Hydrothermal Alteration, Mass Transfer and Magnetite Mineralization in Dextral Shear Zones, Western Hudson Highlands, NY - Kalczynski, M. J.; Gates, A. E.; Gorring, M. L.; M. V. Lupulescu (2009)
Keywords: geology

Camera Traps as Sensor Networks for Monitoring Animal Communities - R. W. Kays; Kranstauber, B.; Jansen, P. A.; Carbone, C.; Rowcliffe, M.; Fountain, T.; Tilak, S. (IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, 2009)
Studying animal movement and distribution is of critical importance to addressing environmental challenges including invasive species, infectious diseases, climate and land-use change. Motion sensitive camera traps offer a visual sensor to record the presence of a species at a location, recording their movement in the Eulerian sense. Modern digital camera traps that record video present new analytical opportunities, but also new data management challenges. This paper describes our experience with a year-long terrestrial animal monitoring system at Barro Colorado Island, Panama. The data gathered from our camera network shows the spatio-temporal dynamics of terrestrial bird and mammal activity at the site-data relevant to immediate science questions, and long-term conservation issues. We believe that the experience gained and lessons learned during our year long deployment and testing of the camera traps are applicable to broader sensor network applications and are valuable for the advancement of the sensor network research. We suggest that the continued development of these hardware, software, and analytical tools, in concert, offer an exciting sensor-network solution to monitoring of animal populations which could realistically scale over larger areas and time spans.
Keywords: biological techniques; cameras; video surveillance; wireless sensor networks; zoology

Family Procyonidae (Raccoons) - R. W. Kays (Handbook to Mammals of the World: Volume 1 - The Carnivores, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Fish and Wildlife Communities of the Adirondacks - R. W. Kays; R. A. Daniels (The Great Experiment in Conservation: Voices From the Adirondack Park, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Mammals of North America, second edition - R. W. Kays; Wilson, D. E. (Princeton Field Guides, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Proglacial Megaflooding Along the Margins of the Laurentide Ice Sheet - A. E. Kehew; Lord, M. L.; A. L. Kozlowski; Fisher, T. G. (Megaflooding on Earth and Mars, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Extinct Birds - J. J. Kirchman (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Genetic Tests of Rapid Parallel Speciation of Flightless Birds from an Extant Volant Ancestor - J. J. Kirchman (Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009)
Prior to the extinction wave that followed the human colonization of Oceania, flightless rails (Aves: Rallidae) were among the largest radiations of island birds, and perhaps the most species-rich example of convergent evolution in vertebrates. Insular flightless species are thought to have evolved from extant, volant species that colonized from continental sources and rapidly followed parallel adaptive pathways to flightlessness. The present study provides the first test of this model of speciation using genetic data sampled throughout the range of a putative ancestral species. Mitochondrial control region sequences from 71 individuals of the Gallirallus philippensis species complex reveal essentially no geographic structure within archipelagos and only weak structure among archipelagos, with no major genetic breaks except for birds sampled in the Philippines. Demographic tests of coalescent models support a recent rapid expansion into Oceania (including Australia) out of the Philippines approximately 20 000 years ago. The estimated coalescence of G. philippensis mitochondrial alleles approximately 33 000 years ago closely corresponds to the expansion of humans into the archipelagoes of Near Oceania, suggesting that humans may have facilitated its colonization by exterminating flightless competitors and clearing lowland forests. Phylogenetic analyses that included all G. philippensis haplotypes and samples from 11 single-island endemic flightless species of Gallirallus indicate that G. philippensis is polyphyletic, but is not the ancestor of most of its flightless congeners, as previously thought. Nuclear gene sequences (β-actin inron 3) suggest that G. philippensis polyphyly is at least partly due to hybridization. The flightless condition evolves in rails before reproductive isolation is complete. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 96, 601–616.
Keywords: ancient DNA; insular flightlessness; island biogeography; mitochondrial control region; Oceania; reproductive isolation

Natural History Collections and Evolution - J. J. Kirchman (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Surficial Geology of the Cayuga Quadrangle, New York - A. L. Kozlowski; Smith, C.; Stefanik, P. A. (Map & Chart Series, 2009)

Cephalopods and Paleoenvironments of the Fort Cassin Formation (upper Lower Ordovician), Eastern New York and Adjacent Vermont - Kroger, B.; E. Landing (Journal of Paleontology, 2009)
The dramatic late Early Ordovician radiation of cephalopods on tropical paleocontinents is illustrated by the diverse fauna (21 genera, 30 species) of the Fort Cassin Formation (Floian and lower Blackhillsian Stage) in northeast Laurentia. Cephalopods occur through the thin (ca. 30–65 m) depositional sequence of the Fort Cassin but are most common and diverse in mollusk-rich, trilobite-poor parts of the formation that characterize the thrombolite-bearing intervals in the shoaling part of the highstand systems tract. This lithofacies-biofacies linkage persists from the Tribes Hill and Rochdale Formations (lower and lower upper Tremadocian, and upper Skullrockian and Stairsian Stages, respectively), and suggests that the Early Ordovician radiations of cephalopods took place in shallow-marine, thrombolite reef facies of tropical carbonate platforms. These habitats differed strongly from the near-shore, peritidal habitats of the older Cambrian evolutionary radiation. Genus-level diversity and absolute abundance changed little through the Skullrockian–Blackhillsian, but morphologic diversity and body size increased dramatically by the late Early Ordovician. The morphological diversification suggests cephalopods diversified into a wider variety of macropredators and more complex late Early Ordovician ecosystems. Anrangeroceras whitehallense n. gen. and n. sp. is proposed. The following are emended: the Protocycloceratidae, Centrotarphyceras and C. seelyi, Protocycloceras and P. lamarcki, and Rudolfoceras cornuoryx. The following are indeterminate and abandoned: Baltoceras? pusillum Ruedemann, 1906; Cameroceras annuliferum Flower, 1941; Cyptendoceras whitfieldi Ulrich et al., 1944; Endoceras? champlainense Ruedemann, 1906; Wolungoceras valcourense Flower, 1964. Beekmanoceras Ulrich and Foerste, 1936 is a gastropod.
Keywords: Cephalopoda; Fort Cassin Formation; Lower Ordovician; New York; Ordovician Radiation; Vermont

Taxonomy and Identification of Phoberia species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae) - Lafontaine, J. D.; Dickel, T. S.; Schweitzer, D. F.; T. L. McCabe; Metlevski, J. (Lepidoptera Novae, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Nocturnal Activity by the Primarily Diurnal Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) in Relation to Environmental Conditions, Resources Abundance and Predation Risk - Lambert, T. D.; R. W. Kays; Aliaga-Rossel, E.; Jansen, P.; M. Wikelski (Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2009)
An animal's fitness is in part based on its ability to manage the inherent risks (foraging costs, predation, exposure to disease) with the benefits (resource gain, access to mates, social interactions) of activity (Abrams 1991, Altizer et al. 2003, Lima & Bednekoff 1999, Rubenstein & Hohmann 1989, Wikelski et al. 2001). Thus, understanding an animal's pattern of activity is key to understanding behavioural and ecological processes. However, while numerous laboratory methodologies are available to continuously quantify activity over long periods of time, logistical difficulties have greatly hindered activity studies of animals in the field (DeCoursey 1990).
Keywords: activity patterns; BCI; Panama; radio-telemetry; risk behaviour

Epeirogenic Transgression Near a Triple Junction: The Oldest (latest early-middle Cambrian) Marine Onlap of Cratonic New York and Quebec - E. Landing; L. Amati; Franzi, D. A. (Geological Magazine, 2009)
The discovery of a fossiliferous interval (Altona Formation, new unit) under the Potsdam Formation requires a new geological synthesis of a large part of the northeast Laurentian craton. Potsdam sandstones can no longer be regarded as the oldest sedimentary unit on the middle Proterozoic Grenville orogen in northern New York and adjacent Quebec and Ontario. The thickest Potsdam sections (to 750 m) in the east Ottawa–Bonnechere aulocogen have been explained by deposition with normal faulting possibly associated with Ediacaran rifting (c. 570 Ma) that led to formation of the Iapetus Ocean. However, sparse trilobite faunas show a terminal early Cambrian–middle middle Cambrian age of the Altona, and indicate much later marine transgression (c. 510 Ma) of the northeast Laurentian craton. Altona deposition was followed by rapid accumulation of lower Potsdam (Ausable Member) sandstone in the middle–late middle Cambrian. The Altona–Ausable succession is probably conformable. The Altona is a lower transgressive systems tract unit deposited on the inner shelf (sandstone, reddish mudstone, and carbonates) followed by aggradation and the deposition of highstand systems tract, current cross-bedded, in part terrestrial(?), feldspathic Ausable sandstone. Unexpectedly late Altona transgression and rapid Ausable deposition may reflect renewed subsidence in the Ottawa–Bonnechere aulocogen with coeval (terminal early Cambrian) faulting that formed the anoxic Franklin Basin on the Vermont platform. Thus, the oldest cover units on the northeast New York–Quebec craton record late stages in a cooling history near an Ediacaran triple junction defined by the Quebec Reentrant and New York Promontory and the Ottawa–Bonnechere aulocogen.
Keywords: Altona Formation; Cambrian; epeirogeny; Laurentia; Potsdam Formation; sequence stratigraphy; trilobites

