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2142
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
Rockweed in Frenchman Bay
  • http://bit.ly/RockweedFrenchmanBay
Description:
Rockweed is a brown algae found on rocky shores. The most common types of rockweed are within the genus Ascophyllum spp. and Fucus spp. (the latter is shown to the left). They grow slowly and can live from 3 to 15 years before breakage. Rockweeds have fronds that bear air bladders. These 'airbags' help the algae to stand up straight under water. Rockweed lacks true roots, stems, and leaves, and because they lack a vascular system, absorb dissolved nutrients directly through the blades. Rockweed attaches to rocks with a disc-like “holdfast”, and regenerate fronds from remaining holdfasts after a natural disturbance that removes upright fronds. [show more]
1750
  • Image, Photograph, Digital Photograph
  • Nature, Plants
Cutting down 21 European Black Pine trees
Description:
21 European Black Pine trees being cut down along the edge of COA campus and Route 3 during the Route 3 expansion project.
2045
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
The Dynamic Forest Cover of Great Duck Island
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d708fcf0bf1941f7b0880b31c3d9fc55
Description:
Great Duck Island is a 237-acre island 15 km south of Mount Desert Island, Maine. It served as a manned Coast Guard lighthouse post from 1890 until 1986 when it was automated. Sheep grazed the island from the late 19th century until 1951, dramatically impacting the landscape and ecology of the island. In 1985, the Nature Conservancy and the State of Maine gained control of most of the island, collaborating with the College of the Atlantic Eno Research Station to monitor the ecology of the land. [show more]
2057
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
Studying Land Features using Drone Imagery
  • https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=0cf2adf182f84d6bbd4ca1f258c5e214
Description:
Studying Chlorophyll Concentration and Land Classification using Drone Imagery
2060
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
Japanese Barberry on the COA Campus
Description:
A survey and map of Japanese Barberry on the COA Campus
2063
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
College of the Atlantic Seaside Garden Map
Description:
A map based on a DJI Phantom drone flight.
2068
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
The Taunton Bay Study: Eelgrass 1955-2005
Description:
Changes in Eelgrass over time in Taunton Bay, headwaters of Frenchman Bay
2363
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
Life on a Barren Rock (Mount Desert Rock)
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d82c9cb0d83145fcb7d6292983014047
Description:
Introducing the "Photosynthesizers" of Mount Desert Rock
2365
  • Map
  • Nature, Plants
Additions to the Arboretum of Eden
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/05d1aba440544fd4ad20cf6e2bb88b8c
Description:
Developing our arboretum creates more records for future students to refer to, to analyze our campus inventory over time. Our current arboretum contains around 150 different species of woody specimens
2143
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a3808235a39342cb8e5b19359eb893e8
Description:
Mount Desert Island, located off the east coast of Maine, is completely surrounded by intertidal environments. Throughout the 1900s, data was collected and recorded in notebooks regarding intertidal life by numerous researchers, followed by entry into a spreadsheet by Michael Hays, a citizen scientist who worked with the MDIBL (Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory). In present day, these data can be put into a map thanks to ArcGIS Pro. These data includes large amounts of information regarding marine life around the coastal environments of MDI, such as species common and Latin names, locations observed (where on the island along with Lat. and Long.), observation year, along with some brief notes about each observation. [show more]
2156
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011
Description:
Warbler Sightings on MDI from 1993-2011. Source data from Michael Good via EBird
2276
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Amphibian Crossings in Acadia National
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ff342438ce9a49f99b91739658a19909
Description:
Roads often intersect the habitat between forests and wetlands, leaving migrating amphibians with no choice but to cross the road. Unfortunately, many amphibians are killed by vehicles when they migrate across roads. These animals' small size and slow movements make them difficult to see from a car.
2280
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Finding the Birds of Mount Desert Island
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/99604977985944cf83a43cb9ca247a59
Description:
The goal of this project was to identify birding hotspots on Mount Desert Island. To do this, I used data from eBird to determine which birds are most common in each sector. The sectors are areas used by birders during the annual Christmas Bird Count . Birding hotspots are areas that birders go to frequently
2281
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Algal Blooms and Common Loons in Maine
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/61825e884336499683efd1c5af9d1812
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.
2282
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
MDI Intertidal Species Relation with Sediment Types
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d21ffa9be3264eca94125a1c6707a930
Description:
Intertidal species set themselves on sediment types based on feeding patterns and protection coverage from predators.
2283
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Where Do Gulls Go?
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/2eb6e0e367214f73b31a6a6a9e33dd40
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]
2284
  • Image, Photograph, Transparency, Slide Transparency
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Mount Desert Rock Oceanography Survey
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cbd13a6342694d7790f283ea9025e2d3
Description:
A look at oceanographic data around Mount Desert Rock for the 2019 and 2021 seasons
2286
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
On Track of the Pale Clouded Yellow Butterfly
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ab563bf4db484e9d8a7fd20d76697aa6
Description:
Where it lives and how we might save it
2293
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Tracking Great White Sharks in the Gulf of Maine
  • storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/cc87e70fa052487dba9823da0a0a0f28
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.
2035
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
328: Response, Rehab, Release
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e081afb9f3644cf79f28d9768e22a416
Description:
The rehabilitation story of seal #328, a juvenile harbor seal rescued from Cape Elizabeth, ME.
2038
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Gulls of the Gulf of Maine
  • https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=0e0e6ad0761a41ccafda98da08f55b90
Description:
An overview of gull density in Maine
2039
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
How to Bee in Maine
  • https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=618c26c8d57f47ce993327ecb447c15f
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).
2041
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Global Restrictions on Shark Finning
  • https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=6b004d84bc9a4d7982f91733ef25de70
Description:
An estimated 73 million sharks were killed last year, primarily for their fins. Their populations are at critical levels, and they are still being fished out of the oceans at unsustainable rates. Some regional populations of shark species are down to 95 - 99%, which is considered functional extinction.
2042
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
The Dorr Museum Collections and their Global Origins
  • https://coagis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=e48489718ccd4715a66be5e264abe81a
Description:
An exploration of the George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History collections and their origins. The Dorr Museum of Natural History is unique among museums in that its collections have been prepared entirely by students.
2047
  • Map
  • Nature, Animals, Birds
Cheetahs in Southern Africa
  • https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/6436911413e44964ab03a60c2e55fb25
Description:
Under the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) 's, cheetahs are listed as vulnerable. This status means the species is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances threatening its survival and reproduction of the species improve. Due to recent studies showing a significant decline in current cheetah numbers, scientists have started calling for the species to be up-listed to endangered status under the IUCN.