The Fire Apparatus at the New York State Museum - G. Stein (From the Collections, 1987)
Keywords: history

New Records of Cyperus (Cyperaceae) from West Virginia - Tucker, G. C. (Castanea, 1987)
Keywords: biology

Detailed studies of Selected, Well-exposed Fracture Zones in the Adirondack Mountains Dome, New York - Weiner, R. W.; Y. W. Isachsen (1987)
Keywords: geology

Studies on the Culicine Mosquito Host Range of Bacillus sphaericus and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis with Notes on the Effects of Temperature and Instar on Bacterial Efficacy - Wraight, S. P.; D. P. Molloy; Singer, S. (Journal Invertebrate Pathology, 1987)
Toxicity tests of three strains of Bacillus sphaericus against late instars of 12 culicine mosquito species indicated a wide range of susceptibility. Culex pipiens and C. salinarius were highly susceptible (LC50s < 104 spores/ml) to strain 1593, and C. pipiens and C. restuans were highly susceptible to strain 2013-4. The potency of strain SSII-1 was approximately one-tenth that of strains 1593 and 2013-4 against C. pipiens. Susceptibility of Aedes species to strain 1593 was highly variable. At temperatures ≥ 20°C, A. fitchii, A. intrudens, A. stimulans, and A. vexans were moderately to highly susceptible (LC50s 6 × 103−4 × 104 spores/ml), A. triseriatus was only slightly susceptible (LC50 > 106 spores/ml), and A. aegypti was refractory. Susceptibility of Aedes mosquitoes to strain SSII-1 was less variable, with LC50s against A. aegypti, A. canadensis, A. stimulans, and A. triseriatus all being between 104 and 106 vegetative cells + spores/ml. All species of mosquitoes tested were, in general, highly susceptible to B. thuringiensis var. israelensis (LC50s 2.3 × 103−2.5 × 104 spores/ml). In B. sphaericus toxicity tests, decreased temperatures resulted in up to a 16-fold increase in LC50 and a substantial reduction in probit line slope. First-instar A. aegypti larvae were more susceptible to B. sphaericus strain SSII-1 than the three later instars, which were approximately equally susceptible; however, no significant difference was observed in the susceptibility of the four instars of A. triseriatus.
Keywords: Aedes; Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis; Biological control; Culex; Culiseta; israelensis

History of late- and postglacial vegetation and disturbance around Upper South Branch Pond, northern Maine - Anderson, R. S.; Davis, R. B.; N. G. Miller; R. Stuckenrath Jr. (Canadian Journal of Botany, 1986)
The changing character of vegetation and the effects of disturbance on vegetation are inferred from pollen, plant macrofossils, charcoal, and microlepidopteran larvel head capsules in sediment cores from Upper South Branch Pond, Maine. Following deglaciation 12 500 – 12 000 years ago, a herb–shrub tundra developed which included moss species characteristic of calcareous, mineral soils. Fire and infestation by microlepidopterans were unimportant initially but became important upon arrival of spruce, paper birch, balsam fir, white pine, and tamarack trees (ca. 10 200 – 9500 years BP). Fires were infrequent in the watershed between 7500 and 5000 years BP. The relatively stable forests of this period, dominated by hemlock and yellow birch, grew in what may have been the moistest part of the Holocene. The maximum postglacial abundance of microlepidopteran larvae is centered around the hemlock decline (ca. 4800 years BP). Subsequently, the forest was composed largely of deciduous trees and white pine. Fire incidence was greater, and fewer fossils of microlepidoptera were deposited. Lack of major disturbances between ca. 3300 and 2600 years BP coincided with increases in hemlock, tamarack, yellow birch, and arbor vitae. Increases in boreal conifers began by about 1700 years ago, suggesting cooler, and perhaps wetter, climate. An increase in microlepidoptera accompanied the recent expansion of boreal conifers.
Keywords: biology paleontology

An Annotated Catalog of the Pyrenomycetes Described by Charles H. Peck - Barr, M. E.; J. H. Haines; Rogerson, C. T.; Smith, S. J. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1986)
Keywords: biology

Review of: Dutchmen on the Bay: The Ethnohistory of a Contractual Community - Bielinski, S. (New York History, 1986)
Keywords: history

Late Wisconsinan stratigraphy of the Catskill Mountains, New York - D. H. Cadwell (The Wisconsinan Stage of the First Geological District, eastern New York, 1986)
Keywords: geology

Surficial Geologic Map of New York - D. H. Cadwell; et al. (New York State Museum Map and Chart Series, 1986)
Keywords: geology

The Wisconsinan Stage of the First Geological District, Eastern New York; New York - D. H. Cadwell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1986)
Keywords: geology

PIN 8914.17.101 Predictive Model Properties associated with Stewart International Airport, Orange County, New York - E. V. Curtin (1986)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Trans-Adirondack Mountains Structural Discontinuities - R. H. Fakundiny (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, 1986)
Keywords: geology

Stratigraphy and genesis of the Lake Sixteen peatland, northern Michigan - Futyma, R. P.; N. G. Miller (Canadian Journal of Botany, 1986)
The Lake Sixteen peatland is a 400-ha mire consisting principally of low-shrub (Chamaedaphne) bog and lesser areas of tree-covered (Picea – Larix) bog and sedge fen adjacent to a 55-ha alkaline lake. The sediments consist of the following superimposed deposits: gyttja, sedge peat, and Sphagnum–ericad–sedge peat. Near the edges of the peatland, highly humified, sometimes woody peat is present as the basal layer instead of gyttja. Radiocarbon-dated pollen stratigraphies from the lake and four sites in the peatland have elucidated the temporal relationships of the various sediment units and the developmental history of the peatland. During the mid-Holocene, probably in response to a change to cooler, moister climate, early Lake Sixteen underwent an expansion resulting in the deposition of gyttja over an increasingly larger area. About 3000 years BP, a sedge fen developed on the edge of the lake. Low-shrub bog replaced the sedge vegetation as the fen mat expanded into the lake. Swamping of bordering forests also allowed expansion of bog vegetation outward from the basin. Hydrological changes accompanying peat accumulation probably promoted vegetational changes within the peatland and the centrifugal spread of bog vegetation through swamping.
Keywords: biology

The Importance of Archives: Fish Illustrations of the 1926-39 Watershed Survey in New York State - George, C. J.; R. A. Daniels; Sinnott, T. J. (Fisheries, 1986)
During the summers of 1926–1939, the State of New York Conservation Department conducted a statewide watershed survey. This survey produced, among other things, a series of fish portraits of especially fine quality. The illustrations, largely the work of two artists, Ellen Edmonson and Hugh P. Chrisp, were recently rediscovered after having been misplaced for many years. The history of this archive mirrors that of archives in general. This material is a legacy and resource important to fisheries biologists, other natural historians, and natural history illustrators. Long-term protection of this material is now assured; protection and cataloguing of similar historically important material are among the greatest problems currently facing fisheries managers and researchers.
Keywords: biology

An Evaluation of Ortho-Phenyl Phenol as a Fungicidal Fumigant for Archives and Libraries - J. H. Haines; Kohler, S. A. (Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, 1986)
O-phenyl phenol (OPP) was evaluated in tests designed to simulate its proposed use as a fumigant by archives and libraries to control fungus growth. It was compared with thymol (isopropyl-meta-cresol) for its ability to render the spores of seven species of common fungi non-viable, and it was found that although each fumigant had the ability to stop or retard fungus growth, neither was totally effective in preventing fungus spores from germinating.
Keywords: biology

A Fatal Poisoning from an Amatoxin Containing Lepiota - J. H. Haines; Lichstein, E.; Glickerman, D. (Mycopathologia, 1986)
The mushroom Lepiota josserandii Bon and Boif. has been identified as the cause of an unintentional, fatal intoxication in New York. The course of the symptoms, beginning with a 9 h latent period, was similar to what would be expected in a case of Amanita phalloides-type intoxication. Despite supportive medical care the victim expired 110 h after ingestion. Thin layer chromatography detected the presence of alpha- and gamma-amanitin and radioimmunoassay confirmed a level of 3.5 mg/gm dry weight of amatoxins in mushrooms from the same location.
Keywords: biology

The Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, A Major Ductile Fault in the Grenville Province - Y. W. Isachsen; Geraghty, E. P. (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Basement Tectonics, 1986)
Keywords: geology

Tempo of Earliest Ordovician Graptolite Faunal Succession: Conodont-based Correlations from the Tremadocian of Quebec - E. Landing; Barnes, C. R.; Stevens, R. K. (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1986)
Successive Tremadocian planktic dendroid graptolite assemblages from continental slope sequences in Quebec can be correlated with North American platform biozonations on the basis of conodonts. Anisograptid-bearing (Assemblage 2), middle Tremadocian "Matane faunas" are associated with Early Ordovician Rossodus manitouensis Zone (new designation) conodonts. Younger middle Tremadocian faunas with adelograptids (Assemblage 3) are no younger than the Rossodus manitouensis Zone. Key dendroid evolutionary–immigration events take place within the lower conodont Fauna B interval. Rooted dendroids near Cap des Rosiers, Quebec, and in eastern New York State occur with lower Fauna B conodonts and the trilobites Pareuloma and Borthaspidella. However, the earliest Tremadocian (and earliest Ordovician) dendroid immigration event, represented by the local lowest occurrence of faunas with Dictyonema flabelliforme s.l. at localities in western Newfoundland, eastern New York State, Norway, and eastern China, also lies within the lower Fauna B interval. Finally, the lowest occurrence of key Assemblage 2 dendroid taxa falls within the lower Fauna B interval at the latter localities.The Rossodus manitouensis Zone is proposed as a new designation for a biostratigraphic unit that is appropriate for North American marginal and open shelf sequences. This zone is approximately equivalent to the "Loxodus bransoni Interval" of other authors and is characterized by Fauna C conodonts. Newly described taxa include Rossodus? highgatensis n. sp., Scolopodus? praecornuformis n. sp., and Variabiloconus n. gen.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Eastern Correctional Facility, Town of Wawarsing, Ulster County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1986)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 0327.52, Route 25A-Spot Improvements, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1986)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8017.12, Route 117/Katonah Bypass, Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1986)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8480.15 (Supplement 2), Route 100/202 at Daisy Lane, Towns of North Salem and Somers, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1986)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A New Perspective on Indian-White Contact: Cultural Symbols and Colonial Trade - Miller, C. L.; G. R. Hamell (The Journal of American History, 1986)
Keywords: anthropology history

New York State Museum, Sesquicentennial of the Biological and Geological Surveys - N. G. Miller; Barnes, J. K. (Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter, 1986)
Keywords: biology

Review of: A. F. Dyer and J. G. Duckett, The Experimental Biology of Bryophytes - N. G. Miller (American Scientist, 1986)
Keywords: biology

A Checklist of New York State Plants, Checklist III - R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1986)
Keywords: biology

A Rare Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis procera) at Niagara Falls - R. S. Mitchell (Clintonia, 1986)
Keywords: biology

Annual and Long-term Patterns in Distribution and Abundance of a Non-coevolved Assemblage of Estuarine Fishes - P. B. Moyle; R. A. Daniels; Herbold, B. L.; Baltz, D. M. (Fishery Bulletin 84, 1986)
The patterns of distribution and abundance of the fishes of Suisun Marsh, a portion of the Sacramento-San Joaquin estuary in central California, were studied over a 54-month period. Thtal fish abundance in the marsh exhibited strong seasonality; numbers and biomass were lowest in winter and spring and highest in late summer. Freshwater inflow was highest in the winter and lowest in late summer, when salinities and temperatures were highest. 'I\venty-one species were collected on a regular basis; the 10 most abundant were Marone saxatilis, Pogonichthys macrolepidotus, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Hystrocarpus traski, Cottus asper, Spirinchus thaleichthys, Acanthogobius flavimanus, Catostomus occidelltalis, Leptocottus armatus, and Platichthys stellatus. Another 21 species occurred in small numbers on an irregular basis. Twenty of the 42 species had been introduced to California since 1879. Of the 21 common species, 14 were residents, 4 were winter seasonals. and 3 were spring/summer seasonals. The resident species fell into two groups: a group of native species that were concentrated in small dead-end sloughs and a group of native and introduced species that were most abundant in the larger sloughs. The seasonal species were also a mixture of native and introduced species. Thtal fish abundance and species diversity declined through the study period, which seemed to be related to strong year classes of some species early in the study and the prevalence of freshwater conditions late in the study. The structure of the fish assemblage was fairly consistent over the study period but changes are expected in the near future. The structure of the Suisun Marsh fish assemblage was similar to that found in other river-dominated estuaries, despite the mixture of native and introduced specit?s.
Keywords: biology

Finger Lakes Sheet - Muller, E. H.; D. H. Cadwell (Surficial Geologic Map of New York, 1986)
Keywords: geology

The Rustic Artistry of Clarence Nichols (exhibition catalog) - J. L. Scherer; Gilborne, C. (Adirondack Museum, 1986)
Keywords: history

A Shaker Legacy - J. L. Scherer (Antique Review, 1986)
Keywords: history

The Prairie Fringed Orchids: A Pollinator-isolated Species Pair - C. J. Sheviak; Bowles, M. L. (Rhodora, 1986)
Keywords: biology

Understanding New York Lakes - C. A. Siegfried (New York State Museum Educational Leaflet, 1986)
Keywords: biology

The late Quaternary Hiscock Site, Genesee County, New York - D. W. Steadman; Laub, R. S.; N. G. Miller (Current Research in the Pleistocene, 1986)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Two New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia, Southern Cook Islands - D. W. Steadman (Pacific Science, 1986)
Two species of rails, Porzana rua n. sp. and Gallirallus ripleyi n. sp., are described from bones of late Holocene age found in caves on Mangaia, southern Cook Islands. Their relatively small pectoral elements show that both of these species were flightless. Porzana rua resembles most closely the living P. atra of Henderson Island and the recently extinct P. monasa of Kosrae Island, Carolines. Gallirallus ripleyi is most similar to the recently extinct G. wakensis of Wake Island. Some combination of predation and habitat alteration by humans and introduced mammals (rats, dogs, and pigs) is probably responsible for the extinction of P. rua and G. ripleyi within the past 1000 years. Fossils of a third species of rail from the Mangaian caves are referred to the living species Porzana tabuensis, although these specimens may represent an undescribed subspecies. Porzana tabuensis might survive on Mangaia and elsewhere in the southern Cook Islands, although entire specimens have never been collected. An X ray of the only two specimens (skins) of Porzana monasa (Kittlitz) shows that this species from Kosrae (Kusai) Island, Carolines, was flightless or nearly so. It is likely that all islands in the Pacific were inhabited by one or more species of flightless rail before the arrival of humans. In both Porzana and Gallirallus, at least one early wave of colonization produced flightless species throughout Oceania, followed by a less thorough and much more recent (probably late Holocene) wave of colonization by the volant P. tabuensis and G. philippensis.
Keywords: biology

In Celebration; New York Observes Sesquicentennial - R. H. Fakundiny; Albanese, J. R.; Fisher, D. W. (Geotimes, 1985)
Keywords: geology

Practical Applications of Geological Methods at the West Valley Low-level Radioactive Waste Burial Ground, Western New York - R. H. Fakundiny (Northeastern Environmental Science, 1985)
Geologic studies and a radioactive-waste landfill near the hamlet of West Valley, in northern Cattaraugus County, N.Y., evaluated the feasibility of low-level radioactive waste disposal by shallow burial in glacial deposits of the humid northeastern United States. The 8-year series of studies, funded by several Federal and New York State agencies, has shown that, although remedial maintenance at the site is necessary, the technique is safe and feasible if the waste is catalogued properly upon arrival and is compacted and buried in a manner that prevents later changes in waste volume and if water is prevented from infiltrating the burial trench. Major topics addressed in the studies included regional geology of glacial deposits, site stratigraphy and petrography, engineering and fluid properties of burial-host material measured in situ and in the laboratory, geomorphic processes, ground-water movement and chemistry, burial-trench dynamics in relation to atmospheric pressure and precipitation, surface-water flow, and biological paths for radionuclide movement.
Keywords: geology

