Re: [ECOLOG-L] Mosquitoes as keystone species?

[Judith Weis]

William Brogan wrote: " However, other herbicides such as Atrazine are not 
very lethal to amphibians in concentrations that are likely to be observed 
in surface waters."


"Not very lethal" is not the name of the game. If a chemical causes them 
to become intersex and be otherwise messed up endocrinologically or 
neurologically, or by any other important sublethal effect, that's enough 
damage to affect the population. Killing non-target organisms is not the 
only way to severely damage them!!


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518

http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FacultyProfiles/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Ecotoxicology text recommendations

[Judith Weis]

I've used Newman and Unger in a graduate course a number of times and like 
it.


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
  http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] News: Soil Declared A Natural Resource, By Senate Resolution

[Judith Weis]

RCRA was in some sense a Clean Soils Act - it set regulations for dumping 
materials and required special technology for hazardous wastes.

It wasn't enough, to be sure.

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
  http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

[ECOLOG-L] salt hay farming

[Judith Weis]

Hi everyone. I am writing a book about salt marshes, and included a photo 
of salt hay farming that was old (of course!) and low resolution and not 
enough pixels to be acceptable to the publisher.  Do any of you have 
decent photos with close to 300 dpi that might be acceptable  to the 
publisher? You would get acknowledgement and credit for the photo. 
Cheers and thanks Judy



1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
  http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] moving from a PC to a Mac???

[Judith Weis]

A grad student of mine uses a Mac laptop, and she doesn't have excel on 
it but some other spreadsheet that does not do as much as Excel does. Do 
you need to make special arrangements to have the usual PC programs 
put on a mac?


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518

http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FacultyProfiles/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Obama - good news for ecologists?

[Judith Weis]

In the acceptance speech he mentioned the huge challenges facing the 
country - the economic mess, A PLANET IN PERIL, and two wars. So he's got 
environmental issues at the forefront of his concerns - which was a big 
surprise to me, since there was so little discussion (aside from energy 
issues) during the campaign.


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518

http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FacultyProfiles/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Overpopulation, was: Economic Growth

[Judith Weis]

The Odums described cities (or "technoecosystems") as parasites on the
surrounding landscape.  I suppose we can consider heavily
urbanized/industrialized countries as dense concentrations of parasites 
that have feeding tentacles stretching all over the world.

But the analogy isn't entirely apt anymore.  Almost all Americans are
parasitic, no matter how rural their living environment.  They eat 
bananas, use petroleum products, wear clothes made in China, etc.  It's 
hard to draw boundaries around the parasites anymore


However, urban residents have a smaller footprint than suburban and rural 
ones. Having many people living in an apartment building is much more fuel 
efficient than single family houses. The availablilty of mass transit 
means that people do not drive cars as much. They can walk to lots of 
places that others have to drive to - e.g food shopping, other 
shopping, schools, etc. So  they are less virulent parasites than 
suburbanites or rural residents.




1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
 and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
 MAY help restore populations.

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   Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
   Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  jw...@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518

http://newarkbioweb.rutgers.edu/department/FacultyProfiles/weis.html

Re: Tick talk

[Judith Weis]

I trust it is the writer of the news article, and not the expert Thomas 
Mather, who thinks that ticks are insects...


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: question about class field-trips and lawyers

[Judith Weis]

Rutgers is requiring the use of school vans driven by staff who have had a 
"defensive driving" course. However, as we just learned this morning 
taking the class out on a field trip, they haven't bothered to replace the 
spare tire on a van that had a blow-out back in June! So much for safety!

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: Reptiles & learned behavior

[Judith Weis]

Our African Gray parrot has a fear of the vacuum cleaner, I  think because 
the long hose looks like a snake. She was born (hatched) in a pet shop in 
New York City, so could not have have been stalked by a snake or learned 
this fear from any other bird. Does  anybody know about innate snake 
phobia in parrots or other birds?

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: gender bias

[Judith Weis]

I am appalled to hear that this sort of thing is still going on. It was 
common when I was in school in the 60s but that was 40 years ago! Who are 
these dinosaurs?? Have they been living in Afghanistan all these years?

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html


On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Anita Lahey wrote:

