek Watershed Association
Dr. & Mrs. William Elkins
Fair Play Foundation
Emerson D. Farley Jr. M.D.
Catherine Ferranto
Mr. Steven Fillo
Ingrid & Rick Fischer
Dr. & Mrs. John R.S. Fisher
Rush & Phoebe Fisher
Fishers Island Conservancy - Nature Days
Ginny & John Foos
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Forney
Mr. Gary Fradin & Mrs. Barbara Tarmy
Anna B. Francis
Jane A. Freeman
Howard M. Fry
Mr. & Mrs. David H. Funk
Petey & Harley Funk
Mr. John L. Furth
Mr. & Mrs. Millard Gamble
Mr. William J. Gedale
Susan & Michael Gentile
Libby & Ben Gregg
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grimes
Mr. Peter Grua & Mrs. Mary O'Connell
Lara & Kyle Hall
Anne & Jock Hannum
Honorable & Mrs. John B. Hannum
Ellie & Buzz Hannum
Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Hayward III
Susan & Andrew Herbert
Dr. & Mrs. William A. Hohman
Mr. Robert Holderith
Hollis Rafkin-Sax
Mr. Carleton Holstrom and Mrs. Mary Beth
Kineke
Eileen & Bruce Hooper
Cathy & Joe Huston
Dr. & Mrs. John K. Jackson
Sarah Jackson
Mr. Richard Jacobsen
Karen & Peter Jakes
Mr. & Mrs. Mitch Jennings
Mr. Randall Jesup
John Lazarich Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jones
Russell B. Jones Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Journey
Densey & Ron Juvonen
Dr. Barry Kanofsky
Dr. Louis Kaplan & Ms. Leslee Schad
Ellen H. Kelly in honor of Barbie Riegel
Bert Kerstetter
Denise & James Kilgore
Susan & Robert Kissell
Mr. Paul H. Klingenstein
Ms. Suzanne Kloud
William J. Kneisel
Erika & Andrew Kratzer
The Kresge Foundation
Larry & Dulcie Kugelman
Gwen Lacy
The Laffey- McHugh Foundation
Sidney Lapidus
Peggy & Rick Larson
Amy Law
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ledyard
Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Lee Jr.
John W. Lee Jr. D.V.M & Jane F. Lee V.M.D
H.F. Lenfest
Mr. James H. Lenhart
Bill Levy & Karen Kelly
Sally & Richard Lighty
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Livingston
Julia Loving & David Yeats-Thomas
Brenda & Thomas Macaluso
Mr. & Mrs. James Macaleer
Amy MacCausland
Mrs. Lawrence MacElree
Carl L. Manthey
Margaret D. Strawbridge Foundation
Mr. Alvan Markle
Marmot Foundation
Katharine & Whit Maroney
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Matz
Sharon McCracken
Susan & Lee McCreary
Patricia Stroud McCurdy
Mr. Thomas McDonough
John F. McGillian
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick McGinnis
Karla & Jim McGonigle
Mrs. Carol McHarg
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. McNeil
Christina Medved
Alex & Richard Mellon
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Meserve
Margorie L & Arthur P Miller
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Miller
David, Laura, Frances & Alice Milliken
Mr. & Mrs. Gerrish H. Milliken
Mr. Gerry Milliken
Care has been taken to assure the accuracy and completeness of this listing. We regret any omission and ask that you bring any corrections to our attention by
calling Claire Birney, Development Director at 610-268-2153 x230.
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Anne & John Milliken
Nancy Milliken & Serge Smirnoff
Peter G. Milliken & Linzee Weld
Mr. Roger Milliken
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Milliken
Weston Milliken
Mr. William L. Milliken
Janet & John Mockovciak
Billie Jo & Mark Monk
FM & Dave Mooberry
Mr. Clay Moorhead
Mr. Rodman Moorhead IV
Mr. & Mrs. Rodman Moorhead III
Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Ranney Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Aldo A. Morell
Mr. Robert W. Morey
Linn M. Morrow
Douglas Myers & Kimberlee Brosnan-Myers
Anna & Mark Myers
Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Nadel
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Nale
Gail & Denis Newbold
Annie & Jeffrey Nielsen
Mrs. Phyllis Noreen D'Antonio
Jim Norris
Jack H. Nusbaum & Nora Ann Wallace
Carol & Ed O'Donnell
Mr. Al Palmer
Nancy J. Parsons
Mr. Arthur C. Patterson
Sally Peirson & John Baker
Mary & John Pepe
Lionel I. Pincus
Bethany & Jim Plyler
The C. F. Pollard Foundation Inc
Steven B. Potter
Ms. Powell
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah W. Powell
Premier Woodcraft Ltd.
Tonya Prigg
Gabrielle & Nicholas Principe
Betsy & Walter Pusey
Mr. Mark Quigley
Mr. Russell Ray
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Reeves
Mr. & Mrs. Warren E. Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Riegel Jr.
