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  FWGSC > Lymnaea columella   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The snail is common throughout the Carolinas in slow waters and lentic environments, especially at the margins of lakes, ponds, and swamps, on floating or emergent vegetation.
Less is known about its biology, however, because the amphibious habit of L. columella does not suit it well for culture in the tanks or cups that serve as standard laboratory vessels.
columella population from Connecticut (Bis of Dillon 2000: 156-162).
www.cofc.edu /~dillonr/FWGSC/l_columella.html   (381 words)

  
 Columella (1st century A.D.)
COLUMELLA (Lucius Junius Moderatus) was a native of Gades (Cadiz), flourished in the middle of the 1st century, devoted himself to the scientific study of comparative husbandry, and to the practical work of a breeder, horticulturist, and rural economist.
The whole is written with much elegance, in a pure style, with an ardent love of country pursuits, and with a noble zeal to turn his countrymen from luxury and frivolous idleness to rural industry and the cultivation of their estates.
Varro and Columella represent the worthy aspirations of the higher order of ancient Roman chiefs, to organize a rural industry on a sound economic and scientific basis.
www.usefultrivia.com /biographies/columella_001.html   (414 words)

  
 Amphibian ear
The columella is homologous with the stapes of mammals and it functions to conduct the movements of the tympanum across the space of the tympanic cavity.
The membranous labyrinth (perilymphatic system) is an organ associated with the skull of vertebrates consisting of sacs and ducts (semi-circular canals) filled with fluid: endolymph.
Amphibian ears are designed as two ears in one: they have two mechanical linkages, achieved either by locking the columella and operculum or not; and they have two kinds of inner ear organs: the amphibian papilla and the basilar papilla.
www.erin.utoronto.ca /~w3bio422/install11.htm   (3691 words)

  
 History of Horticulture - Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella) 1st Century
History of Horticulture - Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella) 1st Century
Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella), On Agriculture (De Re Rustica), Harvard Univ. Press, 1934.
Additional information about Columella may be found on the Internet.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hort/history/018.html   (140 words)

  
 The influence of microgravity and spaceflight on columella cell ultrastructure in starch-deficient mutants of ...
The influence of microgravity and spaceflight on columella cell ultrastructure in starch-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis -- Guisinger and Kiss 86 (10): 1357 -- American Journal of Botany
The influence of microgravity and spaceflight on columella cell ultrastructure in starch-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis
The central columella cells (cc), outlined in white, are those cells that were used for analysis.
www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/86/10/1357   (4407 words)

  
 Harvard University Press: On Agriculture, I, Books 1-4 by Columella
Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) of Gades (Cadiz) lived in the reigns of the first emperors to about AD 70.
Columella's On Agriculture (De Re Rustica) is the most comprehensive, systematic and detailed of Roman agricultural works.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Columella is in three volumes.
www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/L361.html   (196 words)

  
 Columella :: CULTURAL HERITAGE & TOURISM ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Columella Limited is planning an Iraq-UK Conference to be held in 2006, at which representatives of government, cultural heritage and tourism companies and institutions from both countries, as well as non-governmental organisations, will together plan the options for future tourism in Iraq, with sustainable development of the country’s cultural heritage at its centre.
The conference will provide a forum for discussion of heritage conservation, planning, legislation, infrastructural development, investment and training, and will aim to make a significant contribution to the restoration of Iraq’s wealth, pride and integrity.
Please click here to see a description of the proposed conference.
www.columella.co.uk   (99 words)

  
 Amazon.com: On Agriculture, III, Books 10-12. On Trees (Loeb Classical Library®): Books: Columella,E. S. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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Buy this book with On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 (Loeb Classical Library) by Columella today!
On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 (Loeb Classical Library) by Columella
www.amazon.com /Agriculture-10-12-Trees-Classical-Library/dp/0674994493   (627 words)

  
 Harvard University Press: On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 by Columella
Harvard University Press: On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 by Columella
Book I covers choice of farming site; water supply; buildings; staff.
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www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/L407.html   (196 words)

  
 Amazon.com: On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 (Loeb Classical Library): Books: Columella,E. S. Forster,Edward H. Heffner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Amazon.com: On Agriculture, II, Books 5-9 (Loeb Classical Library): Books: Columella,E. Forster,Edward H. Heffner
Buy this book with On Agriculture, III, Books 10-12.
On Trees (Loeb Classical Library®) by Columella today!
www.amazon.com /Agriculture-Books-Loeb-Classical-Library/dp/0674994485   (628 words)

  
 NatureServe Explorer Species Index: Genus Columella
AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, YT Columella olaaensis
Distribution data for U.S. states and Canadian provinces is known to be incomplete or has not been reviewed for this taxon.
All other data last updated: June 9, 2006
www.natureserve.org /explorer/speciesIndex/Genus_Columella_103911_1.htm   (850 words)

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