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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Chondrophorine (medusoid hydrozoan) from the Basal Cambrian (Placentian) of Newfoundland - Narbonne, E.; Myrow, P.; E. Landing; Anderson, M. M. (Journal of Paleontology, 1991)
Specimens of the discoid, chambered megafossil Kullingia delicata (Fedonkin) occur near the base of member 2 of the Chapel Island Formation on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland. Morphologic and taphonomic features suggest that these fossils can be interpreted as the impressions of pelagic chondrophorines. Kullingia provides a link between Ediacaran and Paleozoic forms, and thus supports the view that the Chondrophorina represents a conservative evolutionary lineage extending back into the Precambrian.
Keywords: geology paleontology

Riccia frostii, a liverwort new to Michigan - Penskar, M. R.; N. G. Miller; Crum, H. (Mich. Bot., 1991)
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7102.05.101, Route 178, Towns of Adams and Henderson, Jefferson County, New York - Reid, S.; N. L. Davis; Wholey, H. (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

A Birds' Eye View of New York: Views and Viewmakers of New York State, 1836-1892 (exhibition catalog) - J. L. Scherer (Gallery Association of New York State, 1991)
Keywords: history

Morphological Variation in the Compilospecies Spiranthes cernua (L.) L.C. Rich.: Ecologically-limited Effects of Gene Flow - C. J. Sheviak (Lindleyana, 1991)
Keywords: biology

The Pelagic Rotifer Community of an Acidic Clearwater Lake in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State - C. A. Siegfried (Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 1991)
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2065.23.121, Routes 26 and 12B, Village of Oriskany Falls, Town of Augusta, Oneida County, New York. - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 2065.15.121, Routes 26 and 12B, Village of Oriskany Falls, Town of Augusta, Oneida County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 3037.48.101, Route 31, Town of Cicero, Onondaga County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7052.20.102, Route 56, Hamlet of South Colton, Town of Colton, Saint Lawrence County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8018.27.107 Route 28 over Academy Street, Village of Pine Hills, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County,, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8018.27.107/BIN 1-01973-0, Route 28, Village of Pine Hill, Town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8436.08.109 Route 213, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County,, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8436.08.109, BIN 1-04116-0, Route 213/Roundout Creek, Town of Rosendale, Ulster County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8541.55, Viola Road, Town of Rampo, Rockland County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8541.55, Vida Road from Spook Rock Road to Canterbury Lane, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York. - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754.51, County Route 45, Sickletown Road, Sickletown Tunnel Removal, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754.55.109, Route 25A, Town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754558.109, County Route 25 over the Kinderhook Creek, Town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8754.57, Route 45, Town of Orangetown, Rockland County, New York - J. Sopko (1991)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Chronology of Holocene Vertebrate Extinction in the Galápagos Islands - D. W. Steadman; T. W. Stafford Jr.; Donahue, D. J.; Jull, A. J. T. (Quaternary Research, 1991)
Eleven conventional and 15 AMS (accelerator mass spectrometer) radiocarbon dates establish chronologies for nine Holocene vertebrate fossil sites in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. A Holocene fossil record approaching 500,000 bones, more than 90% of which predate the arrival of people, shows that most or all cases of extinction or extirpation in the Galápagos occurred after first human contact in AD 1535. This is especially significant for two species of large rodents (Megaoryzomys spp.) that are known only from bones found in lava tubes. The highest rate of background (prehuman) extinction interpreted from the Galápagos fossil record is probably hundreds of times less than the modern rate of human-related extinction.
Keywords: anthropology biology paleontology

