Andrew Goode, an undergraduate student from Boothbay, spent the summer of 2014 working at the Darling Marine Center with Dr. Rick Wahle on his Capstone project. The work involved summarizing population surveys of the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) collected by volunteers of the Damariscotta River Association (DRA) over a 12 year period. “In Maine, […]

UMaine News highlights Ivona Cetinic for her contribution to “Women in Oceanography,”  a special-edition of the journal Oceanography, published by The Oceanography Society. Featured in this issue is a paper titled “Women in Oceanography: Continuing Challenging” by Dr. Ivona Cetinic, research associate at the Darling Marine Center, and her colleague Dr. Beth Orcutt at the […]

Dr. Larry Mayer and Dr. Damian Brady recently spoke to local citizens at Damariscotta River Association. Their seminar summarized results of recent monitoring efforts and compared them to studies done over 30 years ago. Over the news is good. The estuary is healthy, but continued monitoring is recommended. Water Quality in the Damariscotta Estuary, Boothbay […]

Dr. Rick Wahle, Dr. Bob Steneck and graduate student Noah Oppenheim are working with Maine colleagues to predict lobster molt and settlement, and help fishermen gauge landings in a warming Gulf of Maine. Read more about the project in the January 22, 2015 edition of  Working Waterfront.

An article in the Sunday edition of the Portland Press Herald (January 25, 2015) focused on sustainable means of harvesting scallops. Dr. Bob Steneck sees both sides of the diver/dragger debate. Read the full story here.  

Ocean acidification was the topic of discussion on WERU’s public affairs program Coastal Conversations. Natalie Springuel of Maine Sea Grant hosted the session which aired January 23, 2105. Her guests included Damian Brady, Assistant Professor at UMaine School for Marine Sciences at the Darling Marine Center, and Associate Director of Research at Sea Grant; as […]

Dr. Warren Riess was interviewed by Irwin Gratz for MPBN News. The topic of conversation was “The Ship That Held Up Wall Street,” Warren’s latest book which recounts the discovery, excavation and history of an 18th-century merchant vessel found in lower Manhattan. If you missed the original broadcast which aired on December 29, you can […]

The 2014 edition of  Making Waves, is in the mail! It’s also posted here, on the DMC’s website, along with back issues spanning seventeen years.

UMaine scientists including Dr. Mary Jane Perry and Dr. Damian Brady at the DMC are focused on extreme weather—predicting it and understanding its consequences on society and the marine environment.  Their perspectives and those of other UMaine researchers is highlighted are the current edition of UMaine Today. Read the article Watch the video

University of New Hampshire (UNH) undergraduate Kate Cart spent the last two summers at the Darling Marine Center. Working with Dr. Rachel Lasley-Rasher, Kate has been studying the effects of turbidity on mysid feeding behavior. Her experience has been highlighted in UNH Today.