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Number 32 (December 1995), Southern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

(December 1995) - Status of the Southern Redbelly Dace, Phoxinus erythrogaster, in Hatcher Bayou and Streams of the Yazoo Drainage, Mississippi. By William T. Slack, Martin T. O'Connell, Tanya L. Peterson, John A. Ewing, III, and Stephen T. Ross

Constitution of the Southeastern Fishes Council (Revision, 20 April 1995)

Contents of PROCEEDINGS

Front Matter, Southeastern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Constitution Of The Southeastern Fishes Council (Revision, 20 April 1995), Southeastern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Status Of The Southern Redbelly Dace, Phoxinus Erythrogaster, In Hatcher Bayou And Streams Of The Yazoo Drainage, Mississippi, William T. Slack, Martin T. O'Connell, Tanya L. Peterson, John A. Ewing Iii, Stephen T. Ross

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Contents Of Proceedings, 1976-1995, Southeastern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Foodservice Conditions In Licensed Urban And Rural Child Care Centers: An Application Of The National Health And Safety Performance Standards, Todd Michael Kirkpatrick

Masters Theses

Objectives: To assess the degree to which child care centers in urban and rural counties met foodservice standards as documented in the National Health and Safety Performance Standards; to determine if a difference in foodservice conditions existed between these two groups; to determine if the foodservice conditions at child care centers are related to the directors' perception of existing foodservice conditions or the importance of maintaining safe foodservice conditions, or previous environmental health inspection scores; to identify child care staffing needs.

Subjects: 36 urban and 34 rural child care centers in east Tennessee

Design: On-site assessment …

Gis Modeling Of Forest Cover Distributions In A Southern Appalachian Watershed, Daniel Thomas Rutledge

Masters Theses

This study develops a method to model forest cover distributions in the Little Tennessee River Watershed in Macon County, North Carolina using a geographic information system (GIS). The model employs common environmental variables, e.g. elevation, aspect, and slope, and a newly developed metric called a topographic index. The topographic index quantifies landscape form to reflect the degree of site convexity or concavity. To generate index values, the GIS sums relative aspect differences between all adjacent cells and the center cell in a neighborhood analysis. To determine predominant community types and their environmental ranges in the study area, I surveyed canopy …

Crop Tree Management Of Upland Hardwoods In West Tennessee, David O'Neal

Masters Theses

A 40-year-old upland hardwood stand in west Tennessee was selected to test the effectiveness of crop tree management techniques. The stand consisted of 20 acres with each acre having the potential to contain 36 crop trees. Treatments consisted of: 1) a crown release, 2) fertilization (150 lbs. N and 35 lbs. P₂0₅ per acre) and 3) a combined release and fertilizer treatment.

A severe ice storm struck west Tennessee the winter following the study's initiation. Results indicated that release greatly increased a crop tree's susceptibility to severe ice damage and that black cherry (Prunus serotina Ehrh.) …

An Assessment Of Nutrition Policies And Practices In Licensed Child Care Agencies In Tennessee, Nicole Anne Cunningham

Masters Theses

Objective Research was conducted to determine the extent to which a sample of licensed child care agencies in Tennessee met 31 nutrition and food service standards as contained in the National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care Programs and to identify any significant differences by type of agency, USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) participation, and profit status.

Design A random sample of 300 licensed child care agencies stratified by type was surveyed by mailed questionnaire composed of 59 open and closed-ended items and five-point Likert-like scaled items. Three primary scores were calculated to …

Incidence And Life History Of Beech Scale, Initiator Of Beech Bark Disease, In The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Robert Angelo Vance

Masters Theses

American beech, Fagus grandifolia Ehrlich, in eastern North America are currently threatened by the devastating beech bark disease. This disease is caused by the fungal pathogens, Nectria coccinea var. faginata Lohman, Watson and Ayers, and Nectria galligena Bres., which infect trees that are predisposed by infestations of beech scale, Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger. In 1993, beech bark disease was discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).

In 1994, a 2-year cooperative research project involving the National Park Service and the University of Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station was initiated to study several aspects of beech bark disease in the GSMNP. …

Pb897 Commercial Bush Snapbean Production, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Field & Commercial Crops

Snapbean production in Tennessee ranges from 6,000 to 9,000 acres and contributes $7 to $9 million annually to the state’s economy. The major production area is located within a 50-mile radius of Crossville, with some early production in the south central portion of the state. Small acreages are grown throughout the state for local sales.

