Curriculum Vitae
CURRICULUM VITAE
JUDITH S WEIS
Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Rutgers University, Newark NJ 07102
(973) 353-5387 Fax: (973) 353-5518
E-mail: jweis@newark.rutgers.edu
Address: 170 West End Ave. Apt. 12N, New York NY 10023
(212) 874-4598
Education:
Institution City Dates Subject
Bronx High School of Science New York 1954-58
Cornell University Ithaca NY 1958-62 Zoology B.A.
Marine Biological Lab. Woods Hole MA 1961 Marine Ecology
New York University New York 1962-64 Biology M.S.
New York University New York 1964-67 Biology Ph.D.
Scholarships and Fellowships
New York State Regents Scholarship 1958-62
Cornell Regents Scholarship 1958-62
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 1962-63
N.S.F. Cooperative Graduate Fellowship 1963-64
N.Y.U. Graduate Faculty Tuition Scholarship 1965-66
N.Y. State College Teaching Fellowship 1966-67
Congressional Science Fellowship, AAAS & ASZ 1983-84
Honors:
Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Dean’s List, Honors Program, Sigma Xi, N.Y.U. Founder’s Day Award, Outstanding Young Women of America, Who’s Who in the East, Who’s Who of American Women, Supplemental Salary Adjustment Awards, Elected Fellow of AAAS, 1985, Governor’s Science Advisory Committee, N.J., President’s Council of Cornell Women, Marine Board of the National Research Council 1991, Environmental Award from Accabonac Protection Committee, 1996.
Rutgers Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, 2003-2004,
Fulbright Senior Specialist – Visit to Indonesia (Hasanuddin University, Makassar, South Sulawesi) May 2006
Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Community Research 2008
Employment:
Title Institution Dates
Lab Assistant Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. Summer 60
Lecturer Hunter College, NYC 1964-67
Assistant Professor Rutgers Univ., Newark 1967-71
Associate Professor Rutgers 1971-76
Professor Rutgers 1976-
Visiting Scientist Florida Atlantic Univ. 1975-76
Visiting Scientist Southampton College NY Summers ’80-99
Congressional Science Fellow U.S. Senate 1983-84
Associate Dean-Academic Affairs Rutgers Jan85 -Jun86
Program Director National Science Foundation 1988-90
Visiting Scientist EPA Laboratory, Gulf Breeze FL 1992
Visiting Scientist EPA Ocean & Coastal Protection 1993
Member of Rutgers Graduate Programs in Biological Sciences, Ecology, Toxicology, Environmental Science
Developer and Coordinator of Science, Technology & Society Program (STS) between Rutgers and NJ Institute of Technology
Curriculum Development for Environmental Science Program
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: overall responsibility for non-salaried budget and coadjutant hiring, curriculum, space, planning, program evaluations, faculty grievance procedures, acts as Deputy Dean when Dean of Faculty is not available.
Congressional Science Fellow: Legislative Assistant for the Environment and Public Works Committee. Analyzed policy, researched background information and scientific data for decision-making, participated in planning legislation and hearings, met with interested groups, and drafted floor statements. Specific areas: Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act, acid rain, pesticides, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, biotechnology, ground water.
Program Director, National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Science, Engineering and Mathematics Education: Responsible for undergraduate education efforts in the field of biology and environmental science, including programs for faculty, students, curriculum development, laboratory development, and instrumentation; much program planning and grant administration, coordination with other divisions within NSF, and interaction with scientists in the academic community.
Nominator of the NY/NJ Harbor Estuary to be designated a “Hope Spot” by Mission Blue 2023 because of the huge improvement in water quality, biodiversity, restoration, and public access.
Courses Taught at Rutgers:
General Biology, Animal Ecology & Evolution, Marine Biology, Embryology, Human Sexuality, Environmental Issues, Intro. to Women’s Studies, Topics in Science Technology & Society: Toxic Substances. Graduate Courses: Regeneration, Ichthyology, Biology of Pollution, Topics in Marine Ecology.
Service to Rutgers:
Curriculum Committee, Department 1969-70
Delegate Assembly, AAUP 1970-71
Chair, Dept. Seminar Committee 1970-71
Senate ad hoc Committee on the Status of Women 1971-72
Planning Committee, College 1971-72, 76-77
Student Affairs Committee, College 1971-72
Chair, Student Affairs Committee 1972-73
Executive Comm. Zoology Graduate Program 1972-73
Dean’s Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunity 1973
Phi Beta Kappa Elections Committee 1973
Director, Graduate Program in Zoology 1973-75
Courses of Study Committee, College 1974-75
Review Committee, College 1977-79
Director, Women’s Studies Program 1978-79
College Honors Council 1980-83
Grievance Committee, College 1980-81
Steering Committee, Women in Science Conference 1980-81
Admissions Committee, Graduate School 1980-82
Admissions Committee, Graduate Program 1980-82,93-
Appointments & Promotions Committee, College 1981-82, 2004-05
Chair, Appointments and Promotions Committee 1984-85
Biomedical Research Grants Awards Committee, Univ. 1983
Marine Science Committee, University 1984-87
Search Committee for Director of Marine Science Inst. 1986-87
Secretary, Zoology Section, University 1984-85
Curriculum Committee, College 1986-87
Search Committee for Women’s Studies Director 1987-88
University Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology Comm. 1990-91
University Biosafety Committee 1993-
Provost’s Committee on Athletics and Recreation 1995-96
Departmental Search Committee s 1996,97,98,02
Advisory Committee for Water Resources Research Inst. 1997-
Advisory Committee to Center for Urban Restoration Ecology (CURE) 2000-
University Senate 2003-2004
RU FAIR Professor, Newark Campus 2008-2013
IMCS Committee on Future Hires 2011
Professional Societies:
American Society of Zoologists (ASZ) (SICB), Estuarine Research Federation (ERF), American Inst. of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Association for Women in Science (AWIS), American Fisheries Soc. (AFS), Ecological Society of America (ESA), Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Professional Society Activities:
Public Affairs Committee, Amer. Soc. of Zoologists 1980-82,84-90
Chair, Public Affairs Comm. ASZ 1986-88,90-91
Equal Opportunity Committee, ASZ 1983-85
Congressional Fellow Comm. ASZ 1985-90
ASZ Delegate to AIBS Council 1983, 89-
Awards Committee, Amer. Fisheries Soc. 1975-76
Certification Committee, AFS 1980-81
Environmental Concerns Comm., AFS 1982-83
Chair, Equal Opportunity Comm. AFS 1982-83
Public Responsibilities Comm. AIBS 1984-92
Congressional Fellow Comm. AIBS 1984-91
Chair, Congression Fellow Comm., AIBS 1991
Governing Board, AIBS 1986-88,90-92, 1997-99
Chair, Awards Committee, AIBS 1998
AIBS Delegate to Agric. Biotech. Research Advisory Comm.1988-90
Chair, Technical Review Comm. SETAC Chapter 1985,86
Government Affairs Comm. SETAC 1985-92
Education Committee, SETAC 1986-92
Governing Board, SETAC 1990-1993
Co-chair, Society Relations Comm. SETAC 1991-95
Publications Committee, SETAC 1992-95
Awards Comm. NJ Academy of Sciences 1985
Public Affairs Committee, Ecological Society 1987-93, 94-97
Ad Hoc Committee on Women & Minorities, E.S.A. 1989-92
Committee on Women & Minorities, AIBS 1991-94
Member-at-Large, Biology Section Committee, AAAS 1992-96
Chair-Elect, Chair, and past chair Biology Section AAAS 1998-2001
Chair, Awards Committee AIBS 1998
President-Elect, President, and past President AIBS 2000-2003
Councillor (Board Member) Assoc. for Women in Science (AWIS) 2003-06
Chair, Communications Committee, AIBS 2003
Human Resources Committee, AIBS 2005
Society Meeting Presentations:
NJ Academy of Sciences 1969, 78, 81
Amer. Soc. of Zoologists 1968,71,78,79 (session chair),80,82,95
Amer. Assoc. of Anatomists 1969, 77, 78, 81, 82
Atlantic Estuarine Research Soc. 1976, 81, 82
Estuarine Research Federation 1983, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93,95,97,99,03
Soc. of Environ. Toxic. & Chem 1981, 83-01
Ecological Society of America 1992, 93, 98, 05
Natl. Assoc. for Science, Technology & Society 1989, 90
Coastal Society 1992
Shallow Water Conference 1994-6
Wetlands Regulatory Workshop 2000
Seminars Presented:
Dept. of Biology, N.Y.U. 1974.
Dept. of Anatomy, N.Y. Medical College, 1974.
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic U. 1976.
Harbor Branch Foundation, Ft. Pierce, FL 1976.
New York Ocean Sciences Lab, Montak 1976.
Chesapeake Biol. Lab, Solomons MD 1977.
U.S. E.P.A. Narragansett R.I. 1978.
Dept. of Biology, Seton Hall Univ. 1980.
Marine Science Research Center SUNY Stony Brook 1980.
Biology Dept., Hofstra Univ. 1981.
Biology Dept. Ramapo College 1981.
Biology Dept. CCNY 1982.
Biology Dept., Ohio Univ., Athens 1982.
Biology Dept., Rutgers New Brunswick 1982.
Biology Dept. Rutgers Camden 1983.
Natl. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. Seattle 1983.
Natl. Bureau of Oceanography, Beijing China 1983.
Dalian Inst. of Environmental Protection, Dalian China 1983.
Second Inst. of Oceanography, Hangzhou China 1983.
South China Sea Inst. of Oceanography Guangzhou China 1983.
Honors Program Colloquium, Rutgers 1983.
Chesapeake Biological Lab. Solomons MD 1983.
U.S. E.P.A. Washington DC 1983.
Dept. of Biology, Georgetown Univ. 1984.
Dept. of Biology, George Washington Univ. 1984.
N.I.H. Graduate Course in Environmental Toxicology 1984-93.
Dept. of Ecology & Evolution SUNY Stony Brook 1984.
Women in Science & Engineering EPA Chapter 1984.
Dept. of Zoology, Rutgers 1984.
Marine Science Dept., Univ. Connecticut 1984.
Environmental Biology & Public Policy Prog., George Mason U. 1985
Dept. of Ecology & Behavioral Biology, U. Minnesota 1985.
Assoc. of Women in Science, Minneapolis Chapter 1985.
Biology Dept., York College CUNY 1985.
Center for Coastal & Environ. Studies, Rutgers, 1986.
Biology Dept. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. 1986.
Environmental Science Program, N.J.I.T. 1987.
DuPont Corp. Wilmington 1987.
Toxicology Program Rutgers
U.S. E.P.A. Region III Phila. 1988.
Bergen County Wildlife Center 1988
Council of Botany/Plant Science Chairs, Purdue 1988.
Natl. Assoc. of Biology Teachers, Chicago 1988.
Univ. of Kentucky, Biology Dept. 1988, 89.
ENVIRON Corp Washington DC 1989.
Cornell University Environmental Toxicology Program 1989.
U.S. E.P.A. Ecological Research Needs Workshop 1989.
Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Wisconsin 1990.
A.I.B.S. Council 1990.
Dept. of Bioscience, Drexel Univ. 1990.
Dept. of Environmental Science, Cook College 1990.
Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Mississippi 1990.
Savannah River Ecology Lab 1991.
SUNY Stony Brook Marine Sciences Research Center 1991.
SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry 1991.
SUNY Buffalo 1991.
Cornell U. 1991.
Univ. of Delaware Marine Lab 1991.
US EPA Gulf Breeze 1992.
Barnard College, NY, 1992.
Gulf Coast Research Lab, MS, 1992
Dauphin Island Marine Lab, AL, 1992
Biology Dept. George Mason Univ. VA , 1992
Ecology Program, Rutgers 1993
US EPA, Washington 1993
Rider College, 1993
University of Illinois 1993
University of Massachusetts, 1995
Essex County College 1995
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 1996
Haskin Shellfish Lab., Rutgers 1996
Passaic County College, 1997
Ecology & Evolution Program, Rutgers New Brunswick 1999
US EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC 1999
Biosphere2, (Columbia Univ.) Arizona, 1999
Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor NJ 2000
Connecticut College 2000
- California, Davis, Environmental Toxicology Program 2001
- California Davis – Bodega Marine Lab 2001
City College, CUNY 2001
Delaware Center for Inland Bays 2001
Operation Wallacea, Hoga Indonesia 2002
US EPA Pesticides Office 2002
NOAA Sandy Hook Laboratory 2003
Wilkes College 2003 (Annual Grace Kimball Memorial speaker)
JP Morgan-Chase Lincoln/Douglass Debates – Symposium speaker 2003
NJIT Environmental Science Program 2004
Sandy Hook Assoc. for Research & Education – Benthic Workshop 2004
Fairleigh Dickenson Univ. Biology Department 2004
Meadowlands Environmental Research Inst. May 2005
Life Sciences Department, Louisiana State Univ. March 2006
Hasanuddin Univ., Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia May 2006
Sam Ratulangi Univ. Manado, North Sulaweis, June 2006
NJIT Dept. of Environmental Science, March 2008
Columbia Univ. Population Biology Seminar April 2008
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. May 2008
NOAA Laboratory, Sandy Hook NJ April 2009
Dept. of Biology, Fairleigh Dickinson University Sept. 2009
NOAA and EPA Offices in New York City Oct. 2009
Hudson River Foundation Nov. 2009
Montclair State University Dec. 2009
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook Univ. Dec. 2009
EPA Berry’s Creek Superfund Technical Advisory Group 2010
Columbia University Seminar on Water Resources Fe.b. 2011
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Sept. 2011
Seton Hall University Dec. 2011
Mystic Aquarium May 2012
Gowanus Canal Conservancy Feb 2013
Fairleigh Dickinson University March 2013
USGS Menlo Park June 2014
Participation in Conferences:
New Alternatives for Women Science Graduate Students. NSF and Univ. of Arizona 1977.
