Student Watershed Research Project (SWRP)

These videos support the SWRP online curriculum related to the stream ecology experiments and community-based stream macroinvertebrate bioassessment. 

• See the SWRP publications for more information about the curriculum.
• SWRP Data: Stream Macroinvertebrate data collected by the students participating in SWRP is available here. Please contact patrick.edwards@pdx.edu for more information.

Relevant Publications

• The Value of Long Term data Collected by Citizen Scientists (2016)
• Three Simple Experiments to Examine the Effect of Sediment Pollution on Algae-Based Food Webs in Streams (2016)
• A Unique Role for Citizen Science in Ecological Restoration: A Case Study in Streams (2018)
• Citizen Science and Ecological Restoration (2020)
• Investigating Ecological Disturbance in Streams (2021)

SWRP Publications

• Edwards P, Shroufe A and Colley M (2021) Stream Disturbance Experiments. The American Biology Teacher. Accepted
• Edwards P and Shaloum G (2020) Citizen Science and Ecological Restoration. Society for Ecological Restoration News. Vol 24, pgs 16-18.
• Edwards P, Shaloum G and Bedell D (2018) A Unique Role for Citizen Science in Ecological Restoration: A Case Study in Streams. Restoration Ecology, 26: 29-35
• Edwards, P (2016). The Value of Long-Term Stream Invertebrate Data Collected by Citizen Scientists. PloS one, 11(4)
• Edwards P and Shroufe R (2016). Three Simple Experiments to Examine the Effect of Sediment Pollution on Algae-Based Food Webs in Streams. The American Biology Teacher, 78 (1), 57-61.
• Edwards P, George L and McTammany M (2015). Next-generation scientists get a taste of their future careers, EOS, 96
• Lev DJ, Renfro SL, Lindbo DT, Jarrell W, Blair J, Andrews S, Howell L. The Student Watershed Research Project (SWRP): collecting watershed data for use by resource management agencies. Urban Ecosystems. 1998 Oct 1;2(2-3):113-27.