COURSE SYLLABI  -  SPRING 2008

 

BIOL 101-050  FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY

 

 

Place:                                     Henson Hall 243

 

Time:                                     12:00 – 12:50 PM  MWF

 

LABS:                                   BIOL 101-031, Henson Hall 250, Tuesday 9:00-10:40 AM, Joan Manuel

                                                BIOL 101-032, Henson Hall 250, Monday 3:00-4:40 PM, Dr. R. B. Hunter

                                                BIOL 101-033, Henson Hall 250, Tuesday 11:00-12:40 PM, Wanda Kelly

 

Lecture Instructor:             Dr. Clement L. Counts, III

 

Office:                                   Henson Hall 242;  Phone 410-546-6909.  If you need to consult me, please see me either before or after class so that we can make a mutually agreeable date to meet and discuss any problems you may be experiencing.

 

E-mail:                                   clcounts@salisbury.edu

 

            Office Hours:                       I am generally in my office if not in a lecture or a lab session.  Officially, my office hours are 10-11 AM Monday through Thursday; 2-3PM Monday through Friday.  You may always see me after class to schedule an appointment for a meeting or see the Biology Department Secretary who will forward a message to me.  If you need to contact me, e-mail is always the best.

                                      

                        Textbooks:     Textbook:  Starr, Cecie, Christine A. Evers and Lisa Starr.  2007.  Biology Today and Tomorrow.  Thompson - Brooks/Cole (New York). 

 

                                                You are also required to buy the laboratory manual which is available at the bookstore.  It is entitled Biology 101 Lab Manual and is by Dr. Betty Lou Smith and Dr. Joan Maloof.

 

Course Description:           This course is designed to acquaint students with the processes and properties of living organisms.  An attempt will be made to provide information from a wide variety of biological areas to covey an understanding of life and life processes.  This course meets General Education requirements for Natural Sciences Group IIIA

 

Laboratory:           The laboratory is designed to provide you with a working knowledge of several lecture topics.  Your laboratory grade will be a total of 200 points and will be one-third of your final grade for the course.  You are required to attend your scheduled laboratory session.  If you do not attend lab during the week, you will not be able to receive credit for that lab.  There will be no make-ups on the lab quizzes.  Your lab instructor will discuss the policies concerning grading and missed sessions.

 

Goals:    As a result of this course, students will be able to ask scientific questions of their world, construct reasonable hypotheses, develop laboratory skills and perform procedures using basic equipment, demonstrate awareness of specific technology that is used to carry-out biological investigations and recognize the limitations of the scientific method.

 

Assessments (Exams):       There will be a total of four (4) examinations given as indicated on the course schedule.  The final exam will be the fourth exam and will be non-cumulative.  Test questions will be derived from the lectures, textbook, lab, and class activities.  Each exam will consist of 50 multiple-choice test items.  In compliance with Salisbury University regulations, the Provost’s Office will be notified at mid-term of those students doing less than C work.

 

Laboratory Syllabus:          Grading Policies:  The lab grades will count as 33.3% of your BIOL 101 grade.  Your lab instructor will discuss with you the specifics of how your lab grade will be determined.  Attendance at lab is mandatory and unexcused absences from lab will result in lowering your grade.

 

                Laboratory Exercises:  The laboratory exercises for each week are listed in the course schedule.

 

Determination of Your Final Grade:

 

                For Lecture:           1.             Three (3) examinations as scheduled, each worth 100 points for a total of 300 points

                                                2.             One (1) final examination worth 100 points

 

                For Laboratory:    1.             The lab portion of the course is worth 200 points.  The format of the laboratory quizzes is determined by the lab instructor.

 

                For Entire Course:                Lecture exams (300 points) + Final Exam (100 points) + Lab (200 points)  =  600 points

 

Grade Calculation:

 

                A             =              540 to 600 points

                B             =              480 to 539 points

                C             =              420 to 479 points

                D             =              360 to 419 points

                F              =              359 points and below.

 

Attendance Policy:  You are expected to attend every class.  Keep in mind that it is a proven fact that successful students attend all classes.  The ultimate decision for your education rests on your shoulders, so decide for success.  All the material covered in the text will not be presented in class, so please read the assigned chapters and be prepared for class.

 

Make-Up Exams:  Lecture exams will be made-up only in emergencies due to illness or other appropriate excuse.  In the event that you miss an exam, for whatever reason, notify the instructor as soon as possible.  Make-up exams will be given at a time and place suitable for both the student and the instructor.  A student missing an exam without an appropriate excuse will receive a grade of zero (0) for that exam.  In any case, see the instructor if you miss an exam to determine the suitability of the reasons for missing the test.

 

Academic Honesty Policy:

 

                The official Salisbury University policy on academic honesty will be strictly enforced.  See the undergraduate catalog for details of the policy.

 

Assistance:

 

                Each instructor has office hours.  Be aware of the announcements for study sessions.  Visit your instructor at the first sign of any difficulty.  We are available to help you.  Please be at ease in asking for assistance.  We want you to succeed.

 


 

LECTURE, EXAM, AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE

 

Week                     Topic                                                                                      Chapter                 Laboratory (Tentative)

 

28 JAN                   Invitation to Biology                                                           Chapter 1               NO LAB

                                How Cells are Put Together                                               Chapter 3

 

 4 FEB                     How Cells are Put Together                                               Chapter 3               Is Yeast Alive?

