Author: Alex Ascher, a University of Maine graduate student working with Drs. Rick Wahle and David Fields on a research project funded through the National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative, the NSF-funded Maine eDNA program, and Maine DMR’s Lobster Research Collaborative. When people think about lobsters, we tend to think about eating them. Who has […]
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Author: Andrew Goode, a graduate student at the University of Maine, working in Dr. Damian Brady’s lab on a research project funded through the National Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative Environmental change can affect an organism from the moment it’s born to the moment it dies. These effects can be complex and can manifest differently […]
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by Abigail Muscat View related research project: Examining the efficacy of methods to enhance soft-shell clam recruitment along the Maine coast Scientists at the Downeast Institute, led by Dr. Brian Beal, have been studying whether “brushing” is a viable option for increasing soft-shell clam populations along the Maine coast. This research aims to protect and […]
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by Abigail Muscat On a chilly October morning, I rose before the sun and was filled with the excitement of what the day would bring. I was a month into my first year at the University of Maine studying Marine Science and had the amazing opportunity to get my feet wet, literally and figuratively, and […]
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by Abigail Muscat On August 22, 2019, 57 water-quality related organizations gathered along the coast from Long Island Sound to Downeast Maine for a single-day water monitoring blitz. The question: “What is the relationship between salinity and alkalinity?” Alkalinity is the ability of water to neutralize an acid, or in other words, resist pH fluctuations. […]
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NOAA National Sea Grant Program awarded $16 million for 42 projects nationwide that comprise the 2019 Sea Grant National Aquaculture Initiative. Maine Sea Grant, researchers at the University of Maine, other institutions, and partner organizations received $1.6 million to lead four of the projects in collaboration with aquaculture industry, management and community partners. Maine Sea Grant also […]
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The Maine Sea Grant College Program and University of Maine scientists Rick Wahle and Damian Brady are project leaders in the $2 million Sea Grant American Lobster Initiative from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Sea Grant to understand physical and chemical changes affecting American lobster in the Gulf of Maine. The initiative […]
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Read about Skylar Bayer’s Maine Sea Grant-funded research on UMaine news: Researchers use DNA in seawater to monitor scallop reproduction The funded projects mentioned in the article are: DV-16-06 Developing a genetic toolkit to detect spawning events of giant sea scallops DV-17-12 Field testing a new genetic marker on spawning scallop populations
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