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NYMS Banquet Dec. 8th Newsletter Of the New York Microscopical Society 1 Prospect Village Plaza (66F Mt. Prospect Avenue) Clifton, New Jersey 07013-1918 GPS: Latitude 40.8648N, Longitude 74.1540W October 2013 N.Y.M.S. (973) 470-8733 Volume 7 (27) Number 8 Meeting Notice: Fall Lecture Series Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013: Lecture starts at 2PM at NYMS in Clifton Photomicrography for the Cash-Strapped Collector By Derek Yoost Ever wonder how to get decent photomicrographs without a microscope and all the expensive equipment that comes with it? In this lecture, I will show you the fruits of a project of mine and how I accomplished it. I wanted to see how good I could take pictures of small things with the least amount of specialized optics. Using only things that most mineral, fossil, or meteorite collectors should already have at hand, I will show how you too can pull it off. My passion for fossil collecting started when I was 10 years old and has never stopped since. Starting at the age of 14, I worked in a rock shop (Jim’s Gems) in Wayne NJ and gleaned a vast knowledge for the collecting and lapidary hobby. For the past 27 years, my collection has grown to include fossil amber, fish, reptiles, and mammals that are unique to New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. I also collect local minerals from New Jersey, shells, bones, meteorites and other natural history items and artifacts. This hobby has brought me to many interesting localities and fascinating people. I also maintain a web site on my favorite fossil collecting site, Big Brook at njfossils.net. To date, I would guess that my favorite fossil that I found is the insect (a blood sucking Midge that may have fed on dinosaurs) that I found in Cretaceous aged sediment in Sayreville NJ. It was new to science and was eventually named after me (Culicoides yoosti). Continued on page 3. 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    Glime, J. M. 2017. Tardigrade Ecology. Chapt. 5-6. In: Glime, J. M. Bryophyte Ecology. Volume 2. Bryological Interaction. 5-6-1 Ebook sponsored by Michigan Technological University and the International Association of Bryologists. Last updated 9 April 2021 and available at <http://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/bryophyte-ecology2/>. CHAPTER 5-6 TARDIGRADE ECOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS Dispersal.............................................................................................................................................................. 5-6-2 Peninsula Effect........................................................................................................................................... 5-6-3 Distribution ......................................................................................................................................................... 5-6-4 Common Species................................................................................................................................................. 5-6-6 Communities ....................................................................................................................................................... 5-6-7 Unique Partnerships? .......................................................................................................................................... 5-6-8 Bryophyte Dangers – Fungal Parasites ............................................................................................................... 5-6-9 Role of Bryophytes