Annual Reports 1980-1989

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22nd Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1989 Otsego Lake water levels	W.N. Harman	3
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
Observations on waterfowl - Biological Field Station Upper Site	W.L. Butts	7
ARTHROPOD STUDIES:
Mosquito studies	W.L. Butts	10
Surveillance for deer ticks (Ixodes dammini) on the Upper Site and Rum Hill	W.L. Butts	11
REPORTS:
An analysis of the abundance and distribution of fecal indicators in Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N.Y.	R.M. Harman and J.A. Austin	13
A quantitative survey of the macrobenthos in the eulittoral zone of Otsego Lake, N.Y., summer 1989	H. LaBarre	25
A qualitative study of aquatic invertebrates occurring in typical eulittoral substrates in Otsego Lake	R.T. Badgley	30
Analysis of the distribution and abundance of crustacean zooplankters at station TR4-C, Otsego Lake, N.Y.	T. Lindberg	36
Vegetational characteristics of watersheds in the Otsego Lake drainage basin	A.M. Stalter	42
Vegetational characteristics of the Rum Hill site	B.R. Dayton, J. Cameron, L. Genza, E. Schramm, M.A. Sharick, A.M. Stalter, and R. Ward	54
Forest communities & mycorrhizal associates on the upper BFS site	C.D. Marr	80
Preliminary fish survey of the Otsego Lake watershed	S.A. Hayes	88
Two new fish species recorded for Otsego Lake watershed	S.A. Hayes and J.R. Foster	99
Evidence of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) spawning in Otsego Lake and the Upper Susquehanna River	J.R. Foster	103
Introduction of the Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) into Otsego Lake	J.R. Foster	107
Zooplankton community structure as an ecological indicator of the coldwater fish community of Otsego Lake	J.R. Foster and J. Wigen	112
Glacial geology of Otsego Lake and Cooperstown area, New York	P.J. Fleisher and H.T. Mullins	117

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21st Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1988 Otsego Lake water levels	W.N. Harman	3
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
Observations on nesting and migrant waterfowl - upper site	W.L. Butts	10
New site records - upper site	W.L. Butts	12
Observations of beaver activity and features of the impoundments on the upper site	W.L. Butts	13
Observations of beaver activity and features of the impoundments on the Rum Hill site	W.L. Butts	15
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Upper Site	W.L. Butts	16
Blowfly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Populations on the Rum Hill site	W.L. Butts	17
REPORTS:
Goodyear Swamp Sanctuary bird status list	H. Kingery and U. Kingery	32
The distribution and abundance of Myriophyllum spicatum in Otsego Lake, New York	A.M. Stalter	34
Distribution and abundance of macrobenthic invertebrates in three major tributaries of Otsego Lake, N.Y.	J.A. Sheldon	39
The analysis of distribution and abundance of coliform bacteria throughout Otsego Lake, N.Y.	H. LaBarre	58
Analysis of the profundal benthic macrofauna of Rat Cove	T. Berry	67
Light and dark bottle testing in Rat Cove, (Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, NY)	J.E. Austin and T. Iannuzzi	73
A study of the macrobenthic invertebrates of Rat Cove	K.L Ehlers	78
Spit dynamics, dune development and the role of American Beachgrass Ammophila Breviligulata on a Cape Cod barrier island, Chatham, Massachusetts	B.R. Dayton and J.G. Holway	88

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20th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1987 Otsego Lake Water Levels	W.N. Harman	3
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
Observations on nesting waterfowl - upper site (with notes on changes in the impoundment)	W.L. Butts	10
Utilization of Moe Pond by waterfowl	W.L. Butts	14
Raptor activity - Observations (upper site)	W.L. Butts	15
Site Records - upper site	W.L. Butts	16
Birds observed on Rum Hill site: Breeding bird list	W.L. Butts and M.S. Sharick	17
Observations on beaver activity - upper site	W.L. Butts	18
Beaver pond at southwest corner - Rum Hill: Sequential alterations observed during 1987	W.L. Butts	20
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Upper Site	W.L. Butts	22
Populations - Rum Hill	W.L. Butts	25
REPORTS:
A study of nutrient loading/limitation in the four main tributaries to Otsego Lake	R.L. Fuller	27
A time series study on nutrient limitation in three tributaries to Otsego Lake	M. Merchant	67
A macrobenthic survey of four major tributaries to Otsego Lake	K. Zappala	81
The taxonomy, distribution and abundance of Myriophyllum (Myrtiflorae: Halgoracae) in Otsego Lake, N.Y.	M.J. Merrifield and W.N. Harman	103
Feasibility testing for aquatic isolation chambers	J.E. Austin and K. Ehlers	117
A pilot study of immature fishes of Otsego Lake	R.R. Phillips	121
A collection of marine algae from the Atlantic Coast of the United States	B.R. Dayton	126