 

11 FEB                    DNA Structure and Function                                             Chapter 9               Microscope and Cells

 

EXAM 17 FEB, FRIDAY [Chapters 1, 3, and 4]

 

18 FEB                    DNA Gene Expression                                                        Chapter 10             Genetics Lab 1

 

25 FEB                    Studying Genomes                                                              Chapter 11.3 only   Genetics Lab 2

 

 3 MAR                  How Animals Move                                                            Chapter 21             Gene Mutation 1

 

10 MAR                 Circulation and Respiration                                                Chapter 18             Gene Mutation 2 and Skeletal System

 

EXAM 28 MAR, FRIDAY [Chapters 9, 10, and 11]

 

17 - 23 MAR          SPRING BREAK                                                                                                   NO LAB

 

24 MAR                 Circulatory System                                                              Chapter 22             Circulation and Respiration

 

31 MAR                 Neural Control and Senses                                                 Chapter 25             Sensory System

 

7 APR                     Reproduction and Development                                       Chapter 27             Reproduction

 

14 APR                   Plant Form and Function                                                    Chapter 18             Pigments, Transpiration

 

EXAM 18 APR, FRIDAY [Chapters 18, 19, 21, and 22]

 

21 APR                   Plant Reproduction                                                              Chapter 19             Flowering Plant Reproduction

                                                                                                                                (Sect. 19.1, 19.2 only)          

 

28 APR                   Community Diversity and Biodiversity                            Chapter 29             Forrest Ecology Field Trip

 

 5 MAY                  Ecosystems                                                                           Chapter 30             NO LAB

 

FINAL EXAM – WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY, 10:45-1:15  – Chapters 25, 27, 29,  and 30

 

 


CURRICULUM VITA

 

CLEMENT LEE COUNTS, III

 

Department of Biological Sciences       

Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland 21801-6861

 

Telephone:        (410) 546-6909 (Office)

e-mail:               clcounts@salisbury.edu

 

EDUCATION:

 

B.A., 1976, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (Major - Zoology, Minor - Chemistry)

 

M.S., 1977, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia (Major - Biological Sciences)

          

       Master's Thesis (Portions Published): The Land Snails of the Family Polygyridae from West Virginia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata).  May 1977.  ix + 179 pp.

 

Ph.D., 1983, University of Delaware, College of Marine Studies, Lewes Complex, Lewes, Delaware.  Main Campus at Newark, Delaware.  (Marine Studies)

 

Doctoral Dissertation (Portions Published):  Bivalves in the Genus Corbicula Mühlfeld, 1811 in the United States: Systematics and Zoogeography.  December 1983.  ix + 451 pp.

 

EMPLOYMENT - EXPERIENCE:

 

2007 – Present:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Richard A. Henson School of Science and Technology, Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland 21801-6861

 

2005 – 2007:  Research Associate, Section of Mollusks, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-4080

 

2003 – Present: Research Associate, College of Science and Mathematics, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey 07043

 

1999 - Present:  Assistant Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland 21853-1299 and Department of Biological Sciences, Salisbury State University, Salisbury, Maryland 21801-6861

 

1997 -  1999:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland 21853-1299

 

1994 - 1998:  Research Professor, Department of Biology, and Director of the Benthic Diversity Project Laboratory, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Marine Science

             Consortium, Wallops Island, Virginia 23337

 

1986 - 1994:  Director, Coastal Ecology Research Laboratory, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland 21853

 

1992:  Instructor, Earth Science for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Loyola College of Baltimore

 

1986 -  Present:  Member, Graduate Faculty, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland

 

1987:   Visiting Lecturer in Marine Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus and Tuckerton Field Station.

 

1986:   Exchange Scientist, United States National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council Advisory Committee on the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe, 2101

            Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C. 

 

1985:   Research Associate, Environmental Quality Classification Scheme for the Potomac River.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program, University of Delaware College of Marine Studies - U.S.E.P.A.

 

1984:   Instructor, Special Problems in Statistical Packages for Large Systems, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes.

 

1983 - 1985:    Post-Doctoral Fellow, College of Marine Studies and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Evaluation of Actual and Potential Infestation of Nuclear Power Stations by Corbicula fluminea in the United States. 

 

1981 - 1982:    Research Assistant, Historical Toxicology of Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Fisheries.  College of Marine Studies in conjunction with the University of Rhode Island, The University of West Florida, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program. 

           

1981 - 1982:    Research Assistant, Chemoreception in Nascent Larvae of the Oyster Drill,  Urosalpinx cinerea.  College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware

  

1981:   Molluscan Taxonomist, University of Delaware - Universidad de Costa Rica Joint Project on the Golfo de Nicoya.  College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware.

 

1980:   Teaching Assistant, Malacology, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes. 

 

1980:   Field Biologist, Ichthyological Associates, Inc., Salem Nuclear Power Plant Project, Lewes, Delaware. 

 

1980:   Assistant Editor, Zoological Systematics, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, Inc., 2100 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

 

1979:   Teaching Assistant, Molluscan Larval Development and Ecology, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes.  Ruth D. Turner, Ph.D., Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, and Jan D. Pechenik, Ph.D., Biology Department, Tufts University,Professors.

 

1978:   Associate Investigator, Survey of the Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles of the Flatfoot Creek Disposal Site, Gallipolis Locks and Dam Project, for the U.S.  Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, West Virginia 25701.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

 

1.         Marine Biology.  a) Taxonomy and systematics of marine invertebrate benthos.  b) Community structure and ecology of nearshore marine benthic invertebrates.  c) Impacts of human activities and on benthic invertebrate communities and their ecological responses.

 

2.         Malacology.  a) Biogeography, paleontology, ecology, population biology, and systematics of bivalves in the genera Corbicula and Dreissena.  b.) Industrial fouling by molluscs and control.  c.) Invasion ecology.  d.) Shell ultrastructure of the Mollusca.  e.)  Taxonomy (classical and numerical), zoogeography, and systematics of the Mollusca.  f.) History of systematic collections.

 

3.         Ecology.  a.) Ecology of invasions by exotic faunal elements.  b.) Multivariate analysis of physicochemical environmental constituents and their effects on the biogeography of organisms.  c.) Island ecology.  d.)  Marine Nearshore Invertebrate Benthic Ecology

 

4.         Oncology.  a.) Naturally occurring neoplasia in amphibians and lower animals.  b.) Neoplasia in invertebrates.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

 

            Publications marked by an asterisk (*) denote papers appearing in refereed scientific or research journals.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1975.  Toxic effects from innocuous snakes.  West Virginia Medical Journal 71(10):290-291.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III, Charles T. Wilson, and Ralph W. Taylor.  1975.  Occurrence of a basal cell neoplasm in Ambystoma opacum (Amphibia: Caudata).  Herpetologica 31(4):422-424.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1975.  Tracking American toads (Bufo americanus) using the radioactive isotope cobalt-60.  Science of Biology Journal 1(6):169-171.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1976.  Note on some land snails from  Blennerhassett Island, West Virginia.  Sterkiana 63:77.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W., Clement L. Counts, III and Stanley B. Mills.  1976.  Occurrence and distribution of the coyote, Canis latrans Say, in West Virginia.  Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 48(2-4):73-77.

