Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies
The Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies (TNAS) are published by the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. The objectives of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences are to further the work of scientists and to facilitate cooperation among them; to improve the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfare and environmental quality; to provide the opportunity for scientific research related to the problems of the ever-changing environment of the Great Plains; to increase public understanding and appreciation of the importance and promise of science in human progress; to stimulate science education, and to encourage young people to become involved in science, and to foster the interaction of business, industry, government, education, and the academic scientific community.
The TNAS was established in 1969 by the State Legislature of Nebraska during its eightieth session. In that session, Legislative Bill 776 provided funds to aid the Nebraska Academy of Sciences in the publication of scientific works submitted by Nebraska scientists. Volumes 1 and 2 of the Transactions were published under this arrangement, but Volume 3 was privately funded. Volumes 4-27 were published under the auspices of the Nebraska Department of Education with funds authorized by the State Legislature, except Volume 11, a special issue supported by a grant from the Peter Kiewit Charitable Trust. Beginning with Volume 28, support was from funds bequeathed to the Nebraska Academy of Sciences by C. Bertrand and Marian Othmer Schultz.
The TNAS is indexed in Biological Abstracts, Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Fish and Fisheries Worldwide, and EBSCO. It is freely accessible through Digital Commons at http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tnas/ hosted by the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Starting with Volume 33, the TNAS will no longer be published in print form, and only be published on-line at this site. This will allow for on-line publication of accepted manuscripts in advance of the assembly of an entire volume.
The editor of the TNAS is selected by the Executive Committee of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. The current editor is Bruce A. Chase, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 6001 Dodge Street, AH 114, Omaha, NE 68182; bchase@unomaha.edu; 402-554-2586.
Aims and Scope
The TNAS publishes peer-reviewed results of original research by members of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences in good standing, letters commenting on material previously published in the TNAS, and reviews or historical perspectives on topics relevant to the objectives of the Academy. The TNAS especially welcomes submissions of manuscripts from members of the Academy that reflect original, previously unpublished research. These can be on any aspect of the basic or applied sciences or science education, or be related to the broader objectives of the mission of the Academy. Manuscripts should be written in a manner accessible to investigators representing diverse backgrounds in science, science education, and science policy.
2013
Ectoparasites of the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), Raccoon (Procyon lotor), and Striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) from Keith county, Nebraska, Lance A. Durden and Dennis J. Richardson
Reexamination of Herpetofauna on Mormon Island, Hall County, Nebraska, with Notes on Natural History, Keith Geluso and Mary J. Harner
A Floristic Analysis and Comparison of Plant Communities in Harlan County, Nebraska, Naomi D. Hastings and Steven J. Rothenberger
Assessment of a rotenone application event at Mormon Island West lake in Central Nebraska, Keith D. Koupal, Brian C. Peterson, and Casey W. Schoenebeck
2011
TRANSACTIONS OF THE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES : Volume 32 November 2011 : EDITORIAL CONTENTS