> As a 42 year old female graduate research assistant in fisheries =
> ecology,
> only Audrey Mayer and Margie Mayfield=92s comments spoke to my =
> experience in a
> male-dominated research field. Put simply: gender bias exists. To write =
> off
> gender bias as a maternity/paternity-leave question is to muddy the =
> waters.
> I have experienced bias in fisheries ecology as a female, but very =
> little
> bias due to the possibility that I might someday consider having a =
> child.
>
> =20
>
> Bill Silvert said he suspects women don=92t enter oceanography because =
> the
> =93equipment is heavy and cumbersome=94. That, Bill, is an example of =
> gender
> bias and one that women in field biology run into quite often. Granted
> fisheries ecology is a bit unusual in that, like firefighting (and
> apparently oceanography), it is considered a =93man=92s world=94. Are =
> women really
> strong enough to pull people out of burning buildings? Are women really
> capable of carrying backpack electrofishers?
>
> =20
>
> Let me relate to you my own experience. At my undergraduate western land
> grant research university, my undergraduate advisor, an =93old-school=94
> professor, actively discouraged the undergraduate women in my fisheries
> cohort from applying to graduate school. I had stellar grades and =
> GRE=92s and
> when I applied to grad school well-known ecologists were eager to take =
> me
> on, only to, suddenly in the application process, drop me like a hot =
> potato.
> It took me a year to figure out something funny was going on. A visiting
> potential advisor, after breakfasting with my undergraduate advisor, =
> told me
> he thought I would =93really do better at a larger university=94 than =
> his own. I
> realized something was awry, and, confronting my undergraduate advisor,
> discovered that, behind my back, he had been secretly blackballing me =
> from
> graduate school. He told potential advisors (and me) =93she does not =
> have what
> it takes to make it through graduate school, she is unreliable and
> irresponsible, she has alienated the entire fisheries and wildlife
> department and I wouldn=92t let her into my lab=94. I requested that he =
> =93cease
> and desist=94 and he did. But, he also sent two other young women in my =
> cohort
> away in tears saying =93we don=92t accept people like you into graduate =
> school=94
> and there were only four women total in fisheries, so he got to 3 out of =
> 4
> of us. Maybe he was reacting to my singularly crappy unreliable
> irresponsible personality, and maybe Zefra=92s =93C=94 in history really =
> did
> disqualify her from grad school, but then why did he choose to =
> discourage
> three out of the four women in my cohort from grad school but no men =
> that I
> know of? The pictures of his research group consist of seven or so men, =
> and
> no women. Is this because women lack the Y-chromosome necessary to deal =
> with
> the heavy and cumbersome equipment of fisheries ecology? I realize now, =
> that
> not only did the advisor delay my entrance to grad school by a year =
> (costing
> me financially), but I lost undergraduate research opportunities. Had I =
> had
> a supportive undergraduate advisor, he/she would have directed me =
> towards
> undergraduate research and the NSF graduate research fellowship that I =
> was
> well-qualified for. This was 2002. The guys label him as =
> =93old-school=94. His
> attitude was limited to a particular department. At the same school, =
> other
> departments actively supported women in research. My goal is not to =
> indict a
> particular individual, but simply to give a real-life example of =
> gender-bias
> in action.
>
> =20
>
> Fisheries biology is still an =93ole boys club=94. In three fisheries
> departments that I know of (including both my undergraduate

Re: ecotoxicology

[Judith Weis]

It should be noted that many (maybe "most") ecotoxicologists are not in 
ecotox programs per se, but are part of departments or programs called 
"environmental science," "biology," or "ecology."  Perhaps students 
interested in  ecotoxicology would get a broader education in that sort 
of graduate program. It also might make them more flexible and marketable 
subsequently  when looking for  positions - they might be able to apply 
and compete for jobs in a greater variety of disciplines.

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: [Coral-List] African Americans in marine science today

[Judith Weis]

People seem to be assuming that most African Americans in marine science 
were students in predominantly minority institutions. Unless there 
are data to the contrary, I don't believe that is the case.

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: Inaugural Call for Papers for the International Journal of Creation Research (IJCR).

[Judith Weis]

To lighten up this discussion a bit, and slightly off-topic, the chorus I 
sing in will soon be doing a concert of Ralph Vaughan Williams pieces, and 
our conductor did some research for the program notes and learned:

"His mother was an heiress to the Wedgewood manufacturing fortune; his 
great uncle, and a favorite baby sitter, was Charles Darwin...   Ralph 
once asked his  mother, who was a reliably stern  Christian, about "The 
Origin of Species" and what it meant. She answered:  'The Bible says that 
God made the  world in six days, Great Uncle Charles  thinks it took 
longer; but we need  not worry about it, for it is equally  wonderful 
either way.'"


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: Prominent scientist who have changed their minds on Global Warming

[Judith Weis]

One of the memorable quotes from Senator Inhofe was that global warming 
was as much of a hoax as evolution. With which most of us would agree, but 
with different interpretations!


1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: What's the best energy source?

[Judith Weis]

Hydro doesn't produce pollution, but it sure is lethal for salmon and 
other species that have to migrate up and/or down rivers.

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: invasive plants

[Judith Weis]

Andy Dyer said:
  When an
animal is extinct, there are very few questions.  Gone is gone.

And what about ivory billed woodpeckers

1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea"   W.S. Gilbert
1990's:  Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,
  and pollution.
2000's:  Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction
  MAY help restore populations.

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Judith S. Weis, Professor   Department of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Phone: 973 353-5387   FAX 973 353-5518
   http://newarkbiosci.rutgers.edu/faculty/weis.html

Re: [ECOLOG-L] travel to scientific meetings

[Judith Weis]

The International Marine Conservation Congress, held last week in Kuching, 
Malaysia (Borneo) had travel offsets built into the registration fee. That’s 
good, because Amtrak doesn’t go there!

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 4, 2018, at 9:39 AM, David Inouye  wrote:
> 
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fstory%2Fclimate-scientists-take-the-train%2F%3Fmbid%3Dsocial_twitter&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7Cbd86b56c141b4dc04fd308d5e1b39a38%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636663083868772104&sdata=nTye7FEY1MvSunH8KJmsweinG%2B6hwwvfQ7Aks80D%2FF0%3D&reserved=0
> 
> 
> -- 
> Dr. David W. Inouye
> Professor Emeritus
> Department of Biology
> University of Maryland
> 
> Principal Investigator
> Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

Re: [ECOLOG-L] 2019 major conservation/biology/environment conferences?

[Judith Weis]

Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation in the fall - isn’t only 
Conservation/biology but has a lot of it.

