Georgia Journal of Science articles from December 2005

Georgia Journal of Science archives from December 2005

Gas president's comments and report from the academy council.(Georgia Junior Academy of Science)
December 22, 2005... Recently I unearthed a box of keepsakes. Rummaging through the box's contents I pulled out a first place medal I won in the Rock and Mineral Identification event of the Wisconsin Science Olympiad. I totally forgot I had this trinket, but I...

Annual meeting and registration information.
December 22, 2005... The Georgia Academy of Science will meet at the Lawrenceville Campus of Georgia Perimeter College Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, 2006. Approximately 165 papers are expected in the Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Physics and Math,...

Sea turtle conservation in Georgia and an overview of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island, Georgia.
December 22, 2005... ABSTRACT All seven species of sea turtles are listed as federally threatened or endangered under the Endangered Specie Act (ESA). The primary causes of the marked decline of sea turtle populations worldwide include...

Population genetic analysis of the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio using DNA single-strand conformation polymorphism.
December 22, 2005... ABSTRACT The grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio is one of the most abundant macroinvertebrates in southeast coastal marshes but little is known about the genetic structure of this crustacean. Our objective was to...

[.sup.31]P NMR study of GTP-cation interactions.(nuclear magnetic resonance)
December 22, 2005... ABSTRACT Guanosine 5'-triphosphate (GTP) plays a pivotal role in many biological processes. The interactions of cations with GTP are essential to the stabilization of this nucleotide and the regulation of its...

Hydrogeological and chemical analysis of surface and shallow groundwater from a dairy waste lagoon, Berry College, Georgia.
December 22, 2005... ABSTRACT For over 70 years, a 40,000f[t.sup.2] waste lagoon received Berry College dairy effluent. Seven shallow monitoring wells were installed down gradient from the lagoon and 6 surface water sites were also...

Acknowledgment of reviewers.
December 22, 2005... The quality of the papers publishing in the Georgia Journal of Science depends on the quality of the reviewers. The Georgia Journal of Science is fortunate to have reviewers who have done research in the specific area that a given submitted...

The Georgia Academy of Science.
December 22, 2005... The Georgia Academy of Science is composed of "Residents and non-residents of Georgia who are engaged in scientific work, or who are interested in the development of science." The purpose of the Academy of "the promotion of interests of...