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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Lobster Biology


AMBO student Kara LaLomia is investigaing lobster (Homarus americanus)broodstock management and in particular the role of a filamentous bacteria (Leucothrix mucosa)in egg and larval mortality. L. mucosa is a common epibiont found on marine algae but can contribute to lobster mortality in culture conditions.

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Aquaculture Update


Aquaculture student Derek Klemenski spawned some American oysters (Crassostrea virginica) today. He has been conditioning the oysters since January. The developing embryos should become trocophore larvae by tomorrow.Derek will then have 20,000,000 mouths to feed.

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Friday, February 02, 2007

AMBO Seatime

AMBO students fish some specially modified ventless lobster traps to gather data on lobster migrations in and out of Portland Harbor. The data is used by the Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation. This video depicts AMBO Seatime students taking up the traps on the last Seatime cruise in November. The traps will be reset in March.

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