Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science articles from March 2003

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science archives from March 2003

New look for the Transactions.
March 22, 2003... After two years as associate editor and ten years as the editor, Daniel F. Merriam completed his final issue of the Transactions last autumn. During his tenure as editor, Merriam processed a total 2118 pages of the Transactions, which included...

Monitoring forest cover trends in northeastern Kansas through historical and multi-temporal satellite-image analysis.
March 22, 2003... This study documents a management history for two forested sites at Fort Leavenworth military reservation in Leavenworth County of northeastern Kansas. Additionally, we monitor forest cover change in the study area through the application of a...

Reinterpretation and reflections on the importance of the Worden Fault in Douglas County, Kansas.
March 22, 2003... The Worden Fault is a 6-km long, northeast-trending fault located in southwestern Douglas County, Kansas. The fault has a displacement of about 6 m with the downthrown side to the northwest. The fault probably is the surface reflection of...

Southern extent of Kansan Glaciation (Pleistocene) in Douglas County, Kansas.
March 22, 2003... The southern extent of the Kansan glacier in Douglas County, Kansas is marked by a series of discontinuous outcrops of boulder beds, comprised of erratics in a modified terminal-like morainal topography. The Clearfield tongue (SW1/4 sec. 16, T....

Ever changing landscape: recent topographic landmark erosion in Kansas.
March 22, 2003... Nature abhors an elevation as much as it abhors a vacuum; a hill [or Monument Rock] is no sooner elevated than the forces of erosion begin tearing it down. Wallace Stegner, Wolf Willow, 1962. Before and after photographs taken many years...

Influence of nest concealment and distance to habitat edge on depredation rates of simulated grassland bird nests in southeast Kansas.
March 22, 2003... Many features appear to influence avian nest success, and nest concealment and distance to habitat edge are among the most influential. We placed simulated bird nests baited with House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) eggs in two riparian grasslands...

Streambank stability of two Kansas river systems during the 1993 flood in Kansas, USA.
March 22, 2003... Streambank changes were examined after the Kansas flood of 1993. Aerial photography was used to determine the relationship of streambank stability to natural riparian vegetation, stream channel morphology, and soil type. The flooding that...

The earliest record of the Late Cretaceous plethodid fish, Thryptodus (Teleostei: Tselfatiiformes), from central Kansas.
March 22, 2003... We note the occurrence of the Late Cretaceous teleostean genus Thryptodus from the Lincoln Limestone Member (upper Middle Cenomanian) of the Greenhorn Limestone in Russell County, Kansas. The specimen, here referred to Thryptodus cf. T zitteli...

An examination of the effects of grazing on vegetative and soil parameters in the tallgrass prairie.
March 22, 2003... The effects of grazing on vegetative biomass and richness and various soil parameters in the tallgrass prairie were examined at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (TPNP) and the Konza Prairie Biological Station (KPBS). It is hypothesized...

Notes on the occurrence of some petalodont shark fossils from the Upper Pennsylvanian rocks of northeastern Kansas.
March 22, 2003... Three Petalodus teeth are described from the Upper Pennsylvanian rocks of northeastern Kansas. Specimens from the Merriam Limestone Member of the Plattsburg Limestone (Lansing Group, Missourian) and the Brownville Limestone Member of the Wood...

The 137-year history of the Kansas State University Herbarium.
March 22, 2003... The KSU Herbarium had a modest beginning and grew slowly during the first 20 years. Early campus political turmoil and inadequate funding created difficult circumstances and a high faculty turnover. Dedicated individuals, who recognized the...

The effects of elevated ultraviolet B radiation and elevated water temperature on the loss of zooxanthellae from Aiptasia pallida.
March 22, 2003... What effects will elevated ultraviolet B radiation and/or elevated temperature have on the loss of zooxanthellae from Aiptasia pallida? The hypothesis of this study was: if Aiptasia pallida are exposed to elevated ultraviolet radiation and/or...

Inducing ampicillin resistance in Escherichia coli.
March 22, 2003... Since antibiotic resistance of bacteria is becoming such a large and frequent problem, this research was conducted to determine if resistance in Escherichia coli could be induced by repeated exposure to ampicillin. The procedure was based...

Crossopriza lyoni (Araneae: Pholcidae), a synanthropic cellar spider newly discovered in Kansas.
March 22, 2003... Populations of Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall), a common synanthropic spider in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, were discovered at two locations in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. These records represent a significant...

Applications of kite aerial photography: property survey.
March 22, 2003... Keywords: kite aerial photography, property survey, Lake Kahola, Kansas. INTRODUCTION The techniques of taking aerial photographs from kites were introduced by the authors in the Transactions (Aber, Sobieski et al. 1999; Aber, Aber...

Rediscovery of the black sandshell, Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819), in Kansas.
March 22, 2003... On 25 July 2002, a live black sandshell (Mollusca: Unionidae, Ligumia recta) was collected by Maisie Hotvedt, age nine, from the Marais des Cygnes River about 5.8 km upstream of the Kansas-Missouri state line and within the boundaries of the...