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

Limnology of a Eutrophic Reservoir; Big Bear Lake, California - C. A. Siegfried; Herrgesell, P.L.; Kopache, M.E. (California Fish and Game, 1982)
The limnology of Big Bear Lake, San Bernardino County, a high mountain reservoir in the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California was studied from Nov. 1976 through Nov. 1978. Although the 1st yr of study covered a period of severe drought involving the lowest water levels in 10 yr and the lake was at or near capacity during the 2nd yr, the general limnology was similar each year. The lake typically stratifies in early spring and surface temperatures reach about 22.degree. C by mid-summer. Complete mixing occurs by Sept. Anoxia develops in the hypolimnion during stratification, increasing internal nutrient loading from sediments. The annual phytoplankton cycle peaks in the spring and late summer. Diatoms dominate in early spring, green algae briefly dominates in early summer and blue-green algae dominates from mid-summer to fall. In 1977, Anabaena and Chroococcus were the most abundant algal genera. In 1978, Anabaena dominated the early summer community, but Aphanizomenon flos-aquae dominated from late summer to fall. Algal growth appears to be limited by P from winter to spring, while N is limiting in the fall. P and N loads from tributaries draining the urbanized southeast portion of the drainage are disproportionately high. Nutrient loading rates are excessive, and well into the eutrophic range. Trophic status was similar in both years. Big Bear Lake will likely remain eutrophic because of its shallow morphology, high nutrient content and basin orientation and development.
Keywords: biology

Phosphorus Loading to a Mountain Reservoir in Southern California - C. A. Siegfried (Water Resources Bulletin, 1982)
Phosphorus loading from precipitation and more than a dozen tributaries of Big Beat Lake, Woman, was determined for the period from January to December 1978. Direct precipitation contributed 1120 kg·P·yr-1 (0.096 g P·m-2·yr-1) while tributary runoff contributed 21,560 kg for a total P loading of 1.84 g P·m-2 Rathbone creek, although accounting for only 4 percent of the hydro-logic input to Big Bear Lake, contributed >27 percent of the annual phosphorus load. Phosphorus loading increased with increased impervious geology and increased development. Nitrogen loading exhibited similar loading patterns. Big Beat Lake is currently eutrophic and is likely to remain eutrophic. Calculations based on Vollenweider's critical phosphorus loading concept indicated that tributary P-loading would have to be reduced by >95 percent to achieve mesotrophic conditions. The completion of Big Bear Dam created a “naturally” eutrophic re mix which dl require proper management to enhance its resource potential.
Keywords: eutrophication; nitrogen; nutrient loading; phosphorus; reservoir

Trophic Relations of Crangon franciscorum Stimpson and Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbum: Predation on the Opossum Shrimp, Neomysis mercedis Holmes - C. A. Siegfried (Hydrobiologia, 1982)
Keywords: biology

Water Quality and Phytoplankton of Lake George, New York: Urban Storm Runoff and Water Quality Gradients - C. A. Siegfried (1982)
Keywords: biology

Geologic Summary and Literature Guide, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Emphasis on Environmental Problems Associated with Petroleum Exploration (Bibliography through 1977) - Smith, P. C.; W. B. Rogers; Glaeser, J. D. (New York State Museum Circular, 1982)
Keywords: geology

Biostratigraphy of the Cambrian-Ordovician Transition in the Bear River Range, Utah and Idaho, Western United States - Taylor, M. E.; E. Landing (The CambrianOrdovician Boundary: Sections, Correlations, Fossil Distributions, and Correlations, 1982)
Keywords: geology paleontology

A Survey of New York Fluted Points - Wellman, B. (Archeology of Eastern North America, 1982)
Keywords: anthropology

