A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals by T. T. Macan Review by: E. B. Reed AIBS Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec., 1960), p. 38 Published by: Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1292811 . Accessed: 21/06/2014 20:37 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
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The reader is impressed by the tre- mendous task performed by each author, not only in bringing together the contributions of a great many investigators but also, more signifi- cantly, in organizing this vast amount of "new" data, observations, and speculations. In fact, a thread of "unity and cohesiveness" appears extant through the ten chapters albeit they are authored by ten differ- ent individuals. This volume is doubly indexed, both by author and subject; and each of these is very comprehensive. The editors are to be commended for their vision and courage in under- taking an enormous task. The authors of the present volume are to be complimented for the excellent pres- entations of their special topics. Michael J. Pelezar, Jr., Department of Microbiology, University of Mary- land. Lobund Reports. Germfree Life Studies, No. 3. Edited by James A. Reyniers, Robert F. Ervin, Helmut A. Gordon, and Morris Wagner. 182 p., illus. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. (1960) $2.50. The third Lobund Report on germ- free life is introduced by a resume of the pioneer studies in this field by Rudolph W. Glaser. The work of Glaser dealt with a number of in- vertebrates which included house flies, cockroaches, and protozoa. The Notre Dame group has worked with vertebrates including rats, chickens, dogs, and others. The bulk of this report deals with the white Wyandotte Bantam and the White Leghorn chicken. The general methods of incubation, hatching, test- ing, feeding, and autopsy are given. A detailed report of a morphological and biochemical comparison of germ- free and conventional animals is given. The reviewer was surprised at the general lack of differences between the two groups of animals, except for those tissues normally in contact with the intestinal flora. The sero- logical part of the survey showed a delayed appearance of agglutinins to bacteria sterilized in the diet and absence of agglutinins to certain in- testinal organisms. The survey closes with a report that certain germfree vertebrates can be reared free of animal parasites by the methodology that has been de- veloped and also that turkeys can be reared germfree. S. G. Knight, De- partment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. of the reference list reveals a large proportion of them as publications dat- ing in the 1950's, which again reveals the tempo of research in this area. The reader is impressed by the tre- mendous task performed by each author, not only in bringing together the contributions of a great many investigators but also, more signifi- cantly, in organizing this vast amount of "new" data, observations, and speculations. In fact, a thread of "unity and cohesiveness" appears extant through the ten chapters albeit they are authored by ten differ- ent individuals. This volume is doubly indexed, both by author and subject; and each of these is very comprehensive. The editors are to be commended for their vision and courage in under- taking an enormous task. The authors of the present volume are to be complimented for the excellent pres- entations of their special topics. Michael J. Pelezar, Jr., Department of Microbiology, University of Mary- land. Lobund Reports. Germfree Life Studies, No. 3. Edited by James A. Reyniers, Robert F. Ervin, Helmut A. Gordon, and Morris Wagner. 182 p., illus. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. (1960) $2.50. The third Lobund Report on germ- free life is introduced by a resume of the pioneer studies in this field by Rudolph W. Glaser. The work of Glaser dealt with a number of in- vertebrates which included house flies, cockroaches, and protozoa. The Notre Dame group has worked with vertebrates including rats, chickens, dogs, and others. The bulk of this report deals with the white Wyandotte Bantam and the White Leghorn chicken. The general methods of incubation, hatching, test- ing, feeding, and autopsy are given. A detailed report of a morphological and biochemical comparison of germ- free and conventional animals is given. The reviewer was surprised at the general lack of differences between the two groups of animals, except for those tissues normally in contact with the intestinal flora. The sero- logical part of the survey showed a delayed appearance of agglutinins to bacteria sterilized in the diet and absence of agglutinins to certain in- testinal organisms. The survey closes with a report that certain germfree vertebrates can be reared free of animal parasites by the methodology that has been de- veloped and also that turkeys can be reared germfree. S. G. Knight, De- partment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. of the reference list reveals a large proportion of them as publications dat- ing in the 1950's, which again reveals the tempo of research in this area. The reader is impressed by the tre- mendous task performed by each author, not only in bringing together the contributions of a great many investigators but also, more signifi- cantly, in organizing this vast amount of "new" data, observations, and speculations. In fact, a thread of "unity and cohesiveness" appears extant through the ten chapters albeit they are authored by ten differ- ent individuals. This volume is doubly indexed, both by author and subject; and each of these is very comprehensive. The editors are to be commended for their vision and courage in under- taking an enormous task. The authors of the present volume are to be complimented for the excellent pres- entations of their special topics. Michael J. Pelezar, Jr., Department of Microbiology, University of Mary- land. Lobund Reports. Germfree Life Studies, No. 3. Edited by James A. Reyniers, Robert F. Ervin, Helmut A. Gordon, and Morris Wagner. 