Recently added articles from The Ohio Journal of Science:
Influence of flood connectivity on bottomland hardwood forest productivity in Central Ohio.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT. Aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in response to flooding and other environmental variables was evaluated at a 5.2-ha bottomland hardwood forest along the Olentangy River in central Ohio, USA. The forest is composed of two distinct sections that were hydrologically ...
Impact by North American beaver (Castor canadensis) on forest plant composition in the wilds, a surface-mined landscape in southeastern Ohio.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT. The impacts of Castor canadensis Kuhl (American beaver) on local ecosystems through foraging and dam construction activities have been well documented. Here we examined beaver foraging activity in the Wilds, an ecosystem in southeastern Ohio that was most recently subjected to ...
Distribution and changes in abundance of Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle in a Southwest Ohio Woodlot.(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT. This study describes the population structure and dynamics of Ailanthus altissima within the Wright State University woodlot near Dayton, Ohio. This 80 ha woodlot contains both old growth and secondary stands. Ailanthus altissima populations were measured first in 1980 and again ...
Ohio's Natural Heritage: digitally-printed B&W text book and full color CD-ROM.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
Apr 01, 2008; ... HERE, again, is a long-awaited book. First published in 1979 in hardcover and out-of-print since the early 1980s, it is presented here for the digital age in full-color Adobe Acrobat[R] format on a CD-ROM. Twenty eight specialists invite the reader to survey in a single volume the whole of ...
Declining water quality in the Western Lake Erie basin: increasing invasion of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and increasing levels of soluble reactive phosphorus.
Mar 01, 2008 ... A Symposium co-sponsored by: The Ohio Fracture Flow Working Group Organized by Dr. Julie Weatherington-Rice Co-Coordinator Ohio Fracture Flow Working Group 298 W. New England Ave. Worthington, Ohio 43085 Phone 614-436-5248 Fax ...
The Ohio Academy of Science annual meeting-April 12, 2008 the University of Toledo.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Lake Erie Symposium Morning Session Nitschke Auditorium 09:00 AM INTRODUCTION TO THE "DECLINING WATER QUALITY IN THE WESTERN LAKE ERIE BASIN" SYMPOSIUM. Julie P. Weatherington-Rice, weatherington-ri.1@osu.edu, Bennett & Williams Environmental Consultants ...
Biology--Nitschke Rm. 1052 podium presentations Dr. Mark Headings, presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 09:00 AM POTENTIAL CHANGES IN THE FOREST COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF THE LAKE ERIE ISLANDS DUE TO THE INVASION OF THE EMERALD ASH BORER (AGRILUS PLANIPENNIS). Megan A. Eckardt megan.a.eckardt@vanderbilt.edu, Douglas D. Kane, dakane@defiance.edu, 26700 Midland Rd., Bay Village OH, ...
Engineering & mathematics Nitschke Rm 5065 Daniel Repperger, presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 8:30 AM EQUATIONS OF THE SLOPE b AND Y-AXIS INTERCEPT a OF Y = a + bx. De Nguyen, denhung@earthlink.net, 9205 Telfer Run, Orlando FL 32817. The purpose of this paper is to establish generalized equations for the slope b and y- axis intercept a of y = a + bx (1) that ...
Ecology & molecular ecology Nitschke Rm 5013 Matthew Neilson, presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 9:00 AM GENETIC DIVERGENCE PATTERNS OF THE RAINBOW DARTER ETHEOSTOMA CAERULEUM: A WATERSHED ANALYSIS FROM MITOCHONDRIAL DNA SEQUENCES AND NUCLEAR MICROSATELLITES Amanda E. Haponski amanda.haponski@utoledo.edu, Timothy Bollin tim.bollin@tps.org, and Carol A. Stepien ...
Medicine & health Nitschke Rm 4020 Christopher Drummond, presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 9:00 AM MIDGUT MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSHYDROGENASE IN WANDERING STAGE LARVAE OF THE TOBACCO HORNWORM, MANDUCA SEXTA. Kurt P. Vandock, kurty@bgnet.bgsu.edu, Stan L. Smith, stanlee@bgsu.edu, Carmen F. Fioravanti, cfiorav@bgsu.edu, Bowling Green State University, Dept of Biological ...
