William H. Amos '38   Publications

Publications:

1947-   The Platypus.  New York Zoological Society.

1947-   A Zoological Information Center, New York Zoological Society

1948-   "Queen Liliokalani and the Missionary Party," Ihe Smart Traveler, NY

1952-   The Marine and Estuarine Fauna of Delaware. University of Delaware

             Marine Laboratories.

1954-   Biological Survey of the Delaware River Estuary. University of

             Delaware Marine Laboratories.

1954-   Life in Pacific Tide Poo1s. Doubleday and Company, NY.

1954-   "The Ecology of Dead Logs." Nature MagAline, vol. 47, no. 6.

1955-   Biological Inventory.  University of Delware Marine Laboratories.

1955-   A Guide to the Aquatic and Marine Animals of Delaware and to the

             Waters in Which They Live. University of Delaware

1955-   Life in a Pond.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1955-   Life in Bays. Doubleday and Company, NY.

1955-   Life of the Forest Floor. Doubleday and Company, NY.

1956-   "The Blue-eyed Scallop," Nature Magazine, vol. 49, no. 9.

1956-   Dune Life. Doubleday and Company, NY

1956-   Fishes of the Shallow Sea.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1956    "The Living Wreck," Nature Magazine, vol. 49, no. 8.

1956-   Meadows and the Forest Margin.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1956-   "Sand Dunes of the Delaware Coastal Areas," Estuarine Bulletin, vol. 1, 

             no. 5.

1956-   "Marine Fouling," Estuarine Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 3.

1957-   "Animals of the Estuary," Estuarine  Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 6.

1957-   "Henlopen's Dunes," Nature Magazine, vol. 50, no. 2.

1958-   "The Bay Scallop," Estuarrine Bulletin, vol. 3, no. 2.

1958-   Pond Life.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1958-   "The 'New' Estuarine Bulletin," Estuarine Bulletin, vol. 3, no.  1.

1958-   "Visit to a Pond," Nature Magazine, vol. 51, no. 2.

1959-   Marine Life.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1959.   "The Ecology of a Barge Wreck," Estuarine Bulletin, vol. 4, no. 1.

1959-   "Life of Sand Dunes," Scientific American, vol. 201, no.

1959.   "The Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition," Estuarine Bulletin,

             vol. 4, no. 3.

1960-   Life in Bays, 2nd ed.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1960-   Life in Flowing Waters, 2nd ed.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1960-   Life of the Forest Floor, 2nd ed.  Doubleday and Company, NY.

1961-   Cell Biology.  American Institute of Biological Dciences, McGraw

              Hill, NY

1965-   "The Living Sand," National Geographc, vol. 127, no. 6.

1966-   The Life of the Seashore.  McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY.

1967-   The Life of the Pond.  McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY.

1968-   "The Ecology of Sand Dunes," The Science Teacher, vol. 35, no. 2.

1969-   Limnology.  LaMotte Chemical Products Company, Chestertown, MD.

1970-   "Teeming Life of a Pond," National Geographic, vol. 138, no. 2.

1970-   The Infinite River.  Random House, NY.

1971-   The Wonders of Island Life.  Reader’s Digest Books, NY.

1972-   The Infinite  Riyer.  Ballantine Press, NY. (paperback edition)

1972.   Small Worlds of Life:: The Pond.  National Geographic Society, Special
             Publications. Washington, DC.

1972-   "Teeming Life of a Pond," Reader’s Digest, August.

1973-   Secrets of the Seas. (co-authored wiih W. J. Cromie) Reader’s Digest

             Books, NY.

1974-   "The Life of a Sand Dune," in Ecology, Eyolution,_and Population

              Biology,  E. 0. Wilson, ed., W. H. Freeman and Company.

1977-   "Life in a Mountain Stream," National Geographic, vol. 145, no. 4.

1977-   "A Trip Through the Zoo," Defenders, vol. 52, no. 4.

