Biological Research

NYSM Biological Research Publications, 1999-2002



Refereed Books, Book Chapters, and Journal Articles



Carlson, D.M., R.A. Daniels and S.W. Eaton. 1999. Status of Fishes of the Allegheny River Watershed of New York State. Northeastern Naturalist. Vol. 6, pp.305-326.

Cryan, J.R., and C.R. Bartlett. 2002. A redescription of the Caribbean treehopper genus Antillotolania Ramos (Hemiptera: Membracidae), with two new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 95(3): 302-308.

Cryan, J.R., and L.L. Deitz. 2002. Enigmatic Treehoppers (Hemiptera: Membracidae): Deiroderes Ramos, Holdgatiella Evans, and Togotolania, New Genus. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104(4): 867-882.

Cryan, J.R., J.K. Liebherr, J.W. Fetzner, Jr., and M.F. Whiting. 2001. Evaluation of relationships within the endemic Hawaiian Platynini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21:72-85.

Daniels, R.A. 2001. Untested assumptions: the role of canals in the dispersal of sea lamprey, alewife, and other fishes in the eastern United States. Environmental Biology of Fishes 60:309-329.

Daniels, R.A., Murphy, D.C., and Klemens, M.W. 2001. Orconectes neglectus is established in the Northeast. Northeastern Naturalist 8:93-100.

Daniels, R.A. and D.M. Peteet. 1998. Fish scale evidence for rapid post-glacial colonization of an Atlantic coastal pond. Global Ecology and Zoogeography Letters. Vol. 7, pp. 467-476.

Farlow, J. O., Sunderman, J. A., Havens, J. J., Swinehart, A. L., Holman, J. A., Richards, R. L., Miller, N. G., Martin, R. A., Hunt, Jr., R. M, Storrs, G. W., Curry, B. B., Fluegeman, R. H., Dawson, M. R., and Flint, M. E. T. 2000. The Pipe Creek Sinkhole biota, a diverse late Tertiary continental fossil assemblage from Grant County, Indiana. American Midland Naturalist 144.

Futyma, R. P., and N. G. Miller. 2001. Postglacial history of a marl fen: Vegetational stability at Byron-Bergen Swamp, Genesee County, New York. Canadian Journal of Botany 79: 1425-1438.

Haynes, R. R. (Edited by Miller, N.G.). 2000. The genera of Hydrocharitaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 5: 201-275.

Huber, B.S., D.V. Allred, J.C. Carmen, D.D. Frame, D.G. Whiting, J.R. Cryan, T.R. Olson, P.J. Jackson, K. Hill, M.T. Laker, and R.A. Robison. 2002. Random amplified polymorphic DNA and amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of clinical Pasteurella multocida isolates from fatal fowl cholera infections. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40(6): 2163-2168.

Hunsinger, T. 2000. The Writings of Sherman Bishop: Part I. The Salamanders of New York. Herpetological Review 31(1):35-38.

Hunsinger, T.W. 2001. The writings of Shernan Bishop: Part II. Conservation. Herpetological Review 32:241-244.

Judd, W. S. 2000. The Hypoxidaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 5: 79-98.

Karatayev, A.Y., Burlakova, L.E., Molloy, D.P., and Volkova, L.K. 2000. Endosymbionts of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) in Belarus. International Review of Hydrobiology 85:539-555.

Karatayev, A.Y., Molloy, D.P., and Burlakova, L. E. 2000. Seasonal dynamics of Conchophthirus acuminatus (Ciliophora, Conchophthiridae) infection in Dreissena polymorpha and D. bugensis (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae). European Journal of Protistology 36.

Kays, R. W. 2000.The Behavior of Olingos (Bassaricyon gabii) and Their Competition with Kinkajous (Potos flavus) in Central Panama. Mammalia 64(1):1-10.

Kays, R. W. and Allison, A. 2001 Arboreal tropical forest vertebrates: current knowledge and research trends. Plant Ecology 153 (1/2).

Kays, R. & Allison, A. 2001. Arboreal tropical forest vertebrates: current knowledge and research trends. In Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management, edited by Linsenmair, K. E., Davis, A. J., Fiala, B. & Speight, M. R., pp. 109-120. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Kays, R.W., and J. L. Gittleman. 2001. The social organization of the kinkajou Potos flavus (Procyonidae). Journal of Zoology 253:491-504.

