This Project
Is a collaboration between:
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Penobscot East Resource Center
University of Southern Maine
University of Maine
Category Archives: Student Research
Diet study of nearshore groundfish to understand the role of river herring in the Kennebec-Androscoggin nearshore marine food web
Miguel Barajas ’13 (University of Southern Maine) An investigation of the functional relationship of river herring to the diet of nearshore groundfish of the Kennebec-Androscoggin river system. A diet study will be performed by catching nearshore groundfish using live bait … Continue reading
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Ecological Recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, Estuary, and Nearshore Marine Environment
Catherine Johnston, Class of 2012 Merrymeeting Bay is a freshwater tidal ecosystem in midcoast Maine that experienced ecosystem collapse in the mid-20th century. The focus of our study this summer was on two vital components of the ecosystem that were negatively impacted … Continue reading
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Ecological and Economic Recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers, estuary, and nearshore marine environment
Daniel “Danny” Lowinger, Class of 2012 The Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers in Maine provide a variety of ecosystem services, such as commercial and recreational fishing, boating and hydropower. Historically, alewives traveled upstream on the rivers to spawn, while supporting a commercial inshore cod … Continue reading
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Ecological and Economic Recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin rivers, estuary, and nearshore marine environment
Michele Kaufman, 2013 The Androscoggin and Kennebec rivers were historically low quality rivers due to excessive industrial waste and transportation use on the rivers. Since the Clean Water Act in 1972, work has been done on both rivers to improve their quality. … Continue reading
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Miguel Barajas ’13 (USM) – Diet study of nearshore groundfish to understand the role of river herring in the Kennebec-Androscoggin nearshore marine food web
Diet study of nearshore groundfish to understand the role of river herring in the Kennebec-Androscoggin nearshore marine food web Project Description: An investigation of the functional relationship of river herring to the diet of nearshore groundfish of the Kennebec-Androscoggin river … Continue reading
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Managing Ecosystems for Productivity and Resilience: An Argument for Alewives in Maine
An Independent Study in Environmental Studies By Michael Tillotson Advised by Professor John Lichter Bowdoin College May 15, 2008 Table of contents: Introduction: 3 Profile of an unlikely hero: The alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus): 5 A fish for any need: Current … Continue reading
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The American Eel Anguilla rostrata – Julie Endrizzi ’09
Julie Endrizzi 12/21/08 Bio 394 The American Eel Anguilla rostrata Real British race track food is not fish and chips but jellied eels. So far as I know these are an exclusively British delicacy and, because they are regarded … Continue reading
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Students present work at Maine Water Conference
Twenty-four students from Bates, Bowdoin and the Unversity of Southern Maine presented posters at the Maine Water Conference, held at the Augusta Civic Center on March 16, 2011. A comparison of historical and current substrate types as an indicator of … Continue reading
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Ben Towne ’12 (Bowdoin) – Monitoring the diets of fish in the Gulf of Maine
The research that I was involved over the summer covered many aspects of the Merrymeeting Bay and Kennebec Estuary ecosystem. One part of my research involved directly monitoring the species that comprise major commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. … Continue reading
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Paul Hinman ’11 (Bowdoin) – Ecological and Economic Recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin river, estuary, and nearshore marine environment
The prospects for ecological and economic recovery on the Kennebec and Androscoggin River systems do not rely solely on ecological and biological interactions, but include a distinct human dimension. The Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers were historically used as working rivers, … Continue reading
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