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 7, 2018, at 1:00 PM, Erik Hoffner 
mailto:erik.hoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Does anyone know if there's an online list of important 2019 meetings and 
conferences like those hitched to the SCB, ATBC, IUCN, UNEP? I'm looking at all 
those but there are certainly other associations not on my radar, appreciate 
any leads,

Erik

--

www.erikhoffner.com

Re: [ECOLOG-L] even more on predatory journals --edited book on amazon from PLOS ONE papers!

[Judith Weis]

I have gotten about a half dozen invitations from such journals recently to 
send them my work, because they were so impressed with the quality of research 
that  I published. The paper that so impressed them was in Science magazine.  
However, it was a book review!


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Per Palsbøll 
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2018 11:56:15 AM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] even more on predatory journals --edited book on amazon 
from PLOS ONE papers!


See;

Clapham, P.  2018.  Are Creative Commons licenses overly permissive?  The case 
of a predatory publisher.  Bioscience doi: 10.1093/biosci/biy098.

This is available for download at: 
https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biy098

- --
Per J. Palsbøll

Professor of Marine Evolution and Conservation
Groningen Institute of Evolutionary Life Sciences
University of Groningen
Nijenborgh 7
9747 AG Groningen
The Netherlands

Office phone: +31 50 363 9882
Mobile +31 6 5777 9495

Mail address:
PO Box 11103
9700 CC Groningen
The Netherlands

Adjunct scientist
Center for Coastal Studies
5 Holway Avenue, Provincetown, MA 02657, U.S.A.

- 
"How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making 
progress."

As quoted in "Niels Bohr : The Man, His Science, & the World They Changed" 
(1966) by Ruth Moore, p. 196
- 

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Plant Love Stories Inspire Session

[Judith Weis]

Here's a theme song for your session - Misalliance by Flanders and Swann:


The fragrant honeysuckle spirals clockwise to the sun,
And many other creepers do the same.
But some climb anti-clockwise, the bindweed does, for one,
Or Convolvulus, to give her proper name.
Rooted on either side a door, one of each species grew,
And raced towards the window-ledge above.
Each corkscrewed to the lintel in the only way it knew,
Where they stopped, touched tendrils, smiled, and fell in love.

Said the right-handed honeysuckle to the left-handed bindweed,
"Oh, let us get married, if our parents don't mind, we'd
Be loving and inseparable, inextricably entwined, we'd
Live happily ever after" said the honeysuckle to the bindweed.

To the honeysuckle's parents it came as a shock.
"The bindweeds," they cried, "are inferior stock!
They're uncultivated, of breeding bereft,
We twine to the right and they twine to the left."
Said the anti-clockwise bindweed to the clockwise honeysuckle,
"We'd better start saving, many a mickle macks a muckle,
Then run away for a honeymoon and hope that our luck'll
Take a turn for the better" said the bindweed to the honeysuckle.

A bee who was passing remarked to them then,
"I've said it before and I'll say it again,
Consider your offshoots, if offshoots there be,
They'll never receive any blessing from me".
"Poor little sucker, how will it learn,
When it is climbing, which way to turn?
Right, left, what a disgrace,
Or it may go straight up and fall flat on its face!"

Said the right-hand-thread honeysuckle to the left-hand-thread bindweed,
"It seems they're against us, all fate has combined.
Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Colombine,
Thou art lost and gone forever, we shall never intertwine".

Together, they found them, the very next day,
They had pulled up their roots and just shrivelled away.
Deprived of that freedom for which we must fight,
To veer to the left or to veer to the right!


You can hear them sing it on You Tube  at 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYr0eNtpDHs
[https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVP.XijYudAT4D_8FbP9CrcXLgHgFo&pid=Api]

Misalliance
www.youtube.com
A piece ostensibly about the habits of climbing plants, but such an intelligent 
parody of narrow-minded prejudice and class-consciousness! Flanders and Swann 
were alone in their wonderful mixture of music and humorous lyrics.









From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Becky Barak 

Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 3:59:33 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Plant Love Stories Inspire Session

The Plant Love Stories team is currently putting together a proposal for an 
Inspire session at the 2019 ESA meeting in Louisville, KY. (See 
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=www.plantlovestories.com&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7Cbda182bc552a4da92cc108d63f6ae3a0%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636766125659333711&sdata=IvOx8A2J7XmFOnzvBeV2Wh67eTi9XYxPj99D9l6Ykhk%3D&reserved=0
 to learn more about us!)

Our proposed session will celebrate plants — and their connections to our lives 
and careers — in stories from a broad range of ecologists, conservation 
practitioners, and students.

We are looking for Plant Love Stories - You can share a funny, poignant, scary, 
or sentimental story about a plant (or a whole community of plants) that have 
impacted your life, your family, your career, or your day.

We are also looking for a small number of research talks that might fit in with 
the theme of Plant Love Stories, with amazing things about plants (like plant 
communication!), plant conservation, or the importance of storytelling to 
science and conservation.

Inspire session talks are the 5-minute talks with 20 slides that auto-advance 
every 15 seconds. Note that giving an Inspire talk at ESA does not preclude you 
from giving another scientific presentation at ESA. You are, however, limited 
to one Inspire talk.

If you are interested in presenting in this session, please fill out this 
google form with your tentative talk title. 
(https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2Fforms%2FAnprlA9emtOPJE3l2&data=02%7C01%7Cjweis%40newark.rutgers.edu%7Cbda182bc552a4da92cc108d63f6ae3a0%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C636766125659333711&sdata=VfQ3RI7droMOpYHQjYp2iGAosQiMg1aGJQQQk0bUdiw%3D&reserved=0).
 Though we have limited space in the session, we'll be sharing as many stories 
as possible as ESA! The Plant Love Story Team will be in touch with you by 
November 12.