Evolution, Environments, and the Earliest Squid Relatives - E. Landing (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: paleontology

The Oldest Cephalopods from East Laurentia - E. Landing; Kroger, B. (Journal of Paleontology, 2009)
Keywords: paleontology

MtDNA Origins of an Enslaved Labor Force from the 18th Century Schuyler Flatts Burial Ground in Colonial Albany, NY: Africans, Native Americans, and Malagasy? - Lee, E. J.; L. M. Anderson; Dale, V.; Merriwether, D. A. (Journal of Archaeological Science, 2009)
A burial ground located in the Town of Colonie, NY along the Hudson River revealed fourteen individuals dated from the 17th through the early 19th centuries. Bioarchaeological analysis suggested some of these individuals were of African ancestry who had worked and died on the property owned by the prominent Schuyler family. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis was carried out on skeletal remains of seven adults using restriction fragment length polymorphism typing and direct sequencing of the control region to infer their origins and relatedness. Results show that none of the individuals were maternally related, with four individuals identified as African haplogroup L, one identified as Native American haplogroup X, and two identified as haplogroup M and M7. Individuals of African ancestry correlate with published mtDNA data on African Americans and their geographical origins corroborate with the various exit points during the African slave trade to New York State. Individuals identified as haplogroup M7 and M resemble lineages found in Madagascar. Historical documents suggest several hundred people were imported from Madagascar through illegal trading to New York by the end of the 17th century. This study highlights the diverse origins of the enslaved labor force in colonial New York and contributes to our understanding of African American history in the northeast.
Keywords: African American; ancient DNA; Colonial New York; DNA; Native American

Women - J. A. Lemak (Civil Rights Movement: People and Perspectives, 2009)
Keywords: history

An Addendum Cultural Resource Survey Report of Reconfiguration of the Intersection at U.S. Route 9 and George Avenue/Maltaville Road, Town of Malta, Village of Round Lake, Saratoga County, New York - M. Lenardi; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2031.04.121, Route 294, Town of Boonville, Oneida County, New York - M. Lenardi; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Survey Report for PIN 9306.94.121, Route 7 over the Canadian Pacific Railway, Village of Cobleskill, Schoharie County, New York - M. Lenardi; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Cultural Resources Survey Addendum Report for An Architectural Survey of PIN 1460.31.101, NY 32 Feura Bush Road to Tarrytown Road, Town of New Scotland, Albany County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Report for a Structural Investigation of the Spooner House, PIN 1743.26.121, Five Corners Site Examination Addendum US 11 and NY 177, Hamlet of Adams Center and Town of Adams, Jefferson County, New York - M.S. LoRusso; Whelan, L.; Pellerin, J. (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Route 3 Context Study, Various Counties with the Adirondack Park - M.S. LoRusso; Pellerin, J. (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Foreword - J. C. Lothrop (Paleoamericans and Paleoenvironment at the Vail site, Maine, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

The New York Paleoindian Database Project: A Call for Data - J. C. Lothrop (New York State Archaeological Society Newsletter, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

Fluoro-Potassichastingsite from the Greenwood Mine, Orange County, New York: a New End-Member Calcic Amphibole - M. V. Lupulescu; Rakovan, J.; Dyar, M. D.; Robinson, G. W.; Hughes, J. M. (The Canadian Mineralogist, 2009)
Fluoro-potassichastingsite, ideally KCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si6Al2O22F2, is found in compact aggregates of crystals up to 1 cm size on the waste-rock dump at the Greenwood mine, in Harriman State Park, Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, USA. It is associated with magnetite, diopside, enstatite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, pyrite and, rarely, phlogopite. Fluoro-potassichastingsite is transparent, black to greenish in very thin fragments, and non-fluorescent in ultraviolet light; it has a vitreous luster and a greenish gray streak. The Mohs hardness is 6, Dmeas is 3.289 g/cm3, and Dcalc is 3.37 g/cm3. The {110} cleavage is perfect, and the fracture is conchoidal. It is biaxial negative, with α 1.668(2), β 1.688(2), γ 1.698(2), 2Vmeas 40–70°, 2Vcalc 70°, Y = b, Z ∧ c = 23°, and r < v. The observed pleochroism is X bluish green, Y green to brownish green, Z blue to light blue. The Gladstone– Dale compatibility index is superior, with 1 – (KP/KC) = 0.012 (based on empirical formula and calculated density). The mineral is monoclinic, space group C2/m, a 9.9480(3), b 18.1777(6), c 5.3302(2) Å, β 105.140(1)°, V 930.41(8) Å3, and Z = 2. The strongest eight X-ray powder-diffraction lines [d in Å(I)(hkl)] are: 8.499(100)(110), 3.151(76)(310), 2.830 (53)(330), 3.299(32) (240), 2.722(23)(151), 2.402(17)(350), 3.401(11)(131), and 1.661(10)(461). Combined electron-microprobe and Mössbauer data yield: SiO2 40.49, TiO2 0.11, Al2O3 10.29, V2O3 0.03, Cr2O3 0.01, Fe2O3 4.49, FeO 19.80, CaO 11.13, MgO 6.68, MnO 0.20, K2O 2.93, Na2O 1.24, F 2.23, Cl 0.61, H2O 0.70, O = (F+Cl) −1.08, sum 99.86 wt.%, which corresponds to the following crystal-chemical formula based on 24 [O + (OH) + F + Cl]: A(K0.59Na0.25)∑0.84B(Ca1.87Na0.13)∑2.00C(Fe2+2.60Mg1.56Fe3+0.53Al0.26 Mn0.03Ti0.01)∑4.99T(Si6.36Al1.64)∑8.00 O22.68O3[F1.11(OH)0.73Cl0.16]∑2.00. The ICP–MS analyses on a crystal fragment different than the one analyzed for major elements yielded the following trace-element concentrations (ppm): Cu 278.9, Rb 162.5, Y 343.2, La 257, Ce 568, Nd 156. The new species and name have been approved by IMA–CNMMN (2005–006).
Keywords: calcic amphibole; end member; fluoro-potassichastingsite; Grenville rocks; Hudson Highlands; New York; structure determination

Microminerals - M. V. Lupulescu (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Proterozoic Low Ti-Fe Oxide Deposits from New York, USA - M. V. Lupulescu (Mineralogy and Geodiversity: Tributes to the Career of Professor Emil Constantinescu, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resource Pre-Reconnaissance and Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3104.18.101/BIN 4045180, Route 298, Bear Street, City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York - A. Lynch; C. B. Rieth; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3501.52.101, Sentinel Heights Road over Interstate 81, Town of Onondaga County, New York - A. Lynch; C. B. Rieth; V. A. Schmitt; J. Ross (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

With Mica We Mourn: Fort Ancient Mortuary Practices at Clark Rockshelter, Kentucky - MacDonald, D. H.; Manzano, B.; J. C. Lothrop; Cremeens, D. L.; Parker, K. C.; Shreckengost, B. (Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, 2009)
Excavations in 2005-2006 at Clark Rocksheiter (15FD110) in eastern Kentucky yielded a unique Fort Ancient mortuary feature containing extremely fragmented human remains of two individuals, a child and an adult. The sandstone-slab burial pit at Clark Rockshelter also contained abundant mica, faunal and botanical remains, pottery, bone tools (bowl and bone pin/awl), as well as four beads (including one of marginella shell). Only approximately five percent of the skeletons are represented at the site because they were secondary reburial of cremated remains. Three radiocarbon dates, as well as the structure and content of the burial feature,  indicate interment of the Fort Ancient individuals together between approximately Cal ad 1100-1300. While the Clark Rocksheiter individuals were members of Fort Ancient culture, the presence of mica and a marines hell bead in the Clark Rocksheter burial indicates trade with North Carolina Pisgah phase cultures.
Keywords: Fort Ancient; mica; Mortuary

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report of the Naima Site, PIN 0054.05.121 (Route 347 Reconstruction, Town of Smithtown and Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York - D. E. Mazeau (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report of PIN 1755.55 (Berger Temp Site # 1), Village of Round Lake, Saratoga County, New York - D. E. Mazeau (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Purple Butterflies: One Species or Two? - T. L. McCabe (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Lichens and Bryophytes of the Alpine and Subalpine Zones of Katahdin, Maine, III: Bryophytes. - N. G. Miller (Bryologist, 2009)
Field studies on the east side of Mount Katahdin, Maine, from 2001 to 2004, and an appraisal of published and unpublished Katahdin records from previous work documented 203 different bryophytes (131 mosses and 72 liverworts) for subalpine conifer forest, alpine tundra and cirque walls, and krummholz in between. This work represents the only recent investigation of a high altitude bryoflora in the mountains of the northeastern United States. Two mosses (Hygrohypnum smithii, Pohlia tundrae) are new to this region, and six others, including Neckera oligocarpa, are new records for Maine. Investigations of Grimmia (4 spp.), Cynodontium (2 spp.) and Kiaeria (2 spp.) clarified the application of taxonomic concepts for these mosses relative to previous published work. In conjunction with parallel studies of Katahdin lichens, eight habitats were specified for the study area. These habitats were largely the same places as those recognized for lichens. The eight habitats differed in the number of Arctic mosses and in unique occurrences of various mosses and liverworts. Mean Arctic-boreal-cool temperate values, introduced as an analytical tool to evaluate the distributional affinities of Kathadin lichens, were calculated for bryophytes for seven of eight habitats. The mean for each habitat class was well predicted by a multiple regression equation, with altitude, solar gain and snowpack persistence, but not substratum, as independent variables. Upper and lower altitutinal limits of bryophyte species occurrence were determined. The documented presence of Katahdin alpine bryophytes in four other mountain areas in northeastern United States and adjacent Québec, Canada, showed fewer of them in western areas (the high Adirondack Mountains, New York and Mt. Mansfield, Vermont), a possible outcome of increasing oceanic conditions eastward.
Keywords: Alpine and subalpine bryofloras; bryophyte ecology and distribution; Katahdin; liverworts; Maine; mosses; northeastern United States and adjacent Canada; snow bed

