In memoriam: Melbourne Romaine Carriker 1915-2007

Journal of Shellfisheries Research, March, 2008 by Clement L. Counts, III, Robert S. Prezant, J. Evan Ward

Carriker, M. R. 1961. Suspended sediment as a factor in the ecology of the marine snail Urosalpinx cinerea. In: High school biology, biological investigations for secondary school students. American Institute of Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Commission on the Gifted Student. pp. 79-84.

Carriker, M. R. 1961. Thurlow Christian Nelson, marine biologist. Limnology and Oceanography 6:79.

Carriker, M. R. 1961. Use of a mobile floating laboratory for ecological estuarine research. Estuarine Bulletin 6:9-16. [also in Ward's Natural Science Bulletin 34:3-7, 26-27]

1963

Carriker, M. R. 1963. Suspended sediment as a factor in the ecology of the marine snail Urosalpinx cinerea. In: Research problems in biology: Investigations for students, Series 2, Anchor Books, Doubleday and Company, New York. pp. 51-60.

Carriker, M. R., D. B. Scott & G. N. Martin.1963. Calcite bored by gastropod. Cover photograph. Science 139:cover.

Carriker, M. R., D. B. Scott & G. N. Martin. 1963. Demineralization mechanism of boring gastropods. In: R. F. Sognnales, ed., Mechanisms of hard tissue destruction, American Association for the Advancement of Science Publication 75. pp. 55-89.

1964

Carriker, M. R. 1964. A review: Invertebrate Zoology, by R. D. Barnes, W. B. Saunders Company. American Scientist 52:196A, 198A.

Carriker, M. R. 1964. The MBL systematics-ecology program: A synopsis. Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Carriker, M. R. 1964. Report on progress: Systematics-ecology program, September 1962-August 1964. Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

1966

Carriker, M. R. 1966. Report on progress: Systematics-ecology program, September 1965-August 1966. Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Carriker, M. R. & D. Van Zandt. 1966. Accessory boring organ of Urosalpinx cinerea in action, Cover Photo. Bioscience 16:16 (text).

Yentsch, A., M. R. Carriker, R. H. Parker & V. A. Zullo. 1966. Marine and estuarine environments, organisms and geology of the Cape Cod Region. An indexed bibliography 1665-1965. Systematics-Ecology Program, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Massachusetts) and Leyden Press, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

1967

Carriker, M. R. 1967. Ecology of estuarine benthic invertebrates: A perspective. In: G. H. Lauff, ed., Estuaries. American Association for the Advancement of Science 83:442-487.

Carriker, M. R. 1967. Physiology of Mollusca, Vol. II, edited by Karl M. Wilbur and C. M. Yonge, Academic Press. Physiological Zoology 40:435. [book review]

Carriker, M. R. & J. P. Ostergard. 1967. Research vessel A. E. Verrill. Bioscience 17:727-728.

Carriker, M. R., D. Van Zandt & G. Charlton. 1967. Gastropod Urosalpinx: pH of accessory boring organ while boring. Science 158:920-922.

Person, P. A., A. Smarsh, S. J. Lipson & M. R. Carriker. 1967. Enzymes of the accessory boring organ of the muricid gastropod Urosalpinx cinerea follyensis, I. Aerobic and related oxidative systems. Biological Bulletin 133:401-410.