A Comparison of Laboratory and Field Tests of Bacillus sphaericus Strain 1593 and Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis Against Aedes stimulans Larvae - Wraight, S. P.; D. P. Molloy; McCoy, P. (The Canadian Entomologist, 1982)
Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (serotype H-14) and B. sphaericus strain 1593 were tested against Aedes stimulons larvae in the laboratory and in 38-cm-diam, open-ended cylinders embedded in the bottom detritus of a woodland pool. Estimates of LC50 were lower against fourth instars in the field at a mean temperature of 15.9 °C than in the laboratory at 21.1 °C. The greater efficacy in the field was attributed to high daytime water temperatures (mean 20.5 °C) following treatment and exposure of the larvae to substantially greater amounts of toxic material in a larger volume of water than in the laboratory. The regression of probit on log10 concentration was not linear over the entire range of mortality caused by B. sphaericus, increasing the difficulty of estimation of LC values. Bacillus sphaericus was significantly less active than B. thuringiensis.
Keywords: biology

Quantitative Analysis of the Herkimer Formation (Upper Silurian) in the Subsurface of Central New York - Beinkafner, K. J. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1981)
Keywords: geology

Cryotheria peninsulae, A New Genus and Species of Ntothenoiid Fish from the Antartic Peninsula - R. A. Daniels (Copea, 1981)
Cryothenia peninsulae, gen. et sp. nov., is described from 20 specimens taken off the Antarctic Peninsula. Diagnostic characteristics include: two lateral lines, pit-like pores associated with the cephalic lateral lines, no tubular lateral line scales, <26 short, non-dentigerous gill rakers and a probable pelagic mode of existence. C. peninsulae is probably a late autumn-early winter spawner and a specialized feeder.
Keywords: biology

Distribution and Ecology of Fishes of the Antarctic Peninsula - R. A. Daniels; Lipps, J. H. (Journal of Biogeography, 1981)
Fishes were collected from twenty-two sites off the Antarctic Peninsula from 62⚬ S to 69⚬ S latitude in 1975. Specimens of thirthy-three species representing seven families were taken. Species associations change with latitude, depth, season and substrate. The Peninsula does appear to be a zone of range overlap between the Patagonian fauna and that of the Antarctic continent. Of the thirty-three species collected, approximately one fourth represent range extensions or are newly described or previously undescribed. Based on the information reported here, and since fishes have been collected from relatively few sites, the taxonomy of many fish groups is poorly known, and habitat preferences of most fishes are unknow, we suggest that division of the Antarctic into various zoogeographic zones based on fish is not yet possible.
Keywords: biology

Emmons, Hall, Mather and Vanuxem; The Four "Horsemen" of the New York State Geological Survey (1836-1841) - Fisher, D. W. (Northeastern Geology, 1981)
Keywords: geology history

The Geologic Past - Fisher, D. W.; C. Brett; Kilgour, W. J.; Terasmae, J.; Liberty, B. A. (Colossal Cataract; The Gologic History of Niagara Falls, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Introduction - Fisher, D. W. (Colossal Cataract; The Geologic History of Niagara Falls, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

The World of Coelophysis; A New York Dinosaur of 200 Million Years Ago - Fisher, D. W. (New York State Museum and Science Service Circular, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Review of "The Archaeology of New England" by Dean R. Snow - Funk, R. E. (Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, 1981)
Keywords: anthropology

Field Evaluation of the Entomogenous Nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae, As a Biological Control Agent of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) - Gaugler, R.; D. P. Molloy (Mosquito News, 1981)
Keywords: biology

Instar Susceptibility of Simulium vittatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) to the Entomogenous Nematode, Neoaplectana carpocapsae - Gaugler, R. R.; D. P. Molloy (Journal of Nematology, 1981)
Laboratory bioassays showed that the susceptibility of Simulium vittatum to Neoaplectana carpocapsae increased with successive larval instars. First, second, and third instar larvae were resistant to infection, while seventh instars were highly susceptible. Significant differences in intra-instar susceptibility were also evident, as mortality ranged from 58% for the smallest seventh instar larvae to 97% for the largest. Dissections revealed that the basis for the resistance of early instars was physical exclusion of the comparatively large nematodes. The principle factor regulating the susceptibility of mid and late instars was injury to nematodes caused by larval mouthparts during ingestion. Differences in intra-instar susceptibility were similarly related to nematode injury.
Keywords: biology

