UNE's Own 研究 Island
公羊岛, our own private one-acre living laboratory right in Saco Bay, will enhance and grow our world-class academic and research programs. The island and its surrounding waters are home to songbirds, 港海豹, and various 潮间带 flora and fauna, and planning is currently underway to develop infrastructure and programming that support our experiential teaching and research vision. In addition to developing a network of sentinel sites, 一个天文台, and a small student-centered laboratory, UNE will be a steward of 公羊岛, working to understand and document its terrestrial, 潮间带, and subtidal ecosystems.
教学
亲自动手的, experiential learning is already an essential part of UNE's approach to the marine sciences, but 公羊岛 will allow us to further elevate our field trip programs for students — and provide a student-centered living laboratory to assess, 监控和建模. Project TURBO will use 公羊岛 and its surrounding ecosystems for enriching field experiences, and a variety of marine science courses ranging from population ecology to animal behavior will conduct lab activities there.
公羊岛 means being part of an innovative university. It means having the opportunity to get the most out of my education and to be part of the important research that is happening in the 21st century." ——迪伦·特纳，17岁
研究
Our marine research programs encompass a variety of projects and faculty labs, all of which can now utilize 公羊岛 and its adjacent ecosystems. 展望未来, we aim to develop research partnerships that focus on the top-priority issues of Saco Bay, making 公羊岛 home to coastal zone investigations of climate change, 海洋地质, 外来入侵物种, marine mammal ecology and interactions with fisheries and marine aquaculture.
