Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from December 2008

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from December 2008

Dental microwear analysis of extinct Flat-headed Peccary (Platygonus compressus) from Southern Indiana.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. Dental microwear analysis (DMA) is a valuable means of dietary reconstruction for extant and extinct animals because it provides insight independent of dental morphology. It was employed to elucidate the diet of the extinct Late...

Seasonal changes in stream water quality along an agricultural/urban land-use gradient.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. We investigated downstream changes in dissolved oxygen (DO), pH, nitrate, total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), Atrazine[R], E. coli, and total suspended sediments (TSS) levels in two second-order watersheds with various amounts...

Water quality assessment of Prairie Creek Reservoir in Delaware County, Indiana.(Report)
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. Prairie Creek Reservoir, located in an agricultural watershed in east-central Indiana, serves as a secondary drinking water supply through water releases to the White River and offers various recreational activities including...

Point-centered quarter analysis of four forest types at Hayes Arboretum in Wayne County, Indiana.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. Analysis of four different woodland types occurring at Hayes Arboretum in Wayne County, Indiana was performed using the point-centered-quarter (PCQ) technique to sample stems [greater than or equal to] 10 cm dbh. Based on PCQ...

The vascular flora and vegetational communities of the wetland complex on the IMI property in Henry County, near Luray, Indiana.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. An inventory of the vascular flora occurring in the IMI wetland complex near Luray, Indiana, reveals 287 species and varieties representing 180 genera in 79 families. The 12 families containing 58% of the species are Asteraceae,...

The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in Indiana: a review.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. In 1987, the first recently confirmed specimens of Ixodes scapularis Say (the blacklegged tick) were collected from hunter-harvested deer in four Indiana counties. These specimens provided the first evidence that blacklegged ticks had...

Current status and distribution of Indiana's seven endangered darter species (Percidae).
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. At the beginning of this study seven darter species (Bluebreast, Harlequin, Spotted, Spottail, Tippecanoe, Variegate, and Gilt) were on Indiana's list of endangered fish species; and up-to-date, statewide distributional information...

Roosts of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) near the Indianapolis International Airport (1997-2001).
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. Long-term roosting ecology of the federally-endangered Indiana myotis (Myotis sodalis), in a rapidly-developing area immediately southwest of the Indianapolis International Airport was examined. A dead shagbark hickory, Carya ovata,...

Escape behavior of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) following diurnal disturbance.
December 31, 2008... ABSTRACT. Field observations of newly-banded bats led to the hypothesis that co-roosting northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) fled to a single roost following diurnal disturbance. Five groups of co-roosting bats were used to test...