Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science articles from June 2004

Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science archives from June 2004

Additions to the flora of Ginn Woods, Delaware County, Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Ginn Woods, a typical flatwoods of the Bluffton Till Plain Section of the Central Till Plain Natural Region, is a 65 ha tract of woodland owned by Ball State University. The woods lies in the northwest corner of Delaware County,...

Structure and composition of plant communities in fire-managed grasslands at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, formerly Jefferson Proving Grounds, is one of Indiana's largest natural areas (approximately 22,000 ha). No studies have been conducted to quantify the grassland communities at Big Oaks National...

An inventory of the herbaceous plants of the twin swamps nature preserve, Posey County, Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Twin Swamps is a 242 ha nature preserve located in Posey County in the extreme southwestern corner of Indiana. This area, containing one of the few remaining swamp cottonwood, bald cypress, and overcup oak swamps in Indiana, is owned...

Effects of low ph and high temperature on hatching and survival of the water mite Unionicola foili (Acari: Unionicolidae).
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Adult females, larvae, and eggs of the water mite Unionicola foili were removed from their host mussel Utterbackia imbecillis, and their tolerance to varying pH (4.1, 5.2, 7.0, and 7.8) and temperature (25 [degrees], 33 [degrees], and...

Distribution of fish assemblages in the Valparaiso chain of lakes, Porter County, Indiana, with emphasis on lake condition assessment.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. The Valparaiso lakes include a moraine chain that separated the high beach ridge of geological Lake Chicago from the Kankakee River of the Illinois River drainage. Only a single historical fish collection was made in any of the...

Urban ichthyology: changes in the fish community along an urban-rural creek in Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. We collected 39 species of fish from 10 sites along the East Fork of White Lick Creek in Marion and Hendricks counties, Indiana from May through August 2002 in order to quantity stream quality prior to the start of construction on...

Urban herpetology II: amphibians and reptiles of the Indianapolis airport conservation lands.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Prior to the construction of a new highway interchange on lands managed by the Indianapolis International Airport, we surveyed the amphibians and reptiles. This study was done in Hendricks and Marion counties, Indiana between April...

Colonies and reproductive patterns of tree-roosting female eastern pipistrelle bats in Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. We investigated colonies and reproductive patterns of adult female eastern pipistrelles, Pipistrellus subflavus, in Indiana during the non-hibernation season in 1999-2000. Females began to form small colonies (range, 1-8 individuals)...

Bats of the naval surface warfare center at Crane, Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT: Eight of 12 species of bats naturally occurring in Indiana were caught on Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center: 161 northern myotis (Myotis septentirionalis), 147 red bats (Lasiurus borealis), 123 eastern pipistrelles...

Bats of hoosier national forest.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. We summarize results of bat surveys in Hoosier National Forest 1981-2003. Mist net captures included the northern myotis, Myotis septentrionalis (137); red bat, Lasiurus borealis (132); eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus...

Mammals of willow slough fish and wildlife area, Newton county, Indiana.
June 3, 2004... ABSTRACT. Forty-one of the 57 species of mammals know to occur in Indiana were documented at Willow Slough during these studies. The western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis), not previously known from the state, apparently entered...

Minutes of the meetings of the Indiana academy of science 2003.
June 3, 2004... COMBINED MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL Anderson University 4 April 2003 Welcome and introductions.--President Robert Waltz called the meeting to order at 2:00 PM. Attending: Edward Frazier, treasurer; Nils I. Johansen,...