NEWS FROM THE STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER

Summer 1999

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Research Update
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Tropical stream pollution

The Center is developing the first comprehensive global perspective on stream ecology and pollution through a combination of field and literature studies involving disturbed tropical watersheds. The overall goal is to determine the relative sensitivity of tropical fish, insects and algae to various types and degrees of pollution. Field study sites include streams flowing near or through small towns and medium-to-large cities in Venezuela and Costa Rica. Literature studies will consist of a document search and compilation on a global scale, although certain tropical areas, particularly in Latin America, will receive extra effort in concert with our field studies.

Sponsor: Procter and Gamble Co.

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