Here are a couple of my favorites: Banse, Karl. "Mermaids‐their biology, culture. and demise." Limnology and Oceanography 35.1 (1990): 148-153. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.4319/lo.1990.35.1.0148/abstract
With a follow up in the last paragraph of this correspondence: Martin, John H., Steve E. Fitzwater, and R. Michael Gordon. "We still say iron deficiency limits phytoplankton growth in the Subarctic Pacific." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (1978–2012) 96.C11 (1991): 20699-20700. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/91JC01935/abstract And a response: Banse, Karl. "Iron, nitrate uptake by phytoplankton, and mermaids." Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (1978–2012) 96.C11 (1991): 20701-20701. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/91JC02065/abstract Enjoy, Dan (long time ECOLOG listener, first time caller) ------ Daniel Jones MnDRIVE Research Associate BioTechnology Institute & Dept. of Earth Sciences 383 Shepherd Labs University of Minnesota dsjo...@umn.edu On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Wesley Johnson wrote: > Very brief, but charming "Apples and Oranges: a comparison". > > http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html > > >> On Mar 24, 2015, at 3:46 PM, John Mull <jm...@weber.edu> wrote: >> >> Though not from the primary literature, here's another paper in this >> category that I first saw referenced in Joel Cohen's *How Many People Can >> the Earth Support*: >> >> Fremlin, J.H. 1964. How many people can the world support. New Scientist 24 >> (29 October): 285 - 287. >> >> http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13518297.500-letters-packing-them-in.html >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Gregor Kalinkat <kalin...@igb-berlin.de> >> wrote: >> >>> There are a couple of papers out there on modelling disease dynamics with >>> Zombie and/or Vampire etc attacks >>> >>> e.g. >>> http://www.math.upenn.edu/~ted/203S10/Projects/Zombies/Zombies.pdf >>> >>> >>> http://www.m-hikari.com/ams/ams-2013/ams-9-12-2013/strielkowskiAMS9-12-2013.pdf >>> >>> enjoy! >>> >>> °°° >>> Dr. Gregor Kalinkat >>> email: gregor.kalin...@eawag.ch >>> skype: gregor.kalinkat >>> >>> Postdoctoral research fellow >>> >>> Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) >>> Department Fish Ecology and Evolution >>> Theoretical Evolutionary Ecosystem Ecology Lab >>> Seestrasse 79 >>> 6047 Kastanienbaum >>> Switzerland >>> >>> Personal website: http://goo.gl/ztVSm8 >>> Google Scholar profile: http://goo.gl/RI0a5 >>> Working group at Eawag: http://goo.gl/Lw2AQ8 >>> B-Types project at the IGB: www.b-types.igb-berlin.de >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> Von: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ >>> ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU]" im Auftrag von "David Inouye [ >>> ino...@umd.edu] >>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. März 2015 18:31 >>> Bis: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU >>> Betreff: Re: [ECOLOG-L] humorous papers >>> >>> Here's one of them. I used to use this in ecology classes. >>> >>> >>> Sheldon, R. W., and S. R. Kerr. 1972. The population density of >>> Monsters in Loch Ness. Limnology and Oceanography 17:746-798. >>> >>> >>> I think there was one about resource partitioning among fast food >>> restaurants that was published in the Bulletin of the ESA about 30 >>> years ago but I don't have the citation. >>> >>> David Inouye >>> >>> At 11:00 AM 3/24/2015, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> I'm looking for funny articles published and a few come to mind that I >>> can't remember citations for so I thought I'd ask here. I don't really >>> want to page through J. Irreproducable Results or Worm Runner's Digest but >>> there are a few I'm hoping someone can help me with (vice vis pdfs) >>> >>> In either the late 70's or 80's there was a note in Nature that comprised >>> the poem and reviewers comments on Shelley's *"Ozymandias*" >>> >>> Then at about the same time someone published a paper in Limn. & Ocean. >>> estimating the biomass of the Loch Ness monster. >>> >>> And also at some point someone published a satirical paper on "if no one >>> heard it, did the tree in the forest really fall?" >>> >>> Of course any other humorous gems would be appreciated. >>> Please remember the list doesn't allow attachments, so please respond to my >>> university email. >>> >>> TIA, g2 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gary D. Grossman, PhD >>> >>> Professor of Animal Ecology >>> Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources >>> University of Georgia >>> Athens, GA, USA 30602 >>> >>> http://grossman.myweb.uga.edu/ < http://www.arches.uga.edu/%7Egrossman> >>> >>> Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation >>> Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology >>> Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish >>>
