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In Memoriam: Professor Walter James Harman, PhD (1928–2002)

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Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX

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Publications of Walter J. Harman (listed chronologically)

  • Harman, W. J., 1952. A taxonomic survey of the earthworms of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 15: 19–23.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1954. Some earthworms from southern Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science 35: 51–55. [This paper was most likely published in 1955; the proceedings are for the year 1954, and printed information in this volume stated that papers were received in late December, 1954, for publication.]

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  • Harman, W. J., 1955. Earthworms of commercial importance and their effect on distribution. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 18: 54–57.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1956. Isolation of earthworm setae by use of histophagous protozoa. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 75: 332–333.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1960. Studies on the taxonomy and musculature of the earthworms of central illinois. PhD. thesis. University of Illinois, Urbana V + 107 pp.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1961a. [1960]. A double-tailed earthworm. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 23: 75–76. [‘1961’ is clearly stated as the year of publication on front cover of this volume, even though ‘1960’ is printed as the publication date at the top of the first page of this paper.]

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  • Harman, W. J., 1961b. Plain facts about earthworms. Organic Gardening 8(11): 23–27.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1961c. Seta. In Gray, P (ed.), The encyclopedia of the biological sciences. Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York, 915.

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  • Harman, W. J. & J. H. Platt, 1961. Notes on some aquatic oligochaetes from Louisiana. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 24: 90–95.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1962. A fresh water nemertine from Louisiana. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 25: 32–34.

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  • Dundee, D. S. & W. J. Harman, 1963. Corbicula fluminea (Müller) in Louisiana. Nautilus 77(1): 30.

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  • AIBS Subcommittee on Facilities and Standards members Johnson, W., Balamuth, W., Bell, C. R., Harman, W., McDallan, S. E. A. and Schneiderman, H., 1963. Standards for staff and facilities in departments of biological science. AIBS Bulletin 13(6): 14–19.

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  • Roberts, J. H., H. B. Boudreaux & W. J. Harman, 1963. Laboratory manual for general zoology. Part two: The invertebrates. Wm. C. Brown Book Co, Dubuque, IA, USA [out of print].

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  • Harman, W. J., 1964. Zoogeography of freshwater Oligochaeta [abstract]. American Zoologist 4(4): 437.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1965a. A key to the genus Slavina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) with description of a new species from Costa Rica. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, Series 13–8(93 & 94): 565–568.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1965b. A new species of the genus Pristina (Oligochaeta: Naididae) from Louisiana. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 28: 28–31.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1965c. Life history studies of the earthworm Sparganophilus eiseni in Louisiana. The Southwestern Naturalist 10(1): 22–24.

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  • Roberts, J. H., H. B. Boudreaux, W. J. Harman & N. B. Causey, 1965. Laboratory Manual for General Zoology. Directions for use in a two-semester course in introductory zoology. Second edition. Part 2: Second Semester-The Invertebrates. Wm. C. Brown Book Co, Dubuque, IA USA. vi + 79 pp [out of print].

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  • Harman, W. J., 1966. Some aquatic oligochaetes from Mississippi. American Midland Naturalist 76(1): 239–242.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1970. Revision of the family Opistocystidae (Oligochaeta). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 88(4): 472–478 [Per comment from editor in the successive volume of this journal (Vol. 89, p. 347), the correct year of publication of this issue is 1970, not ‘1969’-a misprint on the fourth issue of Vol. 88].

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  • Harman, W. J., 1971. A review of the subgenus Allodero (Oligochaeta: Naididae: Dero) with a description of D. (A.) floridana n. sp. from Bufo terrestris. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 90(2): 225–228.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1973a. Dero (Allodero) hylae (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in Louisiana anurans. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 36: 71–76.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1973b. New species of Oligochaeta (Naididae) with additional distributional records from Oklahoma and Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 18(2): 151–164.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1974. The Naididae (Oligochaeta) of Surinam. Zoologische Verhandelingen Uitgegeven Door Het Rijksmuseum Van Natuurlijke Historie Te Leiden 133: 1–36.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1975. A new species of Stephensoniana (Oligochaeta: Naididae) from North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88(1): 1–4.