Thanks!

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Brave New World

[Judith Weis]

Bravo to the editors of Biogeochemistry for this timely and very important 
editorial.


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Melanie Vile 
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 6:13:27 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Brave New World

Dear Colleagues,

In following David Inouye's lead in sharing David Lodge's letter to the wider 
ecological
community beyond ESA on ECOLOG-L, I would like to share an editorial authored by
Kate Lajtha and the undersigned editors of the journal Biogeochemistry.  Our
editorial, titled “Brave New World,” underscores how we are thinking about the
current political situation with respect to science and the environment.  I 
hope you
will read and share.  I have provided a link to the editorial:

http://rdcu.be/pNNr

Lajtha, K, E Bai, T Baisden, AA Berhe, B Bowden, J Brookshire, E Brzostek, S 
Crow, C
Driscoll, C Evans, J Finlay, M Fisk, S Grandy, L Hamdan, J Harrison, C Hawkes, 
K Kalbitz,
S Kaushal, M Kramer, E Matzner, J Melack, J Mulder, S Porder, J Sanderman, E 
Stanley,
J Tank, M Vile, M Voss, K Wieder, S Ziegler. 2017. Brave New World, 
Biogeochemistry,
DOI 10.1007/s10533-017-0316-y.

With Best Wishes,
Melanie

Re: [ECOLOG-L] America's first female ecologist

[Judith Weis]

I have a recollection about a session at an ESA meeting dealing with history of 
ecology that discussed her.


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of John Anderson 
Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 3:45:30 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] America's first female ecologist

Ellen Swallow Rocks.  She was also the creator of Human Ecology, which is the 
only degree that we give in my home institution, College of the Atlantic, 
though she moved it more into the direction of Home Economics, in which form it 
is still I believe taught at Cornell. (she not only went to MIT, but was I 
believe the first female faculty member at MIT)  There is a great book about 
her by Robert Clarke:  Ellen Swallow: The woman who founded Ecology...

Thanks for sharing!!

On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 12:07 PM, David Inouye 
mailto:ino...@umd.edu>> wrote:

This is an interesting article about a woman I hadn't heard of before, Ellen 
Swallow Richards, who was also the first female student at MIT.

http://nautil.us/issue/46/balance/the-woman-who-gave-us-the-science-of-normal-life


--
Dr. David W. Inouye
Professor Emeritus
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-4415
ino...@umd.edu

Principal Investigator
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
PO Box 519
Crested Butte, CO 81224



--
John Anderson
W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology/Natural History
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden St
Bar Harbor
ME 04609

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Does Marching Delegitimize Science?

[Judith Weis]

If bookburning was going on throughout the country, would literature scholars 
be justified in protesting? Or would they be perceived as being biased and not 
objective?


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of John A. 
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2017 7:10:33 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Does Marching Delegitimize Science?

I would like to know if anyone else is concerned whether scientists 
participating in a march, which is inherently political, may further erode 
public confidence in science as objective and nonpartisan.

It seems to me that given the current climate, any march in protest of 
specific policies runs the risk of being seen—or misrepresented—as an attack on 
the majority party, which would only further reinforce certain stereotypes of 
scientists, and make it all the easier for politicians to dismiss them as just 
another special-interest group that can be safely ignored.

The fact is that a march presents no rational arguments, invites no 
constructive dialogue and changes no minds.  The format of a march lends itself 
to confrontation and exclusion—the very opposite of the successful engagement 
which science so desperately needs.  Worse, it surrenders any message to 
interpretation by the media, and may ultimately serve to trivialize the very 
issues the marchers had thought to support.

I have to wonder at the effect on science policy, if every person who had 
planned to march instead scheduled meetings with their senator, representative 
and local state delegate.  A face-to-face meeting in a quiet office or 
conference room, without the noise and shouting of a protest march, has a far 
better chance to be effective.  Politicians can always shrug off a 
thirty-second clip on the news, especially if it shows chanting, drumming and 
handwritten cardboard signs.  But when local constituents schedule an 
appointment and present their concerns like professionals, the information has 
a better chance of being considered and remembered.

Not all politicians will make themselves available, to their discredit; but 
for those that do, a face-to-face meeting opens the prospect of real dialogue 
and follow-up contacts, with the potential for long-term exchange.  I would 
suggest that this sort of patient, personal and nonconfrontational approach may 
be far more valuable to the scientific community than participating in a brief 
event which is structurally incapable of presenting complex concerns with the 
nuance they deserve.


  Respectfully,


  J. A.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why we will March for Science

[Judith Weis]

http://easthamptonstar.com/Opinion/2017420/Why-We-March-Science-Judith-S-Weis


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Lee O'Brien 
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 1:25:48 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Why we will March for Science

What she said (below)... I couldn't have said it better.

I will be marching tomorrow for the same reasons.


