Maine Sea Grant - Research

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Maine Sea Grant runs an annual competition to fund research projects that address issues of importance to regulators, industry, and other stakeholders. Research proposals are subject to a rigorous peer-review process to ensure that funded projects meet the highest scientific standards. Sea Grant-funded researchers at the University of Maine, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Bowdoin College, the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve, and other educational and research institutions in the state conduct projects that help answer questions related to management and wise use of marine and coastal resources in the Gulf of Maine.

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Current Research Projects
Ecosystem Health
R-06-02	Are Maine's marshes drowning? Determining the life cycles of salt marsh pannes
R-05-01	Monitoring Mercury Fluxes in Estuarine Sediment Porewaters Using Novel Reactive Membranes
R-04-05	Wave Predictions for Coastal Gulf of Maine

Fisheries
R-06-04	Developing and evaluating biological reference points for the American lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery management
R-06-01	Effect of bloodworm harvesting on tidal flat fauna and ecosystem function
R-04-04	The Effects of Herring Bait on Lobster Population Dynamics and the Benthic Community
R-04-03	Population Structure of Sea Scallops, Placopecten magellanicus, in Two Coastal Embayments in Maine
R-04-02	Environmental Controls on Shrimp Recruitment Dynamics
R-04-01	An Agent-based Model of the Maine Lobster Industry

Aquaculture
R-06-03	Integrated mariculture with Porphyra ("nori") to achieve sustainable aquaculture and new food products
R-05-02	Phytoplankton Carrying Capacity in the Damariscotta River Estuary

Maine Oil Spill Advisory Committee (MOSAC)
MOSAC-05-01	Assessment of Nursery Habitats in Casco Bay
MOSAC-04-01	Observations of Tidal, Subtidal, and Seasonable Variability in Casco Bay Circulation
MOSAC-03-03	A Field Study of Circulation Patterns in Cobscook Bay
MOSAC-03-02	Three-dimensional Modeling of Cobscook Bay
MOSAC-03-01	Measuring the Economic Damages from Oil Spills to Maine's Marine Economy
MOSAC-02-02	Ecological Functions of Fringing Salt Marshes Susceptible to Oil Spills in Casco Bay, Maine
MOSAC-02-01	Spatial Dynamics of the Lobster Fishery and Oil Spills in the Gulf of Maine, a Risk Analysis of Oil Spills on the Lobster Fishery

Development
DV-08-004	Identifying biomarkers for detecting disease in Eastern Oysters
DV-08-003	Striped bass movement in the lower Penobscot: Do they stay or do they go?
DV-08-002	Spatial and Temporal Variability of Saco Bay Plankton
DV-08-001	Down East Shellfish Management Project
DV-07-013/014	Centennial Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association
DV-07-011	Maine lobster fishery climate change impact assessment
DV-07-010	Discovery of natural anticancer compounds from a marine mollusk
DV-07-009	Factors affecting egg quality in the American Lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Bay of Fundy
DV-07-008	Coastal Fishes of Southern Maine and New Hampshire
DV-07-005	Stable Isotope Signatures of Marine Fish Predators and their Prey
DV-07-004	Spring Running Festival
DV-07-003	Annual Conference of the National Marine Educators Association
DV-07-001	A preliminary study to develop and evaluate stock assessment models for cod fisheries in the Gulf of Maine
DV-06-015	Salt Marsh and American Eel Publications
DV-06-013	Preliminary Wetland Survey of the Penobscot River and Estuary
DV-06-012	Ambassadors of the Bay: Vision Quest 2006
DV-06-011	Gulf of Maine Expedition Institute Web Site Development
DV-06-008	Characterizing brook trout movements in coastal waters
DV-06-006	Improved Estuarine Passage of Atlantic Salmon Smolt in the Penobscot River via SeaReady Hatchery Preconditioning
DV-06-005	Characterization of Meiofaunal Associations in Altered Maine Sandy Beaches
DV-06-004	Monitoring the Abundance and Distribution of the Invasive Asian Shore Crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, on the Schoodic Peninsula and its Effects on Intertidal Crab and Bivalve Populations
DV-06-003	A Pilot Study to Determine the Use of Three Tools to Monitor Toxicity in Bloom Dynamics in Harpswell, Maine
DV-06-002	Enhancing Capacity for Economic Research on Marine Industries of Eastern Maine
DV-05-016	Mapping Maine's Working Waterfront
DV-05-014	Sears Island Planning: Economic Analysis of an Education, Recreation, and Ecotourism Future
DV-05-011	Microbial Fuel Cells to Accelerate Biodegradation under Anaerobic Conditions: A Low-maintenance, Environmentally Friendly Approach to Sediment Bioremediation
DV-05-009	Metalliferous Plants of the Callahan Mine: Plant Diversity, Heavy Metal Tolerance, and Potential for Phytoremediation
DV-05-008	Assessing the Potential for Successful Culture of the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Limulus polyphemus, in Maine
DV-05-007	Ecosystem Modeling of a Macrotidal Estuary
DV-05-004	Investigating the Efficacy of Lobster Nurseries for Stock Assessment
DV-05-002	Diet, Nest Attendance and Foraging Areas of Arctic and Common Terns Breeding on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
DV-05-001	Assembling the History of a Marine Invasive Species in Maine - Water Temperature as a Predictor of Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) Outbreaks from 1956-2005
DV-04-017	Maine Intertidal Zone Investigation (MITZI)
DV-04-012	Comparative Study on the Underwater Maneuverability of Gray and Humpback Whales
DV-04-011	A Survey of Waterfront Access Points in Cobscook Bay
DV-04-007	Defining the Maine Piece of the New England Invasive Species Jigsaw Puzzle: Field Site Selection Using Critical Invertebrate Areas as Sampling Locations
DV-04-003	Preliminary Investigation of Sediment Disturbance from Bloodworm Digging

For a full list of publications associated with research projects, please visit our Journal Repints page.