Northeastern Naturalist Volume 19, Number 4, 2012

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Front cover
Inside front cover
Board of Editors/indicia page
RESEARCH ARTICLES
*Coral Lichen (Sphaerophorus globosus* (Huds.) Vain) as an Indicator of Coniferous Old-Growth Forest in Nova Scotia** Robert P. Cameron and Soren Bondrup-Nielsen	535
Vegetation and Invertebrate Community Response to Eastern Hemlock Decline in Southern New England Laura L. Ingwell, Mailea Miller-Pierce, R. Talbot Trotter III, and Evan L. Preisser	541
“Island” Attributes and Benthic Macroinvertebrates of Seasonal Forest Pools Robert T. Brooks and Elizabeth A. Colburn	559
Mercury Bioaccumulation in Wood Frogs Developing in Seasonal Pools Cynthia S. Loftin, Aram J.K. Calhoun, Sarah J. Nelson, Adria A. Elskus, and Kevin Simon	579
Rhamnus cathartica: Notes on its Early History in North America Jessica Kurylo and Anton G. Endress	601
*Belowground Biomass of Phragmites australis* in Coastal Marshes** Gregg E. Moore, David M. Burdick, Christopher R. Peter,and Donald R. Keirstea	611
*Comparison of Crassostrea virginica* Gmelin (Eastern Oyster) Recruitment on Constructed Reefs and Adjacent Natural Oyster Bars over Decadal Time Scales** Juliana M. Harding, Melissa J. Southworth, Roger Mann, and James A.Wesson	627
Aerial Surveys of the Labrador Coast, 2006: Observations of Marine Bird Distribution and Abundance During the Breeding Season Keith G. Chaulk	647
*Ecology and Status of the Redbreast Sunfish, Lepomis auritus, in Yoho Lake, New Brunswick* Mark D. Gautreau and R. Allen Curry	653
*Food Habits of Myotis leibii* along a Forested Ridgetop in West Virginia** Joseph S. Johnson, Luke E. Dodd, James D. Kiser, Trevor S. Peterson, and Kristen S. Watrous	665
Local Distribution Factors and Sampling Effort Guidelines for the Rare Frosted Elfin Butterfly Jason T. Bried, Jenny E. Murtaugh, and Amanda M. Dillon	673
*Effect of Nestling Sex Ratio on the Provisioning Behavior of Sialia sialis* (Eastern Bluebird)** Barbara E. Kieffer and Gary Ritchison	685
Spring Arrivals of Maine Migratory Breeding Birds: Response to an Extraordinarily Warm Spring W. Herbert Wilson, Jr.	691

NOTES
*Identification of Terrestrial Wintering Habitat of Acris crepitans* (Northern Cricket Frog)** Gregg Kenney, Kelly McKean, Jason Martin, and Cory Stearns	698
*Interspecific Killing of a Branta bernicla* (Brant) by a Male Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)** David A. Krauss and Issa E. Salame	701
*White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Attack on a Harbor Porpoise (Phocaena phocaena) in the Bay of Fundy, Canada* Stephen D. Turnbull and Danielle Dion	705
Noteworthy Books	708