The Moss Grimmia muhlenbeckii (Grimmiaceae) is Widespread in Eastern New York - N. G. Miller (Evansia, 2009)
Grimmia muehlenbeckii, hitherto unrecorded in the bryoflora of New York State, is documented from eight counties in a large part of eastern New York. In this region G. muehlenbeckii grows at low to middle altitude on calcareous, weakly calcareous, and acidic rock, usually on bedrock outcrops that are weathered. The earliest collection from this area dates to 1955.
Keywords: Grimmia muehlenbeckii; moss; New York

Review of: Hu Ren-liang, Wang You-fang, & Marshall R. Crobsy, Eds.-in-Chief, Si He, Ed., Moss Flora of China, English Version, Volume 7: Amblystegiaceae-Plagiotheciaceae - N. G. Miller (Harvard Papers in Botany, 2009)
Keywords: biology

Studies of Mosses Adventive and Naturalized in the Northeastern United States - N. G. Miller (Rhodaria, 2009)
Field and herbarium research has revealed three newly recognized introduced and naturalized mosses in the northeastern United States. Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, as that name is often applied in eastern North America, consists of a widespread common native species, R. subpinnatus, a carpet-forming moss of wet conifer and conifer-hardwood forest, and R. squarrosus in the strict sense, an introduced and naturalized moss that appears to be infrequent in eastern North America and restricted to weedy habitats such as lawns. Kindbergia praelonga is documented to occur on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, in lawns in Nantucket town, indicating that it is a naturalized member of the bryoflora. There may also be native populations of this moss elsewhere in eastern North America, but this is unconfirmed. A moss of the southeastern and midwestern United States, Funaria flavicans, has been found with mature sporophytes in flower pots at a retail nursery on Nantucket Island in circumstances indicating it is an adventive. It may be a waif, or possibly a member of the naturalized bryoflora of Massachusetts, if in the future populations outside cultivation are found. New occurrences of a European moss, Psuedoscleropodium purum, from Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and in other places in eastern North America (Nova Scotia and North Carolina) add substantially to the previously known distribution of this moss. These new collections were in part from residential lawns and similar habitats outside of cemeteries where most of the previously known occurrences were concentrated, which may indicate that this moss is spreading.
Keywords: Funaria; Kindbergia; lawn moss; naturalized bryophytes; plant introduction; Pseudoscleropodium; Rhytidiadelphus

Interactions between Parasitism and Biological Responses in Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha): Importance in Ecotoxicological Studies - Minguez, L.; Meyer, A.; D. P. Molloy; L. Giamberini (Environmental Research, 2009)
Given that virtually all organisms are hosts for parasites, the investigation of the combined effects of contamination and parasitism is important in the framework of aquatic bioindication procedures. To assess the impact of such multistresses at the host cellular level, we sampled parasitized zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) populations from two sites in northeast France that presented different levels of contamination. Experimental groups were formed based on parasite species and host gender and tested by histochemistry and automated image analysis for biological responses, such as structural changes of the lysosomal system and neutral lipid accumulation. Infected organisms displayed smaller and more numerous lysosomes compared with uninfected congeners, and infection further elevated the effect of the chemical contamination on this biomarker. In contrast, co-infection of females with selected parasites did produce inverse results, i.e. a more developed lysosomal system and neutral lipid depletion. Our data, therefore, suggest that parasitism in zebra mussels represents a potential confounding factor in ecotoxicological studies and must be taken into account in environmental risk assessment studies.
Keywords: Biomarkers; Dreissena polymorpha; Environmental contamination; Parasites

Rare Fishes of Oswayo Creek and Upper Allegheny River. Final Report for Management of New York State's Fish Species of Greatest Conservation Concern, State Wildlife Grants--Grant T-5 - R. S. Morse; B. R. Weatherwax; R. A. Daniels (2009)
Keywords: biology

A Redescription of Catostomus utawana (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) - R. S. Morse; R. A. Daniels (Copea, 2009)
We redescribe Catostomus utawana using specimens from an extant population and museum collections from the Adirondack region of New York and compare it to the widely distributed Catostomus commersonii. These species differ from each other in body depth, relative lengths of pectoral, anal, and pelvic fins, in the lengths of the dorsal-fin and anal-fin bases, and in several characteristics related to head shape and body depth. Catostomus utawana females in breeding condition have well-developed pearl organs on the anal fin, ventral lobe of the caudal fin, and on most of the scales found on the ventral half of the body posterior to the dorsal fin. Catostomus commersonii females in breeding condition usually lack pearl organs. Catostomus utawana males in breeding condition are extensively covered in pearl organs, whereas the pearl organs on C. commersonii males are typically limited to the anal and caudal fins, scales posterior to the dorsal fin, and on the head. Catostomus utawana males in breeding condition have a gold mid-lateral stripe and a gold patch above each eye; breeding females lack gold coloration. Catostomus utawana males and females lack red coloration throughout their spawning season. We propose using the common name of Summer Sucker for C. utawana.
Keywords: Adirondack Mountain Lakes; Catostomus utawana; New York; Summer Sucker

The Dialectics of Scale in the Historical Archaeology of the Modern World - Orser, C. E. (Paths or Sharing Tracks? Future Directions in the Archaeological Study of Post-1550 Britain and Ireland, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

A Personal Statement about Twenty-First Century Modern-World Archaeology - Orser, C. E. (Desafios da Arqueologia: Depoimentos, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

Review of 'Port Essington: The Historical Archaeology of a North Australian Nineteenth Century Military Outpost' by Jim Allen - Orser, C. E. (Australian Archaeology, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

World-Systems Theory, Networks, and Modern-World Archaeology - Orser, C. E. (International Handbook of Historical Archaeology, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for PIN 7780.04.101, Route 72, Parishville Center, St. Lawrence County, New York--Parishville Blacksmith and Wagon Shop - M. Pickands (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Monitoring Plan for the Rosendale Culvert, Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Early European Settlement in the Northeast - C. B. Rieth (Archaeology in America: An Encyclopedia, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

Letter Report Documenting Historic Significance of Pier Locations along Route 9P, City of Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Reanalyzing Scale in the Eastern Woodlands: The View from Eastern New York. - C. B. Rieth (Iroquoian Archaeology and Analytical Scale, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology Cultural Resources

Schoharie Creek III Site, Town of Jefferson, Schoharie County, New York - C. B. Rieth (Newsletter of the New York Archaeology Council, 2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Trace Element Analysis of Lithic Artifacts from the Trapp's Gap Site - C. B. Rieth (The Trapps Gap Site, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology Cultural Resources

Archaeological Data Recovery and Alternate Mitigation Plan for the Chodubski Site, PIN 3045.55.121, Route 104, City of Oswego, Oswego County, New York - J. Ross (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3057.57.121, Route 13 over Carter Creek, Town of Newfield, Tompkins County, New York - J. Ross; V. A. Schmitt (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for the Auburn-Cato Plank Road Site, Route 34, Cayuga County, New York. - J. Ross (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report of the Auburn-Cato Plank Road Site, Route 34, Cayuga County, New York - J. Ross (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report of the Chodubski Site, PIN 3045.55.121, Route 104, City of Oswego, Oswego County, New York - J. Ross (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Art for the People: Decorated Stoneware from the Weitsman Collection - J. L. Scherer (Antiques & Fine Art, 2009)
Stoneware was the everyday ware of the nineteenth century. Used for such practical purposes as storing and serving food and liquids, it was also used to make such items as flower pots, banks, match holders, and pipes for tobacco. Potters often decorated stoneware with designs painted with a cobalt blue pigment that would withstand a high firing temperature. Salt thrown into the furnace would vaporize and produce a salt glaze finish.
Keywords: Adam Weitsman; New York; Stoneware

Distinctly Dutch - J. L. Scherer (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: history

Inferences on the Biology of Juvenile Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) from Exuviae in a Hudson River Tributary, New York, USA - Schmidt, R. E.; R. A. Daniels; Swift, E. L.; Shadis, I. B. (Aquatic Invasions, 2009)
Exuviae of Chinese mitten crab were collected in the Saw Kill, a small tributary to the fresh-tidal Hudson River, in summer and early fall 2008. Most exuviae were found in July when water temperatures exceeded 21ºC and numbers declined with subsequent decreasing water temperatures. Sizes ranged from 12 to 45 mm CW and all were considered to be in their second summer (1+). Very small exuviae (≤ 15 mm CW) were present from early June through mid-August indicating recruitment to the Saw Kill all summer. Live mitten crabs were difficult to collect and therefore data from exuviae were useful in observing the early stage of this invasion.
Keywords: Chinese mitten crab; Hudson River; Invasive species; New York