Extinct and Extirpated Birds from Aitutaki and Atiu, Southern Cook Islands - D. W. Steadman (Pacific Science, 1991)
Six archaeological sites up to 1000 years old on Aitutaki, Cook Islands, have yielded bones of 15 species of birds, five of which no longer occur on the island: Pterodroma rostrata (Tahiti Petrel); Sula sula (Red-footed Booby); Dendrocygna, undescribed sp. (a large, extinct whistling duck); Porzana tabuensis (Sooty Crake); and Vini kuhlii (Rimatara Lorikeet). Of these, only S. sula and P. tabuensis survive anywhere in the Cook Islands Today. The nearest record of any species of Dendrocygna is in Fiji. Aside from the aquatic species Egretta sacra (Pacific Reef-Heron) and Anas superciliosa (Gray Duck), the only native, resident land bird on Aitutaki today is the Society Islands Lorikeet (Vini peru viana), which may have been introduced from Tahiti. Residents of Aitutaki note that Ducula pacifica (Pacific Pigeon) and Ptilinopus rarotongensis (Cook Islands Fruit-Dove) also occurred there until the 1940s or 1950s.There is no indigenous forest on Aitutaki today. The bones from Aitutaki also include the island's first record of the fruit bat Pteropus tonganus. Limestone caves on the island of Atiu yielded the undated bones of six species of birds, three of which no longer exist there or anywhere else in the Cook Islands: Gallicolumba erythroptera (Society Islands Ground-Dove), Ducula aurorae (Society Islands Pigeon), and Vini kuhlii. Each of these species has been recovered from prehistoric sites on Mangaia as well. The limestone terrain of Atiu is mostly covered with native forest that supports populations of Ducula pacifica, Ptilinopus rarotongensis, Collocalia sawtelli (Atiu Swiftlet), and Halcyon tuta (Chattering Kingfisher). The survival of these land birds depends upon protection of Atiu's forests.
Keywords: biology

Extinction of Species: Past, Present, and Future - D. W. Steadman (Global Climate Change and Life on Earth, 1991)
Keywords: biology

The Identity of a 'Lost Species': Cerma galva Strecker, 1898 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) - Adams, M. S.; T. L. McCabe (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1990)
Cryphia galva (Strecker) 1898, described from Clyde, New York, is identified as a Colorado species, Cryphia olivacea Smith, 1891, NEW SYNONYM. The adult moths and dissections of the male and female genitalia are illustrated.
Keywords: biology

Excavations at the Ureia Site, Aitutaki, Cook Islands: Preliminary Results - Allen, M. S.; D. W. Steadman (Archaeology in Oceania, 1990)
In 1987 we excavated 11m² of cultural deposit at the Ureia site (AIT10), Aitutaki, Cook Islands. First discovered and excavated by Peter Bellwood in 1970, the coastal Ureia site is very rich in midden, particularly fish bone and marine molluscs. We identified 13 main stratigraphic layers at Ureia, of which Layers III, V, and VII represent the primary concentrations of cultural materials. Nine radiocarbon dates on charcoal range from 200 ± 50 yr BP (Layer III) to 1040 ± 80 yr BP (Layer VII). Our attempts to date the presumably older strata that underlie Layer VII have been unsuccessful. The Ureia site has yielded bones of two species of birds that no longer occur on Aitutaki: the Sooty Crake (Porzana tabuensis) and an extinct, undescribed species of whistling duck (cf. Dendrocygna).
Keywords: anthropology

Conservation Strategies: A Focus on Cooperative Action - Ambrose, J. D.; R. S. Mitchell (Ecosystem Management: Rare Species and Significant Habitats, 1990)
Keywords: biology

Terrestrial fossils within the marine Presumpscot Formation: implications for late Wisconsinan paleoenvironments and isostatic rebound along the coast of Maine - Anderson, R. S.; N. G. Miller; Davis, R. B.; Nelson, R. E. (Canadian Journal of Earth Science, 1990)
Investigation of terrestrially derived organic remains within the late-glacial-marine Presumpscot Formation near Portland, Maine, adds one new shrub species, six moss species, and representatives of six families of insects to the fossil biota of the deposit. White spruce (Picea glauca) dominates the plant macrofossil assemblage; the dominant pollen type is also spruce. The total biotic assemblage probably represents remnants of a forest-floor litter layer, eroded along a stream and subsequently deposited offshore. Three accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS) dates on spruce needles and cones suggest rapid burial, with marine regression from the area by ca. 11 500 BP.
Keywords: biology paleontology

