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.
1987
An Ichthyological Survey of Weeping Water Creek, Nebraska, David R. Golden
The Characteristics and Phytogeographic Affinities of the Flora of Nine-Mile Prairie, A Western Tall-Grass Prairie in Nebraska, Robert B. Kaul and Steven B. Rolfsmeier
Contributions of Moriz Kaposi to Knowledge of Cancer and Precancerous Conditions: Sarcoma and Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Anne J. Krush
Comparison of Plant Species Composition of Mormon Island Crane Meadows and Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary in Central Nebraska, Harold G. Nagel and Ole A. Kolstad
New and Corrected Records of the Flora of Nebraska, Steven B. Rolfsmeier, Robert B. Kaul, and David M. Sutherland
Woody Plants of the Lower Platte Valley: An Annotated Checklist, Steven J. Rothenberger
Underground Water Problem at Chadron, Nebraska: Causes and Solution, Arthur W. Struempler
Radon and Radon Daughters: Characteristics, Health Effects and Occurrences in Dwellings in Chadron, Nebraska, Arthur W. Struempler and Steven E. Johnson
Calippus regulus (Mammalia: Equidae) in the Penny Creek Local Fauna (Clarendonian), Webster County, Nebraska, Michael R. Voorhies, Richard G. Corner, and James L. Fitzgibbon
1986
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume XIV (1986): Index
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume XIV (1986): Table of Contents
Carnivores of the Railway and Quarries Local Fauna, Robert L. Evander
Preliminary Biostratigraphy of the White River Group (Oligocene, Chadron and Brule Formations) in the Vicinity of Chadron, Nebraska, Eric Paul Gustafson
A Bibliography of the Ecological and Taxonomic Literature of the Nebraska Vascular Plants, Gail E. Kantak and Steven P. Churchill
Red Oak Germination and Seedling Survival in Prairie Habitats, Robert C. Lommasson
Pleistocene Phenacomys from Kansas with Remarks on Other Fossil Records, Larry D. Martin, Wighart von Koenigswald, and J. D. Stewart
Possible Evidence for a Pre-Clovis Bone-Tool Industry from the Central Plains, Thomas P. Myers and Richard G. Corner
Insectivora (Mammilia) from the Miocene (Hemingfordian) of Western Nebraska, Gregg E. Ostrander
Founders and Presidents of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 1880-1986, C. Bertrand Schultz
Nebraska Plant Distribution, David M. Sutherland and Robert B. Kaul
Three New Species of North American Polyphylla Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Ronald M. Young
1985
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume XIII (1985): Table of Contents
Overview of Nitrate in Nebraska's Ground Water, Donald D. Adelman, Wanda J. Schroeder, Ronald J. Smaus, and Gerald P. Wallin
Mosses of the Great Plains X. The Niobrara Valley Preserve and Adjacent Area in Nebraska, Steven P. Churchill
Reminiscences: My Forty-Year Romance with Malaria, G. Robert Coatney
Antlers of Bretzia and Odocoileus (Mammalia, Cervidae) and the Evolution of New World Deer, Eric Paul Gustafson
Grasshopper Dietary (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from a Nebraska Sand Hills Prairie, Anthony Joern
Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Nebraska, John D. Lynch
The Paul Sears I Know, Rufus H. Moore
Meet Dr. Bob!, Mary Hanson Pritchard
A Pleistocene Jaguar from North-Central Nebraska, C. B. Schultz, Larry D. Martin, and M. R. Schultz
Chemical and Radiological composition of Air and Ground Water Near the Mineralized Uranium Ore Deposit at Crawford, Nebraska, Arthur W. Struempler
Chemical and Radiological Composition of Air and Ground Water Near the Mineralized Uranium Ore Deposit at Crawford, Nebraska, Arthur W. Struempler
Water Quality of a Limited Segment of the Big Blue River in Nebraska, Marvin C. Williams, Harold G. Nagel, and Clayton E. True
1984
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume XII (1984): Table of Contents
Paulisentis missouriensis Keppner, 1974 (Acanthocephala) in Creek Chubs, Semotilus atromaculatus, of Southeastern Nebraska, Richard L. Buckner, David F. Oetinger, and Shareen C. Buckner
Evidence for Quaternary Piracy of Pumpkin Creek, South-Central Morrill County, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal
Fossil Proboscidians and Myths of Giant Men, James L. Hayward
Relationships Between Vegetation, Soils, and Pocket Gophers in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Kathie J. Kajar Hirsch, James L. Stubbendieck, and Ronald M. Case
The Historical and Archaeological Significance of Medieval Bench End Carvings in Some Parish Churches in Suffolk, England, Anne J. Krush
The Early Oligocene (Chadronian) Raben Ranch Local Fauna, Northwest Nebraska: Multituberculata; with Comments on the Extinction of the Allotheria, Gregg E. Ostrander
Herpetofaunas of the Big Springs and Hornet's Nest Quarries (Northeastern Nebraska, Pleistocene: Late Blancan), Karel Rogers
A Bryological Survey of Southwestern Nebraska, Linda L. Spessard
Vegetative Key to Grasses of the Sand Hills Region of Nebraska, David M. Sutherland
Seeding Techniques for Alfalfa to Improve Subirrigated Meadows, Steven S. Waller, R. N. Gates, T. M. Hart, D. K. Schmidt, and J. F. Samson
1983
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume XI (1983): Table of Contents
An Analysis of Vegetation and Flora of Field-Edges and Roadsides of Agricultural Land in Eastern Nebraska, James Ducey and Catherine Wiederspan
Water Conservation of the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii, W. Sue Fairbanks, David Greegor, Leonard Staudinger, and Erik Bitterbaum
Science and Society: The Gustavson Memorial Lectures, Jack R. Girton
The Relationship of Science to the North-South Dialogue, William N. Hubbard Jr.