Symposium on Environmental Pollutants, Univ. of CT and Natl. Research Council. Storrs CT 1977
Energy and Environmental Stress in Aquatic Ecosystems. Savannah River Ecology Lab, Augusta 1977.
Pollution & Physiology of Marine Organisms. Belle Baruch Inst & Natl. Marine Fish. Serv., S. Carolina 1977.
Panel of Women Scientists for Rutgers U. Training inst. for sex desegregation 1978.
Symposium on early life history of fishes. Int. Council for Exploration of the seas. Woods Hole MA 1979.
Estuarine Research Federation, Jekyll Is. GA 1979,
Fifth Aquatic Toxicology Symp. ASTM, 1979 (paper won award).
Water Conference, Ramapo College 1980
Pollution & Physiology of Marine Organisms, S. Carolina 1981
Heavy Metals in the NJ Environment. NJ Acad. Sciences 1982
Meaningful Measures of Marine Pollutant Effects NOAA, Pensacola FL 1982.
Fourth Internatl. Ocean Disposal Symp. Plymouth UK 1983.
AAAS Symp. of Heavy Metals and Aquatic Organisms, Detroit 1983.
Chair of “Contaminant Burdens and Indicator species health,” 2nd Northeast Monitoring Program workshop NOAA 1983.
Pollution & Physiology of Marine Organisms, Mystic CT 1983
Workshop of National marine pollution research and monitoring issues, NOAA, Easton MD 1984.
Fifth Internatl. Ocean Disposal Symp, Corvallis OR 1984.
Amer. Soc. Zoologists panel on “Political influence and science policy.” Baltimore MD 1985.
Gordon Research Conference on Chemical-biological interactions in estuaries, Plymouth NH. 1986. Speaker and session chair.
EPA Workshop on finfish as indicators of toxic contamination. Airlie, VA 1986.
Batelle Workshop on Alternate approaches to toxicity testing: utility of non-mammalian organisms. Columbus OH 1986.
International Organotin Symposium, Halifax NS 1987.
Discussion Leader, “Environmental Gridlock” Conf. NJ 1988
EPA Workshop on Ecological Research Needs, Seattle WA 1989
Natl. Assoc. of State Univ. and Land Grant Colleges, Wash. DC, 1989. Urban impacts on coastal water quality.
Panel on “Science Literacy,” ASZ Boston, MA 1989
Panel on “Biologists as Activists,” ASZ Boston MA 1989
Panel on “Empowering Women in a Technological World.” Technological Literacy Conference. Wash DC Feb 1990.
Workshop on “Sediment Genotoxicity,” U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg Mar. 1990.
Roundtable on Environmental Internships, Philadelphia Mar. 1990
International Conference on “Metals in Soils, Waters, Plants and Animals” Orlando FL 1990.
Conference on Undergraduate Biology Curricula, Butler Univ., Indianapolis IN, July 1990.
Conf. on Marine and Estuarine Diseases, Pensacola FL, Oct. 1990
Conference on Environmental Science Programs, Guelph Ontario, Nov. 1990.
Workshop on Whole Animal Toxicity Testing, Wash. D.C. Nov. 1990
Chesapeake Research Consortium
Discussant in “The Compleat Crab” Symposium, ASZ San Antonio 1990
Panel on “Science Policy for Women in Science: Lessons from historical and contemporary case studies.” AAAS, Washington 1991.
Panel Discussion on Scientific Misconduct, AAUP 1991
Panel on Protecting Long Island’s Estuaries, Southampton 1991
Symposium “Ecology Education for Undergraduates: Current Perspectives and Future Directions” Ecological Soc. of Amer., 1991
Conference on Environmental Values and the Liberal Arts College, Moorhead, MN, Oct. 1991.
Coastal Wetland Ecology and Management Symposium, New Orleans LA , 1991
Conference for Women Graduate Students on “Science Careers in the 1990’s.” AWIS, N.Y.C. 1991.
National Conference on the National Institutes for the Environment, Washington D.C. May 1992.
Sigma Xi University Colloquium on Environmental Research & Education, Raleigh, N.C. Sept. 1992.
Forest Products Society meeting on “Environmental Considerations in the use of Pressure Treated Wood Products,” May 1993.
Strategic Planning Workshop for Women and Minorities – ESA, June 93.
“Pellston Workshop” on Sustainable Environmental Management Aug 93
Science and Management in Marine & Estuarine Shallow Water Environments, US EPA and others March 1994, April 1995
“Unusual Low Dose Responses” session at Society of Toxicology, March, 1994.
“Critical Issues in Assessing Ecological Risk” California EPA Jan. 1995
International Larval Fish Conference, Sydney, Australia, June 1995
Fisheries and Pollution – Population-level effects of Marine Contamination. Baltimore MD Oct. 1995
NSF Women and Science Conference, Dec. 1995
“Endocrine Disruption by Chemicals” EPA Workshop, May 1996
Atlantic Coast Fishery Managers’ Habitat Workshop, June 1996
Fisheries and Pollution Conference, Bodega Bay, CA Nov. 1996
European Union, Chemical Toxicology Workshop, Italy, May 1999
Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Rio de Janeiro, May 1999
Pellston Workshop on Complex Stressors in Ecosystems SETAC, Sept. 1999
Wetland Symposium, Univ. of Mississippi May 2000
National Conference on Science, Policy and The Environment, Washington DC Dec. 2000
Chair of breakout session on Environmental Indicators
Phragmites: A sheep in wolf’s clothing? Cumberland County Coll. NJ Jan. 2002
Strategic Planning Workshop, USGS Fish Health Research Lab., WV. Feb. 2002
Workshop on Overwater Structures and Treated Wood. US Fish and Wildlife, Olympia WA 2002
Our Hudson Home – Liberty Science Center, Jersey City Dec. 2002
Newark Bay – Raritan Bay – Sandy Hook Workshop 2003
Workshop on Grass Shrimp as an Estuarine Indicator NOAA May 2003
Environmental Impacts of Pressure-Treated Wood, Orlando FL Feb. 2004
6th International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, Manaus Brazil Aug. 2004
Ecological Society of America Aug 2005
Invited Speaker – Women Evolving Biological Sciences, U. Washington Oct. 2008
Invited Keynote Speaker – World Oceans Congress, Manado Indonesia May 2009
Invited Keynote Speaker – Ecology and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes May 2010
Invited Keynote Speaker – Rhode Island Natural History Conference April 2011
Invited Keynote Speaker – Ethology and Invasive Species Internet Conference April 2013
Panel on Cleanup of the Lower Passaic River NJIT July 2014
External Grants
Effects of methymercury on development: its interactions with natural environmental factors and other heavy metals.
NOAA Office of Sea Grant, 1977-79
Professional and related services relative to establishment of a statewide listing of bioassay organisms.
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection 1977-78.
A comprehensive monitoring and assessment program for selected heavy metals and organic contaminants in NJ aquatic fauna.
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection via NJ Marine Science Consortium 1978-79.
Tolerance to methylmercury in Newark Bay area killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus.
NOAA Office of Sea Grant 1980-83.
Monitoring effects of pollution on regeneration and ecdysis in Cancroid crabs.
NOAA Ocean Pulse Program. 1982
Effects of environmental factors on methylation and release of mercury from Berrys Creek sediments and its uptake by killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus).
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection 1982-83.
Cadmium tolerance in the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus.
NIH Minority Biomed. Research Support (Assoc. Inv.) 1984-87
Chemical-Biological interactions between fish and treated municipal waste water. (co-P.I.)
NOAA Office of Sea Grant 1986-89.
Effects of diflubenzuron on the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator.
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection 1986-87
Development of Science, Technology & Society (STS) Courses
NJ Dept. of Higher Education 1986-87 and 87-88.
Development of the STS Faculty at Rutgers Newark and N.J.I.T.
NJ Dept. of Higher Education 1986-87 and 87-88.
Effects of tributyltin (TBT) on the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus.
N.J. Marine Sciences Consortium 1987-88.
Effects of heavy metal pollutants on feeding behavior of Fundulus heteroclitus.
NJ Marine Sciences Consortium 1987-88.
Effects of tributyltin on the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus.
NIH Minority Biomed. Research Support (Assoc. Inv) 1987-90
A Lectureship on A.I.D.S.
G.T.E. Lectureship on Science, Technology & Values 1988-89
Effects of mercury on burrowing behavior of the fiddler crabs Uca pugnax and U. minax and their effect on the marsh ecosystem.
NJ Marine Sciences Consortium 1988-89.
Effects of mercury on the predator-prey relationship between Fundulus heteroclitus and Palaemonetes pugio.
NJ Marine Science Consortium 1988-89.
Effects of the Arthur Kill oil spill on behavior, regeneration, and molting in fiddler crabs.
NJ Mar. Sci. Consort. 1990-91.
Biological assays of chromium copper arsenate-treated wood and its recycled plastic alternative in marine organisms.
Plastics Recycling Foundation 1990-91
Biological assays of treated wood and its recycled plastic alternative.
NOAA Sea Grant 1990-91
A Workshop in Undergraduate Environmental Science Education.
Educational Foundation of America, Shell Oil Foundation, and EPA, 1991.
Impacts of CCA Pressure-treated wood structures in estuaries.
US Geological Survey, Water Resources Prog. 1991-92, 92-93
Effects of CCA wood structures in estuaries. NOAA Sea Grant 1992-3
Coastal Environment and Pressure-Treated Wood.
PADI Fndn. 1993-4
Effects of CCA wood on estuarine benthos
NJ Sea Grant 1994
Benthic Impacts of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) in Estuaries.
NOAA National Estuarine Research Reserves System, 1994-95
Bioavailability and benthic effects of chemicals leached from pressure-treated wood in estuaries. U.S.D.A. 1994-96 (co- P.I.)
Impacts of CCA Pressure-treated wood structures in Chesapeake Bay.
MD and VA Sea Grant Toxics Program, 1995-97
Trophic transfer of contaminants from organisms attached to chromated copper arsenate treated wood to their consumers: a field study.
NOAA Sea Grant (NJ Sea Grant Program) 1996-97
Effects of CCA wood docks and boating activity on shellfish in NJ waters.
NJ Department of Environmental Protection 1996-97.
Fish as a model system for behavioral teratology.
NIH Minority Biomedical Research Support Program 1995-99
Pollution and predator/prey interactions in estuaries.
USGS Water Resources Research Program 1996-99
Wetland plants’ roles in uptake and transport of heavy metals and remediation.
NSF 1998-2001
ROA Supplement to the above grant 2000
Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute.
Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission. 1998-2003 P.I. N Adams.
Habitat and nutritional value of the invasive marsh plant Phragmites australis for estuarine animals, as compared with that of Spartina alterniflora.
USGS Water Resources Research Program 1999-2000
Effects of CCA treated wood walkways on salt marshes.
Delaware Center for Inland Bays 2001
Saltmarsh Biocomplexity Incubation Grant (co-I) NSF 2001-2002. M Levandowsky, PI.
