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A molecular analysis of green crab diets in Casco Bay, Maine

Date: 2015-03-01

Creator: Aidan W. Short

David B. Carlon

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A new wave of green crabs Carcinus maenus is sweeping through the Gulf of Maine (GOM). While first reports of green crabs in the GOM date from the early 1900s, populations in southern GOM have exploded in the last five years. In the Casco Bay region, this unusually high abundance is associated with poor commercial shellfish landings and the decline of eel grass habitat (Zostera marina). To determine the mechanistic roles green crabs play in direct and indirect ecological interactions, it is important to understand diet breadth, and how feeding preferences change in response to ecological context. Since green crabs are omnivorous, traditional approaches to diet analysis via hard parts suffer from substantial bias. We are using DNA barcoding and next generation sequencing (NGS) to analyze green crab diets from a longitudinal sampling design in Casco Bay. In addition to a temporal dimension, our design includes two habitats: clam flats and eel grass beds. We have now sampled ~ 1000 crabs and have processed 460 individual stomachs from a range of sizes and both sexes. Here we will present: our sampling design, our NGS pipeline, and preliminary analysis from a lobster-specific (Homarus americanus) probe. Presenting author status: Undergraduate Preferred presentation type: Poster Preferred topics: 3. Biological invasions; 18. Molecular ecology Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2015 Quebec City, Canada Aidan Short was an undergraduate student at Bowdoin College when this research was conducted.


Reflections questionnaire response by Luv Kataria on March 31, 2021

Date: 2021-01-01

Creator: Luv Kataria

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This is a response to the Documenting Bowdoin & COVID-19 Reflections Questionnaire. The questionnaire was created in March 2021 by staff of Bowdoin's George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives. The author is from the class of 2024.


Report of the President, Bowdoin College 1993-1994

Date: 1994-01-01

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Bowdoin Alumnus Volume 9 (1934-1935)

Date: 1935-01-01

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Terracotta Figurines in the Walker Art Building

Date: 1960-01-01

Creator: Kevin Herbert

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Bulletin / Bowdoin College ; no. 335


Bowdoin College Catalogue (1827 Oct)

Date: 1827-10-01

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Walker Sisters and Collecting in Victorian Boston

Date: 2007-01-01

Creator: Laura Fecych Sprague

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art Oct. 14, 2007 to August 24, 2008 to celebrate the Walker Art Building's renovation and expansion by architects Machado and Silvetti, Boston.


Report of the President, Bowdoin College 1944-1945

Date: 1945-01-01

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Bowdoin College Catalogue (1892-1893)

Date: 1893-01-01

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