On 19 Apr 2017, at 18:40, Rachel Blakey  wrote:

Dear ECOLOG-ers,

I’m Rachel, an early-career ecologist from Australia about to start my
second postdoc in the U.S. I am starting this thread in response to several
emails on the list where people are making arguments about why we, as
scientists, should not march for science. It’s clear that the March for
Science (https://www.marchforscience.com/) signifies different things to
different people. This is OK, it’s what happens when we are building a
diverse political movement, and these discussions are all part of it. Given
this diversity of opinions, I thought it would be useful to share why many
of us will be marching for science on Saturday.* I will start out with my
opinion, but I hope that many of you will also share yours. *

I am marching to protest the game-changing environmental policies of
President Trump that not only affect the US but the world. Trump’s
administration has denied the science behind climate change and is taking
steps to exit the Paris Agreement while removing regulations on fossil
fuels to allow big polluters free reign. Furthermore, he is dismantling the
EPA and is scaling back NASA’s earth science program, hampering our
abilities to monitor, research and respond to global environmental change.
As scientists, we are not only fighting for our jobs but for the future of
the planet. Bad environmental policies are not limited to the Trump
administration, so I am also marching to demand the following from global
governments: broad-scale emissions reductions, transition to renewable
energy, science-based decision making, science-based natural resource
management and an increased investment in biodiversity conservation,
including expansion of protected areas. The vagaries of the global market
are not a viable substitute for evidence-based decision-making when it
comes to preserving the future of our planet.

I also wanted to address the concerns about the March for Science being a
protest. There seems to be a lot of concern about protests being
ineffectual and many insist that the March for Science is not a protest. As
a woman, it is close to home for me: the suffragettes protested and even
died, so that one day I could get my PhD. Without the civil rights
movement, we would not have the African American scientists who contributed
blood banks, open heart surgery and the NASA advancements shown in *Hidden
Figures*. Forty-seven years ago, on what we now know as “earth day” (that
we have co-opted for the March for Science this year), 20 million Americans
protested, demanding better protection for the environment. These protests
spurred changes such as the creation of the EPA and legislation to protect
air, water and endangered species. Forty-seven years later, we must
mobilise again to protect these hard-won gains. However, a protest in
itself is not everything. We must see this protest as a first step in
galvanizing and rebuilding the global environment movement. All of the
alternatives to the March for Science proposed by ECOLOG-ers are also
important components of this movement. As scientists, we need to work
together, focus on our common goals and support each other because we have
a big task ahead of us.

As an applied scientist, who asks questions that concern environmental
management and conservation, I often feel that I am “fiddling while Rome
burns”. I think that for our work to be relevant and important, we need to
engage with the community, our stakeholders *and* in politics. If we stand
by while climate change is admonished and even the flat earth society is
re-emerging, we have failed ourselves and we have failed our community.

*I would love to hear from fellow ECOLOG-ers about why they will march for
science on Saturday, please reply to the thread!*

Cheers,
Rachel V. Blakey
University of New South Wales
Australia/California, US

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Editor bias in peer review

[Judith Weis]

It's an issue that terrestrial work is "ecology" but aquatic work is 
specialized "marine ecology" even though 2/3 of the planet is water!!

Sent from my iPhone

On May 19, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Edwin Cruz-Rivera 
mailto:edwin.cruzriv...@uvi.edu>> wrote:


Dear all,

   I apologize for the cross listing. We are trying to cover as broad a canvas 
as possible:

In the past years, journals have increased the responsibilities of 
editors-in-chief to the point that they have become gatekeepers of their 
publications. The bottom line is that papers get sent out to peer reviewers 
only when editors say so, if they deem the article to be "of broad enough 
interest" to their readers.


Clearly, there is a spectacular number of problems with this (though we do not 
seem to talk about them). For one, systematic bias can be introduced in a 
multitude of ways: what terrestrial researchers consider "hot topics" of 
"general interest" may not be the same as what freshwater or marine ones do. I 
keep glancing at the plant-herbivore interactions literature seeing how marine 
papers often cites terrestrial works, but not the other way around.


After talking to several colleagues, it seems that the trend is "I (insert 
editors name)  don't think this is of general interest but it is really good, 
so I recommend you submit your manuscript to this journal of also general 
interest (open access journal from our publisher that costs you thousands of 
dollars to publish in)." This, frankly, seems like a dishonest practice; if it 
is good enough for one general ecology journal it should be for another. Have 
we exchanged fashion for quality? We want to know your opinion.


We would like to compile data on the frequency of such cases. Our hypothesis is 
that the definition of "general interest" or "worthy of peer review" in ecology 
is completely arbitrary and we will be designing an experiment to test this, 
but we would like to establish a baseline by asking for cases in which authors 
have felt their papers have been rejected out of bias rather than merit. In 
order to narrow the field, it will be important to have articles that were 
published in journals after "broader" journals rejected them without peer 
review.


Your responses will be kept confidential,


Edwin

=
Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of the Virgin Islands
#2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas 00802
USVI
Tel: 1-340-693-1235
Fax: 1-340-693-1385

"It is not the same to hear the devil as to see him coming your way"
(Puerto Rican proverb)

[ECOLOG-L] trends in coastal threatened species

[Judith Weis]

Greetings eco-loggers. I am working on a piece of the North American IPBES 
report, and have been asked to rate the trends (up, down, equal) in threatened 
species in coastal area over recent decades, and provide a reference for it.
I am not having any luck finding a reference and hope that some of you here 
could recommend something.

Thanks!!

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Young conservationists are struggling to make it

[Judith Weis]

It needs more committed people in the general public supporting environmental 
groups with their money so that the groups can enlarge their staff. Most people 
give lip service to the environment, but it is not high on their priority list.


