Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Date	Place	Rights
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	From Lake to Sea: Winter Habitations of Common Loons College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2380 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Autumn Pauly Date: 2023 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: 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		MDI Intertidal Species Relation with Sediment Types College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2282 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Kristin Zunino Date: 2022 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: 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	Finding the Birds of Mount Desert Island College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2280 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Pigeon Voigt Date: 2022 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: 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
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	Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021 College of the Atlantic Identifier: coa-2143 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Reese Armstrong Date: 2021 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: 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]
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 Identifier: coa-2082 Type: Map Subject: Nature, Animals, Birds Creator: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: 2021 Place: Mount Desert Island Description: 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]

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