Northeastern Naturalist Volume 18, Number 2, 2011

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Seasonal and Spatial Distributions of Black fly Larvae (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Two Lake Outlet Streams of the Mauricie Region of Québec, and Species Survey in Parts of Southern Québec Territory Christine Gaudreau and Guy Charpentier	127
A Comparison of Macroinvertebrate and Epiphyte Density and Diversity on Native and Exotic Complex Macrophytes in Three Vermont Lakes Anna M. Strimaitis and Sallie P. Sheldon	149
Waterfowl Habitat Change over Five Decades in a Freshwater Tidal Ecosystem in Mid-Coast Maine John Lichter, Mark E.H. Burton, Sarah L. Close, Juliana M. Grinvalsky, and Jaret Reblin	161
Diminished Soil Quality in an Old-growth, Mixed Mesophytic Forest Following Chronic Acid Deposition Jared L. DeForest and Brian C. McCarthy	177
*Response of an Isotria medeoloides* Population to Canopy Thinning** William E. Brumback, Sara Cairns, Molly B. Sperduto, and Carol W. Fyler	185
Effects of Interspecifi c Competition on Early Life History of the Invasive Thistles Carduus nutans and C. acanthoides D.C. Ruggiero and K. Shea	197
Are Small Habitat Patches Useful for Grassland Bird Conservation? Toni Weidman and John A. Litvaitis	207
Fishes of the Streams of Acadia National Park, Maine Justin C. Havird, Jennifer K. Parker, and Bruce Connery	217
*An Historical Record of Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in Lake Champlain* Robert E. Schmidt and Richard Morse	229
NOTES
*Extirpation of the Bridle Shiner (Notropis bifrenatus) from Maryland* Jay V. Kilian, Richard L. Raesly, Scott A. Stranko, Andrew J. Becker, and Eric Durell	236
European Rabbits as Potential Least Tern Nest Predators Lauren E. Nolfo-Clements and Mark D. Clements	243
Common Loon Nest Defense Against an American Mink Kyle P. McCarthy and Stephen DeStefano	247

Noteworthy Books	250