A new Aneura Dum. (Hepaticae: Aneuraceae) from eastern North America - Inoue, H.; N. G. Miller (Bulletin Of The National Science Museum Series B (botany), 1985)
Aneura sharpii Inoue and Miller, which appears related to A. pinguis (L.) Dum. and A. maxima Schiffn., is described and illustrated as new species from North America (Tennesses [USA], West Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont). Aneura sharpii is defined by rather narrow, bright green thalli (with the marginal wings broadly unistratose and varying from rather deeply lobed to weakly or moderately sinuate) and smooth calyptrae.
Keywords: biology

Industrial Minerals of New York State - W. M. Kelly (Proceedings: 20th Annual Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, 1985)
Keywords: geology

Devonian Series Boundaries in the Eastern United States - Kirchgasser, W. T.; W. A. Oliver Jr.; L. V. Rickard (Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1985)
Keywords: geology

The Levis Formation: Passive Margin Slope Processes and Dynamic Stratigraphy in the Western Area - E. Landing; Benus, A. P. (Field Trips Guidebook. Canadian Paleontology and Biostratigraphy Seminar, Ste. Foy, Quebec, 1985)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Report for PIN 0753.78, Smithtown and Ronkonkoma Avenue over the Long Island Railroad, Towns of Brookhaven and Islip, Suffolk County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 0327.53, Intersection Improvements, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 0753.78, Smithtown and Ronkonkoma Avenue over the Long Island Railroad, Town of Brookhaven and Islip, Suffolk County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1016.20, Interstate 890/Exit 26 Study, Town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1940.59, Murray Street/Glens Falls Feeder Canal, City of Glens Falls, Warren County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2751.12, Carpenter Road/Tioghnioga River East Branch, Town of DeRuyter, Madison County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2751.25, Shells Bush Road/West Canada Creek, Town of Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8053.03, Route 301, Towns of Kent and Carmel, Putnam County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8122.06, NYS Route 212/Plattekill, Town of Saugerties, Ulser County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.92, East Main Street-Stony Point, Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9389.18, Route 97 over Callicoon Creek, East Branch (Detour), Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Prereconnaissance Survey Report of NYS Route 117, Town of Bedford, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

An Annotated List of Pine Bush Caddis (Insecta: Trichoptera) - T. L. McCabe (Skenectada, 1985)
Keywords: biology

An Annotated List of Pine Bush Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). : - T. L. McCabe; Huether, J. P. (Skenectada, 1985)
Keywords: biology

The Natural History of Oncocnemis piffardi (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - T. L. McCabe (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1985)
he natural history of Oncocnemis piffardi (Walker) is described and the larva and pupa are illustrated. Larvae have been field-collected as well as cultured on Spiraea latifolia (Art.) Borkh., its natural host. Elpe semiothisae (Brooks) (Tachinidae) and an apparently undescribed Mesocharus (Ichneumonidae) were reared from field-collected larvae. The Mesocharus is a hyperparasite of yet another ichneumonid.
Keywords: biology

Fossil evidence of the dispersal and establishment of mosses as gametophyte fragments - N. G. Miller (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Introduction [to Species Concepts in Bryophytes: Traditional and Innovative Approaches] - N. G. Miller (Bryologist, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Species Concepts in Bryophytes: Traditional and Innovative Approaches - N. G. Miller (Bryologist, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Diptera (Simuliidae) - D. P. Molloy; Hannon, B. H. (Current and Selected Bibliographies on Benthic Biology, 1984, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Correlation of the subsurface Lower and Middle Devonian of the Lake Erie Region; Alternative Interpretation and Reply - L. V. Rickard (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1985)
Keywords: geology

The Middle-Upper Devonian Series Boundary; An Evaluation - L. V. Rickard (Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 1985)
Keywords: geology

The Ordovician System in the United States: Correlation Chart and Explanatory Notes - Ross, R. J.; Adler, F. J.; Amsden, T. W.; Bergstrom, D.; Bergstrom, S. M.; Carter, C.; Churkin, M.; Cressman, E. A.; Derby, J. R.; J. T. Dutro Jr.; Ethington, R. L.; Finney, S. C.; et al. (International Union of Geological Sciences Publications, 1985)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Greek Temples on The Towpath, A History and Guide to the Vischer Ferry Historic District (Revised and Expanded) - J. L. Scherer (1985)
Keywords: history

Music Halls to Movie Palaces (exhibition catalog) - J. L. Scherer (Gallery Association of New York State, 1985)
Keywords: history

Spiranthes diluvialis: Clear Creek's New Orchid - C. J. Sheviak (The Green Thumb, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Dominance by Blue-green Algae in an Oligotrophic Lake: Interaction of Nutrient Availability and Trophic Relations in Structuring a Phytoplankton Community - C. A. Siegfried (Lake and Reservoir Management, 1985)
Keywords: biology

Life History, Population Dynamics and Production of Pontoporeia hoyi (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in Relation to the Trophic Gradient of Lake George, New York - C. A. Siegfried (Hydrobiologia, 1985)
The life history characteristics, population dynamics and production of Pontoporeia hoyi in Lake George, New York, were studied from May 1981 through October 1982. P. hoyi, in terms of both density and standing crop, is the most prevalent member of the deep water macrobenthos of Lake George. It reproduces in the winter, with young being released in the late winter-early spring. At the southernmost study site, young released in the spring grew to 6–7 mm in length and bred during their first winter. At the remaining sites, P. hoyi required two years to complete its life cycle. This difference in life history characteristics can be related to food availability and temperature differences. The open waters of the south end of Lake George are not only more productive but are also more closely associated with the littoral zone, providing a wealth of bacteria-rich detritus for benthic deposit feeders. The greater food availability in the south basin of Lake George is reflected in significantly larger brood sizes and smaller size at maturity for P. hoyi populations from the south end of the lake. The southernmost study site has significantly greater P. hoyi density and standing crop than all other sites. The cohort of the year dominated density and standing crop at the southern site while the cohort of the previous year dominated standing crop at the other sites. Peak abundance ranged from 600 · m−2 at the north site to 2 900 · m−2 at the south site. Cohort production ranged from ∼2g · m–2 at the north site to ∼15g · m−2 at the south site.
Keywords: Amphipoda; benthos; life history; Pontoporeia hoyi; production

Post-neutralization Plankton Communities of Bone Pond, Franklin County, New York - C. A. Siegfried (1985)
Keywords: biology

Bird Remains from an Archaeological Site on Henderson Island, South Pacific: Man Caused Extinctions on an - D. W. Steadman; Olson, S. L. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1985)
Long thought never to have been inhabited and to be in a pristine ecological state, Henderson Island (southeast Pacific) is now known to have been colonized and then abandoned by Polynesians. Bones from an archaeological site on the island associated with 14C dates of ≈800 and ≈500 years B.P. include specimens of 12 species of birds, of which 3, a storm-petrel and two pigeons (Nesofregetta fuliginosa, Ducula cf. aurorae or D. pacifica, and Ducula cf. galeata), no longer occur on Henderson, and two others (Puffinus nativitatis and Sula sula) still visit but are not known to breed. The vanished species were presumably exterminated by Polynesians and the biota of Henderson Island can thus no longer be regarded as being in an unaltered state. The prehistoric abandonment of various small, unarable islands by Polynesians may have been due to the depletion of seabirds and pigeons, the only readily available food source. The species of pigeons identified from Henderson are known historically only from distant archipelagos and have never before been found sympatrically. Distributional patterns resulting from man-caused extinctions may give rise to erroneous interpretations of the relationships and evolutionary history of insular organisms. Certain endangered species, such as Ducula galeata, might effectively be preserved by reintroduction to abandoned islands that they occupied before human intervention.
Keywords: anthropology biology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2044.20, Route 30 over Kennyetoo Creek, Town of Mayfield, Fulton County, New York. - Vaillancourt, D.; M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8130.47.122, Route 22, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York - Vaillancourt, D.; M.S. LoRusso; Ryan, J. (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 8751.98 CR 33 over Plattekill Creek, Towns of Saugerties and Ulster, Ulster County, New York - Vaillencourt, D.; M.S. LoRusso (1985)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Rocks and Problems of the Southeastern Adirondacks - P. R. Whitney (Field Trip Guidebook, 1985)
Keywords: geology