Warren Ringler
Ralph & Suzanne Roberts Foundation
Robert J. & Helen C. Kleberg Foundation
Richard E. Robinson
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Roe
The Roemer Foundation
Frances & Thomas Roosevelt
Jen & Chris Roth
Patricia & Joseph Rothman
Lisa & Tim Rubin
Mr. & Mrs. William Russell
Elliot Sainer
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Sanford
Mr. & Mrs. Jesse D. Saunders
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Scheller
Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schutt Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Scott Jr.
Debbie & Bill Sellers
Joyce & Robert Shaffer
Mark Sharnoff & Marcia P. Halio
H. Donnan Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. William M. W. Sharp
Lesa & Stuart Shaw
Lisa & Alan Shusterman
Catherine J. Smith
Mr. Fred Spazziani
Mrs. Willard Speakman III
Mr. John Spurlino
Linda & John Stapleford
C. Walter Stewart
Frances & Bayard Storey
Dale Stratton
Mr. & Mrs. George Strawbridge Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Strayer
Ms. Marion B. Stroud
Mr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Stroud
Mr. & Mrs. W. B. Dixon Stroud
Ann Percy Stroud
Stroud Foundation
Sharon L. & Jan Michal Surma
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard W. Sweeney
Holly McAllister Swett
Mr. & Mrs. Tom C. Swett
Dr. Paula Tallal
Pam & Paul Tebo
Mr. & Mrs. James E. Thomas
Mr. & Mrs. P. Coleman Townsend
Kristen Travers
Trover Solutions Inc.
Richard F. Ulak
Ms. Carol Urbanc & Mr. John Astell
Mr. David J. VanHorn
Barbara & John Vogelstein
Mr. & Mrs. Randy VonTill
W. L. Lyons Brown Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John M. Watkins
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Weber
Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Weglicki
Ms. Cathy M. Weiss
The Welfare Foundation
Dorothy & Harry West
Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Weymouth Jr.
Wynne & Sam Wharry
Phoebe & Jim Whipple
Sheila & Rufus Williams
Vivian & Ray Williams
Wilmington Trust
Mr. Allen Wise
Mary Gail & Dale Wolf
Mr. Charles H. Wolfinger
Ms. Susan Wright
Blair & Bob Wyatt
Mr. & Mrs. Scott S. Wybranski
Mr. & Mrs. David J. Yezuita
Mr. & Mrs. D. A. Walker Young
Helen Zipperlen
Kathy & Thomas Zunino
Anonymous (31)
Water's Edge Sponsors 2005 and 2006
1675 Foundation
Arthur Hall Insurance Group*
Joan Blaine*
Blank Rome LLP*
Chengraphix*
Chester County Conference & Visitors Bureau
Corrado American Inc.
Dansko Inc.
Lisa & Bernard David*
Duffield Associates
DuPont Company*
Environmental Resource Management
Essex Envelope*
The Fabric Workshop
Dolly & John Fisher
Carol Ware Gates
The Glenmede Trust*
Gawthrop Greenwood & Halsted*
The Hankin Group*
Anne & Jock Hannum*
Marilyn & Nathan Hayward
John Lazarich Foundation*
Greta Brown Layton
Marsh Creek Corporate Services*
Merrill Lynch*
Jennifer & Bob McNeil
Moekell Carbonell & Assoc.
Alice & Rod Moorhead*
Moira & Ken Mumma
New Century Bank
New Spring Capital Ventures*
William R. Peelle
Barbie & Jerry Riegel*
SWRC Chosen
for CONTECH’s
Annual Holiday
Giving Campaign
CONTECH employees, Sean Darcy and Adam Sapp, presented a
check in the amount of $1,000 to Bern Sweeney, for the Stroud
Center to “continue its excellence towards a better, safer environment.”
Each year CONTECH Stormwater
Solutions Inc. has a Holiday Giving
Campaign for non-profit environmental
groups. Instead of sending out
holiday cards to their clients, the
Campaign was conducted via an online
survey sent to more than 28,000 recipients.
They voted for various environmental
organizations, and depending upon the
placement in voted rankings, CONTECH
provides a charitable contribution to the
organizations. The Stroud Water Research
Center received $1000 as the direct
result of this voting process “to continue
its excellence towards a better, safer
environment.”
Boo & Morris Stroud
Mayra & Steve Stroud*
Trail Creek Outfitters
Weston Solutions
Wilmington Trust*
UBS - Bodner/Sax Group
Young Conaway Stargatt*
Tony & Neely Young
WATERSHED PROTECTORS
$5000 and up
Fran & Franny Abbott
Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bowers*
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co*
Mr. & Mrs. Henry I. Brown III*
Ms. Amanda Cabot & Mr. Peter Kjellerup*
Cabot-Wellington Foundation LLC
Mrs. John Cleveland
Dr. & Mrs. William Elkins*
Microbiologists, Dave Montgomery and Tom Bott and good
use of a new microscope puchased with the Kresge
Challenge funding.
