Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from August 2005

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from August 2005

Barometric and Earth-tide induced water-level changes in the Inglefield sandstone in Southwestern Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Water-levels from a deep-shallow piezometer nest in the Inglefield sandstone depict a dynamic groundwater system. Water-levels at both the 33.5 m and 18.3 m depths fluctuate up to 0.15 m in a matter of hours. Most of this fluctuation...

An evaluation of Indiana's Floristic Quality Assessment.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) is a valuable assessment tool for managers of natural areas, restoration ecologists, and conservationists. As a result, it has spread from initial use in the Chicago region to much of the upper...

Distribution records of Southern Indiana vascular plants II.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Ongoing collecting and review of existing collections has resulted in additions to the collection in the Indiana University Southeast Herbarium. New and old collections yielded about 160 new vascular plant county records for Clark,...

A vascular plant inventory of Howell Wetlands, a nature preserve within the City of Evansville, Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Howell Wetlands is a 9.3 hectare park located in the city of Evansville, Indiana. The park includes an oxbow lake and a bottomland hardwood plant community that is at the northern-most edge of its distribution. This study describes an...

Freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) survey of the Brouilletts Creek basin in Illinois and Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. The freshwater mussel assemblage of Brouilletts Creek basin in eastern Illinois and western Indiana was sampled at 35 sites for 55 person-hours. A total of 765 live individuals of 20 species was collected, including the state-listed...

Orconectes (Procericambarus) theaphionensis (Decapoda: Cambaridae), the sinkhole crayfish, a new species of crayfish from southcentral Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. A new species of crayfish Orconectes (Procericambarus) theaphionensis is described from southcentral Indiana in the karst areas of the Lost River and Blue Creek drainages. The species occurs both above and below the Orangeville Rise...

Notes on Indiana crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) with comments on distribution, taxonomy, life history, and habitat.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Large collections of crayfish made throughout Indiana during the past several years have increased our knowledge of various aspects of the biology of Indiana's crayfish fauna, including Orconectes (F.) indianensis, a species that had...

Discovery of an exotic Asian mosquito, Ochlerotatus japonicus, (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Ochlerotatus (Oc.) japonicus, an exotic Asian mosquito, appeared in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut in 1998. The species now inhabits 20 eastern states, Washington state and Quebec, Canada. Oc. japonicus was found at three sites...

Observations on periodical cicadas (Brood X) in Indiana and Ohio in 2004 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada spp.).
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Periodical cicadas belonging to Brood X emerged in parts of western Ohio and throughout most of Indiana in 2004. The first emerging cicadas were found on 9 May. Most areas were reporting emerging cicadas by 14 May, one week earlier...

Nocturnal behavior and roosting ecology of a juvenile Lasiurus cinereus near Indianapolis, Indiana.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. A juvenile male hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus) was radio-tracked to day roosts and foraging areas within an undeveloped area in suburban Indianapolis. The bat roosted with two other bats, likely a mother and sibling, in large eastern...

Bat communities in highly impacted areas: comparing Camp Atterbury to the Indianapolis Airport.
August 15, 2005... ABSTRACT. Little information is available about how bats respond to landscape-scale disturbances. Herein is presented a comparison of two distinct forms of managed lands. Camp Atterbury is an active military training area near Edinburgh,...

Minutes of the meetings of the Indiana Academy of Science 2004.
August 15, 2005... COMBINED MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL Hanover College 16 April 2004 President Don Ruch called the meeting to order at 2:12 PM. Attending: President-Elect Uwe Hansen, Secretary Nils 1. Johansen, Executive...