Marine Ecology
Teamwork and the Rockweed Burrito
by Natalia Portales We are sifting through rockweed like combing through hair, trying to find the holdfast, where the seaweed is […]
Getting Closer To Managing Rockweed As An Ecosystem
People harvest a variety of seaweed (macroalgae) species in Maine, including and especially rockweed (Ascophyllum nodosum). Rockweed grows in abundance […]
Do barnacles have brains? Rethinking scientific definitions
story + photos by Abigail Bar, Schoodic Institute Ecology Technician Throughout the field season I have been studying rockweed (a […]
My Surprising Journey into the Realm of Science
by Abby Omaña, photos by Catherine Wang and Catherine Schmitt Recently, reflecting upon my first three years of college, I […]
Creating a spectral library of coastal vegetation
The Maine coast is more than mineral rock and sand. There is vegetation here, too: rockweeds and other algae, seagrass, […]
The ‘Us’ in Ecosystem
by Maya Pelletier This is a story about Maine’s rocky intertidal ecosystem. An ecosystem is a complex network of living […]
Sea to Trees: Episode 3
by Olivia Milloway Sea to Trees is a podcast that tells the stories of the science happening in and around […]
Study unravels the impact of rockweed harvest at the bed-scale
from UMaine News A study led by the University of Maine and co-authored by Hannah Webber captured how entire rockweed […]
Advice for pursuing an ecology career after graduation
story + photos by Erica Roche, Summer 2022 Intern from University of Maine In the spring semester of my senior […]
Finding home where land meets water
by Jes Hosch, Summer 2022 Intern from University of Minnesota I was born in Duluth, Minnesota, in a hospital room […]