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Life Sciences

1972

William & Mary

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Aspects Of The Biology And Systematics Of The American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata (Lesueur), Charles A. Wenner Jan 1972

Aspects Of The Biology And Systematics Of The American Eel, Anguilla Rostrata (Lesueur), Charles A. Wenner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Environmental Effects And Enzyme Changes In Embryogenesis Of Daucus Carota Cultured In Vitro, Janet C. Eckhouse Jan 1972

Environmental Effects And Enzyme Changes In Embryogenesis Of Daucus Carota Cultured In Vitro, Janet C. Eckhouse

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Oxygen Equilibrium Properties Of Coelomic Hemoglobin In The Polychaete Glycera Dibranchiata, Judy Ann Carhart Jan 1972

Oxygen Equilibrium Properties Of Coelomic Hemoglobin In The Polychaete Glycera Dibranchiata, Judy Ann Carhart

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Iodine Metabolism In Sessile Stages Of Chesapeake Bay Semaeostome Jellyfish, Janet Evelyn Olmon Jan 1972

Iodine Metabolism In Sessile Stages Of Chesapeake Bay Semaeostome Jellyfish, Janet Evelyn Olmon

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Acute Toxicity Of No 6 Fuel Oil To Intertidal Organisms In The Lower York River, Virginia, Jeffrey L. Hyland Jan 1972

Acute Toxicity Of No 6 Fuel Oil To Intertidal Organisms In The Lower York River, Virginia, Jeffrey L. Hyland

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The In Vitro Secretion Of Growth Regulators By Isolated Callus Tissues, Alan Lung-Ming Lin Jan 1972

The In Vitro Secretion Of Growth Regulators By Isolated Callus Tissues, Alan Lung-Ming Lin

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Vascular Flora Of The Yorktown Colonial Parkway Between Brackens Pond And Kings Creek, Emily Depp Sallã© Jan 1972

Vascular Flora Of The Yorktown Colonial Parkway Between Brackens Pond And Kings Creek, Emily Depp Sallã©

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Postlarval Growth And Reproductive Biology Of The Xanthid Crab, Neopanopetexana Sayi, Richard Carlyle Swartz Jan 1972

Postlarval Growth And Reproductive Biology Of The Xanthid Crab, Neopanopetexana Sayi, Richard Carlyle Swartz

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Benthic Fish Associations On The Continental Slope Of The Middle Atlantic Bight, Douglas F. Markle Jan 1972

Benthic Fish Associations On The Continental Slope Of The Middle Atlantic Bight, Douglas F. Markle

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Larvae And Young Of The Western North Atlantic Bothid Flatfishes, Etropusmicrostomus (Gill) And Citharichthys Arctifroms, Goode In The Chesapeake Bight, Sarah Butler Leonard Jan 1972

Larvae And Young Of The Western North Atlantic Bothid Flatfishes, Etropusmicrostomus (Gill) And Citharichthys Arctifroms, Goode In The Chesapeake Bight, Sarah Butler Leonard

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Distribution And Abundance Of Calanoid Copepods In The York River Estuary, Virginia, 1968 And 1969, Victor G. Burrell Jr. Jan 1972

Distribution And Abundance Of Calanoid Copepods In The York River Estuary, Virginia, 1968 And 1969, Victor G. Burrell Jr.

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Calanoid copepods were sampled quantitatively at twelve stations in the York River estuary monthly over a two year period. Twenty-two different calanoid species were identified, with five species, Acartia tonsa, A. clausi, Eurytemora affinis, Pseudocalanus minutus and Pseudodiaptomus coronatus making up 95% of the numbers present. Several factors were investigated to determine their biological influence was the ctenophore, Mnemiopsis leidyi, a predator which reduced copepod numbers logarithmically at stations at which it occurred. Increased river flow was followed by large increases in copepod numbers and was the most important physical influence.

