Ellison, J. C., Review: Long-term retrospection on mangrove development using sediment cores and pollen analysis: A review, Aquatic Botany 89: 93-104, 2008. (BAMZ #2900)
American eels Sargasso Sea migration...
Beguer-Pon, M. et al., Direct observations of American eels migrating across the continental shelf to the Sargasso Sea, Nature Communications, 9 pp., 2015. (BAMZ #2899)
Seagrass paper
Lee, Chen-Lu et al., Herbivory in multi-species, tropical seagrass beds, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 525: 65-80, 2015. (BAMZ #2898)
Black Grouper paper....
Luckhurst, B. & T. M. Trott, A Brief History and Aspects of the Fishery Biology of Black Grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) at Bermuda, Proceedings of the 67th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 3-7 2014, Christ Church, Barbados. (BAMZ #2896)
Sargasso Sea report
Luckhurst, B. E. & F. Arocha, Evidence of Spawning in the Southern Sargasso Sea of Fish Species Managed by ICCAT – Albacore Tuna, Swordfish and White Marlin, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), 2015. (BAMZ #2893)
2014 & 2015 Diamondback Terrapin report...
Color matching in Sargassum Associated Crabs
Russell, B. J. & H. M. Dierssen, Use of Hyperspectral Imagery to Assess Cryptic Color Matching in Sargassum Associated Crabs, PLOS One, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136260, September 9, 2015. (BAMZ #2891)
Heritage Matters
Volume 5 of the Heritage Matters series written by Dr. Edward Harris and published by the National Museum of Bermuda has arrived in the library.
Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing - Scientific Paper
Wilcox, C., E. Van Sebille & B. D. Hardesty, Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing, PNAS Early Edition, 6pp, 2015. (BAMZ #2885)
The Ophryotrocha labronica group (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) - with the description of seven new species
Hannelore, P. & B. Akesson, The Ophryotrocha labronica group (Annelida: Dorvilleidae) – with the description of seven new species, Zootaxa, 2713: 1-24, 2010. (BAMZ #2884)
Soil genesis on the island of Bermuda: The importance of African dust transport and deposition
We have a new scientific paper in the library -
Muhs, D. R. et al., Soil genesis on the island of Bermuda in the Quaternary: The importance of African dust transport and deposition, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117 (F03025): 26 pp., 2012. (BAMZ #2883)
2015 acquisitions so far...
New book titles -
Norris, James N., Marine Algae of the Northern Gulf of California II: Rhodophyta, Smithsonian Contributions to Botany No. 96, 2014. (QK541.9.C35.N6)
Set of Teacher Resource Guides published by the Bermuda National Trust –
St. George’s: History & Select Buildings
Verdmont: Historic House & Garden
Spittal Pond Nature Reserve
Vesey Nature Reserve
The Historic Tucker House and Archaeological Exhibit
Waterville: Historic House & Gardens
Sherwin Nature Reserve including Warwick Pond
An Introduction to Bermuda’s Historic Cemeteries
Somerset Long Bay East Nature Reserve
Paget Marsh Nature Reserve
An Introduction to Archaeology in Bermuda
The Bermuda National Trust Museum at the Globe Hotel
White, David L., Hamilton: Town and City, Bermuda National Trust. (REF BDA HIST.)
New Papers -
Armstrong, Z., B. Hamilton & J. Savoie, Understanding the Invasion: An Analysis of Bermudan Lionfish in Shallow Waters, Mount Allison University, 2015. (BAMZ #2874)
Dewailly, E., et al., Research Note: Vitamin A Intoxication from Reef Fish Liver Consumption in Bermuda, Journal of Food Protection, 74(9): 1581-1583, 2011. (BAMZ #2834)
Ebert T. A. et al., Growth, Survival, and Longevity Estimates for the Rock-Boring Sea Urchin Echinometra Lucunter lucunter (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) in Bermuda, Bulletin of Marine Science, 82(3): 381-403, 2008. (BAMZ #2859)
Fortenberry, Brent & Markely Brown III (eds.), Bermuda: Celebrating 400 Years of History, A Special Issue of Post-Medieval Archaeology. The Journal of the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, Vol. 45(1), 2011.