 

(*) Sweeney, Michael P., Ralph W. Taylor, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1977.  Non-cavernicolous pseudoscorpions from West Virginia.  Entomological News 88(1-2):55-56.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1977.  The Asiatic clam, Corbicula manilensis, as a food of the Northern raccoon, Procyon lotorThe Nautilus 91(1):31.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W., Clement L. Counts, III, and Susan L. Stryker.  1977.  The land snails of Carter Caves State Park, Carter County, Kentucky.  Sterkiana  66-65:37-38.

 

(*) Sweeney, Stephen J., Susan L. Stryker, Michael P. Sweeney, Ralph W. Taylor, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1977.  New Record for a non-cavernicolous pseudoscorpion from West Virginia.  Entomological News  88(3-4):98.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Ralph W. Taylor.  1977.  A xanthoma of indeterminate origin in Bufo americanus  (Amphibia: Anura  Bufonidae).  Journal of Herpetology 11(2):235-236.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1977.  The Miocene bivalve, Cumingia medialis (Semelidae) in South Carolina.  The Nautilus  91(2):66-67.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III, John M. Dingess, and James E. Joy.  1977.  The electrocardiogram of the freshwater bivalve Lampsilis radiata  (Bivalvia: Unionidae).  The Nautilus 91(3):105-107.

 

(*) Taylor, Ralph W., Michael P. Sweeney, and Clement L. Counts,III.  1977.  Use of empty gastropod shells (Polygyridae) by psuedoscorpionsThe Nautilus 91(3):115.

 

Counts, Clement L., III, and W. F. Daniels, Jr.  1977  Venomous Arachnid Bites.  Huntington Poison Center (Huntington, West Virginia).  5 pp.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1980.  Rangia cuneata in an industrial water system  (Bivalvia: Mactridae).  The Nautilus 94(1):1-2.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L.,III.  1980.  A neural neoplasm in the eastern newt, Notophthalmus viridescensHerpetologica 36(1):46-50.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1981.  Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae) in British Columbia.  The Nautilus 95(1):12-13.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1981.  Corbicula fluminea (Müller) on the Delmarva Peninsula.  The Veliger 24(2):187-188.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Robert S. Prezant.  1982.  Shell microstructure of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae).  The Nautilus 96(1):25-30.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1982.  Occurrence and distribution of land snails of the family Polygyridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in West Virginia.  Brimleyana  8:145-157.

 

Langdon, Christopher J., and Clement L. Counts, III.  1983.  Biogeographic analysis of Corbicula fluminea with emphasis on environmental factors that may limit successful larval development. IN:  A Report on the Electric Power Partners Program Mid-Atlantic Research Planning Program, W. S. Gaither, Ed.  University of  Delaware (Newark).  pp. 42-43.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1985.  Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the state of Washington in 1937, and in Utah in 1978.  The Nautilus 99(1):18-19.

 

Counts, Clement L., III.  1985.  Distribution of Corbicula at Nuclear Facilities.  U.S. Nuclear  Regulatory Commission (Washington, D.C.).  NUREG/CR-4233.  viii + 79 pp.

 

(*) King, Christina A., Christopher J. Langdon, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1986.  Spawning and early development of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in laboratory culture.  American Malacological Bulletin 6(2):219-305.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1986.  The zoogeography and history of the invasion of the United States by Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae).  IN: Proceedings of  the Second International Corbicula Symposium, J. C. Britton, Ed.  American Malacological Bulletin Special Edition No. 2.  pp. 7-39.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1988.  Index to the American Malacological Bulletin:  1983 to 1988 volumes 1 through 6, special edition numbers 1-3.  American Malacological Bulletin 6(2):219-305.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1989.  Bivalves in the genus Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbicuidae) in the Soviet Union with a catalogue of type materials in the Zoological Institute, Academy of Science of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad.  American Malacological Bulletin 7(1):81-86.

 

Hocutt, Charles H. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1990.  The outer bays and the National Seashore. IN:  Focus of Maryland's Forgotten Bay: The Citizen's Agenda.  Report on the Conference on the Outer Coastal BaysCommittee to Preserve Assateague (Towson, MD).  pp. 115-116.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III, Thomas S. Handwerker and Eric B. May.  1990.  The potential  of infestation of Chesapeake Bay by the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Bivalvia: Dreissenacea).  New Perspectives in the Chesapeake System:  A Research and Management Partnership:  Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication No. 157:555-564.

 

(*) Handwerker, Thomas S., Clement L. Counts, III, and Roman V. Jesien.  1990.  Distribution of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in the Chesapeake Bay drainage of the Delmarva Peninsula and its use in Aquaculture.  New Perspectives in the Chesapeake System:  A Research and Management Partnership: Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication No. 157:567-574.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L. III and Thomas S. Handwerker.  1990.  The freshwater bivalves (Unionacea) of the Eastern Shore drainage of Chesapeake Bay.  New Perspectives in the Chesapeake System:  A Research Partnership: Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication No. 157:577-587.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Terry L. Bashore.  1991.  The Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: a reexamination after seventy-five years.  The Veliger  34(2):214-221.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1991.  Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae).  Catalog of fossil and recent nominal species.  Tryonia, Miscellaneous Publications of the Department of Malacology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 21(Part 1):1-67.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1991.  Corbicula (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae).  Compendium of zoogeographic records of North America and Hawaii.  Tryonia, Miscellaneous Publications of the Department of Malacology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, No. 21(Part 2):69-134.

