Ernst Mayr Library

Deep-sea fishes that use glowing lures to capture prey … fireflies like the ones in your backyard … jellies from which Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), widely used in molecular & cellular biology, was first isolated … glowworms that dangle glowing sticky threads to lure and capture prey … even mushrooms and clams. So many luminescent organisms! Who would have thought!

Come check out the exhibit on Bioluminescence in the sunny lobby of the Northwest Building, 52 Oxford Street. Funded by Library Lab, the three display cases built by HMNH Exhibits staff highlight research here at Harvard and the connections with library resources.

One cabinet showcases the new book by J. Woodland “Woody” Hastings, Bioluminescence: Living Lights, Lights For Living, written with Therese Wilson. Professor Hastings, on the faculty of the Molecular & Cellular Biology Department, has written widely on the subject and is an acknowledged authority. Another case features work of Chris Kenaley of the Organismic & Evolutionary Biology Department (OEB), with specimens from the vast collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) The third cabinet has a mixture of specimens and objects, ranging from fireflies to jellies to squid. There is a specimen of Aequorea, the producer of GFP. There is also a device called a Bioscan that measures ATP to test for bacteria in water and is widely used, including here at Harvard.

Want to know more? http://guides.hcl.harvard.edu/bioluminescence. Suggestions welcome!

The albatross and the fish: linked lives in the open seas.
By Robin W. Doughty and Virginia Carmichael; foreword by H.R.H Prince of Wales; introduction by John Croxall. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, c2011. HOLLIS# 013185900
QL696.P63 D68 2011 (available as an e-book)

Atlas of terrestrial mammals of the Ionian and Aegean islands.
Edited by Marco Masseti. Boston: De Gruyter, c2012. HOLLIS# 013590644
QL728.G8 M37 2012

Bones, clones, and biomes: the history and geography of recent neotropical mammals.
Edited by Bruce D. Patterson and Leonora P. Costa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013615972
QL721.8.B65 2012eb (available as an e-book)

British Cretaceous echinoids. Part 9. Atelostomata, Spatangoida.
By A.B. Smith & C.W. Wright. London: Palaeontographical Society, 1989- . HOLLIS# 002122420
QE781.S65 1989 pt. 9

The British Silurian Crinoidea. Part 3: Addendum to parts 1 and 2, Camerata and Columnals.
By Stephen K. Donovan … [et al.]. London: Palaeontographical Society, 2009- . HOLLIS# 012573552
QE782.B64 2009 pt. 3

Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world.
By Steven W. Purcell, Yves Samyn and Chantal Conand. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012. HOLLIS# 013635309
SH399.T8 P87 2012

Conservation biology and applied zooarchaeology.
Edited by Steve Wolverton and R. Lee Lyman. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013525667
QH75.C6614 2012

Euryhaline fishes.
Edited by Stephen D. McCormick, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Brauner. Oxford; Waltham, MA: Academic Press, 2013. HOLLIS# 013625558
QL639.1.H6 v. 32

From books to bezoars: Sir Hans Sloane and his collections.
Edited by Alison Walker, Arthur MacGregor and Michael Hunter. London: The British Library, 2012. HOLLIS# 013609789
QH31.S575 F76 2012

Genomics and molecular genetics of plant-nematode interactions.
John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen, Carmen Fenoll, Editors. Dordrecht; New York: Springer, c2011. HOLLIS# 013615976
SB998.N4 G46 2011eb (available as an e-book)

The geometrid moths of Poland. Vol. 1. Ennominae.
By Adam Malkiewicz. Wrocław: Polish Taxonomical Society, 2012. HOLLIS# 013630446
QL561.G6 M25 2012

Models of the ecological hierarchy: from molecules to the ecosphere.
By Ferenc Jordán, Sven Erik Jørgensen. Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013615226
QH540.8.J67 2012

The Mongolian ecosystem network: environmental issues under climate and social changes.
Norio Yamamura, Noboru Fujita, Ai Maekawa, editors. Tokyo; New York: Springer, c2013. HOLLIS# 013615228
QH193.M6 M66 2013

Owlet caterpillars of eastern North America.
By David L. Wagner, Dale F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan, and Richard C. Reardon. Princeton: Princeton University Press, [2011], ©2011. HOLLIS# 013615980
QL561.N7 O95 2011eb (available as an e-book)

Return to the sea: the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals.
By Annalisa Berta; illustrated by James L. Sumich and Carl Buell. 1st ed. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013310108
QL713.2.B475 2012

Sea-level rise for the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington :past, present, and future.
Committee on Sea Livel Rise in California, Oregon, and Washington, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources and Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013615253
GC89.U6 S43 2012

Sex, reproduction and Darwinism.
Edited by Filomena de Sousa and Gonzalo Munévar. London; Brookfield, Vt.: Pickering & Chatto, 2012. HOLLIS# 013531731
QP251.S4824 2012 (available as an e-book)

Systematics of the Caligidae, copepods parasitic on marine fishes.
By M. Dojiri and J.-S. Ho. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2013. HOLLIS# 013633293
QL444.C79 D64 2013

