Intercampus Marine Science Graduate Program
About the program
The University of Massachusetts Intercampus Marine Science (IMS) graduate program is an exceptional place to earn your advanced degree in marine science. The comprehensive, multidisciplinary program to matches the complex nature of marine sciences, and brings together expertise in marine science and related fields under the umbrella of the entire University of Massachusetts system.
Academic experience
While interested students apply to an individual UMass “home” campus, all students have access to intercampus faculty mentoring, cross-campus enrollment in a variety of relevant on-campus or online courses, cross-campus collaboration for research opportunities, resource sharing, and library access. Our local, regional, and worldwide partnerships also provide a unique learning experience.
Mission
Our mission is the scientific understanding, management, economic growth, and sustainability of our marine environments. Our wide-ranging program also focuses on our aquatic ecosystem and its contribution to humanity. The IMS program also provides a community for current students and faculty to enliven and simplify their educational experience.
Join us
If you're interested in pursuing one of our programs as a graduate student, we invite you to apply. Please carefully review our admissions information and application criteria and submission process. If you are interested in joining us as a faculty member, or if you would like to partner with us, please contact us directly.
News
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The new program in Ocean Observing, Modeling, and Management of Offshore Wind will begin enrolling students in spring 2025
Events
EventsObservatory Open House For updates on weather conditions please refer to www.assne.org
SMAST East 101-103 and Via Zoom Abstract: A baseline assessment of crustacean has many applications, it can used to quantify organisms for comparisons throughout years, as a pilot study to determine best practices for abundance surveys, or to explore species distribution and aggregation. Windfarms and climate change have the potential to be major drivers of environmental change on the continental shelf. Estimating the absolute abundance, distribution, and preferences of these species will allow researchers, years from now, to quantify the environmental changes and discern population patterns. This baseline assessment discerned that hermit crabs were the most common crustacea in the survey, Atlantic rock crabs had the largest biomass, crustaceans aggregate at a wide range of distances in similar locations over time, and temperature, competitors, and sediment have the biggest influence in distribution.