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River Herring Co-management in Downeast Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| River Herring Co-management in Downeast Maine College of the Atlantic Description: A final project for College of the Atlantic's Fisheries, Fishermen, and Fishing Communities course 2023 |
River Herring at Wight's Pond College of the Atlantic |
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| River Herring at Wight's Pond College of the Atlantic Description: an outreach piece from College of the Atlantic's Fisheries, Fishermen, and Fishing Communities course 2023 |
Tracking Great White Sharks in the Gulf of Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| Tracking Great White Sharks in the Gulf of Maine College of the Atlantic Description: Acoustic Receivers are monitoring devices that listen for specific sound wavelengths. When these soundwaves are detected a data point is stored and categorized under a unique ID. |
Mount Desert Rock Oceanography Survey College of the Atlantic |
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| Mount Desert Rock Oceanography Survey College of the Atlantic Description: A look at oceanographic data around Mount Desert Rock for the 2019 and 2021 seasons |
Where Do Gulls Go? College of the Atlantic |
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| Where Do Gulls Go? College of the Atlantic Description: Herring gulls are found around the world, not only by the sea, despite often being called "seagulls". There is debate over the herring gull's taxonomic status. American ornithologists lump herring gulls in North America and Europe, while European ornithologists split them. They are often described as scavengers, though there is evidence that individual herring gulls specialize on particular food sources (intertidal, aquaculture, ocean, anthropogenic, freshwater). [show more] |
Algal Blooms and Common Loons in Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| Algal Blooms and Common Loons in Maine College of the Atlantic Description: Maine has over 6,000 lakes and ponds. These waterbodies are home to a wide range of wildlife and plant species. Maintaining high water quality in Maine’s lakes and ponds is essential to protect the health of these habitats and the species that use them. |
Seagulls over Water Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Seagulls over Water Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 3.5 X 5 black and white photograph of about five seagulls over water, with one dipping into the ocean. All are flying and have wings extended, Mountain in background in right of picture. | |
Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4 X 6 black and white photograph of many cormorant birds among twigs and branches. Large out of focus bird in foreground facing camera with puffed up throat. Many silhouettes of birds along horizon line and birds in air in upper left side of photo. | |
Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Young Cormorant Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 5.5 black and white close up photograph of a baby cormorant. Black bird with white throat. Bird is looking up and facing the camera, beak slightly open. Surrounded by twigs and branches. Paper on back, “ Even babies too small to retreat tried to protect themselves with a horrendous bluff. Swelling up the naked orangish colored pouch beneath the chin, they clicked their bills rapidly at the intruders.” | |
Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Nesting Cormorants Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 5 X 6 black and white photograph of a field of baby cormorant birds. Black birds dotted among nests of white twigs and grasses. Mountains of MDI in background. One bird in flight toward right hand side of mountain. Paper on back, “ the nests were so closely placed that from a distance it looked as if you couldn’t have laid a pencil between them.” | |
Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Gulls Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: 4 X 4 black and white photograph. Two Birds in nest. Young, black, without feathers and white throats. First bird is looking up and straight at camera, second bird is in profile facing to the right of photo. They are in a nest of white twigs. Writing on back, “ May 5, Gulls, deB Croff, 1, reb LaRue Spiker, Southwest Harbor.” Paper attatched to back, “ When hatched the nestlings are naked but they soon develop a coarse black down over the rough ashy-black skin.” The LaRue Spiker Collection [show more] | |
Maine Oyster Trail Pilot Project, Damariscotta River College of the Atlantic |
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| Maine Oyster Trail Pilot Project, Damariscotta River College of the Atlantic Description: A Map showing land use, waterfront access, and other factors important to Oyster aquiculture. |
Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families College of the Atlantic |
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| Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families College of the Atlantic Description: Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families in Traps Across Pine Hill and Settlement Quarry, Deer Isle, Maine |
Finding Travel Distances of Snakes to Islands on the Coast of Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| Finding Travel Distances of Snakes to Islands on the Coast of Maine College of the Atlantic Description: These maps show attempts to find the shortest distances across the water makes would have to travel from the mainland to various islands. |
Nest Site Selection of the Black Guillemot on Great Duck island College of the Atlantic |
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| Nest Site Selection of the Black Guillemot on Great Duck island College of the Atlantic Description: Nesting sites along the rocky berm of Great Duck Island. |
Horse Healthcare in Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| Horse Healthcare in Maine College of the Atlantic Description: The USDA reported a shortage of veterinarians in at least 500 counties spanning 44 states. This shortage is mostly in rural areas and therefore has a larger effect on large animals and livestock. American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reported that only 10% of graduates had an interest in working with livestock. |
How to Bee in Maine College of the Atlantic |
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| How to Bee in Maine College of the Atlantic Description: Pollinators such as wild bees and the Western honeybee, Apis mellifera, are important to humans and nature. Seventy-five percent of food crops and 90% of wild flowering plants benefit from animal pollinators (IPBES 2016). |
328: Response, Rehab, Release College of the Atlantic |
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| 328: Response, Rehab, Release College of the Atlantic Description: The rehabilitation story of seal #328, a juvenile harbor seal rescued from Cape Elizabeth, ME. |
Gulls of the Gulf of Maine College of the Atlantic |
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