Wrack Lines Online Magazine

Spring/Summer 2007

Contents of Volume 7 Number 1

"driven by the sea"

Letter from the Editor #10 303KB PDF

Features in This Issue:

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Slaughter Sees Nature with an Extraordinary Eye
     by Peg Van Patten
A Long Island artist uses canvas and paint to reveal nature 188 KB PDF

A World of Small Discoveries: Zooplankton Barcoding   227 KB  PDF
     by Rob Jennings
Scientists with the Census of Marine Life's Zooplankton unit are barcoding the wee beasties.     

Bob Pomeroy Asks "How is Your MPA Doing?" in Five Languages 152 KB PDF
     by Peg Van Patten

A UConn Sea Grant fisheries expert knows how to evaluate the effectiveness of marine protected areas. 

A Tale of Two Flowers 316 KB PDF
    by Juliana Barrett
A land trust and some coastal habitat experts are restoring some coastline. The welcome mat is out for one flower but not the other.     

What Shapes the Ever-changing Long Island Sound?
     by Michael M Whitney  312 KB PDF
Learn about the dynamic physical forces that change our favorite estuary on a daily basis, and how scientists observe the changes 

Connecting the Connecticut Coastline to the Arctic: Pollutants Know No Boundaries   296 KB PDF 
      by Penny Vlahos
Cleaners and other chemicals we use everyday travel to the Arctic and show up in polar bears and the ambient air! 

A night and day to remember  
     by Joel Stocker
  132 KB PDF
A nor'easter that tore through Connecticut on tax day reshaped beaches

Wrack Lines

Editor and Design/Production
Peg Van Patten
Irene Schalla, editorial assistant
Editorial Board

Nancy C. Balcom
Hans G. Dam
Sylvain DeGuise, ex officio

Edward C. Monahan
Peg Van Patten, ex officio

Wrack Lines is published twice a year, or as resources allow, as both hard copy and electronic copy, by the Connecticut Sea Grant College Program at the University of Connecticut. Any opinions reflected herein are solely those of the authors.

Correspondence can be sent to Wrack Lines, Connecticut Sea Grant, University of Connecticut, 1080 Shennecossett Road, Groton CT 06340-6048; or e-mail peg.vanpatten@uconn.edu

photo of girl on beach

Teachers hone sea science skills at "Seine the Sound"  228 KB PDF
     by Peg Van Patten

K-12 educators pooled ideas and expertise at a professional development workshop at Hammonassett State Park. Photo gallery! 

Got a story idea that relates to Connecticut, Long Island Sound or the ocean? We do not pay for articles but we welcome submissions.

Mail comments to: Peg Van Patten, Editor

 

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