Fall 2023 Ocean Acidification Fellow
Downeast Institute is pleased to announce our Fall 2023 Fellow, Alyssa Goncalves. Alyssa is a master’s student at UMass Boston in the Poynton Lab, which studies toxicology. While at [...]
Recordings of 2022 Downeast Discussion Climate Change Seminars Available
Recordings of Downeast Institute’s (DEI) Downeast Discussions 2022 Climate Change Seminar series are now available on DEI’s YouTube channel. The seminar series details some of the [...]
2021 Climate Change Seminars
Beginning in the summer of 2021, Downeast Institute began a Climate Change Seminar Series to highlight research being conducted to better understand how the marine environment is changing, [...]
Recycled oyster shell project targets ocean acidification along Maine coast
Researchers hope the oyster shell study will prove to be a viable way to revive flagging softshell clam harvests. Date: April 23, 2021 Author: Kelley Bouchard Media: Portland Press Herald Link: [...]
Researchers Find Adding Shells to Mudflats for Coastal Acidification Does Not Enhance Clam Populations
Instead, Study Finds Excluding Predators Dramatically Increases Abundance of Juvenile Clams Freeport, ME —Spreading clam and oyster shells on the mudflats in an effort to counteract the effects [...]
DEI Research Featured at Gulf of Maine 2050 International Symposium
The Downeast Institute’s Sara Randall presented the results of DEI’s field research into the effects of sediment buffering and predator exclusion on soft-shell clams during the Ocean [...]
Looking for ways to combat green crab invasion
Source: The Times Record Date: July 10, 2014 Author: Rosanna Gargiulo Link: https://www.pressherald.com/2014/07/10/looking-for-ways-to-combat-green-crab-invasion/
