Several projects have been done on marine resources in Bar Harbor with support from researchers and students at College of the Atlantic and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and are available as student papers or reports.
Click on each title to download a PDF version of the file.
Community-based
eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration in Frenchman Bay
by Jane Disney and George Kidder. A 2010 Mount Desert Island Biological
Bulletin paper on an eelgrass restoration project initially funded by a
Gulf of Maine Council grant written by the marine resource committee.
Do
current recruitment enhancement methods increase juvenile soft-shell
clam (Mya arenaria) recruitment in an intertidal clam flat?
by Sarah Drerup. A 2009 report that was part of a College of the
Atlantic student senior project.
Resource management in a small Maine town: monitoring, conserving, and
managing clam flats in Bar Harbor
by Kipp Quinby. A 2007
report that was the basis of a College of the Atlantic student senior
project.
Clam surveys and management in
Bar Harbor
by Kipp Quinby and Nina Therkildsen. A 2003
report by two College of the Atlantic students.