Intertidal recruitment of soft-shell clams, blue mussels, and green crabs at two sites in Taunton Bay in Franklin
From April- November 2022 Downeast Institute collaborated with the Friends of Taunton Bay to measure recruitment behavior of soft-shell clams and green crabs at two intertidal mudflats in Taunton [...]
Improving resilience of hatchery-reared blue mussels to interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming with diet and seawater buffering (2021-2024)
DEI's research, representing the New England region, will work to improve the resilience of hatchery-reared blue mussels to the interactive effects of ocean acidification and warming with diet [...]
Phase II: Large-scale culture methods for Blue mussel seed production in Maine and the Northeast(2018- 2020)
The second phase of our mussel research focused on developing hatchery techniques that enable the production of mussels throughout the year and multiple crops per year, testing different types of [...]
Phase I: Diversifying the U.S. shellfish market and increasing the number of jobs (2013-2015)
In August 2013, the University of Maine at Machias received a 2-yr, $630,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to conduct applied research on both Blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, and [...]