First Record of Genus Phymatopterella in the Nearctic Region and Description of P. ovatimacula, a New Humpbacked Fly from Florida (Diptera: Phoridae) - Barnes, J. K. (The Florida Entomologist, 1990)
Phymatopterella, a distinctive genus of predominantly Neotropical phorid flies, is recorded for the first time from the Nearctic Region. P. ovatimacula n. sp. is described and illustrated from a series of one female and two males collected near Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida. Existing keys are modified to allow recognition of this genus and species.
Keywords: biology

Life History of Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot) (Diptera: Phoridae), a Filth-Inhabiting Humpbacked Fly - Barnes, J. K. (Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 1990)
The literature on the life history and immature stages of Dohrniphora cornuta, a synanthropic, filth-inhabiting, humpbacked fly, is reviewed and summarized, and observations on laboratory rearings are presented. Adult females and larvae consume many kinds of dead and decaying animal and plant tissues, but apparently both are facultative predators of insects when other foods are not available. Adult males are apparently nectar feeders, and they are much shorter lived than females. Pest status, reproductive behavior, and life history parameters are compared with other phorid species, and the evolution of non-genitalic sexual structures is discussed.
Keywords: biology

Transition and Change: Episodes in the Coming of Age of an Early American Community, Albany, New York, 1780-1793 - Bielinski, S. (World of the Founders: New York Communities in the Federal Period, 1990)
Keywords: history

Geology of Dutchess County - D. H. Cadwell; Connally, G. G. (Soil Survey of Dutchess County, New York, 1990)
Keywords: geology

Betulaceae through Cactaceae of New York State - Furlow, J. J.; R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1990)
Keywords: biology

What is Known and Not Known about the Human Occupation of the Northeastern United States until 10,000 B. P. - Gramly, R. M.; Funk, R. E. (Archaeology of Eastern North America, 1990)
In the Northeast five types of fluted point Paleoindian sites are recognized, viz., quarry-workshops, habitations, kill-butchery sites, burials or caches, and isolated occurrences of artifacts — chiefly projectile points. It is possible to discriminate between encampments that were inhabited by colonizing, pioneer groups and residential sites of settled populations who had become familiar with a region's resources. No archeological site in the Northeast has yielded an artifact assemblage that is demonstrably older and at variance with known fluted point Paleoindian industries. During the period of fluted point use in the Northeast, which may have endured for hundreds of years, at least three phases are recognizable based upon projectile point morphology. These phases, Shoop-Debert, Cumberland-Barnes, and Crowfield, have not been dated satisfactorily and their order of succession is inferred from stylistic variation rather than stratigraphy. Since actual dietary remains are so few on Northeastern Paleoindian sites and the significance of these data is open to speculation, close attention must be paid to settlement patterns if the lifeways of eastern North America's earliest inhabitants are to be understood.
Keywords: anthropology

The Mineral Industry of New York, 1988 - Harrison, D. A.; W. M. Kelly (Minerals Yearbook, Vol. II, Domestic Reports, 1990)
Keywords: geology

Assessment of Aggregate and Heavy Mineral Resource Potential in New York Coastal Waters - W. M. Kelly; Albanese, J. R.; M. P. Aparisi; W. B. Rogers (Proceedings Second Symposium on Studies Related to Continental Margins - Summary of Year-Three and Year-Four Activities, 1990)
Keywords: geology

New York State Museum Gem Collection Catalogue: NYS Geological Survey Open File Report 8m106 - W. M. Kelly; S. H. Schimmrich; Campbell, J. E. (1990)
Keywords: geology

