27847

Cowell, Rebekah L.

The Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival in Chatham County is raising money to buy the land it currently leases. The nonprofit that produces the festival cannot afford the land but does not want to leave. The festival is growing each year and its lease is almost up. The problem is explored and compared with other national festivals who have experienced similar issues.

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 6, February 2010, p39

Festivals; Traditional music; Ecology

28166

Krysko, Kenneth L.; Owen, Richard D.; Nickerson, Max A.

A survey of streams in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park revealed low populations of hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) and mudpuppies (Necturus maculosus). Water quality profiles indicated acidic conditions for Little River and Noland Creek, suggesting that monitoring efforts should be continued.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 118 Issue 1, Spring 2002, p27-34, il, map, bibl

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.); Ecology; Salamanders--Research

28206

Keller, Robert D.; Gaudin, Timothy J.; Brinson, James C.; Mauney, H. Ford

The golden mouse (Ochrotomys nuttalli) ranges across the southeastern United States, and typically prefers habitat consisting of greenbrier and honeysuckle. In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the golden mouse prefers similar habitats in high elevation grassy balds.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 119 Issue 3, Fall 2003, p120-122, bibl

Ecology; Mice; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

28254

Wujek, Daniel E.

A total of twenty-nine scale-bearing Protista were observed from freshwater North and South Carolina sites. While ten of the taxa have been previously reported from the United States, nineteen are new records.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 121 Issue 1, Spring 2005, p1-16, il, bibl

Ecology; Microbiology

28342

Jetton, Robert M.; Hastings, Felton L.; Hain, Fred P.

The diversity and seasonal abundance of arthropods (insects and spiders) associated with two old growth and two secondary growth stands of eastern hemlock were assessed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. More arthropods were captured in secondary growth hemlock stands than in old growth stands.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009, p70-77, il, bibl

Insects; Spiders; Ecology

28343

Crickenberger, Sam; Sotka, Erik

Coastal and estuarine systems are highly susceptible to species invasions. This study examined the relationship between recruitment and adult communities in Charleston, South Carolina. The non-indigenous Asian green mussel (Perna viridis) was found indicating the need for extended monitoring efforts.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009, p78-84, il, bibl

Invasives; Ecology; Marine biology; Mussels

28390

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

Understory vegetation biomass and species richness response to site preparation treatments, fertilization trials and drainage locations in loblolly pine and pond pine plantations were studied in an Eastern North Carolina pocosin. Results indicate whether some ecosystem functions are being lost.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 126 Issue 2, Summer 2010, p37-43, il, map, bibl

Loblolly pine; Pocosins; Ecology

28393

Long, James M.

A fish inventory in 2004 of Guilford Courthouse National Military Park in Greensboro, North Carolina was conducted by sampling three reaches of the two streams within the park. The fish community was surprisingly diverse, considering alterations and urbanization of surrounding Greensboro.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 126 Issue 4, Winter 2010, p77-83, il, map, bibl

Fish species--North Carolina; Ecology

28415

Dourson, Daniel C.; Langdon, Keith

Selected high elevation forests and heath balds of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park were comprehensively sampled for the first time. Overall species richness declined with elevation, yet numbers of snails appear to change little with increasing altitude.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012, p27-32, il, bibl

Snails; Ecology; Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)

28419

Finn, Caitlyn B.; Leung, Ming; Naughton, Hannah; May, Andre; Wang, Xiangyu; Cooke, Sandra L.

The spiny water flea (Daphnia lumholtzi) is a potentially invasive species native to Eastern Africa. While its complete distribution in North Carolina is unknown, this is the first report of the flea in B. Everett Jordan Lake, a reservoir in central North Carolina.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012, p51-53, il, map, bibl

Invasives; Ecology

28430

Thomas, Jeffrey

In North Carolina, dog-day cicadas appear in smaller numbers every year. Observations in a Charlotte, North Carolina suburban neighborhood revealed that the cicadas were being attacked by carpenter ants as they emerged from the ground. Thus, predation is an important regulator of dog-day cicadas.

Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science (NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 4, Winter 2013, p190, bibl

Cicada; Ecology

28561

Keller, Danielle

Danielle Keller, a doctoral student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute of Marine Sciences, describes how changing seagrass cover in North Carolina waters might affect juvenile fish.

Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue 1, Winter 2017, p18-19, por Periodical Website

Seagrasses--North Carolina; Ecology

30051

Holsinger, John R.; Culver, David C.

Collections of invertebrate animals and ecological data were made from approximately five-hundred caves in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge province of Virginia and eastern Tennessee from 1961 to 1980. The regional cave faunas consist of species that are related to or also exist in North Carolina and other southeastern states.

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 14, June 1988, p1-162, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Caves; Ecology

30075

Doughman, Jan S.

This paper offers a taxonomic and ecological summary of all known species of Sympotthastia, a genus of non-biting midges in the insect family Chironomidae. Chironomid larvae occur in all types of aquatic or brackish waters. Species found in the Nearctic realm of North Carolina provide additional information on the larval stages of certain species.

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 11, Oct 1985, p39-53, il Periodical Website

Insects; Ecology

30091

Schultz, George A.

The eighteen terrestrial isopod crustaceans from North Carolina are reviewed with synonymies, illustrations, distribution maps, ecological notes and a key to species. The species can be divided into species exclusively from the seashore, and species from more upland locations.

Brimleyana (NoCar QL 155 B75), Vol. Issue 8, Dec 1982, p1-26, il, map, bibl Periodical Website

Estuarine fauna; Ecology