 

(*) Carriker, Melbourne R., Charles G. Swann, Robert S. Prezant, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1991.  Chemical elements in the aragonitic and calcitic microstructural groups of shell of the oyster, Crassostrea virginica: a proton probe study.  Marine Biology 109(3):287-297.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III, Thomas S. Handwerker, and Roman V. Jesien.  1991.  The naiades (Bivalvia: Unionidae) of the Delmarva Peninsula.  American Malacological Bulletin 9(1):27-37.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Thomas S. Handwerker.  1992.  Dreissena polymorpha (Mollusca: Bivalvia): A potential threat to Chesapeake Bay fisheries.  IN:  Proceeding of the 1991 Interstate Seafood Seminar (Virginia Beach, VA).  pp. 83-98.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Caroline K. Weissman.  1993.  Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in Maryland.  The Maryland Naturalist 37(1-2): 12-13.

 

(*) Carriker, Melbourne R., Charles P. Swann, John Ewart, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1996.  Ontogenetic trends of elements (Na to Sr) in prismatic shell of living Crassostrea virginica grown in three ecologically dissimilar habitats for 28 weeks: a proton probe study.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 201(1):87-135.

 

(*) Prezant, Robert S., Clement L. Counts, III and Eric J. Chapman.  2002.  Mollusca of Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia: Additions to the fauna, rage extensions and gigantism.  The Veliger, Journal of the California Malacozoological Society 45(4):337-355.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III, Janzel R. Villalaz and Juan Gómez H.  2003.  Occurrence of Corbicula fluminea in Panama. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 18(3):497-498.

 

(*)Counts, Clement L., III.  2005.  MonoplacophoraIN:  The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation, C. F. Sturm, T. Pearce and A. Valdéz, Eds.  American Malacological Society.  pp. 103-108.

 

(*) Villalaz, Janzel R., Juan A. Gómez H., Clement L. Counts, III, Carlos Vega, y José Simmonds.  2005.  Ampliación de ámbito de distribución de Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) en Panama.  Brenesia 63-64:143-144. [Journal of the National Museum of Costa Rica]

 

(*)Counts, Clement L., III, Robert S. Prezant and J. Evan Ward.  2007.  Melbourne Romaine Carriker, 1915-2007: An appreciation.  American Malacological Bulletin  23(1-2):191-194.

 

(*)Counts, Clement L., Robert S. Prezant, and J. Evan Ward.  2008.  A tribute to a gentleman malacologist Melbourne Romaine Carriker: 1915-2007.  Journal of Shellfish Research (IN PRESS).

 

E-PUBLICATIONS

 

Counts, Clement L., III.  2006.  Corbicula: An Annotated Bibliography 1774 – 2005Section of Mollusks, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  436 pp.  [<http://www.carnegiemnh.org/mollusks/corbicula.pdf>]

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Roman V. Jesien.  The Coast of Maryland 1759 - 2007:  A selective annotated bibliography of the literature concerning the biology, geology, history, and public affairs of Maryland’s coastal zone.  (to be an e-publication of the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.

 

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION AND SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW:

 

Counts, Clement L., III, Robert S. Prezant, and Eric J. Chapman.  A critical checklist of the decapod crustaceans (Arthropoda: Decapoda) of coastal Maryland.  (to be submitted to The Maryland Naturalist)

 

Counts, Clement L. and Robert S. Prezant, Editors.  Carriker’s Manual: A manual of lecture notes and laboratory exercises devoted to the biology of the Mollusca.

 

REPORTS:

 

Price, Kent S., Jr., Clement L. Counts, III, Robert B. Biggs, and Paul Mowery.  1985.  Environmental Quality Classification Scheme for the Potomac River.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program (Annapolis, Maryland).  viii + 115 pp.

  

Counts, Clement L., III.  1986.  Malacology in the Soviet UnionNational Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Section on the U.S.S.R. and Eastern Europe (Washington, D.C.).  40 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III, Terry L. Bashore, Eileen M. Setzler-Hamilton, Roman V. Jesien, Edward R. Urban, Jr., and Jonathan R. Pennock.  1987.  An Annotated Bibliography of Coastal and Outer Continental Shelf Primary ProductivityU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Outer Continental Shelf Program (Washington, D.C.).  iv + 534 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III, Jeff Schoelkopf, and Terry L. Bashore.  1988.  Preliminary Facility Program and Specifications, Assateague Island LaboratoryUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne).  70 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Terry L. Bashore.  1988.  Assateague Island Laboratory of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore: A Long-Range Plan for DevelopmentUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne).  68 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Terry L. Bashore.  1989.  Development of a Wildlife Option in the Department of Natural Sciences CurriculumUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne).  79 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Terry L. Bashore.  1990.  A Interpretive Guide to the Seashells of Assateague Island National Seashore (including Chincoteague National  Wildlife Refuge).  U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Assateague Island National Seashore (Berlin, Maryland).  474 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Thomas S. Handwerker.  1990.  A Review of the Biology of Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas, 1771) with Considerations for Research and ControlTidewater Administration, Maryland Department of Natural Resources.  University of Maryland Eastern Shore (Princess Anne).  70 pp.

 

Jesien, Roman V., Thomas F. Hopkins, Clement L. Counts, III and Richard L. Takacs.  1990.  A survey of the Anadromous Fishes of Somerset County Streams.  Final Report.  Commissioners for Somerset County, Maryland.  40 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III, Caroline K. Weissman, and James A. Massey.  1992.  1991 Marina and Recreational Boating Survey, Worcester County, MarylandWorcester County Commission (Snow Hill, Maryland).  159 pp.

 

Furbish, C. E. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1993.  Land Snails and Associated Flora at Cumberland Island National Seashore.  Final Report and Reference Collection.   U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cumberland Island National Seashore, St. Marys, Georgia.  7 pp.

 

Furbish, C. E. and Clement L. Counts, III.  1993.  Land Snails and Associated Flora at Cape Lookout National Seashore.  Final Report and Reference Collection.  U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Beaufort, North    Carolina. 10 pp.