A Comparison of the Clarendonian Equid Assemblages from the Mission Pit, South Dakota and Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska, Nicholas A. Famoso and Darrin Pagnac
The Freshwater Mussels (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionoida) of Nebraska, Ellet Hoke
The Vascular Flora of Brown County, Nebraska, Megan K. Killion and Steven J. Rothenberger
Seed Production With Insect Herbivory and Fungal Occurrence for the Rare Penstemon haydenii, Kay L Kottas, James Stubbendieck, Erin E. Blankenship, and Jay B. Fitzgerald
Distribution of Zooplankton in Harlan County Reservoir, Nebraska, Kathy M. Maline, Keith D. Koupal, Brian C. Peterson, and W. Wyatt Hoback
A Report of Freshwater Sponge (Porifera: Spongillidae) in Central Nebraska, Todd S. Paulsen and W. Wyatt Hoback
Assessment of Water Quality and Response Rate of Zooplankton in a Nebraska “Barrow Pit” After Rotenone Application, Brian C. Peterson, Byron W. Sellers, Nicolas J. Fryda, and Keith D. Koupal
The Ringed Crayfish, Orconectes neglectus neglectus, in Nebraska with a Revision of Its Distributional Range, Steven C. Schainost
2008
TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 31, 2008 Table of Contents
COMMON CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO) POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND RECRUITMENT IN TWO NEBRASKA SANDHILL LAKES, David P. Coulter, Jeffrey C. Jolley, Kris R. Edwards, and David W. Willis
EFFECTS OF BLUEBERRIES ON MORTALITY RATES AND INDY GENE EXPRESSION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, Jenna N. Derr, Tamara L. Smith, and Kimberly A. Carlson
FLORISTIC RECORDS IN THE PLATTE AND LOUP RIVER BOTTOMLANDS OF PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Michael P. Gutzmer and Robert B. Kaul
MULTIPLE PATHS TO CRITICAL REFLECTION: A FLEXIBLE MODEL OF TEACHER LEARNING AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, Susan B. Koba and Carol T. Mitchell
FIRST RECORD OF PLAGIORCHUS MICRACANTHOS (TREMATODA:PLAGIORCHIIDAE) FROM THE WESTERN SMALL-FOOTED MYOTIS, MYOTIS CILIOLABRUM (CHIROPTERA: VESPERTILIONIDAE), Chris T. McAllister and Charles R. Bursey
INTELLIGENT MODULAR TOOL FOR EMERGENCY SURGICAL TREATMENT DURING PAYLOADCRITICAL MISSIONS, David J. Miller, Evan Luxon, and Carl A. Nelson
HANNIBAL WOODS: AN EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST REMNANT IN HOWARD COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Steven J. Rothenberger
NORTHERN PIKE (ESOX LUCIUS) POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATIONS TO RECRUITMENT IN HACKBERRY LAKE, NEBRASKA, Joseph J. Rydell, Jeffrey C. Jolley, Quinton E. Phelps, and David W. Willis
EXERCISE AND DIABETES INFLUENCE ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND GENE EXPRESSION IN FEMALE RATS, Janet E. Steele, Karynn E. Kucera, Cory A. Ciccone, and Mary E. Connealy
2005
TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 30, 2005 Table of Contents
PREDICTING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN A STATISTICS COURSE USING THE MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS PERCEPTION SCALE (MPSP), Isabelle D. Cherney and Ramie R. Cooney
NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROBLEM SOLVING: A CASE STUDY OF EXPERT-NOVICE DIFFERENCES, Isabelle D. Cherney, Jordan Winter, and Michael G. Cherney
PLANT COMPOSITION OF MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE OF CEDAR POINT BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH STATION, KEITH COUNTY, NEBRASKA, David A. McKenzie
A SURVEY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND PARASITES IN WILD TURKEYS FROM NEBRASKA, David W. Oates, Eva A. Wallner-Pendleton, Ivan Kanev, Mauritz C. Sterner, Henry E. Cerny, Megan Collins, Richard Bischof, and Ed D. Boyd
THE DEGREE OF CIllMPANZEE THEORY OF MIND AND THE EVOLUTION OF MODULARITY, Benjamin Grant Purzycki
DRUG USE AND LIFESTYLE AT A NEBRASKA TWO-YEAR COLLEGE, Bruce J. Stephen, Sarah M. Linsenmeyer, and Steven M. McGuire
2004
TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 29, 2004 Table of Contents
LEAST SHREW (CRYPTOTIS PARVA) IN EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, Keith Geluso, Jeremy A. White, and Michael A. Bogan