Interpretation of Topographic Maps. New York State Museum Education Leaflet 36 - J. B. Skiba (2009)
Keywords: geology

Upper Ordovician Trenton-Black River Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs of Eastern North America - L. B. Smith Jr. (NCKRI Symposium 1 Advance in Hypogene Karst Studies, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1236.21.101, Route 29 over Black Creek, Town of Salem, Washington County, New York - Sobik, C.; C. B. Rieth (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for Papscanee Creek Site 3, PIN 031.03.701, Empire Rail Corridor, Town of East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York - J. Sopko (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Archaeological Hike: History Underfoot - D. Staley (Newsletter of the Otsego Land Trust, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2030.06.121, Route 315 over Oriskany Creek, Town of Marshall, Oneida County, New York - D. Staley; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2044.59.121, Proposed Public Road, Town of Mayfield, Fulton County, New York - D. Staley (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2056.75.121, Reconstruction of Routes 5, 8, and 12 Interchange, Town of New Hartford, Oneida County, New York - D. Staley; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2805.00.101, Route 5 Rock Catchment Fence, Town of Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York - D. Staley (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2805.04.121, Route 291 over Crane Creek, Culvert Project 9, Town of Marcy, Oneida County, New York - D. Staley; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2805.05.121, Route 26 over Unnamed Creek, Town of Eaton, Madison County, New York - D. Staley; M.S. LoRusso (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Going Mobile: Archaeological Lessons from Historic Buckland Communities. - D. Staley (Shadowlands: Legacies from the Alaska Native Past, 2009)
Keywords: anthropology

State Archaeologists Conduct Research near Route 315 Bridge over Oriskany Creek - D. Staley (Newsletter of the Marshall Historical Society, 2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Great Day for Elmira: An Illustrated History of Twentieth-Century Grade Crossing Elimination Projects in Elmira and Elsewhere in New York - G. Stein (New York State Museum Memoir, 2009)
Keywords: history

Reconstructing the Origins of Praying Mantises (Dictyoptera, Mantodea): The Roles of Gondwanan Vicariance and Morphological Convergence - Svenson, G. J.; Whiting, M. F. (Cladistics, 2009)
A comprehensive taxonomic sampling of Mantodea (praying mantises), covering virtually all higher-level groups, was assembled to reconstruct the phylogeny of the order. Sequence data were generated from five mitochondrial and four nuclear loci (12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, Histone III, Cytochrome Oxidase I & II, NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4, and Wingless) for 329 mantis exemplars along with seven cockroach and eight termite species. Only seven of 14 families, 14 of 33 subfamilies, and seven of 14 tribes were recovered as monophyletic, indicating that phylogeny is largely incongruent with classification. Mapping biogeographical regions on the phylogeny demonstrated that our results adhere closer to biogeographical distributions than to classification. Specific patterns in distribution suggest that major morphological convergences have confounded taxonomists’ ability to reconstruct natural groups. A major revision of higher-level relationships is in order through a comprehensive investigation of morphology and molecular data. We found that major mantis lineages diverged prior to and during the isolation of geographical regions and subsequent ecomorphic specializations within these regions may have led to convergences in morphology. Divergence time estimation places the origin of Mantodea at the beginning of the Jurassic with most modern mantises originating on Gondwana in the Cretaceous. The first major divergence among modern mantises occurred as a result of the north–south splitting of South America and Africa. Subsequent divergences resulted from the breakup of Gondwana. The position of the Indian subcontinent appears to be central to the diversification of Afrotropical and Indomalayan mantises while Antarctica may have served as the conduit for the mantis invasions into South America and Australasia. When India separated from Antarctica and drifted north it distributed mantis lineages back into the Afrotropics and carried a diverse taxonomic assemblage to Asia.
Keywords: Mantodea; phylogeny; praying mantises

Entomologically Famous, Evolutionarily Unexplored: The First Phylogeny of the Lanternfly Family Fulgoridae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) - J. M. Urban; J. R. Cryan (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2009)
Lanternflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) are frequently used as examples of unusual morphological evolution, with some species (such as the peanut-headed bug, Fulgora laternaria Linnaeus) also ubiquitously cited as icons of tropical insect biodiversity. Despite that entomological notoriety, the phylogeny of this charismatic planthopper family has never before been studied. Presented here are the results of a phylogenetic investigation of Fulgoridae based on DNA nucleotide sequence data from five genetic loci (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, histone 3, wingless, and cytochrome oxidase I). The resulting topologies are used to test the higher classification of Fulgoridae, which is based primarily on characters associated with the curious head morphology of many included species. Analyses include a taxonomic sample of 69 fulgorid species representing 46 (of 110) genera, 10 (of 11) tribes, and all 8 currently recognized subfamilies. Results of this study: (1) demonstrate the need for a revised classification of Fulgoridae, particularly at the higher taxonomic levels; (2) suggest that the genus Zanna is excluded from a monophyletic Fulgoridae; (3) indicate that there have been multiple losses of the extended head process across fulgorid evolution, with what appears to be convergence (in shape and/or loss) in distantly related lineages; and (4) suggest two alternative biogeographic hypotheses to explain the distribution of extant Fulgoridae, with either an Old World origin and a single subsequent colonization of the New World, or a contemporaneous diversification of Old and New World lineages.
Keywords: Biogeography; Fulgoridae; Lanternflies; phylogeny; Planthoppers

Berne Earthquakes - C. A. Ver Straeten (Friends of Thacher and Thompsons Lake State Parks Newsletter, 2009)
Keywords: geology

The Classic Devonian of the Catskill Front: A Foreland Basin Record of Acadian Orogenesis - C. A. Ver Straeten (81st Annual Meeting Guidebook, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Devonian T-R cycle IB: the 'Lumping' of Emsian Sea Level History - C. A. Ver Straeten (Palaeontographica Americana, 2009)
Keywords: geology

Evidence for Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus) Predation by Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) - Voirin, J. B.; R. W. Kays; Lowman, M. D.; M. Wikelski (Edentata, 2009)
We detected the nighttime death of a radio-collared three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) with an automated radio telemetry system in a Panamanian moist forest. Forensic evidence collected at the fresh carcass, including five pairs of zygodactyl puncture wounds, and the consumption of only soft tissue, suggests that the predator was a large owl, probably Pulsatrix perspicillata. Telemetry data, feces in the sloths' rectum, and old sloth feces at the base of the tree near the carcass suggest that the sloth was descending to the ground to defecate when it was killed. If correct, this is the first record of P. perspicillata killing such a large prey, highlighting the importance of crypsis, and not self-defense, as sloths' anti-predator strategy. This event also suggests there are high risks for sloths climbing to the ground to defecate, a puzzling behavior with no clear evolutionary advantage discovered yet.
Keywords: BCI; Panama; predation; radio-telemetry; risk behavior; sloth

Mitochondrial DNA Analysis Indicates Sea Lampreys Are Indigenous to Lake Ontario: Response to Comment - Waldman, J.; R. A. Daniels; Hickerson, M.; Wirgin, I. (Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 2009)
Whether sea lampreys Petromyzon marinus are native to Lake Ontario (and Lake Champlain) has been vigorously argued for more than half a century. In earlier decades, this debate was restricted to subjective consideration of historical records of Lake Ontario fishes versus information on the construction of canals hypothesized to have provided a route for colonization in the 19th century and on post-Pleistocene geologic changes to the drainage that might have allowed a much earlier natural invasion. Later, with the development of molecular genetic tools, another, perhaps more objective mode of analysis became available and these studies of two independent genomes indicated that the sea lamprey was indeed indigenous to Lake Ontario (Waldman et al. 2004; Bryan et al. 2005) and Lake Champlain (Bryan et al. 2005; Waldman et al. 2006). But even DNA analyses are equivocal in the sense that highly unlikely, but nonetheless nonfalsifiable alternative scenarios can be proposed to explain what appear to be one-sided results. Eshenroder provides a service to this controversy by examining in detail, and thus testing, these recent genetic-based publications for their treatment of alternative hypotheses. We, in kind, use this opportunity to reexamine and extend our own analyses. Unlike Eshenroder's comment, our response leads with the genetic argument because if sea lampreys can be reasonably demonstrated to be native to inland New York, then identification of a possible recent dispersal route becomes less important.
Keywords: Lake Ontario; Mitochondrial DNA Analysis; Petromyzon marinus; sea lampreys

Road-Cut Mineral Occurrences of St. Lawrence County, New York - Walter, M.; S. C. Chamberlain (Rocks & Minerals, 2009)
The Oxbow road cut in St. Lawrence County, New York, has produced an enormous quantity of calcite specimens during the past fifty years. These range in size from thumbnail specimens to large-cabinet specimens and in quality from good to outstanding. Of particular interest to collectors has been the presence of penetration twins of simple rhombohedra, the so-called Rossie-habit twins. The locality remains productive to the present day.
Keywords: Calcite; New York; rhombohedra

