January 4, 2010
University of Maine marine sciences Professor Susan Brawley has been elected as the vice-president/president-elect of the Phycological Society of America for 2010. She will serve as president of the society in 2011. The society was founded in 1946 to promote research and teaching in all fields of the biology of algae. The society publishes the Journal of Phycology, of which Brawley served as editor from 1996-2001, and the Phycological Newsletter. A news release has more information at ...
January 4, 2010
UMaine marine sciences professor Robert Steneck was interviewed for a Maine Public Radio news broadcast (http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNews/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/10304/Default.aspx) Tuesday evening about an invasive seaweed, Codium, that is becoming more prevalent in Gulf of Maine waters.