Maine Sea Grant

Scott Hall Research Coordinator Audubon Seabird Restoration Program Belfast, ME 04915 Most information about Atlantic puffins is derived from studies of their breeding colonies on Maine's outer coastal islands. Where they go during the winter, when they are thought to roam the ocean from the Gulf of Maine to Greenland and Iceland, however, is still […]

Heather Koopman Biology and Marine Biology University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 S. College Road Wilmington, NC 28401 910.962.7199 koopmanh@uncw.edu This project continued exploratory work funded by Sea Grant in 2007 (DV-07-009) to evaluate various factors influencing the quality of eggs produced by American lobsters. Larger lobster eggs have been shown to have higher lipid […]

Jean MacRae Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2137 Jean.macrae@umit.maine.edu Marine and freshwater environments are vulnerable to pollution from spills, shipping and boating activity, runoff, and waste discharge. Many organic contaminants accumulate in sediment where they can affect habitat and the health of marine organisms. Once in the sediment, […]

Gayle Zydlewski Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition www.covebrook.org/lpwc The Lower Penobscot Watershed Coalition and partners welcomed over 500 guests to the Bangor Waterfront to celebrate the return to a healthy river. Live music by Stiff Whisker and the Driftwood Kids, the Eric Green Band, and the Burnurwurbskek singers from the Penobscot Indian Nation, kept people entertained, […]

Nishanta Rajakaruna College of the Atlantic 105 Eden Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207.288.5015 ext. 261 nrajakaruna@coa.edu Plants that grow in metal-rich soils are often physiologically and taxonomically distinct populations, providing model systems to examine the process of plant evolution. Current understanding of how new plant species arise has benefited from research conducted on metal-tolerant […]

Habib Dagher 5793 AEWC Bldg, Room 142 University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2138 In March, Sea Grant provided travel support for Danish environmental educator Søren Hermansen, who came to the University of Maine to speak about how his island of Samso, Denmark, became energy independent. Hermansen was named one of Time’s 2008 Heroes of […]

Ruth H. Carmichael University of Maine at Machias 9 O’Brien Ave. Machias, ME 04655 207.255.1206 Email Ruth Carmichael Maine is home to the northernmost population of the Atlantic horseshoe crab. Species at the edge of their range are often considered unique and potentially fragile. If Maine’s horseshoe crabs are at the fringe of their viable […]

Laura Taylor Singer Gulf of Maine Research Institute 350 Commercial Street Portland, ME 04101 207.772.2321 Gulf of Maine Research Institute The Gulf of Maine ecosystem is among the most complex and well-studied bioregions in the world. However, the groundfish fishery that was once the mainstay of many coastal communities remains vastly diminished. In response, some […]

Robert Vadas Department of Biological Sciences and School of Marine Sciences 209 Deering Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207.581.2974 vadas@maine.edu Peter Larsen Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences PO Box 475 West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575 207.633.9600 plarsen@bigelow.org Project funds will be used to produce the publication, "Ecosystem Modeling of a Macrotidal Estuary," which […]

The Maine Coastal Waters Conference returned in 2009. This all-day event featured informative talks about issues of concern to those who manage, study and love the Maine coast. A morning plenary session introduced attendees to the major conference themes, while afternoon breakout sessions allowed participants to delve into topics of interest in greater detail. Lunch, […]