Hannah Webber is a second-year EES Ph.D. student researching rockweed food web ecology. Her work is part of a larger project, Conserving Rockweed Animal Systems for Sustainable Harvest (CRASSH). \u201cRockweed is a fascinating foundation species,\u201d says Webber. \u201cAltogether, the CRASSH team research is piecing together an understanding of how this branching intertidal algae affects its environment and what happens when it\u2019s harvested. I played in this stuff as a kid. Today I am interested in the intersection of the ecological and economic benefits of rockweed, and the role science plays in helping to improve our knowledge of the whole system.\u201d This work dovetails with Hannah\u2019s full time job at the Schoodic Institute in Acadia National Park, where she serves as the Marine Ecology Program Director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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