Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science articles from March 2005

Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science archives from March 2005

A review of the dinosaurs from Kansas.
March 22, 2005... Although Kansas is best known for an abundance of marine fossils from the Late Cretaceous, there may be up to 16 dinosaur records from the state. These are (in order of discovery): 1) the Mudge tracks from the Dakota Formation of Clay County;...

A new nodosaur specimen (Dinosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas.
March 22, 2005... The right ulna and radius of a small nodosaur were recovered from the Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Upper Santonian) of the Niobrara Formation in October, 2000. Based on the similarity of the specimen in comparison with the holotype of...

Characterization of two environmental bacterial isolates by 16S rRNA sequence analysis, fatty acid methyl ester analysis, and scanning electron microscopy.
March 22, 2005... We used 16S ribosomal RNA gene analysis, fatty acid methyl ester analysis, and scanning electron microscopy to partially characterize two apparently unique bacteria isolated from the environment. Light microscopy revealed that the first...

Current status of native fish species in Kansas.
March 22, 2005... A re-evaluation of the status of fishes in Kansas suggests that 54 of the 116 native species should be assigned special conservation status due to substantial declines in distribution or abundance and/or their rarity in the state. Nine species...

A synoptic water quality survey of the Spring River and its tributaries.
March 22, 2005... The Spring River in southwestern Missouri and southeastern Kansas is a high-value aquatic resource with a history of poor water quality. This study of the Spring River basin provides a high frequency synoptic evaluation of water quality in the...

Uvularia sessilifolia L. (Liliaceae): new to Kansas.
March 22, 2005... Uvularia is a genus of five species native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and southern Quebec southward and westward to Florida, Texas, and Manitoba (Utech and Kawano 2003). The plants are rhizomatous perennial herbs with leafy,...

A remarkable kalligrammatid lacewing from the Upper Jurassic of Kazakhstan (Neuroptera: kalligrammatidae).
March 22, 2005... A new species of kalligrammatid lacewing is described and figured as Meioneurites spectabilis Engel n. sp. from the Jurassic of Karatau, Kazakhstan. The species is distinguished from all other Meioneurites species on the basis of wing venation...

Applications of kite aerial photography: biocontrol of salt cedar (Tamarix) in the western United State.
March 22, 2005... Salt cedar (Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb.) is a small shrubby tree that is taking over wetland and riparian habitats in the western United States. Biocontrol experiments are underway based on the Chinese leaf-eating beetle, Diorhabda elongata...

A brief history of the Transactions and the Abstracts of the Kansas Academy of Science.
March 22, 2005... The Kansas Academy of Science was organized as the Kansas Natural History Society in 1868 and is the second oldest Academy of Science west of the Mississippi River. Beginning with Volume 1 in 1872, papers presented orally at the annual meeting...

Kansas Academy of Science officers and council.
March 22, 2005... The leadership of the Kansas Academy of Science consists of elected officers and council members at large. These voting members of the executive council appoint additional individuals to fill various service positions. For a complete list of...