Waterton Riding the Cayman

Some Acanthocephala and Digenea of Marine Fish from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies

A survey of 17 fishes belonging to 11 species from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, West Indies, led to the recovery of 2 species of acanthocephalans and 9 of digeneans. The acanthocephalans found were Acanthogyrus (Acanthosentis) acanthuri and Dollfusentis ctenorhynchus. The digeneans included Monorchimacradena acanthuri in Acanthurus bahianus (new host record), Bucephalus varicus, Hurleytrematoi...

Leading The Ignorant: Can Ignorance Eliminate The Free Riding Problem?

Riding with the ants

Isolates of Teratosphaeriaceae have frequently been found in the integument of attine ants, proving to be common and diverse in this microenvironment. The LSU phylogeny of the ant-isolated strains studied revealed that they cluster in two main lineages. The first was associated with the genus Xenopenidiella whereas the other represented two ant-isolated lineages sister to the taxa Penidiella ag...

Eradication of Aedes aegypti on Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, West Indies, with Abate (Temephos) in 1970-1971.

In 1948 Giglioli reported an abundance of Aedes aegypt; on Grand Cayman, the largest of the three Cayman Islands, and recommended control by intradomiciliary residual treatment with DDT (I). These recommendations led to implementation of a yearly cycle of DDT spraying between 1950 and 1954, supplemented by use of larvivorous fish (Gambusia puncticulata) and kerosene oil in cisterns and water co...

Riding the South Sea Bubble

Riding the South Sea Bubble PETER TEMIN AND HANS-JOACHIM VOTH FORTHCOMING, AER, DECEMBER 2004. ABSTRACT: This paper presents a case study of a well-informed investor in the South Sea bubble. We argue that Hoare's Bank, a fledgling West End London banker, knew that a bubble was in progress and nonetheless invested in the stock; it was profitable to "ride the bubble." Using a unique dataset on da...