Eight Day Swamp: Assessment of metal contamination and benthic biodiversity. P. Weis, PI
MERI 2001-2003
Diet and Reproductive Health of White Perch in the Meadowlands. MERI 2002-2004
Fish use of intertidal areas in the Wakatobi Marine Park, Indonesia Operation Wallacea 2002
Behaviour of different fiddler crab species in Wakatobi Marine Park. Operation Wallacea 2002
Effects of trophic transfer of contaminants in young-of-the-year bluefish. NOAA 2003-2005
Effects of extremely high levels of gill parasites on killifish. Meadowlands Env. Research Inst. 2005-2006
Trophic transfer of contaminants and mechanisms of behavioral effects on juvenile bluefish from the Hackensack River. MERI 2006-2007
Behavior of blue crabs in contaminated environments. MERI 2007-08
Soil Metals and Plant Communities at Liberty State Park, NJ Dept. Environmental Protection 2007-2008
Wetlands and Water Quality Assessment – MERI 2007-2008
Growth of Blue Crabs in the Hackensack Meadowlands – MERI 2008-2009
RUFAIR Professorship: Advancing Women in Science at Rutgers-Newark. Newark component of NSF Advance Grant to Rutgers University – RU FAIR 2009-2011
Behavior of fiddler crabs in the Meadowlands MERI 2009-2010
Review Panels:
Panel for NSF Graduate Fellowships 1976,77, 03,05,06
Chair, Panel for NSF Graduate Fellowships 1978,79,82
EPA Environmental Biology Grant Review Panel 1984-90
EPA Water Ecology Centers Program Review Panel 1991
NOAA Sea Grant Site Visit Review for Mass. 1986
EPA Distinguished Visiting Scientist review panel 1987,88
EPA EMAP Ecological Indicators Award review panel 1993
EPA Peer Reviewer for Ecological Risk Assessment 1990
EPA Peer Reviewer for Gulf Breeze Laboratory 1990
NSF Faculty Enhancement Program 1991
NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement 1992
NIH Minority Biomedical Res. Support, TN State 1992
EPA Science Advisory Board Committee to review papers or Scientific & Tech. Achievement Awards 1993-2002
EPA SAB Subcommittee on Sediment Toxicity 1993
Advisory Committee to Superfund Project of Minority Health Professions, Assoc. Toxic Substances Disease Registry 1992-98
1993-NASA Panel- Grad. Student Fellowships on Global Change 1993
EPA Peer Review for EMAP/ University Partnership Agreement 1994
NOAA Peer Review of Coastal Ocean Program Proposals. 1994
NOAA Sea Grant Review Panel for Nonindigenous Species 1997
NRC/Ford Foundation Predoct. Minority Fellowships 1996,97
Endocrine Disruptors Screening and Testing Advisory Committee to EPA 1996-98
Workshop on developing Biological Field Station, U. Mississippi 1997
National Sea Grant Review Panel, NOAA 1998-2009
National Review Panel- Project on Economic Evaluation of Ocean Sector 1999-2000
AAAS/Canon Graduate Fellowships for Research in National Parks 1999
EPA “Star” Graduate Fellowship Review Panel 2000-07, 2011, 2013
EPA Reviewer for Alabama Center for Estuarine Studies 2004
EPA SAB Committee on Aquatic Life Criteria 2005
EPA Air Quality Criteria Development for Pb – Ecological Effects 2005
EPA SAB Committee: Review of “State of the Environment 2007” 2007
NIH SCORE Research Review 2008
EPA SAB Committee Review of “State of the Environment 2011” 2009-
Pew Trust Review of Aquaculture Indicators 2009
Fulbright Senior Specialists Fellowship Review Panel 2009,2010
EPA SAB Committee to review Great Lakes Action Plan 2011
Expert Committee on Brine Discharge in California (SCCWRP) 2011
NOAA Sea Grant Healthy Coastal Ecosystems Review Panel 2012
TX Sea Grant Review Panel 2019
Reviewing:
Manuscripts for Estuaries 1978,79,93,94,96, 97, 09
Manuscripts for Florida Scientist 1978
Ms. for Biological Monitoring of Marine Pollutants 1980
Ms. for Marine Ecology Progress Series 1983, 2004, 2009, 2014
Ms for Marine Pollution Bulletin 2005, 2008
Ms. for Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 1983,86,87,88,89,92,94,97
Ms. for ASTM Aquatic Toxicology Symposium 1985
Ms. for U.S. Office of Technology Assessment 1985,86,87
Ms. for Journal of Crustacean Biology 1986,93,94,97,98, 12
Ms. for Marine Pollution and Physiology 1986
Ms. for J. Experimental Zoology 1987,88,89,02
INFORM Report on Toxic Pollution in the Hudson River 1987
Ms for Ecological Applications 2001
Ms. for BioScience 1988,89,04,06
Ms. for Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 1988,92,94,96,97,98,99,02,03,04,05
Ms. for Neurotoxicology and Teratology 1990,93
Ms. for Marine Biology 1990, 97,02, 07
Ms for Environmental Research 1994,95,98,01
Ms for Comparative Biochem. & Physiology 1997, 04, 08
Ms for J. Exper. Marine Biol. Ecol. 1997,98,99,00,02
Ms for J. Fish Biol. 1998, 04, 05, 12
Ms for Marine Environmental Research 1991,98,06
Ms for Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008
Ms for The Environmental Professional 1991
Ms for Critical Reviews in Toxicology 1992
Ms for Science, Technology & Human Values 1992
Ms for Environmental Health Perspectives 1994, 95, 2000, 05, 08
Ms for Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science 1997, 04, 09
Ms for Science of the Total Environment 2002,2004
Ms for Amer. Soc. Testing and Materials 1998
Ms for J. Toxicology and Environmental Health 2000
Ms for Environmental Biology of Fishes 2000, 2002, 04, 05
Ms for Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 2000, 2001, 2004
Ms for Restoration Ecology 2000
Ms for Wetland Ecology and Management 2002
Ms for Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 2001
Ms for Environ. Sci. Tech. 2001, 03, 04, 05
Ms for Water, Air and Soil Pollution 2002
Ms for J. of Soil and Water Conservation 2005
Ms for Aquatic Toxicology 2002, 03, 04, 05, 06
Ms for Environmental Management 2003, 05
Ms for New Zealand J. of Marine & Freshwater Res. 2003
Ms for Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2003
Ms for Comparative Biochem. Physiol. 2003,06
Ms for J. Shellfish Res. 2004
Ms for Ecological Restoration 2004
Ms for Ecotox & Environmental Safety 2004,05,06,07,10,11
Ms for J. Aquatic Animal Health 2004
Ms for Environment International 2004
Ms for Chemosphere 2005, 06
Ms for Environmental Pollution 2005
Ms for J. Environ. Qual. 2005
Ms for Estuaries and Coasts 2007
Ms for North Amer. J. Aquaculture 2007
Ms for Oikos 2008
Ms for Marine Ecology 2009, 2017
Ms for Wetlands 2010
Ms for Crustaceana 2010
Ms for Ecological Engineering 2011
Ms for PLos One 2012
Book, Biosphere, for Rutgers Univ. Press 1990
Book, Biogeochemical Cycles, for Acad. Press 1990
Book, Modern Biology, for Holt Rinehart & Winston 1996
Chapter in book, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Change
for American Chemical Society 1991
Grants for NOAA Sea Grant 1978, 80, 85, 86, 99
Grants for NSF Applied Biology 1980
Grants for NSF Biotic Systems & Resources 1982,86,87,88
Grant for NSF Ecological Physiology 1994, 95, 04
Grants for NSF Ecology 2000,02, 03
Grant for NSF Behavior 2005, 06
Grants for NSF/EPA Water & Watersheds 1997
Grants for NSF Polar Programs 2005, 06
Grant for NSF Hydrology 2006
Grant for NSF International Programs 2009
Grant for NSF Biological Oceanography 2010
Grants for AWIS Educational Foundation 1983-
Grants for Grad. Women in Science 2002
Grants for US Geological Survey 1985-86, 94
Grants for US Dept. of Energy 1985, 88
Grants for CUNY Research Foundation 1986, 96, 99, 00
Grant for Great Lakes Research Consortium 1991
Grants for EPA EPSCoR Program 1993
Grant for Hudson River Foundation 1994, 99, 05, 10, 11
Grant for Wisconsin Sea Grant 1994, 95
Grant for Natl. Environ. Res. Council, UK 1996
Grant for NOAA Fisheries S-K Program 1996
Grant for Maryland Sea Grant 1997
Grant for NC Sea Grant 2000
Grant for Long Island Sound program 2000
Grant for NOAA Coastal Ocean Program 2000
Grant from Natl. Res.Council Collaboration on Basic Science & Engin. 2000
Grant for NOAA ECOHAB Program 2001
Grant for Educational Foundation of America 2001
Grants from CALFED 2002
Grants for Coastal Response Research Center UNH 2004
Grants for NOAA NERR program 2010
Grant for NSF 2004, 2005, 2009
Grant for US Civilian Research and Development Foundation 2005
Grant for Amherst College Faculty Research Program 2006
Grant for NSERC – Canada National Science & Engineering Research Council 2008
Grant for NERC – Great Britain 2012
EPA Document on release of genetically engineered organisms 1989
EPA documents on algal toxicity testing 1986, 89
EPA Risk Assessment for Land Application of Pulp and Paper Mill Sludge 1991
EPA Criteria for Utilization of Municipal Waste Combustion Residues in Concrete Medium Marine Applications 1992
EPA Aquatic Life Criteria for Acrolein 2008
Proposals for symposia for AAAS Meeting, 1996,97,98,99
EPA Graduate Fellowships 1996
Great Lakes Ballast Technology Demonstration Proj. 1996
EPA Biocriteria for Estuaries 1998
Proctor and Gamble 1982
National Wildlife Federation re marine pollution 1982
SUNY Stony Brook re sex equity 1984
EPA Office of Policy, Planning & Evaluation 1984-85
Evaluator, Biology Dept. Millersville U. PA 1985
Environmental Defense Fund re tributyltin paint 1986
Environmental Defense Fund re pesticides in groundwater 1988
NY Academy of Sciences – NY Bight Initiative 1987
Evaluator, Biology Dept. West. Connecticut State Univ. 1988
Evaluator, Biology Program, Southern Illinois Univ. 1989
Natl Resources Defense Council – sewage effluent toxicity 1990
Evaluator, Envir. Science Prog. U. Maine, Machias 1991
Science Advisory Committee to NYC DEP re Pelham landfill 1991-93
Evaluator, Envir. Science Prog. Mid Tennessee State U. 1992, 1997
Evaluator, Savannah River Ecology Lab, U. Georgia 1992
Evaluator, Biology Dept., Slippery Rock State U. PA 1992
Evaluator, Environmental Studies Prog., U.N.C. Asheville 1995
Site visitor, NSF Educational Programs, Northern AZ Univ. 1995
Reviewer of California Sea Grant Program 1998
Biosphere2 – Columbia University 1999
South Florida Water Management District on Everglades Restoration Plan 1999
Reviewer of Virginia Sea Grant Program 1999
Reviewer of Ohio Sea Grant Program 2000
Battelle, for their Endocrine Disruptor screening program 2001
Reviewer of Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program 2001
The VSA Group, Env. Consultants 2003
Reviewer of Univ. New Hampshire Sea Grant Prog. 2003
Reviewer of Hawaii Sea Grant Program 2003
Reviewer of Texas Sea Grant Program 2004
Reviewer of Florida Sea Grant Program 2005
Reviewer of Puerto Rico Sea Grant Program 2006
Review Committee for Canada DFO Aquaculture Chemicals Document 2009
Reviewer of proposals for CT Sea Grant Program 2011
Reviewer of grants for Hudson River Foundation 2018
Meeting Organization:
The N.Y. Bight and its estuarine ecosystems: state of health. AAAS Meeting, N.Y.C. 1984
Pollution Tolerance: who, what, where, when, and how. AAAS Meeting, N.Y.C. 1984
Annual Meeting Co-Chair, SETAC Hudson-Delaware Chapter
Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Effects & Management 1985
New Perspectives in Water Quality, 1986
Pollution and Physiology of Marine Organisms, S.C. Planned and chaired session on “Relevance of physiological effects data to setting of Water Quality Criteria,” 1985
Organizer of Panel Discussion at A.S.Z. on “Research Funding in the Age of Gramm-Rudman” Nashville TN, 1986.
Organizer of Panel Discussion at A.S.Z. on “Animal Use Issues and Zoological Research” New Orleans LA, 1987.
Planning Committee for Conference “The Biotechnology Explosion: Controversies for the Future.” NJ, 1988.
Organizer of Panel Discussion at ASZ on “Biologists and the Media” San Antonio TX, 1990.
Workshop Organizer – “Undergraduate Environmental SciencePrograms.” AIBS Meeting, San Antonio 1991
Pollution, Habitat and Marine Conservation Biology – Soc. for Conservation Biology, 1997, Victoria B.C.
Alien Invasions!: Impacts and control of non-indigenous species – AAAS 1999
Exotic/Invasive Wetland Species. Estuarine Research Federation, 1999
The Art and Science of Wetland Restoration AAAS Washington DC 2000
Evolution: Understanding Life on Earth AIBS Washington DC 2002
Sea Grant Activities in Ecosystem Based Management – International Marine Conservation Conference, Fairfax VA 2009
Sea Grant Focus on Sustainable Coastal Ecosystems: Restoration Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation. Nov. 2009 Portland OR
AWIS/NSF Advance Conference 2010, Alexandria VA
Editing:
Associate Editor, Transactions Amer. Fisheries Society 1979-81
Book Review Editor, BioScience 1984-95
Editorial Board, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 1991-97
Editorial Board, Fish and Fisheries Res. (on-line) 1996
Associate Editor, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol 1997-2007
Guest Editor, Northeastern Naturalist 1999
Editorial Board, BioScience 2003-
Ecology Editor, Ecology of Earth (on line) 2006-
Assoc. Editor, Journal of Marine Biology 2008-
Theses Written Under my Direction:
Teratogenic effects of the insecticides DDT, carbaryl, malathion and parathion on developing medaka eggs (Oryzias latipes). Howard Mark Solomon 1977 Ph.D.
Environmental effects on growth and fin regeneration in Poeciliid fishes. Edmund John Zimmerer 1980 Ph.D.
The life history and ecology of the eastern mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea) with notes on ecological and zoogeographic relationships to the central mudminnow (Umbra limi).
Frank Michael Panek 1981 Ph.D.
Comparative embryonic methylmercury susceptibility and reproductive biology in two populations of mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus). Margarete Ann Heber 1981 M.S.
Differences in regeneration rate and response to methylmercury in fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax, from a polluted vs non-polluted environment. Patrick F. Callahan 1982 M.S.
Effects of polluted water and methylmercury on fin regeneration and swimming stamina of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus): A comparison of two populations. Mark S. Renna 1982 M.S.
Factors and mechanisms affecting the toxicity of methylmercury to the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Swati Vaidya Toppin 1985 Ph.D.
Differences in tolerance to mercury between two populations of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Mark L. Kraus 1986 Ph.D.
Effects of mercury on fertilization success of sperm and eggs of two populations of killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Abu T. Khan 1987 Ph.D.
The relative effects of tidal currents, seston, and bottom sediments on individual growth of Mercenaria mercenaria, an infaunal suspension-feeding bivalve mollusc. Raymond E. Grizzle 1988 Ph.D.
Biological versus physical control of stream fish communities: deterministic or stochastic regulation. Richard Cerri 1991, Ph.D.
Effects of mercury and naphthalene on behavior, regeneration, and molting in fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax, from polluted and unpolluted environments. Judith Grebel 1995 Ph.D.
Effects of leachates from pressure-treated wood in freshwater environments. William Romeo 1995 MS (NJIT)
Mercury teratogenesis and uptake in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos. David Alan Harpell 1996 MS (NJIT)
Population genetics of Fundulus heteroclitus in the NY/NJ estuaries. Nicolay Mugue 1996, Ph.D.