1977-   Misc. articles as Consulting Editor, The Joy of Nature, Readers Digest

             Press

1978-   "The Pond," Defenders, vol. 53, no. 1.

1980-   The Wildlife of the Islands.  Chanticleer Edition, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.,

             NY. (also published in Great Britain, France and Germany)

1980-   Guide to the Natural History of Assateague Island. Department of the

             Interior, National Park Service.

1980-  "Nature's Kingdom on a High Rock Ledge," National Geographic, vol.

            158, no. 4.

1980-  "Estuaries," Defenders, vol. 55, no.

1980-  Knaurs Tierleben auf Inseln, Droemer Knaijr, Munchen

1981-  The Wildlife of the Rivers.  Chanticleer Edition,

            Harry N. Abrams, Inc., NY. (also published Great Britain, Germany, and

            the Netherlands)

1981-  Life in Ponds and Streams.  National Geographic Special Pulications,

            National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.

1984-  Exploring the Seashore.  National Geographic Special Publications,

            National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.

1985-  The Bird From Another World, Museum Notes, Fairbanks Museum of

             Science, St. Johnsbury, VT

1985-  Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, co-authored with Stephen H. Amos.  Alfred A.

            Knopf, Inc., NY.

1985-  "To Know a Tree," Visions, Toil, and Promises. Fairbanks Museum of

             Science, St. Johnsbury, VT

1990-  “Hawaii’s Volcanic Cradle of Life,” National Geographic, vol. 178, no. 1

1992 -1997-  weekly column in The Lyndon Independent. approx. 200 topics.

1997-  Time To Remember. 400pp. St. Andrew’s School, Inc.

            1998-2002-  Hidden Worlds.  300+ essays. Newspaper column in daily
                                  newspapers and web magazines, U.S. and U.K.

 Unpublished:

Seeing the Unseen: Microscopy  (book)

Underwater Cities: the Eelgrass Community (book)

 Contracted projects currently underway:

            A Walk to the Pond, W.W. Norton, Countryman Press
            "Life in Dead Logs," National Geographic
            Hidden Worlds, book of essays, publisher pending

Visual material:

80,000+ color transparencies of biological, geological, natural history subjects (marine, fresh water, terrestrial) on file in Vermont. Additional transparencies on file with Bruce Coleman, Inc., NY. 1-2,000 color transparencies, topically arranged, recorded on random access video-disc for schools, colleges, and laboratories. (under development)

Audio-visual projects: 

"Life in a Small Pond," a 30-rninute Public TV program on the ecology of a New England pond, designed for educational and broadcast use. Produced by Lyndon State College., VT. 1992

Biology. one hundred and twenty 30-minute instructional films, high school biology.  The American Institute of Biological Sciences, Washington, DC (Kansas City, MO, production headquarters), and McGraw-Hill Book Company. (W.H.Amos one of four producers, one of two authors.) 1960

"Pond Life," an audio film strip unit for schools.  The National Geographic Society, Audio-Visuall Department, Washington, D.C.

"Hymn to Life," a multi-media production (slides, films, narration, music).  1980

"Rotifers," Department of Biophotography, Rutgers University,  NJ. 1940.

Major Exhibitions:

                               “From Concept to Image.” The preparation of an illustrated magazine
                                article (National Geographic),  Fairbanks Museum of Science, St.
                                Johnsbury, VT. 1994.

                                Guest Curator, "Journeys to Paradise."  Oceania and Polynesian
                                migrations and ethnology.  Fairbanks Museum of Science, St.
                                Johnsbury, VT, with support from the National Endowment for the
                                Humanities. 1990.

                                "Photomicrographic and Photomacrographic Techniques in
                                 Biophotography," XVIth International Congress of Zoology,
                                 Washington, D.C. 1963.

                                 Photographs on permanent display in the American Museum of
                                 Natural History, NY, National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD, and
                                 museums in Louisiana, Florida, Virginia, and California.  Temporary
                                 exhibitions of biophotographs at museums, galleries, laboratories,
                                 colleges, universities, schools.