182 p., illus. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. (1960) $2.50. The third Lobund Report on germ- free life is introduced by a resume of the pioneer studies in this field by Rudolph W. Glaser. The work of Glaser dealt with a number of in- vertebrates which included house flies, cockroaches, and protozoa. The Notre Dame group has worked with vertebrates including rats, chickens, dogs, and others. The bulk of this report deals with the white Wyandotte Bantam and the White Leghorn chicken. The general methods of incubation, hatching, test- ing, feeding, and autopsy are given. A detailed report of a morphological and biochemical comparison of germ- free and conventional animals is given. The reviewer was surprised at the general lack of differences between the two groups of animals, except for those tissues normally in contact with the intestinal flora. The sero- logical part of the survey showed a delayed appearance of agglutinins to bacteria sterilized in the diet and absence of agglutinins to certain in- testinal organisms. The survey closes with a report that certain germfree vertebrates can be reared free of animal parasites by the methodology that has been de- veloped and also that turkeys can be reared germfree. S. G. Knight, De- partment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. of the reference list reveals a large proportion of them as publications dat- ing in the 1950's, which again reveals the tempo of research in this area. The reader is impressed by the tre- mendous task performed by each author, not only in bringing together the contributions of a great many investigators but also, more signifi- cantly, in organizing this vast amount of "new" data, observations, and speculations. In fact, a thread of "unity and cohesiveness" appears extant through the ten chapters albeit they are authored by ten differ- ent individuals. This volume is doubly indexed, both by author and subject; and each of these is very comprehensive. The editors are to be commended for their vision and courage in under- taking an enormous task. The authors of the present volume are to be complimented for the excellent pres- entations of their special topics. Michael J. Pelezar, Jr., Department of Microbiology, University of Mary- land. Lobund Reports. Germfree Life Studies, No. 3. Edited by James A. Reyniers, Robert F. Ervin, Helmut A. Gordon, and Morris Wagner. 182 p., illus. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. (1960) $2.50. The third Lobund Report on germ- free life is introduced by a resume of the pioneer studies in this field by Rudolph W. Glaser. The work of Glaser dealt with a number of in- vertebrates which included house flies, cockroaches, and protozoa. The Notre Dame group has worked with vertebrates including rats, chickens, dogs, and others. The bulk of this report deals with the white Wyandotte Bantam and the White Leghorn chicken. The general methods of incubation, hatching, test- ing, feeding, and autopsy are given. A detailed report of a morphological and biochemical comparison of germ- free and conventional animals is given. The reviewer was surprised at the general lack of differences between the two groups of animals, except for those tissues normally in contact with the intestinal flora. The sero- logical part of the survey showed a delayed appearance of agglutinins to bacteria sterilized in the diet and absence of agglutinins to certain in- testinal organisms. The survey closes with a report that certain germfree vertebrates can be reared free of animal parasites by the methodology that has been de- veloped and also that turkeys can be reared germfree. S. G. Knight, De- partment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. of the reference list reveals a large proportion of them as publications dat- ing in the 1950's, which again reveals the tempo of research in this area. The reader is impressed by the tre- mendous task performed by each author, not only in bringing together the contributions of a great many investigators but also, more signifi- cantly, in organizing this vast amount of "new" data, observations, and speculations. In fact, a thread of "unity and cohesiveness" appears extant through the ten chapters albeit they are authored by ten differ- ent individuals. This volume is doubly indexed, both by author and subject; and each of these is very comprehensive. The editors are to be commended for their vision and courage in under- taking an enormous task. The authors of the present volume are to be complimented for the excellent pres- entations of their special topics. Michael J. Pelezar, Jr., Department of Microbiology, University of Mary- land. Lobund Reports. Germfree Life Studies, No. 3. Edited by James A. Reyniers, Robert F. Ervin, Helmut A. Gordon, and Morris Wagner. 