Size-structure and population of Palaemonetes pugio and interactions with Fundulus heteroclitus in two NJ estuaries. Celine Santiago 1996 MS (NJIT)
Behavioral development and neurobehavioral effects of methylmercury on larval mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus from polluted and reference environments. Tong Zhou 1997, Ph.D.
Growth of Palaemonetes pugio from a polluted vs clean estuary. Suruchi Bhan 1997 MS (NJIT)
Predatory behavior in mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus, from a polluted vs clean environment. Graeme Smith, 1998, Ph.D.
Effect of cadmium on prey capture ability of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Catherine Davis, 1999 MS.
Benthic Communities in Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis-dominated salt marshes. Catherine E. Yuhas 2001 MS (NJIT)
Lethal and sublethal effects of the toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense on three species of larval fish. Jennifer C. Samson 2002, Ph.D.
Development of thyroid abnormalities in Fundulus heteroclitus from a polluted environment and the relationship of thyroid to behavioral abnormalities. Mary Anne Carletta 2002, Ph.D.
An Analysis of epifaunal communities associated with the marsh grasses Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora. Tish Robertson 2004, Ph.D.
Nekton Use of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Craig A. Woolcott 2005 MS
Parasite communities and effects on the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) physiology, anatomy and behavior. Celine Santiago Bass 2007 PhD
Behavioral ecology and population biology in populations of fiddler crabs Uca pugnax (Smith) on the New Jersey Coast. Lauren Bergey 2007 PhD
Variation among mangrove forests as fish habitat: The role of prop-root epibionts, edge effects, and behavior in neotropical mangroves. James MacDonald 2008 Ph.D.
Behavioral ecology and population genetics in two populations of blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, in New Jersey. Jessica Reichmuth 2009 PhD.
Responses of young-of-the year bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix to contaminants in urban estuaries. Allison Candelmo 2010 Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associates
Tong Zhou 1997-98, Lisamarie Windham 1998-2000, Ildiko Pechmann 2007-08
On Ph.D. committees of:
Richard Graham, Dawn Hassinger, Peter Takvorian, Steven Zipko, Stephen Brown, Betty Borowsky (CUNY), Doris Bull Kraus, Joseph DePari, Joseph Kinneary, Carolyn Bentivegna, Chen Mien Chen, Gary Buchanan, Ann Schmitz, Jennifer Stauber (U. Tasmania), Sam Yu (NJIT), Margy Wintermyer, Amy Blankenship, Susan Adair, Dale Haroski Matey, Jacques Khoury (CUNY), Beth Ravit, Greg Sakowicz, Josh Stout, Frank Gallagher, Kristine Kuruiwa (CUNY), David Seebaugh (CUNY), Richard Piola (Univ. of South Wales, Australia), Louise McKenzie (Univ. of South Wales, Australia), Julie Marentette, (McMaster University, Canada), Rebecca Shell (Montclair)
Participation in Science Outreach:
Science Fairs:
Livingston H.S. 1973-75, Summit H.S. 1979, St. Elizabeth’s College 1979, NY Academy of Sciences 1980; Chair of Biology Workshop, Women in Science Conference, Rutgers 1981; Wayne Hills H.S. 1982, Futures Unlimited 1981, 82
Outreach/Public Service:
Talks on population and resources to Zero Population Growth and to National Organization for Women, 1972.
Submitted testimony to Congress – Research Modernization Act,1981
Advisor to Essex County, and towns of Maplewood, West Orange, and Caldwell on gypsy moth control and pesticide use, 1981,82
Testified at EPA hearings on ocean dumping of acid wastes, 1982
Appeared on “Pro or Con” Cable TV Debate on use of carbaryl for gypsy moth control, 1982.
Testified at EPA hearings on water quality standards, 1983
Essex County Task Force on integrated past management, 1983
Testified at NJ hearings on Pesticide Reform Bill, 1984
Speech on Environmental Policy at National Women’s Day Celebration, East Hampton NY, 1984, 88
Member of Drinking Water Quality Institute, State of NJ 1984-87
Chair of Subcommittee on Water Testing
Testified at NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection hearings on pesticide regulations, 1985.
NJ DEP Review Committee for Salem Nuclear Generating Station 1986
NJ DEP Review Committee for Oyster Creek Generating Station 1987
Board of Directors, Group for the South Fork 1985-
Executive Committee, NJ Chapter Sierra Club 1986-89
National Coastal Committee, Sierra Club 1989-
Testified at Corps of Engineers hearings on dredging for home port, 1986
Testified at NY State Senate hearings on tributyltin antifouling paints, 1987.
Testified at US Senate Appropriations Comm. Subcomm. on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary on appropriation for NOAA, 1987
Testified at US House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Comm. Hearings on tributyltin antifouling paint, 1987
Toxics Work Group for NOAA Marine Pollution Program, 1987-88
Science & Tech. Advisory Comm. NY-NJ Harbor Estuary 1988-
Speech on “Life in the Harbor” to Accabonac Protection Comm. 1989, 90
Submitted testimony to N.J. D.E.P. on Salem Nuclear Power Plant, 1990.
Water Quality 2000 -Panel on Preserving Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Pollution Control Federation 1991
Speech on “Pollution of the Oceans” to Warren County Convocation for Gifted and Talented Students, 1991
EPA Scientific & Technical Committee for Hudson River PCBs Site Reassessment 1991
Science Advisory Committee for Congressman Herbert Klein 1994
Submitted comments on Hackensack Meadowlands Special Area Management Plan 1995
Technical advisory committee for Passaic River watershed, NJDEP. 1998-
Advisory Committee to Liberty Science Center for exhibit on Hudson River 2003-2006
Marine Leadership Committee, World Wildlife Fund 2004-2009
NY/NJ Harbor Consortium (NY Academy of Sciences) 2003-2008
Panel on Global Warming for NJ PIRG 2009
Co-Chair, NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program Science & Tech Advisory Committee 2009-
Consultant to UNEP Global Environmental Outlook (GEO) 5 2010
UNEP meeting in Cairo Nov. 2010 to develop chapters for GEO-5
UNEP meeting in Paris March 2011 and Nov. 2011 for GEO-5
Chair, NJDEP Science Advisory Board
Sea Grant Panel on Ecosystem Services, Santa Barbara, 2011
NYC Waterfront Management Advisory Board 2018-
Miscellaneous Service to Academia and Govt.:
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. of Oklahoma 1982
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. of Maryland 1984
Evaluated promotion materials for St. John’s Univ. 1984
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. of Manitoba 1984
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. of Georgia 1989,1995,96
Evaluated promotion materials for Purdue University 1990
Evaluated promotion materials for Virginia Tech. 1996
Evaluated promotion materials for U. Southwestern LA 1997,99
Evaluated promotion materials for U. Maryland 1998
Evaluated promotion materials for U. Mississippi 1999
Evaluated promotion materials for U. Connecticut 2000
Evaluated promotion materials for Seton Hall Univ. 2000
Evaluated promotion materials for Colorado State Univ. 2000
Evaluated promotion materials for CUNY 2003
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. of West Virginia 2006
Evaluated promotion materials for Univ. Wisconsin Milwaukee 2010
Evaluated promotion materials for Smithsonian Environmental Research Center 2008
Evaluated promotion materials for Louisiana State University, Lafayette 2012
Member, Delegation of Estuarine scientists visiting the People’s Republic of China, 1983
Member, site visit team to EPA Laboratory, Gulf Breeze FL, 1983
Advisor in Student Science Training Prog. Long Island U 1985-88
Environmental Policy Working Group -Natl. Assoc. State Univ & Land Grant Colleges (NASULGC), 1987, 1990
NJ Coastal Water Quality Panel, 1987
National Research Council Marine Board Committee on Ballast Water Management to prevent introduction of non-indigenous species. Produced report: “Stemming the Tide” 1994
Advisory Board for NYU Cave Biology Research Group 2000-
Leader, Delegation of American Biologists visiting South Africa 2002
Participating Scientist in Operation Wallacea 2002
Technical Advisory Committee for Florida Interdisciplinary Center for Environmentally Sound Solutions (FICESS) 2003-2004
National Research Council Water Science and Technology Board committee
on Advancing Desalination Technologies Produced report “Desalination” 2006-2007
Chair, Science Advisory Board, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection 2010-
NRC Report on Setting Numeric Criteria for Ballast Water – review coordinator 2011
Expert Panel on Brine Discharge into Coastal Waters for Cal. Water Board 2011-2012
Publications: Books:
Weis, J.S. and C.A. Butler 2009. Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History. Rutgers University Press
Weis, J.S. 2011. Do Fish Sleep? Rutgers University Press
Weis, J.S. 2012. Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs. Cornell University Press
Weis, J.S. 2013. Physiological, Developmental and Behavioral Effects of Marine Pollutants. Springer.
Weis, J.S. 2014. Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know. Oxford University Press
Weis, J.S. and D. Sol, Editors. 2016 Biological Invasions and Animal Behaviour. Cambridge University Press.
Weis, J.S., F. DeFalco and M Cocca 2022. Polluting Textiles: The Problem with Microfibres. Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Refereed Publications:
Weis, J.S. and A. Perlmutter 1967. A technique for microinjecting materials into the eggs of fishes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 96: 57-60.
Weis J.S. 1968. Analysis of the development of the nervous system of the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. I. The normal morphology and development of the spinal cord and ganglia. J. Embryol. Exper. Morphol. 19:109-120.
Weis J.S. 1968. Analysis of the development of the nervous system of the zebrafish, Brachydanio rerio. II. The effect of nerve growth factor and its antiserum on the development of the spinal cord and ganglia. J. Embryol Exp. Morph. 19:121-135.
Weis, J.S. 1967. Experimental studies in nerve growth factor in teleost fishes. Amer. Zool. 7: 761-762.
Weis, J.S. 1968. The occurrence of nerve growth factor in teleost fishes. Experientia 24: 736-737.
Weis, J.S. 1968. Taxonomic correlation of the position of spinal ganglia in teleost fishes. J Fish Res Bd Can. 25:1739-1740.
Weis, J.S. 1968. Fauna associated with pelagic Sargassum in the Gulf Stream. Amer. Midland Nat. 80: 554-556.
Weis, J.S. 1969. The effects of nerve growth factor on the spinal ganglia of Ambystoma maculatum. J. Exper. Zool. 170:481-488.
Weis, J.S. 1970. The effect of nerve growth factor antiserum on Ambystoma. Experientia 26: 155-156.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1970. The effect of nerve growth factor on limb regeneration in Ambystoma. J. Exper. Zool. 174:73-78.
Weis, J.S. and E. Kalmar 1970. The transition from neural crest to spinal ganglia in Ambystoma. Bull. NJ Acad. Sci 15:36-37.
Weis, J.S, P. Weis and R. Graham 1970. Species difference in limb regeneration in Ambystoma. Copeia 1979 #2:383-384.
Weis, J.S. 1972. The effects of nerve growth factor in bullfrog tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana) after limb amputation. J. Exper. Zool. 180: 385-392.
Weis, J.S. 1972. The effect of nerve growth factor on tail regeneration in the goldfish (Carrassius auratus). Growth 36: 151-161.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1972. Behavioral changes in the goldfish, Carrassius auratus, produced by treatment with nerve growth factor. Physiology and Behavior 9: 367-372.
Weis, J.S. 1972. The population crisis and women’s liberation. Biology and Human Affairs 37: 42-44.
Weis, J.S. and L. Bleier 1973. The effect of hydrocortisone on limb regeneration in the bullfrog tadpole, Rana catesbeiana. J. Embryol. Exper. Morphol. 29: 65-71.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1973. Nerve growth factor vs insulin. Science 180: 1301.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1974. DDT causes changes in activity and schooling behavior in goldfish. Environ. Res. 7:68-74.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1974. Cardiac malformations induced by insecticides in embryos of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Teratology 10: 263-268.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1974. Schooling behavior of Menidia in the presence of the insecticide Sevin (carbaryl). Marine Biol. 28: 261-263.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1975. Retardation of fin regeneration in Fundulus by several insecticides. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 104: 135-137.
Weis, J.S. 1975. The effect of DDT on tail regeneration in Rana pipiens and R. catesbeiana tadpoles. Copeia 1975: 765-767.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1976. Optical malformations induced by insecticides in embryos of the silversides, Menidia menidia. Fish. Bull. 74: 208-211.
Weis, J.S. and L.H. Mantel 1976. DDT as an accelerator of regeneration and molting in fiddler crabs. Estuar. Coast. Mar. Sci. 4: 461-466.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1976. The effects of heavy metals on fin regeneration in Fundulus heteroclitus. Bull. Envir. Contam. Toxicol. 16: 197-202.
Weis, J.S. 1976. The effects of environmental factors on limb regeneration and molting in fiddler crabs Biol. Bull. 150: 152-162.
Weis, J.S. 1976. The effects of mercury, cadmium, and lead salts on limb regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Fish. Bull. 74: 464-467.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1976. Abnormal locomotion associated with skeletal malformations in the sheepshead minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus, exposed to malathion. Environ. Res. 12:196-200.
Weis, J.S. 1976. Regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, after multiple autotomy followed by injury or reamputation of some limb buds. J. Exper. Zool. 197: 21-30.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1976. The vertical distribution of pea crabs (Pinnotheres maculatus) in mussels (Mytilus edulis) from Montauk, New York. Veliger 19: 79-81.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1977. The effects of heavy metals on embryonic development of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. J. Fish Biol. 11: 49-54.
Weis, J.S. 1977. Limb regeneration in fiddler crabs: species differences and effects of methymercury. Biol. Bull. 152: 263-274.
