Editor’s Note: This article was written and submitted by representatives of the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District.
National Geographic Magazine recently interviewed a Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (BMCHSD) student about the unique research she conducted in Summer 2012.
Calhoun High School senior Sara Bey will be featured as part of a documentary profiling horseshoe crab research labs around the globe. Bey spent her summer working at the Center for Estuarine, Environmental and Coastal Oceans Monitoring (CEECOM) at Dowling College.
Bey's research project focuses on threats to the density of the Long Island horse shoe crab population. Horse shoe crabs are the source of Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL), a chemical used in the medical field to detect bacterial endotoxins. In addition, the eggs of horseshoe crabs feed millions of migrating shore birds each year, including species that may be on the verge of endangerment.
By surveying 13 beaches in New York, Bey hopes to determine the consequences of off-shore boating and the use of horse shoe crabs as bait.
Bey's research will play a vital role in protecting the horse shoe crab population.
Get news your way on Merrick Patch. See our great list of groups and click the green “+ Follow” button on the ones you like. Done!
Calhoun Senior Interviewed by National Geographic
Comments + Leave a Comment
Loading comments ...
Boards
All Boards »
Zach T May 17, 2013 at 07:20 pm
The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!
Dr. Kim Lurie May 16, 2013 at 12:54 pm
Bless you, Anthony. And though I know ultimately the "Judge" will have to be held…Read More accountable by a higher authority...those of us who do this work, have not forgotten nor will we allow the system to forget what her role in this travesity was.
Anthony Merlo May 16, 2013 at 10:24 am
Thank you for this wonderful article on a good man pushed to the brink. I appriciate the fact this…Read More came form the heart and did not hold back. As Sacristan at Cure of Ars, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Rich (as I called him) for some time. He was a man of faith and a pleasure to see. Always with a smile and kind word, you would never know what was going on the way he acted. This was a wonderful and insightful article. It is heartbreaking to think that where there was once love between 2 people, things got to the point where one persons life was destroyed by those who could and did for no apparent reason other than having the ability to do so. God will have mercy on Dr. Rich and the ex-wife and "Judge" should pray for the same given their actions.
helen turner May 13, 2013 at 07:58 am
i did forget to mention my maiden name - McKinney - there might be an old timer or two who might…Read More remember the McKinney family - my father was an artist who many people knew
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 10, 2013 at 04:08 pm
Can you add a photo to this? If so, I can promote in top news for you! Thanks! MG