Aram Calhoun Department of Plant, Soil, and Environmental Sciences University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 207-581-3010 Calhoun@maine.edu The Penobscot River Restoration Project plans to remove two dams on the lower Penobscot River. To date, there are no published studies of wetlands in the lower river or estuary. Researchers will identify, map, and survey vegetation of […]
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Will Hopkins Cobscook Bay Resource Center Eastport, ME 04631 207.853.4560 wilhopkins@nemaine.com Heidi Leighton Cobscook Bay Resource Center Eastport, ME 04631 207.726.5543 cobscook@prexar.com Cobscook Bay in Maine supports a significant wild capture fishery, as well as the salmon aquaculture industry, both of which are commercially important to local communities and the state. In order to better […]
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Jane Disney MDI Water Quality Coalition P.O. Box 911 Mount Desert, ME 207-288-2598 Email Jane Disney There are many diverse users of Frenchman Bay in downeast Maine, and just as many visions for the future of the bay. Ambassadors of the Bay was a five-day sea kayak journey that high school students and community members […]
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Sandra Shumway Department of Marine Sciences University of Connecticut 1080 Shennecossett Road Groton, CT 06340 P. 860.405.9282 sandra.shumway@uconn.edu The 100th annual meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association took place April 6-10, 2008, in Providence, Rhode Island. The meeting overlapped with the 37th annual Benthic Ecology Meeting. Sessions at the conference featured topics such as horseshoe […]
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Rich MacDonald Gulf of Maine Expedition Institute 285 Knox Road Bar Harbor, ME 04609 207-288-4205 rich@gomexpedition.org The Gulf of Maine Expedition was a sea kayaking journey organized to raise awareness and caring about the ecology and cultural legacy of this international watershed and to promote low-impact coastal recreational practices, safety, and stewardship principles. The successful […]
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Mary E. Rumpho-Kennedy Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology 5735 Hitchner Hall University of Maine Orono, ME 04469 P. 207.581.2806 Like many vast and diverse ecosystems on Earth, the sea represents an oasis of potential medicines and healing substances, including anticancer compounds. For example, the toxic chemicals generated by some organisms as protection against […]
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Ben Letcher Silvio O. Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center Very little is known about the life history of sea-run brook trout in Maine. Yet knowing how brook trout utilize marine habitat is important information for fisheries managers who are charged with maintaining and protection brook trout populations. This project will attempt to identify the range […]
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Susan Brawley School of Marine Sciences University of Maine Orono , ME 04469 207.581.2973 brawley@maine.edu Growing sea vegetables (marine macroalgae, seaweed) in concert with finfish aquaculture can mitigate nutrient overenrichment that can occur near fish farms. Sea vegetables benefit from polyculture with finfish because they need the nutrients released by farms in the form of […]
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Paul Mayewski Climate Change Institute University of Maine 303 Bryand Global Sciences Bldg Orono, ME 04469-5790 207.581.2190 Email the Climate Change Institute CC21 provided an opportunity for the public, students from academic institutions across Maine and beyond, policymakers, and the private sector to experience first hand perspectives on: the basis for the scientific concensus on […]
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Daniel Belknap Department of Earth Sciences University of Maine Orono , ME 04469 207.581.2159 Email Dan Belknap “We now have much more solid evidence that the marsh surfaces are not drowning in place, rather they are a highly dynamic setting in long-term equilibrium with rising sea level.” D. Belknap Salt marshes provide protected nursery sites […]
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