Weis, J.S. 1977. Regeneration of limbs autotomized at different times in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Can. J. Zool. 55: 656-660.
Weis, P, and J.S. Weis 1977. Methylmercury teratogenesis in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Teratology 16: 317-326.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1978. Methylmercury inhibition of fin regeneration in fishes and its interaction with salinity and cadmium. Estuar. Coast. Mar. Sci. 6: 327-334.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1978. Behavior of coral reef fishes in a tidal environment. Florida Scientist 41: 53-56.
Weis, J.S. 1978. Interactions of methylmercury, cadmium, and salinity on regeneration in the fiddler crabs Uca pugilator, Uca pugnax and Uca minax. Mar. Biol. 49: 119-124.
Solomon, H.M. and J.S. Weis 1979. Abnormal circulatory development in medaka caused by the insecticides carbaryl, malathion, and parathion. Teratology 19: 51-62.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1979. Congenital abnormalities in estuarine fishes experimentally induced by environmental contaminants. In: Animals as Monitors of Environmental Pollutants. Proc. Symp. on Pathobiology of Environmental Pollutants, 1977. Natl. Acad. Sci. Washington DC pp 94-107.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1979. Effects of mercury and cadmium compounds on regeneration in estuarine fishes and crabs. In: Marine Pollution: Functional Responses. Ed. W.B.Vernberg, A. Calabrese, F. Thurberg & F.J.Vernberg. Acad. Press NY pp 151-169.
Weis J.S. 1980. The effect of zinc on regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, and its interactions temperature, salinity and food intake on the excretion of Zn65 in small marine fishes. Biol.Bull. 121:378.
Weis P. and J.S. Weis 1980. The effect of zinc on fin regeneration in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus, and its interaction with methylmercury. Fish. Bull. 78:163-166.
Lee, P.H. and J.S. Weis 1980. Effects of magnetic fields on regeneration in fiddler crabs. Biol. Bull. 159: 681-691.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and J. Ricci 1981. Effects of cadmium, zinc, salinity and temperature on the teratogenicity of methylmercury to the killifish Fundulus heteroclitus. Second Internat. Symp. on Early Life History of Fishes. Rapp. P-v Reun. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer 178: 64-70.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1981. Interactions of heavy metals affecting growth and development of estuarine animals. In: Water Conference, Ramapo College. L. Ciaccio & A. Cristini eds. pp 220-235.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis, M. Heber and S. Vaidya 1981. Methylmercury tolerance of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos from a polluted vs nonpolluted environment. Mar. Biol. 65:283-287
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and M. Heber 1982. Variation in response to methylmercury by killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos. In: Aquatic Toxicology and Hazard Assessment: Fifth Conference. ASTM STP 766. J.G. Pearson, R. Foster and W.E. Bishop eds. Amer. Soc. for Testing and Materials pp 109-119.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1982. Toxicity of methylmercury, mercuric chloride, and lead in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) from Southampton, New York. Environ. Res. 28: 364-374.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1982. Toxicity of the PCBs Aroclor 1254 and 1242 to embryos and larvae of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 28: 298-304.
Weis J.S. 1982. Studies on limb regeneration in the anomurans Pagurus longicarpus and Emerita talpoida. J. Crust. Biol. 2: 227-231.
Weis J.S., P. Weis, M. Heber and S. Vaidya 1982. Investigations into mechanisms of methylmercury tolerance in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos. In: Physiological Mechanisms of Marine Pollutant Toxicity. ed. W. Vernberg, A. Calabrese, F. Thurberg & F.J. Vernberg. Acad. Press N.Y. pp 311-330.
Weis J.S. and P Weis 1983. Intraspecific differences in susceptibility to toxicants due to short term or chronic pre-exposure. In: Aquatic Toxicology ed. J. Nriagu. Advances in Environmental Science & Technology, John Wiley, NY pp 190-205.
Bush C.P. and J.S. Weis 1983. Effects of salinity on fertilization success in two populations of killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Biol. Bull. 164: 406-417.
Callahan, P. and J.S. Weis 1983. Methylmercury effects on regeneration and ecdysis in fiddler crabs (Uca pugilator, U. pugnax) after short-term and chronic pre-exposure. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12: 707-714.
Weis P. and J.S. Weis 1983. Effects of embryonic pre-exposure to methylmercury, Hg2+ and Cu2+ on larval tolerance in Fundulus heteroclitus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 31: 530-534.
Weis J.S. and P. Weis 1984. A rapid change in methylmercury tolerance in a population of killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, from a golf course pond. Mar. Envir. Res. 13:231-245.
Weis J.S., P. Weis, M. Renna and S. Vaidya 1985. Search for a physiological component of methylmercury tolerance in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. In: Marine Pollution and Physiology: Recent Advances. Ed. F.J.Vernberg, F. Thurberg, A. Calabrese and W.B. Vernberg. Univ. S. Carolina Press, Columbia. pp 309-326.
Weis, J.S. 1985. Cadmium acclimation and limb regeneration in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator: Sex differences. Mar. Environ. Res. 16: 199-214.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1985. Acclimation to cadmium by Fundulus heteroclitus as demonstrated by fin regeneration and cadmium accumulation. Mar. Env. Res. 17: 269-271. (full version below)
Weis P. and J.S. Weis 1986. Cadmium acclimation and hormesis in Fundulus heteroclitus during fin regeneration. Environ. Res. 39: 356-363.
Weis P., J.S. Weis and J. Bogden 1986. Effects of environmental factors on release of mercury from Berry’s Creek sediments and uptake by killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Environ. Poll. 40: 303-315.
Weis, J.S., N. Donellon and F. Barnwell 1986. Regeneration of tubercles on the limbs of Uca pugilator and effects of mercury and cadmium on their growth. J. Crust. Biol. 6: 648-651.
Weis, J.S. and J. Kim 1986. Specificity of acquired cadmium tolerance in the fiddler crab Uca pugilator. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37: 362-368.
Weis J.S., M. Renna S. Vaidya and P. Weis 1987. Mercury tolerance in killifish: A stage-specific phenomenon. In: Oceanic Processes in Marine Pollution vol. 1. Biological Processes and Wastes in the Ocean. ed. J. Capuzzo and D. Kester. Krieger Pub. Co. Malabar, FL pp 31-36.
Klerks P. and J.S. Weis 1987. Genetic adaptation to heavy metals in aquatic organisms: a review. Envir. Poll. 45: 173-206.
Weis J.S. and P. Weis 1987. Pollutants as developmental toxicants in aquatic organisms. Environ. Health Persp. 71: 77-86.
Weis J.S., J. Gottlieb and J. Kwiatkowski 1987. Tributyltin retards regeneration and produces deformities of limbs in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Arch. Envir. Contam. Toxicol. 16: 321-326.
Weis, J.S. and A. Ma 1987. Effects of the pesticide diflubenzuron on larval horseshoe crabs, Limulus polyphemus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 39: 224-228.
Toppin, S.V., M. Heber, J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1987. Changes in reproductive biology and life history in Fundulus heteroclitus in a polluted environment. In: Pollution Physiology of Estuarine Organisms. Ed. W. Vernberg, A. Calabrese, F. Thurberg and F.J. Vernberg. Univ. S. Carolina Press, Columbia. pp 171-184.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1987. Effects of methylmercury on sperm and egg viability of two populations of killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 16: 499-505.
Weis, J.S. and J. Perlmutter 1987. Burrowing behavior by the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator: inhibition by the insecticide diflubenzuron. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 38: 109-113.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1987. Effects of mercuric chloride on eggs and juvenile viability in two populations of killifish. Mar. Poll. Bull. 18: 504-505.
Weis J.S., R. Cohen and J. Kwiatkowski 1987. Effects of diflubenzuron on limb regeneration and molting in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Aquat. Toxicol. 10: 279-290.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1987. Effects of methylmercury on egg and juvenile viability in two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus. Environ. Res. 44: 272-278.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1987. Effects of mercuric chloride on sperm and egg viability in two populations of the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus. Environ. Poll. 48: 263-273.
Weis, J.S. and J. Perlmutter 1987. Effects of tributyltin on activity and burrowing behavior in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Estuaries 10: 342-346.
Kraus, M. and J.S. Weis 1988. Differences in effects of mercury on telson regeneration in two populations of the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17: 115-120.
Khan, A.T., J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1988. Studies of cadmium tolerance in two populations of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio. Bull. Envir. Contam. Toxic. 40: 30-35.
Kraus, M., J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1988. Effects of mercury on larval and adult grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17: 355-363.
Perry, D.M., J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1988. Cytogenetic effects of methylmercury in embryos of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17: 569-587.
Weis, J.S. and K. Kim 1988. Tributyltin is a teratogen in producing deformities in limbs of the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 17: 583-587.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1989. Tolerance and stress in a polluted environment: the case of the mummichog. BioScience 39: 89-96
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1989. Effects of environmental pollutants on early fish development. Reviews in Aquatic Sci. 1:45-74.
Khan, A.T., J.S. Weis and L. D’Andrea 1989. Bioaccumulation of four heavy metals in two populations of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Bull. Envir. Contam. Toxic. 42:339-343.
Weis, J.S. and L.A. Cole 1989. Tributyltin and public policy. Environ. Impact Assess. Review 9: 33- 47.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis and L. Coohill 1989. Biological impact of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate on selected estuarine organisms. In: Pesticides in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments, Ed. D. Weigmann. VA. Polytech. Inst. Water Resources Inst., Blacksburg, pp 19-28.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis and A. Greenberg 1990. Treated municipal wastewaters: effects on development and growth of fishes. Mar. Environ. Res. 28: 527-532.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and E. Zimmerer 1990. Utility of fin regeneration in testing sublethal effects of wastes. In: Oceanic Processes in Marine Pollution vol 6. Physical and chemical processes: transport and transformation, ed. D. Baumgartner and I. Duedall, pp 189-196. Kreger Pub. Co., Malabar FL.
Weis, J.S. 1990 Status of undergraduate programs in environmental science. Envir. Sci. & Tech. 24:1116-1121.
Weis, J.S. and A.A. Khan 1990. Effects of mercury on the feeding behavior of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus from a polluted habitat. Mar. Environ. Res. 30: 243-249.
Weis, P. J.S. Weis and L. Coohill 1991. Toxicity to estuarine organisms of leachates from chromated copper arsenate treated wood. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 20: 118-124.
Weis, J.S. and A.A. Khan 1991. Reduction in prey capture ability and condition in mummichogs from a polluted habitat. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 120: 127-129.
Weis, J.S. 1991. Educational Programs for Women in Science: What the National Science Foundation is Doing Now. J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 21: 11-13.
Weis, J.S., A. Cristini and K.R. Rao 1992. Effects of pollutants on molting and regeneration in crustacea. Amer. Zool. 32: 495-500.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1992. The Developmental Toxicity of Metals and Metalloids in Fish. In: Metal Ecotoxicology: Concepts and Applications. M.C. Newman, ed. Lewis Pub. Co. pp 145-169.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis, 1992. Construction materials in the marine environment: Reduction in the epibiotic communities on CCA-treated wood. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 83: 45-53.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis , A. Greenberg and T. Nosker 1992. Toxicity of construction materials in the marine environment: A comparison of CCA-treated wood and recycled plastic. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 22: 99-106.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1992. Metal Toxicology and Fish Development. In: The Deposition and Fate of Trace Metals in Our Environment. E. Verry and S. Vermette, eds. USDA Forest Service, pp 157-171.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis, C. Chen and A. Greenberg 1992. Treated municipal waste waters: Effects of organic fractions on development and growth of fishes. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 11: 1451-1459.
Robbins, L. and J.S. Weis 1992. Why do people drop out of the scientific pipeline? A study of graduates of the Bronx High School of Science. J. Coll. Sci. Teach. 22?Sept-Oct. 92: 6-7.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis, 1992. Transfer of contaminants from CCA-treated lumber to aquatic biota. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 161: 189-199.
Khan, A.T., J.S. Weis, C.E. Saharig and A.E. Polo 1993. Effect of tributyltin on mortality and telson regeneration of grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50: 152-157.
Gillett, J.W., J. Johnson, D.G. Arey, R. Costanza, I. Tinsley, J.S. Weis and A.R. Yanders 1992. The need for an integrated urban environmental policy. J. Urban Affairs 14: 377-398.
Weis, J.S., J. Lemons, R. Foust, G.Godshalk, G. Miller and R. Wenger 1992. Report of the workshop on undergraduate environmental science education. The Environ. Professional 14: 363-370.
Weis, P. J.S. Weis and T. Proctor 1993. Copper, chromium and arsenic in sediments adjacent to wood structures treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA). Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 36: 71-79.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1993. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in two populations of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus). Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 51: 1-5.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1993. Trophic transfer of contaminants from organisms living by chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood to their predators. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 168: 25-34.
Khan, A.T. and J.S. Weis 1993. Differential effects of organic and inorganic mercury on the micropyle of eggs of Fundulus heteroclitus. Environ. Biol. Fishes 37: 323-327.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis and E. Lores 1993. Uptake of metals from chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated lumber by epibiota. Mar. Poll. Bull. 26: 428-430.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1994. Impacts of Xenobiotics on Estuarine Ecosystems. In: Basic environmental Toxicology, ed. B. Shane and L. Cockerham. CRC Press, Boca Raton. Pp 385-407.
Weis, P. J.S. Weis and J. Couch 1993. Histopathology and bioaccumulation in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) living on wood preserved with chromated coper arsenate. Dis. Aquat. Org. 17: 41-46.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1994. Effects of contaminants from chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated lumber on benthos. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 26: 103-109.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1995. Effects of embryonic exposure to methylmercury on larval prey capture ability in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. Environ. Toxicol. Chem 14: 153-156.