New York State Museum Meteorite Collection CatalogueNYS Geological Survey Open File Report 8m105 - W. M. Kelly; S. H. Schimmrich (1990)
Keywords: geology

Documenting Prehistoric Habitation in Your Community: A Guide for Local Historians - P. Lord Jr. (New York State Museum Circular, 1990)
Keywords: anthropology history

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for OGS-!, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, Summer Boiler Project and Virus Building Demolition, City of Albany, Albany County, New York - M.S. LoRusso; VanWagenen, K. (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1090.01.101, Route 146A/D&H Railroad Route 146A R&P, Town of Clifton Park, Saratoga County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1130.48.109, Route 22/White Creek, Village of Salem, Washington County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 7040.19.109, Route 9, Main Street, Village of Champlain, Clinton County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8006.33, Route 17 Lane Widening, Village of Sloatsburg, Rockland County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8041.07.101, Route 94/Cromline Creek, Town of Blooming Grove, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8145.10.101, Route 211, Wisher Road to Ballard Road, Town of Wallkill, Orange County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 8503.08.101, Route 66, Town of Chatham, Columbia County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Cultural Resources Reconnaissance Survey Report for Upland Disposal Project, Town of Northumberland, Saratoga County, New York - M.S. LoRusso (1990)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

The genera of Meliaceae in the southeastern United States - N. G. Miller (Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 1990)
Descriptions are given of the family and the 2 genera with representatives in the SE USA: Melia (the introduced M. azedarach) and Swietenia (S. mahagoni, native at the southern end of Florida).
Keywords: biology

Late-Pleistocene cones of jack pine (Pinus banksiana) at the Hiscock Site, western New York - N. G. Miller (Current Research in the Pleistocene, 1990)
Keywords: biology

The management of rare plants: Suggestions derived from paleoecological studies of late-Pleistocene floras - N. G. Miller (Proceedings of the 15th Annual Natural Areas Conference, 1990)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Plant macrofossils - N. G. Miller (Biological Techniques in Paleoecological Interpretation, 1990)
Keywords: biology paleontology

Ecosystem Management: Rare Species and Significant Habitats - R. S. Mitchell; C. J. Sheviak; Leopold, D. J. (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1990)
Keywords: biology

Progress in the Biological Control of Black Flies With Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, With Emphasis on Temperate Climates - D. P. Molloy (Bacterial Control of Mosquitoes and Black Flies: Biochemistry, Genetics & Applications of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and Bacillus sphaericus., 1990)
Keywords: biology

Identification of Plants with Fleshy Fruit - Ogden, E. C.; R. S. Mitchell (New York State Museum Bulletin, 1990)
Keywords: biology

New York State Geological Highway Map - W. B. Rogers; Y. W. Isachsen; Mock, T. D.; R. E. Nyahay (New York State Museum Educational Leaflet, 1990)
Keywords: geology

Biological Considerations in the Management of Temperate Terrestrial Orchid Populations - C. J. Sheviak (Ecosystem management: Rare species and significant habitats, 1990)
Keywords: biology

A New Form of Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ex Lindl - C. J. Sheviak (Rhodora, 1990)
A rare color-form of Cypripedium montanum Dougl. ex Lindl., characterized by clear green sepals and petals and unmarked lip and staminode, is described as forma praetertinctum Sheviak.
Keywords: biology

A New Spiranthes (Orchidaceae) from the Cienegas of Southernmost Arizona - C. J. Sheviak (Rhodora, 1990)
Spiranthes from isolated wetlands in Santa Cruz and adjacent Cochise Counties, Arizona, which in the past have been cited as S. graminea Lindl., differ from that species in several floral and vegetative characters and in chromosome number; they are readily separated from it by their few-septate trichomes. The more northern S. diluvialis Sheviak is larger-flowered with more ringent flowers and different flower and sepal orientation. The morphological and cytological features of the Arizona plants indicate that they represent a distinct species, described here as S. delitescens Sheviak. The cytology of this species suggests an origin through hybridization and amphiploidy, but the parental species are not identified.
Keywords: biology

