Lab News & Views

Synthesizing & sharing ocean data

Kaitlyn Raffier is a rising senior at the University of Maine. She is completing a Bachelors of Science in Ecology and Environmental Science with a concentration in sustainability, environmental policy and natural resource management and also a Bachelors of Arts in Economics. For her internship at the DMC in Summer 2018, she developed a framework […]

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Value of ecosystem-based management

Heather recently authored an invited commentary for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. She reflected of the significance of a recent research article on ecosystem-based management efforts in the Chesapeake Bay. Heather noted that marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is not a singular approach, but rather a framework for managing people’s […]

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Melissa on the water

Diving into Aquaculture

Melissa Britsch shares her reflections on her recently completed Aquaculture Internship at the University of Maine’s Darling Marine Center in Walpole. Melissa’s internship and the research she conducted was supported by both state and federal government sources*, along with in-kind support from the Darling Marine Center. I came to the Darling Marine Center (DMC) in […]

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Grad Studies at UMaine

A Reflection by Marina Cucuzza, UMaine Graduate Student August 2017 As the summer winds to a close, I will soon leave the Darling Marine Center to begin my first semester of graduate school at the University of Maine. There hasn’t been a dull moment since I arrived at the marine lab in early May 2017, […]

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Heather to speak at CERF in November

Heather is among the plenary speakers for CERF 2017, in Providence, RI. Her talk will be part of the Tuesday afternoon plenary on Food Webs and Fisheries, and focus on how the reciprocal connections between people and other components of coastal marine systems contribute to resilience of both ecosystems and the human communities who are part […]

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Coupled systems work kicked off in Mexico

We’ve begun the next phase of our coupled systems work in Mexico! The activities formally began with a workshop of our group, MAREA, in La Paz, in November 2016. Learn more about where we are headed from the MAREA website and this great post from our CMBC colleague, Alan Ruiz Berman.

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Kara shares her science at Loreto Bay national park celebration

The waters and islands of Loreto Bay were designated a National Park in 1996, and in 2005, the area became a World Heritage Site. For the 20th Anniversary of Loreto Bay National Park, Loreto held a week-long celebration in July 2016. As part of the festivities, UMaine graduate student Kara Pellowe was invited to give […]

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Kara at the clam festival

Kara shares clam knowledge at Loreto festival

June 4th, 2016 marked the date of the 4th Annual Chocolate Clam Festival in Loreto, Mexico. Hosted by the Restaurant and Bar Association of Loreto, the festival was attended by over 500 people from Mexico and abroad. This was the second year that I’ve worked with festival organizers to set up a biology education tent […]

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