Record #:

19718

Author(s):

Glasgow, Benny C.

Abstract:

\"A new endemic species of land planarian is described from the Smoky Mountains National Park. This is the first report of a new land planarian of the subfamily Microplaninae from the United States since 1954.\"

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 1, Spr 2013, p1-8, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Land planarian--Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

Record #:

28306

Author(s):

Fernando, Anthony V.; Kemp, Philip S., Jr.

Abstract:

A key was prepared for the shell-less opisthobranch gastropods reported as occurring on the Atlantic coast from South Carolina to New Jersey. Forty-seven species were keyed out using primarily external characteristics.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 123 Issue 4, Winter 2007, p233-241, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Snails; Biology

Record #:

28167

Author(s):

Potts, Jennifer C.

Abstract:

A large bulleye, Cookeolus japonicas (Family Priacanthidae), was caught March 2, 2001, by a commercial hook-and-line fisherman, southwest of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. This new North Carolina specimen is the largest in North Carolina and the second largest reported in the Northwest Atlantic.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 118 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p35-37, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fishes--Research; Fishes--Geographical distribution; Fishing catches

Record #:

28341

Author(s):

Bettis, Jerry L.; Cooper, Arthur W.; Kellison, Robert C.

Abstract:

This study examined chemical status and its relationship to pine wood productivity, following plantation management, in pocosin soils of Eastern North Carolina. Results suggest that loblolly pine should be favored over pond pine in nearly all pine plantations.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009, p61-69, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pocosins; Loblolly pine

Record #:

28258

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Bonefishes (family Albulidae) are cosmopolitan fishes that inhabit sand and grass flats of tropical seas. The current status of bonefishes in North Carolina was reviewed and a sixth bonefish species (Albula vulpes) was identified near Cape Hatteras.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 1, Spring 2005, p47, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish populations--Research; Fishes--Geographical distribution

Record #:

28337

Author(s):

Forrest, T. G.; Goodman, Tamara K.

Abstract:

The northern bush katydid (Scudderia septentrionalis) is currently listed by the North Carolina Heritage Program as a significantly rare insect. Surveys for the katydid in western North Carolina were conducted by listening for their unique mating calls. Observations provided estimates of their location and population.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 124 Issue 4, Winter 2008, p148-153, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Insects; Katydids

Record #:

28235

Author(s):

Moerschbaecher, Matthew K.; Weber, Louise M.

Abstract:

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a federal parkway administered by the National Park Service in Virginia and North Carolina. This study is an attempt to better understand which species of wildlife are directly affected by vehicular traffic along the parkway, as well as what might be the cause of high road-kill rates.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 120 Issue 3, Fall 2004, p110-112, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blue Ridge Parkway (N.C. and Va.); Traffic safety and wildlife

Record #:

28340

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Tail spine characteristics of thirty-seven stingray species frequenting the Western Atlantic Ocean and South American freshwater rivers were examined noting spine serrations, presence of a dorsal groove, and other features. Utilizing a combination of tail spine characteristics, one can usually determine whether a species caused death or harm.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009, p47-60, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Marine biology; Stingrays--Research; Stingways

Record #:

28426

Author(s):

Urian, Kim W.; Waples, Danielle M.; Tyson, Reny B.; Hodge, Lynne E.W.; Read, Andrew J.

Abstract:

A capture-recapture survey of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncates) was conducted in the sounds, estuaries and near-shore waters of North Carolina in 2000 and 2006. The abundance of dolphins in this area remained relatively stable between the studies.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 4, Winter 2013, p165-171, map, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bottlenose dolphins--Research

Record #:

28416

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Improved sampling by otter trawls, ships that are capable of sampling deeper waters, submersible observations, visual observations and published studies reveal over two-hundred additional fish species inhabiting estuarine to 2,000+ m ocean water depths off North Carolina.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012, p33-38, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish species--North Carolina

Record #:

28202

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.

Abstract:

Cosmopolitan occurring ocean sunfishes or molas, Mola mola and Mola lanceolata (family Molidae), have been documented in North Carolina waters by a number of marine scientists. Frank Schwartz of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences updated information on both molas in relation to seasonal occurrences in ocean and estuarine waters, food, age, and additional fish associations.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 119 Issue 2, Summer 2003, p57-60, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Mola mola

Record #:

28256

Author(s):

Webster, Wm. David

Abstract:

Only one published record of the gray bat (Myotis grisescens) from 1968 in North Carolina exists. Recently, gray bats have been documented more frequently during the summer months using a sonar detecting technique. Records indicate that the gray bat is more common and widespread in western North Carolina than previously known.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 1, Spring 2005, p45-46, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Bats--Research

Record #:

5823

Author(s):

Burk, William R.

Abstract:

Burk discusses the life and accomplishments of Alma Leonora Holland Beers, who was the first woman botanist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the first half of the 20th-century.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 118 Issue 4, Winter 2002, p221-226, il, por, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Botanists; Beers, Alma Leonora Holland, 1892-1974

Record #:

28263

Author(s):

Schwartz, Frank J.; Safrit, Glenn, Jr.

Abstract:

Various theories have attempted to explain color abnormalities in the southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma). Specimens of southern flounder were collected in Core Sound, North Carolina and examined. Observations contradict previous theories and suggest ambicoloration and abnormalities may be the result of other developmental factors.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 2, Summer 2005, p77-79, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fish--Research; Biology

Record #:

12532

Author(s):

Cooper, John E.

Abstract:

In North Carolina forty native crayfishes make their home, as well as three invasive species and several known but undescribed species. Cooper's paper is the first comprehensive listing of the state's crayfish fauna since 1995.

Source:

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 126 Issue 3, Fall 2010, p69-78, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Crayfish--Research