Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from August 2002

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from August 2002

Rodent-gnawed carbonate rocks from Indiana.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT Two carbonate-rock specimens from Jasper County and Monroe County, Indiana, are marked superficially by numerous grooves left by lower incisors of modern rodents. The Jasper County specimen is a calcitic dolomite, with incisor...

Subsurface investigations of several glacial successions related to engineering construction.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT Glacial environments, including subglacial, supraglacial and proglacial deposition, yield some of the most complex sedimentary deposits on Earth. Unsorted deposits of clasts in a finer matrix (diamictons) are common, both in flow...

The relationship between glacial geologic processes and peatland distribution in Indiana.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT Peat-filled depressions are not randomly distributed in Indiana. The higher frequency of kettles and peatlands in northern Indiana is attributed to the dynamic processes of glacial retreat rather than potential influences of...

The potential role of lake basin morphometry in the formation and development of peatlands in Indiana.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT Numerical support for generalizations about factors favoring peat formation in kettles is scant. Kettle morphometry was examined on the basis of fetch orientation, shoreline development, surface area, maximum depth, mean depth,...

The immunosuppressive effect of sidestream smoke on the contact hypersensitivity response to the hapten dinitrofluorbenzene in balb/c mice.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT In recent years, there have been increasing reports regarding the impact of various stressors on the immune system. It is well established that epicutaneous application of haptens can induce contact hypersensitivity (CHS). a...

Reassessment of the allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Indiana.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT In the early 1980s, extant populations of the endangered Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) in Indiana were reported from 20 sites (18 bluffs, 2 caves) adjacent to the Ohio River in Harrison and Crawford Counties. To assess the...

A study of the frog lung fluke Haematoloechus (trematoda: haematoloechidae) collected from areas of Kentucky and Indiana.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT One hundred seventy-six frogs and toads collected from areas of the Ohio River Valley region of Kentucky and Indiana were examined for the presence of lung flukes (Haematolechus spp.). Of the six recognized species of...

The spiders of Illinois and Indiana, their geographical affinities, and an annotated checklist.
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT The geographical affinities of the 586 spider species currently known from Indiana and Illinois are listed. An annotated checklist of the species is presented. Keywords: Spiders, Illinois, Indiana, zoogeography **********...

Are bats in Indiana declining?
August 15, 2002... ABSTRACT The number of big brown bats in Indiana was estimated using an estimated number of colonies per county times the average number of bats per colony times the number of counties in the state. Estimates of the number of individuals...