Absence of Blood Parasites in Indigenous Birds from the Cook Islands, South Pacific - D. W. Steadman; Greiner, E. C.; Wood, C. S. (Conservation Biology, 1990)
We found no protozoan parasites in 79 blood smears of birds from the Cook Islands, South Pacific. Our sample consisted of 55 smears from nine indigenous species of land and aquatic birds, and 24 smears from one introduced land bird. The absence or scarcity of avian hematozoa in the Cook Islands is probably due to a very low prevalence of infection among introduced and naturally colonizing species of birds, rather than a scarcity of insect vectors. On one hand, the apparent absence or extreme scarcity of avian hematozoa, particularly the malaria-causing Plasmodium spp., is fortunate from a conservation standpoint, considering the devastating impact that Plasmodium from human-introduced mosquitoes and birds has had on the indigenous avifauna of Hawaii during the past century. On the other hand, our results suggest that the indigenous birds of the Cook Islands, much like those of Hawaii, would have little natural resistance to avian malaria should it be introduced. Thus precautions should be taken to prohibit the introduction of potentially infected nonnative birds or mosquitoes in the Cook Islands and elsewhere in Polynesia.
Keywords: biology

Extinction, Biogeography, and Human Exploitation of Birds on Tikopia and Anuta, Polynesian Outliers in the Solomon Islands - D. W. Steadman; D. S. Pahlavan; Kirch, P. V. (Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 1990)
Keywords: biology

Prehistoric Extinction of Birds on Mangaia, Cook Islands, Polynesia - D. W. Steadman; Kirch, P. V. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1990)
Mangaia (Cook Islands) consists of a weathered volcanic interior encircled by limestones known as the makatea. Excavations at Tangatatau Rockshelter (site MAN-44), located on the inner cliff of the makatea, produced a stratified sequence of Polynesian artifacts and faunal remains ranging from A.D. 1000-1100 to A.D. 1500-1600. Resident species of birds represented at MAN-44 include nine seabirds (at least three extirpated on Mangaia) and 12 land birds (eight extirpated or extinct). Seven of the extinct/extirpated land birds are confined to the site's four lowest stratigraphic zones, which represent the first 200-300 yr of human occupation at MAN-44. During this time, human exploitation of vertebrates switched from primarily native land birds to almost exclusively small reef fish, domesticates (chickens, pigs), and commensals (rats). Sediment cores from a lake 0.9 km from MAN-44 show clear palynological and stratigraphic signals of human presence on Mangaia, especially forest clearance of the volcanic interior, beginning at 1600 yr B.P. The rugged makatea must have provided a forest refuge for birds during the first 700 yr of human presence, after which Mangaians exploited the previously little used makatea because forest resources (trees, other plants, birds) had been depleted on the now badly eroded volcanic interior. MAN-44 is the oldest archaeological site known on Mangaia. Whether other species of birds were lost in the period of human activity that preceded occupation of MAN-44 remains to be seen.
Keywords: biology

A Guide to Archaeological Collections of the New York State Museum - Sullivan, L. P. (New York State Museum Circular, 1990)
Keywords: anthropology

A New Schiedeella (Orchidaceae: Spiranthinae) from Guatemala - Szlachetko, D. L.; C. J. Sheviak (Rhodora, 1990)
Schiedeella schlechteriana Szlachetko & Sheviak is described as new. It is distinguished by a lip with narrowly rhombic hypochile and abruptly expanded epichile, dendritically proliferated nerves, and apically-directed auricles. It is compared with related species, one of which, S. valerioi (Ames & Schweinf.) Szlachetko & Sheviak, is formally transferred from Spiranthes.
Keywords: biology

