Smithsonian Contributions Series: Recent submissions

  • Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia: Select Papers, 2010–2011 
    Lera, Thomas (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012)
    Rarely do scholars of postal organizations and systems meet and discuss their ideas and research with scholars of philately. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the National Postal Museum and the American Philatelic Society ...
  • Cenozoic Mammals of Land and Sea: Tributes to the Career of Clayton E. Ray 
    Emry, Robert J. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2002)
    This is a volume of collected papers published to honor the career of Clayton E. Ray, now Curator Emeritus in the Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, and Curator ...
  • Astronaut Observations from the Apollo-Soyuz Mission 
    El-Baz, Farouk (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1977)
    During the Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab flights, orbiting astronauts collected valuable information by means of observations and photography of Earth. Strengthened by the experience gained on these flights, the Earth ...
  • Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III (Part II - Plates) 
    Cooper, G. Arthur; Grant, Richard E. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1975)
    The third of a six-part monograph on the Permian brachiopods of the Glass, Guadalupe and other mountain ranges of West Texas, this volume contains systematic descriptions of genera and species in the suborders Productidina ...
  • Meteor orbits and dust; the proceedings of a symposium 
    Hawkins, Gerald S. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1967)
  • Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian Biological Survey of Dominica: The Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) 
    Cartwright, Oscar L.; Chalumeau, Fortune E. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1978)
    Forty species and subspecies of Scarabaeoidea: 2 Passalidae, 1 Ceratocanthidae, and 37 Scarabaeidae are listed from Dominica; 23 species and 1 subspecies were found for the first time on the island. For each species are ...
  • Maned Wolves of Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 
    Emmons, Louise H. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2012)
    We studied the behavioral ecology of maned wolves (Canidae: Chrysocyon brachyurus) for 10 years in Cerrado habitat of Noel Kempff National Park, Bolivia. Most data were collected by GPS-collar technology, which yielded ...
  • Wallengrenia otho and W. egeremet in Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) 
    Burns, John M. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1985)
    Although Wallengrenia otho (Smith) and W. egeremet (Scudder) were described as different species (in 1797 and 1863), once egeremet was listed as a variety of otho (in 1877), it tended to stay that way. By mid-twentieth ...
  • Turbidites Reworked by Bottom Currents: Upper Cretaceous Examples from St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 
    Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1988)
    Sedimentological study of the Late Cretaceous volcaniclastic deposits in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, emphasizing primary structures and bedforms, reveals a remarkable suite of sandy lithofacies. An inventory of the ...
  • Distribution of Recent Benthic Foraminifera in the Gulf of Mexico, Volume 2 
    Culver, Stephen J.; Buzas, Martin A. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1981)
    A computer file of all published (presence or absence) distributional data on the living and dead recent benthic foraminifera in the Gulf of Mexico was constructed from 77 papers published since 1918. Manipulation of this ...
  • Catalog of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Philippines 
    Paul C. Silva; Menez, Ernani G.; Moe, Richard L. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1987)
    All published records of benthic marine algae from the Philippines are assembled in a catalog with the taxa arranged according to an assumed phylogenetic scheme to the rank of family. The taxonomic framework takes into ...
  • Seagrasses 
    Phillips, Ronald C.; Menez, Ernani G. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1988)
    This work presents general and current information on seagrass ecology, physiology, biology, distribution and evolution. Additionally, all known taxa of seagrasses are keyed to recognized species. Forty-eight species are ...
  • Salt Tectonics and Basement Fractures: Key Controls of Recent Sediment Distribution on the Balearic Rise, Western Mediterranean 
    Kelling, Gilbert; Maldonado, Andres; Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1979)
    The Balearic Rise is a morphologically and structurally complex feature on the southern margin of the Balearic Platform, in the western Mediterranean. Originating as a foundered block in Late Miocene time, the rise has ...
  • Red Algal Genus Audouinella Bory (Nemaliales: Acrochaetiaceae) from North Carolina 
    Schneider, Craig W. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1983)
    A monographic study of Audouinella in the Atlantic waters of North Carolina reports 15 taxa from coastal and continental shelf habitats. Three of these, A. affinis, A. hoytii, and A. ophioglossa, herein described as a new ...
  • Saint-Antonin Conglomerate in the Maritime Alps: A Model for Coarse Sedimentation on a Submarine Slope 
    Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1980)
    The Upper Eocene to Lower Oligocene Saint-Antonin Conglomerate, a formation more than 1000 m thick well exposed in the French Maritime Alps, about 30 km north of the Mediterranean coast, comprises coarsening-upward ...
  • Neogene to Recent Displacement and Contact of Sardinian and Tunisian Margins, Central Mediterranean 
    Gennesseaux, Maurice G.; Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1983)
    The seafloor between Sardinia, Tunisia, and Sicily occupies a key sector essential for understanding the geological evolution of the central Mediterranean. Although plate motion is generally considered as an explanation, ...
  • Submarine Canyon Wall Sedimentation and Lateral Infill: Some Ancient Examples 
    Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1980)
    Submarine canyon wall and tributary sequences at three Annot Sandstone localities in the French Maritime Alps record early-stage resedimentation events in proximal sectors of the Tertiary Annot Basin. Canyon margin lithofacies ...
  • Genus Caulerpa from Central Visayas, Philippines 
    Menez, Ernani G.; Calumpong, Hilconida P. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1982)
    This taxonomic study of Caulerpa shows 20 taxa occurring in Central Visayas, Philipines, including Caulerpa reyesii, new species. Of these, three are newly reported from the Philippines and seven taxa are new records from ...
  • Uniform Mud (Unifite) Deposition in the Hellenic Trench, Eastern Mediterranean 
    Blanpied, Christian; Stanley, Daniel Jean (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1981)
    Unifites are nearly structureless, often thick, layers of clayey silt and silty clay that appear compositionally homogeneous and generally show a subtle fining-upward trend. Formed by uniform and faintly laminated muds, ...
  • Seagrasses from the Philippines 
    Menez, Ernani G.; Phillips, Ronald C.; Calumpong, Hilconida P. (Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 1983)
    Seagrasses were collected from various islands in the Philippines during 1978-1982. A total of 12 species in seven genera are recorded. Generic and specific keys, based on vegetative characters, are provided for easier ...

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