Nebraska Academy of Sciences
Date of this Version
1994
Abstract
Editorial Contents
Nebraska Academy of Sciences Officers, Policy Committee ................... ii
Editorial Board ................... iv
Membership Objectives and Friends of the Academy ................... v
Nebraska Association of Teachers of Science ................... vi
Preparation of manuscripts ................... inside back cover
Papers
The limnology of three limestone rock quarries in east-central Nebraska and western Iowa (Christopher D. Mayne) ................... 1
An ordination of Niobrara Valley plant communities (Gail E. Kantak) ................... 9
Diversity of vascular plants and intensity of plant collecting in Nebraska (Robert B. Kaul and Steven B. Rolfsmeier) ................... 13
Floristic analysis of the C. Bertrand and Marian Othmer Schultz Prairie, a mixed-grass prairie in south-central Nebraska (Steven J. Rothenberger) ............... 21
A survey and analysis of the unionid mollusks of the Elkhorn River Basin, Nebraska (Ellet Hoke) ................... 31
Notes on the biology and a description of the egg, third instar larva and pupa of Neobisnius sobrinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) (Daniel A. Schmidt) ................... 55
Nectar-seeking visits by butterflies in a tallgrass prairie remnant in eastern Nebraska (Tanya Bray) ................... 63
The status of Nebraska fishes in the Missouri River, 3. Channel catfish (Ictaluridae: Ictalurus punctatus) (Larry W. Hesse) ................... 73
The status of Nebraska fishes in the Missouri River, 4. Flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris, and blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus (Ictaluridae) (Larry W. Hesse) ................... 89
The status of Nebraska fishes in the Missouri River, 5. Selected chubs and minnows (Cyprinidae): sicklefin chub (Macrhybopsis meeki), sturgeon chub (M. gelida), silver chub (M. storeriana), speckled chub (M. aestivalis), flathead chub (Platygobio gracilis), plains minnow (Hybognathus placitus), and western silvery minnow (H. argyritis) (Larry W. Hesse) ................... 99
The status of Nebraska fishes in the Missouri River, 6. Sauger (Percidae: Stizostedion canadense) (Larry W. Hesse) ................... 109
Morphometry of growth in hatchling striped plateau lizards (Iguanidae: Sceloporus virgatus) (Geoffrey R. Smith) ................... 123
Genetic variation and differentiation of North American waterfowl (Anatidae) (David W. Oates and Joann D. Principato) ................... 127
First record of Pipestoneomys (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Orellan (Oligocene) (Christopher M. West and William W. Korth) ................... 147
Comments
1994. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, 21: i-vi