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28393
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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.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 126 Issue 4, Winter 2010,
p77-83, il, map, bibl
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28430
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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.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 129 Issue 4, Winter 2013,
p190, bibl
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36191
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Reuse, recycle, and renew are buzz words generated by the ongoing environmental crisis. Ways wine bottles can be used after the party ends are ecologically conscious, creative, and practical. Uses included plant labels, row covers securers, and floral wreath additions.
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28415
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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.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012,
p27-32, il, bibl
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36446
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When it comes to Belks’ contemporary company image, the word fashionable can be replaced with sustainable. Planting seeds of accountability toward the earth and environment is this corporation’s ecologically rooted endeavors. Endeavors exemplified were a volunteer farm stand, Common Grounds, and organic farm, Wild Hope Farm.
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36573
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Newfound School’s curriculum, resulting in a majority of its graduates attending schools such as Yale and Oberlin, was partly inspired by the decade it existed. While complying with the state’s educational standards, the school founded in 1971 added real-world experience in novel ways. Included were courses such as oceanography; town hall-style to discuss current events; students exploring the city during free periods.
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28419
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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.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 128 Issue 2, Summer 2012,
p51-53, il, map, bibl
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42692
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Roanoke River Partners currently has sixteen camping sites located in six counties along and close to the Roanoke River. People from all over the United States and foreign countries visit and use these facilities. Economic impact to the region is said to be half a million dollars a year. Carol Shields is Executive Director.
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28561
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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.
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36263
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UNC system research and startup businesses generated over 2.6 billion dollars and created over 28,000 jobs. Also yielded were medical advancements such as gene therapy, businesses like GI Therapeutics, Inc., and protective measures of the state’s ecosystems aimed to improve oyster growth.
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36456
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Joining sustainability efforts is the nonprofit American Chestnut Foundation. Factors assuring their sustainability success included partnerships with universities possessing cutting edge technological tools, a successful breeding program at Meadowview Research Farms, and advocacy of volunteers and members known familiarly as “chestnutters.”
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30075
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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.
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28343
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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.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 125 Issue 2, Summer 2009,
p78-84, il, bibl
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30091
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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.
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30051
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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.
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