Kays, R. W., Gittleman, J. G., and Wayne, R. K. 2000. Microsatellite Analysis of Kinkajou Social Organization. Molecular Ecology 9:743-751.

Laruelle, F., D.P. Molloy, S.I. Fokin, and M.A. Ovcharenko. 1999. Histological analysis of mantle-cavity ciliates in Dreissena polymorpha: Their location, symbiotic relationship, and distinguishing morphological characteristics. Journal Shellfish Research, Vol. 18, pp. 251-257.

Leonardi, L. 1999. Bryophyte Flora of North America. Provisionally Published Treatments of Hepatics. Ptilidiaceaea - Ptilidium. www.nybg.org/bsci/bfna/ptilidium.html

Manning, S. D. 2000. The genera of Bignoniaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 5: 1-77.

Mathews, D.A., S.W. Effler, C.W. Mathews (Brooks), C.A. Siegfried, and M.E. Spada. 2001. Responses of Onondaga Lake, NY to early stages of rehabilitation: unanticipated ecosystem feedbacks. Water Environment Research 73:691-703.

McCabe, T. L. 2001. Nycteola frigidana Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Sarrothripinae) reported at an unorthodox bait. Journal of the Lepidopterist's Society 55(3):120.

McDaniel, S. F., and. Miller, N. G. 2000. Winter Dispersal of Bryophyte Fragments in the Adirondack Mountains, New York. The Bryologist 103: 592-600.

Miller, N.G. 1999. Lamb Site pollen and macro-fossils. The Lamb Site: A Pioneering Clovis Encampment, R.M. Gramly, ed., pp. 107, 108. Persimmon Press, Buffalo, NY.

Miller, N.G. 1999. Pleurocladula albescens in the late Pleistocene of Vermont. Haussknechtia Beihefte.

Miller, N. G. 2000. The Callitrichaceae in the Southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 5:277-301.

Miller, N. G. 2000. First Records of the European Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized in New England. Rhodora 102: 514-517.

Miller, N. G., & J. E. Arriagada. 2000. Web Site and Unpublished Data Sets for the Southeastern Flora. Sida Bot. Misc. 18: 83-96.

Miller, N. G., & G. S. Mogensen. 2000. Male Plants of Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Bryophyta: Mniaceae) in Siberia. Arctoa 8: 1, 2.

Miller, N.G. and R.W. Spear. 1999. Late-Quaternary history of the alpine flora of the New Hampshire White Mountains. GJographie physique et Quaternaire, Vol. 53, pp. 137-157.

Miller, N. G., & N. Trigoboff. 2000. A European Feather Moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized Widely in New York State in Cemeteries. The Bryologist 103:98-103.

Mitchell, R.S. 2000. Database & Revised Checklist of New York State Plants CD format. The University of the State of New York, Albany. Part 1) Mitchell, R. S. A Database of New York State Plants. In Microsoft Access™, 3780 entries. Part 2) Mitchell, R. S. & G. C. Tucker, Revised Checklist of New York State Plants, Edition II. In Microsoft Word™. 332 pp.

Mitchell, R. S. 2000. Polygonaceae (Smartweed Family). In The Plants of Pennsylvania - An Illustrated Manual, edited by: Rhoads, A. & T. Block pp. 543-557. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.

Mitchell, R.S. 2000. Database & Revised Checklist of New York State Plants CD format. The University of the State of New York, Albany.

Molloy, D. P. 2001. A Method for Controlling Dreissena Species. United States Patent and Trademark Office, U. S. Department of Commerce. Patent No. 6,194,194 4 pp.

Molloy, D. P., Giamberini, L., Morado, J. F., Fokin, S. I., and Laruelle, F. 2001. Characterization of intracytoplasmic prokaryote infections in Dreissena sp. (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 44:203-216.

Molloy, D.P., W.S. Vinikour, and R.V. Anderson. 1999. New North American records of aquatic insects as paratenic hosts of Pheromermis (Nematoda: Mermithidae). Journal Invertebrate Pathology, Vol. 72, pp. 89-95.