 

Counts,  Clement L., III and Catherine S. Bolek.  2000.  GEMS Program Assessment for 1999-2000 Academic Year.  Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury, Maryland).  198 pp.

 

Counts,  Clement L., III and Catherine S. Bolek.  2000.  Independent Mothers All Gathering for Educational Success (IMAGES): Assessment for 1999-2000.  Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury, Maryland).  85 pp.

 

Counts,  Clement L., III and Catherine S. Bolek.  2001.  Independent Mothers All Gathering for Educational Success (IMAGES): Assessment for 2000-2001.  Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury, Maryland).  60 pp.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Robert S. Prezant.  2002.  Assateague Island National Seashore Benthic Invertebrate Styudy:  Final Taxonomic ReportCooperative Agreement No. 4000- 4-3007 between the United States National Park Service and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Indiana, PA).  xii+266 pp.

 

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS:

 

        Abstract titles marked by an asterisk (*) indicate oral presentations made by C. L. Counts at national or international meetings.

 

Taylor,  Ralph W., Clement L. Counts, III and Stanley B. Mills.  1976.  Occurrence and distribution of the coyote, Canis latrans Say, in West Virginia.  Proceedings of the  West Virginia Academy of Science 48(1):3-4.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Ralph W. Taylor.  1977.  New records for West Virginia Gastropoda (Mollusca: Stylommatophora).  Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 49(1):23.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Robert S. Prezant.  1979.  The ultramorphology of the shell of  Corbicula leana Prime (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea: Corbiculidae).  Bulletin of the American Malacological Union 1979:63.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III and Robert S. Prezant.  1979.  Shell structure and histochemistry of the mantle of Corbicula leana Prime, 1864 (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea).  American Zoologist 19(3):1007.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1980.  The genus Corbicula (Bivalvia: Sphaeriacea) in Africa and South America: zoogeography and taxonomic problems.  Bulletin of the American Malacological Union 1980:71-72.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1981.  River drift and zoogeography of West Virginia Polygyridae  (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata).  American Zoologist 21(4):944.

 

Prezant, Robert S., Gregory L. Gruber, and Clement L. Counts, III.  1981.  Predator repellents of benthic invertebrates.  American Zoologist 21(4):1022.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1981.  Shell ultrastructure of Corculum spp. (Roding) (Bivalvia: Cardiacea).   Bulletin of the American Malacological Union 1981:35.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1983.  Chronology of the invasion of North America by Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774).  American Malacological Bulletin 1:100.

 

(*) Counts, Clement L., III.  1986.  Malacology in the Soviet Union.  American Malacological Bulletin 4(2):230.

 

PUBLISHED LETTER:

 

Counts, Clement L., III.  1987.  Human genome sequencing.  Science 236(4809):1613.

 

VOLUMES EDITED:

 

Prezant, Robert S. and Clement L. Counts, III, Editors.  1985.  Perspectives in MalacologyAmerican Malacological Bulletin Special Edition No. 1.  iii + 116 pp.

 

Setzler-Hamilton, Eileen M.  1987.  Bowhead Whale, Balena mysticetus, BibliographyU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region (Anchorage).  OCS Study 86-0059.  iii + 334 pp.  [Clement L. Counts, III, Managing Editor]

 

Setzler-Hamilton, Eileen M.  1987.  Gray Whale, Eschrichtius robustus, BibliographyU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region (Anchorage).  OCS Study 86-0068.  viii + 326 pp.  [Clement L. Counts, III, Managing Editor]

 

Setzler-Hamilton, Eileen M.  1990.  Right Whale, Balena glacialis, BibliographyU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region (Anchorage).  OCS Study 89-0015.  viii + 326 pp.  [Clement L. Counts, III, Managing Editor]

 

OTHER PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS:

 

Lowe, Robert, Clement L. Counts, III, and Denzil D. Patton.  1976.  Midget League Football Injuries: Results of a Two Year Study.  Presented at the 1976 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Sports Medicine, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

Barker, Kathy, Clement Counts, Kryste Ferguson, Sandra Masur, Lynne Olson, Julio Ramirez, Elisa Robyn, Karen Schmaling and Su Tieman.  2004.  Effecting ethical climate change without a crisis.  10th Annual Conference on Survival Skills and Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, held at Snowmass, Colorado, 7 – 12 June.

 

Counts, Clement L., III and Catherine S. Bolek.  2004.  Effects of Federal research funding policies on minority institutions.  Gordon Research Conference, Science and Technology Policy, Big Sky, Montana, 15 August.

 

PATENT AWARDED:

 

1995:  Maintenance-free enhancement of aquatic biological using amphipods.  University of Maryland Technology Liaison Office, Adelphi.  Thomas S. Handwerker, Ph.D., and Clement L. Counts, III, Ph.D.  U.S. Patent No. 5,466,373, 14 November 1995.

 

GRANTS AWARDED:

 

2005:   Cooperative Agreement 66-466 – Chesapeake Bay Program and University of Maryland Eastern Shore – Web and Technical Writing Support.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Maryland.  $88,900, Associate Investigator.

 

2004:   For Taconic IPA Associates, Wappinger Falls, New York, Establishment of a Physician Health Information Exchange System, Department of Health and Human Services, John Blair, M.D., Principal Investigator.  $100,000.

 

2004:   For Taconic IPA, Wappinger Falls, New York, Planning Grant to Establish a Physician Information Management System in Southeastern New York, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, RO1 mechanism, John Blair, M.D., Principal Investigator.  $1,000,000, co-author with Catherine S. Bolek

 

2004:   Travel Fellowship, Survival Skills and Ethics Conference, University of Pittsburgh, Snowmass, Colorado, June 7 – 12, 2004.  $1,500.

 

2004:   Cooperative Agreement 66-466 – Chesapeake Bay Program and University of Maryland Eastern Shore – Web and Technical Writing Support.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chesapeake Bay Program, Annapolis, Maryland.  $86,500, Associate Investigator.

