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Intertidal invaders The aliens stowed away in the ballast rock of the great 19th-century sailing ships that brought trade and emigrants from Europe to Nova Scotia.
Once in North America, the rockweed species Fucus serratus and the herbivorous snail Littorina littorea colonized the shores, launching a biological invasion affecting the intertidal community structure in the northwestern Atlantic.
Research
Operation Robot - March/April 2009 In Maine's first biomedical engineering laboratory, robotic devices are the building blocks of technology that has the potential to help revolutionize human surgical procedures.
Student Focus
Jessica Long - Fall 2009 As the Maine Public Policy scholar from the University of Maine, Jessica Long spent the last academic year researching nutrition guidelines in public schools.