Rocks and Problems of the Southeastern Adirondacks - P. R. Whitney (Field Trip Guidebook, 1985)
Keywords: geology

The Membracidae and Other Homoptera Described by Asa Fitch, 1851, and Ebenezer Emmons, 1855: Historical Perspective and Analysis - Barnes, J. K. (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1984)
The historical background to Fitch's and Emmons' publications on Homoptera is discussed. Correct publication dates and authorships of new taxa described in Fitch's Homoptera catalogue and Emmons' report on injurious insects are established using information derived from recently discovered Fitch manuscript notes and correspondence and from obscure government documents. Collecting data and specimen numbers are provided for types of new species of Membracidae described in Emmons' report. Types of Homoptera described in Fitch's catalogue are discussed briefly.
Keywords: biology

Geological History of Stephentown and Vicinity, New York - D. H. Cadwell (1984)
Keywords: geology

Geographic Variation and a Taxonomic Reapprisal of the Mabled Scalpin - R. A. Daniels; P. B. Moyle (Copea, 1984)
Geographic variation of 23 mensural and meristic characteristics is examined for populations of Cottus klamathensis from throughout its range. Three geographically isolated populations can be separated by traditional taxonomic techniques and are found to be morphologically different by all statistical tests used. We give new status to the Pit R. form and describe the lower Klamath R. drainage form as a new subspecies.
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8040.86.101, Route 9, Delafield Street to St. Andrews Road, Town of Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York--Addendum - N. L. Davis (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Geology and Land Uses in the Pine Bush, Albany County, New York - R. J. Dineen; P. R. Huey; E. M. Reilley Jr. (New York State Museum Circular, 1984)
Keywords: anthropology biology geology

Bedrock Geology of the Glens Falls-Whitehall Region, New York - Fisher, D. W. (New York State Museum and Science Service Map and Chart Series, 1984)
Keywords: geology

Our New State Fossil; The Old Eurypterid - Fisher, D. W. (The Conservationist, 1984)
Features the eurypterid, or sea scorpion, which was designated as the state fossil of New York state in 1984. Antiquity of the eurypterid and its distinctness from other living organisms; Description of the eurypterid; Rarity of eurypterid fossils; Geologic span of eurypterids; Collections in New York.
Keywords: geology paleontology

The Corditaipe Site: A Small Isolated Paleo-Indian Camp in the Upper Mohawk Valley - Funk, R. E.; Wellman, B. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1984)
The Corditaipe site is a Paleo-Indian encampment situated on a large glacial outwash terrace overlooking a tributary of the Mohawk River near Rome, New York. Recently discovered by a local collector, the site consists of four loci vaguely defined by low-density scatters of artifacts and debitage that occur within the plow zone. The collection includes two fluted points, 3 fluted points in process, 18 bifaces, about 114 unifaces and over 1000 pieces of workshop debris. Although most items are of local gray to black flints, there are significant quantities of Pennsylvania jasper and Normanskill flint in the assemblage.
Keywords: anthropology

Evidence of Early Holocene Occupations in the Upper Susquehanna Valley, New York State - Funk, R. E.; Wellman, B. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1984)
A series of stratified archaeological sites on terraces bordering the Susquehanna River in New York State has yielded congeries of Early Archaic artifacts overlain by deposits with later cultural materials. Radiocarbon dated features, some as old as the mid-eighth millenium B. C. help bridge the present temporal gap between the Palaeo-Indian and Archaic eras in the Northeast.
Keywords: anthropology

Recent Advances in Connecticut Archaeology: The View from New York - Funk, R. E. (Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, 1984)
Keywords: anthropology

Bionomics of a Mermithid Parasitizing Snowpool Aedes spp. Mosquitoes - Gaugler, R.; Wraight, S.; D. P. Molloy (Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1984)
A mermithid nematode was isolated from all active stages of snow-pool Aedes spp. in northeastern New York. Invading nematodes initially entered the larval cephalic nervous tissue where limited development occurred, but subsequently migrated to the abdominal hemocoel of pupae and adults, where the rate of development increased sharply. Migration to the brain was a prerequisite for development in Ae. stimulons; nematodes not entering the brain elicited a host defense response. Most mermithids (64%) entering this host were encapsulated and killed before reaching the brain, but field infection rates were still high, with more than 60% of last-instar larvae successfully infected. Mermithids attacking Ae. intrudens and Ae. provocans seldom elicited an encapsulation response but nevertheless failed to complete parasitic development. Normal parasitic development with infrequent encapsulation was noted in Ae. excrucians and Ae. fitchii. Postparasites invariably emerged from adult stages, causing host death. Postparasites reared in the laboratory at 25 °C molted, mated, and began oviposition within 1 month of emergence. Resulting preparasites initiated infections in four laboratory-reared species of mosquitoes but seldom completed parasitic development. The biological control potential of this mermithid is discussed.
Keywords: biology

Metaphor, Myth, and Contemporary Iroquois History - G. R. Hamell (The Iroquoian, 1984)
Keywords: anthropology history

Correlation of the Cambrian Rocks in New York State, Open-File Report OF 84-0131 - Houghton, R. L.; Thorstenson, D. C.; Fisher, D. W.; Groenewold, G. H. (1984)
Keywords: geology

Subsurface stratigraphy of Medina Group (Lower Silurian), Clinton Group (Lower to Upper Silurian), and Lockport Group (Upper Silurian) of New York - Kearney, M. W.; L. V. Rickard (AAPG Bulletin, 1984)
A network of ten regional cross sections across New York reveals the detailed subsurface stratigraphy of the Medina Group (Lower Silurian), Clinton Group (Lower to Upper Silurian), and Lockport Group (Upper Silurian). Both gamma-ray logs and sample logs were used to correlate from outcrop to subcrop and well to well throughout the subsurface of New York. Approximately 250 well logs and 125 sample logs were incorporated into this study.
Keywords: geology

Classification and Conodont-based Sge of the Ordovician Trilobite Ellsaspis (middle Arenigian, Ville Guay, Quebec) - E. Landing; Ludvigsen, R. (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1984)
Ellsaspis Rasetti, 1945 occurs in a thin intraclast granule and echinoderm hash packstone in continental slope facies at Ville Guay. Presence of an anterior median glabellar node and assignment of a previously unrecognized pygdium to the type species support its classification as an endymioniine trilobite. Associated conodonts of the platform margin Juanognathus biofacies, a chitinozoan, and shelf-derived orthids indicate a correlation with the middle Arenigian and upper Canadian. Association of the conodonts Prioniodus evae and P. elegans precludes a precise correlation with the condensed sequences of the Baltic Basin.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Skeleton of Lapworthellids and the Suprageneric Classification of Tommotiids (Early and Middle Cambrian Phosphatic Problematica) - E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 1984)
Lapworthellids are systematically problematical organisms known from highly variable, cone-like, commonly transversely ridged sclerites that may have longitudinal costae and transverse septa. These sclerites grew by basal-internal accretion and were external skeletal units. Recovery of ontogenetically fused sclerites from Lapworthella schodackensis (Lochman) suggests that many sclerites occurred in close juxtaposition and probably formed a multiplated external integument. Lapworthellids are apparently tommotiids that produced only high plates rather than sclerite morphologies such as the subsymmetrical to symmetrical conical and broad, low helicoid sclerites of the "mitrosagophorans." The Lapworthellidae (emended, includes "Kelanellidae"), Sunnaginiidae (new), and "Order Mitrosagophora" (=Tommotiidae (emended) and Tannuolinidae) are characterized by differences in skeleton construction and comprise the Order Tommotiida. Both the Tommotiida and the Machaeridia had multiunit, external skeletons but little evidence suggests that these groups are related or "sister" groups. Lapworthella schodackensis (Lochman) from the Taconic allochthon, eastern New York, is closely similar to and possibly conspecific with approximately coeval nodose forms from the Avalonian and Baltic platforms [Lapworthella cornu (Wiman, 1903)] and Siberian Platform (Lapworthella dentata Missarzhevsky, 1969). Lapworthella ludvigseni n. sp. from the sub-trilobitic and Tommotian Lower Cambrian of the Avalonian Platform has weakly annulated sclerites with adventitious septa.
Keywords: paleontology