Smith, G.M., A.T. Khan, J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1995. Behavior and brain correlates in mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from polluted and unpolluted environments. Mar. Environ. Res. 39: 329-333.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis, J. Couch, C. Daniels and T. Chen 1995. Pathological and genotoxicological observations in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) living on chromated opper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood. Mar. Environ. Res. 39: 275-278.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1995. Effects of embryonic and larval exposure to methylmercury on larval swimming performance and predator avoidance in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 2168-2173.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1995. Environmental effects of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood in the aquatic environment. Ambio 24: 269-274.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1996. Reduction in toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood as assessed by community study. Mar. Environ. Res. 41: 15-25.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1996. The effects of using wood treated with chromated copper arsenate in shallow water environments: a review. Estuaries 19: 306-310.
Zhou, T., R. Scali, P. Weis and J.S. Weis 1996. Behavioral effects in mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) larvae following embryonic exposure to methylmercury. Mar. Environ. Res. 42: 45-49.
Weis, J.S. 1996. Scientific Uncertainty and Environmental Policy: Four Pollution Case Studies. In: Scientific Uncertainty and Environmental Problem Solving. J. Lemons, ed. Blackwell pp 160-187.
Ososkov, I. and J.S. Weis 1996. Development of social behavior in larval mummichogs after embryonic exposure to methylmercury. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 125: 983-987.
Smith, G. and J.S. Weis 1997. Predator/prey interactions of the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus: Effects of living in a polluted environment. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 209: 75-87.
Weis, J. and P. Weis 1997. Aquatic testing with early life stages of killifishes. In: Microscale Aquatic Toxicity Techniques and Practises. Ed. Wells, Lee and Blaise. CRC Press. Pp 479-490.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and T. Proctor 1998. The extent of benthic effects of CCA-treated wood in marine environments. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 34: 313-322.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1998. Effects of lead on behaviors of larval mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 222: 1-10.
Zhou, T., P. Weis and J.S. Weis 1998. Mercury burden in two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus after sublethal methylmercury exposure. Aquat. Toxicol. 42: 37-47.
Zhou, T. and J.S. Weis 1998. Swimming behavior and predator avoidance in three populations of Fundulus heteroclitus larvae after embryonic and/or larval exposure to methylmercury. Aquat. Toxicol. 43: 131-148
Zhou, T. and J. S. Weis 1999. Predator avoidance in mummichog larvae from a polluted habitat. J. Fish Biol. 54: 44-57.
Weis, J.S., N. Mugue and P. Weis 1999. Mercury tolerance, population effects and population genetics in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. In: Genetics and Ecotoxicology, ed. V. Forbes, Taylor and Francis, Phila. pp 31-54.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1999. Accumulation of metals in consumers associated with chromated copper arsenate-treated wood panels. Mar. Environ. Res. 48: 73-81.
Weis, J.S., G.M. Smith and T. Zhou 1999. Altered predator/prey behavior in polluted environments: implications for fish conservation. Environ. Biol. Fishes 55: 43-51.
Zhou, T., H. John-Alder, P. Weis and J.S. Weis, 1999. Thyroidal status of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a polluted vs a reference habitat. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18: 2817- 2823.
Santiago Bass, C. and J.S. Weis 1999. Behavioral changes induced in the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio (Holthuis) induced by the parasitic isopod Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard). J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 241: 223-233.
Zhou, T., D. Rademacher, R.E. Steinpreis and J.S. Weis 1999. Neurotransmitter levels in two populations of larval Fundulus heteroclitus after methylmercury exposure. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C 124: 287-294.
Weis, J.S., G. Smith and C. Santiago-Bass 2000. Predator/prey interactions: A link between the individual level and both higher and lower level effects of toxicants in aquatic systems. J. Aquat. Ecosyst. Stress & Recovery 7: 145-153.
Zhou, T., H. John-Alder, P. Weis and J.S. Weis 2000. Endocrine disruption: thyroid abnormalities in mummichogs from a polluted environment. Mar. Envir. Res. 50: 393-397.
Burke, D.J., J.S. Weis and P. Weis, 2000. Release of metals by the leaves of the salt marsh grasses Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 51: 153-159.
Samson, J.C., F. Olobatuye, R. Goodridge and J.S. Weis 2001. Delayed effects of embryonic exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to methylmercury (MeHg) Aquat. Toxicol. 51: 369-376.
Weis, J.S., G. Smith, T. Zhou, C. Bass and P. Weis 2001. Effects of contaminants on behavior: biochemical mechanisms and ecological consequences. BioScience 51: 209-218.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 2001. Behavioral reponses and interactions of three animals with an invasive marsh plant: a laboratory analysis. Biol. Invasions 2: 305-314.
Zhou, T., R. Scali and J.S. Weis 2001. Effects of methylmercury on ontogeny of prey capture ability and growth in three populations of larval Fundulus heteroclitus. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41: 47-54.
Windham, L., J.S. Weis and P. Weis, 2001. Lead uptake, distribution, and effects in two dominant salt marsh macrophytes Spartina alterniflora (cordgrass) and Phragmites australis (common reed). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 42: 811-816.
Weis, J.S., J. Samson, T. Zhou, J. Skurnick and P. Weis 2001. Prey capture ability by mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) as a behavioral biomarker for contaminants in estuarine systems. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 1442-1452.
Bass, C.S., S. Bhan, G. Smith and J.S. Weis.2001 Factors affecting size distribution and density of grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) populations in two New Jersey estuaries. Hydrobiologia 450: 231-241.
Maltby, L., T.J. Kedwards, V.E. Forbes, K. Grassman, J.E. Kammenga, W.R. Munns, A.H. Ringwood, J.S. Weis, and S.N. Wood. 2001. Linking individual-level responses and population-level consequences. In: Ecological Variability: Separating Natural from Anthropogenic Causes of Ecosystem Impairment. Eds. D.J. Baird and G.A. Burton. SETAC Press, Pensacola FL. pp 27-82.
Windham, L, J.S. Weis and P. Weis. 2001. Patterns and processes of mercury release from leaves of two dominant salt marsh macrophytes, Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora. Estuaries 24: 787-795.
Weis, J.S., L. Windham and P. Weis. 2002. Growth, survival and metal content in marsh invertebrates fed diets of detritus from Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis from metal-polluted and clean sites. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 10: 71-84.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 2002. Contamination of saltmarsh sediments and biota by CCA treated wood walkways. Marine Pollution Bulletin 44: 504-510.
Weis, P., L. Windham, D.J. Burke and J.S. Weis 2002. Release into the environment of metals by two vascular salt marsh plants. Mar. Envir. Res. 54: 325-329
Weis, J.S. 2002. Tolerance to environmental contaminants in the mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 8: 933-953.
Carletta, M.A., P. Weis and J.S. Weis 2002. Development of thyroid abnormalities in mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus, from a polluted site. Mar. Envir. Res. 54: 601-614.
Bergey, L., J.S. Weis and P. Weis. 2002. Mercury uptake by the estuarine species Fundulus heteroclitus and Palaemonetes pugio compared with their parasites, Eustrongylides and Probopyrus pandalicola. Mar. Poll. Bull. 44: 1046-1050.
Weis, J.S., J. Samson, T. Zhou, J. Skurnick and P. Weis 2003. Evaluating prey capture by larval mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) as a potential biomarker for contaminants. Mar. Environ. Res. 55: 27-38.
Windham, L., J.S. Weis and P. Weis 2003. Uptake and distribution of metals in two dominant salt marsh macrophytes, Spartina alterniflora (cordgrass) and Phragmites australis (common reed). Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science. 56: 63-72.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 2003. Is the invasion of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into tidal marshes of the Eastern US an ecological disaster? Marine Pollution Bulletin. 46: 816-820.
Weis, J.S., L. Windham and P. Weis 2003. Patterns of metal accumulation in leaves of the tidal marsh plants Spartina alterniflora (Loisel) and Phragmites australis (Cav. Trin ex Steud) over the growing season. Wetlands 23: 459-465.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis. 2004. Metal uptake, transport, and release by wetland plants: Implications for phytoremediation and restoration. Environ. Internat. 30: 685-700.
Windham, L., J. Weis and P. Weis 2004. Metal dynamics of plant litter of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in metal-contaminated marshes. Part 1. Patterns of decomposition and metal uptake. Envir. Toxicol. Chem. 23: 1520-1528.
Weis, J. and P. Weis 2004. Behavior of four species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca, in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hydrobiologia 523: 47-58.
Weis, J.S., T. Glover and P. Weis. 2004 Interactions of metals affect their distribution in tissues of Phragmites australis. Environ. Pollution 131: 409-415.
Weis, J.S., J. Skurnick and P. Weis. 2004 Studies of a contaminated brackish marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New Jersey: Metal contamination and benthic community. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49: 1025-1035
Robertson, T. and J. S. Weis 2005 A comparison of epifaunal communities associated with the stems of salt marsh grasses Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora. Wetlands 25: 1-7.
Weis, J. and P. Weis 2005. Use of two different intertidal habitats by coral reef fishes in the Wakatobi Marine Park, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53: 119-124.
Weis, J.S. 2005. Diet and food web support of the white perch, Morone americana in the Hackensack Meadowlands. Environ. Biol. of Fishes 74: 109-113
Yuhas, C., J.M. Hartman and J.S. Weis 2005. Benthic communities associated with Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis in the Hackensack Meadowlands of NJ. Urban Habitats 3 #1: 158-191.
Bergey, L., and Weis, J.S. 2006. Immobility in five species of fiddler crabs, genus Uca. J. Crust. Biol. 26: 82-84.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis.2006. Effects of wood treated with chromated copper arsenic on aquatic biota. In: Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood, ed. T. Townsend & H. Solo-Gabriele. CRC Press pp 173-190.
Wirgin, I., J.S. Weis, and A. McElroy 2006. Physiological and Genetic Aspects of Toxicity in Hudson River species. In: J. Levinton and J. Waldman, eds. The Hudson River Estuary.
Cambridge University Press pp 441-464.
Robertson, T.A. and J.S. Weis 2007. Interactions between the grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio and the salt marsh grasses Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora. Biol Invasions 9: 25-30.
Mac Donald, J., R. Roudez, T. Glover and J.S. Weis. 2007 The invasive green crab and Japanese shore crab: behavioral interactions with a native crab species, the blue crab. Biol Invasions 9: 837-848.
Bass, C.S. , S. Khan and J.S. Weis.2007. Associations of gill branching with gill parasite infections in Fundulus heteroclitus. J. Fish Biol. 71: 920-925.
Bergey, L. and J.S. Weis 2007. Molting as a mechanism of depuration of metals in the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax. Marine Environmental Research 64: 556-562
Samson, J.C., S. Shumway and J.S. Weis. 2008 Effects of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense on three species of larval fish: a food web approach. J. Fish Biol. 72: 168-188.
Bergey, L. and J.S Weis 2008. Aspects of population ecology in two populations of fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax. Marine Biology 154: 435-442.
Bass, C.S. and J.S. Weis 2008. Increased abundance of snails and trematode parasites of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.) in restored New Jersey wetlands. Wetland Ecol. Mgmt. 16:173-182.
Roudez, R.J., T. Glover and J.S. Weis 2008. Learning in an invasive and a native predatory crab. Biol. Invasions 10: 1191-1196.
MacDonald, J., T. Glover, and J.S. Weis.2008 The impact of mangrove prop-root epibionts on juvenile reef fishes: a field experiment using artificial roots and epifauna. Estuaries and Coasts 31:981-993.
Reichmuth, J.M., R. Roudez, T. Glover and J.S. Weis 2009. Differences in prey capture behavior in populations of blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) from contaminated and clean estuaries in New Jersey. Estuaries and Coasts 32: 298-308.
Bass, C.S. and J.S. Weis 2009. Conspicuous behavior of Fundulus heteroclitus associated with high digenean metacercariae gill abundances. J. Fish Biol. 74: 763-772.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis, L. Pearson, J. MacDonald.2009 Rapid changes in fish utilization of mangrove habitat in Western Madagascar. Wetland Ecol. Management 17: 345-354
MacDonald, J., S. Shahrestani and J.S. Weis 2009. Behavior and space utilization of two common fishes within Caribbean mangroves: implications for the protective function of mangrove habitats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 84: 195-201
Weis, J.S. 2009. Reproductive, Developmental, and Neurobehavioral Effects of Methylmercury in Fishes. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part C 27: 212-225.
Reichmuth, J.M., P. Weis and J.S. Weis, 2010. Bioaccumulation and depuration of metals in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) from a contaminated and clean estuary. Environ. Pollut. 158: 361-368.Weis, J.S. 2010. The role of behavior in the success of invasive crustaceans. Mar. Freshwat. Behav. Physiol. 43: 83-98
Candelmo, A., A. Deshpande, B. Dockum, P. Weis and J. S. Weis 2010. The effect of contaminated prey on feeding, activity, and growth of young-of-the-year bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, in the laboratory. Estuaries and Coasts 33: 1025-1038.
Burridge, L., J.S. Weis, F. Cabello, J. Pizarro and K. Bostick 2010. Chemical use in salmon aquaculture: A review of current practices and possible environmental effects. Aquaculture 306: 7-23
Reichmuth, J,M, J. MacDonald, J. Ramiriz and J.S. Weis 2011. Fight or flight: an investigation of aggressive behavior and predator avoidance in two populations of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) in New Jersey. Hydrobiologia 658: 173-182.
