The Nature Handbook

Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

Oxford University Press

2005

Photo Information for Chapter 12, Water & Wetlands

Fig. 12.1. Wetland; Utica Marsh, NY; 17 Sep 2001; EHW

Fig. 12.2. Aquatic leaves:

(a) pondweed, Potamogeton sp.; Lily Lk, Beartooth Mtns, WY; 23 Sep 1975; EHW

(b) water buttercup, Ranunculus aquatilis; Beartooth Lk, Beartooth Mtns, WY; 22 Sep 1975; EHW

Fig. 12.3. Giant reed, Phragmites australis:

(a) invasion of a wetland; Utica Marsh, NY; 30 Apr 2003; EHW

(b) flowering heads; Utica Marsh, NY; 26 Aug 2002; EHW

Fig. 12.4. Spring peeper, Hyla crucifer; John Himmelman

Fig. 12.5. Green frogs, Rana clamitans:

(a) adult; Clinton, NY; 1 May 2003; EHW

(b) tadpole; Allen Blake Sheldon

Fig. 12.6. Meadow by beavers, Castor Canadensis; Tug Hill plateau, NY; 14 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 12.7. Muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus, nest; Utica Marsh, NY; 30 Apr 2003; EHW

Fig. 12.8. Blackbirds:

(a) yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus; Allen Blake Sheldon

(b) red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus; Roger Rageot

(c) Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus; D. Wechsler/VIREO

Fig. 12.9. Turtle nest; Utica Marsh, NY; 2 Sep 2002; EHW

Fig. 12.10. Streams and their insects:

(a) stream; Oriskany Ck, Clinton, NY; 21 Jul 2001; EHW

(b) mayfly nymphs; Oriskany Ck, Clinton, NY; 15 May 2003; EHW

(c) stream invertebrates; Oriskany Ck, Clinton, NY; 6 Aug 2003; EHW

Fig. 12.11. Water striders, Gerris sp.:

(a) David Liebman

(b) Clinton, NY; 9 Aug 2002; EHW

Fig. 12.12. Zooplankton of high elevation ponds:

(a) Little Bear Lk, Beartooth Mtns, WY; 6 Aug 2001; EHW

(b) A1 Pond, Beartooth Mtns, WY; 17 Aug 2001; EHW

(c) A2 Pond; 22 Sep 1975; EHW

Fig. 12.13. Hot pool algae:

(a) Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Nat’l Pk, WY; 22 Jul 2002; EHW

(b) Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Nat’l Pk, WY; 16 Aug 2001; EHW

(c) Firehole River, Yellowstone Nat’l Pk, WY; Aug 1977; EHW