Short-term Reduction of Adult Zebra Mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, in the Hudson River Near Catskill, New York: An Effect of Juvenile Blue Crab (Callinectes Sapidus) Predation? - D. P. Molloy; Powell, J.; Ambrose, P. (Journal of Shellfish Research, 1994)
During the summer of 1992, a loss of 2- to 3-cm zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, was recorded in the Hudson River near Catskill, NY. We document this adult population crash and present field and laboratory data suggesting that predation by blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, was responsible. Dredge samples on July 8th indicated that the mean density of the largest zebra mussel size class (length = 2 to 3 cm) in the Hamburg-Catskill-Germantownregion was 664 m-2 (range of 59 to 2,222 m-2, 14rucks examined). In sharp contrast, extensive dredging on August II th did not recover a single mussel of that size class in that area. The largest mussel collected on August 11th was only 0.7 em long, with over 100 rocks examined. An abundance of shell fragments and detached, live mussels were considered evidence of predation, possibly by a large immigrant blue crab population present in the area. Laboratory trials confirmed that these crabs can aggressively consume zebra mussels, particularly the size class that was virtually eliminated in the Catskill area, and that their feeding does result in piles of shell fragments and removed, yet unconsumed mussels. Further supportive evidence of the blue crab predation hypothesis was gained in the summers of 1993 and 1994, when blue crabs did not migrate into the Catskill area and a massive decline in 2 to 3 cm mussels did not occur.
Keywords: Biological control; blue crabs; predation; Zebra mussels

Technology of Application of Microbials in Aquatic Environments: Use of BTI Against Blackflies in Mountainous Areas - D. P. Molloy (Proceedings of the IVth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control, 1994)
Keywords: biology

Zebra Mussels (Dreissenidae): Review of Parasitic and Other Symbiotic Organisms Associated With These European Biofouling Bivalves - D. P. Molloy (Proceedings of the IVth International Colloquium on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control (Montpellier, France), 1994)
Keywords: biology

Meltwater Channels on West Slope of Tug Hill Plateau, New York - Muller, E. H.; D. H. Cadwell (Northeastern Geology, 1994)
Underfit valleys, dry channels and channel reaches anomalously deflected to the southwest (oblique to the regional slope) characterize the western descent from the cuestaform Tug Hill Plateau in northern New York. These vestiges of glacial meltwater drainage potentially bear useful information regarding the nature and history of Late Wisconsinan ice sheet withdrawal from northern New York uplands. A key to this information lies in examination of modern glacial meltwater streams adjacent to glaciers such as Burroughs and Bering Glaciers in central southern Alaska. Draining from ice onto reversely sloping terrain, they are diverted into ephemeral and shifting ice-marginal reaches that persist only until deglaciation opens new routes on lower terrain. Successive diversions during continuing glacial retreat produce flights of horseshoe- or comma-shaped channels recording the history of glacial retreat. Interpreted in terms of their modern analogs, the vestiges of glaciomarginal meltwater drainage record a history of century or two of steady retreat following the Port Huron Advance during which meltwater penetrated this stagnating and increasingly debris-covered margin during ice sheet withdrawal from the Tug Hill. No evidence of catastrophic "megaflooding" is seen in this record.
Keywords: channels; drainage patterns; geomorphology; glaciers; glaciohydrology; hydrology; melt water; meltwater; New York; tributaries; Tug Hill Plateau

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 4037.32.121, Route 31, Slope Stabilization, Town of Petition, Monroe County, New York - Santangelo, M. (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Observation of space filling in Celosia cristata - Semkow, T. M.; Harris, P. R.; Schwenker, C. D.; Semkov, A. G.; N. G. Miller (Fractals, 1994)
The fasciate flower aggregates (inflorescences) of Celosia cristata (Amaranthaceae) exhibit fractal behavior in the range from ~2 to ~21 cm and have a surface fractal dimension ~3 in 3-dimensional embedding Euclidean space. The inflorescence of this plant thus provides an outstanding example of the space-filling concept that originated from Peano in 1890. Such a structure of Celosia cristata may be advantageous in wind pollination.
Keywords: biology

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. I: The Small-flowered Varieties - C. J. Sheviak (American Orchid Society Bulletin, 1994)
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1188.20.101 Route 67, Hamlet of Willow Glen, Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2018.17.109 NY 28and the Adirondack Railroad, Hamlet of Thendara Town of Webb, Herkimer County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3034.72, Route 5 and 92, Town of Dewitt/Onondaga County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3104.12.101, Route 635 from Thompson Road and Burnet Ave, City of Syracuse, Town of DeWitt, Onondaga County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7048.04.101 Route 126 Hamlet of Beaver Falls,, Towns of Croghan and New Bremen, Lewis County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8040.93.102 Route 9, Town of Philpstown, Putnam County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8040.93.121, Route 9, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8487.23.101 Routes 208 and 17K, Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8487.23.101, Routes 208 and 17K, Town of Montgomery, Orange County, New York - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 7006.14, Route 68, Hamlet of Pierrepont, Town of Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York. - J. Sopko (1994)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Place of the In-Situ Theory in American Archaeology - Starna, W. A.; Funk, R. E. (Northeast Anthropology, 1994)
Keywords: anthropology

Biogeography and Prehistoric Exploitation of Birds from Fais Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia - D. W. Steadman; Intoh, M. (Pacific Science, 1994)
Five archaeological sites on the remote, raised limestone island of Fais, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, yielded nearly 200 identifiable bird bones from strata that range in age from about 400 to 1800 radiocarbon yr B.P. Represented are 14 species of seabirds, five species of migratory shorebirds, four species of land birds, and the introduced chicken. This is the most species-rich prehistoric assemblage of birds from any island in Micronesia. Because the "modern" avifauna of Fais never has been studied, it is difficult to determine which of the species from archaeological contexts still occur on Fais. Nevertheless, based upon modern distributions of birds from other islands in Yap and adjacent island groups, the environmental condition of Fais, and what is known about the relative vulnerability of individual species, it is likely that about nine of the seabirds (Pterodroma sp., Bulweria bulwerii, Sula dactylatra, S. sula, Sterna sumatrana, S. lunata, S./uscata, Anous minutus, Procelsterna cerulea) and three of the land birds (Poliolimnas cinereus, Gallicolumba cf. xanthonura, Ducula oceanica) no longer live on Fais..
Keywords: anthropology biology

New Information on Late Pleistocene Birds from San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - D. W. Steadman; Arroyo-Cabrales, J.; Johnson, E.; Guzman, A. F. (The Condor, 1994)
We report 90 bird bones representing 18 species from recent excavations at San Josecito Cave, Nuevo León, Mexico. The new material increases the avifauna of this rich late Pleistocene locality from 52 to 62 species. Eight of the 10 newly recorded taxa are extant; each is either of temperate rather than tropical affinities (such as the American Woodcock Scolopax minor and Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) or is very wide-spread in its modern distribution. The two extinct taxa are a stork (Ciconia sp. or Mycteria sp.) and Geococcyx californianus conklingi, a large temporal subspecies of the Greater Road-runner. In this region of the Sierra Madre Oriental (about lat. 24°N, long. 100°W, elev. 2,000-2,600 m), the late Pleistocene avifauna was a mixture of species that today prefer coniferous or pine-oak forests/woodlands, grasslands/savannas, and wetlands. As with various late Pleistocene plant and mammal communities of the United States and México, no clear modern analog exists for the late Pleistocene avifauna of San Josecito Cave.
Keywords: biology paleontology