Threatened birds of India, their conservation requirements.
By Asad R. Rahmani; maps prepared by Mohit Kalra and Noor I. Khan; layout and design by V. Gopal Naidu. Delhi; New York: Oxford University Press; Mumbai: Available from IBCN, c2012. HOLLIS# 013615265
QL676.57.I4 R34 2012

The true shrikes (Laniidae) of the world: ecology, behavior and evolution.
By E.N. Panov; edited by Tom J. Cade and Christopher P. Woods. Sofia: Pensoft, 2011. HOLLIS# 013616332
QL696.P248 P36 2011eb (available as an e-book)

A world of insects: the Harvard University Press reader.
Edited by Ring T. Cardé and Vincent H. Resh. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013147716
QL496.4.W67 2012

The amphibians of Tennessee.
Edited by Matthew L. Niemiller and R. Graham Reynolds. 1st ed. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, c2011. HOLLIS# 013608485
QL653.T3 A47 2011

Basic pattern of Lepidoptera diversity in southwestern Africa.
By Wolfram Mey. Schwanfeld: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2011. HOLLIS# 013625000
QL557.N3 M49 2011

Biodiversity in dead wood.
By Jogeir N. Stokland, Juha Siitonen, Bengt Gunnar Jonsson. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013608611
QK46.5.D58 S88 2012

The biology and ecology of tintinnid ciliates: models for marine plankton.
Edited by John R. Dolan … [et al.]. Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. HOLLIS# 013608614
QL391.T55 B56 2013

Biophysical approaches to translational control of gene expression. Jonathan D. Dinman, editor. New York: Springer, c2013. HOLLIS# 013608629
QH450.B56 2013

The bird man of Brisbane: Silvester Diggles and his Ornithology of Australia.
By Louis J. Pigott. Salisbury, Brisbane [Qld.]: Boolarong Press, 2010. HOLLIS# 013608638
QL31.D48 P54 2010

Birds and habitat: relationships in changing landscapes.
Edited by Robert J. Fuller. Cambridge, UK; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013608646
QL698.95.B579 2012

Birds of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
By Daniel D. Gibson and G. Vernon Byrd. Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club; Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists’ Union, 2007. HOLLIS# 013620016
QL684.A4 G53 2007

Butterflies of Suriname: a natural history.
By Hajo B.P.E. Gernaat, Borgesius G. Beckles, Tinde van Andel. Amsterdam [Netherlands]: KIT Publishers, c2012. HOLLIS# 013608657
QL554.S87 G47 2011

California condors in the 21st century.
Edited by Allan Mee and Linnea S. Hall. Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club; Washington, DC: American Ornithologists Union, 2007. HOLLIS# 013620018
QL696.C53 C35 2007

Conservation and the genetics of populations.
By Fred W. Allendorf, Gordon Luikart, Sally N. Aitken; with illustrations by Agostinho Antunes. 2nd ed. Chichester, West Sussex; Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. HOLLIS# 013608673
QH75.A43 2013

Contested forms of governance in marine protected areas: a study of co-management and adaptive co-management.
By Natalie Bown, Tim Gray, and Selina Stead. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge,2013. HOLLIS# 013608682
QH91.75.H8 B69 2013

Dispersal ecology and evolution.
Edited by Jean Clobert … [et al.]. 1st ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. HOLLIS# 013608699
QH543.3.D57 2012

Echinoderm research and diversity in Latin America.
By Juan José Alvarado, Francisco Alonso Solís-Marín, editors. Berlin; New York: Springer,[2012], c2013. HOLLIS# 013614667
QL383.2.A1 E24 2013

Ecology and conservation of fishes.
By Harold M. Tyus. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614670
QL639.8.T98 2012

Ecology and management of forest soils.
By Dan Binkley, Richard F. Fisher. 4th ed. Oxford; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. HOLLIS# 013614671
SD390.F56 2013

Ecology, conservation, and restoration of tidal marshes: the San Francisco estuary.
Edited by Arnas Palaima. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614674
QH87.3.E34 2012

Ecology of Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii) in the Sierra Nevada, California: effects of meadow characteristics and weather on demographics.
By Heather A. Mathewson … [et al.]. Washington, DC: American Ornithologists’ Union, c2013. HOLLIS# 013624939
QL696.P289 E36 2013

Endangered black cockatoos in Western Australia: proceedings of a symposium about their biology, status, threats and efforts to restore their habitat and populations, 26 November 2010.
West Perth, W.A.: Urban Bushland Council, 2010. HOLLIS# 013597957
QL696.P7 E53 2010

The evolutionary history of nematodes: as revealed in stone, amber and mummies.
By George O. Poinar, Jr.Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2011. HOLLIS# 013614675
QE791.P55 2011

Evolution’s wedge: competition and the origins of diversity.
By David W. Pfennig, Karin S. Pfennig. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614676
QH408.P44 2012

Field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago (peninsular Malaysia).
By L. Lee Grismer. Frankfurt am Main: Edition Chimaira, 2011. HOLLIS# 013597883
QL661.M4 G76 2011