Weis, J.S. 2011. Tolerance and Biodiversity. In: Tolerance to Environmental Contaminants. Ed. P. Rainbow and C. Amiard-Triquet. Taylor and Francis Pub. Boca Raton FL
Weis, J.S., L. Bergey, J. Reichmuth and A. Candelmo 2011. Living in a contaminated estuary: Behavioral changes and ecological consequences for five species. BioScience 61: 375-385
Weis, J.S. 2011. Invasion and predation in aquatic ecosystems. Curr. Zool. 57: 613−624
Bergey, L., T. Glover and J.S. Weis 2012. Behavioral differences in fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax, from contaminated and reference estuaries in New Jersey. In: Crabs: Anatomy, Habitat and Ecological Significance K. Saruwatari and M. Nishimura, editors. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge NY. Pp 89-105.
Weis, J.S. and A. Candelmo 2012. Pollution and fish predator/prey behavior: A review of laboratory and field approaches. Curr. Zool. 58: 9-20.
Panek, F.M. and J.S. Weis 2012. Age, growth, and reproduction of the Eastern
Mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea) at the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey. Northeastern Naturalist 19:217–228.
Gaddis,E. P Glennie, Y Huang, W Rast, M Abdelhamid, M Aldaya, B Alfthan, P Bjørnsen, M Evers, G Jia, L Jeftic, A Kane, S Reyna and JS Weis. 2012. Water. Chapter in Global Environmental Outlook 5. United Nations Environment Programme pp 97-132
Panek, F.M. and J.S. Weis 2013. Diet of the Eastern Mudminnow (Umbra pygmaea DeKay) from two geographically distinct populations within the North American native range. Northeastern Naturalist 20: 37-48
MacDonald, J., and J.S. Weis 2013. Fish community features correlate with prop-root epibionts in Caribbean mangroves. J. Exper. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 441: 90-98
Needles et al.(including Weis) 2013. Managing Bay and Estuarine Ecosystems for Multiple Services. Estuaries and Coasts. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12237-013-9602-7.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 2013. Aggressive waves in the lemon-clawed flddler crab (Uca perplexa): A regional dialect in Fiji. ISRN Biodiversity http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/319590
Weis, J.S. 2014. Delayed behavioral effects of early life toxicant exposures in aquatic biota. Toxics 2014, 2(2), 165-187; doi:10.3390/toxics2020165
Ravit, B. and J.S. Weis 2014. Clean Water Act Section 404 and Coastal Marsh Sustainability. Coastal Management 42: 464-477.
Weis, J.S. 2014. Controversies in Aquatic Sciences. In: Kleinman, D, K. Cloud-Hanson and J.Handelsman (eds) Controversies in Science and Technology vol 4 From Sustainability to Surveillance. Pp Oxford Univ. Press pp. 241-258.
Petrossian, G. J. S. Weis and S. Pires 2015. Factors affecting crab and lobster species subject to IUU Fishing. Ocean Coastal Mgmt. 106: 29-34.
Ravit, B., J.S. Weis and D. Rounds 2015. Is urban marsh sustainability compatible with the Clean Water Act? Environmental Practice 17: 1-11.
Weis, J.S. 2015.Some Physiological Responses of Crustaceans to Toxicants. In: Chang. E. and Thiel, M. (eds.) The Natural History of Crustacea, Volume 4: Physiology. Pp 477-504. Oxford University Press, NY.
Weis, J.S. 2016 Eat or Be Eaten: Invasion and Predation in Aquatic Ecosystems. In: J.S.Weis and D. Sol (eds.) Biological Invasions and Animal Behavior. Pp180-198. Cambridge Univ. Press
Keatley B., E Gaddis and JS Weis 2016. Coastal, Marine, Oceans. Section 2.5 in Global Environment Outlook 6, North America. United Nations Environment Programme pp 97-108.
Weis, JS and K. Segarra 2017. Salt Marshes. Chapter 49 in First Global Integrated Marine Assessment. Inness L and A. Simcock eds. United Nations A Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socio-economic Aspects. United Nations. 9 pp.
Weis, J.S. 2018. Cooperative work is needed between textile scientists and environmental scientists to tackle the problems of pollution by microfibers. J. Textile Apparel Tech. Mgmt. 10 (3): 1-3.
Cavender-Bares,….. Weis, J., and Ziller, S. R.2018 Chapter 3: Status, trends and future dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystems underpinning nature’s contributions to people. IPBES Regional Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Americas. Rice, J., et al.. (eds.). Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Bonn, Germany, pp.171-293.
Kiviat E. ……….J. Weis et al. 2019 Evidence does not support the targeting of cryptic invaders at the subspecies level using classical biological control: the example of Phragmites. Biol. Invas. 21: 2529-2541
Saba, G…… J. Weis et al. 2019. Recommended priorities for research on ecological impacts of oceans and coastal acidification in the US Mid-Atlantic. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci 225: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.04.022
Weis, J. 2019 Improving Microplastic Research. AIMS Environmental Science 6: 326-340.
Bortolus, A………and J. Weis 2019 Supporting Spartina: Interdisciplinary perspective shows Spartina as a distinct solid genus. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2863
Sosnowski, M, J.S. Weis and G. Petrossian 2020. Using crime script analysis to understand the illegal harvesting of live corals: Case studies from Indonesia and Fiji. J. Contemp. Criminal Justice 2020: 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/1043986220910295
Weis, J.S. 2020. Behavioral responses of marine animals to metals, acidification, hypoxia, and noise pollution. Chapter 6 In Coastal and Deep Ocean Pollution. A. Arias and S.E. Botte (eds.). CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Pub. Boca Raton FL. Pp 153-183 (https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781351337533/epubcfi/6/26[;vnd.vst.idref=Chapter06]!/4/2/2/2/2/2[ch6]@0:0)
Weis, J.S. 2020. Aquatic Microplastic research: A critique and suggestions for the future. Water 12(5):1475 DOI 10.3390/w12051475
Petrossian, G. JS Weis and M Sosnowski 2020. Trends and Patterns of Imports of Legal and Illegal Live Corals into the United States. Ocean and Coastal Management 196: 105305
Weis, J.S. 2020. Aquatic Microplastic Research: A Critique and Suggestions for the Future. Water 2020, 12(5), 1475; https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051475
Galgani, F, Stoefen-o Brien A., Weis, J et al. 2021. Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean? Microplastics and Nanoplastics, 2021; 1 (1) DOI: 10.1186/s43591-020-00002-8
Weis, J.S. 2021. Commentary on “Shell use by juvenile fiddler crabs, Uca pugnax and Uca pugilator” by George, Carlson, and Regassa. Academic Lett. Article 632.
Weis, J.S., Pinheiro, L, Segarra K 2021. Salt Marshes. Volume 1 Chapter 7I in UN Second World Ocean Assessment pp 381-393.
Galgani, F. et al…and Weis, J.S. 2021. Changes in inputs and distribution of solid wastes, other than dredged material, in the marine environment. Volume 2 Chapter 12 in UN Second World Ocean Assessment pp 151-183.
Weis, J.S. and K Palmquist 2021. Reality Check: Experimental studies on microplastics lack realism. Appl. Sci 11(18), 8529; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188529
Weis, J.S. , Watson E.B., Ravit B, Harman C., Yepsen, M. 2021. The status and future of tidal marshes in New Jersey faced with sea level rise. Anthropocene Coasts 4 • https://doi.org/10.1139/anc-2020-0020
Weis, J.S., De Falco, F. 2022. Microfibers: Environmental Problems and Textile Solutions. Microplastics 2022, 1(4), 626-639; https://doi.org/10.3390/microplastics1040043
Athey, S.A.; Carney Almroth, B.; Granek, E.F.; Hurst, P.; Tissot, A.G.; Weis, J.S. 2022.Unraveling Physical and Chemical Effects of Textile Microfibers. Water 2022, 14, 3797. https://doi.org/10.3390/ w14233797
Alava, J.J et al. ……Weis, J.S. 2023. A Call to Include Plastics in the Global Environment in the Class of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants. Environmental Science and Technology DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02476
Weis, J.S, Alava, JJ. 2023 (Micro) Plastics are toxic pollutants. Toxics 11, 935. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11110935
Refereed Articles in Encyclopedia of Earth (EoE) on line:
Bottom-up Control
Anadromous Behavior
Chlorinated Pesticides
DDT
Estuary
Marine Invasive Species
Metal Pollution in Coastal Environments
PCBs
Phytoplankton
Plankton
Planktonic Larvae
Salt Marsh
Top-down Control
Tributyltin (TBT)
Zooxanthellae
Published Abstracts:
Shulman, J. (Weis), I.L. Brisbin and W. Knox 1961. The effects of temperature, salinity and food intake on excretion of Zn 65 in small marine fishes. Biol. Bull. 121: 378
Weis, J.S. 1967. Experimental studies on nerve growth factor in teleost fishes. Amer. Zool. 7: 761-762.
Weis, J.S. 1968. Fauna associated with pelagic Sargassum in the Gulf Stream. Bull. N.J. Acad. Sci. 13: 96.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1969. Studies on nerve growth factor in Ambystoma maculatum. Anat. Rec. 163: 331.
Weis, J.S. 1969. Letter to the editor. Science 165:336
Weis, J.S. 1972, Letter to the editor. Science 176:855.
Weis P. and J.S. Weis 1978. Methylmercury-induced congenital anomalies in the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus: interaction with cadmium and salinity. Anat. Rec. 190:579.
Weis, J.S. 1978. Effects of zinc on regeneration in fiddler crabs and its interactions with methylmercury and cadmium. Amer. Zool. 18:611.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and M. Heber 1979. Tolerance to methylmercury teratogenesis. Amer.Zool. 19: 976.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1979. Heavy metal interactions in estuarine organisms: effects on growth. 5th International Estuarine Research Conf. Jekyll Isl. GA
Weis, J.S. and M. Heber 1980. Comparative reproductive biology in two populations of Fundulus heteroclitus. Amer. Zool. 20:880
Weis P., J.S. Weis and M. Heber 1981. Variation in teratogenic response to methylmercury by killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos – differences within and between populations. Anat. Rec. 199: 270a-271a.
Renna, M. and J.S. Weis 1981. Effect of polluted water on fin regeneration in two populations of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). Bull. NJ Acad.Sci. 26:66.
Weis, P. and J.S. Weis 1982. Resistance of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos to methylmercury as compared to Hg2+ and Pb2+. Anat. Rec. 202: 200a.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1982. Experiments in mercury tolerance in killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos. Bull. NJ Acad. Sci. 27: 37-38.
Vaidya, S. and J.S. Weis 1982. Tolerance of killifish larvae to methylmercury. Amer. Zool. 22: 858.
Bush, C.P. and J.S. Weis 1982. Effects of salinity on fertilization of killifish eggs. Amer. Zool. 22: 870.
Vaidya, S. and J.S. Weis 1983. Factors affecting embryo tolerance to methylmercury in killifish. Bull. NJ Acad. Sci 28:12.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1983. A rapid change in methylmercury tolerance in a population of killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Estuaries 6:321.
Weis, J.S. 1985. Politics of Ocean Dumping. Estuaries 8: 13a
Weis, J.S. 1985. Sex differences in cadmium acclimation in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator. Estuaries 8: 92A.
Weis, J.S. 1987. Toward a more universal definition of teratology. Teratology 36: 273.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1988. Effects of tributyltin (TBT) on limb regeneration in the fiddler crab (Uca pugilator). Mar. Environ. Res. 24: 253-254.
Weis, P., J.S. Weis and L. Coohill 1989. Biological impact of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate on selected estuarine organisms. Symp. on Pesticides in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments, Richmond VA., p 4.
Weis, J. and P. Weis 1993. Reduction in toxicity of chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood over time as assessed by epibiotic community analysis. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74:482.
Zhou, T. and J.S. Weis 1995. Effects of embryonic methylmercury exposure on larval behavior of mummichogs. Amer. Zool. 35: 20A.
Mugue, N. and J.S. Weis 1995. Two mummichog subspecies produce a sharp tension zone with evidence for formation of a third, intermediate, race between them. Amer. Zool. 35: 188A.
Zhou, T., J.S. Weis and P. Weis 1997. Comparison of thyroid of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from a polluted vs reference habitat. Amer. Zool 37:119A.
Samson, J.C., T. Robertson and J.S. Weis 1999. Behavioral effects of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium on larval mummichogs, Fundulus heteroclitus. Amer. Zool. 39: 129A.
Book Reviews:
Pettingill, O. Another Penguin Summer, and
Soule, G. Remarkable Creatures of the Seas. AAAS Science Books and Films (SB&F) 12: 105, 1976.
Parks, P. Underwater Life. AAAS SB&F 13: 78 1977.
Applebaum, S. and V. Cox. Going My Way? Nature’s Hitchhikers. AAAS SB&F 13: 165, 1977.
Nilsson, L. et al. A Child is Born. AAAS SB&F 14:101, 1978
Salvadori, F. and P. Florio. Rare and Beautiful Animals. AAAS SB&F 15: 153, 1979.
Reidman, S. Have You Ever Seen a Shell Walking? AAAS SB&F 15: 167-168, 1979.
Albert, B. Sharks and Whales. AAAS SB&F 16: 32, 1980.
McGovern, A. Little Whale. AAAS SB&F 16:33, 1980.
Finley, M.T., J.G. Eaton, J.J. Lech, F.L. Mayer and J.S. Weis. Malathion. Review of the EPA Red Book: Quality Criteria for Water. R.V. Thurston, R.C. Russo, C.M. Fetterolf, T.A. Edsall and Y.M. Barker Jr., eds. Water Quality Section, Amer. Fisheries Soc. Bethesda MD pp 36-1 and 36-2, 1978.
