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Dr. Susan Brawley's Research

May 5, 2009

NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS ON BRAWLEY RESEARCH Tuesday's New York Times has a story (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05obweed.html) about new research by UMaine Prof. Susan Brawley, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Brawley and her colleagues have researched the origins of two invasive species common to northeastern North America: toothed wrack and the common periwinkle. The research as determined that the species came from Britain and Ireland, carried by ships being used for the timber traced in the late 18th century and early 19th century.