New online portal merges vast data on Gulf of Maine ecosystem
A new online portal consolidates decades of rich marine data, much of it available for the first time, enabling resource managers and scientific researchers to combine and analyze information in unprecedented ways, creating new insights into the Gulf of Maine's ecology. . .. With the collaboration of the Gulf of...Maine Researchers Find Exceptions to Old Rules of Genetic Inheritance
Discoveries by a research team from Maine could help to settle a long-standing debate in genetics. .. .. The Maine research group challenges that proposal, demonstrating that genes wi...UMaine teams with fishermen to study affects of trawling on seafloor ecology
Working in cooperation with Maine trawler captain Cameron McLellan and the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, UMaine graduate student Emily Knight and UMaine Marine Science professor Les Watling recently completed a long-term study that examines the effects of groundfish trawling on the complex ecology of the sea floor in the Gulf of Maine. . Based on the gradual increases in complexity and divers...The diversity of marine life in the Gulf of Maine region is much greater than previously thought
The Gulf of Maine Program of the Census of Marine Life, with the Huntsman Marine Science Center of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, announced today the first count of known marine species in the Gulf of Maine region -- more than 50% larger than previous estimates. . The count is 3,317 species and includes both year-round species and those that migrate to the region seasonally. The Canadian-US proje...