Presented by Melissa Bogle & Chris Chabot

at Throwback Brewery 7 Hobbs Rd North Hampton NH ~ Program begins at 5pm

Melissa Brogle is the Volunteer Coordinator at the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, and has been with the Reserve for 11 years.  She helps to recruit, train, manage, and recognize all of the Reserves amazing volunteers.  Volunteers help with every sector of GBNERR, including Research, Education, Stewardship, and Coastal Training programs.  Melissa has partnered with Chris Chabot and other area researchers for the past 3 years to help organize the volunteers for the Horseshoe Crab Monitoring program around Great Bay Estuary.

Chris Chabot is a Professor of Biology at Plymouth State University and has published over 30 field and lab articles on horseshoe crabs over the past 20+ years with a focus on their biological rhythms. His research has been funded by the National Sciences Foundation, NH INBRE, the Fish and Wildlife Service, NH SeaGrant, and PREP.

Horseshoe crabs are keystone species that can be found from Maine to the Yucatan Peninsula, including the Great Bay Estuary. A group of scientists has been investigating and monitoring the Great Bay population for nearly 20 years and we are still discovering many exciting and fascinating findings! These efforts have grown recently with more and more local Citizen Scientists becoming involved. Come hear about some of our research, get answers to your questions, and how you might become involved in the Summer of 2025!

The Piscataqua Science Cafe series runs during the Gundalow Company’s off season at locations around the seacoast. Each night brings in experts from a variety of backgrounds together for a discussion about current science topics. This is your chance to ask an expert the questions you’ve always wanted to!
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This project was funded, in part, by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act in conjunction with the NH Department of Environmental Services Coastal Program. The Gundalow Company is a non-profit 501(c)3 which sails on the waterways of the Piscataqua with 125 school groups from our region annually.