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• Ecological Inventory and Monitoring
• Communities, Plants, and Animals
• Maine's Ecological Reserve System
• Focus Areas
• Aquatic Biodiversity
• Beginning with Habitat
• Landowner Incentive Program
• Technical Assistance
• Outreach

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Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project Technical Report

This technical report provides more details about information presented in the 2008 Maine Aquatic Biodiversity General Report (Executive Summary) - 5 MB pdf. Improving our understanding of the status and vulnerability of Maine’s freshwater species and ecosystems is the primary goal of the Maine Aquatic Biodiversity Project. Such an understanding is a key requirement for ongoing and future efforts to promote the effective conservation and management of our State’s freshwater resources.

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• Table of Contents - 97 KB pdf
• Chapter 1 and 2: Introduction and Maine's Freshwater Landscape - 797 KB pdf
• Chapter 3: Freshwater Species and Ecosystems in Maine: An Overview - 1.2 MB pdf
• Chapter 4: Management and Conservation of Freshwater Ecosystems in Maine: Threats and Challenges - 529 KB pdf
• Chapter 5: Aquatic Biodiversity Information in Maine - 1.4 MB pdf
• Chapter 6.1 through 6.4: Freshwater Flora and Fauna: Species Diversity, Community Structure, and Ecology - Plants, Amphibians and Reptiles, and Fish - 2.1 MB pdf
• Table 6.4.6: Frequency of pairwise combinations of fish species in Maine lakes - 19 KB pdf
• Chapter 6.5 through 6.10: Molluscs, Crustaceans, Insects, and Other Invertebrates - 1.5 MB pdf
• Chapter 7: Classification of Freshwater Systems - 262 KB pdf
• Chapter 8: References and Chapter 9: Individuals who provided insight to MABP - 80 KB pdf
• (There is no Chapter 10)
• Chapter 11: Appendices Index - 20 KB pdf
  • Appendix 11.1: Data sets accessed by MABP - 52 KB pdf
  • Appendix 11.2: Diversity of Vascular Plants in Maine and Northeastern US - 47 KB pdf
  • Appendix 11.3: Macro-invertebrate Diversity in Maine and Northeastern US by Family - 61 KB pdf
  • Appendix 11.4: List of Taxa of Aquatic Plants and Animals with Records in the MABP Database - 20 KB pdf
    • Map tiles showing waterbodies / watersheds in Appendix 11.4 - 398 KB
    • Appendix 11.4 Taxon Records - 846 KB Excel Spreadsheet
  • Appendix 11.5: Species Distribution Maps - 20 KB pdf
    • Plants: A to O - 866 KB pdf
    • Plants: P to Z - 1.4 MB pdf
    • Fish - Look on the fish maps page for a sortable table for maps of different fish species
    • Crustacea - 161 KB pdf
    • Insect Maps - Coming soon! A sortable table of species in different insect orders
    • Hydrachnidia - 108 KB pdf
    • Annelida - 1.1 MB pdf
  • Appendix 11.6: Distribution of 56 Aquatic Plants by Elevation and Alkaninity - 612 KB pdf
  • Appendix 11.7: Information from Expert Interviews - 68 KB pdf