{"id":823,"date":"2021-11-29T10:43:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:11:08","slug":"project-overview-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Overview &#8211; Ecosystem Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ecosystem Services are benefits humans obtain from a healthy ecosystem (TEEB 2013).  These services can be broken down into four different types: Provisioning, Regulating, Cultural, and Supporting. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-798\" style=\"width:587px;height:579px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-300x296.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-768x758.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image.png 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Image (above) from Alleway et al. 2019 shows ecosystem services for bivalve aquaculture. However, these services can also be applied to seaweed aquaculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific Ecosystem Services of Kelp Aquaculture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provisioning Service: Food and raw materials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regulating Service: Waste water &#8211; denitrification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cultural Service: Sense of place &#8211; employment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supporting Service: Habitat &#8211; shelter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This research is focusing on the supporting service, habitat creation, because this service is the least studied in temperate kelp aquaculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This project has been funded by The Nature Conservancy and Maine EPSCoR <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through The Nature Conservancy we have quantified organism abundance within farm sites by using GoPro cameras, and small invertebrate collections. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Funding from Maine EPSCoR has allowed this project to incorporate environmental DNA (eDNA) methods to evaluate habitat creation in kelp farms.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Nature Conservancy has also partnered our Maine team with a team at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.  Our teams will perform the same methods on our kelp farms to evaluate habitat creation so we can compare how this supporting service differs between hemispheres.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/TNCLogoPrimary_RGB-1024x296.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-724\" style=\"width:305px;height:88px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/TNCLogoPrimary_RGB-1024x296.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/TNCLogoPrimary_RGB-300x87.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/TNCLogoPrimary_RGB-768x222.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/TNCLogoPrimary_RGB.jpeg 1329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/download.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-725\" style=\"width:230px;height:95px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6955-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" style=\"width:403px;height:538px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6955-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6955-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graduate student, Emilly Schutt, placing a GoPro camera on a kelp farm spacer buoy to capture organisms within the kelp blades. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"974\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_7190.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" style=\"width:404px;height:539px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_7190.jpg 730w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_7190-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graduate student, Emilly Schutt and undergraduate student, Hannah Korper, analyzing collections of small invertebrates. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6937-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" style=\"width:715px;height:536px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6937-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6937-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6937-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/IMG_6937.jpg 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of the four kelp farms that are being used to assess habitat creation in temperate kelp aquaculture.  This farm resides in Saco Bay, off the Northeast side of Ram Island.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This project aims to quantify the supporting service, habitat creation through the use of various methods included GoPro camera survey&#8217;s, small invertebrate collections, and eDNA.  Quantifying habitat creation will fill knowledge gaps as habitat services are the least studied ecosystem services in temperate kelp aquaculture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-1.38.57-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-1.38.57-PM.png 713w, https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-12-at-1.38.57-PM-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/une.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/6jxIJY5y5Ipk2fPTNpB_7HfVB-UVaVdaj9Vjkj9qsBJ2eeRSuWBFDbQeGYND-8uZ.8nkA60Je_zIZi4j9?startTime=1658151221000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emilly Schutt\u2019s master\u2019s thesis presentation<\/a><\/strong> on habitat provisioning of farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Willingness to pay for seaweed<\/strong>: This study demonstrates the efficacy of education on ecosystem services of kelp aquaculture as marketing material for kelp end products. Through an online willingness to pay survey, this study found a significant increase in consumer willingness to pay for end products after a brief education on ecosystem services. Price point of the product, income, gender, knowledge of ecosystem services, and frequency of kelp product consumption were found to be significant predictors of the magnitude of change in consumer willingness to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/une.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/yu-Pldxe8JMK98_3DuQhuf18E5VdbIY394sJpG7H-13nPzqvgqcA3ycJGABMYU-w.1Z4qvtwUj9LvvNZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Will Boluc&#8217;s PSM thesis presentation<\/strong><\/a> on willingness to pay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecosystem Services are benefits humans obtain from a healthy ecosystem (TEEB 2013). These services can be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ecosystem Services are benefits humans obtain from a healthy ecosystem (TEEB 2013). These services can be &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Byron Marine Ecology Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-19T14:11:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/\",\"name\":\"Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-29T15:43:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-19T14:11:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image.png\",\"width\":1083,\"height\":1069},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Project Overview &#8211; Ecosystem Services\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/\",\"name\":\"Byron Marine Ecology Lab\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab","og_description":"Ecosystem Services are benefits humans obtain from a healthy ecosystem (TEEB 2013). These services can be &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/","og_site_name":"Byron Marine Ecology Lab","article_modified_time":"2024-07-19T14:11:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/","name":"Project Overview - Ecosystem Services - Byron Marine Ecology Lab","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image-1024x1011.png","datePublished":"2021-11-29T15:43:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-19T14:11:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/11\/image.png","width":1083,"height":1069},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/project-overview-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Project Overview &#8211; Ecosystem Services"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/","name":"Byron Marine Ecology Lab","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1274,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions\/1274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/byronlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}