Record #:

5149

Author(s):

Burk, William A.

Abstract:

William Campbell Dickison died November 22,1999, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dickison, an internationally known plant morphologist and plant anatomist, joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biology Department in 1969. He was also a former editor of the Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society from 1975 to 1981.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 117 Issue 2, Summer 2001, p90-93, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Dickison, William Campbell, 1941-1999

Record #:

4424

Author(s):

Troyer, James R.

Abstract:

A train struck Gerald McCarthy, the first biologist of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, while he collected plants on October 11, 1892. He was severely injured; deafness prevented his hearing the train's approach. Yet deafness did not prevent an outstanding biological career. His accomplishments include contributing to the early development of the national seed-testing standard and the creation of the North Carolina Crop-Pest Control Commission.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 115 Issue 4, Winter 1999, p201-212, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biologists; McCarthy, Michael Gerald, 1858-1915

Record #:

4425

Author(s):

Stalter, Richard; Lamont, Eric E.

Abstract:

Vascular flora of Bogue Banks and the Cape Lookout National Seashore totals 521 species within 312 genera and 114 families. Fourteen of the species are listed by North Carolina as rare and endangered. An annotated list of species is included.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 115 Issue 4, Winter 1999, p213-235, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Plants--Cape Lookout National Seashore; Plants--Bogue Banks

Record #:

4429

Author(s):

Lee, David S.

Abstract:

An oil/gas drill site, proposed by the Mobil Oil Corporation on North Carolina's Outer Continental Shelf, is a potential hazard to rare and globally endangered seabirds. The drill site area had been nominated as a globally Important Bird Area. The drill site would also affect the area's ecotourism, as a large birdwatching industry has developed on the Outer Banks. A number of endangered species and described by the author.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 115 Issue 4, Winter 1999, p294-315, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Oil well drilling, Offshore

Record #:

3928

Author(s):

Webster, Wm. David; DeBow, Tracey M.; Summer, Perry W.

Abstract:

The coyote's range is expanding. In the early 1980s, the animal was found in only four of the state's one hundred counties. By 1998, it had almost covered the state. Impacts from such proliferation include increased human-animal encounters and threats to native wildlife.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 114 Issue 3, Fall 1998, p113-118, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Coyotes

Record #:

3929

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

From 1982 to 1996, the Poor Boy Shark Tournament was held at Shallotte Point. These tournaments were popular because sharks were plentiful, good sport, and good to eat. However, two things ended the tournament in 1996. First, because sharks were being overfished, there were plans to limit size and catch; and secondly, other fishing tournaments began to offer larger money prizes.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 114 Issue 3, Fall 1998, p149-158, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sharks; Shark fishing; Poor Boy Shark Tournament (Shallotte Point); Tournament fishing--Shallotte Point

Record #:

3628

Author(s):

Cahoon, Lawrence B.

Abstract:

Cooperation between the New Zealand government and the pork industry resulted in more effective swine waste management practices. Consideration of such practices could provide ways to improve hog waste management in the state.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 113 Issue 3, Fall 1997, p103-110, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pork industry and trade; Agricultural wastes--Environmental aspects; Swine

Record #:

3037

Author(s):

Troyer, James R.

Abstract:

Larry Alston Whitford, who died October 6, 1995, exemplifies the spirit of the land-grant college--to educate the common man. From humble rural beginnings, he was graduated from NC State University and became a world-renowned psychologist.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 4, Winter 1996, p171-180, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Whitford, Larry Alston, 1902-1995

Record #:

2412

Author(s):

Brotak, Dr. Ed

Abstract:

Statewide, tornadoes are becoming stronger and more numerous, inflicting property destruction, injuries, and death. Between 1963 and 1992, the state averaged 15.3 tornadoes yearly, and in 1991 was ranked 22nd nationally in number of tornadoes.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 1, Spring 1995, p7-12, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tornadoes; Natural disasters

Record #:

2903

Author(s):

Linzey, Donald W.

Abstract:

Sixty-six species of mammals inhabit the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Since the data were collected in 1968, two new ones, the hoary bat and the coyote, have been recorded, and two others, the river otter and the red wolf, have been reintroduced.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 1, Spring 1995, p1-81, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Mammals--North Carolina, Western; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

2949

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Jensen, Chris; Hopkins, Glenn

Abstract:

On July 20, 1995, an adult male reef shark was caught approximately one kilometer east of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The capture afforded the first documented data for this type of shark and indicated a range extension north of Florida waters.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 2, Summer 1995, p121-125, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sharks

Record #:

3056

Author(s):

Trayer, James R.

Abstract:

Dr. Donald Benton Anderson, an outstanding teacher, scientist, researcher in biology, and administrator at North Carolina State University, died May 22, 1994. Among his many honors was the 1951 O. Max Gardner Award.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 111 Issue 3, Fall 1995, p146-159, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Anderson, Donald Benton, 1899-1994

Record #:

1296

Author(s):

Hannah, Peter H.

Abstract:

Hannah conducted stand tally and stem analysis samplings at Bent Creek and Coweeta watersheds in North Carolina to support conclusions concerning the past and future development of hardwood stands in the Southern Appalachians.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 109 Issue 2, Summer 1993, p87-98, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Forests and forestry--Hardwoods

Record #:

1297

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Saxon, John L.

Abstract:

This survey, corroborating similar earlier studies in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas, notes that runoff input into a canal system lowers numbers and varieties of fish and invertebrates. The authors call for increased water flow through the canal system.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 109 Issue 2, Summer 1993, p99-114, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Marine fauna--Pine Knoll Shores; Canal ecology--Pine Knoll Shores

Record #:

1298

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Schwartz has discovered the unusual occurrence of a steelhead (or rainbow) trout in coastal-estuarine waters, and offers a possible explanation.

Source:

Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society (NoCar Q 11 .J68x), Vol. 109 Issue 2, Summer 1993, p115-118, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Rainbow trout; Pettiford Creek