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West Haven Beach Cleanup - September 2007

New London Harbor Thames River Cruise - Summer 2007

Dave and Jim Ponar

Pfizer Chemical

Vince, Jim and Dave

Lowell Weicker, UCONN Avery Point, Groton, CT

Industrial Legacy

Power Station on Thames

Marine Life Expert Selected as Junior Faculty Research Fellow
Sean Grace to Pursue Study of Hard Corals

Sean Patrick Grace, an assistant professor of biology and an expert on aquatic life, is the recipient of Southern’s second annual Junior Faculty Research Fellow award.
Grace has conducted considerable research on corals in Long Island Sound.

Aaron Sweeney and Jennifer Adolfsen aboard
the RV Patricia Lynn

Coleen Giannini piloting the RV Particia Lynn

Long Island Sound scleractinian coral

Aaron and Jennifer prepare for a dive

Age of the Lobster
Seven years after a die-off dealt a catastrophic blow to the American lobster in western Long Island Sound, Coleen Giannini is completing a study that will help biologists gauge the health of the species and ultimately may affect government regulations for maintaining the region’s lobster population.

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Boothbay Harbor, ME, site of the lobster dissections

Coleen Giannini dissecting a lobster brain

Internal anatomy of the lobster, brain located at the top of two cords in center of picture

Coleen Giannini and a lobster
(Homarus americanus)

Monk Parakeets in Crisis: Ecological and Economic Issues in Conservation and Management
The Monk Parakeet is an invasive species that contributes biodiversity to otherwise bleak urban landscapes. Unfortunately, the Monk Parakeet nests on transformers cause occasional local power outages. In Fall 2005 the Connecticut UI initiated an eradication program to remove nests from transformers and destroy the birds. Wildlife organizations responded by suing UI which temporarily stopped slaughtering the birds, pending research to alleviate the problem. more...