Phillips, T., and N. G. Miller. A new inland station in New York State for Sphagnum angermanicum. Evansia 18: 21, 22. 2001.

Sanders, R. W. 2000. The genera of Verbenaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Papers in Botany 5: 303-358.

Sheviak, C.J. 1999. Platanthera hyperborea and a reappraisal of green platantheras. North American Native Orchid Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 117-141; p. 198.

Sheviak, C.J. 1999. The identities of Platanthera hyperborea and P. huronenis, with the description of a new species from North America. Lindleyana, Vol. 14, pp. 193-203.

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. The northeastern members of the Platanthera hyperborea complex. North American Native Orchid Journal 6:280-286, pl. 1

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. Refinements In Our Understanding of Some Green Platantheras. North American Native Orchid Journal 6:88-92.

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. Gartenkultur Nordamerikanischer Cypripedium-Arten. Die Orchidee 51: 199-208.

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. Natural Color. Outdoor Photographer 16(5):78-83.

Sheviak, C. J. 2001. A role for water droplets in the pollination of Platanthera aquilonis (Orchidaceae). Rhodora 103: 380-386.

Wagner, D., D. Ferguson, T. McCabe, and R. Reardon. Geometroid caterpillars of Northeastern and Appalachian Forests. USDA. Forest Service Circular FHTET-2001-10

Wang, Y.Z. and J.H. Haines. 1999. A New Species of Perrotia from Taiwan. Mycotaxon, Vol. 72, pp. 461-464.

Whittier, T.R., D.B. Halliwell and R.A. Daniels. 1999. Distributions of lake fish in the Northeast: I. Centrarchidae, Percidae, Esocidae and Moronidae. Northeastern Naturalist, Vol. 6, pp.283-304.

Whittier, T.R., D.B. Halliwell and R.A. Daniels. 2000. Distributions of Lake Fish in the Northeast: II. The Minnows (Cyprinidae). Northeastern Naturalist. 7:131-156.

Whittier, T. R., D. B. Halliwell and R. A. Daniels. 2001. Distributions of lake fishes in the Northeast-IV. Benthic and small water-column species. Northeastern Naturalist 8:455-482.

Wu, M-L, and J.H. Haines. 1999. A new Foliicolous Lachnum from Taiwan. Mycotaxon 73:45-49.





Abstracts, Technical and On-Line Reports, Popular and other Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications



Adler, P. H., Merritt, R. W., Burger, J. F., and Molloy, D. P. 2001. A brief history of Northeast Regional Project NE-118 in the USA. British Simuliid Group Bulletin 17:16-20.

Bennett, C. E.; Gompper, M.; DeSalle, R.; Kays, R., and Ray, J. 2001 Sex ratio dynamics of the Northeastern Coyote, Canis latrans, based on non-invasive genetic analysis. Proceedings of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference 57:187.

Daniels, R.A. 1999. Why biological inventories are important. Biological Diversity: The Oldest human heritage, E.O. Wilson, ed., pp. 28-29. New York State Museum Educational Leaflet 34.

Escamilla-Garcia, B., Haines, J.H. & P. Comtois. 2000 The Aerobiology Museum: First Exhibition. Aerobiology (Abstracts) p. 33.

Escamilla-Garcia, B. & Haines, J.H. Mycospora: An Interactive Internet Site for Fungus Spore Identification. 14th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology (Abstracts).

Fleszar, A. and Frolich, K.L. 2000. Rare Enallagma Damselflies in New York State Collections. Abstracts, New York Natural History Conference IV, New York State Museum Circular 62: 60.

Frolich, K.L. 1999. Geographic Distributions of Odonate Larvae in Relation to Water Chemistry in Eastern New York State (Abstr.). 1999 International Congress of Odonatology and 1st Symposium of the Worldwide Dragonfly Association, Abstracts of Papers and Posters, p. 6.

Frolich, K.L. and Robinson, G.R. 2000. Acid Deposition and Community Structure Of Larval Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) in Eastern New York State. Abstracts, New York Natural History Conference IV, New York State Museum Circular 62: 16.

