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Bates College
Bowdoin College
Penobscot East Resource Center
University of Southern Maine
University of Maine
Category Archives: Student Research
Ecological Recovery in the Kennebec Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment
Claude Patrick Millet ’14 (Biology and Environmental Studies). Bowdoin College. “Ecological recovery in the Kennebec estuary and nearshore marine environment.” John Lichter, advisor. Project Summary: Merrymeeting bay is an inland, freshwater estuary shared by six rivers, the biggest ones being the … Continue reading
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Ecological and Economic Recovery and Sustainability of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and their Common Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environments
Sarah Lee’14 (Mathematics and Environmental Studies). Bowdoin College. “Ecological and Economic Recovery and Sustainability of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and their Common Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environments.” Eileen Johnson and John Lichter, advisors. Project Summary: The Gulf of Maine … Continue reading
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Ecological Recovery in the Kennebec Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment
Nathaniel Niles’15 (Earth and Oceanographic Science and Environmental Studies). Bowdoin College. “Ecological Recovery in the Kennebec Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment.” John Lichter, advisor. Project Summary: American Shad (Alosa sapidissima) is an anadromous fish species of significant ecological and economic … Continue reading
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Ecological recovery in the Kennebec estuary and nearshore marine environment
Teresa Withee’15 (Economics and Environmental Studies). Bowdoin College. “Ecological recovery in the Kennebec estuary and nearshore marine environment” John Lichter, advisor. Project Summary: This summer marked the final year of a five-year collaborative project through the Sustainability Solutions Initiative (SSI), … Continue reading
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A Statewide Survey of Genetic Diversity in Alosa aestivalis
Christopher Kan, Class of 2013 Blueback herring are anadromous fish that live as adults in the ocean and migrate to spawn, in rivers from Florida to Maine. They are critical ecological link between marine fisheries and inland watersheds. Through their … Continue reading
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Ecological and Economic Recovery and Sustainability of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers and their Common Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environments
Min Lee, Class of 2014 The Gulf of Maine had once supported an economically thriving fishing industry with fish spawning grounds located within near shore sites. However, through human-induced factors such as over-fishing, industrial pollution, and the creation of dams, … Continue reading
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Modeling Population Dynamics and Trophic Interactions of River Herring in the Kennebec Estuary
Jane Carpenter, Class of 2013 River herring, a collective term for the Clupeid fish species alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), have experienced great population declines over the past few centuries. River herring are anadromous, spending most of … Continue reading
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Investigation of the habitat structure of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionoida) within the Kennebec and Androscoggin River
John Hobbs, Class of 2015 As a research group under the Professor John Lichter lab, our focus was to measure the ecological recovery of the Kennebec estuary and the nearshore environment. To acheive this goal, we quantified the recovery of … Continue reading
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Habitat Survey of Historical Nearshore Cod-fishing Grounds
Eric Chien, Class of 2014 Atlantic cod were historically key ecological and economic components to Gulf of Maine ecosystems and communities. Highly productive nearshore cod stocks that have been depleted since World War II have failed to recover despite decades … Continue reading
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Ecological Recovery in the Kennebec Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment
Claude Patrick Millet, Class of 2014 Alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) and blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis), which are collectively called river herring, constitute an important part of coastal Maine’s aquatic ecosystem, both inshore and offshore. As anadromous fish, they constitute an ecological … Continue reading
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