Northeastern Naturalist back issues from July 2006:
Display Behavior of Ligumia (Bivalvia: Unionidae)
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Gravid females of Ligumia display marginal papillae to attract fish hosts for their parasitic larvae. In L. nasuta and L. subrostrata, the papillae move rapidly and synchronously, but we did not see L. recta's papillae move. The moving displays of L. nasuta and L. subrostrata ...
A Two-year Survey of the Algal Community in a Woodland Stream from Southeastern Ohio
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - A survey of the algal flora for a minimally polluted stream in southeastern Ohio was conducted over a two-year period (17 sampling dates) as part of an all-taxa biotic survey. Four algal categories were sampled: macroalgae (readily visible with the naked eye), microalgae ...
Aquatic Habitats of Canaan Valley, West Virginia: Diversity and Environmental Threats
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - We conducted surveys of aquatic habitats during the spring and summer of 1995 in Canaan Valley, WV, to describe the diversity of aquatic habitats in the valley and identify issues that may threaten the viability of aquatic species. We assessed physical habitat and water ...
Local and Landscape Predictors of Fish-assemblage Characteristics in the Great Swamp, New York
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - We used local and landscape models to predict fish assemblages in the Great Swamp, NY, a region undergoing rapid development. Fish were surveyed across 17 sites. Fish-species richness, diversity, percent intolerant species, and IBI metrics for fish species richness, benthic ...
Range Extensions and Rapid Dispersal of Etheostoma blennioides (Teleostei: Percidae) in the Susquehanna River Drainage
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - An introduced population of Etheostoma blennioides (greenside darter) in the Susquehanna River drainage has rapidly expanded its range since its discovery in the late 1960s. Geochronology of collection data in the Susquehanna River drainage provides evidence for explosive dispersal ...
Predatory Impacts of Two Introduced Crab Species: Inferences from Microcosms
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - We utilized microcosms that mimicked the rocky intertidal community to examine the predatory impacts of two introduced crab species, Carcinus maenas and Hemigrapsus sanguineus, on naturally occurring assemblages of organisms on rocks in the laboratory and in the field. The two ...
GIS-based Analysis of Ice-breeding Seal Strandings in the Gulf of Maine
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Phoca groenlandica (harp seals) and Cystophora cristata (hooded seals), two species of ice-breeding seals, are being sighted more frequently onshore in the Gulf of Maine since 1990, but little is known about their behavior in this ecosystem. We obtained records of 904 ...
Autumn Activity of Myotis sodalis (Indiana Bat) in Bland County, Virginia
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - Nocturnal activity and diurnal roosts of Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) were studied during autumn swarming in 2000 near a hibernaculum in Bland County, VA. Bats were active in 9 habitats, using open deciduous forests more fequently, and developed lands, closed deciduous ...
Diet of the Myotis sodalis (Indiana Bat) at an Urban/Rural Interface
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract- We conducted a study of the diet of the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) at an urban/rural interface near Indianapolis International Airport in summer 2004. We used two 1-m^sup 2^ quadrats covered with window screening to collect guano under a known roost tree ....
Macrophyte Species Assemblages and Distribution in a Shallow, Eutrophic Lake
Jul 01, 2006; ... Abstract - The objectives of this project were to: assess the presence of aquatic macrophyte species assemblages, associations, and/or communities; assess the distribution of Cabomba caroliniana (fanwort) and other macrophytes with water depth; and analyze the spatial distribution of ...
Dangerous Liaisons? When Cultivated Plants Mate with Their Wild Relatives
Jul 01, 2006; ... Dangerous Liaisons? When Cultivated Plants Mate with Their Wild Relatives. Norman C. Ellstrand. 2003. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD. 244 pp. $29.95, paperback. ISBN 080187405X. This book brings some scientific clarity to the often emotional debate on genetic engineering of ...
Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications
Jul 01, 2006; ... Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications. Herman E. Daly and Joshua Farley. 2004. Island Press, Washington, DC. 454 pp. $49.95, hardcover. ISBN 1559633123. Fundamentally, this is a textbook on economic theory, but with an ecological perspective. The authors, both trained as classical ...
Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observers Guide
Jul 01, 2006; ... Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observers Guide. Rick Cech and Guy Tudor. 2005. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 345 pp. $49.50, hardcover. ISBN 0691090556. This is a well-illustrated text-book size guide to 234 species of butterflies found along the Eastern seaboard, from Mt ....
At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America
Jul 01, 2006; ... At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America. Rebecca Kneale Could. 2005. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 350 pp. $24.95, paperback. ISBN 0520241428. The urge experienced by some to remove themselves from mainstream society by "going back to the land" ...
The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Two-Mile Time Machine: Ice Cores, Abrupt Climate Change, and Our Future. Richard B. Alley. 2000. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 229 pp. $19.95, paperback. ISBN 0691004935. Much of what we know about past climate change has come from examination of ice cores. This book provides an ...
