Recent Publications and Information 

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•  Project SEINE (February 2009)
  
  An educational project using beach seining to teach students ecological concepts. This effort was funded by 
  Connecticut DEP's Long Island Sound License Plate Fund.
  
  
• Take Your Child to Work Day - (April 2003)
  
  
  
• Progress with Black Sea Bass Culture - (September 2002)
  
  
  
• New Flow Cytometer Lab -   (September 2002)
  
  
  
•  Research Vessel RV Loosanoff -   (March 2002)
  
  
  
• Hatchery Manual for the Bay Scallop - (January 2002)
  
      A new manual describing bay scallop aquaculture techniques, developed at Milford Laboratory, is available through the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program at the University of Connecticut.
  
  
• Nitrogen Content in Fish -  (January 1999)  (* Published July 2002!)   
  
  A recent study has shown that whole body nitrogen content is highly predictable from wet weight for 68 fish species and hybrids. This page provides an introduction to the study and a link to a database containing 2800 observations on fish nitrogen content.
          * Ramseyer, LJ,    2002 
  Predicting Whole-Fish Nitrogen Content from Fish Wet Weight Using Regression Analysis,  North American Journal of Aquaculture 64:195-204
   
  
• Bay Scallop Restoration - (December 1999) 
  
      An abstract is available of a recent publication that describes an investigation of bay scallop enhancement strategies in the Niantic River in Connecticut.
  
  
• Possible Ecological Impact of an Exotic Species - (December 1999)
  
      The Asian shore crab is an exotic species to the coastlines of the Northeastern U. S., that was first observed in 1988.  Recent studies have assessed its potential impact on juvenile bivalves.
  
  
• Essential Fish Habitat Source Documents - (March 1999)    (available in .pdf format)
  
       Life history and habitat characteristics for many fish species have been reported in a series of NOAA Technical Memoranda.