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

Teamwork and the Rockweed Burrito

November 14, 2024
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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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Sunset field work at Thompson Island

Lessons from the mud

September 20, 2024
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by Zoe Brumbaugh, Scientists-in-Parks Intern It’s sunrise, approaching 5 a.m. Your brain is finally starting to wake up after the […]

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Researchers in the intertidal zone observe and survey the seaweed at low tide on the Schoodic Peninsula.

Dispatches from the Intertidal Ribbon of Rockweed

June 3, 2024

Join the Lamoine Conservation Commission at 7:00pm on Wednesday, June 5th at the Lamoine Consolidated School (view on Google Maps […]

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Getting Closer To Managing Rockweed As An Ecosystem

February 28, 2024
  • Marine Ecology
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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.

Do barnacles have brains? Rethinking scientific definitions

January 2, 2024
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story + photos by Abigail Bar, Schoodic Institute Ecology Technician Throughout the field season I have been studying rockweed (a […]

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