SEASONAL ACTIVITY AND REPRODUCTION IN BATS OF EAST-CENTRAL NEBRASKA, Kenneth N. Geluso, Russell A. Benedict, and Francis L. Kock
GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF POCKET GOPHERS IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO, David C. Lovell, William R. Whitworth, Jerry R. Choate, Steven J. Bissell, Michael P. Moulton, and Justin D. Hoffman
A SURVEY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AMONG COLIFORM BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM THE MISSOURI RIVER, Sara E. McDonnell and Amy M. Treonis
NODULAR MASSES IN THE SWIMBLADDER AND VISCERAL FAT OF THE WALLEYE, STIZOSTEDION VITREUM, Andrew J. Mitchell and David W. Oates
2002
TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 28, 2002 Table of Contents
ADDITIONS TO THE LICHEN FLORA OF NEBRASKA, Robert S. Egan, Sara Morgan, Clifford M. Wetmore, and Douglas Ladd
FISH SPECIES-RICHNESS TRENDS IN THE NIOBRARA RIVER, NEBRASKA, BELOW THE SPENCER DAM, Michael P. Gutzmer, Justin W. King, David P. Overhue, and Ed Y. Chrisp
INSECTS AND THE NATIVE VEGETATION OF NEBRASKA, Brett C. Ratcliffe and Paul C. Hammond
GERMINATION OF THREADLEAF SEDGE (CYPERACEAE: CAREX FILIFOLIA), Gina R. Tichota and James L. Stubbendieck
FOOD HABITS OF YELLOW PERCH, PERCA FLAVESCENS, IN WEST LONG LAKE, NEBRASKA, Justin L. Wilkens, Timothy J. DeBates, and David W. Willis
2001
TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 27, 2001 Table of Contents
PHYSICS SCORES AS PREDICTORS OF THE MEDICAL COLLEGE ADMISSIONS TEST, Isabelle D. Cherney and Michael G. Cherney
PUMPKINSEED POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS IN NEBRASKA SANDHILLS LAKES (PISCES, CENTRARCHIDAE: LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS), Jennifer C. Harrington, Craig P. Paukert, and David W. Willis
COMPARATIVE FLORISTIC DIVERSITY OF SPRING CREEK AND NINE-MILE PRAIRIES, NEBRASKA, Kay Lynn Kottas
RESULTS OF THE FIRST ANURAN CALLING SURVEY IN NEBRASKA, David S. McLeod, John T. Vaughan, Kevin E. Church, and Daylan Figgs
THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS OF NEBRASKA (CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA), William F. Rapp
INFLUENCE OF ANDROSTENEDIONE ON SEDENTARY FEMALE RATS, Janet E. Steele
2000
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Table of Contents: Volume 26 (2000)
A Checklist and Distribution Maps of the Amphibians and Reptiles of South Dakota, Royce E. Ballinger, Justin W. Meeker, and Marcus Thies
Shifting Distributional Patterns of Mammals in Nebraska, Russell A. Benedict, Hugh H. Genoways, and Patricia W. Freeman
Mitochondrial-DNA Variation in Pallid and Shovelnose Sturgeons, Scaphirhynchus (Pisces: Acipenseridae), Richard Bischof and Allen L. Szalanski
Extralimital Records of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat (Tadarida Brasiliensis Mexicana) in the Central United States and their Biological Significance, Hugh H. Genoways, Patricia W. Freeman, and Carey Grell
Effects of Age and Group Size on Habitat Selection and Activity Level in Xenopus Laevis Tadpoles, Danielle R. Golden, Geoffrey R. Smith, and Jessica E. Rettig
Population Trends in Furbearers in Nebraska, L. M. Landholt and Hugh H. Genoways
First Record from Nebraska of the Clam Shrimp Eulimnadia diversa (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Conchostraca), David S. McLeod
A Floristic Study and Species Checklist for the Republican River Valley in Nebraska, with Emphasis on Plants of Concern for Conservation, Steven J. Rothenberger
Mitochondrial-DNA Variation Within and Among Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Subspecies, Allen L. Szalanski, Kevin E. Church, David W. Oates, Richard Bischof, and Thomas O. Powers
1999
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Table of Contents: Volume 25 (1999)
Using Omissive Faults to Obtain Local Convergence in Partially Connected Networks, M. H. Azadmanesh and A. W. Krings
The Behavior of Preweanling Pups Exposed to Valproate In-Utero, Wayne Briner
Tertiary Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Northern Nebraska, Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Bruce E. Bailey, and Richard G. Corner
The Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of Nebraska, Michael A. Goodrich and Charles A. Springer
A Key to Dicotyledonous Rosettes of Eastern Nebraska, Phillip D. Moore
New Floristic Records for Nebraska-5, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, Robert F. Steinauer, and David M. Sutherland
Microhabitat Preferences of Bullfrog Tadpoles (Rana catesbeiana) of Different Ages, Geoffrey R. Smith
The Brine Shrimp Artemia franciscana in Closed Microalgal-Based Microcosms (Biospheres), Rachel L. Yung, Mark A. Gouthro, and James R. Rosowski
1997
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Table of Contents: Volume 24 (1997)
Creativity in Science: Historical Illustrations and the Academic Paradigm, Laddie J. Bicak
Vegetation Dynamics at the Gerald Gentleman Station Mitigation Site, Lincoln County, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer
The Unionid Mollusks of the Upper Kansas Basin of Northwestern Kansas and Southwestern Nebraska, Ellet Hoke
Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) Disturbance on a Tallgrass Prairie in Central Nebraska, Gregory D. Klein
The Sphinx Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Nebraska, Charlie Messenger
Keys and Distributional Maps for Nebraska Cyperaceae, Part 2: Carex and Scleria, Steven B. Rolfsmeier and Barbara Wilson
The Effects of Aeration on Amphibian Larval Growth: An Experiment with Bullfrog Tadpoles, Geoffrey R. Smith
Retention of Relative Grip Effort for At-Home Isometric Exercise, Janet E. Steele
Spontaneous Pressure Diuresis in Conscious Rats, Janet E. Steele, Paul H. Brand, Patricia J. Metting, and Steven Loyal Britton
1996
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Table of Contents: Volume 23 (1996)
Xylem Pressure Potential of Two Perennial Grasses, Bromus inermis and Andropogon scoparius, on the Oldfather Prairie in Central Nebraska, Charles J. Bicak and Troy M. Walz
Birds of the Cedar Point Biological Station Area, Keith and Garden Counties, Nebraska: Seasonal Occurrence and Breeding Data, Charles R. Brown, Mary Bomberger Brown, Paul A. Johnsgard, Josef Kren, and William C. Scharf
Environmental Impacts in the Vicinity of Spencer Hydropower Dam During Sluicing Activities in the Niobrara River, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer, Justin W. King, and David P. Overhue
Chemical Residues in Representative Fish Species Surveyed from the North and South Platte River Systems in Keith and Lincoln Counties, Nebraska, Michael P. Gutzmer and Dale G. Luce
Macrophyte Production, Fish Herbivory, and Water Quality in a Tailwater Reservoir- Lake Ogallala, Nebraska, Douglas D. Harris and Michael P. Gutzmer
Innovative Teaching Strategies in a Large, Introductory Level Geology Class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sanford S. Kaplan
An Ichthyological Survey of the Forks of the Platte River in Western Nebraska, John D. Lynch and Brian R. Roh
Intraspecific Life History Variation in Sceloporus undulatus: A Factor Analysis, Geoffrey R. Smith, John W. Rowe, and Royce E. Ballinger
Inventory and Floristics of Sandhills Fens in Cherry County, Nebraska, Gerry Steinauer, Steven Rolfsmeier, and Joyce Phillips Hardy
1995
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Table of Contents: Volume 22 (1995)
A Preliminary Catalog of the Lichen-Forming Fungi of Nebraska, Robert S. Egan, Richard C. Witt, Yolanda E. Peck, John P. Goeden, and Teresa L. Cherney
Velocity Microhabitats in the Edges of the Channelized Missouri River, Larry W. Hesse
A Survey and Analysis of the Unionid Mollusks of the Platte Rivers of Nebraska and their Minor Tributaries, Ellet Hoke
Rodents from the Late Hemphillian (Latest Miocene), Sioux County, Nebraska, William W. Korth
Ecology of Growth of the High Altitude Lizard Sceloporus grammicus on the Eastern Slope of Iztaccihuatl Volcano, Puebla, México, Julio A. Lemos-Espinal and Royce E. Ballinger
A Project-Motivated Approach to an Electronics Curriculum, T. S. McShane, M. G. Cherney, R. E. Kennedy, and J. E. Seger