Ibid. Parathion In above pp 39-1 and 39-2, 1978.
Killer Whales – Lords of the Sea. Filmstrip. AAAS SB&F 16:48-49, 1980.
The Ocean: Resource for the World. Film. AAAS SB&F 16:161, 1981.
Beluga Baby. Film. AAAS SB&F 17:43, 1981.
The Great Lakes. Filmstrip Series. 1. The Beginnings, 2. Voices, 3. Clearing. AAAS SB&B 17:177, 1981.
Daiber, F. Animals of the Tidal Marsh. AAAS SB&F 17:257, 1982
Scientific American: Life in the Sea. AAAS SB&F 18:77, 1982.
Mammals in Water. Film AAAS SB&F 18: 287, 1983.
Inquiry into Prehistoric Life. Filmstrip. AAAS SB&F 19:56, 1983
Manatees: a Living Resource. Filmstrip. AAAS SB&F 20:320, 1985.
Moss, S. Natural History of the Antarctic Peninsula. Columbia U. Press. AAAS SB&F 24:84, 1988.
Moscucci, O. The Science of Woman: Gynaecology and Gender in England, 1800-1929. Quart. Rev. Biol. 68: 417-418, 1993.
Church, T and R. Nakamura. Cleaning up the Mess: Implementation Strategies in Superfund. AAAS SB&F 29:197, 1993.
Fuiman, L.(ed) Water Quality and Early Life Stages of Fish. Copeia
Keatts, H. Beachcomber’s Guide: From Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras. AAAS SB&F 32:47, 1996
Sayre, A. P. Seashore. Twenty-first Century Books. SB&F 33:50
Anatomy of the Shark. Film. AAAS SB&F 33:216, 1997
Steene, Roger. Coral Seas. AAAS SB&F 34:262-63 1998
DeFur, Crane, Ingersoll and Tattersfield: Endocrine Disruption in Invertebrates: Endocrinology, Testing and Assessment. SETAC Globe 1, #2: 32-33., 2000
Brauenbeck, T., D. Hinton and B. Strett eds. Fish Ecotoxicology. Environ. Practise 2: 108 2000
Langston and Bebianno Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Environments. Mar. Poll Bull. 40: 799-800, 2000
Busch: Salmon Country AAAS SB&F 37:61.2001
Love: Reefscape: Reflections on the Great Barrier Reef AAAS SB&F 37:159-160. 2001
Sea of Sharks. Video. AAAS SB&F 38: 478, 2002
Facts on File Handbook of Marine Science. AAAS SB&F 39: 265,2003
Newman and Unger: Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology. BioScience 54: 268-270, 2004
Charton, B. A to Z of Marine Scientists. AAAS SB&F 40: 71-72, 2004
Biomedia Associates: The Biology of Sponges (Video -VHS). SB&F 40:183, 2004
Seaman, B. 2004. The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women. AWIS Magazine 33 #1: 17-20.
Goldsmith, B. 2005 Obsessive Genius (Biography of Marine Curie). East Hampton Star March 3, 2005 P. C4
Spotila, J. 2004. Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to their Biology, Behavior and Conservation. SB&F 41: 29-30.
Does Pollution Affect Fisheries? 2005 Critique of Lawrence and Hemingway (eds) 2003. Effects of pollution on Fish. Blackwell Science Pub. Oxford. 368 pp. Environ. Biol. Fish 72:357-359
Shumway, S. 2008. The Naturalist’s Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: Beach Ecology from the Gulf of Maine to Cape Hatteras. Quart. Rev. Biol. 85: 354-355
Kendall et al. 2010. Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues. BioScience 61: 157-158
Fish, J.D. and S. Fish 2011. A Student’s Guide to the Seashore. Quart. Rev. Biol. 87:148-149.
Monosson, E. 2012. Evolution in a Toxic World. BioScience 62: 1086-1088.
Hobbs, C.H. 2012. The Beach Book. Quart. Rev. Biol. 88: 238
What Lies Beneath. Review of Immersion by A. Landis, Island Press, 2017. Science 356:384-385.
Ecoviews Too: Ecology for All Seasons by Whit Gibbons and Anne Gibbons 2019. Quart. Rev. Biol. 94: 305-306
Reports, Unrefereed Articles, Editorials etc.:
Weis, J.S., E. Zimmerer, J. Galandak and A. Marchisin 1979. Establishment of a statewide list of bioassay organisms persuant to the New Jersey Surface Water Standards. For the N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection, 63 pp.
Cheng, S.L., R.H. Ellis, S.J.Koepp, E.D. Santoro and J.S. Weis 1980. A comprehensive monitoring and assessment program for selected heavy metals in New Jersey Aquatic Fauna. For the N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection. 166 pp.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1981. Methylmercury tolerance in the killifish. Coastal Ocean Pollution Assessment News.1:35-36.
Weis, P., J. Bogden and J.S. Weis 1984. Effects of environmental factors (D.O., pH, and sediment perturbation) on release of mercury from Berry’s Creek sediments and its uptake by killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). For N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection. 47 pp.
Weis, J.S. 1984. Biologists and Policy-Making. Editorial, BioScience 34: 541.
Weis, J.S. 1984. Pesticide Policies Change Slowly. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 34: 549.
Weis, J.S. 1984. Environmental Policies. East Hampton “Star” Oct. 11, 1984.
Weis, J.S. 1984. Environmental Policies. South Orange-Maplewood “News-Record” Nov. 1, 1984.
Weis, J.S. 1986. Where are the voices for the environment? New York Times, Sunday June 8 Op-Ed, New Jersey Section p 32.
Weis, J.S. 1986. How are drinking water standards set? The Jersey Sierran, vol 14 #3 July/Aug. p 2.
Weis, J.S. 1986. Anti-fouling Paints. East Hampton Star, July 17, p 14.
Weis J.S. 1986. Anti-fouling paint presents marine hazard. The Jersey Sierran vol. 14 #6 Nov/Dec, p 1.
Weis, J.S. 1986. Whatever happened to environmental policy? Viewpoint Column, BioScience 36: 706.
Weis, J.S. 1987. How Risk Standards are Set. East Hampton “Star.” Feb.26, p II 1.
Mitteldorf, A. and J.S. Weis 1987. No safe harbor for marine life. Sierra Magazine 72 #5: 27-32.
Weis, J.S., P. Weis and F.S. Wang 1987. Developmental effects of tributyltin on the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator, and the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. In: Organotin Symposium, Proc. Oceans ’87 Conference, pp 1456-1460.
Weis, J.S. 1988. Action on Antifouling Paints. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 38: 90.
Barnett, N. and J.S. Weis 1988. A place for biologists in Congress. Viewpoint Column, BioScience 38: 586.
Weis, J.S. Development of STS courses at Rutgers Newark. In: The Machine in the Garden State. Technological Literacy and STS Curriculum Development in New Jersey. Ed. J. O’Connor. Center for Technology Studies. N.J.I.T. pp 81-82.
Weis, J.S. and J. O’Connor 1988. The N.J.I.T./Rutgers-Newark Faculty Seminar in Science, Technology & Society. pp 83-91 in above.
Weis, J.S. 1988. Ocean Dumping Revisited. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 38: 749.
Weis, J.S. 1989. Action on Pesticides. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 39: 14.
Weis, J.S. 1989. The status of women on college campuses. Assoc. for Women in Science Newsletter 18:13.
Weis, J.S. 1989. News on Science Education. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 39: 763.
Weis, J.S. 1989. Environmental Scientists and Policy Making: The Case of Tributyltin. Ecological Society of America, Applied Ecology Section Newsletter 17, no. 2: 1-2.
Weis, J.S. 1990. Marine Life: Up the Creek. Op-Ed article. N.Y. Newsday, Jan. 15, 1990, p. 40. (Reprinted in Rutgers Focus 44 #14, April 20, 1990, p 3).
Weis, J.S. 1990. Environmental Education. Washington Watch Column, BioScience 40:433.
Weis, J.S. 1991. RU-486 and Freedom of Scientific Inquiry. Viewpoint Column, Bioscience 41:370.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1992. NPS from Treated Wood Structures in the Coastal Environment. EPA News-Notes #20: 9-10.
Weis, J.S. 1992. Undergraduate Environmental Science Report. Environ. Sci. Tech. 26: 1296-97.
Weis, J.S. 1993. The Congressional Science Fellow Program. Bull. Ecol Soc. Amer. 74:183-184
Weis, J.S. 1993. Toxic Wood Along the Coast. Coastlines, vol 3 #3: 4-5
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1994. Studies on biological effects of CCA-treated wood structures in estuaries. pp 79-81 In: Environmental Considerations in the Manufacture, Use and Disposal of Preservative-Treated Wood. Forest Products Society, Madison, WI
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1994. Ecological effects of CCA-treated lumber in coastal areas. pp 525-535 In: Organizing for the Coast. Coastal Society 13th Conference Proceedings, 1992. Gloucester MA.
Weis, J.S. 1994. You can’t go home again. In: From the Lab to the Hill: Essays Celebrating 20 Years of Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows, ed. A. Fainberg. AAAS Press, Washington DC pp 129-132.
Mugue, N. and J.S Weis 1995. Population genetics of Fundulus heteroclitus in the Hudson River and North New Jersey Estuaries: Evaluation of subspecies boundary and hybridization with F. diaphanus. Section VII in E. Blair and J. Waldman (eds), Final Reports of the Tibor Polgar Fellowship Program, 1995. Hudson River Foundation, New York. pp VII-1 – VII-38.
Weis, J.S. 1997. Effects of pollution on the behavior and subsequent fitness of salt marsh killifish. pg. 127-131 in: Management of Atlantic Coastal Marine Fish Habitat: Proceeding of a workshop for habitat managers, Philadelphia, June 3-6 1996. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
Weis, J.S. and P. Weis 1997. Effects of bulkheads made of pressure-treated wood and other materials on shallow water benthos in estuaries. In: Proc. 2nd Marine and Estuarine Shallow Water Science & Management Conf. Atlantic City, Apr. ’95. USEPA, Philadelphia pp 327-337.
Samson, J.C. and J.S. Weis 1998. Investigations into cadmium resistance in Fundulus from a metals contaminated site. Pages III-1 – III-24 in: J.R. Waldman and W.C. Nieder (eds.) Final reports of Tibor Polgar Fellowship Program 1997. Hudson River Foundation.
Weis, J.S. 2000. AIBS and the Congressional Science Fellowship Program. BioScience 50: 99.
Weis, J.S. 2001. Survival of the fittest – or the best organized. BioScience 51: 3.
Weis, J.S. 2001. Working on Science Funding. BioScience 51: 603
Weis, J.S. 2001. Controversy over Evolution is not scientific, it’s political. BioScience 51: 995
Weis, J.S. 2001. Open letter about the events of September 11. BioScience 51: 996.
Weis, J.S., et al. 2002. Biology, Environment, and Conservation in South Africa. BioScience 52: 782-790.
Weis, J.S. 2003. Fish flounder through captive breeding. BioScience 53: 536
Weis, J.S. 2003. Don’t let fishermen off the hook. Bergen Record Op-Ed, May 20.
Weis, J.S. 2003. The Tang Commercial, or My Brief Career in Show Biz. AWIS Magazine 32 #4: 23-24
Weis, J.S. 2004. Effects of CCA wood in Estuarine Environments. Proceedings of the conference on Environmental Impacts of Preservative-Treated Wood. Feb 2004, Orlando FL.
Weis, J.S. 2005 Fundraiser in New York City: AWIS Meets Hollywood! AWIS Magazine 34#3: 47
Weis, J.S. 2005. The Personal and the Political: Thoughts after the AWIS Conference. AWIS Magazine 34#3: 45.
Weis, J.S. 2007. New Jersey’s latest poison de jour. Bergen Record Editorial Feb. 2007
Beardsley, T. and J.S. Weis 2010 Ecotoxicology Introduction. In: Topics in Ecotoxicology: Articles Reprinted from BioScience. Univ. of California Press.
Beardsley, T. and J.S. Weis 2010. Endocrine Introduction. In: Topics in Environmental Endocrine Disruptors: Articles Reprinted from BioScience. Univ. of California Press.
Weis, J.S. 2017. Why We March. East Hampton Star Guestwords Apr. 20, 2017.
Weis, J.S. 2018. Microplastics: An issue both tiny and huge. Sierra Atlantic (NY State Chapter). 40:7-8
Weis J.S. 2018. Climate Change is Putting the Ocean in Peril. Sierra Atlantic (NY State Chapter) 48: 7
Weis J.S. 2019 As Climate change erodes US coastlines, an invasive plant could become an ally. The Conversation April 3 2019. https://theconversation.com/as-climate-change-erodes-us-coastlines-an-invasive-plant-could-become-an-ally-111162. Reprinted in Popular Science
Weis, J. 2019. On the Other Hand: The myth of fiddler crab claw reversal. BioScience 69: 244-246. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biz011
Fenster, C., G. Anderson,……..and J S. Weis 2021. A Call to Action: Marshalling Science for Society. Bioscience 71: 7-8.
Weis, J.S. 2021. What’s the matter with microplastics research and how can we fix it? ECO Magazine, Marine Pollution Issue pp 33-35.
Weis, J.S. 2024. Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably-217072
Reprinted by PBS
Weis, J.S. 2024 Rewilding Success – Life’s revival in a natural harbor. The Ecological Citizen Dec. 7, 2023. https://rewilding.ecologicalcitizen.net/2023/12/07/lifes-revival-in-a-natural-harbor-northeast-usa/