Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from August 31 2006

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from August 31 2006

Use of chitinase and chitosanase to form sphaeroplasts from Pilobolus sporangiospores.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. Extracting cell contents, such as DNA and protein, from cells with cell walls creates a special challenge because the wall has to be removed without damaging the contents of the cell itself. One method to remove cell walls is to use...

Control of branch initiation in Neurospora.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. In a previous study of branching in Neurospora, it was determined that branching at the tip is not a tip autonomous process, but that branching is controlled at least in part by a factor or factors at or near the previous branch...

The history and aquatic flora of Silver Lake, Porter County, Indiana, with comments on the adequacy of floristic quality assessment for lakes.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. During the growing season of 2004, floristic inventories were conducted on Silver Lake, Porter County, Indiana to quantitatively describe the aquatic flora. A modified point intercept technique was used to determine the frequency and...

New records for the alien oriental weatherfish, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus, in the Lake Michigan basin, Indiana (Cypriniformes: cobitidae).
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. The oriental weatherfish, (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus), a native of southeast Asia, was collected from six locations in the Grand Calumet River, Lake Michigan basin, during the summer of 2005. This loach species was collected in the...

Selection of song perches by Cerulean Warblers.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica cerulea) populations have experienced serious declines in recent decades. Due to limited research on this species, a better understanding of habitat use and territory site selection at the regional level is...

The Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) on an anthropogenic landscape: Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis) caught on Newport Chemical Depot, Vermillion County, Indiana used four primary and two alternate roosts, all within 6.3 km of one another, supporting the hypothesis of a fission-fusion social system....

Nesting success and status of the least tern breeding colony at Gibson Lake in southwestern Indiana.
August 31, 2006... ABSTRACT. Federally-endangered interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) have nested at Gibson Lake in southwestern Indiana since 1986. In 2003 and 2004 we evaluated nesting success of least terns and identified factors influencing their...

Marion Thomas Jackson: a lifelong naturalist, conservationist, and educator.
August 31, 2006... I am very pleased to have been asked by Jim Berry to write an article in this biographical series about Marion T. Jackson. I have known Marion since August 1964 when he first arrived at Indiana State University as an Assistant Professor of...

Minutes of the meetings of the Indiana Academy of Science 2005.(Conference notes)
August 31, 2006... COMBINED MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE COUNCIL St. Mary-of-the-Woods College 22 April 2005 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 2:00 pm Attending.--Uwe Hansen, Ed Frazier, Jeff Hughes, Clare Chatot, Nils Johansen, Nelson...