Extent and Character of the Carthage-Colton Mylonite Zone, Northwest Adirondacks, New York - Geraghty, E. P.; Y. W. Isachsen; Wright, S. F. (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981)
Keywords: geology

Earthenwares and Salt-glazed Stonewares of the Rochester-Genesee Valley Region: An Overview. - G. R. Hamell (Northeast Historical Archaeology, 1981)
Keywords: anthropology history

North Bay Pottery - G. R. Hamell (The New York-Pennsylvania Collector, 1981)
Keywords: history

Contemporary Doming of the Adirondack Mountains; Further Evidence From Releveling - Y. W. Isachsen (Tectonophysics, 1981)
The Adirondack Mountains constitute an anomalously large, domical uplift on the Appalachian foreland. The dome has a NNE—SSW axis about 190 km long, and an east—west dimension of about 140 km. It has a structural relief of at least 1600 m, and a local topographic relief of up to 1200 m. First-order leveling in 1955, and again in 1973 along a north—south line at the eastern margin of the Adirondack shows an uplift rate of 2.2 mm/yr at the latitude of the center of the dome and a subsidence rate of 2.8 mm/yr at the northern end of the line near the Canadian border. The net amount of arching along this releveled line is 9 cm ± 2 cm (Isachsen, 1975). To test the idea that this arching represented an “edge effect” of contemporary doming of the Adirondacks as a whole, the National Geodetic Survey was encouraged to relevel a 1931 north—south line between Utica and Fort Covington (near the Canadian border) which crosses the center of the dome. The releveling showed that the mountain mass is undergoing contemporary domical uplift at a rate which reaches 3.7 mm/yr near the center of the dome (compare with 1 mm/yr for the Swiss Alps). Three other releveled lines in the area support this conclusion.
Keywords: geology

