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The
Explorers Club is an international multidisciplinary
professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research and
the ideal that it is vital to preserve the instinct to explore. Since
its inception in 1904, the Club has served as a meeting point and
unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide.
The Club provides
assistance in expedition planning, awards fieldwork grants to
scientists, writers, and photographers, and at our famed annual
dinners, honors accomplishments in exploration. But probably the most
powerful resource available to those who join the Club is fellowship
with other members--a global network of expertise, experience,
technology, industry, and support. The Explorers Club actively
encourages public interest in exploration and the sciences through its
public lectures program, publications, travel program, and other
events. The Club also maintains Research Collections, including a
library and map room, to preserve the history of the Club and to assist
those interested and engaged in exploration and scientific research.
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Chapter
Meetings:
May 11th,
2012 Meeting:
Our speaker will be: Gianluca Sara, Ph.D.
The May Meeting has been canceled!
We will meet at noon in The Capital City Club. This
is on the 25th floor of the Capital Center at the corner of Main and
Gervais Street, and Assembly and Gervais Street in Columbia, SC. There
is a parking garage behind the Capital Center off Lady Street. Please
bring your parking garage ticket into the club to have it stamped for 1
free hour of parking. Cost for the lunch is $20.00. Remember that The
Capital City Club dress policy prohibits blue jeans and denims, shorts,
tennis shoes and flip-flops. Gentlemen must wear a collared shirt.
Please email your attendance plans (by Wed. May 9th) to David
Brinkman at dobrink@gmail.com .
More about the topic and our speaker:
Dr.
Sara is an Associate Professor of Ecology at the Laboratory of
Experimental Ecology and Behaviour, Department of Earth and Marine
Sciences, at the University of Palermo in Italy. In 1994 he received a
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science (University of Messina,
Italy): Marine environment and resources. Title of thesis: “Effects of
the trophic and environmental factors on growth performance of
Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis, LMK. 1819) cultured
in open-sea in the Gulf of Castellammare (South Tyrrhenian Sea)”.
Main Research Lines and Methodologies:
•Experimental design, advanced statistical elaboration and simulation
•Meta-analysis approach in reviewing effects of natural and anthropogenic variability on ecological processes
•Physiological performance of filter feeders
•Behavioural changes of coastal fish under noise pollution
•Structure and dynamics of coastal population, both fish and invertebrate
•Food availability analysis and organic matter fluxes through marine food webs
Main Ecological System:
•ROCKY INTERTIDAL (Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Chinese Seas)
•SOFT BOTTOM SHALLOW WATERS (saltworks, ponds and lagoons; Mediterranean Sea)
•POLLUTED
vs PRISTINE SUBTIDAL SYSTEM (aquaculture [organic], chemical, thermal,
noise; Mediterranean, North Atlantic, Chinese Seas)uestions driven not by research
curiosity but by economic and environmental necessity.
MONTHLY
MEETINGS, GREATER PIEDMONT CHAPTER
The Greater Piedmont Chapter holds luncheon meetings on the second
Friday of each month at 12 noon at the Capital City Club in
Columbia, SC. Cost for lunch is $20.00. Please
email your attendance plans to David Brinkman at
dobrink@gmail.com .
Often people show up who have not made reservations. We try to make
sure there is more seating than reservations, but please notify us in
advance to be assured a place. If you are bringing any guests, please
email David their name(s). We like to record who attended each meeting.
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