Presently, the acreage is about 45 percent processing and 55 percent fresh market. Fresh market packing operations have increased about five-fold in the last few years.

The varying elevations and temperatures enable producers to plant early at lower elevations and make summer plantings at higher …

Pb897-Commercial Snap Bean Production, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Commercial Horticulture

Snapbean production in Tennessee ranges from 6,000 to 9,000 acres and contributes $7 to $9 million annually to the state’s economy. The major production area is located within a 50-mile radius of Crossville, with some early production in the south central portion of the state. Small acreages are grown throughout the state for local sales.

Presently, the acreage is about 45 percent processing and 55 percent fresh market. Fresh market packing operations have increased about five-fold in the last few years.

The varying elevations and temperatures enable producers to plant early at lower elevations and make summer plantings at higher …

A Repeatable, Visual Survey Of Three Rare Percina (Osteichthyes: Percidae) Fish In Little River, Blount County, Tennessee, Charles H. Heacock

Masters Theses

A recent apparent decline of the darter species in Little River, Blount County, Tennessee, suggested a deterioration on habitat quality was taking place. The objective of this study was to establish a baseline of the abundance and distribution of three large and easily recognized darter species (Percina aurantiaca, P. burtoni, and P. macrocephala) believed to be very pollution intolerant.

The study area included 27 river miles with 20 accessible sites which were determined by an area reconnaissance. Each site has been described, including diagrams and photographs, and was surveyed six times between July and October 1993. A review …

Movement Ecology Of Black Bears In A Fragmented Bottomland Hardwood Habitat In Louisiana, Forrest B. Marchinton

Masters Theses

Twelve Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus) were captured 18 times on a 350-km² study area in the Tensas River Basin in northeastern Louisiana during 1992 and 1993. The study area, owned by Deltic Farm and Timber Co., Inc., consisted of 4 bottomland hardwood habitat fragments, several smaller woodlots, and extensive agricultural fields.

A total of 3,748 locations were collected on 10 radio-collared bears (4 male, 6 female). Mean home ranges were 52.33 km² and 12.61 km² for males and females, respectively, and were largest during the fall. Home range overlap, particularly among females, suggested …

An Evaluation Of Nutrition Services Delivered To Wic High-Risk Prenatal Women By Three Nutrition Provider Types In A Regional Rural Health Department, Bonnie Lynn House

Masters Theses

Objective: To determine if differences existed in pregnancy outcomes and quality of nutrition care delivered to WIC high-risk prenatal women by three nutrition provider types.

Design: A seven month retrospective medical record audit

Subjects/Setting: WIC high-risk prenatal women who met the following criteria, underweight for height, enrolled in WIC ≤ 32 weeks gestation, no other primary certification codes, and could have iron deficiency anemia, were sampled from a 23 county regional rural health department (n=146). The women were divided into three groups based on the provider type classification during their prenatal WIC enrollment.

Main outcome measures: An audit tool was …

Pb1544 Comparing The Cost Of Broadcasting Versus Injecting Nitrogen In No-Tillage Corn, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Field & Commercial Crops

No-tillage has become a popular production option with many Tennessee farmers in the past 20 years. In 1993, no-tillage production systems were used on 290,000 acres of corn in Tennessee, or 44 percent of the total corn acreage planted in the state (TDA). Many farmers see no-tillage as a way to reduce the cost of growing corn. Others have chosen no-tillage as a way to comply with governmental regulations covering the farming of highly-erodible soils.

Input levels and prices are important to consider in any production system. A major expense in corn production is nitrogen (N) fertilizer. No-tillage budgets published …

Association Of Insulin Actions With Blood Pressure In Rodent Models Of Obesity And Diabetes, Margaret Ann Maher Abel

Doctoral Dissertations

Obesity, insulin resistance and hypertension are risk factors for cardiovascular disease which occur in association more than individually in the general population; this clustering of symptoms is called Syndrome X. The association between hypertension and insulin resistance in this syndrome has traditionally been attributed to the effect of increased circulating insulin on sympathetic nerve activity and renal sodium retention. However, it has been shown that insulin exerts a direct vasodilatory action on the vasculature, which may be impaired in insulin resistant states. Studies in our laboratory have revealed that this vasodilatory effect is, in part, due to insulin stimulation of …

The Influence Of Ecological And Temporal Factors On Trap Response By Black Bears In Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Tennessee, Joel Alan Pedersen

Masters Theses

Estimates of population size and other demographic parameters may be biased if capture probability is not equal among all members of the population. However, differences in the capture probability of black bears (Ursus americanus) due to trapsite location and long-term mark-recapture studies have not been investigated. Thus, the focus of my research was to determine the influence of habitat characteristics on trap heterogeneity and determine the effects of long-term trapping on the trap response of black bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).