 

2002:   Analysis of benthic invertebrate occurrence at Assateague Island National Seashore.  U.S. Department of the Interior.  $9,750.  6 months.  Principal Investigator.

           

2001:   Independent Mothers All Gathering for Educational Success (IMAGES): Assessment for 2000-2001.  Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury, Maryland).  Clement L. Counts, III and Catherine S. Bolek, Co-Principal Investigators.  $10,000.

 

2001:   Editorial Services, Conference Proceedings Volume:  Drug, Alcohol, and Substance Abuse in Minority Populations, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health.  $10,000, with Catherine S. Bolek.

 

2000:   Independent Mothers All Gathering for Educational Success (IMAGES): Assessment for 1999-2000.  Wicomico County Health Department (Salisbury, Maryland).   Clement L. Counts, III and Catherine S. Bolek, Co-Principal Investigators.  $10,000.

 

1994:   An Analysis of the Benthos in Waters Surrounding Assateague National Seashore, Berlin, MarylandU.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service.  $260,000.  3 years.  Principal Investigator.

 

1993:   Aquatic and Terrestrial Mollusca of the Nanticoke River and Nassawango Creek Systems in MarylandMaryland Department of Natural Resources.  $2,600.00.   Principal Investigator.

 

1992:   Evaluation of Coastal Sensitivity to Chemical and Oil Spill Contamination, Cape May, New Jersey to Cape Lookout, North CarolinaExxon Foundation, Dallas, Texas.  $60,000.00, 2 years.  Co-Principal Investigator with Terry L. Bashore, Ph.D.

 

1992:   Assessment of Abundance and Habitat Characteristics of the Rare Freshwater Mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon, on the Delmarva Peninsula, MarylandMaryland Department of Natural Resources.  $5,000.00, 1 year.  Principal Investigator.

 

1991:   Survey of Recreational Boating Impacts and Marinas, Worcester County, MarylandWorcester County Commission, Snow Hill, Maryland.  $25,000.00, 6 months.  Principal Investigator.

 

1989 - 1990:    A Survey of the Anadromous Fishes (Eggs, Larvae, and Adults) of Somerset County, MarylandMaryland Critical Areas Commission.  $14,000.00.  Co-Principal Investigator with Roman V. Jesien, Ph.D. and Thomas Hopkins, Ph.D.

 

1989:   Title IX Economic Adjustment Strategy Grant for Somerset County, MarylandEconomic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.  $120,000.00.  Author.

 

1988:   Seashells of Assateague Island Nation Seashore: Revision of Pamphlet, Assembly of Interpretive Guide and Slide CollectionEastern National Parks and Monuments Association and the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Assateague Island National Seashore.  $1,825.00.  Principal Investigator.

 

1987:   Planning Award, Minorities Research Centers of Excellence Program, National Science Foundation.  $75,000.00.  Principal Investigator.

 

1986:   Annotated Bibliography of Coastal and Outer Continental Shelf Primary ProductivityU.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service.  $175,000.00.  Principal Investigator.

 

1985:   Review of Corbicula Distribution at Nuclear FacilitiesU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  $50,000.00.  Principal Investigator.

 

1982:   Studies on the Morphology and Morphometry of Type Materials of Bivalves in the Genus Corbicula in the Systematic Collections of European MuseumsHawaiian Malacological Society.  $2,000.  Principal Investigator.

 

 1981:   Study of Morphometry and Zoogeography of Bivalves in the Genus Corbicula in the Malacological Collections of the Field Museum of Natural HistoryKarl P. Schmidt Fund, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.  $500.00.  Principal Investigator.

 

ACADEMIC HONORS:

 

            Elected to Chi Beta Phi National Scientific Honorary Fraternity, Kappa Chapter, Marshall University, December 1976.

 

            Elected to Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, Chapter-at-Large, August 1979.

 

            Tuition Fellowship, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, 1978-1979.

 

            University of Delaware College of Marine Studies Academic Council Award for Best Marine Biology - Biochemistry Dissertation, Academic Year 1983-1984.

 

            Distinguished Alumni Award, College of Science, Marshall University, April 1991.

        

            President's Nominee, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) Research Achievement Award, University of Maryland Eastern Shore,

                    1992.

 

UNIVERSITY COURSES TAUGHT:  Graduate Level:

 

1984:   CMS 690, Special Problems in Statistical Analysis Using Large Systems, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes.

         

1997:   Biology of the Mollusca, Third Summer Session, Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island, Virginia.

 

1987:   MBIO 510, Marine Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Tuckerton Field Station, Tuckerton, New Jersey.

 

1989:   MEES 608, Graduate Seminar, Advances in Marine Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

  1992-1993; 1997, 1999 - 2004:  ENVS 660, Earth Science, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

  2003:  ENVS 688B, Coastal Ecology, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

  1999-2007:  ENVS 660, Earth Science, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

  2003:   MEES 608M, Seminar - Ethics in Medicine and Scientific Research, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

            Undergraduate Level:

 

  2003:  ENVS 488B, Coastal Ecology, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

2002 - 2003:    BIOL 388B:  Marine Zoogeography.  University of Maryland eastern Shore.

 

2002:  BIOL 215:  Human Anatomy and Physiology.  Salisbury University.

 

2001:  BIOL 498:  Senior Seminar in Scientific Ethics.  University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

 

2000 – Present:  BIOL 201:  Marine Zoology.  University of Maryland Eastern Shore-Salisbury University Dual Degree Program.

 

  1997:   Biology of the Mollusca, Third Summer Session, Marine Science Consortium, Wallops Island, Virginia.

 

1997:   ENVS 101, Emerging Environmental Science Issues, a course for non-majors, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1992-1993; 1997, 1999 - Present:  ENVS 460, Earth Science, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland, and Dual Degree Program, Salisbury University.

 

1989 – 1994; 1998 - 2001:  ENVS 101, Introduction to Environmental Science for Non-Majors, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1991 -  1994; 1999 - 2006: ENVS 202, General Oceanography, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore-Salisbury University Dual Degree Program.