Fisheries Ecology and Management
Jul 01, 2006; ... Fisheries Ecology and Management. Carl J. Walters and Steven J.D. Martell. 2004. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 399 pp. $45, paperback. ISBN 0691115451. This is a technical, specialized text intended for upper level and graduate fisheries students, but it will also be of great use to ...
Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds
Jul 01, 2006; ... Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A Comprehensive Resource for Identifying North American Birds. Pete Dunne. 2006. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. 710 pp. $29.95, hardcover. ISBN 13: 9780618236480. This book is most definitely not a field guide. It contains not one single ...
Oceans: An Illustrated Reference
Jul 01, 2006; ... Oceans: An Illustrated Reference. Dorrik Stow. 2006. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 256 pp. $55, hardcover. ISBN 0226776646. This beautifully illustrated volume expertly compiles all major areas of oceanographic knowledge and research. Hundreds of full-color photographs are ...
Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians
Jul 01, 2006; ... Poisonous Plants: A Handbook for Doctors, Pharmacists, Toxicologists, Biologists and Veterinarians. Second Edition. Dietrich Frohne and Hans Jürgen Pfänder. 2005. Timber Press, Inc., Portland, OR. 480 pp. $150.00, hardcover. ISBN 0881927503. This is a comprehensive reference detailing the ...
Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas
Jul 01, 2006; ... Transboundary Conservation: A New Vision for Protected Areas. Russell A. Mittermeier, Cyril F. Kormos, Cristina G. Mittermeier, Patricio Robles Gil, Trevor Sandwith, and Charles Besançon. 2005. CEMEX-Agrupación Sierra Madre-Conservation International, Mexico. 372 pp. $50, hardcover ....
Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England
Jul 01, 2006; ... Mushrooms of Northeast North America: Midwest to New England. George Barron. 1999. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 336 pp. $19.95, paperback. ISBN 1551052016. This is a smartly organized and professionally illustrated guide to 609 species of mushrooms found in northeastern North ...
Freshwater Fishes of the Northeast United States
Jul 01, 2006; ... Freshwater Fishes of the Northeast United States. Robert G. Werner. 2004. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY. 335 pp. $49.95, hardcover. ISBN 0815630204. This is a comprehensive field guide to 162 species of fish, illustrated with color plates and line drawings. A key to families, followed ...
The Butterflies of the White Mountains of New Hampshire
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Butterflies of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Warren J. Kiel. 2003. The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT. 195 pp. $19.95, hardcover. ISBN 0762726903. All of the known breeding resident butterfly species found in the state of New Hampshire are described in this attractive guide book ....
Forest Plants of Northeastern Ontario
Jul 01, 2006; ... Forest Plants of Northeastern Ontario. Karen Legasy. 1995. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 352 pp. $19.95, softcover. ISBN 1551050641. This pocket-sized field guide covers more than 300 plant species of the region. Not only are the usual trees, shrubs, and herbs covered, but this ...
Forest Plants of Central Ontario
Jul 01, 2006; ... Forest Plants of Central Ontario. Brenda Chambers, Karen Legasy, and Kathy V. Bently. 1996. Lone Pine Publishing, Edmonton, AB, Canada. 448 pp. $23.95, softcover. ISBN 1551050617. Covering more than 400 species of tree, shrub, herb, sedge, grass, fern and ally, moss, and lichen of the conifer ...
The Sea Urchin: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture
Jul 01, 2006; ... The Sea Urchin: From Basic Biology to Aquaculture. Yukio Yokota, Valeria Matranga, and Zuzana Smolenicka (Eds.). 2002. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, The Netherlands. 231 pp. $139.95, hardcover. ISBN 9058093794. Sea urchins are harvested around the world for their gonads, which are considered a ...
Nature-Friendly Communities: Habitat Protection and Land Use Planning
Jul 01, 2006; ... Nature-Friendly Communities: Habitat Protection and Land Use Planning. Christopher Duerksen and Cara Snyder. 2005. Island Press, Washington, DC. 421 pp. $29.95, paperback. ISBN 1559638656. In communities all across the United States, local citizens have shown their commitment to conservation and ...
From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth
Jul 01, 2006; ... From Resource Scarcity to Ecological Security: Exploring New Limits to Growth. Denis Pirages and Ken Cousins (Eds.). 2005. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 268 pp. $24, softcover. ISBN 2626162318. Contributors look to the past, specifically the Global 2000 Report to the President commissioned by ...
Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology
Jul 01, 2006; ... Edible Sea Urchins: Biology and Ecology. John Miller Lawrence (Ed.). 2001. Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 419 pp. $210, hardcover. ISBN 0444503900. Consists of contributions from leading sea urchin experts, covering the basic biology of urchins and describing 17 species of edible ...