Archaeology of BIN 3-22256-0, Shufelt Road/Kline Kill, Town of Ghent, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

BIN 3-22256-0, Shufelt Road/Kleine Kill, Town of Ghent, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN 9750.68, CR 114/Cochecton Road, Town of Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Bridge Survey, BIN 2-30896-0, Williams Road/Oneida Creek, Village of Munnsville, Madison County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 1-03869-0, Route 158 over Watervliet Res, Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 1-05373-0, Sacandaga River, Village of Northville, Fulton County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 2-22271-0, West End Road/Taghkanic Creek, Town of Hillsdale, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 2-30896-0, Williams Road/Oneida Creek, Village of Munnsville, Madison County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 3-22204-0, Highland Road/Stony Kill, Town of Chatham, Columbia County - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 3-22241-0, Mt. Ross Road/Hamm Brook, Town of Gallatin, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 3-22241-0, Mt. Ross Road over Hamm Brook, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for BIN 3-22256-0, Shufelt Road/Kline Kill, Town of Ghent, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Mt. Ross Road/Hamm Brook, Town of Gallatin, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Oakland Ave. and Oak Street, City of Glens Falls, Warren County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1020.04/BIN 1-03869-0, Route 158 over Watervliet Reservoir, Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1306.32, Route 7/D&H RR, Town of Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1751.27, Cemetary Road/Black Creek, Town of Salem, Washington County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7043.55, Route 11/Chateaugay River, Town of Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8001.22 (BIN 1-00645-0), NYS Route 9G/Stony Creek, Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8063.03, Route 375/Sawkill Creek, Town of Woodstock, Ulster County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8480.15, Route 100/202 at Daisy Lane, Towns of North Salem and Somers, Westchester County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8750.87, Lake Secor Road/NYS Route 6N, Town of Carmel, Putnam County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9389.18, Route 97 over Callicoon Creek, East Branch (Detour), Town of Delaware, Sullivan County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9750.68, CR 114/Cochecton Road, Town of Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report PIN 8750.87, Lake Secor Road/Route 6N, Town of Carmet, Putnam County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

PIN 8001.22, Route 9G over Stony Creek, Town of Red Hook, Dutchess County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1984)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Late Wisconsinan Vertebrate Fauna from Deadman Cave, Southern Arizona - Mead, J. I.; Roth, E. L.; Van Devender, T. R.; D. W. Steadman (Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 1984)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Fossombronia in Michigan - N. G. Miller; Crum, H. (The Michigan Botanist, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Plant Associations and Edaphic Features of a High Arctic Mesotopographic Setting - N. G. Miller; Alpert, P. (Arctic and Alpine Research, 1984)
Cover of blue-green algae, bryophytes, and vascular plants, and number of bryophyte species increased along a topographic gradient from the crest of a beach ridge down into a tundra meadow on Bathurst Island, Arctic Canada; lichen cover was greatest in the middle of the slope. Soil moisture, organic content, and nutrient concentrations increased along the same gradient, and pH became slightly less alkaline. Crest and slope plant associations varied between nearby sites and differed considerably from the more constant tundra meadow association, which resembled the Drepanocladus brevifolius community recognized elsewhere in the High Arctic. Among edaphic characteristics, soil moisture was most closely correlated with vegetation.
Keywords: biology

Tertiary and Quaternary fossils - N. G. Miller (New Manual of Bryology, Volume 2, 1984)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Atlas of New York State Ferns - R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1984)
Keywords: biology

The Black Fly Debate - D. P. Molloy (Naho, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Diptera - Simuliidae - D. P. Molloy; Hannon, B. H. (Current and Selected Bibliographies on Benthic Biology, 1982, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Laboratory Evaluation of Commercial Formulations of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis Against Mosquito and Black Fly Larvae. - D. P. Molloy; Wraight, S. P.; Kaplan, B.; Gerardi, J.; Petersen, P. (Journal of Agricultural Entomology, 1984)
Three   commercial  black   fly  and  mosquito   larvicidal   formulations   of  Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner var. israelensis de Barjac were bioassayed to determine their potencies relative to the international standard powder, IPS-78. The potencies of the wettable powder (WP) formulations of Bactimos™ and Vectobac™ and the water dispersible concentrate (WDC) TeknarN were determined to be 4530, 5723, and  336 International Toxic Units (ITU)/mg, respectively, against Simulium spp.; their respective ITU/mg values against Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) were 3556, 2317, and 1373. Little correlation (r2 = 0.47) was evident between the potency rating (ITU/mg) of the formulations against mosquitoes and black flies; this indicated that the potency rating of a formulation against black flies cannot be simply predicted from the A. aegypti ITU/mg rating on its label. A moderate correlation between formulation potency and mean particle size was observed in the black fly assays (r2 = 0.77), but not against mosquitoes (r2 = 0.20). Aqueou s suspensions of Teknar-WDC had a significantly smaller mean particle size and stayed significantly longer in suspension than other formulations. The relatively long duration of suspension of Teknar-WDC was viewed as important since the toxic crystals wou ld be less likely to settle out in mosquito and black fly habitats. A ratio based on the LC50 values determined from standardized bioassay methods is suggested as a convenient way to express the relative  potency of a formulation against mosquitoes and black flies.
Keywords: biology

Engineering Geology Classification of the Soils of Albany, New York 15-Minute Quadrangle - Regan, P. T.; Fickies, R. H. (New York State Museum Map and Chart Series, 1984)
Keywords: geology

Correlation of the Subsurface Lower and Middle Devonian of the Lake Erie Region - L. V. Rickard (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1984)
The completion of 6 detailed cross sections using the gamma-ray logs of 94 closely spaced wells has provided new correlations and confirmed some earlier correlations of the Lower and Middle Devonian strata of the Lake Erie region. These sections connect western New York; northwestern Pennsylvania; northern, central, and northwestern Ohio; southwestern Ontario; and southeastern Michigan. The Lower Devonian Bois Blanc Limestone of western New York is continuous with the type Bois Blanc of northern Michigan via southwestern Ontario. It has been traced southwestward across northern Ohio and southward into the lower part of the type Columbus Limestone in central Ohio. The Edgecliff, Clarence, Nedrow, and Moorehouse Members of the overlying Middle Devonian Onondaga Limestone of western New York correlate with the Upper Columbus Limestone of Ohio; the Seneca Member of the Onondaga is equivalent to the overlying Delaware Limestone. The Amherstburg and Lucas Formations of the Detroit River Group of Michigan and Ontario can be traced southward across Lake Erie into the lower and middle parts of the Upper Columbus of Ohio. The Amherstburg correlates with the Edgecliff, Clarence, Nedrow, and lower Moorehouse Members of the New York Onondaga; the Lucas correlates with the middle part of the Moorehouse Member. The Dundee Limestone of northwestern Ohio, Michigan, and Ontario is an equivalent of the upper Moorehouse and Seneca Members of the New York Onondaga Limestone. It is not coterminous with the Delaware of Ohio, as the base of the Dundee is significantly older than the base of the Delaware. These correlations have been strengthened by tracing the stratigraphic positions of four different ash beds through the upper part of the carbonate sequence; three of these ash beds are parts of the type Tioga Ash Bed in the subsurface of northern Pennsylvania. A major, regional unconformity separates the Lower and Middle Devonian carbonate sequence from the overlying Middle Devonian terrigenous one; the Delaware and Dundee Limestones cannot be correlated with any part of the Marcellus Formation of the New York Hamilton Group. In western New York, the Cherry Valley Limestone Member of the Marcellus Formation rests directly and unconformably upon the Onondaga. In northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio, the Union Springs Shale reappears between the Cherry Valley and the Onondaga. Beneath central Lake Erie, the Union Springs, Cherry Valley, and Oatka Creek Members of the Marcellus merge into the Bell Shale, Rockport Quarry Limestone, and Arkona Shale of Ontario. The Arkona can be traced across Lake Erie into the Plum Brook and Lower Olentangy Shales of Ohio. The lower part of the terrigenous sequence of the Lake Erie region consequently is Marcellus in age, not Skaneateles. The Prout (Ohio) and Hungry Hollow (Ontario) Limestones are homotaxial and correlate with the Centerfield Limestone of New York. The Rockport Quarry, Arkona, and Hungry Hollow can be traced into the Silica Shale of southeastern Michigan and northwestern Ohio. The Widder Shale and Ipperwash Limestone of Ontario merge into the Tenmile Creek Dolomite of Michigan and Ohio.
Keywords: geology