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  • Harman, W. J & R. C. Harrel, 1975. Haemonais waldvogeli (Naididae: Oligochaeta) now established in North America. Texas Journal of Science 26(3+4): 621–623.

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  • Harman, W. J. & A. R. Lawler, 1975. Dero (Allodero) hylae, an oligochaete symbiont in hylid frogs in Mississippi. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 94(1): 38–42.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. L. McMahan, 1975a. A reevaluation of Pristina longiseta (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in North America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 88(17): 167–178.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. L. McMahan, 1975b. Scanning electron microscopy as a tool in the study of oligochaetes. [abstract of paper presented at meeting of the Louisiana and Texas Societies for Electron Microscopy, 22–25 February 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana]. Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine 33(2): 350.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1976. An oligochaete that belongs to two genera. [abstract of contributed paper presented at the 91st annual meeting of the American Microscopical Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, 10–14 November 1975]. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 95(2): 274.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1977. Three new species of Oligochaeta (Naididae) from the southeastern U.S. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(3): 483–490.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. S. Loden, 1978a. A re-evaluation of the Opistocystidae (Oligochaeta) with descriptions of two new genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(2): 453–462.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. S. Loden, 1978b. Bratislavia unidentata (Oligochaeta: Naididae), a re-description. The Southwestern Naturalist 23(4): 541–544.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. S. Loden, 1979. A rediscovery of Bratislavia bilongata (Chen, 1944) (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in Florida. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 98(4): 581–583.

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  • Harman, W. J., M. S. Loden & J. R. Davis, 1979. Aquatic Oligochaeta new to North America with some further records of species from Texas. The Southwestern Naturalist 24(3): 509–525.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1980. Specific and generic criteria in freshwater Oligochaeta, with special emphasis on the Naididae. Pages 1–8, In: Brinkhurst, R. O. & D. G. Cook (eds), Aquatic oligochaete biology. Plenum Press, New York. ix + 529 pp. [Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, 1–4 May 1979].

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  • Loden, M. S. & W. J. Harman, 1980. Ecophenotypic variation in setae of Naididae (Oligochaeta). Pages 33–39, In: Brinkhurst, R. O. & D. G. Cook (eds), Aquatic Oligochaete Biology. Plenum Press, New York. ix + 529 pp. [Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Aquatic Oligochaete Biology, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, British Columbia, Canada, 1–4 May 1979].

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  • Harman, W. J., 1982a. Oligochaeta. In Hurlbert, S. H. & A. Villalobos-Figueroa (eds), Aquatic Biota of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. SDSU Foundation, San Diego State University Press, San Diego, California, USA 92182, 162–165.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1982b. The aquatic Oligochaeta (Aeolosomatidae, Opistocystidae, Naididae) of Central America. The Southwestern Naturalist 27(3): 287–298.

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  • Loden, M. S. & W. J. Harman, 1982. Dero (Aulophorus) intermedia Nomen Novum for Aulophorus pectinatus Stephenson, 1931 (Oligochaeta: Naididae). Freshwater Invertebrate Biology 1(1): 53–54.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1984a. An analysis of the inorganic composition of the setae of Eisenia foetida (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae). Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 47: 19–22.

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  • Harman, W. J., 1984b. Segment numbers in the earthworm, Bimastos zeteki (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), as a function of age. Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences 47: 34–41.

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  • Harman, W. J. & M. S. Loden, 1984. Capilloventer atlanticus gen. et sp.n., a member of a new family of marine Oligochaeta from Brazil. Hydrobiologia 115: 51–54.

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  • Harman, W. J., R. O. Brinkhurst & M. Marchese, 1988. A contribution to the taxonomy of the aquatic Oligochaeta (Naididae) of South America. Canadian Journal of Zoology 66(10): 2233–2242.

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Wetzel, M.J. (2006). In Memoriam: Professor Walter James Harman, PhD (1928–2002). In: Verdonschot, P.F.M., Wang, H., Pinder, A., Nijboer, R. (eds) Aquatic Oligochaete Biology IX. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 186. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5368-1_1

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