Futyma, R. P., and N. G. Miller. 2001. Paleoecological studies of marl fen and Thuja stand development at the Byron-Bergen Swamp, Genesee County, New York. Abstr. Progr. Smith Symposium II. The Hiscock Site: Late Pleistocene and Holocene paleoecology and archaeology of western New York State, p. 12. Buffalo Museum of Science.

Garrard, J. L., D. T. Rodbell, & N. G. Miller. 2000. The Sedimentologic and Palynologic Record of the Last Deglaciation from Ballston Lake, New York. Abstract New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62: 61.

Garrand, J. L., D. T. Rodbell, & N. G. Miller. 2000 The Sedimentologic and Palynologic Record of the Late Deglaciation from Ballston Lake, New York. Geological Society of America Abstracts Programs Northeastern Section 32(1): A-20.

Gill, R.J. and Frolich, K.L., 2000. The 1999 Capital Region BioBlitz at Peebles Island State Park , Waterford, NY. Abstracts, New York Natural History Conference IV, New York State Museum Circular 62: 63.

Haines, J.H. 2000. The Spore. PAAA Newsletter. Winter 99/Spring 2000. p.7.

Hunsinger, T.W. 2000. The Herpetological Contributions of Sherman Bishop to New York State. Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:23.

Hunsinger, T.W. 2000. Herpetology at the New York State Museum, the first 100 years (1840 to 1940). Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:23.

Hunsinger, T.W., and Hunsinger, K.C.. 2000. Type Specimens of Amphibians and Reptiles from New York State. Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:66.

Kays, R. 2000. Keeping the Peace in Tsavo National Park. In The Field 71(2):2-7.

Kays, R. W. 2001 Kinkajou. in Macdonald, D. W., ed. The encyclopedia of mammals. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; pp. 92-93.

Kays, R. W. 2001; Olingos. in Macdonald, D. W., ed. The encyclopedia of mammals. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 94.

Kays, R. W. 2001 Ringtail and cacomistle. in Macdonald, D. W., ed. The encyclopedia of mammals. Oxford: Oxford University Press; p. 95.

Kays, R.; Bogan, D., and Holevinski, R. 2001 Carnivores in a suburban forest, the Albany Pine Bush Preserve. Proceedings of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference 57: 22.

Kays, R. W., Patterson, B. D., and Gnoske, T. 2000 Mane variation in lions (Panthera leo) of Tsavo National Parks, Kenya. 80th Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists.

McCabe, T.L. and J.K. Barnes. 1999. Crawling with diversity. Caterpillars in New York State. New York State Conservationist. 53 (6): 26-7.

McCabe, T.L. 1999. The decline of an endangered species. Biological Diversity: The Oldest human heritage. E.O. Wilson, ed., pp. 10-11. New York State Museum Educational Leaflet 34.

McCabe, T. 2000. One Hundred Years on the Pine Bush. Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:31.

Miller, N. G. 2000. Pseudoscleropodium purum, a European moss widely naturalized in New York State. NYFA (New York Flora Association Newsletter) 11(1): 1, 2.

Miller, N. G. 2000. The European moss, Pseudoscleropodium purum, Naturalized in New York State: A Potential Meso-Scale Invasive. Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62: 33.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Tales from the field: North to Tundra and ice-Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland). New York State Museum Member's Update 11(2): 7.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Recent bryological studies of Adirondack Mountain alpine summits. Newsletter of the Friends of the Farlow, Havard University 38(Fall 2001): 1-3.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Jack pine at 4000 feet in the Giant Mountain Wilderness Area, Adirondack Mountains, New York. NYFA (New York Flora Association) Newsletter 12(4): 1-3.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Recent bryological studies of Adirondack Mountain alpine summits. Newsletter of the Friends of the Farlow 38:1-3.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Summary of current research. New York Glaciogram 36(2):8.

Miller, N. G. 2001. Initial studies of plant macrofossils in the bottom 1.45 m of inorganic sediment in a core from the South Mountain Pond Site, Kings Gap, Pennsylvania. Pp. 115, 116, in N. Potter, Jr. (ed.), The geomorphic evolution of the Great Valley near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 2001.

