Lisa Kerr
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Kathy Mills
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Andrew Pershing
Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Douglas B. Rasher
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Robert Steneck
University of Maine
Matthew Suskiewicz
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Brian Beal
Downeast Institute for Applied Marine Research
Balunkeswar Nayak
Assistant Professor of Food Processing
School of Food and Agriculture
University of Maine
John Belding
Advanced Manufacturing Center, UMaine
Mary Ellen Camire
School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine
Xuan Chen
School of Economics, UMaine
Jennifer Perry
School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine
Denise Skonberg
School of Food and Agriculture, UMaine
Peter Van Walsum
Chemical and Biological Engineering, UMaine
Bailey Bowden
Town of Penobscot Alewife Committee
Penobscot, ME
Sarah Gladu
Damariscotta River Association
Damariscotta, ME
Hannah Webber
Schoodic Institute
Winter Harbor, ME
Dan DenDanto
EMC Blair Research Station
Mount Desert Rock, ME
Bob Twilley
President, Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation
Seattle, WA
The mission of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation is to advance understanding and stewardship of estuarine and coastal ecosystems worldwide through promoting research supporting education, and facilitating communication among scientists, government, and the public. The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation is the only scientific society whose members focus exclusively on the essential intersection of research, management and restoration of estuarine and coastal ecosystems.
David Fields
Senior Research Scientist
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
East Boothbay, ME
Temperature is the primary factor that determines survival and development in newly hatched crustaceans such as lobster. The ability of these early stages to develop in the face of increasingly warm ocean conditions will determine what species are able to maintain populations in the Gulf of Maine over the course of the next century.