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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Congratulations to Kara on publishing her first marine conservation science paper! You can download the PLOS ONE paper from our Publications page. This paper builds on the international, multi institutional collaborative that Heather has led for the last decade, related to the human and environmental dimensions of small-scale fisheries. Learn more at the project website, […]
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Resilient coastal communities is topic of June 23 seminar
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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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Menge, B. A., M. Bracken, J. Lubchenco, and H. M. Leslie. 2017. Alternative state? Experimentally-induced Fucus canopy persists 38 years in an Ascophyllum-dominated community. Ecosphere, doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1725. Experimental tests of the hypothesis that ecological communities can exist in “multiple stable states” are rare, and some argue, impossible, because of the unlikelihood that any system will […]
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Interested in joining a passionate team of marine conservation scientists in Maine? Read more…
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The Leslie Lab is recruiting a graduate student through UMaine’s School of Marine Sciences. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team investigating the human and environmental dimensions of coastal sustainability. The research project centers on select midcoast and downeast Maine fishing communities and will leverage both natural and social science approaches. The successful candidate […]
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Today’s a great day for our nation’s oceans! The National Ocean Council has certified the Northeast Ocean Plan, and the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Plan. Congratulations and thanks to all who made this work possible, particularly in the Gulf of Maine region. Now let’s get to work. University of Maine marine scientists and students, including those based […]
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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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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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