Fair Play Foundation*
Dr. & Mrs. John R.S. Fisher*
Gerrish H. Milliken Foundation*
Anne & Jock Hannum*
John Lazarich Foundation*
Jane C. MacElree*
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Malone
Marmot Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Meserve
Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. McNeil*
Mr. Roger Milliken*
FM & Dave Mooberry*
Mr. & Mrs. Rodman Moorhead III*
Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran*
Agnes & Bill Peelle*
Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Riegel Jr.*
The Roemer Foundation*
Cynthia Stroud & Dr. Susan D. Shaw*
Mr. & Mrs. Morris W. Stroud*
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen M. Stroud*
Holly McAllister Swett
Phoebe & Jim Whipple
Anonymous- (3)
R I V E RWAT C H E R S
$1000 - $4999
The Barra Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. James G. Blaine*
Barbara & Christopher Brody
Mr. & Mrs. Howard P. Brokaw*
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Brown
David J. Callard*
Mr. & Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr.*
Mr. Lammot Copeland Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Russell H. Crawford*
Sean Darcy
Brian & Ford Draper
Mr. Henry B. duPont IV
Ederic Foundation Inc.*
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Forney*
Anna B. Francis
Mr. Lawrence Goldenhersh
Joan Grant*
Mr. & Mrs. Nathaniel Grew
The Henry Luce Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. David A. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel C. Jones
Dr. & Mrs. Henry A. Jordan*
Densey & Ron Juvonen
Beth & Clipper LaMotte*
Mrs. Greta Layton*
Dr. & Mrs. Charles T. Lee Jr*.
Mr. James H. Lenhart
Mr. & Mrs. R. James Macaleer
Marion Layton Mann*
Samuel Whitney Maroney
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Massau*
Mr. & Mrs. Irenee duPont May
John F. McGillian
Mr. & Mrs. William R. Miller
Mr. Gerry Milliken*
Nancy Milliken & Serge Smirnoff*
Margot & Roger Milliken Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Milliken
Mr. Clay Moorhead
Mr. Rodman Moorhead IV
Mr. & Mrs. Ranney Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Irvin S. Naylor
Norman Ness
Octoraro Native Plant Nursery
Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Committee*
Dr. & Mrs. Robert C. Scott
Dr. & Mrs. Henry F. Sears*
Mrs. Willard Speakman, III
Betsy & John Spence*
Barbara Stewart & Richard Brown*
Stroud Foundation
J. Franklin Styer Nurseries*
Dr. & Mrs. Bernard W. Sweeney*
Mr. William Sweet & Geraldine Mullan
Anonymous (2)
Anonymous (1) (In honor of Dr. Ruth
Patrick)
STREAMKEEPERS
$500-$999
Connie & Keith Adams
Jessie M. Allred
American Mushroom Institute
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Armstrong Jr.*
Dr. John Austin & Mrs. Jacqueline Smalley
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Bott*
Dorothea & George Chidester*
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. F. Michael Donohue Jr.
Mrs. James Dow*
Brian & Ford Draper
Reeve Draper
Mr. & Mrs. Phillip P. Dutton*
Emerson D. Farley Jr. M.D.
Phoebe & Rush Fisher*
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fleischmann*
Mr. Gary Fradin & Mrs. Barbara Tarmy
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Frederick Jr.*
Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Gardner*
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Grimes
Mrs. Gordon Hattersley Jr.
Marilyn & Nathan Hayward
Mr. & Mrs. M. Roy Jackson*
Mr. & Mrs. Richard I. Jones*
Russell B. Jones Jr.*
Di & Dallas Krapf
Sidney Lapidus
Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Maldonado
Katharine & Whit Maroney*
Mr. Jack Marshall
*(contributed in both 2005 and 2006)
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Mr. & Mrs. Ellice McDonald Jr.*
Weston Milliken
The Doug Mooberry family
Mr. James M. Moran Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Aldo A. Morell*
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Mumma
Mr. & Mrs. Irvin S. Naylor
The Pauline-Morton Foundation
June & Russell Peterson
Frances H. & Thomas D. Roosevelt*
Mr. & Mrs. Edgar Scott Jr.*
H. Donnan Sharp*
Julie & Robert Spahr*
Mr. & Mrs. Gilchrist Sparks III
Mr. John Spurlino
Frances & Bayard Storey*
Mr. & Mrs. George Strawbridge Jr.
In memory of my husband, Bernard Taylor
Watershed Sportsman Club
Phyllis Williams
Mr. & Mrs. William Wylie Jr.*
Dale & Mary Gail Wolf
TRIBUTARY PATRONS
$250 - $499
Connie & Keith Adams*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Aiken
Mr. & Mrs. A. Joseph Armstrong*
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Bailkin*
Mr. & Mrs. C. Minor Barringer*
Bryan & Paul Bente
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Bolling, Jr.
Mr. Luke Bradford
Dianne M. & William S. Browne
Kimberly & Bill Curley
Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Curtin
Joseph I. Daily Jr.