Session 7 ecology Nitshcke Rm 2004 T.B.A., presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 9:00 AM CONTRASTING FISH COMMUNITIES UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM OF A DAM IN THE OTTAWA RIVER, NORTHWEST OHIO: PHASE I OF A DAM REMOVAL STUDY. Johan F. Gottgens johan.gottgens@utoledo.edu, Amanda I. Arceo, Todd D. Crail, Dept of Environmental Sciences, MS 604 University of Toledo, ...
Session 8 medicine, health & physiology Nitschke Rm 3004 T.B.A., presiding.
Mar 01, 2008 ... 9:00 AM DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF SIX SRY ISOFORMS IN SKELETAL MUSCLE FROM TWO STRAINS OF Rattus norvegicus. Lauren A. Playl lplayl@uakron.edu, Jeff Dunmire dunmire@uakron.edu, Monte Turner meturner@uakron.edu, Amy Milsted milsted@uakron.edu, The University of Akron, Dept of ...
Poster session: Nitschke Hall 9:00-11:00 AM.
Mar 01, 2008 ... Poster Board No. 001 THE EFFECTS OF NATURAL FLUCTUATIONS IN EARLY MATERNAL CARE ON THE AFFECTIVE AND BEHAVIORAL STATES OF THE OFFSPRING OF LONG-EVANS RATS. Ashley M. McFarland (amcfarl@bgnet.bgsu.edu), Travis J. Beckwith (tbeckwi@bgnet.bgsu.edu), Trang Tran (ttran@bgsu.edu), ...
Ardella (Martinez) Pierce (1945-2007): a tribute.(Obituary)
Dec 01, 2007; ... Ardella Pierce, age 62, a longtime mainstay of the editorial team of The Ohio Journal of Science, died unexpectedly on 18 April 2007 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio. The cause of death was ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome). She was the assistant editor of The ...
Vascular flora of the King Road Landfill in Northwest Ohio.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. The vascular flora of the King Road Landfill (KRL), located in Sylvania, Ohio, was surveyed during the 2004 growing season to evaluate the development of the plant community and compare it with that of four mature woodlands typical of the native Oak Openings Region: floodplain, ...
The effects of the Penry Wellfield (Delaware, Ohio) on well-water quality.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. Water samples collected during three phases (Background, Pumping and Recovery) of a year-long study in Delaware County, Ohio, document groundwater quality and the effects of pumping up to 1,500 gpm from the City of Delaware's Penry Wellfield on nearby well-water quality ....
Age-dependent vulnerability of the striatal mitochondrial to 3-nitropropionic acid.(Report)
Dec 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. From studies to date, there is considerable evidence suggesting that energy impairment may be a common biochemical mechanism underlying the etiology of a number of metabolic disorders. Metabolic disorders are the result of an abnormal metabolic function at the cellular level, ...
Vegetation release eight years after removal of Lonicera maackii in West-Central Ohio.
Dec 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT. Lonicera maackii is thought to inhibit growth of herbaceous vegetation and woody seedlings. To determine the extent of this inhibition, in April 1996, Lonicera was removed from ten 30 x 30 m areas within Sugarcreek Reserve. Paired 20 x 20 m plots were established, one of each ...
Obituaries of the members of the Ohio Academy of Science Report of the Necrology Committee, 2007.
Dec 01, 2007; ... The Necrology Committee of The Ohio Academy of Science, chaired since 1992 by Historian-Archivist Ronald L. Stuckey, consists of William R. Burk, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N C; Christopher Cumo, Canton, OH; and Relda E. Niederhofer, Firelands College of Bowling Green State ...
Genetic tagging free-ranging white-tailed deer using hair snares.(Report)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT: Use of noninvasive DNA-based tissue sampling (e.g., hair, scats) for individual identification in wildlife studies has increased markedly in recent years. Although field techniques for collecting hair samples have been developed for several species, we are unaware of their use ...