Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from December 2003

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from December 2003

Wesley Chapel Gulf revisited: geomorphic processes affecting development of the alluvial floor of a karst gulf in Orange County, Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Wesley Chapel Gulf is a karst collapse depression with an alluvial floor that was deposited as a subterranean passage of the Lost River rose to the surface (rise) and flooded the bottom of the structure. This paper reports on the...

Chemical characterization of fresh, used and weathered motor oil via GC/MS, NMR and FTIR techniques.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Motor oil undergoes a range of chemical and physical transformations during routine engine operation, and oil transformations continue following release to the environment. Some components of motor oil, particularly used oils, are...

The Late Archaic component of the miles site, Clark County, Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. The Miles site (12-C1-158) was defined as a large lithic scatter on a terrace of the Ohio River in Clark County, Indiana. Excavations conducted in advance of sand and gravel mining operations resulted in the documentation of a variety...

Fusicladium levieri, a fungal parasite of persimmon, found in Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. The parasitic microfungus Fusicladium levieri Magnus (anamorphic Ascomycota) was found for the first time in Indiana on Diospyros virginiana L. (American Persimmon). The species has been insufficiently described so far. Therefore,...

A floristic inventory and description of the structure and composition of the plant communities of Botany Glen, Grant County, Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Botany Glen, the James S. Wilson Memorial Sanctuary, is an 18 ha (45 acre) forested tract located in Grant County, Indiana, adjacent to the Mississinewa River. Botany Glen is an important natural area in east-central Indiana due to...

Early succession in a tallgrass prairie restoration and the effects of nitrogen, phosphorus, and micronutrient enrichments.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. The past decade has witnessed increased effort to restore prairie on former agricultural land in Indiana. We used the Upland Prairie Restoration to document community changes over a five year post-planting period and to examine the...

Freshwater heliozoa (protista, heliozoa) from Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Six taxa of siliceous scale-bearing heliozoa belonging to the genera Acanthocystis, Pinaciophora, Pterocystis, Raphidocystis and Raphidiophrys were observed from various northern Indiana freshwater sites. All are new records for...

Distribution patterns of freshwater shrimp and crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in the Patoka River basin of Indiana.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Eleven species of crayfish and freshwater shrimp were collected during a study of the Patoka River drainage of Indiana between 2000-2002. The Mississippi grass shrimp Palaemonetes kadiakensis was the only shrimp species collected from...

Breeding bird communities in burned and unburned sites in a mature Indiana oak forest.
December 30, 2003... ABSTRACT. Prescribed fire is being used increasingly by forest managers throughout the U.S. to attain specific management objectives. However, little is known about the effects of fire management practices on non-game bird communities,...