Elaine DiMonte & Terry Roberts
Reeve Draper
Dr. Art Dunham
Mr Edward Simek
Mrs. F.W. Elliott Farr
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Gross
Mr. & Mrs. John S. Halsted*
Eileen & Bruce Hooper*
Cathy & Joe Huston*
Sarah Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Journey
Dr. Louis Kaplan & Ms. Leslee Schad
Lucci & Randall Kelly
Mr. & Mrs. Ian A. MacKinnon
Patricia Stroud McCurdy*
Lester Water Inc.*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Merkle
Joy & Floyd Montgomery
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Moran
Betty Musser
Kimberlee Brosnan-Myers & Douglas
Myers*
Anna & Mark Myers
New Day Underwriting Managers, LLC
Billy Peelle
Elizabeth & John Lewis Powell
Claudia Pulise*
Riley, Riper, Hollin & Colagreco*
Representative Chris & Cecilia Ross*
Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Schutt Jr.*
Marcia P. Halio & Mark Sharnoff *
Mr. & Mrs. Eli R. Sharp
Mr. & Mrs. William M. W. Sharp*
Ms. Jeanne Shields
Joy Slater
Hon & Mrs. Walter K. Stapleton*
Carl Strehlke*
Harold B. White
Mr. & Mrs. George Wintersteen
Mr. Charles H. Wolfinger*
Anonymous (4)
H E A D WAT E R S P O N S O R S
$100-$249
Mel & Bo Alexander
Mr. & Mrs. A. Joseph Armstrong
Kevin R.M. Arnold*
Alexine Atherton*
Mr. David Baker
John, Gail, & Steven Barr
Cindy & Mark Bedwell*
Margaret & Steve Bell*
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Benjamin*
Ms. Kimberly Benjaminsen
Bryan & Paul Bente
C.F. Benzel Jr.
Lise & William Bernhard
Claire Birney
Mary & Andy Bobst*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Bock*
Diane & John Bollmeier*
Mr. & Mrs. J. Clayton Bright
Jane & Charlie Brosius
Sue & Jock Burchenal*
Dr. Peter R. Coggins
Claire Colburn
Mr. & Mrs. William A. Corbishley*
Susan & Don Corkran
Wendy Cotton
Mr. & Mrs. Philip D. Curtin
Joseph I. Daily Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Warren Davies*
Lesley Dawson & Gerald Stein*
Paula & Fred deLong*
Joanne R. Denworth*
Mr. Gerard Dorrian
Mrs. James Dow
Reeve Draper
Sandra S. Drayer*
Mr. & Mrs. Lee F. Driscoll*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert V. Duprey
Mr. & Mrs. J. Clifton Edgar
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Elling
Mr. Gordon R. Farquhar*
Harry Feld*
Mr. Robert Fenza*
Mr. & Mrs. Peter H. Flint
Ginny & John Foos*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Fulton
Petey & Harley Funk*
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ginty
James Gowen
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne A. Grover
Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Gummey, Jr.*
Mr. & Mrs. N. Peter Hamilton
Buzz & Ellie Hannum
Mr. & Mrs. George S. Harrington
In honor of Elias J. Lundquist
Mr. & Mrs. Loukianos Hionis
Elisabeth & Bill Hohman*
Danielle & Tom Houghton
Mr. & Mrs. Ray Hutmacher*
Dr. & Mrs. John K. Jackson
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Keen*
Mr. & Mrs. Ken Keller
Randall & Lucci Kelly
Maurie Kerrigan
James & Denise Kilgore*
Robert & Susan Kissell*
P. Richard Klein
Mr. Peter Klose*
Brownfield Associates
Mrs. Richard W. Ledwith*
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ledyard
Ginny & Bruce Levy
Sally & Richard Lighty
Mr. & Mrs. Guy Russell Lloyd, III*
Ann & Hugh Lofting*
The Lundquist Family
Brenda & Thomas Macaluso*
Mr. & Mrs. Russell J. MacMullan Jr.
Carl L. Manthey
Dr & Mrs. Robert R. Marshak
Mr. & Mrs. Doug Marshall
Alex & Richard Mellon*
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Merkle
David, Laura, Frances & Alice Milliken
Mr. Hermann Moser & Ms. Carol Vybrial
Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Nadel*
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Nale
Mr. Donald B. Needham & Sons
Mr. James Nicholson*
Mary & Chris Patterson
Jean H. Peirson*
Mary & John Pepe
Bethany & Jim Plyler
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremiah W. Powell*
The Providence Garden Club of PA*
Betsy & Walter Pusey*
Regester Associates
Warren Ringler*
Nancy & John Rittenhouse*
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander Roe*
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Rosazza*
S.E.C.C.R.A
SAP Matching Gift Program
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Events and Outreach Programs
2006 Joan & Dick
Stroud Lecture
Dr. Michael Dombeck, was the guest
speaker for March 30, 2006 Joan & Dick
Stroud Lecture.
His talk, "From the Forest to the Faucet:
Water, the Most Important Forest
Product"
and he enlightened the audience about
the increasingly vital needs in land and
natural resource management as well as
the challenges we face to protect our
National Forests. He emphasized that
"Water is the most important and
under-appreciated and under-valued product
of our forested landscapes. The most
abundant and cleanest water in the country
flows off of our forests.” As one of the
most renowned and respected contemporary
conservationists, we were fortunate to
have Dombeck share his expertise with us.
“Will the next generation shout -what were you thinking?”
Bill McDonough, industrial designer, is trying his best to save the planet through the Cradle to
Cradle approach to design. He was the 2005 Water's Edge speaker at Longwood Gardens.