Miller, N. G., and Gill, R. J. 2000. The New York State Museum's great Pseudoscleropoidium inventory. http://www.nysm.gov/biology/ppurum.

Mills, E., J. Haines, T.J. Zieziulewicz, W. Ahearn, K. Auldous. 2000. A Multi-Channel Air Sampler for the Collection of Airborne Particulates employing either Membrane Filters or Desorption Tube Traps. NYS DOH intranet. 3 pp.

Mitchell, R.S. 1999. Are invasive plants really a serious danger to native plants and habitats? Wildflower. North American. Native Plant Society. Vol. 15:4, pp. 36-37.

Mitchell, R.S. 1999. A database of New York State plants. Distributed electronically.

Mitchell, R.S., J.G. Barbour and J. Focht. 1999. A catalog of Sterling Forest plants. Sixth Report to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. New York State Museum Botanical Research Report 99-1.

Mitchell, R.S., Barbour, J.G., and Focht, J. 2000. A Catalog of Sterling Forest Plants. Botanical Research Report #2000-01. Seventh Report to the Palisades Interstate park Commission. The New York State Museum, Albany. 94pp.

Mitchell, R. S., J.G. Barbour and J. Focht. 2001. A catalog of Sterling Forest Plants. Eighth report to the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. New York State Museum Botanical Research Report. 2001-1. 102 pp.

Molloy, D.P. 2000. A Method for Controlling Dreissena Species. Patent and Trademark Office, U. S. Department of Commerce 08/992,040. 4 pp.

Molloy, D.P. 2000. Development of a biological control method, bacterial strain CL0145A, for the management of zebra mussels - Where do we go from here? 10th International Aquatic Nuisance Species and Zebra Mussel Conference Program and Abstracts, p. 103.

Molloy, D.P., and Crosier, D.M. (eds.) 2000. Zebra Mussel Information System Compact Disc. 2nd Edition. U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg.

Molloy, D. P., Fokin, S. I., Giamberini, L., and bij de Vaate, A. 2001. Bacterial endocytobionts present within endosymbiotic ciliates in Dreissena polymorpha (Lamellibranchia, Mollusca). Program and Abstracts of the XI International Conference of Protozoology. Salzburg, Austria.

Molloy, D. P., Karatayev, A. Y., Burlakova, L. E., Giamberini, L., and Morado, J. F. 2001. Impact of infectious diseases on zebra mussel populations. Program and Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Phoenix, Arizona. 131: 3104.

Molloy, D. P., Mayer, D. A., Karatayev, A. Y., Burlakova, L. E., and Gaylo, M. J. 2001. Challenges in the scale-up of Pseudomonas fluorescens: A promising biopesticide for zebra mussel control. Program and Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology. St. Louis, Missouri. P57: 97.

Molloy, D.P., Sinnott, T.J., and Crosier, D.M. 2000. Alien Organisms in New York State's Aquatic Habitats: How Do We Raise Public Awareness? Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:34.

Ray, J. C.; Gompper, M. E.; Kays, R., and Hellwig, E. 2001 Ecological relationships among Adirondack carnivores:results from a pilot study. Proceedings of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference, 57: 188.

Robinson, G.R., and Mitchell, R.S. 2000. Why is Over One-third of the New York State Flora Non-indigenous? Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:40.

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. The northeastern members of the Platanthera hyperborea complex (Orchidaceae). North American Native Orchid Journal 6.

Sheviak, C.J. 2000. A Reappraisal of the Northeastern Members of the Platanthera hyperborea Complex (Orchidaceae). Abstracts New York Natural History Conference VI. N.Y. State Mus. Circ. 62:43.

Swinehart, A.L., N.G. Miller, J.O. Farlow, and J.A. Sunderman. 1999. Paleoenvironment of the Pipe Creek Sinkhole (Tertiary: Hemphilian) as indicated by plant fossils. (Abstr.) Program and Abstracts 115th Annual Meeting Indiana Academy of Sciences, pp. 44-45.

Zieziulewicz, T.J. & Haines, J.H. 2000 A Preliminary Study in the Use of Ergosterol as a Measure of Building and Atmospheric Fungi. Aerobiology 2000 (Abstracts) p. 10.




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