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Dr. William H. Heard - FSU Biological Science Faculty Emeritus
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William H. Heard BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
FACULTY MEMBER EMERITUS

Dr. William H. Heard

Email : heard@bio.fsu.edu

Bio:
Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1963.

Research and Professional Interests:
Invertebrate reproduction, with emphasis on Mollusca.


Selected Publications:
Heard, W. H. 1992. Reproductive coordination and synchronization in Bivalvia: Unionoida. Proc. Ninth International Malacological Congress, Leiden, Netherlands, pp. 173-176.

Runham, N., and Heard, W. H. (eds.). In press. Molluscan reproduction. Malacological Review, Supplement 6.

Heard, W. H. In press. Anatomy of Strophitus and relationships of anodontine Unionidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia). [Zoomorphologie: 34 pp. + 1 table + 30 figs.]

Heard, W. H. In press. Anatomical and reproductive features in Pseudodon (= Gonidea = Pilsbryoconcha) (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Amblemidae). [Malacologia: 37 pp + 4 tables + 23 figs.]

Heard, W. H. In press. Reproduction in Elliptio (Bivalvia: Unionidae). [Malacologia: 43 pp + 3 tables + 9 figs.]

Heard, W. H., and Vail, V. A. In press. Anatomical characters and character states, and inferred phylogeny of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionoida). [for Malacologia: 25 pp. + 6 tables + 8 figs.]

Heard, W. H. In press. Brooding patterns in freshwater mussels. [Invited symposium contribution to be published in Malacol. Rev. Suppl., 29 pp. + 3-page table]

Heard, W. H. In press. Valvatidae [Invited contribution for the Treatise on invertebrate paleontology: 9 pp + 9 figs.]

Heard, W. H. In press. A history of the study of generation of unionoidean bivalves [Invited contribution for the Archiv fur Hydrobiologie/Supplement: 36 pp. + 8 figs.]

Heard, W. H. In press. Comparative gametogenic cycles in Bivalvia: Unionoida. [Invited symposium contribution to be published in Malacol. Rev. Suppl., 32 pp. + 2 pls.].




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Dr. Debra Fadool has received Albion College's Distinguished Alumni Award for 2007. Debi received this award at Albion College's Awards Ceremony during their Homecoming Weekend.
Dr. Walter R. Tschinkel, Professor in the Department of Biological Science, has been awarded the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Award for 2007/2008.