Stratigraphy, Chronology, and Cultural Context of an Early Faunal Assemblage from Easter Island - D. W. Steadman; Vargas, C. P.; Christino, F. C. (Asian Perspectives, 1994)
Keywords: anthropology biology

Madeline Kneberg Lewis: An Original Southeastern Archaeologist - Sullivan, L. P. (Women in Archaeology, 1994)
Keywords: anthropology history

Revision of the Mexican Species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) - Tucker, G. C. (Systematic Botany Monographs, 1994)
Keywords: biology

Digital Bedrock Geologic Map of New York: New York State Geological Survey Open File - D. H. Cadwell; Gerhard, D. (1993)
Keywords: geology

Digital Surficial Geologic Map of New York: New York State Geological Survey Open File No. 2g143 - D. H. Cadwell; Schauble, C. (1993)
Keywords: geology

Taxonomic Notes on Some North American Orchids - Catling, P. M.; C. J. Sheviak (Lindleyana, 1993)
Five taxa are discussed. (1) The new name Sacoila lanceolata var. lanceolata f. albidaviridis Catling and Sheviak is provided for the whitish-green-flowered plants, recently referred to var. luteoalbus (Rchb.f.) Luer, that occur in Florida. (2) The hydrid of Spiranthes lacera (Raf.) Raf. var. lacera and S. romanzoffiana Cham., now known from 4 localities ranging from New Brunswick west to Wisconsin, is described as Spiranthes x simpsonii Catling and Sheviak. Like its parents it has a sparsely pubescent rachis. The lip is oblong as in S. lacera var. lacera (Raf.) Raf., but the basal calli are relatively small, and the lateral sepals are basally connate and usually terminally connivent as in S. romanzoffiana Cham. The pollen in groups of 1 to 8, including the normal tetrads, is a distinctive feature of this hybrid. (3) Patterns of variation within the genus Cephalanthera and the occurrence of saprophytes in Europe and China suggest against recognizing the single North American representative within genus Eburyophyton. (4) The two species of Datylorhiza naturalized in eastern North America are D. majalis (Rchb.f.) P. F. Summerhayes ssp. praetermissa (Druce) D. M. Moore and Soo from Newfoundland, and D. cf. fuchsii (Druce) Soo from northern Ontario. (5) The new combination Platanthera zothecina (Higgins and Welsh) Catling and Sheviak is provided.
Keywords: biology

Habitat of the Eastern Sand Darter, Ammocrypta pellucida - R. A. Daniels (Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 1993)
Eastern sand darter were found exclusively associated with sand substrates in the field and in 90% of observations made on individuals in an artificial stream under controlled conditions. In the study stream, the Mettawee River, other physical habitat variables, such as, water velocity, depth or distance from bank, had no detectable effect on distribution or substrate use. In artificial streams, neither water velocity nor depth affected substrate use. No diel changes in substrate use were noted in laboratory experiments. Distribution of eastern sand darter was not associated with the distribution of other fishes present in study stream. Few temperate stream fishes are as strongly associated with a particular habitat variable as is Ammocrypta pellucida which is important to note when developing management strategies. The number of streams in which this species occurs has declined during the last half century. These declines may reflect changes in habitat.
Keywords: Eastern sand darter; habitat change; physical habitat variables

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1306.51.101, Route 7 at Five Corners, Town of Rotterdam, Schenectady County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1940.87.101, Clay Hill road/Champlain Canal, Town of Fort Ann, Washington County, New YOrk. - N. L. Davis; R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1940.87.101, Clay Hill Road/Champlain Canal, Town of Fort Ann, Washington County, New York--Addendum - N. L. Davis; R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2014.01.101, Route 170A, Route 170 to Route 29, Towns of Fairfield, Manheim and Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York. - N. L. Davis; M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3037.54.121, Route 31/Chittenango Creek, Towns of Cicero and Sullivan, Onondaga and Madison Counties, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 4047.23.101, Route 96/251 Intersection, Town of Victor, Ontario County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 4355.07.121, Route 31F/350 Intersection, Town of Macedon, Wayne County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 4940.76.101, North Clinton Street/Erie Barge Canal, Village and Town of Newark, Wayne County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9306.57.121, Route 7 at MacArthur Avenue, Village of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 2042.20.101, Route 26 Streun Road to Grange Hill Road, Town of Lee, Oneida County, New York - N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources PIN 8480.23.101, Route 202 at Brick Hill Road, Towns of Sumers, Westchester County, New York - R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1753.19, Route 7 Bridge over Valatie Kill, Towns of Schodack and Nassau, Rensselaer County, New York. - R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9066.37.121, NYS Route 42 Bridge Replacement over NYS Route 17, Town of Thompson, Sullivan County, New York - R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Archaeological Investigations in the Upper Susquehanna Valley, New York State, Volume 1 - Funk, R. E. (Persimmon Press, 1993)
Keywords: anthropology

Field and Laboratory Methods - Funk, R. E.; Wellman, B. (Archaeological Investigations in the Upper Susquehanna Valley, New York State, Volume 1, 1993)
Keywords: anthropology

Discovery of a Medium-temperature Eclogite Province in the Caledonides of North-East Greenland - Gilotti, J. A. (Geology, 1993)
Basic and acid-intermediate bodies containing eclogite-facies parageneses were discovered during recent mapping in North-East Greenland. Scattered throughout an orthogneiss complex, eclogitic pods extend from approximately lat 76°40'N to the northern limit of the area mapped (78°N), a province comparable in size to the eclogite-bearing Western Gneiss region of Norway. The eclogites are the medium-temperature type typically formed in overthickened continental crust during continent-continent collision. An Early Proterozoic event cannot be ruled out, but field relations and regional correlations suggest that the high-pressure metamorphism may be Caledonian. Paleozoic eclogites in Greenland would negate current tectonic models for Caledonian collision that envision simple subduction of Baltica beneath Laurentia, while Early Proterozoic eclogites would be the oldest bona fide eclogites known.
Keywords: Caledonian; eclogite-facies parageneses; high-pressure metamorphism; North-East Greenland

Catalog of ore minerals and related materials of the New York State Museum: NYS Geological Survey Open File Report 8m076 - W. M. Kelly; Campbell, J. E.; Weeks, J.; M. Hawkins (1993)
Keywords: geology

Catalog of the New York Minerals of the New York State Museum - 1993 supplement: NYS Geological Survey Open File Report 8m022 - W. M. Kelly; M. Hawkins (1993)
Keywords: geology

Garnet Ore at Gore Mountain, NY: Selected Mineral Deposits of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains, New York - W. M. Kelly; Petersen, E. U. (Guidebook, 1993)
Keywords: geology

Gore Mountain's Garnets - W. M. Kelly (The Reading Edge, 2nd ed., 1993)
Keywords: geology

The Evidence for A St. Lawrence Iroquoian Presence in Sixteenth Century Mohawk Sites - R. D. Kuhn; Funk, R. E.; Pendergast, J. F. (Man in the Northeast, 1993)
Keywords: anthropology

Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary in the Taconic Allochthon, Eastern New York, and Its Interregional Correlation - E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 1993)
Cambrian--Ordovician boundary interval dendroid graptolites and conodonts occur in continental slope facies in the Taconic allochthon. The upper part of the Hatch Hill Formation has lowest Ordovician (lowest Tremadocian) nematophorous dendroid and lower Fauna B-aspect conodont assemblages with Cordylodus caseyi (emend.) and Iapetognathus preaengensis. Comparable dendroid-conodont faunas occur in Baltoscandia, northeastern China, and western Newfoundland; this suggests that no diachroneity can be demonstrated between the lowest occurrences of Rhabdinopora flabelliformis in a number of faunal provinces. A practical and correlatable Cambrian--Ordovician boundary stratotype horizon defined by the lowest occurrence of a Rhabdinopora flabelliformis assemblage within an interval with lower Fauna B-aspect conodonts is advocated. A biostratigraphic horizon defined by conodonts has far less utility due to strong lithofacies-conodont biofacies linkages, unresolved problems with the species-level taxonomy of cordylodans, and possible diachronous first-appearances of Cordylodus species. Because the areally most extensive Cambrian--Ordovician boundary sequences are siliciclastic-dominated (Avalonian, Baltoscandian, Gondwanan-Hercynian platforms and shale-dominated slope sequences), the lowest local occurrence of R. flabelliformis assemblages provides a practical and traditional definition for the base of the Ordovician System and Tremadocian Series in regions where conodonts are rare or recoverable only with difficulty. Strata correlative with the Cambrian--Tremadocian boundary interval are not represented across most of Laurentia. In this region, the "Sauk III Subsequence" locally has an important unconformity within it, and lower Tremadocian-equivalent rocks can unconformably overlie units as low as the Proterozoic. The earliest Ordovician featured a relatively simple eustatic history characterized by an "early Tremadocian onlap"; no compelling evidence supports a eustatic fall-rise couplet, or "Black Mountain eustatic event," in this interval. Available stratigraphic information is reinterpreted to demonstrate an initially slow and subsequently higher rate of continued sea level rise in the Cambrian--Ordovician boundary interval.
Keywords: Cambrian--Ordovician boundary; conodonts; continental slope facies; dendroid graptolites; Taconic allochthon

In Situ Earliest Cambrian Tube Worms and the Oldest Metazoan-Constructed Biostrome (Placentian Series, Southeastern Newfoundland - E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 1993)
"Ladatheca" cylindrica (Grabau, 1900) was a eurytopic metazoan with a calcareous operculum and an elongate, gently tapering conch up to 15+ cm long and with an apical angle of approximately 0.75-2.0°. This apparent polychaete was geographically widespread in the sub-trilobitic Lower Cambrian of middle latitude, siliciclastic (middle and upper Placentian Series, Avalon Zone) and low latitude, carbonate platform (Tommotian Stage, Siberia(?) and Kazakhstan; and, probably, the upper Meishucunian Stage, southwestern China) sequences. In situ conchs (vertically to steeply inclined, apex down) of "Ladatheca" cylindrica are common in deep subtidal, siliciclastic mudstones (Chapel Island Formation) and in a peritidal algal mud mound(?) limestone (West Centre Cove Formation) in southeastern Newfoundland. Closely juxtaposed conchs locally form a worm reef at the top of the West Centre Cove Formation. This structure is older than the oldest archaeocyathan build-ups and is the earliest known metazoan-constructed biostrome. "Ladatheca" cylindrica was a dominant element of the sessile benthos prior to its apparent ecological displacement by Coleoloides typicalis Walcott, 1889, in the upper Placentian Series.
Keywords: Cambrian; Ladatheca; sessile benthos; tube worm

Wings Dams at Snouk's Rapid: A Proto-Lock on the Mohawk River - P. Lord Jr. (Bulletin, Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association, 1993)
In the quarter century before the opening of the Erie Canal, a private canal company improved Mohawk River-navigation by constructing rock wing dams on numerous rifts. The dams were patterned after eel weirs built previously by Native American inhabitants and others. One complex of such navigation dams, recorded in 1803, approximates in design and function a true canal lock.
Keywords: Mohawk River; navigation improvement; wing dams

Cultural Resources Architectural Survey Report for PIN 3034.66.109, Route 5/Conrail, Town of Sennett, Cayuga County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2023.20.101, SR 69, Village and Town of Camden, Oneida County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2134.18.101, Route 5, Town of Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 4123.35.121, Latta Road, Town of Greece, Monroe County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7042.38 - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7052.23.101, SR 56/Raquette River, Town of Pierrepont, St. Lawrence County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8101.32.121, Hutchinson River Parkway, Towns of Harrison and Rye, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8216.49.321, Saw Mill River Parkway, Town of Greenbush, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Albany Pine Bush Project 1991-1992 Entomological Report - T. L. McCabe; Meyer, C.; Weber, C.; Higgins, L. (1993)
Keywords: biology

Magnetite-Ilmenite Ores at Sanford Lake: Selected Mineral Deposits of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains, New York - McLelland, J.; W. M. Kelly; Petersen, E. U. (Guidebook, 1993)
Keywords: geology

Albany Pine Bush Project. Karner Blue Butterfly report - Meyer, A. M.; T. L. McCabe (1993)
Keywords: biology

Modern Research with Bryophytes: An Overview - N. G. Miller (Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1993)
The idea that bryophytes form a truly ancient lineage of plants rests upon inadequate fossil evidence of their presumed lower Paleozoic origins from Charalean-like or Coleochaetalean-like algae. In this regard a special challenge is the unequivocal interpretation of the biphasic life cycle of bryophyte-like plant fossils. Unique among land plants in having a dominant gametophyte phase, bryophytes present opportunities for a broad array of research not readily undertaken in sporophyte-dominated organisms. This is enhanced by the ease with which bryophytes in culture can be manipulated experimentally and subjected to analytical testing. Such attributes have permitted numerous recent advances in what is known about the cell biology and physiology of this group of plants. Progress is also evident in deciphering the natural products chemistry of bryophytes. Of far reaching importance are recent advancements in understanding speciation and genetic diversity within species. Where bryophytes are vegetation dominants (e.g., polar, arctic, and boreal regions, and low latitude-high elevation forests), the importance of research involving these organisms will increase in proportion to environmental pressures created by the expanding human population and its agricultural and industrial base.
Keywords: bryophyte epiphytes; fossil phytodebris; land plant fossils; molecular systematics; moss banks

New Late-Pleistocene Moss Assemblages from New England, U.S.A., and Their Bearing on the Migrational History of the North American Moss Flora - N. G. Miller (Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, 1993)
Keywords: biology paleontology

A Checklist of the Flora of the West Point Military Academy Reservation - R. S. Mitchell; Tucker, G. C.; Barbour, J. G. (1993)
Keywords: biology

Portulacaceae through Caryophyllaceae of New York State - R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1993)
Keywords: biology

Approaches to the Biological Control of Zebra Mussels - D. P. Molloy (Journal of Shellfish Research, 1993)
Keywords: Biological control; Zebra mussels

Late-Glacial Pollen, Macrofossils and Fish Remains in Northeastern U.S.A.--The Younger Dryas Oscillation - D. Peteet; R. A. Daniels; Heusser, L. E.; Vogel, J. S.; Southon, J. R.; Nelson, D. E. (Quaternary Science Reviews, 1993)
The late-glacial environmental histories of Allamuchy Pond, New Jersey and Linsley Pond, Connecticut are reconstructed from pollen, macrofossil and fish scale remains. Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14C dating of seeds and needles indicates that the first organic deposition, evidenced by fossil Picea (spruce) needles, occurred approximately 12,400 BP. A major regional warming began in the northeastern United States at this time, correlative with the Bølling/Allerød warming of Europe and Greenland. The increase in Quercus (oak) pollen and presence of Pinus strobus (white pine) needles demonstrates the magnitude of warming reached at about 11,000 BP. The subsequent decline of thermophilous species and increase in boreal Picea, Abies (fir), Larix (larch), Betula papyrifera (paper birch) and Alnus (alder) from 10,800-10,000 BP was a regional vegetational reversal. Thus we find a North American expression of the Younger Dryas with a mean annual temperature depression of 3–4° C. The subsequent classical southern New England pine pollen zone ‘B’ and Pinus strobus macrofossils signalled a return to warmer conditions at approximately 10,000 BP, regionally, within approximately 50–100 years. A large increase in Quercus follows. This study is unique in documenting a continuous late-glacial record of fish remains from Allamuchy Pond, New Jersey sediments, indicating that members of the families Centrarchidae (sunfish), Salmonidae (trout), Percidae (perch) and Cyprinidae (minnow) were regionally present.
Keywords: Allamuchy Pond; Connecticut; environmental histories; fish scales; late-glacial; Linsley Pond; macrofossil; New Jersey; pollen