Using existing geographical information system (GIS) habitat use models for black bears, I determined …

Using Gis To Analyze The Precipitation Regime Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tn/Nc, Thomas Bryan Coffey

Masters Theses

Studies or research conducted in remote areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP) involving the use of precipitation data, have often resolved to utilizing the precipitation data from weather stations located in more easily accessible areas or from nearby towns and cities. This study was conducted to determine an accurate annual average precipitation value for the GSMNP and to develop an average annual precipitation database (coverage) for the park as a whole. Precipitation data from 51 weather stations in and around the GSMNP were placed into the geographic information system (GIS), ARC/INFO, and three methods were implemented to …

Population Dynamics Of Black Bears In Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Alex Brandon Coley

Masters Theses

Previous estimates of black bear (Ursus americanus) population density from Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP or Park) were low to intermediate when compared to other populations throughout the range of the species. These estimates conflicted with other research on GSMNP bears that indicated a high-density population with consistent growth from the early 1970's to the late 1980's. Thus, the focus of my research was to calculate appropriate estimates of population size and density and evaluate them with respect to trapping regime, demographic data, and hard mast production.

I determined effective study area sizes by calculating the average …

Diversity Of Arthropods On Dogwoods In Forest And Nursery Environments, David Scott Neitch

Masters Theses

In the last decade the flowering dogwood, Cornus florida Link., has become threatened by a fungal disease, dogwood anthracnose (caused by Discula destructive Redlin). Symptoms include leaf spots, twig blights, and limb/trunk cankers, which lead to the eventual death of the tree. Mortality of the flowering dogwood is extremely high in forested areas, such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, where dogwood density has declined in recent years.

Little information is available about environmental conditions that may predispose a tree to conidia of D. destructiva, which is believed to be dispersed by wind or rain. Researchers have suggested that …

Number 31 (April 1995), Southern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

(April 1995) - Nocturnal Reproductive Behavior in Semotilus atromaculatus (Pisces, Cyprinidae). By E.G. Maurakis, et al., 3 pp.

Techniques of Videotaping Fishes From Above the Surface of the Water. By E.G. Maurakis and W.S. Woolcott, 3 pp.

The Effect of Preservation on Urogenital Papilla Length in the Least Brook Lamprey Lampetra aepyptera. By P.A. Cochran and M.E. Sneen, 3 pp.

Museum Notes by H.L. Bart and M.S. Taylor; Regional Reports.

Front Matter, Southeastern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Nocturnal Reproductive Behavior In Semotilus Atromaculatus (Pisces, Cyprinidae), Eugene G. Maurakis, William S. Woolcott, William R. Mcguire

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Preservation On Urogenital Papilla Length In The Least Brook Lampre, Lampetra Aepyptera, Philip A. Cochran, Martin E. Sneen

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Techniques Of Videotaping Fishes From Above The Surface Of The Water, Eugene G. Maurakis, William S. Woolcott

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

The Auburn University Museum Fish Collection, Henry L. Bart Jr., Michael S. Taylor

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Regional Sfc Reports, Southeastern Fishes Council

Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Pb1523 Forest Practice Guidelines For Tennessee, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service

Forestry, Trees, and Timber

Those involved in managing Tennessee forests have felt the need for a concise statement about forest practices in Tennessee. Although several sources provide information about Tennessee’s forests and appropriate forest practices, searching for information takes considerable time, and in some instances the sources are not readily available. These guidelines provide a ready, authoritative reference. This publication identifies appropriate forest management practices and informs the Tennessee forest landowner about making wise policy decisions and establishing long-range goals.

However, many land management decisions are complex and can not be explained here. In most cases, forest management requires the services of a professional …