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19th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1986 Otsego Lake Water Levels	W.N. Harman	3
Weekly Profiles of Temperature and Oxygen in Otsego Lake, Fall 1986	T. Iannuzzi and W.N. Harman	10
Sampling of blowfly populations (Diptera; Calliphoridae) with comparisons of attractants	W.L. Butts	15
Mosquito studies - Upper Site	W.L. Butts	25
Studies on the Rum Hill Site	W.L. Butts	27
Observations of resident waterfowl	W.L. Butts	29
Observations of beaver and muskrat activity	W.L. Butts	33
REPORTS:
Age and growth of eleven fish species in littoral areas of Otsego Lake	J.E. Austin, R.C. MacWatters, W.N. Harman, and R.M. Harman	36
A preliminary creel census of the landlocked Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar on Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N.Y.	R.C. MacWatters	58
Landlocked Salmon management in Otsego Lake: Rationale, history, status	D.K. Sanford	62
Update on chemical characteristics of Otsego Lake Water	T. Peters, Jr.	64
Composition of aquatic macrophyte communities in Otsego Lake: a preliminary study	B.R. Dayton, D.R. Swift	68
Analysis and identification of phytoplankton in and around isolation chambers in Otsego Lake	R. Harman	79
Twenty years of contributions by Biological Field Station students and faculty: A bibliography (1967-1987)	J. Horwitz and W.N. Harman	105

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18th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	2
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1985 Otsego Lake Water Levels	W.N. Harman	4
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Characteristics of Larval Development Sites	W.L. Butts	10
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
New site records - 1985	W.L. Butts	11
Waterfowl Populations - observations	W.L. Butts	12
Raptor nesting records - Northern Goshawk; Barred Owl	W.L. Butts	14
Beaver Activity - features of the impoundment	W.L. Butts	15
REPORTS:
Key to the fishes of Otsego Lake	W.N. Harman, G.O. Wahl, and J.P. Mandel	17
Bivalvia: A list of species collected at the Virgin Islands Ecological Research Station, St. Johns, U.S.V.I.	N.P. Doi	24
Gastropoda: A list of species collected at the Virgin Islands Ecological Research Station, St. Johns, U.S.V.I.	N.P. Doi	29
Fungi of Otsego County	C.D. Marr	38
List I. Revised list of fungal species collected from the SUNY-Oneonta Biological Field Station, Cooperstown, N.Y.		44
List II. Species of fungi collected during the Tenth Annual Northeaster Mycological Foray, SUNY-Oneonta		52
List III. Comprehensive list of fungi collected in Otsego Co.		61

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17th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1984 Otsego Lake Water Levels	W.N. Harman	2
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Characteristics of larval development sites	W.L. Butts	5
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
Observations of waterfowl	W.L. Butts	9
Observations of mammals associated with the beaver pond	W.L. Butts	11
New site records	W.L. Butts	12
REPORTS:
Factors related to the agonistic behavior of the crayfish Orconectes rusticus	R.R. Phillips	13
Invasion of abandoned pastures and hay meadows by forest tree species along the Susquehanna Headwaters	B.R. Dayton	41
The taxonomic potential of laccase and tyrosinase spot tests	C.D. Marr	46

