Marine Ecology

June 10, 2026

Adapting to Change, with Science (Part 3)

Introduction America Adapts, the Climate Change Podcast and its host, Doug Parsons, visited Schoodic Institute to learn more about our […]

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view of a line of footsteps across a mudlat under a blue sky
June 4, 2026

Counting Clam Siphon Holes

by Hannah Webber photos by Claire Wiley A new research project at Schoodic Institute may be of interest to those […]

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Close-up view of rockweed below the water's surface
March 16, 2026

Signs of Resilience in Rockweed Beds

by Hannah Webber Humans are terrestrial. We dwell on land, and think about the world from a terrestrial perspective, and […]

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American crow with a green sea urchin
January 27, 2026

On Crows and the Coastal Squeeze

by Hannah Webber Crows eat everything. It’s in their nature. Learning that they eat green sea urchins, however, has been […]

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Two research technicians weigh rockweed in a bundle while sitting among the seaweed of the low tide
November 14, 2024

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 […]

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February 28, 2024

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 […]

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Detail view of barnacles clinging to a rock, surrounded by seaweed.
January 2, 2024

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 […]

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Pond Island, Maine at low tide
August 3, 2023

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 […]

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Coastal vegetation
July 7, 2023

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, […]

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A Project ASCO participant throws a quadrant into the air haphazardly to help with measuring the amount of rockweed in a certain area. The ocean is shown in the background, under a blue sky.
May 9, 2023

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 […]

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