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Food Webs

Food Webs Background Food webs are dynamic and complex. Species in each trophic or feeding level rely on their prey base and in turn are critically important to the organisms that feed on them. Energy travels through the food web and steadily decreases with each trophic level it passes through as some is used for…

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2020 Program Development Projects

Program Development Projects 2024 Projects John Logan, MA Division of Marine Fisheries: Using eDNA to assess the importance of eelgrass as juvenile winter flounder habitat 2023 Projects Donna Dimarchopoulou, Mohammed Hashim, Chloe Dean, Adam Subhas, WHOI: Elevator pitches for labs: Building hands-on tools to communicate lab-based research. Naomi Steckman, Beyond the Bounds: Beyond the Bounds…

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Preserving Our Homelands Camp Comes to WHOI

Most science educators will tell you, if you want to get kids excited about science, you have to actually do science. Last summer WHOI Sea Grant had the opportunity to participate in the annual “Preserving Our Homelands” (POH) camp, an interactive summer science camp for Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal middle schoolers. Through activities and outings, including visits…

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Teacher Workshop: October, 29 2019-Coastal Wetlands

Carbon Cycling in Coastal Wetlands   Presenters: Dr. Anne Giblin, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) Senior Scientist – Rising Seas and the Fate of Coastal Salt Marshes   Dr. Meagan Eagle Gonneea, U.S. Geological Survey Research Scientist – Blue Carbon in Our Backyard: Coastal Wetlands, Climate, Management, and Markets   Date: October 2019   Lesson Plans…

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Teacher Workshop: December, 3 2021-Invasive Species

Marine Invaders: Green crabs and other local invasive species Presenters: Dr. Carolyn Tepolt, WHOI Biology Department – Invasive Species on Our Shores, Presentation Slides   Dan Martino, co-owner, Cottage City Oysters – Invasive Species in Aquaculture, Presentation Slides   Date:  December 2021   Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities NOAA Live! 4 Kids recorded webinars:  These…

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Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming

Fundamentals of Shellfish Farming Offered annually, this 10-week virtual interactive course will cover the basics of shellfish aquaculture with an emphasis on learning practical information. Students will be introduced to shellfish biology, hatchery & nursery production, field grow-out of oysters and clams, and safe shellfish handling and harvest practices. The course will also include materials…

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Index of Workshops for Educators

Index of Workshops for Educators June 2026 Ocean Floor to Ice Core: Using Earth’s archives to unravel ancient ice sheet mysteries January 2026 Fishing for Data: Real world applications for oceanographic observations March 2025 Ocean Oxygen: Using forams to understand past, present, and future oceans December 2023 From Classrooms to Coastlines: An educator workshop about…

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Theme Booklet: Environmental Technologies

Theme Booklet: Environmental Technologies WHOI Sea Grant 4 pp., 2000 WHOI-G-00-006 Also available online: click here Learn more of WHOI Sea Grant’s investment in environmental technologies which has resulted in the development of new tools for analyzing and interpreting the effects of toxic chemicals on the reproduction, development, and disease defenses in marine animals and…

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Salmon

Salmon Background Historically, Atlantic salmon were plentiful in the Northeast U.S. However, they are currently at 1-5% of those historical estimates and consequently are listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). As anadromous fish, Atlantic salmon face many challenges during their initial hatching and two years in freshwater nursery rivers; journey through the estuaries and…

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