Gametogenesis, early embryo development and stem cell derivation.
By Tiziana A.L. Brevini, Georgia Pennarossa. New York, NY: Springer, c2013. HOLLIS# 013614677
QL955.B74 2013

Gastrotricha, Cycloneuralia, and Gnathifera: Nematomorpha, Priapulida, Kinorhyncha, Loricifera.
By Schmidt-Rhaesa. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, c2012- HOLLIS# 013626633
QL386.S36 2012 v. 1

Genome annotation.
By Jung Soh, Paul M.K. Gordon, and Christoph W. Sensen. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]. HOLLIS# 013614678
QH447.S634 2013 [with CD-ROM]

Gray wolves and the Endangered Species Act.
Chase Ewing and Roger H. Cooley, editors. New York: Nova Science Publishers, c2012. HOLLIS# 013608545
QL737.C22 G72 2012

How to be a better birder.
By Derek Lovitch. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614680
QL677.5.L68 2012

Infectious diseases of wild mammals and birds in Europe.
Edited by Dolores Gavier-Widén, J. Paul Duff, Anna Meredith. Chichester, West Sussex, UK; Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. HOLLIS# 013614683
SF996.4.I542 2012

Introduction to instrumentation in life sciences.
By Prakash S. Bisen, Anjana Sharma. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, c2013. HOLLIS# 013614684
QH324.42.B57 2013

The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory: a century of discovering the nature of nature.
By Michael J. Lannoo. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614685
QH105.I8 L34 2012

ISCN 2013: an international system for human cytogenetic nomenclature (2013).
Editors, Lisa G. Shaffer, Jean McGowan-Jordan, Michael Schmid. Basel; Unionvillle, CT: Karger, c2013. HOLLIS# 013614686
QH431.I56 2013

Lake Kivu: limnology and biogeochemistry of a tropical great lake. Jean-Pierre Descy, François Darchambeau, Martin Schmid, editors. Dordrecht; New York: Springer, c2012. HOLLIS# 013614687
QH195.K58 L35 2012

Leaping ahead: advances in prosimian biology.
By Judith Masters, Marco Gamba, Fabien Génin, editors. New York : Springer, [2012], c2013. HOLLIS# 013614688
QL737.P9 L37 2013

Natural histories: extraordinary rare book selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library.
Edited by Tom Baione. New York: Sterling Signature, c2012. HOLLIS# 013588637
Ref. Z7409.N273 2012

Observation and ecology: broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world.
By Rafe Sagarin and Aníbal Pauchard. Washington: Island Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013610630
QH541.28.S23 2012

The other saber-tooths: scimitar-tooth cats of the Western Hemisphere.
Edited by Virginia L. Naples, Larry D. Martin, and John P. Babiarz;
graphics editor, H. Todd Wheeler. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011. HOLLIS# 013615244
QE882.C15 O84 2011

Radar entomology: observing insect flight and migration.
By V. Alistair Drake and Don R. Reynolds. Cambridge, MA: CABI, 2012. HOLLIS# 013615249
QL496.2.D73 2012

Review of report on the “Biology and stock status of demersal scalefish indicator species in the Gascoyne Coast Bioregion.
Prepared by A.K. Morison. Perth, W.A.: Dept. of Fisheries, 2012. HOLLIS# 013625019
SH318.W4 M67 2012

Review of tropical reservoirs and their fisheries: the cases of Lake Nasser, Lake Volta and Indo-Gangetic Basin reservoir.
Edited by P.A.M. van Zwieten … [et al.]. Rome: FAO, 2011. HOLLIS# 013625039
SH314.N27 R47 2011

Site-directed insertion of transgenes.
Sylvaine Renault, Philippe Duchateau, [editors]. Dordrecht: Springer, c2013. HOLLIS# 013615258
QH442.6.S48 2013

State of North America’s birds of prey.
Edited by Keith L. Bildstein … [et al.]. Cambridge, Mass.: Nuttall Ornithological Club; Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists’ Union, 2008. HOLLIS# 013620020
QL677.78.S73 2008

Swimming physiology of fish: towards using exercise to farm a fit fish in sustainable aquaculture.
Arjan P. Palstra, Josep V. Planas, editors. Berlin; New York : Springer, [2012], c2013. HOLLIS# 013615263
QL639.4.S85 2012

Undulatory locomotion in freshwater stingray Potamotrygon orbignyi: kinematics, pectoral fin morphology, and ground effects on rajiform swimming.
A dissertation presented by Erin Leigh Blevins. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University, 2012. HOLLIS# 013614987
QL638.85.P6 B53 2012

Venomous reptiles of the United States, Canada, and northern Mexico.
By Carl H. Ernst and Evelyn M. Ernst. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011-c2012. HOLLIS# 013615275
QL666.O6 E773 2011 v. 1-2

Wildlife conservation in a changing climate.
Edited by Jedediah F. Brodie, Eric Post, and Daniel F. Doak. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013. HOLLIS# 013615286
QL82.W553 2013

Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts: a guide to their identification and ecology.
By William S. Johnson and Dennis M. Allen ; with illustrations by Marni Fylling.2nd ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2012. HOLLIS# 013615292
QL123.J649 2012