182 p., illus. University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. (1960) $2.50. The third Lobund Report on germ- free life is introduced by a resume of the pioneer studies in this field by Rudolph W. Glaser. The work of Glaser dealt with a number of in- vertebrates which included house flies, cockroaches, and protozoa. The Notre Dame group has worked with vertebrates including rats, chickens, dogs, and others. The bulk of this report deals with the white Wyandotte Bantam and the White Leghorn chicken. The general methods of incubation, hatching, test- ing, feeding, and autopsy are given. A detailed report of a morphological and biochemical comparison of germ- free and conventional animals is given. The reviewer was surprised at the general lack of differences between the two groups of animals, except for those tissues normally in contact with the intestinal flora. The sero- logical part of the survey showed a delayed appearance of agglutinins to bacteria sterilized in the diet and absence of agglutinins to certain in- testinal organisms. The survey closes with a report that certain germfree vertebrates can be reared free of animal parasites by the methodology that has been de- veloped and also that turkeys can be reared germfree. S. G. Knight, De- partment of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. The Biology of Marine Animals. J. A. COLIN NICOL. 707 p., illus. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York. (1960) $14.00. This is a text on the comparative physiology of marine animals, written for the undergraduate specializing in marine zoology and for the university biology student undertaking studies at the seashore. Chapters deal suc- cessively with the environment, water and minerals, body fluids and circula- tion, respiration, nutrition and feed- ing mechanisms, digestion, excretion, sensory organs and reception, effector mechanisms, nervous systems and be- havior, pigments and color, color changes, luminescence, intimate asso- ciation between species, and skeletons, shelters, and special defences. The chapters are concise summaries, usually well-illustrated and fortified with tabulated data, and documented with extensive references to recent literature, mostly in English. The book has several refreshing features. The author, a zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory, has man- aged to combine the viewpoints of naturalist and experimentalist, of physiologist and ecologist. He deals with both vertebrates and inverte- brates, not only in terms of tissues and organs but also in terms of whole organisms operating in an environ- ment. Physiology is broadly con- strued to include function of many sorts, and while a basic knowledge of anatomy and biology are assumed, no sharp line is drawn between physi- ology and related or background fields. The result is a physiology text flavored with functional anatomy, physiological ecology, behavior, and natural history, such that physiologi- cal significance is enhanced and the term "biology" in the book title is not misleading. Only the function of re- production is neglected, and it would seem desirable to include in later editions a chapter on the physiological aspects of reproduction and reproduc- tive cycles. Donald P. Abbott, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford Univer- sity. A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals. T. T. MACAN. 118 p., illus. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. (1959) $3.00. In a small volume intended for amateur naturalists and professional biologists, Macan aims by means of keys to enable collectors of fresh- water invertebrates to identify their catches to the nearest group. Nearest group may mean phylum, class or, more frequently, order or family. References to detailed studies for specific indentifications are provided. The "guide" appears to have fallen The Biology of Marine Animals. J. A. COLIN NICOL. 707 p., illus. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York. (1960) $14.00. This is a text on the comparative physiology of marine animals, written for the undergraduate specializing in marine zoology and for the university biology student undertaking studies at the seashore. Chapters deal suc- cessively with the environment, water and minerals, body fluids and circula- tion, respiration, nutrition and feed- ing mechanisms, digestion, excretion, sensory organs and reception, effector mechanisms, nervous systems and be- havior, pigments and color, color changes, luminescence, intimate asso- ciation between species, and skeletons, shelters, and special defences. The chapters are concise summaries, usually well-illustrated and fortified with tabulated data, and documented with extensive references to recent literature, mostly in English. The book has several refreshing features. The author, a zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory, has man- aged to combine the viewpoints of naturalist and experimentalist, of physiologist and ecologist. He deals with both vertebrates and inverte- brates, not only in terms of tissues and organs but also in terms of whole organisms operating in an environ- ment. Physiology is broadly con- strued to include function of many sorts, and while a basic knowledge of anatomy and biology are assumed, no sharp line is drawn between physi- ology and related or background fields. The result is a physiology text flavored with functional anatomy, physiological ecology, behavior, and natural history, such that physiologi- cal significance is enhanced and the term "biology" in the book title is not misleading. Only the function of re- production is neglected, and it would seem desirable to include in later editions a chapter on the physiological aspects of reproduction and reproduc- tive cycles. Donald P. Abbott, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford Univer- sity. A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals. T. T. MACAN. 