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| Identifier | Type | Subject | Title | Web Resource | |
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| 2082 |
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| Landscape of Change |
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Description: Exploring the Past to Build a Resilient Future To understand how climate change is affecting Mount Desert Island we need to look to the past. Our ancestors documented the natural world around them in stories, reports, journals, diaries, and letters, which are cared for in the collections of history museums and libraries. Increasingly, scientists are pulling observations and data from historic records to get a clearer picture of the natural world of the past to understand how the present is changing. [show more] |
| 2376 |
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| J-Pod Southern Resident Killer Whale Movement |
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Description: How vessel traffic, chinook salmon, water quality, climate, and the navy impact how J-Pod moves throughout the Salish Sea |
| 2060 |
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| Japanese Barberry on the COA Campus | 
Description: A survey and map of Japanese Barberry on the COA Campus | |
| 2379 |
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| Interpreting the Songbirds of Great Duck Island, Maine |
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Description: Songbirds use islands for breeding and migrating. Great Duck Island is located 10 miles from Mount Desert Island, Maine; it is about 200 acres large and consists of a variety of habitat types. |
| 2039 |
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| How to Bee in Maine |
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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). |
| 2048 |
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| Horse Healthcare in Maine |
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Description: The USDA reported a shortage of veterinarians in at least 500 counties spanning 44 states. This shortage is mostly in rural areas and therefore has a larger effect on large animals and livestock. American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reported that only 10% of graduates had an interest in working with livestock. |
| 2038 |
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| Gulls of the Gulf of Maine |
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| 2041 |
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| Global Restrictions on Shark Finning |
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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. |
| 2380 |
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| From Lake to Sea: Winter Habitations of Common Loons |
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Description: The Common Loon (Gavia immer) has historically been used as an indicator species during it's summer breeding season. More specifically, loons have been used as an indicator for heavy metals, biocontamination, and acidity (Canadian Lakes Loon Survey). |
| 2058 |
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| Fish Passage Assessment of Mount Desert Island | 
Description: An assessment of streams broken by culverts, dams, and bridges | |
| 2064 |
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| Finding Travel Distances of Snakes to Islands on the Coast of Maine | 
Description: These maps show attempts to find the shortest distances across the water makes would have to travel from the mainland to various islands. | |
| 2280 |
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| Finding the Birds of Mount Desert Island |
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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 |
| 2072 |
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| Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families | 
Description: Distribution of Four Ground-Dwelling Arthropod Families in Traps Across Pine Hill and Settlement Quarry, Deer Isle, Maine | |
| 1750 |
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| 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. | |
| 2063 |
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| College of the Atlantic Seaside Garden Map | 
Description: A map based on a DJI Phantom drone flight. | |
| 2143 |
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| Coastal Marine Life History of Mount Desert Island 1903-2021 |
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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] |
| 2047 |
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| Cheetahs in Southern Africa |
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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. |
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| Amphibian Crossings in Acadia National |
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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. |
| 2281 |
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| Algal Blooms and Common Loons in Maine |
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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. |
| 2365 |
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| Additions to the Arboretum of Eden |
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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 |
| 2051 |
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| A Profile on Dengue: The Infamous Neglected Tropical Disease |
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Description: Dengue, a mosquito-borne virus, has spread across the globe in recent years, now infecting an estimated 100-400 million people each year. Approximately forty percent of the world’s population lives in countries with a risk of dengue. |
| 2079 |
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| A Predictive Model for Common Loon Productivity on Mount Desert Island | 
Description: Based on Aquatic Parameters, Nest Site Suitability, Nursery Cove Availability, and Human Use. | |
| 2035 |
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| 328: Response, Rehab, Release |
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Description: The rehabilitation story of seal #328, a juvenile harbor seal rescued from Cape Elizabeth, ME. |