Distribution of all calanoid species appearing in the estuary …


A Systematic Survey Of The Tribe Cichorieae In Virginia, Craig Lee Nessler Jan 1972

A Systematic Survey Of The Tribe Cichorieae In Virginia, Craig Lee Nessler

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Differential Prenatal And Postnatal Social Environments On Sexual Maturation Of Young Prairie Deermice, Donna Block Thomas Jan 1972

The Effects Of Differential Prenatal And Postnatal Social Environments On Sexual Maturation Of Young Prairie Deermice, Donna Block Thomas

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Effect Of Temperature On Active And Resting Metabolism In Polychaetes, Philip Exton Coyer Jan 1972

Effect Of Temperature On Active And Resting Metabolism In Polychaetes, Philip Exton Coyer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of Growth And Respiratory Changes With Age Of Mycelial Mats Of Alternaria Solani Ell And G Martin) L R Jones And Grout, William Leslie Butman Jan 1972

An Analysis Of Growth And Respiratory Changes With Age Of Mycelial Mats Of Alternaria Solani Ell And G Martin) L R Jones And Grout, William Leslie Butman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Morphology And Ecology Of Chesapeake Bay Decapod Crustacean Larvae, Paul A. Sandifer Jan 1972

Morphology And Ecology Of Chesapeake Bay Decapod Crustacean Larvae, Paul A. Sandifer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This dissertation is from the Joint Program Degree from the College of William & Mary and University of Virginia and awarded by the University of Virginia.

Provisional keys to the marine decapod crustacean zoeae of the Chesapeake Bay are presented. These keys provide distinguishing characters for the specific or generic identification of zoeae of 50 decapod species. Also, provisional classification schemes for the different morphological types of antennae and telsons exhibited by Chesapeake Bay brachyuran larvae are given, and the larval stages of each species or genus considered in the keys are briefly described.

The larval development of eight Chesapeake …


Serum Esterase, Lactate Dehydrogenase, And Tetrazolium Oxidase Polymorphisms In The Clupeidae, Walter Francis Eanes Jan 1972

Serum Esterase, Lactate Dehydrogenase, And Tetrazolium Oxidase Polymorphisms In The Clupeidae, Walter Francis Eanes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Information Processing During High And Low Eeg Alpha Activity, Frances Gilliam Slocumb Jan 1972

Information Processing During High And Low Eeg Alpha Activity, Frances Gilliam Slocumb

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Interaction Of Preoptic And Arcuate Nuclei Of The Hypothalamus And The Medial Amygdala In The Reproductive Behavior Of The Female Rat, Linda C. Petty Jan 1972

Interaction Of Preoptic And Arcuate Nuclei Of The Hypothalamus And The Medial Amygdala In The Reproductive Behavior Of The Female Rat, Linda C. Petty

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Density Correlated Movements Of Four Small Mammal Species, Martin Lloyd Prather Jan 1972

Density Correlated Movements Of Four Small Mammal Species, Martin Lloyd Prather

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Experimental Study Of Movement In Natural Populations Of Three Species Of Rodents, Patti Pawl Staples Jan 1972

An Experimental Study Of Movement In Natural Populations Of Three Species Of Rodents, Patti Pawl Staples

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Study Of Food Hoarding In Freely Growing Laboratory Populations Of Prairie Deermice, Linda Zawadsky Rice Jan 1972

A Study Of Food Hoarding In Freely Growing Laboratory Populations Of Prairie Deermice, Linda Zawadsky Rice

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Secretory Vesicle Formation And Dictyosome Morphology In Tetrasporangia Of The Marine Red Alga Polysiphonia Denudata (Dillwyn) Kutzing, Charles Dickson Alley Jan 1972

Secretory Vesicle Formation And Dictyosome Morphology In Tetrasporangia Of The Marine Red Alga Polysiphonia Denudata (Dillwyn) Kutzing, Charles Dickson Alley

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Acute Toxicity Of Unbleached Kraft Mill Effluent (Ukme) To The Oppossum Shrimp, Neomysis Americana Smith, Fred Jacobs Jan 1972

Acute Toxicity Of Unbleached Kraft Mill Effluent (Ukme) To The Oppossum Shrimp, Neomysis Americana Smith, Fred Jacobs