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Erik Hoffner 
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 3:04:38 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Young conservationists are struggling to make it

Hi ECOLOGgers, thought you'd be interested in this, at Mongabay we interviewed 
young people trying to get a career in conservation started, and they report 
that it's tough out there: "Nika Levikov swore she would never work as a 
waitress again. But, today — with a master’s degree in conservation science 
from Imperial College London — she’s taking orders, delivering drinks, and 
cleaning tables to support herself..."

A rich person’s profession? Young conservationists struggle to make it


  *   Mongabay interviewed young conservationists about their experiences 
launching their careers.
  *   Many of them related similar stories of having to reconsider their career 
choice as a result of the conservation sector’s tight job market, high 
educational and experience requirements, and often-temporary entry-level jobs.
  *   To meet prospective employers’ demands for experience, many graduates 
become stuck in full-time unpaid internships or long-term volunteering.
  *   As a result of these trends, the field of conservation may be 
hemorrhaging passionate, qualified, and innovative young people.

https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/a-rich-persons-profession-young-conservationists-struggle-to-make-it/

Luckily some do make it, but it does make you wonder what the conservation 
movement needs to do in order to have a vital next generation.

Erik

--

Editor and Content Strategist
Mongabay.com

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Need for letters for job applications

[Judith Weis]

Letter-writers shouldn't complain. They have it a lot easier than back in the 
days when each letter had to be typed out separately on a typewriter. Now we 
have a template letter for a given student and just modify it for the 
particular position and change the address. Much easier!


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of kapil K.Khadka 
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 2:47:10 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Need for letters for job applications

I agree with Brian and I have been going through this phase for the last couple 
of months. As a PhD student in a track of graduation, I am applying for a 
Postdoc position. And, everytime I apply I need to ask for letters from the 
referees. So far I have found them happy enough for writing a letter. Sadly, I 
don't even get a reply from the place I applied for saying (at least) " Hey! I 
received your applications but was not competitive enough for the position"!

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 9:22 AM, John Anderson 
mailto:jander...@coa.edu>> wrote:
at the same time, both as someone who writes letters and someone who has seen 
an applicant move from the "ah, whatever" to the "let's talk" pile based on a 
good letter of reference, I would encourage all of you to keep writing & keep 
reading.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Fidele Bognounou 
mailto:fidele.bognou...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Brian,
Very good point!
There are even potential candidates that will not apply for a position because 
they don't want to keek annoying the providers of the letters.

Fidele

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 9:27 PM, Patrick, Brian 
mailto:brpat...@dwu.edu>> wrote:
Dear colleagues,

I have noticed over the years a significant increase in the number of position 
announcements that state that full applications must include three letters of 
reference.  As someone who has been on numerous search committees, has written 
a fair number of letters of recommendation, and has applied for a fair number 
of jobs, I can honestly say that this is exceptionally inconvenient to 
applicants, to those writing the letters, and not necessary for an initial 
application.  A list of at least three references should be sufficient for an 
initial application.

Let’s be honest, in a large stack of applications, only a few tend to bubble to 
the top, and they extremely-rarely-to-virtually-never do so because of their 
recommendations.  Search committees, please do NOT require three letters up 
front.  It is largely unnecessary and extremely inconvenient (for the candidate 
and letter writers) to provide this information if the candidate doesn’t even 
make the cut for a phone interview.  It’s a wasted effort for the vast majority 
of job applicants and for those writing those letters for the vast majority of 
job applicants.

In short, ask for a list of references only.  If letters from those references 
are needed from a few candidates for whatever reason, then make the request 
after making the initial trim of the pool to the candidate list.

If you do not have a choice whether or not this is required, then it needs to 
be explained to the HR person or whoever makes that call that it is largely an 
inconvenient waste of many people’s time to provide the letters up front.  It 
is always better to ask for a list of references.

Thank you for your time and for letting me express my opinion on this topic.  
Too many young scientists are put in awkward positions because they have to ask 
for 14 letters from the same few people.  Personally, I try to personalize each 
letter I write to the institution or type of job for which the candidate is 
applying.  It gets very annoying to have to provide this when a colleague 
applies for a job that may be a stretch for them (but they should still 
apply!).  I think they should apply, and I want them to apply—my ire lies with 
the committees that make that up-front request for all applicants.

Thank you again for your time!

Best regards, Brian

---
L. Brian Patrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences
Dakota Wesleyan University
1200 W. University Ave.
Mitchell, SD  57301  USA
Office:  605-995-2712





--
John Anderson
W.H. Drury Professor of Ecology/Natural History
College of the Atlantic
105 Eden St
Bar Harbor
ME 04609

Re: [ECOLOG-L] author retracts WaPo letter Re: extinction

[Judith Weis]

That won't stop members of Congress from quoting his words when the Endangered 
Species Act comes up for renewal. Inhofe and his colleagues will have a good 
time with it.


From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news 
 on behalf of Erik Hoffner 
Sent: Saturday, December 2, 2017 5:28:36 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] author retracts WaPo letter Re: extinction

Right, Ian, that was my word, but the point is that the writer doesn't stand by 
what his name is on, anymore.

Erik

--

See my latest writing and photojournalism projects 
here

tw: 
@erikhoffner

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 2:18 PM, Ian Medeiros 
mailto:imedei...@coa.edu>> wrote:
Erik, I don't see the word "retract" anywhere in Pyron's statement. (Nor 
"withdraw," "repudiate," etc.)

Furthermore, I find it hard to square "the headlines inserted for the piece for 
publication said ... that 'we should only worry about preserving biodiversity 
when it helps us.' I did not write these words" (statement on lab website) with 
"Conservation is needed for ourselves and only ourselves" (original article).