Atokan Conodonts from the Pennsylvanian Outlier of the Michigan Basin - E. Landing; Wardlaw, B. R. (Journal of Paleontology, 1981)
Conodonts occur in thin marine lenses in the upper part of the Saginaw Formation (commonly referred to as the Verne Limestone Member), Eaton and Clinton counties, Michigan. Associated fusulinids, macrofaunas, and floras establish equivalency with both the upper part of the Pottsville Formation and the upper Atokan Series. The conodont fauna by itself is open to interpretation as lower through upper Atokan. The rarity of Neognathodus (P) elements in the marine lenses precludes a precise correlation with the Neognathodus acme-zone sequence established for the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian in Ohio and northwestern Illinois. Associated conodonts are stratigraphically long ranging in the Lower and Middle Pennsylvanian and Idiognathoides sinuatus is interpreted to range as high as the upper Atokan. Idiognathoides sinuatus is abundant and may fill the niche of Neognathodus in the Idiognathodus-Idiognathoides-Idioprioniodus-Hindeodus-Diplognathodus-Neognathodus-Aethotaxis assemblage from the marine lenses. Whether this assemblage represents a new eastern Midcontinent conodont biofacies or indicates a faunal connection with the western Midcontinent is unknown. Idiognathodus is dominant to the near exclusion of Idiognathoides in black shales with sparse benthic faunas at the base (transgressive) and top (regressive) of the thin marine lenses. Multielement "Idioprioniodus conjuctus" and Hindeodus minutus and the platform elements of Diplognathodus coloradoensis, Idiognathodus delicatus, Idiognathoides sinuatus, and Neognathodus medexultimus are systematically described. Idiognathoides sinuatus and I. corrugatus are asymmetrically paired platforms ("parasymmetry pairs") representing morphologically distinct sinistral and dextral elements of a probable Type 1 apparatus.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Conodont Biostratigraphy and Thermal Color Alteration Indices of the Upper St. Charles and Lower Garden City Formations: Evidence for an Interformational Diachronous Unconformity in the Bear River Range, northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho - E. Landing (1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Conodonts from the Cape Clay Formation (Lower Ordovician), Southern Devon Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago - E. Landing; Barnes, C. R. (Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1981)
As part of a program involving the Ordovician conodont faunas of southern Devon Island, Northwest Territories, 22 samples were processed from the Cape Clay Formation and lowest Nadlo Point Formation near Dundas Harbour. The Cape Clay Formation is 85 m thick and composed of bluff-forming mottled limestone and dolomitic limestone. A small but diverse conodont fauna of 229 elements was recovered in which 23 form and multielement species are represented. Several new taxa are described in open nomenclature, and multielement Utahconus? bassleri (Furnish) is discussed. The fauna is considered to represent Fauna C of the North American Midcontinent Faunal Province and is indicative of a late Tremadocian age. This fauna, in a unit with few macrofossils, indicates correlation of the Cape Clay Formation near Dundas Harbour with the upper Turner Cliffs Formation of the Foxe Basin, with the upper Copes Bay and (or) lower Baumann Fiord formations of Cornwallis, northwest Devon, and Ellesmere Islands of the Canadian Arctic, and with some portion of Ross–Hintze trilobite Zones A – lower D of the Great Basin.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Part III. Middle and Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the central Rocky Mountains, Utah and Idaho. Stop 9B.1: Upper St. Charles and Lower Garden City Formations at Franklin Basin, Northern Bear River Range, Idaho - E. Landing; Taylor, M. E. (Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Great Basin and Vicinity, Western United States, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Major Aboriginal Projectile Points in New York State - P. Lord Jr. (Popular Archaeology, 1981)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1021.23.101, Route 159, Mariaville Lake Causeway, Schenectady County, New York - M.S. LoRusso; Bonafede, P. (1981)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.42, NYS Route 8, Leonardsville-Bridgewater, Madison County, New York. - M.S. LoRusso (1981)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9306.33, Route 7 Bridge Replacement, Town of Central Bridge, Schoharie County, New York - M.S. LoRusso; Cornell, D.; Ross, B. (1981)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 9750.63, Howes Cave Road Bridge, County Route 8, Schoharie County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1981)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Tetrahymena rotunda sp. n. (Hymenostomatida: Tetrahymenidae), A Ciliate Parasite of the Hemolymph of Simulium (Diptera: Simuliidae) - Lynn, D. H.; D. P. Molloy; LeBrun, R. (Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 1981)
This report is the first confirmed record of ciliatosis in North American black flies. A new species, Tetrahymena rotunda n. sp. is diagnosed as a parasite of Simulium spp. This species is characterized by its globose shape, large size and total kinety number, and relatively small buccal cavity. In a five-year period (1976-1980) in upper New York State, the infection rate in Simulium spp. parasitized by this tetrahymenid was low, usually <2%. Ciliates were found in Simulium tuberosum larvae and in the larval, pupal, and adult stages of Simulium venustum. Hosts typically harbored ~10 ciliates, a number far less than generally reported for ciliate-infected dipterans.
Keywords: biology

The Biology of Oxyporus lateralis Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae) - T. L. McCabe; Teale, S. A. (The Coleopterists Bulletin, 1981)
The larva and pupa of Oxyporus lateralis Gravenhorst (Coleoptera; Staphylinidae) are described and illustrated. The larva has been misdetermined in past literature. The honey mushroom, Armillariella mellea (Fr.) Karst., was the host for larvae obtained in the White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Keywords: biology

The Larva of Agrotis volubilis Harvey (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - T. L. McCabe (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1981)
The mature larva of Agrotis volubilis Harvey (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is described and illustrated. Achillea millefolium L. was found to be an acceptable host. Late instar larvae became more general, accepting Vaccinium vacillans Torr. and Oenothera biennis L. Larvae were fullgrown by the 20th of July (52 days), but would not pupate. They remained healthy through October, when they were placed in out-of-door cages; the larvae failed to overwinter.
Keywords: biology