The Water's Edge 2005
William McDonough
Collaborations for
Sustainability
On April 25, 2006 the Stroud Center
teamed up with the Sustainable Business
Network of Greater Philadelphia for a
presentation by Sandy Wiggins, Green
Building engineer and consultant. The
topic of his lecture was “Three Stories:
Green Building and the Triple Bottom
Line,” in which he outlined the the
definition of green building, the economic
benefits of it and the current political,
social and economic barriers to achieving
development using green building
principles. Thanks to the SBN for their
participation in making it a great evening.
Future collaborations will be planned
with the two organizations.
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Speaking to a packed audience at Longwood Gardens, October 21, 2005 for the
Stroud Center's signature event, The Water's Edge, William McDonough, a
world-renowned architect and designer mesmerized the 460 attendees with his
vision of the future and indicating that the future is now.
“Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air,
soil and power - economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed,” was
McDonough's message. He outlined the many projects he and his partners are
working on to exemplify his philosophy of the Next Industrial Revolution. Items
designed using the cradle to cradle approach rather than the cradle to grave
model range from upholstery fabric that contains no harmful chemicals, to
Chinese cities of 2 million people powered by solar energy, to growing food on
rooftops for large apartment buildings. Indeed inspirational and thought provoking,
he ended his riveting presentation emphasizing the necessity to strive for a
sustainable future - before the next generation shouts, “What were you thinking?”
Science of
Stroud Series
In 2005 Stroud scientists introduced a
new series of lectures that focused on the
critical issues facing freshwater resources
and how the science at the Stroud Center
addresses them. The series was very
popular and was presented in both 2005
and 2006. Due to a generous grant from
the Davenport Family Foundation,
each presentation was videotaped and
recorded, and is now available either in
DVD format or as a link to our website at
www.stroudcenter.org. The 2005 and
2006 series included the following
topics and speakers:
“When you go beyond yourself, that is when you become
truly human.”
The message of Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and guest lecturer
for The Water's Edge event in October of 2006.
Dr. Anthony Aufdenkampe Missing
Carbon: The Amazon River and global
warming
Dr. Tom Bott Algae in Ponds, Reservoirs
and Rivers: Too much of a good thing
Dr. John Jackson Aquatic Bugs:
Assessing the impact of the Clean Water
Act since 1972
The Water's Edge 2006
Wangari Maathai
Dr. Lou Kaplan “Watershed Tea”: Why
watersheds are the first stage of drinking
water treatment
Dr. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace
Prize, was the 2006 Water's Edge speaker on October 19, 2006 at Longwood
Gardens. Maathai, a leading international advocate for environmental
protection and women's rights, was recognized with the 2004 Nobel Peace
Prize for founding the Green Belt Movement
(GBM) to promote environmental
responsibility as a way to alleviate poverty
and war. As part of this effort, the GBM has
been responsible for planting 30 million
trees across Africa over the last 35 years.
To commemorate Maathai's visit, a tree was
planted at Longwood Gardens that honors
the efforts of local Girl Scouts who planted
Dr Maathai plants a tree with The Girl Scouts of
thousands of trees the month before
the Cheasapeake and Hemlock Councils,the Future of
through the “Trees for the 21st Century”
LIfe, and the Stroud Center at Longwood Gardens.
program - a partnership between four
organizations - the Stroud Center, the Future of Life, the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation and the Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake and Hemlock Councils.
Wangari shared her belief to the 450 participants that if we each of us would
focus on the little things we can do - what she calls the “do-ables” - then we can
each help in the causes of civil, democratic, human and environmental rights.
Dr. Denis Newbold The River Network as
an Ecosystem - How nutrients travel from
headwaters to the sea
Dr. Bernard W. Sweeney The Freshwater
Crisis: A global problem with backyard
solutions
5K Stroud
Center Run for
Fresh Water
Held on September 25, 2005, the 5K
hosted 185 runners and walkers and
raised $12,000 to benefit Stroud's
research and educational programming.
We appreciate the generous help and
participation of volunteers, runners
and sponsors.
Laboratory Reports
Ecosystem Processes
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Reforestation National Monitoring Project: Nitrate Removal and
Tree Growth in a 13 Year-old Reforested Riparian Buffer. Paper
presented to the 13th National Nonpoint Source Monitoring
Workshop, Raleigh, NC. 2005.
Newbold, J. D. Linking upstream to downstream: Dynamics of
organic particles in stream and river ecosystems. Seminar in
Biogeochemistry, Cornell University. 2005.
Newbold, J. D. Linking upstream to downstream: The role of
organic particles in river ecosystems. Water Initiative Seminar
Series, Utah State University, Logan Utah. 2006.
Newbold, J. D., L. A. Kaplan, and P. Claggett. Modeling cumulative
impacts of the loss of headwater streams on ecosystem metabolism.
US-EPA Regional Science Workshop on Headwaters and
Associated Wetlands in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands Regions,
Philadelphia. 2006.
Herbert, S., J. D. Newbold, and B. W. Sweeney. Stroud Preserve
Riparian Reforestation National Monitoring Project: Nitrate
Removal and Tree Growth in a 14 Year-old Reforested Riparian
Buffer. 14th National Nonpoint Source Monitoring Workshop,
Minneapolis. 2006.