Ian

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Erik Hoffner 
mailto:erik.hoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Thought folks would like to see that the author of that letter has explained 
himself and  admitted he needed to run it by his colleagues before publishing, 
blamed WaPo, too, for the heated headline, see here:

http://colubroid.org/

Did this group's letter, below, get printed?

Erik

--

See my latest writing and photojournalism projects 
here

tw: 
@erikhoffner

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 3:39 PM, David Inouye 
mailto:dwino...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Many thanks for sharing the link to our petition on ecolog. I wonder, however, 
whether it would be possible to correct the link on the website? Someone 
accidentaly deleted the original file, and the best solution we found was to 
create a new one. If possible, this is the only link that should appear on 
ecolog: 
https://goo.gl/E1i83Z

No information has been lost, it’s just annoying for people to need to write to 
me asking for the right link.

Thanks a lot for your help, and best wishes!!

Alex

—
Alexandre Antonelli, PhD
Professor in Systematics and Biodiversity
Director, Gothenburg Global Biodiversity 
Centre
Wallenberg Academy 
Fellow
  |  Future Research 
Leader

[ECOLOG-L] Fwd: (Jersey Water Works: Collaborative Members ) Job Posting for Water Quality Manager NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation

[Judith Weis]

, Damon Rich, Dan Kennedy, Dan Loomis, Dan Van Abs, David Forcinito, 
David Ksyniak, David Soo, David Troast, David Weinberger, David Zimmer, Debbie 
Mans, Deborah Greenwood, Denise Capparelli, Denise Free, Dennis Hart, Dennis 
Hart, Dennis Palmer, Dennis Reinknecht, Diane Schrauth, Don Conger, Donna 
Drewes, Donna Scarfo, Doriann Kerber, Doug O'Malley, Douglas Pabst, Dr. Allison 
Jackson, Drew Curtis, E Ruebman, Ed Clerico, Elaine Clisham, Elizabeth 
Fassman-Beck, Elkins Green, Ellen Creveling, Ellory Monks, Emma Melvin, Eric 
Beson, Eric Sudman, Erin Gehan, Erin Rice, evelyn Dowling, Francisco J 
Brilhante, Frank Banisch, Fred Andes, Fred Pocci, Gabe Lederman, Gary Fournier, 
George Chachis, George Vallone, Gigi Naglak, GIVETTEKRISTINE ESGUERRA, Glenn 
Lautenbach, Greg Fehrenbach, Hans Hesselein, Harvey Klein, Heather Fenyk, Henry 
Grabbe, Howard Levison, Ian McGeown, Jaime Gray, James Florio, James Lounsbery, 
James Paluch, Jane Kenny, Jane Kinkle, Jane Rosenblatt, Janice Brogle, Janice 
Whitney, Jasmine Wade, Jason Kiernan, Javier Laureano, Javier Volclittiero, 
Jayne O'Connor, Jeff Wenger, Jeffrey King, Jen Duckworth, Jennie Eldridge, 
Jennifer Brunton, Jennifer Coffey, Jennifer Feltis Cortese, Jennifer Gonzalez, 
Jens Riedel, Jeremiah Bergstrom, Jerry F, Jerry Prevete, Jessica Sears, Jill 
Lipoti, Jim Waltman, Joe Mannick, Joe Strong, Joel Mestre, John Anderson, John 
Dening, John Hildabrant, John Marciszewski, John Miller, John Scheri, Jon 
Carnegie, Jonathan Harris, Joseph Bonaccorso, Joseph Maraziti, Joseph McIntyre, 
Juan Melli, Judith Weis, Judy Winkler, Julia Taylor, Julie Krause, Julie 
Ulrich, Justin Dennis, Kandyce Perry, Kareem Adeem, Karen Doerfer, Karen 
Mastriano, Karen Oliver, Kate Anderson, Kate Lawrence, Katelin Kelly, Kathleen 
Caren, Ken Klipstein, Ken O'Brien, Kerry Miller, Kevil Duhon, Kevin Nelson, 
Kevin Whitney, Khris Dodson, Kiki Jamieson, Kim Gaddy, Kimberly McEathron, Kimi 
Wei, Kris (Kristin) Wheaton, Kristen Ahlfeld, Kyle Richter, Larry Gaugler, 
Larry Levine, Laura Tessieri, Lauren Lalicon, Laurene Buck, Laurent Carrot, 
Leigh Ann Von Hagen, Linda Weber, Lisa Plevin, Louis Kleinman, Louise Wilson, 
Lucy Vandenberg, Luis Perez-Jimenez, Madeline Urbish, Manuel Delgado, Margaret 
Neville, Margaret Waldock, Maria Watt, Marisa Mule VanHorn, Mark Mauriello, 
Mark Moreau, Mark Theiler, Marques Eley, Marshall Robert, Marty Iphone, 
Mary-Anna Holden, Mateusz Pitrus, Matt Ward, Matthew Connors, Matthew McMahel, 
Maureen Krudner, Max Brekke, Megan DeSmedt, Meghan Jambor, Meishka Mitchell, 
Melissa Young, Mercer Courtenay, Michael Bomar, Michael DeSena, Michael 
DiVietro, Michael Duffy, Michael Hope, Michael Hornsby, Michael Molina, Michael 
Pisauro, Michael Saraceni, Michael Urbanski, Michel C. Boufadel, Michele Byers, 
Michele Putnam, Michele Siekerka, Mike Gelin, Mike Gerrity, Mike Maloney, Mike 
Shaw, Ming Jiang, Miriam Salerno, Mo Kinberg, Mohamed Idrissi Hassani, Murray 
Lantner, Naeema Campbell, Nancy Yeh, Nathaly Agosto FIlion, Nathan 
Gardner-Andrews, Nicholas Tufaro, Nicole Miller, Nicole Wiley, Noemi de la 
Puente, Olivia Glenn, P Gallos, PAM MOUNT, Pamela B. Davis, Patricia George, 
Patrick Cole, Patrick McDevitt, Paul Paparella, Paulo Heyman, Peggy Ann Disco, 
Peter Brandt, Peter Kasabach, Peter Kroll, Philip Alfieri, Philip Beachem, 
Pilar Patterson, Rachael Pepe, Ray Chao, Ray Ferrara, Regina Podhorin, Rich 
Henning, Richard Wolf, Rick Risoldi, Rob Daniel, Rob Pirani, Robert Cotter, 
Robert O'Neil, Robert Stewart, Robert Van Riper, Robert Walters, Rosalyn Scaff, 
Rosana Da Silva, Russ Dudley, Russell Ford, Russell Furnari, Russell Titus, 
Ryan Lemli, Sandra Cohen, Sandra Cohen, Sandra Meola, Sara Bluhm, Scott Dvorak, 
Scott Schreiber, Sean Sauder, Sheila Baker Gujral, Sheldon Lipke, Shoshanna 
Page, skutzing, Soumya Dharmavaram, Speakman, Stacy McCormack, Stan Olszewski, 
Stan Stephansen, Stephanie Greenwood, Stephen J. Souza, PhD, Stephen Marks, 
Stephen Tarallo, Steven Gardner, Sue Krohn, Susan Brasefield, Susan Haig, Susan 
Prescott, Susan Tsafas, Swarna Muthkrishnan, TaeHo Lee, Tanya Marione, Teri 
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[Judith Weis]