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16th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	2
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
1983 Otsego Lake water levels	W.N. Harman	3
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Mosquito populations of the beaver pond and adjacent flooded areas	W.L. Butts	6
VERTEBRATE STUDIES:
General observations	W.L. Butts	10
REPORTS:
A polar ordination of tree species in the Big Island Preserve flood plain	B.R. Dayton	18
Spot tests for detection of tyrosinase	C.D. Marr	28
The age, growth and food habits of the Rainbow Smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchill), in Otsego Lake, New York	R.C. MacWatters	34
Voluntary creel census on anger success for the Cisco, Coregonus artedi. Otsego Lake. Summer 1983.	R.C. MacWatters	60
The vegetation and soils of fifteen successional old-fields in Otsego County, N.Y.	J.B. Gardiner	66

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15th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	2
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
Otsego Lake water transparency: 1935-82	W.N. Harman	3
1982 Otsego Lake water levels	W.N. Harman	6
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Effect of beaver activity on breeding populations	W.L. Butts	9
REPORTS:
Changes in duck activity on the beaver pond (experimental area #5, upper site, Biological Field Station) during 1980, 1981, 1982	J.G. New and W.L. Butts	12
Preliminary surveys of the Goodyear Swamp area	W.N. Harman	14
Report of fungal studies at the Biological Field Station, Cooperstown, N.Y.	C.D. Marr	28
I. An investigation of fungal molds present in silage and their involvement in a possible etiology of pneumonomycotoxicosis	S.M. Taylor	33
II. Results of an attempted determination of the presence of Trichothecenes in an extract from Trichoderma koningii	S.M. Taylor	63
A floristic and phytosociological survey of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society sanctuary wetland in Delaware County, N.Y.	M. Broddock, B.R. Dayton, and W.J. Settle	77
An inexpensive light trap for water mites (Prostigmata; Parasitengona) and other freshwater invertebrates	T.W. Simmons	87

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14th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	2
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
Otsego Lake: 1981 water levels	W.N. Harman	3
Otsego Lake: 1981 fishing shanty census	W.N. Harman	24
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
Changes in mosquito populations associated with beaver activity	W.L. Butts	26
REPORTS:
Vascular plants of the biological field station	W.J. Settle	29
Some water mites from Otsego Lake, N.Y.	T. Simmons	44
Habitat selection in Otsego Lake fishes with respect to plant communities: A progress report	R.R. Phillips and W.N. Harman	46
Odonata (Anispotera: Zygoptera) collected in Otsego County, New York, in 1980 and 1981	L. House III	57
Observations on the use of a pulsed direct current field as a fish recovery method during night and daytime sampling periods on Rat Cove, Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N.Y.	R. MacWatters	59
A description and comparison of larval river sturgeon (Scaphirynchus) and lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)	D.M. Carlson	67
A description of the fauna of acid Lake Colden, Essex Co., N.Y.	F.A. Vertucci and W.N. Harman	79
The mussel fauna of the Lake George region	W.N. Harman	87
Sedimentary and geochemical evolution of Otsego Lake	R.F. Yuretich	91

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13th Annual Report CONTENTS
Section/Report Title	Author(s)	page
Introduction	W.N. Harman	1
ONGOING STUDIES:
AQUATIC ECOLOGY STUDIES:
Otsego Lake: 1980 water levels	W.N. Harman	2
Macrophyte studies	W.N. Harman	5
MOSQUITO STUDIES:
1980 mosquito studies	W.L. Butts	10
REPORTS:
A polar ordination of forest stands along the Susquehanna headwaters	B.R. Dayton	11
A preliminary investigation of the stomach contents of the lake Whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis in Otsego Lake, Cooperstown, N.Y.	R.D. MacWatters	23
Progress report: Distribution of Crayfish in Otsego County, New York	R.S. Phillips	30
Bathymetric maps of Otsego County Lakes: Gilbert, Arnold, Crumhorn and Summit	J.K. Hill, B.A. Stong, W.N. Harman, T.M. Sioussat, and C.A. Sohacki	33
Vertical distribution of blowfly response to baits (preliminary report)	W.L. Butts	44
A key for the field identification of the aquatic macrophytes of Otsego Lake	J. Karl (sketches W.N. Harman)	45
Cipangopaludina chinensis (Viviparidae) in the Adirondack mountains of New York	D.E. Buckley and W.N. Harman	55
The distribution of selected fishes of the littoral zone of Otsego Lake with remarks on associations with major macrophytes and bottom types	R. MacWatters, T. Sioussat and C. Sohacki	56
Errata	R.C. MacWatters	68