ANDREA MASTERMAN NURSE
Climate Change InstituteTelephone: 207 592-8524
112 SawyerResearchCenterEmail:
University of Maine
Orono, Maine04469-5764
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION:
SpringfieldCollege, Springfield, MA01109 Biology, B.A. 1971
University of TexasMedicalSchool, San Antonio, TX Medical Technology, ASCP1972
ThomasCollege, Waterville, ME04901 Business, M.B.A. 1994
University of Maine, Orono, ME04469-5781 Quaternary Studies, M.S. 2003
Chironomids: Research Centre Short Course, UniversityCollege, London2003
APPOINTMENTS:
2004 - Present Assoc. Research Scientist, Paleoecology Research Laboratory, Climate Change Institute
2005 - Present Adjunct Lecturer, Natural Sciences Department, University of MaineFarmington
2001 - 2003Graduate Research Assistant, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine
PUBLICATIONS:
Köster, D., Lichter, J., Lea, P.D., and Nurse, A. 2007: Historical eutrophication in a
river-estuary complex in mid-coast Maine. Ecological Applications 17(3), 765-778.
Dieffenbacher-Krall, A. and Nurse, A. 2005: Late-glacial and Holocene record of lake levels of Mathews
Pond and WhiteheadLake, Northern Maine, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology 34, 283-310.
Nurse, A. 2003: 12,000-year record of lake-level and vegetation change at Mathews Pond, Piscataquis
County, Maine, USA. Masters of Science Thesis, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, ME.
POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Nurse, A., Dieffenbacher-Krall, A., Dorion, C. 2002: Asynchrony of major Holocene lake-level changes across Maine. 2002 Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Northeastern Section, Springfield, MA, p. 30.
Nurse, A. 2003: 12,000-year record of lake-level change at Mathews Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine. Guy Lortie Award for poster presentation by a student (2nd place), Canadian Quaternary Association, DalhousieUniversity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, p. 83.
Nurse, A. 2003: 12,000-year record of fire activity, lake-level change, and forest succession at Mathews Pond, Piscataquis County, Maine. Program and Abstracts, Wildland Fire Impacts on Watersheds, Geological Society of America, Englewood, CO.
Nurse, A. and Barton, D. 2005: Classification of Four Species of Pinus Pollen from Maine, USA. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Program Abstracts, St. Louis, MO.
Nurse, A., Borns, H., Hall, B., Dieffenbacher-Krall, A.,Fastook, J. 2006: Geologic and paleoecologic evidence of ice mass advance in northern Maine during Younger Dryas cold reversal. 2006 Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, Philadelphia, PA, p.236.
Fastook, J. Sayles, C., Borns, H., Dieffenbacher-Krall, A.,Nurse, A (presenter), Hall, B., Langley, G. 2007: Ice sheet model estimates ice mass balance over northern Maine during Younger Dryas cold reversal. 2007 Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America Northeastern Section, Durham, NH, p.91.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Vegetation changes in response to climate change, human activities, and fire over the past 3000 years in Merrymeeting Bay region of mid-coastal Maine.
Morphologic parameters for speciation of northeastern North American Pinus pollen.
Jack pine succession and fire history of raised coastal bogs in northeastern Maine.
Late-glacial and Holocene paleohydrology changes and the inter-relationship of vegetationresponse to drought and fire.
Paleoecologic evidence for ice mass re-advance during Younger Dryas cooling in northern Maine.
Long-term demographic responses of Cypripedium arietinum (Rams Head Orchid) stands to forest succession and climate change.
Response of red and white spruce to Little Ice Age cooling and subsequent climate warming.
Chironomid assemblage analyses to establish late-glacial through Younger Dryas temperature variations along line of deglaciation in coastal and southern Maine.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:
Field trip leader and guest lecturer for environmental education groups such as Josselyn Botanical Society, Western Maine Audubon Society, Maine Lakes Associations, and Kennebec Land Trust.
Monitor rare plant populations in the state of Maine for New England Wildflower Society, Maine Natural Areas Program, and Appalachian Trail Club.
Paleoecology techniques senior thesis advisor, College of the Atlantic.
Developed and presented “Exploring the Paleoecology Archives: What we can learn from lake sediments.” for public outreach.
COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS:
Professional Affiliations
Geological Society of America
Josselyn Botanical Society – Treasurer
Maine Geological Society
New England Wildflower Society – past land steward for Wayne Bog Rare Plant Sanctuary
Collaborators:
S. Cooper (Bryn Athyn College), H.W. Borns (University of Maine), A. Barton (University of Maine, Farmington), A.C. Dieffenbacher-Krall (University of Maine), B. Hall (University of Maine), J. Fastook (University of Maine), D. Putnam (University of Maine, Presque Isle), G.H. Denton (University of Maine), G.L. Jacobson, Jr. (University of Maine), D. Koster (University of Laval), P. Lea (Bowdoin College), J. Lichter (Bowdoin College), W. Livingston (University of Maine), E. Rowland (University of Maine), M.. Vandergoes (University of Maine), A. White (University of Maine).
Graduate Advisors:
Daniel Belknap (University of Maine), Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall (University of Maine), George L. Jacobson, Jr. (University of Maine), David Sanger (University of Maine).
Graduate Students Advised (0):
None