Rare Plants of New York State - R. S. Mitchell; C. J. Sheviak (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1981)
Keywords: biology

Factors Influencing the Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis As a Biological Control Agent of Black Fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) - D. P. Molloy; Gaugler, R. R.; H. Jamnback (Journal of Economic Entomology, 1981)
In laboratory trials with Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner var. israelensis de Barjac against Simulium larvae, the following factors significantly influenced efficacy: black fly instar and species, formulation, temperature, and product manufacturer. Mortalities were consistently higher among smaller larvae, e.g., after 15 min exposures with Bellon Laboratory primary powder at 11°C, the LC90 value for 2nd–5th instars (111 ppb) was significantly lower than for 7th instars (615 ppb). S. verecundum Stone and Jamnback larvae were significantly more susceptible than S. vittatum Zetterstedt to Bellon primary powder. In trials comparing Bellon preparations by total product weight, significantly higher mortalities were achieved with primary powder than with other preparations. No difference in efficacy, however, was evident between Bellon WP and primary powder when compared solely on the basis of the weight of their AI (Bellon wettable = 50% AI (wt/wt), while Bellon primary = 100% AI). Both the Bellon aqueous suspension and emulsion were less effective than the WP and primary powder. Results with the emulsion were erratic due to adverse effect on feeding behavior. Microscopic observation of test larvae revealed abnormal clumping of their cephalic fan rays and inhibition of normal feeding during exposure to the emulsion. Mortality among S. vittatum larvae treated at 20°C was twice that recorded at 10°C. Tests with Abbott and Bellon primary powders showed the Bellon preparation to be 3 to 4 times more toxic.
Keywords: biology

Field Evaluation of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis as a Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) Biocontrol Agent and Its Effect on Nontarget Stream Insects - D. P. Molloy; H. Jamnback (Journal of Economic Entomology, 1981)
When a small stream was treated at 0.5 ppm/15 min (13°C) with an aqueous suspension of unformulated Bellon primary powder of Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner var. israelensis, 96, 86, 53, and 11% reductions occurred, respectively, in larval populations of Simulium spp. black flies at 20, 180, 350, and 705 m below the treatment point. In contrast, the number of black fly larvae declined by only 5% in the upstream control. Mortality occurred within 2–3 days of treatment, with few dead larvae remaining attached by the 5th day posttreatment. The mortality rates of larvae transported to and reared in the laboratory for 48 h posttreatment closely corresponded to the rates recorded in the stream. Significantly higher mortality rates occurred among smaller larvae. In contrast to the sharp reduction (89%) in black fly larvae in the 20–350 m area below the treatment point, Surber samples indicated increases in mayfly (35%), caddisfly (47%), stonefly (75%), chironomid (19%), and elmid (242%) populations. Thus, no adverse effect on any of these nontarget populations was evident following stream treatment.
Keywords: biology

Mermithid Parasitism of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) - D. P. Molloy (Journal of Nematology, 1981)
Mermithid nematodes are common parasites of black flies and play a significant role in the natural regulation of these medically important insects. Infection levels tend to he moderate and perennial, with epizootics rare and highly localized. Mermithid parasitism almost invariably results in the death of the black fly, and thus considerable attention has focused on the potential of these nematodes as biocontrol agents. Early instar black fly larvae appear most susceptible to infection, and integumental penetration hy mermithid preparasites is the only known mode of entry. Postparasitic nematodes typically emerge before host pupation. However, carryover of parasitism into adult simuliids is an important mechanism for local dispersal and recolonization of upstream areas. Following emergence, the mermithids molt to the adult stage. Copulation ensues, the females then laying eggs which eventually give rise to the next generation of infective preparasites. The number of described species is conservatively estimated at 35-40, with most species within the genera Mesomermis, Gastromermis, and Isomermis. The taxonomy of this group of mermithids is a challenging and little explored area. Host-specificity statements, therefore, must be made cautiously because of these systematic problems and others within the Simuliidae. In most instances, temporal and spatial factors limit the host range of these mermithids among simuliid species. Differential susceptibilities anmng larvae concurrently present within the same microhabitat probably reflect varying degrees of host attractiveness and behavioral-physiological resistance. Effects of parasitism on the host may include prevention of metamorphosis, sterility, intersexual development, and behavior modification. Evaluation of the technical feasibility of mermithid control of black flies has been stymied by the limitations of current inoculum-production technology. Continued advances in in vivo and in vitro culture methods are required to accelerate the research process.
Keywords: biology