Berenice Abbott's 'Changing New York' - Williams, C. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2009)
Keywords: history

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 3057.52.121, Route 13 Bridge over Abandoned NYC Railroad, Town of Williamstown, Oswego County, New York - L. J. Xinakes; N. L. Davis; V. A. Schmitt (New York State Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration, 2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report of PIN 3057.52.121, Route 13 Bridge over Abandoned NYC Railroad, Town of Williamstown, Oswego County, New York - L. J. Xinakes; N. L. Davis; V. A. Schmitt (2009)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Home-range use by the Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama - Aliaga-Rossel, E.; R. W. Kays; Fragoso, J. M. V. (Journal of Tropical Ecology, 2008)
This study investigates the movements and home range of the agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. We captured and tracked 12 agoutis from January to December 2003. Home-range size (95% kernel) ranged from 1.56–2.45 ha (n = 6) for males and 1.34–1.97 ha (n = 5) for females. Agouti ranges overlapped and we estimated a density of approximately 100 agoutis km−2. We compared agouti movement with the locations of refuges and food trees, and the results suggest that the agoutis are central-place foragers. Agoutis moved an average of 850 m d−1 covering approximately 35% of their range daily. These movement data help us understand the potential impacts of agoutis as seed dispersers, predicting that D. punctata will encounter and hoard fallen fruit within 10–200 m (i.e. radius of home range) of its source, and move seeds towards refuges such as ground holes and dense vegetation around recent tree falls.
Keywords: agouti; Dasyprocta punctata; habitat use; home range; mammal density; predation risk; space use

The Use of Lithic Resources in a Coastal Environment: Quartz Technology on Long Island, New York - Bernstein, D.J.; M. Lenardi (Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Environmental Influences on Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Body-size Variation in California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) - Blois, J.L.; R. S. Feranec; Hadly, E.A. (Journal of Biogeography, 2008)
Aim  In order to understand how ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) may respond to future environmental change, we investigated five biotic and environmental factors potentially responsible for explaining body-size variation in this species across California. We examined the concordance of spatial patterns with temporal body-size change since the last glacial maximum (LGM). Location  California, western North America. Methods  We quantified body size of modern populations of ground squirrels (n = 81) and used a model-selection approach to determine the best variables (sex, vegetation, number of congeners, temperature and/or precipitation) explaining geographical variation in body size among modern populations. We also quantified body size of one fossil population in northern California (n = 39) and compared temporal body-size change in S. beecheyi at this location since the LGM with model predictions. Results  Body size of modern populations conformed to Bergmann’s rule, with larger individuals in northern (wetter and cooler) portions of California. However, the models suggest that precipitation, rather than temperature or other variables, may best explain variation in body size across modern spatial gradients. Our conclusion is supported by the temporal data, demonstrating that the body size of S. beecheyi has increased in northern California since the LGM, concordant with precipitation but not temperature change in the region. Main conclusions  Precipitation, rather than temperature, vegetation or number of congeneric species, was the main factor explaining both spatial and temporal patterns of body-size variation in S. beecheyi. The integration of space and time provides a powerful mechanism for predicting how local populations may respond to current and future climatic changes.
Keywords: Bergmann’s rule; body size; California ground squirrel; climate change; last glacial maximum; North America; precipitation; Spermophilus beecheyi

An Introduction to archaeological drafting using AutoCad Map 3D. - H. Brown; Pellerin, J. (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Of, By, and For the People: WPA Art at the New York State Museum - Burch, R. J. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: history

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2095.31.121, Intersection of Route 163 and Route 88, Town of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York - J. S. Cardinal (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cubic Tetrahexahedra Magnetite: Crystals from the Fowler Orebody, Zinc Corporation of America No. 4 Mine, Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York - S. C. Chamberlain; Robinson, G. W.; M. V. Lupulescu; Morgan, T. C.; Johnson, J. T.; Delorraine, W. B. (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
In 1991, the Zinc Corporation of America’s (ZCA) mining operation to recover sphalerite from the stratabound Fowler orebody near Balmat in St. Lawrence County, New York, encountered an altered area of unusual mineralogy. Magnetite crystals occurred either lining halite-filled veins, along with anhydrite, sphalerite, and calcite, or frozen in a matrix of halite and talc together with pods of zoned massive sulfides. The magnetite crystals have unusual morphology and may well rank among the finest examples of the species yet found.
Keywords: magnetite; New York; sphalerite

Discover of Flourine-Dominant Dravite near Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York - S. C. Chamberlain; M. V. Lupulescu; Rowe, R. (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
In 1999, Hawthorne and Henry published a proposed classification scheme for the tourmaline group. They reexamined the currently approved fourteen end-members of the tourmaline-group minerals and identified potential new end-members based on their  compositional variations. They organized all of them into three groups: alkali tourmalines, calcic tourmalines, and X-site vacant tourmalines. One of these, a potential new end-member alkali tourmaline, is fluorine-dominant dravite, which they designated fluor-dravite, NaMg3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3(OH)3F. In this article we report a significant occurrence of fluorine-dominant dravite in crystallized specimens of interest to collectors. We think this is a new tourmaline species, and a proposal to the International Mineralogical Association will be submitted.
Keywords: alkali tourmalines; calcic tourmalines; X-site vacant tourmalines

Surficial Geology of the Clintondale 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, Ulster County, New York - Connally, G. G. (Map & Chart, 2008)

Interaction Location Outweighs the Competitive Advantage of Numerical Superiority in Cebus capucinus Intergroup Contests - M. C. Crofoot; Gilby, I. C.; M. Wikelski; R. W. Kays (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2008)
Numerical superiority confers a competitive advantage during contests among animal groups, shaping patterns of resource access, and, by extension, fitness. However, relative group size does not always determine the winner of intergroup contests. Smaller, presumably weaker social groups often defeat their larger neighbors, but how and when they are able to do so remains poorly understood. Models of competition between individuals suggest that location may influence contest outcome. However, because of the logistical difficulties of studying intergroup interactions, previous studies have been unable to determine how contest location and group size interact to shape relationships among groups. We address this question by using an automated radio telemetry system to study intergroup interactions among six capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) social groups of varying sizes. We find that the odds of winning increase with relative group size; one additional group member increases the odds of winning an interaction by 10%. However, this effect is not uniform across space; with each 100 m that a group moves away from the center of its home range, its odds of winning an interaction decrease by 31%. We demonstrate that contest outcome depends on an interaction between group size and location, such that small groups can defeat much larger groups near the center of their home range. The tendency of resident groups to win contests may help explain how small groups persist in areas with intense intergroup competition.
Keywords: between-group competition; intergroup dominance; payoff asymmetries; resource holding potential

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8463.15, Route 213 Southern Embankment Repair, Town of Rosendale, New York - B. R. Dale; M.S. LoRusso; Moragne, S. (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report of the Raymond Dale and James Holloway Sites, Town of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York - B. R. Dale (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Raymond Dale site: A case study of upland camp potential - B. R. Dale (Newsletter of the New York Archaeological Council, 2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Beef is in the River - R. A. Daniels (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology history

Fish and Other Collections Move Off-Site - R. A. Daniels (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Fish Movement Among Lakes: Are Lakes Isolated? - R. A. Daniels; R. S. Morse; Sutherland, J. W.; Bombard, R. T.; C. W. Boylen (Northeastern Naturalist, 2008)
The concept of a lake as an isolated unit is a central theme in research and management of freshwater systems. Support is based on direct observations of lake communities. Studies undertaken in the last several decades lend tacit support because the methods used in both research and management often do not question the underlying notion that lake communities are essentially isolated. In a study of fish assemblages in interconnected lakes, we noted movement of tagged fish among lakes. We also found that species introduced to one lake were later captured in neighboring lakes. We found that fish species in lake assemblages did not differ from those in inlet and outlet stream assemblages; although relative abundance varied, species richness and composition did not. This finding suggests that fish assemblages in lakes are not isolated. Rather, immigration and emigration from streams and other lakes occurs. Although few individuals migrated to new lakes, any movement can affect population structure (e.g., through recolonization, gene flow) and management goals (e.g., spread of disease). Consequently, we suggest that methods commonly used to assess fish assemblages in lakes and the concept of the lake as a management unit may need to be reconsidered. Rather than be treated as isolated populations, fishes in lake communities may be better treated as a watershed-wide metapopulation.
Keywords: fish assemblages; isolation; lakes

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for PIN 3037.53.121, Route 31 Realignment, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York - N. L. Davis (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Glacial Geology of the Northern Hudson through Southern Champlain Lowlands. Guidebook to Field Trips. - De Simone, D. J.; Wall, G. R.; N. G. Miller; Rayburn, J. A.; A. L. Kozlowski (2008)
Keywords: geology paleontology

Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN 1807.09.101, US 4 Flooding Repair and Old Champlain Canal Clean Out from American's Creek North to Kroma Kill, Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York. - R. Dean (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report of the Alvord Plaster Mill Site and Alvord Lime Kiln Site for PIN 3019.14.121, Route 173 and 91, Village of Jamesville, Town of Dewitt, Onondaga County, New York - R. Dean (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Phase IA Survey for PIN 1807.09.101, Old Champlain Canal, US 4 Flood Repair, Town of Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York - R. Dean (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1024.07.121, NY 196 Bridge/Maple Street over the Glens Falls Feeder Canal, Village of Hudson Falls, Washington County, New York - R. Dean (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1805.68.101, Ferry Road Bridge, Niska Isle, Town of Niskayuna, Schenectady County, New York - R. Dean; V. A. Schmitt (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Shear Wave Testing for Soil Loss Over Culverts - Duskin, P.; Pullammanappallil, S.; A. L. Kozlowski (Journal of National Council on Highway Geophysics, 2008)
Keywords: geology

Growth Differences in the Saber-Tooth of Three Field Species - R. S. Feranec (Palaios, 2008)
Analysis of the saber-tooth morphology within the Felidae indicates that canines of various saber-toothed species grow differently. Stable oxygen isotopes analyzed from tooth enamel reveal that the scimitar-toothed Homotherium serum, which possessed short, broad sabers, had tooth crown growth rates similar to modern lions. This contrasts with the longer and thinner, dirk-toothed saber species in the genus Smilodon, S. gracilis and S. fatalis, which had much faster growth rates. With a more rapid growth rate, Smilodon reduced the total duration of crown growth to a period of time similar to that observed in modern lions, even though its tooth crown was twice as large. While comparable in overall morphology, developmental differences may reflect ecological differences among taxa bearing saber-toothed canines.
Keywords: Homotherium serum; saber-tooth; Smilodon; Stable oxygen isotopes

Mortal Combat: How the Cohoes Mastodon Died - R. S. Feranec (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Using Stable Isotopes as an Additional Tool to Understand Ancient Human Environments - R. S. Feranec (Coloquios de Paleontologia, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology paleontology

Who Dunnit? What Caused the End-Pleistocene Extinction in North America? - R. S. Feranec (Dig, 2008)
Keywords: paleontology

Ocelots on Barro Colorado Island Are Infected with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus but Not Other Common Feline and Canine Viruses - Franklin, S. P.; R. W. Kays; Moreno, R.; TerWee, J. A.; Troyer, J. E.; VandeWoude, S. (Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 2008)
Transmission of pathogens from domestic animals to wildlife populations (spill-over) has precipitated local wildlife extinctions in multiple geographic locations. Identifying such events before they cause population declines requires differentiating spillover from endemic disease, a challenge complicated by a lack of baseline data from wildlife populations that are isolated from domestic animals. We tested sera collected from 12 ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) native to Barro Colorado Island, Panama, which is free of domestic animals, for antibodies to feline herpes virus, feline calicivirus, feline corona virus, feline panleukopenia virus, canine distemper virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), typically a species-specific infection. Samples also were tested for feline leukemia virus antigens. Positive tests results were only observed for FIV; 50% of the ocelots were positive. We hypothesize that isolation of this population has prevented introduction of pathogens typically attributed to contact with domestic animals. The high density of ocelots on Barro Colorado Island may contribute to a high prevalence of FIV infection, as would be expected with increased contact rates among conspecifics in a geographically restricted population.
Keywords: Barro Colorado Island; FIV; Leopardus; ocelot; serology

Abstracts The Northeast Natural History Conference X - R. J. Gill (New York State Museum Circular, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7500.74.121, CR 63 over Interstate 81 in the Town of Watertown, Jefferson County, New York - A. Gore; V. A. Schmitt (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for Fort La Presentation Site, City of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York - A. Gore (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7078.15.122, Route 11B, Town of Dickenson, Franklin County, New York--Addendum - A. Gore; M.S. LoRusso (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7720.89.111, Route 442/Bear Swamp Road, Town of Peru, Clinton County, New York - A. Gore; V. A. Schmitt (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for Fort Presentation, Town of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York - A. Gore (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany II - J. P. Hart (New York State Museum Bulletin, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Evolving the Three Sisters: The Changing Histories of Maize, Bean, and Squash in New York and the Greater Northeast - J. P. Hart (Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany II, 2008)
Keywords: crop history; Cucurbita pepo; maize-bean-squash agriculture; paleoethnobotany; Phaseolus vulgaris; Zea mays ssp. mays

Introduction - J. P. Hart (Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany II, 2008)
Keywords: crop history; maize; Maritime Provinces; New England; New York; Ontario; paleoethnobotany; Zea mays ssp. maize

Review of: Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Linguistics, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize, edited by John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, and Bruce F. Benz - J. P. Hart (American Antiquity, 2008)
Keywords: crop dispersals; crop history; domestication; maize; Zea mays ssp. maize

Separating the Three Sisters - J. P. Hart (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Taking Variation Seriously: Testing the Steatite Mast-Processing Hypothesis with Microbotanical Data from the Hunter's Home Site, New York - J. P. Hart; Reber, E. A.; Thompson, R. G.; Lusteck, R. (American Antiquity, 2008)
In a series of recent publications, Truncer (2004a, 2004b, 2006) presents a hypothesis that during what he interprets as the peak period of use (cal. 2500--1500 B.C.) in eastern North America, steatite (soapstone) vessels were specialized cooking tools used to process mast. A key component of Truncer’s hypothesis building is his interpretation of an analysis of fatty acids extracted from charred residue adhering to four steatite sherds, which he interpreted to be consistent with mast. This is the only component of his hypothesis building that directly links steatite vessel use to mast processing. Here we convey the results of a reassessment of Truncer’s analytical results and the results of our own analysis of phytoliths and fatty acids extracted from charred residue adhering to three sherds from the Hunter’s Home site. Our results undermine this key component of Truncer’s hypothesis building and therefore the hypothesis itself.
Keywords: acorns; cooking residue analysis; cooking vessels; lipids; phytoliths; soapstone; Steatite

A New Collection of Minerals - M. Hawkins (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resource Site Examination Report for the Mrs. Stone Site, PIN 3045.51.121, Route 104, Town of Scriba and City of Oswego, Oswego County, New York - S. Higgins (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for PIN 8004.02.101, Intersection of Route 6 and Bear Mountain Parkway, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York (Paul J. Higgins Site) - S. Higgins; C. B. Rieth (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Site Examination Report for PIN 8004.02.101, Intersection of NYS Route 6 and Bear Mountain Parkway, Town of Cortlandt, Westchester County, New York - S. Higgins (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Suboperation 19 and 20 Complexes: a Classic-period Mound group west of Site Core - S. Higgins (San Estevan Archaeological Project 2008: Report to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Suboperation 9, 10, and 18 Complexes: Two Small Mounds Northwest of the Site Core - S. Higgins (San Estevan Archaeological Project 2008: Report to the Department of Archaeology, Belmopan, Belize, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

To Preserve and Protect - Frisbee Houde, C. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: history

Site and Community at Chunchucmil and Ancient Maya Urban Centers - Hutson, S. R.; Hixson, D.; Magnoni, A.; D. E. Mazeau; Dahlin, B. (Journal of Field Archaeology, 2008)
Classic Period lowland Maya urban centers often lack sharp boundaries due to progressive dispersal of residential settlement. This dispersal gives rise to questions about the concept of site and the notion of community affiliation. Research on settlement patterns at Chunchucmil, an urban center in NW Yucatan, Mexico, dating to the 5th and 6th centuries A.D., explores the issue of site boundaries and the social and economic implications of such boundaries. Detailed mapping, test pitting, and reconnaissance reveal that Chunchucmil had three densely occupied, concentric, contemporaneous zones of settlement covering between 20 and 25 sq km and inhabited by a population of up to 42,500. Data from both within and beyond the density thresholds marking the edge of the city imply the existence of communities whose boundaries do not always follow those of the site. A portion of the hinterland settlement close to the edge of the city shows stronger economic and social connections with the city, for example. These connections enable the delineation of Greater Chunchucmil, extending 5 km from Chunchucmil's center. The work at Chunchucmil also allows comparison with other large Maya cities that have been systematically documented. This comparison highlights considerable variability in Maya urban forms and in how these cities relate to their peripheries.
Keywords: Chunchucmil; Classic Period; lowland Maya; urban centers

Landscape Ecology of Eastern Coyotes Based on Large-Scale Estimates of Abundance - R. W. Kays; Gompper, M. W.; Ray, J. C. (Ecological Applications, 2008)
Since their range expansion into eastern North America in the mid-1900s, coyotes (Canis latrans) have become the region's top predator. Although widespread across the region, coyote adaptation to eastern forests and use of the broader landscape are not well understood. We studied the distribution and abundance of coyotes by collecting coyote feces from 54 sites across a diversity of landscapes in and around the Adirondacks of northern New York. We then genotyped feces with microsatellites and found a close correlation between the number of detected individuals and the total number of scats at a site. We created habitat models predicting coyote abundance using multi-scale vegetation and landscape data and ranked them with an information-theoretic model selection approach. These models allow us to reject the hypothesis that eastern forests are unsuitable habitat for coyotes as their abundance was positively correlated with forest cover and negatively correlated with measures of rural non-forest landscapes. However, measures of vegetation structure turned out to be better predictors of coyote abundance than generalized “forest vs. open” classification. The best supported models included those measures indicative of disturbed forest, especially more open canopies found in logged forests, and included natural edge habitats along water courses. These forest types are more productive than mature forests and presumably host more prey for coyotes. A second model with only variables that could be mapped across the region highlighted the lower density of coyotes in areas with high human settlement, as well as positive relationships with variables such as snowfall and lakes that may relate to increased numbers and vulnerability of deer. The resulting map predicts coyote density to be highest along the southwestern edge of the Adirondack State Park, including Tug Hill, and lowest in the mature forests and more rural areas of the central and eastern Adirondacks. Together, these results support the need for a nuanced view of how eastern coyotes use forested habitats.
Keywords: abundance; Adirondack State Park; Canis latrans; eastern coyote; fecal DNA; landscape ecology; New York; noninvasive survey