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

96-hour TL50 values of unbleached kraft mill effluent (UKME) for Neornysis arnericana were found to range from concentrations of 3.29 to 6.85% at 26-28 C and 3.90 to 7.30% at 16-18 C. Differences between batches of effluent proved insignificant in experiments at each temperature regime. Furthermore, UKME did not lose its toxicity, when stored for 5 to 7 days at 4 C. A concentration of 20% effluent killed 100% of the organisms in 8 of the 12 bioassays. Slope functions and confidence limits of TL50 were calculated. This dissertation is from the Joint Program Degree from the College of William …


Distribution, Growth, Selective Feeding, And Energy Transformations Of Young-Of-The-Year Blueback Herring, Alosa Aestivalis (Mitchill), In The James River, Virginia, Richard Greig Burbidge Jan 1972

Distribution, Growth, Selective Feeding, And Energy Transformations Of Young-Of-The-Year Blueback Herring, Alosa Aestivalis (Mitchill), In The James River, Virginia, Richard Greig Burbidge

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Energy transformations and budget are computers for young-of-the-year blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis, in the James River, Virginia. Distribution, growth, and selective feeding are described. Fish and zooplankton collections were made at five stations in the main channel of the James RIver from June through November 1969. Two 24hr series of samples were collected in July and October 1968 in the Potomac River. A direct relationship existed between standing cropos of zooplankton and distribution, growth, and feeding of blueback herring. Zooplankton densities were highest upstream, where food consumption and growth rates were correspondingly highest. A progressive downstream decrease and upstream increase …


The Reproductive Cycle And Larval Tolerances Of Rangia Cuneata In The James River, Virginia, Thomas David Cain Jan 1972

The Reproductive Cycle And Larval Tolerances Of Rangia Cuneata In The James River, Virginia, Thomas David Cain

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The autecology of the brackish water clam Rangia cuneata was investigated in the James River, Virginia, from February 1970 to January 1972. The reproductive cycle, combined salinity and temperature effects on embryos and larvae, and setting were studied. Histological slides were made, set collected, and temperature and salinity measurements taken from three populations living in different salinity regimes. Phases of gonad development are described. Gametogenesis started in April and from May through September clams were found in all gonadal phases. Ripe gonads were found from May to late November with no summer or inactive period. It was determined by the …


Variations In Some Serum Constituents Of The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Maurice P. Lynch Jan 1972

Variations In Some Serum Constituents Of The Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, Maurice P. Lynch

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Ultrastructure Of Cothurnia Simplex Kahl, With Special Reference To The Stalk, Myonemes, And Basal Bodies, Robert Thomas Banes Jan 1972

The Ultrastructure Of Cothurnia Simplex Kahl, With Special Reference To The Stalk, Myonemes, And Basal Bodies, Robert Thomas Banes

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Feasibility Of Artificial Propagation And Introduction Of Hybrids Of The Morone Complex Into Estuarine Environments, With A Meristic And Morphometric Description Of The Hybrids, Jerome Howard Kerby Jan 1972

Feasibility Of Artificial Propagation And Introduction Of Hybrids Of The Morone Complex Into Estuarine Environments, With A Meristic And Morphometric Description Of The Hybrids, Jerome Howard Kerby

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

Laboratory and environmental studies of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) X white perch (M. americana) and striped bass X white bass (M. chrysops) were used to-determine the feasibility of introducing these hybrids into an estuary as a supplement to natural populations of the parental species. Growth patterns, survival, and general hardiness of the hybrids were used as criteria. Growth of striped bass X white perch hybrids in the laboratory was apparently somewhat less than growth of natural populations of striped bass, but was much greater than growth of natural populations of white perch. Hybrid growth was slower than striped bass growth …


The Effects Of Total Body Proton Irradiation On The Peripheral Plasma Corticosterone Concentration And The Ultrastructure Of The Zona Fasciculata In Mus Musculus, Robert James Young Jan 1972

The Effects Of Total Body Proton Irradiation On The Peripheral Plasma Corticosterone Concentration And The Ultrastructure Of The Zona Fasciculata In Mus Musculus, Robert James Young

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.