Effect of Light Intensity on Sulfate Uptake and Primary Productivity by Natural Freshwater Microplankton Communities and Axenic Algal Cultures - Monheimer, R. H. (Hydrobiologia, 1981)
Analyses of four years of in situ sulfate uptake by microplankton communities in two,trophically different lakes showed that about 12% of the experiments had dark uptake equal to or higher than uptake at ambient light. Three axenic algal cultures subjected to different light intensities showed that sulfate uptake patterns, relative to primary productivity, vary with species and although sulfate uptake tends to decrease at lower light levels, at or very near darkness, in physiologically active (young) cultures sulfate uptake frequently increases dramatically. The field data, when summarized according to the light received, shows the same trends seen in the axenic cultures. It is concluded that sulfate uptake is only loosely associated with inorganic carbon uptake (primary productivity) and that under some circumstances a low level of light may increase the sulfate uptake rate.
Keywords: biology

Field Guide to Northeastern Ferns - Ogden, E. C. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1981)
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resources REconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1751.00, Hegeman-Hill Street Bridge Replacement, Town of Greenwich, Washington County, New York - Perez, C.; M.S. LoRusso; Costello, M. (1981)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cherry Valley - L. V. Rickard (Devonian Biostratigraphy of New York; Part 2, Stop Descriptions, 1981)
Keywords: geology

The Devonian System of New York State - L. V. Rickard (Devonian biostratigraphy of New York; Part 1, Text, 1981)
Keywords: geology

The Devonian System of New York State - L. V. Rickard (Devonian Biostratigraphy of New York; Part 1, Text, 1981)
Keywords: geology

Hydrocharis morsus-ranae (Hydrocharitaceae) New to the U.S. - Roberts, M.; Stuckey, R.; R. S. Mitchell (Rhodora, 1981)
Keywords: biology

The Dissolution of a Shaker Community - J. L. Scherer (New York Pennsylvania Collector, 1981)
Keywords: history

Funnyman - J. L. Scherer (Naho, 1981)
Keywords: history

Groveland's atypical Shaker - Emmory Brooks' Distinctive Furniture - J. L. Scherer (New York Pennsylvania Collector, 1981)
Keywords: history

Labeled New York Furniture at the New York State Museum - J. L. Scherer (The Magazine Antiques, 1981)
Keywords: history

New York State Furniture - J. L. Scherer (The Connoisseur, 1981)
Keywords: history

Endangered and Threatened Plants - C. J. Sheviak (Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois, 1981)
Keywords: biology

Phytoplankton of Lake George: Seasonal and Geographic Patterns - C. A. Siegfried (The Lake George Ecosystem, 1981)
Keywords: biology