Newbold, J. D. The River Network as an Ecosystem: How
nutrients travel from headwaters to the sea. Science of Stroud
Lecture Series. 2006.
Entomology
Zaradic, P. and J.K. Jackson. Aquatic Community Data or Water
Chemistry? Applying Artificial Neural Network Models to a
Variety of Aquatic Monitoring Approaches. Annual meeting of the
North American Benthological Society. 2005.
Battle, J.M., J.K. Jackson, and B.W. Sweeney. Macroinvertebrates
Associated With Dikes in the Mississippi River: Spatial and
Temporal Patterns. Annual meeting of the North American
Heatherly, T.N., M.R. Whiles, D.J. Gibson, S.L. Collins, A.D.
Huryn, J.K. Jackson, and M.A. Palmer. Stream insect distributional
patterns and metapopulation models: Effects of spatial scale and
sampling intensities. Annual meeting of the North American
Samel, A., J.K. Jackson, B.W. Sweeney, L. Bouchelle, and D.H.
Funk. The mayfly, Centroptilium triangulifer, as an indicator of
aquatic toxicity. Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). 2005.
Golladay, S.W., J.M. Battle, and B.J. Palik. A mosaic of riparian
landforms determine wood debris recruitment and redistribution
during floods in a southern Coastal Plain stream. Annual meeting
of the North American Benthological Society. 2005.
Newbold, J.D., L.A. Kaplan, T.L Bott, J.K. Jackson, A.
Aufdenkampe, and C.L. Dow. Factors influencing the uptake of
nutrients in streams within the New York City water-supply
source areas. Annual meeting of the North American
Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, and E.B. Kratzer. Order, Family,
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The Stroud Center’s large collection of macroinvertebrates allows us to re-visit
our data and ask new questions that may emerge from the time of collecting the
original samples.
Genus, Species: How Does Choice of Taxonomic Resolution Affect
Multivariate Statistical Outcome? Annual meeting of the North
American Benthological Society. 2005.
Kratzer, E.B., J.K. Jackson, D.B. Arscott, A.K. Aufdenkampe, C.L.
Dow, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. Chironomid
assemblages along environmental gradients in New York City's
drinking water tributaries, New York, USA. Annual meeting of the
Jackson, J.K. The Clean Water Act 33 year later. Delaware County
Institute of Science. 2006.
Jackson, J.K. and Interns. Current conditions in Swamp, Upper
Perkiomen/Hosensack, and Hay Creeks based on stream watch
collections from April 2006 and historical data from 1996-2006.
Special meeting of the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy,
Perkiomen Chapter of Trout Unlimited, the Upper Perkiomen
Watershed Coalition, Hay Creek Watershed Association, and the
Montgomery County Conservation District. 2006.
Jackson, J.K. Stream condition - examples from White Clay Creek
and the Schuylkill River basin. Delaware Nature Society. 2006.
Jackson, J.K. Stream conditions throughout the Schuylkill River
basin - the result of summer internships at the Stroud Center.
Department of Biology, West Chester University. 2006.
Dow, C.L., D.B. Arscott, A. K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, L.G.
Carter, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W.
Sweeney. Enhanced monitoring effort in New York City's drinking-water-supply watershed. Annual meeting of the North
Arscott, D.B., A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, L.G. Carter, J.K.
Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. Using
macroinvertebrate communities to assess anthropogenic impacts
in New York City's surface water supply catchments. Annual
meeting of the North American Benthological Society. 2006.
Sweeney, B.W. D.H. Funk, and J.K. Jackson. Why and how most
mayfly females occasionally reproduce parthenogenetically.
Annual meeting of the North American Benthological Society.
Zaradic, P.A., J. K. Jackson. Narrowing the aquatic neural net: can
key species determine watershed impact. Annual meeting of the
S E R V I C E
A N D
A W A R D S
Member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Merit Review
Panel for Science to Achieve Results (STAR) and Greater Research
Opportunities (GRO) Fellowships for Graduate Environmental
Study programs in Aquatic Systems Ecology
Member of the William Penn Foundation's Review Committee for
the Watershed Action Grants Program.
Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of the North American Benthological
Society
Member of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection's Water Resources Advisory Committee
Member of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection's REMAP Peer Review Panel for the development and
validation of a macroinvertebrate Index of Biotic Integrity-type
model for use in wadeable streams
Ad hoc reviewer: Journal of the North American Benthological
Society, Limnology & Oceanography, New Zealand Journal of
Marine and Freshwater Research
Organic Matter Biochemistry
Monitoring of dissolved organic carbon of 60 streams and rivers
in the source drinking water areas of New York City. NY State
DEC and U.S. EPA. 2003-2006.
Basic stream ecology investigations including sampling of stream
water and analyses of dissolved organic carbon, biodegradable
dissolved organic carbon, and carbohydrates. Point Lookout Farm
and Wildlife Conservation Foundation. 2006.
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Kaplan, L. A., D. A. Stahl, M. A. Hullar, R. H. Findlay, and P. G.
