The **Queens County Bird Club Inc.** will be meeting
at the Alley Pond Environmental Center >Map of location<
<http://goo.gl/8cnmjT>
228-06 Northern Blvd Douglaston, NY 11362-1906
at 8pm on Wednesday 9-17-14 { the third Wednesday of the month}
Our Speakers will be Judith Weis, PhD. doing a presentation: “Do Fish
Sleep?”
From the fifty-one-foot whale shark Rhincodon typus to a
less-than-one-half-inch fish in the minnow family--the tiny Paedocypris
progenetica--fish certainly carry a lot of weight . . . or do they? A
fish's heft in water may vary, but these diverse aquatic animals
certainly carry a lot of weight in our ecosystems and environment. From
freshwater to ocean habitats, Judith S. Weis offers a fascinating look
at these deceptively simple creatures. Fishes may appear to live a dull
existence, but appearances change once we understand more about how they
survive. These wonders actually possess attributes that would make us
superpowers--they can change color, sex, produce light and electricity,
regenerate injured fins, prevent themselves from sinking, and some can
even walk on land. Dr. Judith S. Weis is a Professor of Biological
Sciences at Rutgers University, Newark. She received her bachelor's
degree from Cornell University, and MS and PhD from New York University.
Her research focuses on estuarine ecology and ecotoxicology, and she has
published over 200 scientific papers, many of which focus on local
estuaries. She is interested in stresses (including pollution, invasive
species, and parasites), and their effects on organisms, populations and
communities. She is a Fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS), and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in
Indonesia in 2006. She has been on advisory committees for EPA, NOAA and
the National Research Council. She was the Chair of the Biology Section
of AAAS, and president of the American Institute of Biological Sciences
(AIBS). She is now writing general interest books, hoping to convey to
the interested general public the fascinating world of marine organisms
and the urgent need to conserve the marine environment and its inhabitants.
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Non members and guests are invited to join us for our meetings featuring
noted guest speakers and to join us on our renowned field trips.
* QCBC is a tax exempt, charitable organization {501c3}. *
Arie Gilbert
President: *Queens County Bird Club Inc*.
See http://www.qcbirdclub.org/ for more information on trips, speakers,
and other events!
See our 'Birding Maps & Locations' page for directions to and info about
many local birding hotspots
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