Biographical Sketch and Contributions to Medicine of Xavier Bichat, Anne J. Krush
Some Pennsylvanian Chondrichthyan Spines from Nebraska, John G. Maisey
Inclusive Fitness and the Practice of Polyandry Among the Skidi Pawnee, Thomas E. McGinnis
Universal Determinism and Relative Dertermination, Leroy N. Meyer
Geographical Distribution of Acanthocephala in Nebraska Fishes, Brent B. Nickol and Nelson Samuel
The Harold W. Manter Laboratory A National Resource Center for Parasitology, Mary Hanson Pritchard
Trox hamatus Robinson (Troginae) using a Canthon (Scarabaeinae) Brood Ball and New Records of North American Trox (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Brett C. Ratcliffe
An Assessment of the Nebraska City Power Station Impingement Effects Relative to the Fishery Dynamics of the Missouri River, J. Patrick Rhone, I. Cherko, L. G. Harrow, and Allen B. Schlesinger
American Indian Artifacts from the Kansas River, Richard A. Rogers and Larry D. Martin
A Bryological Survey of the Southern Panhandle of Nebraska, Linda L. Spessard
Linguistic Competence, John Tienson
1981
Sister Chromatid Exchanges in a Male with a Y/Y Translocation, Merlin G. Butler
Further Observations on Polymegaly in Species of the Drosophila affinis Subgroup, Ho-Chi Chang and Dwight D. Miller
Whitehead and Hume on Induction, Marvin E. Kanne
Problems for the Covering-Law Model of Explanation, Eric Russert Kraemer
Production Rates of Aquatic Insects in a Turbid Reservoir, John C. Lund and Edward J. Peters
A Water Quality Survey of the Big Blue River, Nebraska, Terry R. Maret and Curtis C. Christiansen
Preliminary Report on the 1979 Excavations at the Clary Ranch Site, Thomas P. Myers, Richard G. Corner, and Lloyd G. Tanner
Influence of Windbreak-Shelter on Light Interception, Stomatal Conductance, and CO2-Exchange Rate of Soybeans, Glycine max (Linnaeus) Merrill, S. N. Ogbuehi and J. R. Brandle
Attitudes of Dental Administrators Toward Faculty Unionization, Devereaux S. Peterson
Provincial Land Mammal Ages Correlated with Valley-Fill Sequences in the Great Plains of North America, C. Bertrand Schultz
A Rapid Technique for Identification of Taenioid Cestodes using Unstained Scolices, Kenneth L. Tiekotter
Discovering History of Psychology, Mark E. Ware
Sedimentology of Norden Bridge and Egelhoff Fossil Quarries (Miocene) of North-Central Nebraska, Carl F. Wellstead
1980
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume VIII (1980): Table of Contents
The Influence of Winglessness on Mating Frequency in Species of the Drosophila affinis Subgroup, Neriman Alemdar, Ronda McIntyre, Ho-Chi Chang, and Dwight D. Miller
Den and Den-Site Characteristics of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Southeastern Nebraska, Donald P. Althoff
Floristic Analysis of a Natural Area on the Lower Platte River Flood Plain, Donald A. Becker
The Fossil Insectivora of Lemoyne Quarry (Ash Hollow Formation, Hemphillian), Keith County, Nebraska, Thomas M. Bown
The Rush Creek-Lisco Structural Basin, Garden and Morrill Counties, Nebraska, R. F. Diffendal Jr.
The Structures of Scientific Relativism, Charles J. Dougherty
Observations on the Life Cycle of Spurge Hawkmoth, J. R. Forwood and M. K. McCarty
Paleoclimatic Implications of Pleistocene Herpetofaunas of Eastern and Central North America, J. Alan Holman
The Classification of Tumors by John Abernethy Early in the Nineteenth Century, Anne J. Krush
The Fishes of Salt Creek Basin, Nebraska, Terry R. Maret and Edward J. Peters
Functional Morphology and the Evolution of Cats, Larry D. Martin
Platte River Evapotranspiration: A Historical Perspective in Central Nebraska, Harold G. Nagel and M. Stanley Dart
Platte River Island Succession, Harold G. Nagel, Karen Geisler, John Cochran, Jon Fallesen, Barbara Hadenfeldt, Joy Mathews, John Nickel, Steven Stec, and Alice Walters
Some Crinoids from the Argentine Limestone (Late Pennsylvania-Missourian) of Southeastern Nebraska and Southwestern Iowa, Roger K. Pabian and Harrell L. Strimple
Causality, Determinism, and the Mind-Brain Problem, Jeffrey C. Schank
Ancient Soils and Climatic Changes in the Central Great Plains, C. Bertrand Schultz and Thompson Mylan Stout
The Idea of Technological Progress and Its Problems, Eugene E. Selk
Distribution of Fishes in Thirty-Two Mile Creek, Nebraska, Steven R. Walker
The Applicability of Torgerson's Concept of Fiat Measurement in Developmental Stages of the Social Sciences, Christine V. Zavgren and S. J. Lambert
1979
Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences Volume VII (1979): Table Of Contents
Hydrogeologic Relationships to Structural Failure Chadron State College, Nebraska, Larry D. Agenbroad
A Botanical Survey of Cuming County: Part II, the Bryophytes: with Additions to Part I, the Vascular Plants, Steven P. Churchill
A System Model of Shawnee Indian Migration, Jerry E. Clark