Slime mold forever.I applaud your coverage of the BioBlitz in the National Capital Area ("30 Hours with Team Slime Mold," SN: 7/29/06, p. 74). You only touched the surface, however. BioBlitzes are just a part of All Taxa taxa: see taxon. Biodiversity Inventories that are being conducted from Great Smoky Mountains National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park National preserve, eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, U.S. It is 20 mi (32 km) wide and extends southwest for 54 mi (87 km) from the Pigeon River to the Little Tennessee River. Established in 1934 to preserve the U.S. to some protected areas in Europe. Specifically related to slime molds, the National Science Foundation has funded a planetary inventory of all species of slime molds, and a team at the University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used is using national parks and monuments National Parks and Monuments National Parks Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size acres (hectares) Description Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery. as representative habitats for the study of slime mold diversity in North America. PAUL E. SUPER, APPALACHIAN HIGHLANDS SCIENCE LEARNING CENTER AT PURCHASE KNOB, LAKE JUNALUSKA, N.C. |
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