118 p., illus. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. (1959) $3.00. In a small volume intended for amateur naturalists and professional biologists, Macan aims by means of keys to enable collectors of fresh- water invertebrates to identify their catches to the nearest group. Nearest group may mean phylum, class or, more frequently, order or family. References to detailed studies for specific indentifications are provided. The "guide" appears to have fallen The Biology of Marine Animals. J. A. COLIN NICOL. 707 p., illus. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York. (1960) $14.00. This is a text on the comparative physiology of marine animals, written for the undergraduate specializing in marine zoology and for the university biology student undertaking studies at the seashore. Chapters deal suc- cessively with the environment, water and minerals, body fluids and circula- tion, respiration, nutrition and feed- ing mechanisms, digestion, excretion, sensory organs and reception, effector mechanisms, nervous systems and be- havior, pigments and color, color changes, luminescence, intimate asso- ciation between species, and skeletons, shelters, and special defences. The chapters are concise summaries, usually well-illustrated and fortified with tabulated data, and documented with extensive references to recent literature, mostly in English. The book has several refreshing features. The author, a zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory, has man- aged to combine the viewpoints of naturalist and experimentalist, of physiologist and ecologist. He deals with both vertebrates and inverte- brates, not only in terms of tissues and organs but also in terms of whole organisms operating in an environ- ment. Physiology is broadly con- strued to include function of many sorts, and while a basic knowledge of anatomy and biology are assumed, no sharp line is drawn between physi- ology and related or background fields. The result is a physiology text flavored with functional anatomy, physiological ecology, behavior, and natural history, such that physiologi- cal significance is enhanced and the term "biology" in the book title is not misleading. Only the function of re- production is neglected, and it would seem desirable to include in later editions a chapter on the physiological aspects of reproduction and reproduc- tive cycles. Donald P. Abbott, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford Univer- sity. A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals. T. T. MACAN. 118 p., illus. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. (1959) $3.00. In a small volume intended for amateur naturalists and professional biologists, Macan aims by means of keys to enable collectors of fresh- water invertebrates to identify their catches to the nearest group. Nearest group may mean phylum, class or, more frequently, order or family. References to detailed studies for specific indentifications are provided. The "guide" appears to have fallen The Biology of Marine Animals. J. A. COLIN NICOL. 707 p., illus. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York. (1960) $14.00. This is a text on the comparative physiology of marine animals, written for the undergraduate specializing in marine zoology and for the university biology student undertaking studies at the seashore. Chapters deal suc- cessively with the environment, water and minerals, body fluids and circula- tion, respiration, nutrition and feed- ing mechanisms, digestion, excretion, sensory organs and reception, effector mechanisms, nervous systems and be- havior, pigments and color, color changes, luminescence, intimate asso- ciation between species, and skeletons, shelters, and special defences. The chapters are concise summaries, usually well-illustrated and fortified with tabulated data, and documented with extensive references to recent literature, mostly in English. The book has several refreshing features. The author, a zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory, has man- aged to combine the viewpoints of naturalist and experimentalist, of physiologist and ecologist. He deals with both vertebrates and inverte- brates, not only in terms of tissues and organs but also in terms of whole organisms operating in an environ- ment. Physiology is broadly con- strued to include function of many sorts, and while a basic knowledge of anatomy and biology are assumed, no sharp line is drawn between physi- ology and related or background fields. The result is a physiology text flavored with functional anatomy, physiological ecology, behavior, and natural history, such that physiologi- cal significance is enhanced and the term "biology" in the book title is not misleading. Only the function of re- production is neglected, and it would seem desirable to include in later editions a chapter on the physiological aspects of reproduction and reproduc- tive cycles. Donald P. Abbott, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford Univer- sity. A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals. T. T. MACAN. 118 p., illus. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. (1959) $3.00. In a small volume intended for amateur naturalists and professional biologists, Macan aims by means of keys to enable collectors of fresh- water invertebrates to identify their catches to the nearest group. Nearest group may mean phylum, class or, more frequently, order or family. References to detailed studies for specific indentifications are provided. The "guide" appears to have fallen The Biology of Marine Animals. J. A. COLIN NICOL. 707 p., illus. Inter- science Publishers, Inc., New York. (1960) $14.00. This is a text on the comparative physiology of marine animals, written for the undergraduate specializing in marine zoology and for the university biology student undertaking studies at the seashore. Chapters deal suc- cessively with the environment, water and minerals, body fluids and circula- tion, respiration, nutrition and feed- ing mechanisms, digestion, excretion, sensory organs and reception, effector mechanisms, nervous systems and be- havior, pigments and color, color changes, luminescence, intimate asso- ciation between species, and skeletons, shelters, and special defences. The chapters are concise summaries, usually well-illustrated and fortified with tabulated data, and documented with extensive references to recent literature, mostly in English. The book has several refreshing features. The author, a zoologist at the Plymouth Laboratory, has man- aged to combine the viewpoints of naturalist and experimentalist, of physiologist and ecologist. He deals with both vertebrates and inverte- brates, not only in terms of tissues and organs but also in terms of whole organisms operating in an environ- ment. Physiology is broadly con- strued to include function of many sorts, and while a basic knowledge of anatomy and biology are assumed, no sharp line is drawn between physi- ology and related or background fields. The result is a physiology text flavored with functional anatomy, physiological ecology, behavior, and natural history, such that physiologi- cal significance is enhanced and the term "biology" in the book title is not misleading. Only the function of re- production is neglected, and it would seem desirable to include in later editions a chapter on the physiological aspects of reproduction and reproduc- tive cycles. Donald P. Abbott, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford Univer- sity. A Guide to Freshwater Invertebrate Animals. T. T. MACAN. 118 p., illus. Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., London. (1959) $3.00. In a small volume intended for amateur naturalists and professional biologists, Macan aims by means of keys to enable collectors of fresh- water invertebrates to identify their catches to the nearest group. Nearest group may mean phylum, class or, more frequently, order or family. References to detailed studies for specific indentifications are provided. The "guide" appears to have fallen between two stools--insufficient basic information for the amateur and in- sufficient detail for a really useful volume for the professional biologist. Macan is inconsistent in that after recognizing that amateur collectors may not have access to first class microscopes, he describes such minute anatomical features as flame cells of rotifers and planarians. Or again, metamorphosis of copepods is noted and naplius instars described, but no mention is made of the copepodite instars. Also one wonders how gen- erally available to amateur naturalists are the cited references. The 202 illustrations vary from diagrammatic line figures to excellent stiple drawings. Arthropods occupy 78 pages of which 62 (more than one half the volume) are devoted to in- sects. The book is attractively printed and nearly free from typographical errors. The words "small" and "big" appear to have been interchanged in the paragraph on the top of page ix. Directed primarily to students of the British freshwater fauna and giving references to works chiefly concerned with European forms, Macan's book will probably prove to be of limited value to serious students of North American freshwater in- vertebrates. E. B. Reed, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University. Man High. DAVID G. SIMONS (MC) USAF with DON A. SCHANCHE. 262 p. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. (1960) $4.50. This is a well written, popularized, but informative account of the cir- cumstances surrounding the record 102,000 ft. balloon ascent made by Lt. Col. Simons in August 1957 and the effect the experience had upon the design of the current Project Mer- cury. Remaining for 32 hours above 98% of the earth's atmosphere Project Man High reconfirmed both the intimate link between man and the terrestrial environment, and the in- herent resistance of the human body and spirit to acute environmental stresses. In this day of almost routine rocket soundings which probe the nature of space, weather and com- munication satellites, and orbiting bio-packs there is a temptation to consider the pioneering endeavors of Project Man High as an adventureous excursion that provided very little new scientific information for the effort involved. However, the pur- poseful collection of micro meteoritic dust on the capsule exterior; photom- eter readings which provided meas- ures of the dust in the upper atmos- phere; cosmic ray measurements and indications that heavy primary cosmic radiation may not be acutely hazard- between two stools--insufficient basic information for the amateur and in- sufficient