When the Cows Were Drunk - G. Stein (Naho, 1981)
Keywords: history

The Cambrian-Ordovician Transition in the Bear River Range, Utah and Idaho: A Preliminary Evaluation - Taylor, M. E.; E. Landing; Gillette, S. L. (Short Papers for the Second International Symposium on the Cambrian System, 1981, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Part III. Middle and Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Stratigraphy of the Central Rocky Mountains, Utah and Idaho. Stop 8.1: Upper St. Charles and Lower Garden City Formations, Blacksmith Fork Canyon, Southern Bear River Range, Utah - Taylor, M. E.; E. Landing (Cambrian Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the Great Basin and Vicinity, Western United States, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Biostratigraphy, Jasper National Park, Alberta - Westrop, S. R.; E. Landing; Ludvigsten, R. (The Cambrian System in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta and British Columbia. Guidebook for Field Trip 2, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Biostratigraphy, Jasper National Park, Alberta - Westrop, S. R.; E. Landing; Ludvigsten, R. (The Cambrian System in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta and British Columbia. Guidebook for Field Trip 2, 1981)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Effects of Temperature and Instar on the Efficacy of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus Strain 1593 Against Aedes stimulans Larvae - Wraight, S. P.; D. P. Molloy; H. Jamnback; McCoy, P. (Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 1981)
Laboratory trials of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (serotype 14) and B. sphaericus strain 1593 against field-collected Aedes stimulans showed that susceptibility declined with increasing instar and decreasing temperature. Test results with B. sphaericus were more erratic than with B. thuringiensis, and the efficacy of the former declined more rapidly with decreasing temperature. B. thuringiensis was significantly more active than B. sphaericus under all treatment conditions. These results indicate that the effective use of this strain of B. sphaericus as a mosquito biological control agent may be limited to warm water situations against more susceptible species.
Keywords: Aedes stimulans; Bacillus sphaericus strain 1593; Bacillus thuringiensis var; Biological control; israelensis

Efficacy of Bacillus sphaericus Strain 1593 Against the Four Instars of Laboratory Reared and Field Collected Culex pipiens and Laboratory Reared Culex salinarius - Wraight, S. P.; D. P. Molloy; H. Jamnback (The Canadian Entomologist, 1981)
Culex pipiens pipiens and C. salinarius were found equally susceptible in laboratory tests to Bacillus sphaericus strain 1593 with LC50 values for the four instars ranging between 20 and 137 ppb (approximately 820 and 5600 spores/ml). Tests against field collected C. p. pipiens larvae revealed a regularly decreasing susceptibility with increasing larval age, the first instars being between 2 and 5 times more susceptible than fourth instars. In contrast, no significant differences in the susceptibility of second, third, and fourth instars were found in tests of laboratory reared larvae.
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1088.02, Cohoes-Waterford Arterial, Albany County, New York - Bonafede, P.; M.S. LoRusso (1980)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Sulfur-containing Amino Acids Employing Flame Photometric Detection - Bonvel , S. I.; Monheimer, R. H. (Journal of Chromatographic Science, 1980)
Gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) response to flame photometric detection in the sulfur mode was studied employing N-heptafluorobutyryl, isobutyl, and ethyl ester derivatives of cysteine, methionine, and cystine. Nanogram response was obtained using 3% OV-101 on Chromosorb W HP (80/100 mesh) and 3% SE-30 on Chromosorb W HP (100/120 mesh).
Keywords: biology

Calculation of Rates of Gully Erosion - D. H. Cadwell (Journal of Geologic Education, 1980)
Describes a student field project involving the estimation of a maximum rate of erosion for a local area. Identifies the factors influencing erosion and outlines the method of investigation.
Keywords: geology

Marketing Analysis of the Sand and Gravel Business Using Central-place Theory and Surficial Geology Maps - R. H. Fakundiny (Proceedings; Fourteenth Annual Forum on the Geology of Industrial Minerals, 1980)
Keywords: geology

Bedrock Geology of the Central Mohawk Valley, New York - Fisher, D. W. (New York State Museum and Science Service Map and Chart Series, 1980)
Keywords: geology

New Mountains from Old Rocks; the Adirondacks - Fisher, D. W.; Y. W. Isachsen; P. R. Whitney (New York State Museum Education Leaflet, 1980)
Keywords: geology

Review of "6LF21: A Paleo-Indian Site in Western Connecticut" by Roger W. Moeller - Funk, R. E. (Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of Connecticut, 1980)
Keywords: anthropology