Achene microstructure in Eriophorum (Cyperaceae): Taxonomic implications and paleobotanical applications - Tucker, G. C.; N. G. Miller (Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 1990)
Silica bodies in the outer cells of the achene epidermis in 17 species of Eriophorum and nine species of Scirpus, some of which have been placed in Eriophorum, were revealed by sonication and/or acetolysis and examined by scanning electron microscopy. A silica body consists of a basal platform, one or more large elevated protuberances, and sometimes smaller satellite protuberances. Individual species differ in the number of protuberances, the presence/absence of satellites, the texture of the platform, and the occurrence of nodules on the larger protuberances. These features, combined with achene shape and characteristics of the anticlinal walls of the epidermal cells (undulate vs. straight, thick vs. thin, buttressed or not), are expressed in a unique combination for each species. Scirpus hudsonianus was examined for geographic and developmental variation in the microstructure of its silica bodies. All samples had similar bodies, characterized by conspicuous nodules on the protuberances and a smooth platform. Nodules were much less evident in immature achenes. Achene epidermal microstructure supports the placement of S. hudsonianus in Scirpus sect. Baeothryon and S. maximowiczii in Scirpus sect. Trichophorum. Achenes of S. hudsonianus and Scirpus cespitosus share similar silica bodies and other achene features. Achene microstructure of a late-Pleistocene fossil proved to be the same as that in Scirpus hudsonianus. Our studies establish the feasibility of identifying all species of Eriophorum by utilizing microstructural characteristics of isolated achenes.
Keywords: biology paleontology

Prospecting for sand, gravel and heavy minerals in the New York State Offshore: Phase II, Reconnaissance of Drill Core and Seismic Data: Final Report - Albanese, J.R.; W. M. Kelly; M. P. Aparisi; Grosz, A.E.; Burbanck, G. (1989)
Keywords: geology

More Bird Bones from Polynesian Archeological Sites on Henderson Island, Pitcairn Group, South Pacific - Allen, M. S.; D. W. Steadman (Atoll Research Bulletin, 1989)
Keywords: anthropology biology

Lower Hudson Sheet - D. H. Cadwell (Surficial Geologic Map of New York, 1989)
Keywords: geology

Deglacial History and Environments of the Upper Wallkill Valley - Connally, G. G.; Sirkin, L.; D. H. Cadwell (Guidebook, 1989)
Keywords: geology

Significance of Burying in Ammocrypta pellucida - R. A. Daniels (Copea, 1989)
The burying behavior observed in all darters of the genus Ammocrypta has been described as a technique to: 1) avoid predators; 2) enhance prey-capturing abilities; or 3) conserve energy. I tested these three hypotheses experimentally with specimens of Ammocrypta pellucida held in an artificial stream system. When burying themselves, individual A. pellucida consistently plunged headfirst and completely covered themselves with sand. Tests showed that this species did not bury itself to increase its ability to capture prey; nor did the proximity of predators consistently elicit the burying response. The hypothesis of energy conservation is not rejected, but may be incomplete. I suggest that this darter plunges to maintain its position on the relatively homogeneous sand beds on which it lives. Although the behavior is exhibited at any time and during any season, it is probably of high survival value only during periods of extremely high or low flow.
Keywords: biology

Cultural Resource Reconnaissance Survey Report for PIN 1136.06.101, Route 296 Screening and Survey, Village of Hensonville, Town of Windham, Greene County, New York. - N. L. Davis (1989)
Keywords: Cultural Resources

Geology of the Wine Country, New York; Guidebook - R. H. Fakundiny; D. H. Cadwell; Fleisher, P. J. (1989)
Keywords: geology

Memorial to Thomas W. Fluhr, 1898-1987 - R. H. Fakundiny (Memorials - Geological Society of America, 1989)
Keywords: geology

Landslide Inventory Map of New York - Fickies, R. H.; Brabb, E. E. (New York State Museum Circular, 1989)
Keywords: geology

A Major Quarry-Workshop Site Near Cherry Valley, New York - Funk, R. E.; Wellman, B. (Pennsylvania Archaeologist, 1989)
Keywords: anthropology