 

1990 – 1994; 1999, 2002:  BIOL 461, Invertebrate Zoology, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland. (Also taught at the Graduate Level)

 

1990, 2002:  BIOL 466, BIOL 467 (Honors), Undergraduate Seminar, The Ecology of Invasions, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1989:   BIOL 498, Independent Study, Economic Impact of Soil Loss, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

    

1990:   BIOL 498, Independent Study, Classification of Somerset County Wetlands, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1990:   BIOL 498, Independent Study, Environmental Impact of Nuclear Power Stations, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1991:   BIOL 498, Independent Study, Pharmacology of Psychotropic Drugs, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1991:   BIOL 498, Independent Study, Genetic Diseases of Children, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

1990:   BIOL 499, Independent Study, Economic Impact of Wetlands Criteria in the Maryland Critical Areas Program, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland.

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS:

 

1978:   Bacteriological and Quality Control in the Water Quality Laboratory.  West Virginia State Hygienic Laboratory, South Charleston, West Virginia.

 

1978:   Waste Water Treatment Plant Operator (Class S-1).  West Virginia Department of Health, Division of Sanitary Engineering, Charleston, West Virginia.  Certificate No. 1701.

 

1978:   Certified Water Quality Bacteriologist.  West Virginia State Hygienic Laboratory, South Charleston, West Virginia.

 

INVITED SEMINARS/PAPERS:

 

2007:   Counts, Clement L., III,  Biodiversity Issues in Maryland’s Coastal Bays and Chesapeake Bay.  New York State Museum, Albany, New York.  Dr. Robert Daniels, Moderator.

 

2004:   Counts, Clement L., III.  Seasonal Biodiversity of Benthic Invertebrates at Assateague Island national Seashore.  Biology Department, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey.  Dr. Dennis E. Rhoads, Chairman.

 

2000:   Counts, Clement L., III.  Alien Invasions: Faunal changes in Chesapeake Bay since the European Discovery and colonization.  Proceedings of the Chesapeake Bay at 2000 Conference, John L. Wennersten, Convenor.

1992:   "Zebra mussel, Dreisena polymorpha, infestation of Chesapeake Bay: an update."  American Fisheries Society, Tidewater Chapter, Easton, Maryland.

 

1991:   "The potential for infestation of Chesapeake Bay by the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha."  Interstate Seafood Seminar, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

                   

1991:   "A History of Malacology."  Biology of Molluscs, Wallops Island Marine Consortium Laboratory, Wallops Island, Virginia.

 

1991:   "Exotic Mollusca in North America."  Biology of Molluscs, Wallops Island Marine Consortium Laboratory, Wallops Island, Virginia.

 

1990:   "The Mollusca of Assateague Island: A Reexamination after Seventy-Five Years."  Marine Invertebrate Zoology, Wallops Island Marine Consortium Laboratory, Wallops Island, Virginia.

 

1990:   "Exotic Freshwater Biofouling Mollsuca in North America: Corbicula fluminea and Dreissena polymorpha."  Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratory, Duluth, Minnesota; School of Forestry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

 

1989:   "Corbicula in North America: Biogeography and Systematics."  Department of Biology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana.

 

1986:   "Corbicula in North America: Systematics and Biofouling Ecology."  Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad; Institute of Zoology, Baku, Azerbaidjan S.S.R.; Institute of Zoology and Parasitology of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Dushanbe, Tadzhik S.S.R.

 

1986:   "Zoogeography of Mollusca."  National Science Foundation Teachers Inservice Workshop, University of Delaware College of Marine Studies, Lewes.

 

1986:   "The Systematics and Zoogeography of Bivalves in the Genus Corbicula in the United States."  Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne.

 

1984:   "Corbicula in North America: Systematics and Zoogeography."  Department of Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg; The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History; Department of Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus; Department of Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia.

 

1984:   "Invasion of North America by Corbicula fluminea: Systematics and Industrial Problems." Biology Department, Benedictine College, Atchison, Kansas.

 

1984:   "Paleontology of Bivalves in the Genus Corbicula."  National Association of Geology Teachers, Eastern Section, University of Delaware College of Marine Studies, Lewes.

 

1982:   "The Invasion of North America by the Exotic Bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae)."  Malacology Department, Zoologisk Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Evertebrat Sektion, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; Laboratoire des Invertebraes Marins et Malacologie, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

    

POSTER PRESENTATIONS:

 

1981:   River Drift and Zoogeography of West Virginia Polygyridae  (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata).  American Society of Zoologists, Dallas Texas.

             

2000:   Mollusca of Assateague Island: Additions to the Fauna and GigantismAmerican Malacological Society Annual Meeting, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.  Co-Authored with Robert S. Prezant.

 

2007:   Decapos Crustacea of Maryland’s Coastal BaysAtlantic Estuarine Research Society, University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Sciences, Lewes.  Co-Authored with Robert S. Prezant.

 

2007.   Corbicula fluminea in United States Waters: An UpdateMid Atlantic Malacology Meeting, Delaware Museum of Natural History, Greeneville.

 

2007.  Decapod Crustaceans of the Maryland Coastal Bays.  Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, Lewes, Delaware.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES:

 

            American Association for the Advancement of Science

            American Malacological Union (now American Malacological Society)

 

                                                                  Societal Offices

 

                        1989 - 1991:    Secretary - Treasurer

 

                        1989 - 1991:    Executive Council Member

 

                        1989 - 1991:  Member, Publications Committee

 

                        1989:   Corresponding Secretary

 

                        1989:   Chairman, Student Paper Prize Committee, Annual Meeting, Los

                                    Angeles, California

 

                        1988:   Chairman, Student Paper Prize Committee, Annual Meeting,

                                    Charleston, South Carolina

           

                        1987:   Chairman, Student Paper Prize Committee, Annual Meeting, Key

                                    West, Florida

 

                        1985:   Chairman, Student Paper Prize Committee, Annual Meeting,

                                    University of Rhode Island, Kingston

 

                        1984 – Present:  member, Board of Reviewing Editors, American Malacological

                                    Bulletin

 

            Atlantic Estuarine Research Society

            Council of Systematic Malacologists

            Paleontological Research Institution (Associate)

  

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

                                       Editorial Activities

 

1987:   Outside Dissertation Reviewer, Department of Biology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg

 

1986 - 1989:    Managing Editor, Endangered Whale Species Bibliography Series, Eileen M. Setzler-Hamilton, Editor-in-Chief.  U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Anchorage, Alaska.

