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Phytoplankton In The Damariscotta River Estuary, Brian Thompson, Mary Jane Perry, Christopher V. Davis
Phytoplankton In The Damariscotta River Estuary, Brian Thompson, Mary Jane Perry, Christopher V. Davis
Maine Sea Grant Publications
This research project examined the distribution of phytoplankton in the Damariscotta River, as well as environmental factors, such as nutrients, light, and physical conditions, in order to assess the estuary’s ability to sustain additional farms.
Ambassadors Of The Bay: 2005 Final Report, Maine Sea Grant College Program
Ambassadors Of The Bay: 2005 Final Report, Maine Sea Grant College Program
Maine Sea Grant Publications
The MDI Water Quality Coalition has been working with citizens on water quality related projects in Frenchman Bay since 1997. Over the last decade, many issues of concern to the residents and users of the bay have come up. These issues include polluted runoff from paved streets and parking lots, increasing development in the upper reaches of coastal watersheds as well as right on the shoreline, nutrient enrichment of bays, over harvesting of marine resources, shifting of mussel harvesting techniques to aquaculture, building of piers, increasing visitation by cruise ships, contamination of swim areas, declining eelgrass populations, shoreline erosion, and …