Scope of Studies – Invertebrate Zoology

           Dr. Joy’s publication record spans a period of 40 years. He has published papers in 28 different scientific journals on 16 different groups of parasitic and free-living organisms from protozoans through arthropods. More than 30 students have appeared as co-authors on these publications.

            During this time frame, Dr. Joy has also presented numerous talks before lay and scientific audiences on subjects as diverse as forensic entomology,mosquito vectors of pathogenic agents, invasive species, and helminth and copepod-induced pathology in exothermic animals. The following is a sample of publications dealing with various groups of invertebrate organisms.

“gastropod mollusks”

Joy, J. E. 1971. The influence of light intensity conditions upon the egg-laying of the            planorbid snail, Biomphalaria glabrata. The Nautilus 85:43-49.

Joy, J. E. 1971. The influence of day length upon the egg-laying of Biomphalaria glabrata.            Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 65:573-578.

“bivalve mollusks”

Harmon, J. L. and J. E. Joy. 1990. Growth rates of the freshwater mussel, Anodonta          imbicillis Say 1829, in five West Virginia wildlife station ponds. American Midland            Naturalist 124:372-378.

Joy, J. E. 1985. A 40-week study on growth of the Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Muller),            in the Kanawha River, West Virginia. The Nautilus 99:110-116.

Welch, K. J. and J. E. Joy. 1984. Growth rates of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea          (Muller), in the Kanawha River, West Virginia. Journal of Freshwater                                  Invertebrate Zoology 3:139-142.

Joy, J. E., A. J. Pritchard, and D. Danford. 1983. Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Pelecypoda)          as a biological indicator of heavy metals in the Kanawha River, WV. Proceedings            of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences 55:113-117.

Counts, C. L., III, J. M. Dingess, and J. E. Joy. 1977. The electrocardiogram of the                       freshwater bivalve, Lampsilis radiata (Bivalvia: Unionidae). The Nautilus 91:105-           107.

Joy, J. E. and J. M. Dingess. 1976. Comparisons of shell dimensions and viscera mass          weights in Lampsilis radiata luteola (Lamarck, 1819). Proceedings of the West            Virginia Academy of Sciences 48:69-73.

Joy, J. E. and L. E. McCoy. 1975. Comparisons of shell dimensions and viscera mass            weights in Corbicula manilensis (Philippi, 1844). The Nautilus 89:51-54.

“annelids”

Joy, J. E. 1987. Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in three species of aquatic          snails from Mason County, West Virginia. Proceedings of the West Virginia                       Academy of Sciences 59:106-111.

Joy, J. E. and K. J. Welch. 1984. Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) in the          aquatic snail, Helisoma trivolvis, from Charles Fork Lake, West Virginia. The                       Nautilus 98:13

Joy, J. E. and S. I. McBride. 1983. Chaetogaster limnaei (Annelida: Naididae) in aquatic          snails, Oxytrema canaliculata, from Mud River, Cabell Co., West Virginia.                       Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Sciences 55:55-58.

“insects”

McCoy, L. E. and J. E. Joy. 1977. Tolerance of Sepedon fuscipennis and Dictya sp. larvae            (Diptera: Sciomyzidae) to the molluscicides Bayer 73 and sodium                                  pentachlorophenate. Environmental Entomology 6:198-202.