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 0016.20.101, Route 112 Reconstruction of Interstate 495 to NY 25, Hamlet of Coram, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. - Reid, S.; R. Dean (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 1751.59, CR 22 and Route 9N, Jay Covered Bridge, Town of Jay, Essex County, New York - Reid, S.; N. L. Davis (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Watervliet and Groveland Shakers - J. L. Scherer (The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture, 1993)
Keywords: history

Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. var. makasin (Farwell) Sheviak - C. J. Sheviak (American Orchid Society Bulletin, 1993)
Keywords: Orchidaceae

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1 to 239, Interstate 87 Exit 19and Rte. 254 Aviation Road, Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1001.24.108 Route 2, Hamlet of Cropseyville Town of Brunswick, Rensselaer County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1024.06.121, Route 196/D&H Railroad and Bond Creek Towpath Road, Town of Kingsbury, Washington County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1051.48.101 Interstate 787 From I-90 to Wards Lane Exit, Village of Menands, Town of Colonie, Albany County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1116.31.101 Route 9 over Sturdevant Creek ,Village of Corinth, Town of Corinth, Saratoga County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1528.35.111 Interstate 90 Exit 8 Connector to Route 4, Town of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.64, Route 8, Village of Cold Brook, Town of Russia, Herkimer County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2166.16.101 Route80 Slide area, Town of Minden, Montgomery County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7034.05, Route 345, Hamlet of Madrid, Village of Waddington, Towns of Madrid and Waddington, Saint Lawrence County, New York. - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7056.12.101 Route 310 from Rte. 345 to Rte. 56, Towns of Madrid and Norfolk, Saint Lawrence County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7110.05.101, Route 9B to Village of Rouses Point, Town of Champlain, Clinton County, New York (Vols 1 and 2) - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8436.08.109 Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8436.08.109 Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County,, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8463.08.109, Route 213/Rondout Creek, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8463.08.109 Route 213 over Rondout Creek , Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York Addendum - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.57.122, Leber Road/Conrail, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.57.221 Leber Road over Conrail, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9803.13 (formerly PIN 9044.37), HABS/HAER Documentation of Conesville General Store and Post Office, Town of Conesville, Schoharie County, New York - J. Sopko (1993)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Biogeography of Tongan Birds Before and After Human Impact - D. W. Steadman (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1993)
Bones deposited in caves show that, before the arrival of humans, at least 27 species of land birds lived on the Tongan island of 'Eua, where 13 indigenous species live today. Six of these 13 species were recorded from pre-human strata; three others probably occurred on 'Eua in pre-human times but were not in the fossil sample; and four others probably colonized 'Eua since the arrival of humans ≈3000 years ago. Of the 23 species of extinct or extirpated land birds recorded from 'Eua, the nearest geographic occurrences of conspecifics or most closely related congeners are from the Solomon Islands (1 species), New Caledonia (2 species), Fiji and/or Samoa (9 species), elsewhere in Tonga (8 species), or unknown (3 species). The avifauna of West Polynesia (Fiji-Tonga-Samoa) is more closely related to that of Melanesia than that of East Polynesia. There was little pre-human turnover in Tongan land birds. The arrival of humans has influenced the Tongan avifauna more than any climatic, tectonic, or biological event of the past ≈100,000 years.
Keywords: Biogeography; human impacts; Tongan birds

Late Pleistocene and Holocene Vertebrates from Joralemon's (Fish Club) Cave, Albany County, New York - D. W. Steadman; Craig, L. J.; Engel, T. (Bulletin, Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association, 1993)
At least 35 species of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals were recovered from excavations conducted in 1988 and 1990 at Joralemon's Cave, Town of Coeymans. Albany County, New York. Formerly known as Fish Club Cave, this site was excavated initially in 1962-1964 by R.E. Funk and R.A. Johnson, who reported bones of whitetailed deer (96% of all bones) and five other species associated with lithic artifacts of Woodland and Late Archaic age. Our more recent excavations yielded bones of one species that no longer occurs in New York State (Neotoma magister, Allegheny woodrat) and three other species that either are absent or extremely rare within 70-20 km of the site (Crotalus horridus, timber rattlesnake; Synaptomys cooperi, southern bog lemming; Ursus americanus, black bear). Our larger, faunal assemblage, obtained front a much smaller volume of excavated sediment, reflects: 1) the use of finemesh (1/16-in) screens: 2), faunal and cultural differences between the front and back of the cave; and 3) a search image oriented as much to bones as artifacts. While Joralemon's Care clearly is an archaeological site, it is also partly paleontological in origin (i.e., it contains bones deposited by non-human means). We believe that the vertebrate faunas from most "archaeological" sites in caves and rockshelters include a significant paleontological component that should be regarded as such when interpreting faunal assemblages in terms of human subsistence.
Keywords: Holocene; late Pleistocene; vertebrate fossils

Bedrock Geology of the Au Sable Forks Quadrangle, Northeastern Adirondack Mountains, New York - Westrop, P. R.; J. F. Olmsted (New York State Museum and Science Service Map and Chart Series, 1993)
Keywords: geology

Lower Ordovician (Ibexian) Trilobites from the Tribes Hill Formation, Central Mohawk Valley, New York State - Westrop, S. R.; Knox, L. A.; E. Landing (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1993)
The Early Ordovician Tribes Hill Formation of east-central New York State is a sequence of peritidal to subtidal carbonates and minor shales that rests disconformably on Late Cambrian carbonates and is, in turn, succeeded disconformably by Middle Ordovician strata. More than 800 trilobites from 24 collections are assigned to six species: Bellefontia gyracantha (Raymond), Clelandia parabola (Cleland), Hystricurus ellipticus (Cleland), Hystricurus cf. Hystricurus oculilunatus Ross, Symphysurina convexa (Cleland), and Symphysurina cf. Symphysurina woosteri Ulrich. Two distinct biofacies are present: the Bellefontia Biofacies in subtidal shales with thin, storm-generated bioclastic interbeds, and the Gastropod–rostroconch Biofacies in shallow, carbonate bank lithofacies. The trilobites of the Tribes Hill Formation are assigned to a single, informal biostratigraphic unit, the Clelandia parabola Fauna, which is correlative with trilobite Zone B of the Garden City Formation of Utah and with the Bellefontia franklinense Subzone of the McKenzie Hill Formation of Oklahoma.
Keywords: Clelandia parabola Fauna; Early Ordovician; Tribes Hill Formation; trilobites

The Willsboro-Lewis Wollastonite Ores - Westrop, P. R.; J. F. Olmsted (Selected Mineral Deposits of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains, New York; I, Mineral deposits of the Adirondack Mountains; II, Besshi-type Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Vermont Copper Belt, 1993)
Keywords: geology

Death in the Dining Room & Other Tales of Victorian Culture - Ames, K. L. (Temple University Press, 1992)
Keywords: history

A Middline Sort: Artisans and Tradesmen in Colonial Albany - Bielinski, S. (New York History, 1992)
Keywords: history