Freestone, D., “Securing the Ocean for the Next Generation”, Proceedings from the 2012 LOSI-KIOST Conference on Securing the Ocean for the Next Generation, 15pp., 2012. (BAMZ #2861)
Freestone, D., International Governance, Responsibility and Management of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 27: 191-204, 2012. (BAMZ #2851)
Freestone, D. & K. K. Morrison, Current Legal Developments: The Sargasso Sea, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 27: 647-655. 2012. (BAMZ #2844)
Freestone, D. et al., Place-based Dynamic Management of Large-Scale Ocean Places: Papahanaumokuakea and the Sargasso Sea, Stanford Environmental Law Journal, 33(2): 191-248, 2014. (BAMZ #2863)
Freestone, D. et al., Can existing institutions protect biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction? Experiences from two on-going processes, Marine Policy, 49: 167-175, 2014. (BAMZ #2862)
Freestone, D. & K. K. Morrison, Current Legal Developments: The Sargasso Sea, The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 29(2): 345-362, 2014. (BAMZ #2866)
Goulet, T. L., C. B. Cook & D. Goulet, Effect of short-term exposure to elevated temperatures and light levels on photosynthesis of different host-symbiont combinations in the Aiptasia pallidal Symbiodinium symbiosis, Limnol. Oceanogr., 50(5): 1490-1498, 2005. (BAMZ #2860)
Houser, D., et al., Phylogenetic placement of Diplazium laffanianum (Athyriaceae), a fern species endemic to Bermuda, 1 pp., 2015.
Lea, J. S. E. et al., Repeated, long distance migrations by a philopatric predator targeting highly contrasting ecosystems, 5:11202 DOI: 10.1038/srep 11202
Meyer, E. L., N. J. Matzke & S. J. Williams, Remote sensing of intertidal habitats predicts West Indian topsnail population expansion but reveals scale-dependent bias, Journal of Coastal Conservation, DOI: 10.1007/s11852-014-0371-7. Published online: 10 January 2015. (BAMZ #2879)
Keene, W. C. et al., Long-term trends in aerosol and precipitation composition over the western North Atlantic Ocean at Bermuda, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 14: 7025-7066, 2014. (BAMZ #2837)
Khatchikian, C. et al., Evaluation of species distribution model algorithms for fine-scale container-breeding mosquito risk prediction, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 25: 268-275, 2011. (BAMZ #2835)
Knapp, A. N. et al., Nitrate isotopic composition between Bermuda and Puerto Rico: Implications for N² fixation in the Atlantic Ocean, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 22(GB3014): 14 pp., 2008. (BAMZ #2858)
Kopczak, Charlie, James F. Kisiel & Shawn Rowe, Families talking about ecology at touch tanks, Env. Ed. Res., 21(1): 129-144, 2015.
Krysko, K. L. & K. J. Daniels, A Key to the Geckos (Sauria: Gekkonidae) of Florida, Caribbean Journal of Science, 41(1): 28-36, 2005. (BAMZ #2819)
Levesque, B. et al., Assessment of microbiological quality of drinking water from household tanks in Bermuda, Can. J. Microbiol., 54: 495-500, 2008. (BAMZ #2839)
Lipske, Michael, Bermuda’s Born-Again Petrels, National Wildlife, 51(2): 1, Feb/March 2013. (BAMZ #2845)
McGlathery, K. J., P. Berg & R. Marino, Using porewater profiles to assess nutrient availability in seagrass-vegetated carbonate sediments, Biogeochemistry, 56: 239-263, 2001. (BAMZ #2865)
Miller, Craig et al., Topographical Speed-Up Effects and Observed Roof Damage on Bermuda following Hurricane Fabian (2003), Weather and Forecasting, 28(1): 159-174, 2013. (BAMZ #2843)
Moody, J. L. et al., Flow climatology for physicochemical properties of dichotomous aerosol over the western North Atlantic Ocean at Bermuda, Atmos. Chem.. Phys. Discuss., 13: 22383-22444, 2013. (BAMZ #2841)