detail for a really useful volume for the professional biologist. Macan is inconsistent in that after recognizing that amateur collectors may not have access to first class microscopes, he describes such minute anatomical features as flame cells of rotifers and planarians. Or again, metamorphosis of copepods is noted and naplius instars described, but no mention is made of the copepodite instars. Also one wonders how gen- erally available to amateur naturalists are the cited references. The 202 illustrations vary from diagrammatic line figures to excellent stiple drawings. Arthropods occupy 78 pages of which 62 (more than one half the volume) are devoted to in- sects. The book is attractively printed and nearly free from typographical errors. The words "small" and "big" appear to have been interchanged in the paragraph on the top of page ix. Directed primarily to students of the British freshwater fauna and giving references to works chiefly concerned with European forms, Macan's book will probably prove to be of limited value to serious students of North American freshwater in- vertebrates. E. B. Reed, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University. Man High. DAVID G. SIMONS (MC) USAF with DON A. SCHANCHE. 262 p. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. (1960) $4.50. This is a well written, popularized, but informative account of the cir- cumstances surrounding the record 102,000 ft. balloon ascent made by Lt. Col. Simons in August 1957 and the effect the experience had upon the design of the current Project Mer- cury. Remaining for 32 hours above 98% of the earth's atmosphere Project Man High reconfirmed both the intimate link between man and the terrestrial environment, and the in- herent resistance of the human body and spirit to acute environmental stresses. In this day of almost routine rocket soundings which probe the nature of space, weather and com- munication satellites, and orbiting bio-packs there is a temptation to consider the pioneering endeavors of Project Man High as an adventureous excursion that provided very little new scientific information for the effort involved. However, the pur- poseful collection of micro meteoritic dust on the capsule exterior; photom- eter readings which provided meas- ures of the dust in the upper atmos- phere; cosmic ray measurements and indications that heavy primary cosmic radiation may not be acutely hazard- between two stools--insufficient basic information for the amateur and in- sufficient detail for a really useful volume for the professional biologist. Macan is inconsistent in that after recognizing that amateur collectors may not have access to first class microscopes, he describes such minute anatomical features as flame cells of rotifers and planarians. Or again, metamorphosis of copepods is noted and naplius instars described, but no mention is made of the copepodite instars. Also one wonders how gen- erally available to amateur naturalists are the cited references. The 202 illustrations vary from diagrammatic line figures to excellent stiple drawings. Arthropods occupy 78 pages of which 62 (more than one half the volume) are devoted to in- sects. The book is attractively printed and nearly free from typographical errors. The words "small" and "big" appear to have been interchanged in the paragraph on the top of page ix. Directed primarily to students of the British freshwater fauna and giving references to works chiefly concerned with European forms, Macan's book will probably prove to be of limited value to serious students of North American freshwater in- vertebrates. E. B. Reed, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University. Man High. DAVID G. SIMONS (MC) USAF with DON A. SCHANCHE. 262 p. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. (1960) $4.50. This is a well written, popularized, but informative account of the cir- cumstances surrounding the record 102,000 ft. balloon ascent made by Lt. Col. Simons in August 1957 and the effect the experience had upon the design of the current Project Mer- cury. Remaining for 32 hours above 98% of the earth's atmosphere Project Man High reconfirmed both the intimate link between man and the terrestrial environment, and the in- herent resistance of the human body and spirit to acute environmental stresses. In this day of almost routine rocket soundings which probe the nature of space, weather and com- munication satellites, and orbiting bio-packs there is a temptation to consider the pioneering endeavors of Project Man High as an adventureous excursion that provided very little new scientific information for the effort involved. However, the pur- poseful collection of micro meteoritic dust on the capsule exterior; photom- eter readings which provided meas- ures of the dust in the upper atmos- phere; cosmic ray measurements and indications that heavy primary cosmic radiation may not be acutely hazard- between two stools--insufficient basic information for the amateur and in- sufficient detail for a really useful volume for the professional biologist. Macan is inconsistent in that after recognizing that amateur collectors may not have access to first class microscopes, he describes such minute anatomical features as flame cells of rotifers and planarians. Or again, metamorphosis of copepods is noted and naplius instars described, but no mention is made of the copepodite instars. Also one wonders how gen- erally available to amateur naturalists are the cited references. The 202 illustrations vary from diagrammatic line figures to excellent stiple drawings. Arthropods occupy 78 pages of which 62 (more than one half the volume) are devoted to in- sects. The book is attractively printed and nearly free from typographical errors. The words "small" and "big" appear to have been interchanged in the paragraph on the top of page ix. Directed primarily to students of the British freshwater fauna and giving references to works chiefly concerned with European forms, Macan's book will probably prove to be of limited value to serious students of North American freshwater in- vertebrates. E. B. Reed, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University. Man High. DAVID G. SIMONS (MC) USAF with DON A. SCHANCHE. 