Not-So-Sleepy Sloths: Animal EEG Studies Enlighten Scientists - R. W. Kays (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Remote Cameras - R. W. Kays; Slauson, K. M. (Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores, 2008)
Keywords: animal tracking; camera traps; remote cameras

Remote Cameras as a Tool for Broad Scale Wildlife Surveys - R. W. Kays (Proceedings of the 2007 Animal-Borne Imaging Symposium, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Focus on Nature X: Natural History Illustration - Kernan, P.; N. G. Miller (New York State Museum, The University of the State of New York, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Focus on Nature X: Natural History Illustration - Kernan, P. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Priceless Art: Natural and Cultural History Illustrations Provide a Visual Record of Research and Publication Activities - Kernan, P. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Bird Egg Specimens: An Ova-looked Treasure - J. J. Kirchman (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

The New York State Museum Bird Collection: A Resource for Educators and Ornithologists - J. J. Kirchman (The Kingbird, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Invaders - Kolozsvary, M. B. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Onset of the Ordovician Cephalopod Radiation-evidence from the Rochdale Formation (middle Early Ordovician, Stairsian) in Eastern New York - Kroger, B.; E. Landing (Geological Magazine, 2008)
The Rochdale Formation of eastern New York (= Fort Ann and lower Bascom formations, designations abandoned) is now recognized to record the earliest stages of the Great Ordovician Radiation of cephalopods. The earliest Bassleroceratidae, Tarphyceratidae and endoceridans on the east Laurentian shallow carbonate platform occur in the upper, thrombolite-bearing member of the Rochdale. This fauna demonstrates that the earliest radiation of Ordovician nautiloids took place in the late Tremadocian and is best recorded in tropical platform facies. Revision of this cephalopod fauna based on approximately 190 specimens collected along a 200 km, N–S belt in easternmost New York has provided new information on inter- and intraspecific variation of earlier described species. The ellesmerocerid Vassaroceras and the endocerids Mcqueenoceras and Paraendoceras are emended. New taxa include Bassleroceras champlainense sp. nov. and B. triangulum sp. nov., Mccluskiceras comstockense gen. et sp. nov., Exoclitendoceras rochdalense gen. et sp. nov. and Paraendoceras depressum sp. nov. A rank abundance plot of 146 specimens from a locality in the Lake Champlain lowlands provides information on the community structure of a nautiloid fauna in which the longiconic cyrtoconic Bassleroceras is shown to dominate strongly. The nautiloid community structure of the Rochdale Formation is similar to that of the underlying Tribes Hill Formation (late early Tremadocian) with respect to the depositional setting, diversity and evenness but displays a remarkably increased taxonomic distinctness.
Keywords: cephalopods; Early Ordovician; Evolution; Laurentia; New York

Faunas and Cambrian Volcanism on the Avalonian Marginal Platform, Southern New Brunswick - E. Landing; Johnson, S. C.; G. Geyer (Journal of Paleontology, 2008)
The Cambrian inlier at Beaver Harbour, southern New Brunswick, is now confidently referred to the marginal platform of the late Proterozoic–Early Paleozoic Avalon microcontinent. The sub-trilobitic Lower Cambrian Chapel Island and Random Formations are unconformably overlain by the mafic volcanic-dominated Wade's Lane Formation (new). Late Early Cambrian trilobites and small shelly taxa in the lowest Wade's Lane demonstrate a long Random–Wade's Lane hiatus (middle Terreneuvian–early Branchian). Latest Early–middle Middle Cambrian pyroclastic volcanism produced a volcanic edifice at Beaver Harbour that is one of three known volcanic centers that extended 550 km along the northwest margin of Avalon. Middle Middle Cambrian sea-level rise, probably in the Paradoxides eteminicus Chron, mantled the extinct volcanics with gray-green mudstone and limestone of the Fossil Brook Member. Black, dysoxic mudstone of the upper Manuels River Formation (upper Middle Cambrian, P. davidis Zone) is the youngest Cambrian unit in the Beaver Harbour inlier. Lapworthella cornu (Wiman, 1903) emend., a senior synonym of the genotype L. nigra (Cobbold, 1921), Hyolithellus sinuosus Cobbold, 1921, and probably Acrothyra sera Matthew, 1902a, range through the ca. 8 m.y. of the trilobite-bearing upper Lower Cambrian, and H. sinuosus and A. sera persist into the middle Middle Cambrian. Lapworthella cornu and H. sinuosus replaced the tropical taxa L. schodackensis (Lochman, 1956) and H. micans Billings, 1872, in cool-water Avalon.
Keywords: Avalon microcontinent; Cambrian

Albany, New York and the Great Migration - J. A. Lemak (Afro-Americans in New York Life and History, 2008)
The Great Migration was a period between 1910 and 1940 of rapid population shift when hundreds of thousands of southern African Americans resettled in the North hoping to find better employment, housing, and education for their children, and less racial discrimination. However, upon arrival in the North, blacks found hard, dirty, industrial employment, poor housing, mediocre schools, and racial discrimination. Yet, African Americans continued to flock to the North's urban centers until the 1960s. Albany, New York, similar to other northern cities, experienced an influx of southern migrants during this time that changed the face of the city forever.
Keywords: African Americans; Albany; Great Migration; New York

From the Toy Box - J. A. Lemak (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: history

Southern Life, Northern City: The History of Albany's Rapp Road Community - J. A. Lemak (State University of New York Press, 2008)
Keywords: history

Cultural Resource Survey Report for PIN 3753.16.121, Wetland Mitigation and Monitoring Area, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York - M. Lenardi (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3753.76.121, North Burdick Street over the Old Erie Canal, Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York - M. Lenardi; V. A. Schmitt (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Architectural Survey of Lake Ontario State Parkway (PIN 4947.14.121), Monroe and Orleans County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A New Look at Paleoindian Lifeways in the Ice Age - J. C. Lothrop (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Amphibole-Group Minerals from New Your State - M. V. Lupulescu (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
Keywords: geology

The Cicero ClayPits: A True Micromount Mineral Locality in Central New York - M. V. Lupulescu; M. Hawkins; S. C. Chamberlain (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
Keywords: geology

Minerals Beneath Manhattan - M. V. Lupulescu (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: geology

Minerals from the Iron Deposits of New York State - M. V. Lupulescu (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
The principal goal of this article is to present the important minerals from the New York State iron deposits. Not all the minerals identified in these deposits can be seen by the naked eye; some are found only in thin sections, and others are not aesthetically impressive, making them of limited collector interest. In general, these will not be noted here, except for those that represent very rare occurrences; they will be mentioned along with their localities, but with no detailed descriptions.
Keywords: geology

Mining History, Mineralogy and Origin of the Gneiss (Granite)-hosted Fe-P-REE and Fe Oxide and Gabbro-hosted Ti-Fe Oxide Deposits from the Mineville-Port Henry Region, Essex County, NY - M. V. Lupulescu; Pyle, J. (2008)
Keywords: geology

Tourmaline-Group Minerals from New York State - M. V. Lupulescu (Rocks & Minerals, 2008)
Tourmaline is a chemically complex group of silicates. Essentially, it is an aluminum boron silicate with extensive substitutions at the different crystallographic sites that confer varied physical properties to the mineral. Mineral collectors very much appreciate the size and beauty of tourmaline crystals, and thus the species of the group have become among the most hunted of the mineral world
Keywords: geology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2018.97.121, Route 28, Town of Arietta, Hamilton County, New York - A. Lynch; V. A. Schmitt (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Predispersal Home Range Shift of an Ocelot Leopardus pandalis (Carnivora: Felidae) on Barro Colorado Island, Panama - Mares, R.; Moreno, R. S.; R. W. Kays; M. Wikelski (Revista de Biología Tropical, 2008)
Home range shifts prior to natal dispersal have been rarely documented, yet the events that lead a subadult to abandon a portion of its home range and venture into unfamiliar territories, before eventually setting off to look for a site to reproduce, are probably related to the causes of dispersal itself. Here, we used a combination of manual radio-tracking and an Automated Radio Telemetry System to continuously study the movements of a subadult male ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), a solitary carnivore with sex-biased dispersal, on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, for 18 months from May 2003 through October 2004. The subadult ocelot?s parents were also radio-tracked to record possible parent-offspring interactions within their home ranges. At the age of ca. 21 months the subadult gradually began to shift its natal home range, establishing a new one used until the end of the study, in an area that had previously been used by another dispersing subadult male. Only three parent-offspring interactions were recorded during the four months around the time the range-shift occurred. The apparent peaceful nature of these encounters, along with the slow transition out of a portion of his natal home range, suggest the subadult was not evicted from his natal area by his parents. The timing of the shift, along with the subadult?s increase in weight into the weight range of adult ocelots four months after establishing the new territory, suggests that predispersal home range shifts could act as a low risk and opportunistic strategy for reaching adult size, while minimizing competition with parents and siblings, in preparation for an eventual dispersal into a new breeding territory.
Keywords: automated radio telemetry; desplazamiento del ámbito hogareño; home range shift; Leopardus pardalis; ocelot; ocelote; Predispersal; Predispersión; radio-telemetría automatizada; subadult; subadulto