Hatcher. Emerging patterns of biodegradable DOC from streams
within eastern deciduous, southeastern coniferous, and tropical
evergreen forests. American Society for Limnology and
Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting. 2005.
Kaplan, L. A., F. Ribas, and D. Reasoner. Techniques for measuring biodegradable organic matter in drinking water. American
Water Works Assoc. Water Quality Technology Conference. 2005.
Kaplan, L. A., J. D. Newbold, and A. K. Aufdenkampe. Biological
lability profiling of dissolved organic matter in bioreactors scaling up laboratory results to the environment. Annual Meeting
of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography. 2006.
Kaplan, L. A., Watershed Tea: Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry of stream ecosystems. Invited seminar, Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington. 2006.
Hogan, K. R., and L. A. Kaplan. Appropriate sampling design to
evaluate changes in bacterial communities from streambed sediments.
International
Symposium on
Microbial Ecology,
Vienna. 2006.
Kaplan, L. A., The
Application of
Scaling Rules to
Energy Flow in
Stream
Ecosystems:
Karen Hogan, Ph.D. candidate
Watershed Tea
Redux. Invited seminar, Department of Freshwater Ecology,
University of Vienna. 2006.
Richardson, D. C., L.A. Kaplan, and J. D. Newbold.
Understanding sources and dynamics of seston in a stream
ecosystem: recurring nighttime peaks of seston transport.
Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. 2006.
S E R V I C E
A N D
A W A R D S
EPA Science To Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowships panel.
Technical Advisory Committee Member for U.S. EPA, U.S. DOE, and
U.S. DOD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Ecosystem Management Project.
North American Benthological Society Endowment Committee
Member Ph.D. thesis committee for Ms. Jen Mosher, Dept. of Biology,
University of Alabama.
Laboratory Reports
Organic Isotope Geochemistry
Reviewer. Analytical Chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Global Biogeochemical
Cycles; Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf
Science; European Journal of Soil Science; Hydrological Processes; Journal of
Environmental Quality; Journal of the North American Benthological Society;
Limnology and Oceanography; National Science Foundation proposals;
Organic Geochemistry; Water Research.
Guest Lecturer and Field Instructor. Introduction to Freshwater Ecology
with T. Bott, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 2004-2007. Isotope Geochemistry,
with W. Ulman, Univ. of Delaware, 2006.
L E C T U R E S
&
Aufdenkampe, A. K., R. E. Aalto, and L. Maurice-Bourgoin. Carbon
Sequestration by Coupled Landslide/Floodplain Deposition during Large
Storms in River Basins of the Andean Amazon. American Geophysical
Union. 2006.
Ellis, E.E., A.K. Aufdenkampe, P.D. Quay, A.V. Krusche, S.R. Alin, and J.E.
Richey. Factors Controlling Net Water Column Respiration Rates in Riverine
Ecosystems of the Amazon Basin. American Geophysical Union. 2006.
Dow, C.L., A.K. Aufdenkampe. Using SAS to improve the quantification
of environmental chemistry samples. North East SAS User's Group
(NESUG) Annual Meeting. 2006.
Bukaveckas, P.A., K. Acharya, K., A.K. Aufdenkampe, J.D. Jack, and A.
Macdonald. Hydrogeomorphic Constraints on Autotrophic Production in
Large Rivers and Implications for Consumer Nutrition. International
Conference on Riverine Hydroecology: Advances in Research and
Applications. Stirling, Scotland. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, J. I. Hedges, C.A. Masiello, T.A. Brown,
M. E. McClain, C. A. Llerena, P. D. Quay, A. V. Krusche, and J. E. Richey.
The Evolution of Organic Matter in the Amazon River System: Trends in
Radiocarbon, Amino Acid and Lignin Phenol Composition. “Hot Topics
in Organic Biogeochemistry” Gordon Research Conference. 2006.
Carter, L.G., A.K. Aufdenkampe, D.B. Arscott and C.L. Dow. Molecular
Tracer Analysis in Water Quality: End Member Analysis. North
Arscott, D.B., J.K. Jackson, E.B. Kratzer, C.L. Dow, J.D. Newbold, A.K.
Aufdenkampe, K.A. Kaplan, T.L. Bott, and B.W. Sweeney. Using
macroinvertebrate communities to assess anthropogenic impacts in NY
City's surface water supply catchments. North American Benthological
Society. 2006.
Dow, C.L., D.B. Arscott, A.K. Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, L.G. Carter, J.K.
Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W. Sweeney. Enhanced
monitoring effort in New York City's drinking-water-supply watershed.
Kaplan, L.A., J.D. Newbold, T.N. Wiegner, P.H. Ostrom, H. Gandhi, and
A.K. Aufdenkampe. Biological Lability Profiling of Dissolved Organic
Matter with Bioreactors - Scaling Up Laboratory Results to the
Environment. American
Society of Limnology and
Oceanography. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A. K., R.