Overview and Status of Research on the Niagara Sheet - D. H. Cadwell (Surficial Map Conference, Program and Proceedings; New York State Geological Survey Open File, No. 2m127, 1992)
Keywords: geology

Surficial Map Conference, Program and Proceedings; New York State Geological Survey, Open File No. 2m127 - D. H. Cadwell (1992)
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Clay Hill Road/Champlain Canal, Washington County, New York - N. L. Davis (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.13.101/BIN 1-02063-0, Route 29/Kayaderosseras Creek, Town of Milton, Saratoga County, New York - N. L. Davis (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Prehistoric Adaptations on Fishers Island, New York: A Progress Report - Funk, R. E.; Pfeiffer, J. E. (Northeast Historical Archaeology, 1992)
Archaeological and paleoenvironmental research since 1985 on Fishers Island, New York has delineated a partially radiocarbon-dated Native American cultural sequence beginning in the Late Archaic period c. 4200 B.P. and ending at the Contact period c. A.D. 1600. Investigated settlement types included shell middens, lithic workshops, and inland hunting-gathering camps. Subsistence remains, including nuts, mollusks, and the bones of mammals, fishes, and birds indicate sporadic occupation of the island from spring through fall. Pollen recovered from both fresh water bogs and salt marshes evidence a typical postglacial forest succession beginning with the spruce-fir zone at about 13,000 B.P. and ending with the modern mixed deciduous forest.
Keywords: Archaeology; Fishers Island; New York; prehistoric adaptations

Some Major Wetlands in New York State: A Preliminary Assessment of Their Biological and Cultural Potential - Funk, R. E. (Man in the Northeast, 1992)
Keywords: Archaeology; New York; welands

The Tivoli Bays as a Middle-Scale Setting for Cultural-Ecological Research - Funk, R. E. (The Hudson Valley Regional Review, 1992)
Keywords: anthropology

The Iroquois and the World's Rim: Speculations on Color, Culture, and Contact - G. R. Hamell (American Indian Quarterly, 1992)
Keywords: Archaeology

The Mineral Industry of New York, 1991 - Harrison, D. A.; R. W. Kays (Minerals Yearbook, Vol.II, Domestic Reports, 1992)
Keywords: geology

Still Rising After All These Years - Y. W. Isachsen (Natural History, 1992)
Keywords: geology

Catalog of geologic teaching and demonstration specimens of the New York State Museum: NYS Geological Survey Open File Report 10m055 - W. M. Kelly; Marshall, S. (1992)
Keywords: geology

Catalog of the New York minerals of the New York State Museum: NYS Geological Survey Open File Report 8m140 - W. M. Kelly; Campbell, J. E.; S. H. Schimmrich (1992)
Keywords: geology

Gore Mountain Garnets - W. M. Kelly (Natural History, 1992)
Keywords: geology

Comment on: Scenella and 'A Chondrophine (medusoid hydrozoan) from the Basal Cambrian of Newfoundland' - E. Landing; Narbonne, G. M. (Journal of Paleontology, 1992)
Keywords: paleontology

Lower Cambrian of southeastern Newfoundland: Epeirogeny and Lazarus Faunas, Lithofacies-Biofacies Linkages, and the Myth of a Global Chronostratigraphy - E. Landing (Origins and Early Evolution of Metazoa, 1992)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary GSSP, SE Newfoundland: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology. - E. Landing (Bulletin of Liason of the Subcommission on Geochronology, 1992)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Studies in Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Donald W. Fisher - E. Landing (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1992)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1136.08.109, Route 22A and CR 18/18A, Town of Hampton, Washington County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.61, Route 8/West Canada Creek, Town of Ohio, Herkimer County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2057.27.101, Route 13, Town of Cazenovia, Madison County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754.60, North Main Street, Village of New City, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for the Catskill Interpretive Center, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York---Addendum - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 7152.56.101, Route 37, English Settlement Road to Route 68, Towns of Morristown and Oswegatchie, St. Lawrence County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Caribbean Horama (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae:. Ctenuchinae) With New Species and Notes on Mimicry - T. L. McCabe (Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1992)
Keywords: biology

A Revision of the Genus Hypsoropha Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Ophiderinae) - T. L. McCabe (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1992)
The genus Hypsoropha (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is revised and two new species, H. franclemonti, and H. baja are described. Male and female genitalia and adult habitus are illustrated for all known species in the genus. Character states and resulting cladogram are presented.
Keywords: biology

A Contribution Toward a History of the Arctic Moss Flora - N. G. Miller (Contributions from University of Michigan Herbarium, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Paleoecological interpretation and age of an interstadial lake bed in western New York. - N. G. Miller; Calkin, P. E. (Quaternary Research, 1992)
Pollen assemblages from a 6.6-m exposure of Pleistocene lake silt in central western New York consist of anomalous mixtures dominated by spruce, pine, and sedge but with a significant representation of deciduous forest elements. Leaves of Dryas integrifolia and plants of the terrestrial moss Distichium from the lake silt yielded AMS ages of 24,900 ± 1000 and 24,180 ± 900 yr B.P., indicating that the silt was deposited during the middle Wisconsinan Plum Point interstade and that the pollen of beech, hickory, and other deciduous trees was recycled from an interglacial deposit. Caution therefore must be exercised in the paleoecological interpretation of interstadial lake deposits. Plant macrofossil assemblages (seeds, fruits, mosses) from the silt also probably are mixtures of primary and secondary fossils. Scanning electron microscopy of surface features of fruits and seeds revealed two classes of preservation. The best-preserved fossils had intact surface microfeatures and are considered of primary origin. Those with the outer cell layer degraded or absent probably have been recycled. The distributions of species represented in the latter category center on the Great Lakes region and southward, whereas those of the primary fossils are more northern and indicate tundra and spruce-jack pine forest. The late Wisconsinan Kent ice margin advanced across central western New York after ca. 24,500 yr B.P. into a mosaic of tundra and conifer forest.
Keywords: biology

Review of "Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California" edited by Clarence A. Hall, Jr. - R. S. Mitchell (Bulletin of the Torrey Botany Club, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Biological Control of Zebra Mussels: Screening for Lethal Microorganisms - D. P. Molloy; Griffin, B. (Journal of Shellfish Research, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Do Zebra Mussels Have Parasites? - D. P. Molloy (DpIR (Zebra Mussel Information Clearinghouse Newsletter, Brockport, NY), 1992)
Keywords: biology

Impact of the Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) Control Agent Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis on Chironomids (Diptera: Chironomidae) and Other Nontarget Insects: Results of Ten Field Trials - D. P. Molloy (Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 1992)
Except for moderate mortality among fiIter-feeding chironomids, Rheotanytarsus spp., the results of 10 field trials with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelcnsis (B.t.i.) indicated a wide margin of safety to the chironomid community and other stream nontarget insects. Mayflies, caddisflies and 2 other types of chironomids, i.e., tube-dwelling (Chironominae) and surface-dwelling,c aselessla rvae (mix of Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Tanypodinae), did not appear to be affected. The susceptibility of filter-feeding chironomids was considerably less than black flies; for example, 4 months of data collected during an operational black fly control program indicated a mean (+95% Cl) mortality among Rheotanytarsus larvae of 23(15-32)% vs. 98(97-99)% among black flies. Although clearly demonstrating the potential of adverse impact on filter-feeding chironomids in operational black fly programs, these trials also confirmed the narrow impact of B.t.i. on the overall stream insect community.
Keywords: biology