Paleo-Indians in New Perspective: Comments on the Assembled Papers - Ritchie, W. A.; Funk, R. E. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1984)
Keywords: anthropology

New York Furniture at the New York State Museum - J. L. Scherer (Highland House, 1984)
Keywords: history

Spiranthes diluvialis (Orchidaceae), A New Species from the Western United States - C. J. Sheviak (Brittonia, 1984)
Spiranthes diluvialis, a species known from widely scattered localities in the western United States, is formally described. It has been confused in the past with a number of other species. Morphological characters and cytological data indicate an origin through hybridization ofS. magnicamporum andS. romanzoffiana.
Keywords: biology

The Benthos of a Eutrophic Reservoir: Influence of Reservoir Level on Community Composition, Abundance, and Production - C. A. Siegfried (California Fish and Game, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Lake Acidification and the Biology of Adirondack Lakes I. Rotifer Communities - C. A. Siegfried; Sutherland, J.W.; S. O. Quinn; Bloomfield, J.A. (Verhangen International Verein Limnology, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Why is Lake Myosotis so Green? - C. A. Siegfried (Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve Newsletter, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Zooplankton Dynamics in a High Mountain Reservoir of Southern California - C. A. Siegfried; Kopache, M.E. (California Fish and Game, 1984)
Keywords: biology

Bedrock Geologic Mapping in New York. Map and Graphic Bibliography to 7 1/2' and 15' Quadrangle Mapping - J. B. Skiba (New York State Museum Circular, 1984)
Keywords: geology

Northern Iroquoian Horticulture and Insect Infestation: A Cause for Village Removal - Starna, W. A.; G. R. Hamell; Butts, W. L. (Ethnohistory, 1984)
Employing ethnological, historical, and entomological data, this paper examines the issue of insect infestation of cultivated fields among Northern Iroquoians as a cause for village removal. It is concluded that by adding another systemic variable to the issue of shifting villages among such groups our understanding of the complexities of the adaptive process of horticulture is enhanced.
Keywords: anthropology

Curatorial Care of Agricultural Artifacts - G. Stein (Agricultural Artifacts in Museums: Historical Context and Curatorial Practise, 1984)
Keywords: history

Lake Acidification and the Biology of Adirondack Lakes: Crustacean Zooplankton Communities - Sutherland, J. W.; Quinn, S. O.; Bloomfield, J. A.; Siegfried, C. A. (Lake and Reservoir Management, 1984)
Fifty-five lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of New York were surveyed during 1982 for crustacean zooplankton, rotifers, phytoplankton, and water chemistry. The midsummer surface pH values ranged from 3.60 to 7.25. Lakes were selected in order to have a wide range of morphometry and watershed characteristics. Zooplankton species richness and diversity declined with pH. In lakes with pH less than 5.0, three species tended to dominate the growing season community. A discussion of the zooplankton communities in acidic lakes that have recently been treated with either agricultural limestone or sodium carbonate is included.

Stratigraphy and Structural Geology of the Adirondack Mountains, New York; Review and Synthesis - Wiener, R. W.; McLelland, J. M.; Y. W. Isachsen; Hall, L. M. (The Grenville Event in the Appalachians and Related Topics, 1984)
Keywords: geology

Adirondack-Appalachian Crustal Structure; the COCORP Northeast Traverse - Brown, L.; Ando, C.; Klemperer, S.; Oliver, J.; Kaufman, S.; Czuchra, B.; Walsh, T.; Y. W. Isachsen (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1983)
Reflection surveys from northeastern New York and central Vermont, the first elements of a COCORP seismic traverse of Grenville and Appalachian terranes in the northeastern United States, indicate that an unusual zone of layered reflections characterizes the lower crust beneath the eastern Adirondacks and that Grenville-age “basement” of the Green Mountains may actually be allochthonous, perhaps thrust over Paleozoic shelf rocks. The top of the Adirondack deep layered sequence is found at about 20 km beneath the Marcy meta-anorthosite massif. It appears to dip about 10° northwestward and wedge out against more horizontal reflections at about 28 km. This intracrustal sequence may correspond with a previously inferred increase in electrical conductivity. Possible interpretations range from its being a layered igneous complex to its representing a tectonically buried metasedimentary assemblage. Although graphitic schists and iron or sulfide segregations in such an assemblage might contribute to its electrical characteristics, the problematical issue of water in the lower crust—if and how it got there and remained—is again raised, if not resolved. Other intrabasement features include major east- and west-dipping reflections, possibly corresponding to faults; arched reflections that may represent folds; a well-defined lens-shaped zone virtually devoid of reflections; and possible Moho reflections. Unequivocal sub-Moho reflections are absent. Superimposed at shallower levels on the eastern part of the traverse are Appalachian structures. Reflections down to about 4.5 km beneath the Taconic Mountains are interpreted to represent Paleozoic shelf sediments of the Middlebury synclinorium underlying the Taconic allochthons. Possibly correlative, although less well defined, reflections appear to extend in disrupted fashion beneath the Precambrian rocks of the Green Mountains, suggesting a major basement overthrust. The inferred décollement for this overthrust steepens rapidly beneath the east flank of the Green Mountains. East-dipping reflections at the east side of the Green Mountains may represent another major thrust zone involving basement and overlying metasedimentary slices. The basement overthrusting suggested by this study is similar in certain respects to the style, if not the extent, of that demonstrated by previous COCORP surveys in the southern Appalachians.
Keywords: geology

Factors Affecting Productivity in Lake George Eastern Embayments - Collins, C.D.; C. A. Siegfried; Surash, C.A. (The Lake George Ecosystem 3, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Demographic Characteristics of an Antarctic Plunderfish, Harpagifer bispinis antarcticus Nybelin - R. A. Daniels (Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Life History of the Splittail (Cyprinidae: Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary - R. A. Daniels; D. P. Molloy (Fishery Bulletin, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Address at opening of the Rensselaer Center of Applied Geology - R. H. Fakundiny (Northeastern Geology, 1983)
Keywords: geology

The Northeastern United States - Funk, R. E. (Ancient North Americans, 1983)
Keywords: anthropology

Some Observations on Paleo-Indian Studies in the East - Funk, R. E. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1983)
Keywords: anthropology

Studies in the Hyaloscyphaceae II: Proliferodiscus, a New Genus of Arachnopezizoideae - J. H. Haines; Dumont, K. P. (Mycologia, 1983)
Neotropical collections originally identified as Dasyscyphus inspersus (Berk. & Curt.) Sacc. were re-examined and found to represent two distinct species. One matches the type specimen of D. inspersus, the other matches the type of D. earoleuca (Berk. & Br.) Sacc., which has been treated as a synonym. As these species are neither congeneric with the types of Dasyscyphus, Lachnum, nor with the types of any Hyaloscyphaceous genera known to the authors, a new genus is proposed in the tribe Polydesmieae Korf.
Keywords: biology

A 19th Century `Apostle Potter': Heber Kimball, Mormon Leader, `Received the Spirit' in His Upstate New York Pottery - G. R. Hamell (The New York-Pennsylvania Collector, 1983)
Keywords: history

