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Sweating The Small Stuff: Linking Plankton To Climate Change, Brian Kim '18 Makes Conncetions, Stephen Collins
Sweating The Small Stuff: Linking Plankton To Climate Change, Brian Kim '18 Makes Conncetions, Stephen Collins
Colby Magazine
It takes an expansive mind to connect microscopic marine copepods (certain crustacean plankton) unwittingly chomping on floating microplastics with a bigger picture: the planet’s carbon pump and global climate change. But that’s what Brian Kim ’18 decided to investigate during Jan Plan, working with Bigelow Lab Senior Research Scientist David Fields.
Modeling Maine’S Rockweed Harvest, Meagan Hennessey
Modeling Maine’S Rockweed Harvest, Meagan Hennessey
Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics at Colby
Currently, Maine is in a political struggle over the best way to manage the harvesting of Rockweed, or Ascophyllum nodosum. As the dominant macro algae along the state’s rocky intertidal zone it supports over 150 different species, meaning its loss could impact food web stability, protection of endangered species, and support of economically viable harvests. This work takes parameters found in the literature to create a Stella model, which is then manipulated to explore the relative impact of possible management strategies. It is found that a strictly accurate model is not possible to create given the current biological knowledge and …
The Perfect Fit
Colby Magazine
From the classrooms and laboratories of Mayflower Hill, they found their niche in science. Microbiologist Carrie Harwood ’73, transplant surgeon Patrick Wood ’75, and marine biologist Paul Wade ’80 have passion for their professions.
The Great Mudpuppy Escape (Sort Of), Stephen Collins
The Great Mudpuppy Escape (Sort Of), Stephen Collins
Colby Magazine
The origin of unusual salamanders that inhabit parts of the Belgrade Lakes? We confess, a Colby professor was the culprit.