262 p. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. (1960) $4.50. This is a well written, popularized, but informative account of the cir- cumstances surrounding the record 102,000 ft. balloon ascent made by Lt. Col. Simons in August 1957 and the effect the experience had upon the design of the current Project Mer- cury. Remaining for 32 hours above 98% of the earth's atmosphere Project Man High reconfirmed both the intimate link between man and the terrestrial environment, and the in- herent resistance of the human body and spirit to acute environmental stresses. In this day of almost routine rocket soundings which probe the nature of space, weather and com- munication satellites, and orbiting bio-packs there is a temptation to consider the pioneering endeavors of Project Man High as an adventureous excursion that provided very little new scientific information for the effort involved. However, the pur- poseful collection of micro meteoritic dust on the capsule exterior; photom- eter readings which provided meas- ures of the dust in the upper atmos- phere; cosmic ray measurements and indications that heavy primary cosmic radiation may not be acutely hazard- between two stools--insufficient basic information for the amateur and in- sufficient detail for a really useful volume for the professional biologist. Macan is inconsistent in that after recognizing that amateur collectors may not have access to first class microscopes, he describes such minute anatomical features as flame cells of rotifers and planarians. Or again, metamorphosis of copepods is noted and naplius instars described, but no mention is made of the copepodite instars. Also one wonders how gen- erally available to amateur naturalists are the cited references. The 202 illustrations vary from diagrammatic line figures to excellent stiple drawings. Arthropods occupy 78 pages of which 62 (more than one half the volume) are devoted to in- sects. The book is attractively printed and nearly free from typographical errors. The words "small" and "big" appear to have been interchanged in the paragraph on the top of page ix. Directed primarily to students of the British freshwater fauna and giving references to works chiefly concerned with European forms, Macan's book will probably prove to be of limited value to serious students of North American freshwater in- vertebrates. E. B. Reed, Department of Zoology, Colorado State University. Man High. DAVID G. SIMONS (MC) USAF with DON A. SCHANCHE. 262 p. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. (1960) $4.50. This is a well written, popularized, but informative account of the cir- cumstances surrounding the record 102,000 ft. balloon ascent made by Lt. Col. Simons in August 1957 and the effect the experience had upon the design of the current Project Mer- cury. Remaining for 32 hours above 98% of the earth's atmosphere Project Man High reconfirmed both the intimate link between man and the terrestrial environment, and the in- herent resistance of the human body and spirit to acute environmental stresses. In this day of almost routine rocket soundings which probe the nature of space, weather and com- munication satellites, and orbiting bio-packs there is a temptation to consider the pioneering endeavors of Project Man High as an adventureous excursion that provided very little new scientific information for the effort involved. However, the pur- poseful collection of micro meteoritic dust on the capsule exterior; photom- eter readings which provided meas- ures of the dust in the upper atmos- phere; cosmic ray measurements and indications that heavy primary cosmic radiation may not be acutely hazard- 38 AIBS Bulletin * December 1960 38 AIBS Bulletin * December 1960 38 AIBS Bulletin * December 1960 38 AIBS Bulletin * December 1960 38 AIBS Bulletin * December 1960 This content downloaded from 195.78.108.199 on Sat, 21 Jun 2014 20:37:10 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp Article Contents p. 38 Issue Table of Contents AIBS Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 6 (Dec., 1960), pp. 1-48 Front Matter [pp. 1 - 12] Letters [pp. 5 - 6] Front Seats for Biologists [pp. 13 - 18] Teaching the Teachers [pp. 19 - 22] Foreign Languages and the Aquatic Sciences [pp. 23 - 24] International Rice Research Institute [pp. 25 - 26] Proposed Chromosome Nomenclature [pp. 27 - 30] The Editor's Desk [pp. 31 - 34] AIBS Reports [pp. 34 - 35] Library untitled [pp. 35 - 36] untitled [p. 36] untitled [p. 36] untitled [pp. 36 - 37] untitled [p. 37] untitled [pp. 37 - 38] untitled [p. 38] untitled [p. 38] untitled [p. 38] untitled [pp. 38 - 39] untitled [p. 39] untitled [p. 39] untitled [p. 39] untitled [pp. 39 - 40] untitled [p. 40] untitled [p. 40] Back Matter [pp. 41 - 48]