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Date: January 23, 2018 at 8:15:14 PM EST
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Internship position at the Grupo Puntacana Foundation, Punta Cana, Dominican 
Republic

Application deadline: February 10, 2017
Internship dates: 20 March to 20 September (these are tentative dates, earlier 
start time might be required for one or more of the internship positions)
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Internship Description:
The Grupo Puntacana Foundation is currently accepting applications for three 
(3) different internship positions:


  I. Coastal Resource Restoration and Management

II. Coral and Others Invertebrate Species Husbandry

  III. Aquatic Systems/Aquarist

The Grupo Puntacana Foundation internship program is a rigorous program that 
allows participants to work on Acropora coral restoration, marine ecology, 
environmental education, species monitoring and resource management amongst 
other areas of interest to the foundation. There internships are physically 
demanding and time and energy intensive but also a great learning opportunity 
for the selected candidates. Each cycle, the foundation receives a high number 
of qualified individuals from across all three academic degrees from multiple 
countries worldwide, making the internships very competitive. The selected 
candidates will be directly supervised by the Biodiversity Conservation 
Coordinator whom reports to the Programs and Research Manager. All interns will 
work off the new Center for Marine Innovation (CMI) and will work on other 
research programs being implemented, which includes field and laboratory 
research, data analysis, report writing, proposal writing and manuscript 
preparation. As a final project, interns are expected to present (in oral 
format) to the foundation staff and write a project report.

Internship Duration:
The length of the internship is negotiable, ideally 6 months. Desired 
internship duration must be stated in the applicant's letter of interest. No 
vacation is awarded. Days off will be granted depending on the interns advance 
towards the completion of his or her projects obligations.

Stipends and More:
A small stipend to help cover food and other expenses will be provided 
depending on the qualifications of the candidate, the length of the internship, 
and the AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. Interns are not illegible to receive the same 
benefits as full – time staff. Interns will be provided with free lodging at 
the Foundations Center for Sustainability for the duration of the internship. 
These are dorm room style living areas in which two rooms share a common 
bathroom. Interns are not allowed to live off site.




General Requirements:

•The candidate should have the following characteristics: 
professionalism, the ability to work as a team member, willingness to work 
flexible hours and a strong commitment to research in preservation, 
conservation and restoration of coastal marine resources.

•BA/BS in Biology, oceanography, marine biology, ecology or similar 
degree is required.

•Proof of medical insurance must be provided by selected candidates 
prior to arriving in country.

•Proof of DAN insurance is required for candidates interested in 
diving.

•Advance Open Water Certification is required for candidates 
interested in Diving. Candidates will not be allowed to dive unless both DAN 
insurance and Dive Certification requirements are met.

•All Candidates must be able to carry out a simple conversation in 
Spanish to be able to qualify.


Additional information for each of the available internships is provided below 
and can also be obtained by contacting the emails below.

Interested candidates must apply by sending an email with a single PDF 
containing: CV and cover letter which includes “Internship and name” in the 
subject line to vgal...@puntacana.com<mailto:vgal...@puntacana.com>. 
Applications will only be accepted until January 20th at 5PM Dominican Time.




I.   Coastal Resource Restoration and Management:
Interns will work mainly on the foundation’s Acropora in-situ coral nursery 
maintaining nursery infrastructure, monitoring and controlling disease and 
predator outbreaks. Data collection and analysis will also be part of the work. 
Interns will also be responsible for monitoring coral genotypes and 
incorporating new genetic material from other areas of the country. Interns