Trading in Metaphors: The Magic of Beads, Another Perspective Upon Indian-European Contact in Northeastern North America - G. R. Hamell (Proceedings of the 1982 Glass Trade Bead Conference, 1983)
Keywords: anthropology

Fracture Domains Associated with a Neotectonic, Basement-cored Dome; the Adirondack Mountains, New York - Y. W. Isachsen; Geraghty, E. P.; Wiener, R. W. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Basement Tectonics, 1983)
Keywords: geology

Paleoecology of a Fossil Plant Assemblage from a pre-Wisconsinan Till in Southern Illinois - Jackson, S. T.; N. G. Miller (The American Midland Naturalist, 1983)
Macrofossils and pollen have been recovered from a glacial till in Jackson Co., Illinois, assigned to the Early Illinoian Liman Substage. The assemblage is dominated by bryophyte and vascular plant taxa of boreal and boreal-temperate distributions. A few taxa of temperate distribution are also present. The boreal elements are evidently from a glacial period (presumably the Early Illinoian); it is not entirely clear whether the other members of the flora are contemporaneous with the boreal plants or are redeposited from interglacial sediments. Overall, the assemblage is ecologically consistent, and is similar to Late Wisconsinan macrofossil floras in eastern and central North America. Habitats and communities indicated by the assemblage include hardwater lake, calcareous wetland and spruce-fir-tamarack forest or woodland.
Keywords: biology paleontology

Highgate Gorge: Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Continental Slope Deposition and Biostratigraphy, Northwestern Vermont - E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 1983)
The type sections of the Gorge and overlying Highgate formations (redefined) at Highgate gorge on the Missisquoi River, northwestern Vermont, represent a condensed Upper Cambrian through Lower Ordovician ensialic continental slope package. Deposition of the Gorge Formation took place in relatively shallow water (ca. 90 m). The site of deposition lay northward of an easterly trending shelf margin considered to be an eastern continuation of the southern margin of the Ottawa-Bonnechere graben system. The sequence features three biostratigraphically resolvable disconformities marked by debris flows and a possible truncation surface. These disconformities are bracketed by 1) upper Dresbachian (Dunderbergia Zone) through middle Trempealeauan Saukiella pyrene or lower Saukiella junia Subzone faunas of the Saukia Zone, 2) middle Trempealeauan (Saukiella junia or Saukiella serotina Subzone) through lower Symphysurina Zone faunas and spanning the Cambrian-Ordovician (Olenidian-Tremadocian Series) boundary, and 3) middle Symphysurina Zone to lowest Leiostegium-Kainella (D) Zone faunas at the contact of the Gorge and Highgate formations. Conodont-based correlation of biostratigraphically problematical Hungaia trilobite assemblages at Highgate gorge indicates an upper Saukiella pyrene or lower Saukiella junia Subzone equivalency of the "lower zone" and an upper Saukiella junia or Saukiella serotina Subzone equivalency of the "main zone." Proconodontus Zone through lower Fauna B conodont faunas at Highgate gorge have an open oceanic character, lack a number of genera and species characteristic of the inner carbonate platform, have diverse and abundant proto- and paraconodonts, and low local range zones for Oneotodus? nakamurai Nogami, Cordylodus proavus Müller s.f., and C. oklahomensis Müller s.f. Evidence exists suggesting that several euconodont species evolved in outer shelf or slope facies and have an early first occurrence there. The lowest occurrence of C. proavus s.f. is demonstrated to be significantly diachronous in the Upper Cambrian, is significantly older than the base of the Tremadocian, and does not supply a criterion for correlation of the base of the Corylodus proavus Zone away from the North American carbonate platform. Thirty-six conodont taxa are described: Eoconodontus (Eoconodontus) alisonae n. subgen., n. sp., Hirsutodontus n. sp., and Drepanoistodus? cf. D. inaequalis (Pander) are documented. Nogamiconus Miller, 1980, represents elements of multielement Coelocerodontus Ethington, 1959, and, probably, Prosagittodontus Müller and Nogami, 1971, and is not considered to be a valid genus. Prodistacodus An, 1982, may be based on an element of Coelocerodontus cambricus (Nogami). Monocostodus Miller, 1980, and Teridontus Miller, 1980, can be regarded as congeneric and are referred to Oneotodus? Lindstrom, 1955.
Keywords: paleontology

Mills on the Tsatsawassa: Techniques for Documenting Early 19th Century Water Powered Industry in Rural New York - P. Lord Jr. (New York State Museum, The University of the State of New York, 1983)
Keywords: anthropology history

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for 8751.69, North Clinton Street Bridge, Town of Arlington, Dutchess County - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Derby Bridge, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Hamptonburgh Bridge, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2166.11B, Route 80 over Otsquago Creek, Village of Starkville, Town of Stark, Herkimer County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8039.39, Route 9W, Haverstraw-Stony Point, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8048.02, Route 203 over Kline Kill, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.50, Clove Road over Moodna Creek, Salisbury Mills, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.58, Locust Street, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8751.59, Oak Street over Wallkill River, Village of Walden, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN P-D, Maple Street over Kenyetto Creek, Town of Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1983)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Identity of the Pleistocene Mosses Drepanocladus minnesotensis and Neocalliergon integrifolium (Amblystegiaceae) - N. G. Miller (Brittonia, 1983)
The type specimens of Drepanocladus minnesotensis Williams and Neocalliergon integrifolium Williams are shown to be D. aduncus var.kneiffii (B.S.G.) Monk. and Scorpidium scorpioides (Hedw.) Limpr., respectively. These fossils, which were originally obtained from late glacial sediments in Minneapolis, Minnesota, together with other mosses identified from the deposit, indicate that deposition probably took place in a shallow depression filled with calcareous water. Pleistocene mosses from near Bronson, Minnesota, originally namedD. minnesotensis are reidentified as D. aduncus (Hedw.) Warnst. and Calliergon giganteum (Schimp.) Kindb.
Keywords: biology paleontology

Distributional studies of Massachusetts bryophytes - Mishler, B. D.; N. G. Miller (Rhodora, 1983)
Eighteen bryophytes new to Massachusetts and fifty-five additional new county records are reported, including the second collection of Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum from the New World. Significant range extensions are briefly discussed in an annotated list, and additional noteworthy records are presented in an appendix. The bryophyte flora of the state as documented in the literature now stands at 329 species of mosses and 144 species of liverworts.
Keywords: biology

Berberidaceae through Fumariaceae of New York State - R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Epicenter Map of Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada, Onshore and Offshore; Time Period 1534-1980. 1:1,000,000 - Nottis, G. N. (New York State Museum Map and Chart Series, 1983)
Keywords: geology

Genetic divergence within the genus Liriodendron (Magnoliaceae) - Parks, C. R.; N. G. Miller; Wendel, J. F.; McDougal, K. M. (Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1983)
The genus Liriodendron L. consists of a southeast Asian-eastern North American disjunct species pair, but the genus had a much wider distribution in the Northern Hemisphere during the late Cretaceous and the Tertiary. Although generally similar in morphology, the two extant species are measurably different. In 1973 and 1977 they were hybridized, and interspecific heterosis was observed in the progeny. After seven years, the interspecific hybrids synthesized in 1973 had a significantly greater biomass than intraspecific hybrids of L. tulipifera. The growth rate of interspecific and intraspecific F2 seedlings was approximately equal. A preliminary survey of flavonoid extracts in L. tulipifera populations showed a high level of quantitative variation that was not obviously correlated with either geographic or environmental parameters. While there was little flavonoid variation in one small L. chinense population, a tree from a second locality in China was markedly divergent in its chromatographic pattern. An isozyme survey of individual trees from a few populations showed L. tulipifera to be moderately heterozygous. Six trees of L. chinense from one locality were identically homozygous, while a seventh tree from a different locality was equally homozygous but for different alleles at a number of loci. The available evidence indicates that the two Liriodendron species have not diverged very far from a presumed common ancestor. However, L. tulipifera is an abundant, almost weedy, species in some parts of its range, whereas L. chinense has suffered from population restriction and loss of heterozygosity to the degree that it shows inbreeding depression.
Keywords: biology

