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Collaborative Research: Land-Use Practices And Persistence Of Amphibian Populations, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.
Collaborative Research: Land-Use Practices And Persistence Of Amphibian Populations, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
Over the past 200 years, conversion of land for agricultural use, industrial development, and urban sprawl has drastically reduced natural habitat for many species and is considered the most serious threat to biological diversity. Fragmentation divides once continuous natural habitats into smaller pieces that are often separated by areas unsuitable to sustain viable populations. The goal of the proposed research is to understand how important local population and metapopulation processes are altered by fragmentation of natural habitats in a model system of pond-breeding amphibians. The primary objectives of the proposed study are to experimentally compare demographic and behavioral responses of …
Collaborative Research: Land-Use Practices And Persistence Of Amphibian Populations., Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.
Collaborative Research: Land-Use Practices And Persistence Of Amphibian Populations., Malcolm L. Hunter Jr.
University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports
Over the past 200 years, conversion of land for agricultural use, industrial development, and urban sprawl has drastically reduced natural habitat for many species and is considered the most serious threat to biological diversity. Fragmentation divides once continuous natural habitats into smaller pieces that are often separated by areas unsuitable to sustain viable populations. The goal of the proposed research is to understand how important local population and metapopulation processes are altered by fragmentation of natural habitats in a model system of pond-breeding amphibians. The primary objectives of the proposed study are to experimentally compare demographic and behavioral responses of …
Diet And Prey Availability Of Sturgeons In The Penobscot River, Maine, Matthew Dzaugis
Diet And Prey Availability Of Sturgeons In The Penobscot River, Maine, Matthew Dzaugis
Honors College
Although vital to the protection and conservation of species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, critical habitat of shortnose sturgeon and Atlantic sturgeon in the Penobscot River, Maine have not yet been described. Critical habitat includes food availability as well as the physical characteristics of foraging habitat. To characterize seasonal availability of benthic prey, a ponar grab was used to collect over 125 benthic samples between 21 May and 8 October 2012. Samples were stratified throughout the river and broadly categorized by sediment type. All organisms within samples were identified to the family level. To characterize diet, stomach contents …