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1248.14.121, Route 149, Town of Queensbury, New York - D. E. Mazeau (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1248.14.121, NY Route 9L, Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York - D. E. Mazeau (New York State Museum, 2008)

Cultural Resources Site Exam for PIN 1757.55.101, The Ryan Site (Berger Temporary Site 4125-01), Round Lake, Saratoga County, New York. - D. E. Mazeau (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

NYS Lepidoptera Species of Special Concern at Minnewaska State Preserve: Zale curema, Polypogon martha, Apharetra dentata, Glena cognataria - T. L. McCabe (2008)
Keywords: biology

The Bryoflora of Martha's Vineyard - N. G. Miller (Island Life, A Catalog of the Biodiversity On and Around Martha's Vineyard, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Bryological Results of the 31st A. L. Andrews Foray in Rhode Island - N. G. Miller; Buck, W. R. (Evansia, 2008)
A bryological inventory of four natural areas in northeastern and southern Rhode Island documented the presence of 97 mosses (including 13 peat mosses) and 21 liverworts. While no modern checklist of Rhode Island bryophytes exists, the list of the species found is a starting point for further exploration and documentation of the bryoflora of this New England State.
Keywords: bryophytes; moss; Rhode Island

Bryum tenuisetum and B. violaceum, Mosses with Rhizoid Tubers New to New England, U.S.A - N. G. Miller (Evansia, 2008)
The rhizoid-tuber-bearing mosses, Bryum tenuisetum and B. violaceum, have been found on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, on acidic sandy soil in areas of anthropogenic disturbance. Neither one has evidently been reported before for New England, and they are known only from a few places elsewhere in eastern North America. The plants of B. violaceum had strongly papillose rhizoids (vs. smooth according to descriptions of plants from elsewhere) but agree with other collections in various diagnostic characteristics. Plants in both collections were without sporophytes, which is typical of these dioicous bryums.
Keywords: bryophytes; Bryum tenuisetum; Bryum violaceum; rhizoid-tuber-bearing mosses

The Cohoes Mastodon and Younger Dryas in Eastern New York - N. G. Miller (Glacial Geology of the Northern Hudson Through Southern Champlain lowlands. Guidebook to Field Trips., 2008)
Keywords: paleontology

Contemporary and Prior Environments of the Hyde Park, New York, Mastodon, on the Basis of Associated Plant Macrofossils - N. G. Miller (Mastodon Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoenvironment in the Late Pleistocene of New York State: studies on the Hyde Park, Chemung, and North Java Sites, 2008)
Keywords: biology paleontology

A Look Back: Bryologist Lewis Caleb Beck - N. G. Miller (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: biology history

Archaeological Pre-Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3024.08.121/BIN 1041810, Bridge Rehabilitation at Route 221 over Merrill Creek, Town of Marathon, Cortland County, New York - Moragne, S.; C. B. Rieth; J. Ross (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Hyde Park Mastodon Site, Dutchess County, New York, Stratigraphy and Basin Profile Based on Field Observation and Ground Penetrating Radar - Nester, P. L.; Brown, L. D.; N. G. Miller (Mastodon Paleobiology, Taphonomy, and Paleoenvironment in the Late Pleistocene of New York State: studies on the Hyde Park, Chemung, and North Java Sites, 2008)
Keywords: biology geology paleontology

The Archaeology of African American Slave Religion in the Antebellum South - Orser, C. E. (Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

*CA Comment on - From an Archaeology of Iconoclasm to an Anthropology of the Body: Images, Punishment, and Personhood in England, 1500-1660 by C. Pamela Graves - Orser, C.E. (Current Anthropology, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Ceramics: A Window to the Past - Orser, C. E. (Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

The Global and the Local in Modern-World Archaeology - Orser, C. E. (Constructing Post Medieval Archaeology in Italy: A New Agenda, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Historical Archaeology as Modern-World Archaeology in Argentina - Orser, C. E. (International Journal of Historical Archaeology, 2008)
Historical archaeology has grown at a remarkable pace in the last decade. South America has seen a major growth in historical archaeology, with archaeologists in Argentina playing a large role in the maturation of the discipline on the continent. Much of this archaeology can be characterized as “modern-world archaeology” because of the archaeologists’ interest in issues relevant to post-Columbian cultural history.
Keywords: Argentina; Historical archaeology; South America

Historical Archaeology in Ireland - Orser, C. E.; Donnelly, C. (Encyclopedia of Archaeology, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Historical Archaeology, Methods of - Orser, C. E. (Encyclopedia of Archaeology, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Plan for PIN 1804.42.123, Route 914V, Town of Glenville, Schenectady County, New York - M. Pickands (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Molecular Identification of Lice from Pre-Columbian Mummies - Raoult, D.; Reed, D. L.; Dittmar, K.; J. J. Kirchman; Rolain, J-M; Guillen, S.; Light, J. E. (The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology biology

Sleeping Outside the Box: Electroencephalographic Measures of Sleep in Sloths Inhabiting a Rainforest - Rattenborg, N.; Voirin, B.; Vyssotski, A. L.; R. W. Kays; Spoelstra, K.; Kuemmeth, F.; Heidrich, W.; M. Wikelski (Biological Letters, 2008)
Keywords: biology

Pine Resins and Pottery Sealing: Analysis of Absorbed and Visible Pottery Residues from Central New York State - Reber, E. A.; J. P. Hart (Archaeometry, 2008)
Analysis was performed on absorbed and visible residues from 21 New York State prehistoric pottery sherds dating from 2905 ± 35 bp (Intcal04) (1256–998 cal bc) to 425 ± 40 bp (Intcal04) (1417–1626 cal ad). The use of pine resin was detected in 10 of 12 absorbed residue samples and 11 of 17 sherds subjected to visible residue analysis. It seems likely that the pots were resin-sealed to make them more impermeable, constituting the first chemical evidence of extensive resin-sealing in North America. A comparison of the results of absorbed and visible residues from eight of the sherds indicates that the two kinds of residue provide complementary evidence of vessel use.
Keywords: Absorbed Residue Analysis; GC/MS; lipids; Pine Resins; Pottery Sealing; Visible Residue Analysis

Visible Clues: The Analysis of Visible Pottery Residues from New York State with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometery - Reber, E. A.; J. P. Hart (Current Northeast Paleoethnobotany II, 2008)
Keywords: cooking residues; gas chromatography/mass spectrometery; lipids; Pottery

Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for PIN 2125.15.121, Route 30A, Village of Fonda, Montgomery County, New York - C. B. Rieth; Moragne, S. (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Archaeological Monitoring, Treatment, and Data Recovery Plan for PIN 2064.01.122, Route 5S Corridor including ramp at Culvert Ave, City of Utica, Oneida County, New York - C. B. Rieth; Moragne, S.; Pellerin, J. (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Archaeological Practice and Review in New York - C. B. Rieth; Mackey, D. P. (New York State Archaeological Association Newsletter, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology Cultural Resources

Beyond the Village: Assessing Upland Contexts during the Late Woodland Period - C. B. Rieth (Newsletter of the New York Archaeological Council, 2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The Catskill I and II Sites: Two Early Late Prehistoric Upland Camps in Eastern New York - C. B. Rieth (The Bulletin: Journal of the New York Archaeological Association, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for PIN 3037.56.121, Bailey Site, Town of Belgium, Onondaga County, New York - C. B. Rieth; Pellerin, J.; T. Thomas (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Data Recovery Report for The Thomas-Kahn Site, Town of Clay, Onondaga County, New York - C. B. Rieth; T. Thomas; Pellerin, J. (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Monitoring and Data Recovery Report for PIN 2044.58, Town of Wells, Herkimer County, New York - C. B. Rieth (2008)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast - C. B. Rieth (New York State Museum Bulletin, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Early Woodland Settlement and Land Use in Eastern New York - C. B. Rieth (Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology, 2008)
Excavations were recently conducted at the Schoharie Creek II site in Schoharie County, New York as part of a state and federally funded highway project. This work revealed stratified soils that produced artifacts dating to the Early Woodland period (ca. 1000 B.C. - A.D. 100). The data derived during this excavation provide insights into the settlement, and land use practices of these hunter-gatherer populations and their interaction with other groups in eastern New York. This information is important to understanding the prehistory of the Schoharie Valley and eastern New York.
Keywords: Early Woodland; New York; Schoharie Creek

Future Considerations for the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast - C. B. Rieth (Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Introduction - C. B. Rieth (Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Preface - C. B. Rieth (Current Approaches to the Analysis and Interpretation of Small Lithic Sites in the Northeast, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology

Review of American Anthropology 1921-1945: Papers from the American Anthropologist - C. B. Rieth (Anthropology Review Database, 2008)
Keywords: anthropology