170 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vol. XXV, 191S 



Garman, H., 1890. 



A Preliminary Report on the Animals of the Mississippi Bottoms 

 near Quincy, Illinois, in August 1888, Part I. 



Bulletin of the State Laboratory of Natural History; Vol. Ill, Article 

 IX, pp. 123-184. 



He treats of the topography of the flood-plain with a detailed dis- 

 cussion of the forms of animal life taken, the emphasis being laid 

 upon the normal fish fauna. 

 Alvord, J. AV., and Buidick, C. B., 1915. 



Report of the Rivers and Lakes Commission on the Illinois River 

 and Its Bottom Lands with Reference to the Conservation of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries and the Control of Floods. 139pp. 



While this article contains no direct reference to the subject proper, 

 the comparative treatment of the agriculture and fisheries of the 

 region, data of past floods, and estimates of future inundations, to- 

 gether with the discussion of remedies, serve to make it a paper of 

 importance. 

 Clements, F. E., 1907. 



Plant Physiology and Ecology. 315 pp. Holt & Co., New York. 



Paragraph 300 on page 280 gives a brief statement concerning plant 

 succession on flooded soils. 

 Needham, J. G., and Lloyd, J. T., 1916. 



The Life of Inland Waters. 438 pp. Comstock Publishing Company. 



On page 42, in the chapter on the Nature of the Aquatic Environ- 

 ment, "The rate of settling (of silt) is dependent upon the rate of 

 movement of the water and on the size of the particles," as illustrated 

 by certain features of Fall creek, Ithaca, New York. 



In the chapter on Types of Aquatic Environment the authors discuss 

 the formation of flood-plain lakes and ponds, page 67. On pages 

 84 to 85 the effect of silt upon organisms is brought out. 



In the same chapter, pages 87 to 88, in the discussion of high and 

 low waters, high waters and the inconstancy of water level are recorded 

 as disturbing the adjustment of the vegetation and causing migration 

 of the larger animals. 



In the chapter of Aquatic Societies the authors treat of the varieties 

 of bottom formation and the consequent faunal variations, pages 356 

 to 367. 



Slielford, V. E., 1913. 



Animal Communities in Temperate America. The Geographical 

 Society of Chicago, Bulletin 5. Univ. of Chicago Press. 



On page 105, under the discussion of special stream problems, the 

 author gives a list of species taken at the side of the bank at high 

 water. He makes the statement that in times of flood the fresh and 

 quiet water forms become mixed. On page 106 he advances the idea 

 that large floods crush swift water forms beneath moving stones. The 

 Hiigration of Mollusca upstream during floods is recorded, pajes 106 

 to 107. 



On page 202 the author records having observed insects on nettles 

 above the rising water and upon driftwood. In this same connection, 

 mammals are spoken of as climbing trees, page 203. 



