Notes from the past show how local variability can stymie urchins and the rise of the reds in the Gulf of Maine
04.01.2026
In this article in Ecosphere, from a CIEE Living Data Project working group, researchers explore marine ecology in the Gulf of Maine using a decade of hand-drawn algal cover maps around Appledore Island made by naturalist Dr. Art Borror. The article shows that informal notes by faculty teaching at a marine lab can help us understand how local-scale variation can reduce the effects of past runaway trophic cascades and current-day bioinvasions.This working group was organized by Jarrett Byrnes (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Kylla Benes (University of Montana).
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4800
In this article in Ecosphere, from a CIEE Living Data Project working group, researchers explore marine ecology in the Gulf of Maine using a decade of hand-drawn algal cover maps around Appledore Island made by naturalist Dr. Art Borror. The article shows that informal notes by faculty teaching at a marine lab can help us understand how local-scale variation can reduce the effects of past runaway trophic cascades and current-day bioinvasions.This working group was organized by Jarrett Byrnes (University of Massachusetts Boston) and Kylla Benes (University of Montana).
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.4800