Moody, J. L. et al., Flow climatology for physicochemical properties of dichotomous aerosol over the western North Atlantic Ocean at Bermuda, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14: 691-717. 2014. (BAMZ #2838)
Murdoch, T. J. T., Bermuda Reef Watch – Methods Manual, Bermuda Zoological Society, 2014 (BBP #229/BAMZ #2875)
Outerbridge, Mark Evan, Life history of a native emydid turtle (Malaclemys terrapin centrata) on the remote oceanic islands of Bermuda, PhD. Thesis, University College Cork, 2014. (BAMZ #2872)
Peters, A. J., K. L. Weidner & C. L. Howley, The chemical water quality in roof-harvested cisterns in Bermuda, Journal of Water Supply: Research & Technology – AQUA, 57(3): 153-163, 2008. (BAMZ #2833)
Pola, Marta, The identity of Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910) (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae): Redescription and proposed designation of a neotype, Amer. Malac. Bull., 33(1): 72-77, 2015. (BAMZ #2857/BBP #216)
Reisser, J. et al., The vertical distribution of buoyant plastics at sea, Biogeosciences Discuss (under review), 11:16207-16226, 2014. (BAMZ #2820)
Rossby, T., C. N. Flagg & K. Donohue, Interannual variations in upper-ocean transport between New Jersey and Bermuda, Journal of Marine Research, 63: 203-226, 2005. (BAMZ #2864)
Sangster, G. et al., Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: seventh report, 153: 883-892, Ibis, 2011. (BAMZ #2842)
Schlag-Mendenhall, M., David Wingate: Guardian of a Lost Species, Birders World, 15(6): 43, 2001. (BAMZ #2840)
Schultz, James G. W. & Steve Joordens, The effect of visitor motivation on the success of environmental education at the Toronto Zoo, Env. Ed. Res., 20(6): 753-775, 2014.
Stegner, M. E. J. et al., The brain in three crustaceans from cavernous darkness, BMC Neuroscience, 16:10: 28 pp., 2015. (BBP #228/BAMZ #2868)
Wingate, David, Transcript of lecture given by David Wingate on the the native status of the Mulberry, to the Garden Club of Bermuda, 13 March 2015. (BAMZ #654)
Zablocki, J. A., A. J. Andersson & N. R. Bates, Diel Aquatic CO² System Dynamics of a Bermudian Mangrove Environment, Aquat. Geochem., 17: 841-859, 2011. (BAMZ #2836)
What a Plant Knows...
Chamovitz, Daniel, What a Plant Knows, Scientific American, 2012. (QK50.C4). Kindly donated by Lisa Greene.
NEW STINGRAY PAPER
Ajemian, M. J. & S. P. Powers, Towed-float satellite telemetry tracks large-scale movement and habitat connectivity of myliobatid stingrays, Environ. Biol. Fish., DOI: 10.1007/s10641-014-0296-x, 2014. (BAMZ #2776/BBP #217)
NEW BOOK
Deeming, D. C., Nests, Birds and Incubators: New Insights into Natural and Artificial Incubation, Brinsea Products Ltd., 2002. (QL675.D4)
NEW TITLE
Jackson, J., M. Donovan, Katie Cramer & V. Lam (eds.), Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2012, 2014. (electronic only). Chapter on Bermuda - BAMZ #2774
NEW PAPER
Rivera, H. E. & G. Goodbody-Gringley, Aggregation and cnidae development as early defensive strategies in Favia fragum and Porites astreoides, Coral Reefs, DOI: 10.1007/s00338-014-1180-z, 2014. (BIOS #2035)
NEW ACQUISITIONS
Berger, F. & S. LaGreca, Contributions to the lichen flora of Bermuda – Part I. New records, new combinations, and interesting collections of lichenized aschmycetes, Evansia, 31(2): 41-68, 2014. (BAMZ #2770/BBP #215)
Irwin, M. D., J. B. Stoner & A. M. Cobaugh, Zookeeping: An Introduction to the Science and Technology, The University of Chicago Press, 2013. (QL76.Z7)
NEW DCS REPORT
Outerbrige, M., Interim report on red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans, capture efforts between May 2007 and December 2013 on Bermuda, Department of Conservation Services, Government of Bermuda, 2014. (BAMZ #2769)
NEW EASTERN BLUEBIRD PAPER
Avery, J. D., P. Cassey & J. L. Lockwood, Contemporary divergence of island bird plumage, Journal of Avian Biology, 45: 291-295, 2014. (BAMZ #2767)