Marine Ecology
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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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Public invited to help with rockweed science
Media release Schoodic Institute scientists invite the public to join them in the intertidal zone to collect data about rockweed […]