Review of: Crosskey, R. W. The Natural History of Blackflies - D. P. Molloy (American Entomologist, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Mixed Siliciclastic-carbonate Deposition in a Lower Cambrian Oxygen-stratified Basin, Chapel Island Formation, Southeastern Newfoundland - Myrow, P. M.; E. Landing (Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 1992)
The upper portion of member 3 and member 4 of the uppermost Precambrian (Vendian)-Lower Cambrian Chapel Island Formation represents a large-scale shoaling-up deposit dominated by shelf siliciclastic mudstone. Medium-scale, higher-order shoaling-up cycles at the top of member 3 and in member 4 are capped by peritidal limestones that contain a wide variety of stromatolitic buildups and algal mud mounds. Sedimentation took place in an oxygen-stratified basin with accumulation of gray dysaerobic mudstone offshore and green and red mudstone in shallower, more oxygenated waters. Biofacies models for dysaerobic basins can be applied to this sequence and help in understanding the distribution of trace fossils, skeletal fossils (shells and pyritic steinkerns), and diagenetic features. These da a are important for the understanding of the stratigraphic distribution of shelly fossils within this lowest Cambrian unit. A mixed carbonate-siliciclastic facies model is presented in which carbonate sediments formed in intertidal areas along the shoreline of a siliciclastic muddy shelf. The carbonate shoreline prograded during periods of increasing rate of relative sea-level fall or decreasing rate of relative sea-level rise. Restriction of carbonate sediments to the peritidal environment may have been due to a combination of higher rates of carbonate sediment production and accumulation in the peritidal zone, seaward dilution by siliciclastic mud, and a paleogeographic position near the latitudinal climatic extreme for carbonate production.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 0016.18.101, Route 112, Route 27 to Woodside Ave, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York - Reid, S.; R. Dean (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Book Review of American Kasten: The Dutch-Style Cupboards of New York and New Jersey 1650-1800 by Peter M. Kenny, Frances Gruber Safford and Gilbert T. Vincent - J. L. Scherer (Newsletter of the Decorative Arts Society, Inc, 1992)
Keywords: history

Natural Hybridization Between Cypripedium montanum and Its Yellow-lipped Relatives - C. J. Sheviak (American Orchid Society Bulletin, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Zooplankton Communities of Adirondack Lakes: Changes in Community Structure Associated with Acidification - C. A. Siegfried; Sutherland, J.W. (Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 1992)
The structure of the zooplankton (rotifers + crustaceans) community of Adirondack lakes was evaluated relative to generalizations derived from the literature on the impacts of acidification. The generalization that the number of zooplankton species is reduced in acid lakes was strongly supported by the results of Adirondack studies. Acidity status appeared to be the most important factor determining zooplankton species richness in Adirondack lakes. Generalizations regarding community composition were not strongly supported. Although the relative biomass of daphnids and cyclopoid copepods tended to be reduced in acidic lakes they were also frequent dominants of the communities of acidic lakes. Only two of the “generalist” species of the Adirondack region, Diaptomus minutus and Keratella taurocephala, increased in relative importance in acidic lakes. Acidification had a significant effect on zooplankton biomass.
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1043.05.121, Routes 9 and 148, Village and Town of Warrensburg, Warren County, New York. - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 1188.25.101, Route 67/Abandoned Boston and Maine Railroad and Culvert, Village of Johnsonville, Town of Pittstown, Rennselaer County, New York. - J. Sopko; R. Dean (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey for PIN 2065.23.102, Route 12B, Village of Oriskany Falls, Town of Augusta, Oneida County, New York. - J. Sopko; N. L. Davis (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1188.25.101, Route 67, Village of Johnsonville, Rensselaer County, New York. - J. Sopko; R. Dean (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1350.09.121, Rte 81, Village of Oak Hill, Town of Durham, Greene County, New York. - J. Sopko; N. L. Davis (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2065.23.102, Route 12B, Village of Oriskany Falls, Town of Augusta, Oneida County, New York. - J. Sopko; N. L. Davis (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources 9044.37.108, Routes 30 and 990V/Bear Kill, Town of Conesville, Schoharie County, New York - J. Sopko; Reid, S. (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1089.46.109, Route 4/Halfway Creek, Village and Town of Fort Ann, Washington County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1089.48.101 Route 4, Vandenburgh and Morrison Avenues, City of Troy and Town of North Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.60.121, Routes 8 and 28, Village of Poland, Town of Russia, Herkimer County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3037.48.101, Route 31 and Lake Shore Road, Village of Cicero, Town of Cicero, Onondaga County, New York. - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7043.99.121 Route 11, Towns of LeRay and Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8130.65.101 Route 22, Town of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8456.06.101 Route 6N, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8564.13.12, Route 17M, Village of Monroe, Orange County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8564.13.121Intersection of 17M, Lake and Still Roads, Village of Monroe, Town of Monroe, Orange County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9044.37.108, County Route 3/Bear Kill, Town of Conesville, Schoharie County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 9044.37.108, Route 990/Manorkill Creek, Town of Conesville, Schoharie County, New York--Addendum - J. Sopko; R. Dean (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Survey Report for PIN 8130.65.101, Route 22/Akindale Road, Town of Pauling, Dutchess County, New York - J. Sopko (1992)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Extinct and Extirpated Birds from Rota, Mariana Islands - D. W. Steadman (Micronesica, 1992)
Keywords: biology

Extinction and Biogeography of Huahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia - D. W. Steadman; D. S. Pahlavan (Geoarchaeology, 1992)
This study is based upon the identification of 336 bird bones from the Fa'ahia archaeological site, Huahine, French Polynesia. The bones represent birds that were killed for their flesh, feathers, or bones by prehistoric Polynesians. The radiocarbon ages of excavated strata at Fa'ahia range from about 1140 ± 90 to 770 ± 90 yr B.P. The bird bones represent 15 species of resident seabirds, 15 species of resident landbirds, four migrant species, and one introduced species. The only extinct seabird is a gull, Larus new species, although locally extirpated seabirds are Puffinus pacificus, Puffinus nativitatis, Puffinus lherminieri, Pterodroma rostrata, Pterodroma alba, Pterodroma arminjoniana, Sula leucogaster, Sula sula, Fregata minor, Fregata ariel, and Anous minutus. Extinct landbirds are Gallirallus new species, Gallicolumba nui, Macropygia arevarevauupa, Vini vidivici, Vini cf. sinotoi, and Aplonis diluvialis. Locally extirpated landbirds are Ardeola striata, Porzana tabuensis, Gallicolumba erythroptera, Ducula galeata, Ducula aurorae, and Acrocephalus caffer. The bones from Fa'ahia increase the seabird and landbird fauna of Huahine, from the historically known 3 to 15 species and from 7 to 18 species, respectively. Thus the number of species from Huahine is even greater than those from nearby Tahiti, which has a much greater land area and elevation. The occurrence of so many extinct or extirpated species of birds at the Fa'ahia site suggests that this site represents a very early phase of human occupation on Huahine, probably no more than 500 years after the first arrival of people on this previously undisturbed island ecosystem.
Keywords: anthropology biology

New Species of Gallicolumba and Macropygia (Aves: Columbidae) from Archeological Sites in Polynesia - D. W. Steadman (Papers in Avian Paleontology Honoring Pierce Brodkorb, 1992)
Keywords: anthropology biology

Where's the Fire? - G. Stein (Vestal Press, Ltd., 1992)
Keywords: history

Arthur C. Parker's Contributions to New York State Archaeology - Sullivan, L. P. (Bulletin, Journal of the New York State Archaeological Association, 1992)
Arthur C. Parker was the first president of the Society for American Archaeology and a co-founder of the New York State Archaeological Association. During the, first half of this century, Parker made significant contributions to the professionalization of archaeology and to public understanding of the developing discipline as well as substantive contributions to data collection, collation, and reporting. This paper briefly chronicles his career and discusses the impact of Parker's work on the development of archaeological research in New York.
Keywords: anthropology

