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From Lake to Sea: Winter Habitations of Common Loons
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Autumn Pauly
  • 2023
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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The Common Loon (Gavia immer) has historically been used as an indicator species during it's summer breeding season. More specifically, loons have been used as an indicator for heavy metals, biocontamination, and acidity (Canadian Lakes Loon Survey).
MDI Intertidal Species Relation with Sediment Types
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Kristin Zunino
  • 2022
  • Mount Desert Island
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Intertidal species set themselves on sediment types based on feeding patterns and protection coverage from predators.
Finding the Birds of Mount Desert Island
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Pigeon Voigt
  • 2022
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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The goal of this project was to identify birding hotspots on Mount Desert Island. To do this, I used data from eBird to determine which birds are most common in each sector. The sectors are areas used by birders during the annual Christmas Bird Count . Birding hotspots are areas that birders go to frequently
Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Anna Stunkel
  • 2012
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011. Source data from Michael Good via EBird
Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Reese Armstrong
  • 2021
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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Mount Desert Island, located off the east coast of Maine, is completely surrounded by intertidal environments. Throughout the 1900s, data was collected and recorded in notebooks regarding intertidal life by numerous researchers, followed by entry into a spreadsheet by Michael Hays, a citizen scientist who worked with the MDIBL (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory). In present day, these data can be put into a map thanks to ArcGIS Pro. These data includes large amounts of information regarding marine life around the coastal environments of MDI, such as species common and Latin names, locations observed (where on the island along with Lat. and Long.), observation year, along with some brief notes about each observation. [show more]
Rockweed in Frenchman Bay
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
  • Coral Matos
  • 2018
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Rockweed in Frenchman Bay
College of the Atlantic
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Rockweed is a brown algae found on rocky shores. The most common types of rockweed are within the genus Ascophyllum spp. and Fucus spp. (the latter is shown to the left). They grow slowly and can live from 3 to 15 years before breakage. Rockweeds have fronds that bear air bladders. These 'airbags' help the algae to stand up straight under water. Rockweed lacks true roots, stems, and leaves, and because they lack a vascular system, absorb dissolved nutrients directly through the blades. Rockweed attaches to rocks with a disc-like “holdfast”, and regenerate fronds from remaining holdfasts after a natural disturbance that removes upright fronds. [show more]
Landscape of Change
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • 2021
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Landscape of Change
College of the Atlantic
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Exploring the Past to Build a Resilient Future To understand how climate change is affecting Mount Desert Island we need to look to the past. Our ancestors documented the natural world around them in stories, reports, journals, diaries, and letters, which are cared for in the collections of history museums and libraries. Increasingly, scientists are pulling observations and data from historic records to get a clearer picture of the natural world of the past to understand how the present is changing. [show more]
A Predictive Model for Common Loon Productivity on Mount Desert Island
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Karen Hussey
  • 2006
  • Mount Desert Island
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Based on Aquatic Parameters, Nest Site Suitability, Nursery Cove Availability, and Human Use.
Fish Passage Assessment of Mount Desert Island
College of the Atlantic
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
  • Phillip Young
  • 2007
  • Mount Desert Island
  • In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
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An assessment of streams broken by culverts, dams, and bridges