 

1986 - Present:  Referee, The Nautilus (Washington, D.C.)

 

1885:   Co-Editor, with Robert S. Prezant, Perspectives in Malacology, American Malacological Bulletin Special Edition No. 1.

 

1984 - Present:  Member, Board of Reviewers, American Malacological Bulletin

 

1984:   Referee (Zoogeography and Malacology), The Southwestern Naturalist

 

1982:   Referee (Ecology), American Malacological Bulletin

 

1980:   Referee (Oncology), Herpetologica, Journal of the Herpetologists' League

 

2008.   Member, Poster Review Committee, 2006, Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy, Big Sky, Montana

            

2007:   Member, Implementation Committee, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Berlin, Maryland 21811.  Roman V. Jesien, Ph.D., Science Director.

 

2006:   Member, Poster Review Committee, 2006, Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy, Big Sky, Montana, held 13 - 18 August 2006.

 

2006:   Ad Hoc Member, Science and Technical Advisory Committee, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Berlin, Maryland.

 

2005:   Proposal Review Panel Member, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Berlin, Maryland.

 

2003 - 2004:  Member, Maryland Coastal Bays Sensitive Areas Management Team.  Maryland Coastal Bays Program and Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Berlin, Maryland.

 

2003 - 2005.  Member, Member, Maryland Coastal Bays Implementation Committee, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Berlin, Maryland.

 

2002:  Occurrence of Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia: Corbiculacea) in Panama.  Presented at the 4th Annual Mid-Atlantic Malacology Meeting, Delaware Museum of Natural History,     Greenville.  Co-Authored  with Janzel R. Villalaz and Juan Gómez

 

1999:   Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore representative to establishment of Environmental Cooperative Research Units, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

 

1992:   Land Mollusca of Cumberland Island National Seashore, St. Mary's, Georgia.  U.S. National Park Service, Cumberland Island National Seashore.  With C. E. Furbish.

 

1992:   Service as reviewer of proposals for Maryland Power Plant Siting Board.

 

1991:   Speaker, 1991 Assateague Island Science Conference (Mollusca of Assateague Island National Seashore), Assateague Island National Seashore, U.S. Department of the Interior, Sheraton Ocean City Resort and Conference Center.

 

1991:   Land Mollusca of the Barrier Islands of North Carolina.  Unfunded Research Project.

 

1991:   Crowding behavior in the freshwater mussel Elliptio complanata and the effects of Corbicula fluminea on movement in the substratum.  With Dr. Thomas S. Handwerker and Andrew Ristvey, Graduate Student.

 

1991:   Land Mollusca of Chincoteague Island, Accomac County, Virginia.  Undergraduate Research Project with Juanique Harris.

 

1990 - 1991:    A comparison of egg capsules and larval numbers of Busycon carica and Busycon canaliculatumUndergraduate Research Project with Denise Arnold Adams.

 

1990 - 1991:    Endoparasites of the exotic sika deer, Cervus nippon, at Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland.  Undergraduate Research Project in Cooperation with Dr. Terry L. Bashore and Dr. Adi Adibi.

 

1990:   Briefing on the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, to the Director of Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Director, Tidewater Administration, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and staffs, Tidewater Administration, Annapolis, Maryland.

 

1990:   Training Session on Mollusca, Natural Resources Management and Interpretation staffs, Assateague Island National Seashore, Berlin, Maryland.

 

1990:   Provided background materials for inclusion in proposal to establish a panel on exotic flora and fauna, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

 

1990:   Consultant to New England Utilities, Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Waterford, Connecticut, on infestation by Corbicula fluminea.

 

1990:   Status of Corbicula fluminea on the Delmarva Peninsula.  With Dr. Thomas S. Handwerker, Dr. Roman V. Jesien, and undergraduate and graduate students.

 

1990:   Zoogeography of the naiades (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) of the Delmarva Peninsula.  With Dr. Thomas S. Handwerker and Dr. Roman V. Jesien

.

1990:   Historical zoogeography of the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorphaUndergraduate Research Project with Frederick Miller.

        

 1988:   Study of storm-related mortality of Busycon carica and Busycon canaliculatum at Assateague Island National Seashore, Berlin, Maryland.

 

 1986:   Session Chairman, Freshwater Mollusca, American Malacological Union Annual Meeting, Monterey, California.

 

 1983:   Participant, Electric Power Partners Program Mid-Atlantic Planning Workshop, College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes.

 

 1982:   Session Chairman and Participant, Ecology and Systematics, Second International Corbicula Symposium, Little Rock, Arkansas.

 

  1982:   Organizer and Chairman, Poster Session, American Malacological Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

MOLLUSCAN SYSTEMATICS AND ZOOGEOGRAPHY RESEARCH IN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

 

            Studies performed on the systematics and biogeography of several molluscan groups including Busycon, Corculum, Corbiculidae, Sphaeriidae, and Unionidae.

 

            Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

            British Museum (Natural History), London

            Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh

            Delaware Museum of Natural History, Greenville

            Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

            Institut Royale d'Histoire Naturelle, Brussels

            Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

            Marshall University Malacological Collection, Huntington, West Virginia

            Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, Jackson

            Musee Royale du Congo, Tervuren, Belgium

            Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa

            Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

            Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

            Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden

            The Ohio State University Museum of Zoology, Columbus

            Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, California

            Zoological Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Leningrad

            Zoologisches Museum von Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Germany

            Zoologisk Museum, Universitetets Kobenhavn, Denmark

            Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany

                Texas Christian University Museum of Zoology, Ft. Worth

            United States National Museum, Washington, D.C.