Managing Archeological Resources from the Museum Perspective - Sullivan, L. P. (Technical Brief, 1992)
Keywords: anthropology

Charnockites and Granites of Western Adirondacks, New York, USA; A Differentiated A-type Suite - P. R. Whitney (Precambrian Research, 1992)
Granitic rocks in the west-central Adirondack Highlands of New York State include both relatively homogeneous charnockitic and hornblende granitic gneisses (CG), that occur in thick stratiform bodies and elliptical domes, and heterogeneous leucogneisses (LG), that commonly are interlayered with metasedimentary rocks. Major- and trace-element geochemical analyses were obtained for 115 samples, including both types of granitoids. Data for CG fail to show the presence of more than one distinct group based on composition. Most of the variance within the CG sample population is consistent with magmatic differentiation combined with incomplete separation of early crystals of alkali feldspar, plagioclase, and pyroxenes or amphibole from the residual liquid. Ti, Fe, Mg, Ca, P, Sr, Ba, and Zr decrease with increasing silica, while Rb and K increase. Within CG, the distinction between charnockitic (orthopyroxene-bearing) and granitic gneisses is correlated with bulk chemistry. The charnockites are consistently more mafic than the hornblende granitic gneisses, although forming a continuum with them. The leucogneisses, while generally more felsic than the charnockites and granitic gneisses, are otherwise geochemically similar to them. The data are consistent with the LG suite being an evolved extrusive equivalent of the intrusive CG suite. Both CG and LG suites are metaluminous to mildly peraluminous and display an A-type geochemical signature, enriched in Fe, K, Ce, Y, Nb, Zr, and Ga and depleted in Ca, Mg, and Sr relative to I- and S-type granites. Rare earth element patterns show moderate LREE enrichment and a negative Eu anomaly throughout the suite. The geochemical data suggest an origin by partial melting of biotite- and plagioclase-rich crustal rocks. Emplacement occurred in an anorogenic or post-collisional tectonic setting, probably at relatively shallow depths. Deformation and granulite-facies metamorphism with some partial melting followed during the Ottawan phase of the Grenville Orogeny, yielding the present migmatitic granitic and charnockitic gneisses.
Keywords: geology

History, Economy, and Geology of the Bluestone Industry in New York State - Albanese, J. R.; W. M. Kelly (Field Trip Guide, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Ideas and Images: Developing Interpretive History Exhibits - Ames, K. L.; Franco, B.; Frye, L. T. (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 1991)
Keywords: history

Additions to the Phorid Fauna (Diptera: Phoridae) of North America North of Mexico - Barnes, J. K. (The Florida Entomologist, 1991)
The phorid genus Melaloncha Brues and the species Beckerina setifrons Borgmeier, Coniceromyia latimana (Malloch), Megaselia lanceata Borgmeier, Megaselia luteicauda (Borgmeier), and Melaloncha nigricorpus Borgmeier are reported for the first time from North America north of Mexico. Megaselia seclusa Beyer is synonymized with M. lanceata [NEW SYNONYMY]. New locality records are given for Dohrniphora divaricata (Aldrich). Alterations to existing keys are suggested that will allow identification of these taxa.
Keywords: biology

Early and Early Middle Ordovician Continental Slope Deposition: Shale Cycles and Sandstones in the New York Promontory and Quebec Reentrant Region - Benus, A.P.; E. Landing; P. R. Whitney (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Building Blocks of the Past: The Community Biography Approach to Local History - Bielinski, S. (The Bookmark, 1991)
Keywords: history

The New Netherland Dutch: Settling In and Spreading Out in Colonial Albany - Bielinski, S. (The American Family: Historical Perspectives, 1991)
Keywords: history

Adirondack Sheet - D. H. Cadwell; Pair, D. L. (Surficial Geologic Map of New York, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Isolation and Characterization of Sporothrix schenckii from Clinical and Environmental Sources Associated with the Largest U.S. Epidemic of Sporotrichosis - Dixon, D. M.; Salkin, I. F.; Duncan, R. A.; Hurd, N. J.; J. H. Haines; Kemna , M. E.; Coles , F. B. (Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1991)
The largest recorded epidemic of sporotrichosis in the United States occurred in 1988 and involved a total of 84 cases in 15 states. All cases were associated with Wisconsin-grown sphagnum moss. Twenty-one clinical isolates of Sporothrix schenckii and 69 environmental isolates of Sporothrix spp. from the epidemic were characterized and compared. The environmental isolates were recovered from 102 samples of sphagnum moss and other material by using direct plating techniques. Characteristics examined included macroscopic and microscopic morphology, conversion to a yeast phase, exoantigen reactions, and virulence in mice. On the basis of these studies, eight environmental isolates were identified as S. schenckii, five were identified as Ophiostoma stenoceras, and the remainder were identified as Sporothrix species. The environmental isolates of S. schenckii were recovered from moss samples from one Pennsylvania nursery and from three New York State Soil and Water Conservation districts, but none were recovered from moss directly from the bogs in Wisconsin.
Keywords: biology

The Potential for Conservation of Polynesean Birds Through Habitat Mapping and Species Translocation - Franklin, J.; D. W. Steadman (Conservation Biology, 1991)
he dependency of highly endemic island floras on few potential pollinators in depauperate island faunas suggests that pollinators and seed dispersers may be crucial in the preservation of biodiversity in isolated oceanic islands. We discuss the hypothesis that flying foxes are “strong interactors” in South Pacific islands where they setwe as the principal pollinators and seed dispersers, This suggests that the ongoing decline and ultimate extinction of flying fox species on Pacific islands may lead to a cascade of linked plant extinctions. We propose an empirical test of this hypothesis: comparisons of plant reproductive success in Guam, which has virtually lost its flying fox populations, and Samoa, where significant populations remain.
Keywords: biology

Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Adaptations in the Lower Hudson Valley - Funk, R. E. (The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Lower Hudson Valley and Adjoining Regions: Essays in Honor of Louis A. Brennan, 1991)
Keywords: anthropology

The Middle Archaic in New York - Funk, R. E. (Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology, 1991)
Keywords: anthropology

Olive Branch: A Large Dalton and pre-Dalton Encampment at Thebes Gap, Alexander County, Illinois - Gramly, R. M.; Funk, R. E. (The Archaic Period in the Mid-South, Proceedings of the 1989 Mid-South Arhcaeological Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, 1991)
Keywords: anthropology

Titanium-zirconium-rare-earth placer resources potential of surficial sediments on the Atlantic continental shelf offshore of New York, Rhode Island, and southern Massachusetts: NYS Geological Survey Open-File Report 8m026 - Grosz, A. E.; W. M. Kelly (1991)
Keywords: geology

The Mineral Industry of New York, 1989 - Harrison, D. A.; W. M. Kelly (Minerals Yearbook, Vol. II, Domestic Reports, 1991)
Keywords: geology

The Mineral Industry of New York, 1990 - Harrison, D. A.; W. M. Kelly (Minerals Yearbook, Vol. II, Domestic Reports, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Albany Pine Bush Preserve--1991 Entomological Report - Higgins, L. E.; T. L. McCabe; Meyer, A.; Rusch, M. (1991)
Keywords: biology

Barton Garnet Mine - W. M. Kelly (Field Trip Guide, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Prospecting for Sand, Gravel and Heavy Minerals in the New York State Offshore: Reconnaissance and Analysis of Drill Core: NYS Geological Survey Open-File Report 8d107 - W. M. Kelly; Albanese, J. R.; Grosz, A. E. (1991)
Keywords: geology

