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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Brenda Rudnicky and Lars Hammer win top two places at Maine Sustainability and Water Conference poster competition

Brenda Rudnicky ’15 and Lars Hammer ’18, both marine science students, earned first and second place, respectively, in the undergraduate poster presentation competition at the 2015 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference, which was held in the Augusta Civic Center on March 31.

Rudnicky presented her research, "Abiotic Influences on the Juvenile Fish Assemblage of the Saco River Estuary, Maine," which looks at how different abiotic factors, such as temperature and salinity, influence the juvenile fish community that uses the estuary. 

Hammer’s poster, titled "Seasonal Fluctuations in Species Assemblage and Abundance of the Saco River Estuary, Maine," compared variations in species abundance across temporal scales. 

The conference aims to provide a collaborative nexus for water resource professionals, researchers, consultants, citizens, students, regulators and planners to exchange information and present new findings on water resource issues in Maine.

 

 

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