Our funded research projects and development projects span a wide range of topics that interest and benefit New Hampshire residents and their environment. Find projects that interest or relate to you below by topic.
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| NH Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship Info Session Slides NH Sea Grant Graduate Fellowship Info Session Slides
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| Temporal dynamics of phytoplankton populations in coastal NH Phytoplankton – microscopic marine algae that live in our oceans and photosynthesize like plants – are the food that fuels all marine ecosystems.…
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2022-2023 | Fisheries |
| Promoting the sustainability of New Hampshire oyster aquaculture by improving pathogenic Vibrio management tools and contingencies Though infections by the bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus have increased in the Northeast, New Hampshire and Maine have avoided any Vibrio-linked…
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2022-2023 | Aquaculture |
| Diversifying the New England Sea Vegetable Aquaculture Industry – Phase II: Line Seeding Technology and Grow-out Trials for Longline Nori Production Seaweed aquaculture in the Gulf of Maine has exploded in the last ten years, but is based on a single species. This project seeks to diversify the…
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2022-2023 | Aquaculture |
| What ‘goes with the flow’? Linking Zostera marina reproduction and genetic diversity with oceanographic drivers in Great Bay Estuary Lumpfish are a species that may become economically important in aquaculture and offer a unique opportunity to understand climate change in the Gulf…
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2022-2023 | Wetlands |
| Team LuMP — Lumpfish Mapping Project Lumpfish are a species that may become economically important in aquaculture and offer a unique opportunity to understand climate change in the Gulf…
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2022-2023 | Aquaculture |
| Factors influencing PFAS bioaccumulation and biomagnification in marine food webs associated with AFFF sources in a New England estuary Attention and concern have increasingly grown around PFAS, and little is known about how it accumulates in seafood.
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2022-2023 | Water Quality and Safety |
| Development and evaluation of a culturally tailored online nutrition education program targeting fish consumption among Hispanic adults Eating fish is a healthy choice, but those who need it most may not be getting the nutritional education to help them benefit from seafood diets.
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2022-2023 | Human Health |
| Wastewater treatment processes influencing Emerging Contaminant loads to the Great Bay Estuary To examine the growing threat of PFAS and other contaminants, Paula Mouser and her team at the University of New Hampshire will apply new analysis…
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2020-2021 | Emerging Contaminants |
| Shellfish Growing Areas (NSI) Reducing the extent of permanently closed shellfish growing areas through regulatory modernization: enteric virus contamination and mitigation…
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2012-2013 | |
| Tradeoff Analyses of MSP (regional) Decision support for the economic analysis of trade-offs in coastal and marine spatial planning for the U.S. Northeast
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2012-2013 | |
| Legal Analysis of MSP (regional) The governance role of local authorities in marine spatial planning: a legal assessment of prospects and problems.
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2012-2013 | |
| Evaluating Adaptation Strategies (regional) Climate change adaptation and ecosystem service resilience in Northeast coastal communities: quantifying economic values and tradeoffs for regional…
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2012-2013 | |
| Catch Share Management (regional) Social and economic impact assessment of catch share management in the Northeast multispecies fishery.
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2012-2013 | |
| Storm Event Nitrogen Fluxes Understanding the Mechanisms Controlling Storm Event Nitrogen Fluxes from the Lamprey River Watershed Using Continuous in situ Sensors
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2012-2013 | |
| Salinity and Pathogenic Vibrios Interactions between Salinity and the Resident Microbial Community in Excluding Pathogenic Vibrio from Oysters
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2012-2013 | |
| Lobster Recruitment and Retention Recruitment and Retention of Lobsters in a New England Estuary
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2012-2013 | Fisheries |
| Alternative Seafood Marketing Matching Alternative Marketing Opportunities with the N.H. Commercial Fishing Industry's Alternative Marketing Capacity
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2012-2013 | Fisheries |
| Alewife Population Alewife Population Assessment and Aquaculture
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2012-2013 | Aquaculture, Fisheries |
| Shoreline Hardening (regional) Social and ecological factors influencing shoreline hardening in the Northeast: implications for vulnerability, resilience and informed decision…
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2014-2015 |
