TRANSACTIONS OFTHE NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: Volume 31, 2008 Table of Contents

Authors

Date of this Version

2008

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in TRANSACTIONS of the NEBRASKA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (2008) 31: 4 p.

Abstract

EDITORIAL CONTENTS

Nebraska Executive Committee, Policy Committee ................... ii

Editorial Board ................... iv

Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ................... inside front cover

Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science ................... inside front cover

Preparation of manuscripts ................... inside front cover

PAPERS

Hannibal Woods: An eastern deciduous forest remnant in Howard County, Nebraska (Steven J. Rothenberger) ................... 1

Floristic records in the Platte and Loup River bottomlands of Platte County, Nebraska (Michael P. Gutzmer and Robert B. Kaul) ................... 15

First record of Plagiorchus micracanthos (Trematoda: Plagiorchiidae) from the western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) (Chris T. McAllister and Charles R. Bursey) ................... 31

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) population characteristics and recruitment in two Nebraska sandhilllakes (David P. Coulter, Jeffrey C. Jolley, Kris R. Edwards, and David W. Willis) ................... 35

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) ................... 43

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) ................... 51

Effects of blueberries on mortality rates and Indy gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster (Jenna N. Derr, Tamara L. Smith, and Kimberly A. Carlson) ................... 61

Intelligent modular tool for emergency surgical treatment during payload-critical missions (David J. Miller, Evan Luxon, and Carl A. Nelson) ................... 69

Multiple paths to critical reflection: A flexible model of teacher learning and its impact on student achievement (Susan B. Koba and Carol T. Mitchell) ...................77