Projects funded by the Maine Water Resources Research Institute:
2012 Projects
Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Natural Water
using Silver-Doped Zeolites
Aria Amirbahman, Howard Patterson, University of Maine
Informatics approaches for reuse and modeling of heterogeneous mercury data
Kate Beard, Melinda Neville, University of Maine
Maine Salt Management Scoping Project (Info Transfer Project)
Laura Lindenfeld, University of Maine
Do coastal Maine lakes have fish higher in mercury? A targeted survey including lakes in Acadia
National Park
Sarah Nelson, Aria Amirbahman, University of Maine; Linda Bacon, Maine DEP
Improving Data to Build Trust for Community Generated Knowledge of Groundwater
John Peckenham, Teresa Thornton, University of Maine
See project summary (pdf)
Analyzing Legacy Data in a Climate Context to Decipher Modern Changes in Lakewater Chemistry
Jasmine Saros, Sean David Birkel, Sarah Nelson, University of Maine
2011 Projects
Identification of the determinants of fish tissue mercury concentrations in temperate
lakes: Factors to be considered in the establishment or revision of fish consumption
advisories
Aria Amirbahman, Stephen Norton - University of Maine; Linda Bacon - Maine DEP
Prototype Development of SimStream, a Computer-Based Immersive
Learning-Environment for Introducing Environmental Systems Concepts to
Middle-School Students
Shaleen Jain, Mike Scott- University of Maine
Complex systems assessment of biogeochemical factors and microbial community
members associated with naturally occurring uranium contamination in groundwater
resources
Paula Mouser, Charles Hess - University of Maine
Release of Metals to Groundwater from Ultramafic Rocks on Deer Isle, Maine
Amanda Olsen - University of Maine
2010 Projects
Estimation of benthic dissolved organic carbon flux from wetland and estuarine sediments using a novel technique
Aria Amirbahman, Emmanuel Boss- University of Maine
Spatiotemporal analysis of legacy mercury data on Mount Desert Island: a proxy for coastal Maine mercury biogeochemistry
Kate Beard, Melinda Diehl - University of Maine
Permaculture Design Research Initiative
Joline Blais, Owen Smith, William Giordino - University of Maine
Fish scales as non-lethal biosensors of contaminants in surface waters
Rebecca Van Beneden, Adria Elskus, Brian Perkins - University of Maine
Improving Access to Wellwater Information: A Pilot Information Transfer Project
Laura Wilson, University of Maine Cooperative Extension
2010 Student Summer Research Projects
Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) as an Indicator of Habitat Quality in Tributaries of the Machias River Watershed
Wesley Ashe,
Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine
Vegetation Response to Potential Increased Tidal Marsh Inundation in Northern New England Brackish Marshes
Elizabeth Mitchell, School of Biology, University of Southern Maine
Phosphorus Dynamics in Androscoggin Lake, Wayne and Leeds, Maine
Luke Salvato, Dept. of Geology, Bowdoin College
Microorganisms that can alter groundwater chemistry in an arsenic enriched aquifer located in Northport, ME.
Jennifer Weldon, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maine
2009 Projects
Regional Pilot to Reduce Stormwater Polluting Behaviors through Social Marketing as an Environmental Education Tool in the Bangor Urbanized Area
Scott Wilkerson, University of Maine (pdf)
Using Florescence Spectroscopy as a Rapid, Cost-Effective Method to Monitor and Analyze Low Levels of Pharmaceuticals in Three Maine Rivers
Howard Patterson and Jim Killarney, Dept. of Chemistry, UMaine (pdf)
A sequential time-weighted average monitoring approach for monitoring pesticide levels in Maine surface waters
Howard Patterson and Lucner Charlestra, Dept. of Chemistry, UMaine
Sustainable water allocation and rulemaking for Maine's surface waters: Adaptation consideration in a changing climate
Shaleen Jain, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMaine (pdf)
2009 Student Summer Research Projects
Temporal changes of the phosphorus concentration profiles in two Maine lake sediment porewaters using a passive sampling technique
Bjorn Lake, Graduate Student,
Civil & Environmental Engineering UMaine
Citizen Science: Solving Groundwater Issues in New England
Crista Straub,
Graduate Student, Ecology & Environmental Sciences, UMaine
Using GC/FT-ICR MS for the Identification of Disinfection By-products
Amanda Harvey, Undergraduate Student, University of Maine
Influences of dissolved organic carbon and iron on phosphorus photochemistry in surface waters
Dustin Johnson, Graduate Student, Earth Sciences, UMaine
Impacts of White Perch Introductions on Trophic Dynamics: Paleolimnological Record of Zooplankton Grazing and Nutrient Cycling
Kristin Ditzler, Graduate Student, School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine
Conserving Significant Vernal Pools through Collaborative Local Initiatives
Dawn Morgan, Graduate Student, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, UMaine
2008 Projects
