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
Catherine Johnston ’12 (Bowdoin) – Ecological and Economic Recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin River, Estuary, and Nearshore Marine Environment
Merrymeeting Bay is a freshwater tidal ecosystem located in midcoast Maine that receives water from six Maine rivers. Merrymeeting Bay and the Lower Kennebec River support a diverse food web that is important from both an ecological and economic perspective. … Continue reading
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Holly Jacobson ’11 (Bowdoin) – Ecological and economic recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin river, estuary, and nearshore marine environment
The Merrymeeting Bay ecosystem in southern Maine—a dynamic confluence of six rivers (the Androscoggin and Kennebec being the major two), and one of only four freshwater, tidal bodies of water in the world—once supported a healthy and intricate web of … Continue reading
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Cory Elowe ’11 (Bowdoin) – The ecological economic recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin River, estuary, and nearshore marine environment
Merrymeeting Bay and the lower Kennebec estuary in Midcoast Maine suffered catastrophic environmental collapse with human presence. This freshwater tidal ecosystem, a confluence of 6 rivers (Kennebec, Androscoggin, Abagadasset, Eastern, Cathance, and Muddy), drains roughly 1/3 of the land area … Continue reading
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Henry Berghoff ’11 (Bowdoin) – Recovery of Merrymeeting Bay and the Kennebec River Estuary
This summer I worked alongside Andy Bell, Cory Elowe, Holly Jacobson, Catherine Johnston, and Ben Towne on an ecology project funded generously by the Sustainability Solutions Partners. This research was the first summer of a five year, multidisciplinary project centered … Continue reading
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Andy Bell ’11 – Ecological and Economic recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment
Andy Bell ’11 (Biology and Environmental Studies). Bowdoin College. SSP Fellowship. John Lichter and Phil Camill, advisors. Ecological and Economic recovery of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, Estuary and Nearshore Marine Environment Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Merrymeeting Bay Andy Bell, Class … Continue reading
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