A Bioassay System for the Evaluation of Black Fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) Control Agents Under Simulated Stream Conditions - Gaugler, R. R.; D. P. Molloy; Haskins, T.; Rider, G. (The Canadian Entomologist, 1980)
A new bioassay unit is described which provides simulated stream conditions for testing control agents against black fly larvae. Attributes include uniform flow, high control survival, and excellent visibility for observing larval behavior. It also possesses the unique advantage of using recycled water, continuously supplied fresh water, or both simultaneously. The unit has performed satisfactorily in assays against black flies using pathogens, parasites, and chemicals. In addition, stream invertebrates from four insect orders have been maintained in the unit. A simple and inexpensive incubation unit is also described which possesses several of the advantages of the bioassay unit. It lacks the capability for recirculation and is generally less versatile than the bioassay unit; however, it is useful for the maintenance and observation of stream insects.
Keywords: biology

Feeding Inhibition in Black Fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Its Effects on the Pathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis - Gaugler, R. R.; D. P. Molloy (Environmental Entomology, 1980)
The normal feeding behavior of Simulium vittatum larvae was disrupted following exposure to high concentrations of suspended particles under simulated stream conditions. Virtually all particulates tested caused inhibition of feeding at a concentration of 50 mg/liter, indicating that inhibition is a nonspecific response. The percentage of larvae with inhibited feeding increased with increasing particle concentration. Our results indicate that inhibition was a consequence of rapid gut filling. The pathogenicity of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis against S. vittatum was diminished or enhanced depending on whether feeding inhibition was induced before or after bacterial exposure. These results were attributed to reduced rates of bacterial ingestion and voidance, respectively. Such effects may have important implications in laboratory bioassays and field control.
Keywords: biology

Fossilized Viscera in Primitive Echinoderms - Haugh, B. N.; Bell, B. M. (Science, 1980)
Fossilized visceral organs in ancient echinoderms have anatomical features that were not inferred from the anatomy of extant relatives. The unique visceral anatomy of extinct echinoderms demonstrates the need to integrate paleontological and neontological analyses in order to fully evaluate this and other morphologically complex phyla. Comparative analysis of the visceral anatomy of extinct and extant echinoderms necessitates regrouping these animals into three new subphyla. Similar analyses for other metazoan groups could yield equally significant results.
Keywords: paleontology

Continental Collisions and Ancient Volcanoes; The Geology of Southeastern New York - Y. W. Isachsen (New York State Museum Educational Leaflet, 1980)
Keywords: geology

Additional Paleo-Indian and Archaic Materials from the Dutchess Quarry Cave Area, Orange County, New York - Kopper, J. S.; Funk, R. E.; Dumont, L. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1980)
Keywords: anthropology

Catalogue of the Types in the New York State Museum Insect Collection - T. L. McCabe; Johnson, L. L. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1980)
Keywords: biology

Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl., a New Host for the Red-Banded Leaf Roller - T. L. McCabe; C. J. Sheviak (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1980)
Larvae of the tortricid, Argyrotaenia velutinana Wlk., have been recorded feeding on the seeds of the orchid, Platanthera cristata (Michx.) Lindl., on Long Island, New York.
Keywords: biology

Reclassification of the Polia Complex for North America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) - T. L. McCabe (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1980)
Keywords: biology

Structural Synthesis of the Southern and Central Adirondacks: A Model for the Adirondacks as a Whole and Plate-tectonics Interpretations: Summary - McLelland, J.; Y. W. Isachsen (Geological Society of America Bulletin, 1980)
The appearance of the Geologic Map of New York in 1961 (Fisher and others 1961) focused attention in the Adirondacks on the great variability in the quality and detail with which various parts of the region had been mapped. It became clear that extensive areas of either very old mapping, or only broad reconnaissance mapping undertaken in preparation for the State Geologic Map (Isachsen, unpub. maps), lay in the southern half of the Adirondacks. This situation made the area attractive to new workers interested in geological mapping and structural synthesis, and resulted in numerous new investigations (de Waard, 1962, 1964; Walton and de Waard, 1963; de Waard and Romey, 1963, 1968; McLellahd, 1969, 1972, 1978; Nelson, 1968; Letteney, 1969; Glennie, 1973; Geraghty, 1978).
Keywords: geology