Testing of the Air Resources Laboratories Trajectory Model on Cases of Pollen Wet Deposition After Long-distance Transport from Known Source Regions - Raynor, G. S.; Hayes, J. V.; Lewis, D. M. (Atmospheric Science, 1983)
A version of the Air Resources Laboratories Atmospheric Transport and Dispersion Model was tested to determine how well it could identify probable pathways and source regions of airborne pollens from non-local sources which were deposited in precipitation at Albany, New York. The model calculates either forward or backward trajectories from any selected location starting every 6-h during a chosen time period. Each trajectory is calculated using transport winds averaged over a selected vertical layer and is based on past upper air observations stored in the computer. At Albany, New York, airborne pollens were sampled during both wet and dry weather. Samples were examined under a microscope and pollen grains identified and counted. In this study, only obviously fresh pollens of non-local origin are considered. These were obtained primarily in the winter and early spring months before local pollens of the same or similar species were released and include species whose ranges do not reach the north-eastern states. These cases document atmospheric transport from distant source regions and subsequent wet deposition. Probable source regions were determined from ranges and flowering dates of the taxa collected. Backward trajectories from Albany were computed for nine precipitation events. In all cases, the trajectories passed through or very near previously identified source regions located to the south or south-west. Travel times ranged from 10 to over 50 h but were mostly from 18 to 42 h. Results demonstrate the utility of the model and the feasibility of locating source regions of materials transported over long distances.
Keywords: biology

Laboratory Evaluation of Microencapsulated Formulations of Chlorpyrifos-Methyl Against Black Fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Selected Nontarget Invertebrates - Rodrigues, C. S.; D. P. Molloy; Kaushik, N. K. (The Canadian Entomologist, 1983)
Laboratory tests were conducted under simulated stream conditions to determine the efficacies of microencapsulated formulations of chlorpyrifos-methyl (Reldan® 10–10) against Simulium and Prosimulium late-instar larvae. In tests with eight formulations, no correlation was evident between efficacy and formulation stability (i.e., cross-linking ratio). The most effective formulations were 34-75-50A, 119-75-6A, and 119-75-6C. The LC50 and LC90 values of 34–75–50A against S. vittatum were 5.5 μg/L and 24 μg/L/10 min. respectively. The formulations 119-75-6A and 119-75-6C were statistically not different from 34-75-50A. Prosimulium magnum was less susceptible (LC50 = 36μg/L, LC90 = 205 μg/L). Susceptibility among S. vittatum larvae varied inversely with size. Treatment with formulation 34-75-50A at 237 μg/L/10 min (the observed LC100 for S. vittatum) severely affected nymphs of the mayfly Baetis sp. and the stonefly Taeniopteryx burksi, but had a minimal effect on most other detritivores, filter-feeding caddisflies (Hydropsyche betteni and Brachycentrus sp.), and predators. Mortality increased significantly in some of these latter species, however, when exposed to 492 μg/L/10 min (the observed LC100 for P. magnum). Tests indicated that there was some leakage of active ingredient from the microcapsules into the water. Although the microencapsulated formulations of chlorpyrifos-methyl were designed to have selective toxicity to black fly larvae, our laboratory tests indicated that they were not as safe towards nonfilter feeders as had been expected.
Keywords: biology

New York Shaker Furniture - J. L. Scherer (Art and Antiques Magazine, 1983)
Keywords: history

A Shaker Heritage - J. L. Scherer (New York Pennsylvania Collector, 1983)
Keywords: history

United States Terrestrial Orchids: Patterns and Problems - C. J. Sheviak (Proceedings of the North American Terrestrial Orchid Symposium, Mid-America Orchid Congress, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Dynamics of the Crustacean Zooplankton of Lake George; Or, There's a Rainbow over Lake George but Where's the Pot of Gold? - C. A. Siegfried (The Lake George Ecosystem 3, 1983)
Keywords: biology

Bedrock Topography and Glacial Deposits of the Colonie Channel Between Saratoga Lake and Coeymans, New York with a section by R.M. Waller: Ground-Water Potential of the Capital District Buried-Valley Deposits - Waller, R. M.; Hanson, E. L.; R. J. Dineen (New York State Museum Map and Chart Series, 1983)
Keywords: geology

A Three-stage Model for the Tectonic History of the Adirondack Region, New York - P. R. Whitney (Northeastern Geology, 1983)
Keywords: geology

Progress of Surficial Mapping in New York - D. H. Cadwell; R. J. Dineen; R. H. Fakundiny (The Impact of Waste Storage and Disposal on Groundwater Resources, 1982)
Keywords: geology

The Geology of the Pine Bush Aquifer, North-Central Albany County - R. J. Dineen (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1982)
Keywords: geology

Generalized Bedrock Geology of Albany County, New York - Fickies, R. H. (New York State Museum Education Leaflet, 1982)
Keywords: geology

Why Not A State Fossil for New York? - Fisher, D. W. (The Conservationist, 1982)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary Sections in the Cow Head Group, Western Newfoundland - Fortey, R. A.; E. Landing; Skevington, D. (The Cambrian-Ordovician Boundary: Sections, Fossil Distributions, and Correlations, 1982)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Review of "The Original Vermonters: Native Inhabitants Past and Present" by W. Haviland and M. Power - Funk, R. E. (Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, 1982)
Keywords: anthropology

Notes on the Ecology of Mysis relicta in Lake George - Kopache, M.E.; C. A. Siegfried (The Lake George Ecosystem 2, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Donald W. Fisher--State Paleontologist 1955-1982 - E. Landing; Yochelson, E. L. (Studies in Stratigraphy and Paleontology in Honor of Donald W. Fisher, 1982)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Barge Canal Dredging Site, Project 3-14, Town of Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (1982)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7015.33, Court Street Bridge (Archaeological Study), City of Watertown, Jeffereson County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1982)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Larval Morphology and Phylogeny of Trichordestra tacoma (Strecker) (Noctuidae) - T. L. McCabe; Godfrey, G. L. (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1982)
The larva of Trichordestra tacoma (Strecker) (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) has been misidentified in the past, resulting in a discrepancy in the phylogenetic placement of this species in separate works based on adults and on larvae. Both larva and adult prove to be similar to T. rugosa (Morr.) and T. liquida (Grote). The larva is described and illustrated, and a host list is presented.
Keywords: biology

The Caricaceae in the Southeastern United States - N. G. Miller (Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Extent of exploration in temperate North America; summarizing comments - N. G. Miller (Beih. Nova Hedwigia, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Ranaunculaceae (Crowfoot Family) of New York State - R. S. Mitchell; Dean, J. K. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Wildflowers [species selection, descriptions, and art work critique] - R. S. Mitchell; C. J. Sheviak (North American Wildlife, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Biological Control of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) with Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Serotype 14): A Review with Recommendations for Laboratory and Field Protocol - D. P. Molloy (Entomological Society of America Miscellaneous Publications 12(4):30 pp, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Rediscovery of Erynia aquatica in Aedes snowpool Mosquitoes - D. P. Molloy; Wraight, S. P. (Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Phytoplankton Community Changes in Lake George. - Monheimer, R. H.; Baker, M. D. (The Lake George Ecosystem, Vol. 2, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Geohydrology of the valley-fill aquifer in the Ramapo and Mahwah River areas, Rockland County, New York; U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 82-114, 6 sheets, 1:24000 scale - Moore, R. B.; D. H. Cadwell; et al. (1982)
Keywords: geology

A New Station for Listera auriculata (Orchidaceae) in New York State - Platt, J. L.; Yanuck-Platt, E.; C. J. Sheviak (Rhodora, 1982)
Keywords: biology

The status of floristic bryology in North America: 1978 - Schofield, W. B.; N. G. Miller (Nova Hedwigia. Beihefte, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Biosystematic Study of the Spiranthes cernua Complex - C. J. Sheviak (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Spiranthes - C. J. Sheviak (National List of Scientific Plant Names, USDA SCS-TP, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Lake George Benthos Community Dynamics: Life History and Production of Pontoporeia hoyi - C. A. Siegfried (The Lake George Ecosystem 2, 1982)
Keywords: biology