A Radiocarbon Chronology for Human-induced Environmental Change on Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands, Polynesia - Kirch, P. V.; J. R. Finley; D. W. Steadman (Radiocarbon, 1991)
A suite of 23 14C age determinations, from a well-stratified rockshelter and from 3 pollen cores on Mangaia Island is reported. The rockshelter has yielded significant evidence for avifaunal extinctions during the period cal. A.D. 1000-1600. The Lake Tiriara pollen cores span a period from ca. 6500 cal. B.P. to the present, and palynological analysis of the TIR 1 core indicates major anthropogenic disturbance on the island's vegetation after ca. 1600 cal. B.P. These sites, and the radiocarbon ages associated with them, provide the first chronologically secure evidence for human impacts on the island ecosystems of the southern Cook Islands.
Keywords: anthropology biology

Dynamic Stratigraphy and Depositional Environments of the Hamilton Group (Middle Devonian) in New York State, Part II - E. Landing; C. Brett (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1991)
Keywords: geology

Field trip 3B: Aspects of Paleozoic Geology in the Albany Region - E. Landing (Association of American State Geologists Annual Meeting, Field Trip Guide, May 49, 1991, 1991)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Upper Precambrian through Lower Cambrian of Cape Breton Island: Faunas, Paleoenvironments, and Stratigraphic Revision - E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology,, 1991)
Latest Precambrian through Early Cambrian tectonic history and stratigraphy are comparable in southeastern Cape Breton Island and the western Placentia--Bonavista axis, southeastern Newfoundland. The lithostratigraphic nomenclature of southeastern Newfoundland is used for this interval in Cape Breton Island. Upper Precambrian volcanic rocks of the Forchu Group (="Giant Lake Complex," designation abandoned) are unconformably overlain by uppermost Precambrian through lowest Cambrian strata termed the "Morrison River Formation" (designation abandoned). This depositional sequence consists of three formations: 1) red beds through tidalites of the Rencontre Formation (to 279+ m; ="Kelvin Lake Formation," designation abandoned); 2) prodeltaic clastics of the Chapel Island Formation (to 260 m); and 3) macrotidal quartzites of the Random Formation (to 71 + m). Post-Random block faulting and 300 m of local erosion took place prior to onlap of the "MacCodrum Formation" (abandoned). Siliciclastic mudstones of the lower "MacCodrum" are re-assigned to the middle Lower Cambrian Bonavista Group. Sub-trilobitic faunas from the Bonavista Group include "Ladatheca" cylindrica from the West Centre Cove Formation(?) and higher diversity faunas (23 species) in the Camenella baltica Zone of the Cuslett and Fosters Point Formations. Trilobite-bearing, upper Lower Cambrian (Branchian Series) strata (Brigus Formation, =upper "MacCodrum" and overlying "Canoe Brook" Formations) unconformably overlie the Placentian Series in Cape Breton Island, southeastern Newfoundland, Shropshire, and, probably, eastern Massachusetts. Correlations based on small shelly fossils indicate an earlier appearance of trilobites in Avalon than on the South China Platform. Twenty-six species are illustrated. Halkieria fordi n. sp., the conodont(?) "Rushtonites" asiatica n. sp., and the zhijinitid(?) Samsanoffoclavus matthewi n. gen. and sp. are described. Ischyrinia? sp. may be the oldest ischyrinoid rostroconch.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Uppermost Precambrian(?)-Lower Cambrian of Mainland Nova Scotia: Faunas, Depositional Environments, and Stratigraphic Revision - E. Landing; Murphy, J. B. (Journal of Paleontology, 1991)
The uppermost Precambrian(?)-Lower Cambrian of the Avalon Zone in the northern Antigonish Highlands is composed of two dissimilar sequences in thrust contact. These include the sandstones and slates of the Doctor's Brook allochthon and the volcanoclastic-rich Malignant Cove authochthon. Lithostratigraphy of the "Black John Formation" (designation abandoned) in the Doctor's Brook allochthon is comparable to the uppermost Precambrian--Lower Cambrian in eastern Placentia Bay, southeastern Newfoundland, and Cape Breton Island. A unified stratigraphic nomenclature is appropriate in these Avalonian areas. The lower part of the "Black John" is an unconformity-bounded depositional sequence with subaerial rift facies (Rencontre Formation, 178+ m), overlying marine siliciclastic mudstones and fine sandstones (Chapel Island Formation, 59 m), and a quartzite cap (Random Formation, 2.05 m). The Chapel Island Formation has the oldest faunas from mainland Nova Scotia (Watsonella crosbyi Zone, lower Placentian Series). A post-Random unconformity known in Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island lies at the Random--Bonavista Group (Cuslett Formation) contact in the upper "Black John Formation." Fossiliferous Lower Cambrian limestones and siliciclastic mudstones previously reported from the Malignant Cove autochthon are actually clasts in basalt pebble-dominated slope deposits of the Arbuckle Brook Formation. These clasts were eroded from shallow-marine facies comparable to those in the Doctor's Brook allochthon during local uplift associated with Middle Cambrian(?) extension and mafic volcanism. Eight species are illustrated from the Placentian and Branchian Series. Anabaritellus Missarzhevsky, 1974, emend. (=Selindeochrea Valkov, 1982) is a Lower Cambrian calcareous tube-dwelling metazoan(?) known from tri- through multisulcate conchs that are morphologically intermediate between Anabarites and Coleoloides.
Keywords: geology paleontology

A View from the Hudson: Hudson-Mohawk Lowlands and Taconic Mountains - E. Landing (Geology of New York: A Simplified Account, 1991)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1029.07.101, Route 5S and 160, Drainage Work, Towns of Rotterdam and Princetown, Schenectady County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3047.04.126, Route 96, Court and Meadow Street, City of Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8021.27.108, Route 52, Town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8030.21.101, Route 59, Village of Spring Valley, Town of Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8480.17.101, Route 202/139, Town of Somers, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9044.34.101, Route 30 (Bridge Street)/Binnekill, Village of Margaretville, Delaware County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Route 303, New Jersey State Line to NY Thruway, Towns of Orangetown and Clarkstown, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Route 9 Corridor Screening Project, Towns of Fishkill, Philipstown, and Cortland, Dutchess, Putnam, and Westchester Counties, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Atlas of Adirondack Caterpillars: With a Host List, Rearing Notes and a Selected Bibliography of Works Depicting Caterpillars - T. L. McCabe (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Rhizedra lutosa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Newly Introduced to North America - T. L. McCabe; Schweitzer, D. F. (Entomological News, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Combined Biennial Reports for 1987-1988 and 1989-1990, Biological Survey - N. G. Miller; Barnes, J. K. (1991)
Keywords: biology

Review of: C. B. McQueen. Field Guide to the Peat Mosses of Boreal North America - N. G. Miller (Bryologist, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Review of: J. J. Engel & S. Hattori (Eds.). Bryological Contributions Presented in Celebration of the Distinguished Scholarship of Rudolph M. Schuster. Beih. Nova Hedwigia 90. 1988 - N. G. Miller (Taxon, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Ecosystem Management: Rare Species and Significant Habitats - R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi (Caryophyllaceae), An Overlooked Adventure in the Northeastern United States - R. S. Mitchell; Tucker, G. C. (Rhodora, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Biological Control of Zebra Mussels: Use of Parasites and Toxic Microorganisms - D. P. Molloy (Journal of Shellfish Research, 1991)
Keywords: biology