E. Aalto, and L. MauriceBourgoin. ENSOOrchestrated Carbon
Sequestration in AndeanAmazon River Basins by
Erosion-Sedimentation
Processes. American
Geophyscial Union Joint
Assembly. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., and
J. I. Hedges. Is the
characteristic elemental,
isotopic and biochemical composition of mineral-associated organic
matter in soils and sediments the consequence of sorption? Dept. of Civil
and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, A. V. Krusche, C.A. Masiello, J. I.
Hedges, P. D. Quay, J. E. Richey, and T.A. Brown. An Important Role for
Rivers in Regional and Global Carbon Budgets? Virginia Institute for
Marine Science. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, A. V. Krusche, C.A. Masiello, J. I. Hedges,
P. D. Quay, J. E. Richey and T.A. Brown. An Important Role for Rivers in
Regional and Global Carbon Budgets? Virginia Commonwealth Univ. 2006.
Bukaveckas, P.A., A.K. Aufdenkampe. Characterization of suspended
particulate matter in rivers: Utility for monitoring and assessment. EPA
EMAP Great River Ecosystems Reference Condition Workshop. 2006.
Aufdenkampe, A. K., L. Carter, D. B. Arscott, C. L. Dow and L. J.
Standley. Molecular tracers of soot and sewage contamination in the
upper Delaware River. Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry. 2005.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., and J. I. Hedges. Is the characteristic composition
of mineral-associated organic matter the consequence of sorption?
International Soil Organic Matter Conference. 2005.
Traveling to sampling sites on the Amazon.
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Laboratory Reports
Interns
Aufdenkampe, A. K., D. B. Arscott, C. L.
Dow and L. J. Standley. Molecular
tracers of soot and sewage contamination
in streams supplying NY City drinking
water. New York City Watershed Science
and Technical Conference. 2005.
Interns play a vital role in furthering the science and
education programs at the Stroud Center.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., and J. I. Hedges.
Is the characteristic composition of
mineral-associated organic matter the
consequence of sorption? American
Chemical Society National Meeting. 2005.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., and J. I. Hedges.
Characteristic composition of mineralassociated organic matter in soils and
freshwater sediments. Carbon in Fluvial
Sediments working group sponsored by
National Center for Earth-surface
Dynamics. 2005.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, J. I.
Hedges, M. E. McClain, C. A. Llerena, P.
D. Quay, A. V. Krusche, and J. E. Richey.
From the Andes to the Atlantic: The
evolution of organic matter in the
Amazon river system. AGU-NABS Joint
Meeting. 2005.
Richey, J. E., A. K Aufdenkampe and S.
Alin. Carbon fluxes in the Amazon and
Mekong: Relative importance of
outgassing versus fluvial export. North
Arscott, D.B., C.L. Dow, A.K.
Aufdenkampe, T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson,
L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, and B.W.
Sweeney. Enhanced Water Quality
Monitoring in the New York City
Drinking Water Supply Watersheds.
Univ. of Minnesota's Water Resources
Center. 2005.
Aufdenkampe, A. K..Molecular Tracers of
Contamination Sources. NY DEC, DOH,
DEP and US EPA,DEP. 2005.
Aufdenkampe, A.K., E. Mayorga, C. A.
Masiello, J. I. Hedges, T. Brown, A. V.
Krusche, P. D. Quay, and J. E. Richey.
Isotopic Constraints on Organic and
Inorganic Carbon Cycling in the Amazon
River System. Marine Biological Lab's
Ecosystem Center - Woods Hole. 2005.
Luke Groff ,
Penn State University
Sieglinde Mueller,
Skidmore College
Theodore W. Haenn,
Delaware Community
College
Michelle O'Connor,
University of Maryland
Katie Hartshorne,
Pennsylvania State
University
Christian Hauser, Cornell
University
William J. Reese III,
Lock Haven University
Karen Schmidt,
University of Pittsburgh
Stephanie D. Seymour,
William K. Hohman,
Gettysburg College
Laura Boyd,
Oberlin College
Hans Hwa-Pen Hsu,
Swarthmore College
Danni Brener,
University of
Pennsylvania
Seema Jolly,
Kalamazoo College
Michael Broomall,
Millersville College
Joseph S. Kasulaitis,
Keystone College
Frank Butera,
Temple University
Ian P. Kelly,
Northeastern University
Margaret A. Christie,
Cedar Crest College
Carol Kissa,
Kyle Cordes,
Buddy Kondikoff,
Millersville University
Rajiv Shaw,
University of
Pennsylvania
Stephanie Kopala,
Millersville University
Drew Sieg ,
University of Richmond
Stacy Lathrop,
Sarah Smith,
Lafayette College
Erin Letovsky,
Alfred University
Robin Spurlino,
Paradise Farms
Chelsea Lucas,
University of Maine
Holly Wielebinski,
Matthew Martino,
SUNY Syracuse
Jennifer L. Wolf,
Sweet Briar College
Shabina Dalal,
Tanya H. Dankey,
Lee Demi,
Shippensburg University
Erika Farris,
University of Delaware
Diego M. Flores,
Kansas State University
Tavleen Gujral,
Louisa Shakeri,
Dickinson College
Rachel McLoughlin,
Randolph-Macon College

2005-2006 Years in Review - Stroud Water Research Center

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