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Glycoprotein Proteinase In Agkistrodon Bilineatus Venom, John D. Ruff, Bob D. Johnson, Dewey H. Sifford Jan 1980

Glycoprotein Proteinase In Agkistrodon Bilineatus Venom, John D. Ruff, Bob D. Johnson, Dewey H. Sifford

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Proceedings Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science Volume 34 1980, Academy Editors Jan 1980

Proceedings Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science Volume 34 1980, Academy Editors

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Study Of The Anatomy Of The Alimentary Canal Of Brochymena Quadripustulata (Hemiptera:Pentatomidae), Dan T. Barber, Lynita M. Cooksey, David W. Abell Jan 1980

Study Of The Anatomy Of The Alimentary Canal Of Brochymena Quadripustulata (Hemiptera:Pentatomidae), Dan T. Barber, Lynita M. Cooksey, David W. Abell

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

An anatomical study of the alimentary canal and associated salivary apparatus was conducted for the pentatomid, Brochymena quadripustulata. The esophagus, ventriculus, pylorus, rectum, principal salivary glands and ducts are described and illustrated. Described structures of Brochymena quadripustulata are compared with various species of pentatomids and other hemipterans.


Food Of Bluegill And Longear Sunfish In Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, 1976, Horace E. Bryant, Thomas E. Moen Jan 1980

Food Of Bluegill And Longear Sunfish In Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, 1976, Horace E. Bryant, Thomas E. Moen

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Stomach contents were examined from 544 bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and 709 longear sunfish (L. megalotis) collected from nearshore areas of DeGray Reservoir April-November 1976. Major foods of bluegill (percentage of total weight of food in parentheses) were insects (33), bryozoa (7.3), planktonic crustaceans (6.5), and plant materials (15.4). The major food items contributing to the diet of longear sunfish were insects (52.6%), crayfish (12.5%), fish (7.4%), and plant material (6.7%). Although bluegill and longear sunfish are closely related species, their diets were not as similar as expected: bluegill consumed zooplankton, adult dipterans, and adult ephemeropterans associated with limnetic areas; while …


64th Annual Meeting, 1980. Program, Academy Editors Jan 1980

64th Annual Meeting, 1980. Program, Academy Editors

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Food Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, 1976, Horace E. Bryant, Thomas E. Moen Jan 1980

Food Of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus Salmoides) In Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, 1976, Horace E. Bryant, Thomas E. Moen

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Stomach contents were examined from 748 largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides (<125 mm total length), collected from DeGray Reservoir during April-November 1976. Fish constituted 59% by weight of the total diet and occurred in 81% of the stomachs; crayfish made up nearly 38% of the weight and occurred in 24% of the stomachs. Sunfish, the principal fish food (about 28% by weight), were observed in 36% of the stomachs. Shad were the second most important prey (23% by weight and 29% frequency in occurrence). Crayfish constituted about 42% of the total weight of the food of bass 200 mm long or longer, but only 12% in bass less than 200 mm. Crayfish consumption was greatest during the fall.


Inventory Of The Decapod Crustaceans (Crayfishes And Shrimps) Of Arkansas With A Discussion Of Their Habitats, Raymond W. Bouchard, Henry W. Robison Jan 1980

Inventory Of The Decapod Crustaceans (Crayfishes And Shrimps) Of Arkansas With A Discussion Of Their Habitats, Raymond W. Bouchard, Henry W. Robison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The freshwater decapod crustaceans of Arkansas presently consist of two species of shrimps and 51 taxa of crayfishes divided into 47 species and four subspecies. The shrimps are represented by Macrobranchium ohione and Palaemonetes kadiakensis. The crayfish fauna is the largest of any state west of the Mississippi River reflecting the variety of habitats within Arkansas as a result of the geologic diversity in the state. The Ozark Plateaus and Ouachita provinces are dominated by the genus Orconectes, while in the Gulf Coastal Plain Procambarus is the most conspicuous group. Other crayfish stocks present include Cambarus, found predominantly in the …


Connections Of The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region (Mlr) In The Cat, E. Garcia-Rill, Robert D. Skinner, S. A. Gilmore Jan 1980

Connections Of The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region (Mlr) In The Cat, E. Garcia-Rill, Robert D. Skinner, S. A. Gilmore

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The cat entopeduncular nucleus (EN), which is the main output of the basal ganglia, is known to project to the mesencephalic tegmentum. We have been able to elicit antidromic responses in single EN neurons from the region of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR), then transect (precollicular-postmamillary) the brainstem and elicit rhythmic movements of the limbs by stimulation of the same site in the same animal. Injections of the fluorescent dye 2,4 diamidino phenylindole 2 HCL (DAPI) into this area induces retrograde labeling of cell bodies in EN and motor cortex. Injections of a tritiated amino acid (leucine) into the motor …


Significant Additions To The Molluscan Fauna Of The Illinois River, Arkansas, Mark E. Gordon, Arthur V. Brown Jan 1980

Significant Additions To The Molluscan Fauna Of The Illinois River, Arkansas, Mark E. Gordon, Arthur V. Brown

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Isolation Of Phospholipase A2 From Agkistrodon Bilineatus Venom, Karl H. Landberg, Bob D. Johnson, Dewey H. Sifford Jan 1980

Isolation Of Phospholipase A2 From Agkistrodon Bilineatus Venom, Karl H. Landberg, Bob D. Johnson, Dewey H. Sifford

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes Montanus), A New State Record, Norman Lavers Jan 1980

Sage Thrasher (Oreoscoptes Montanus), A New State Record, Norman Lavers

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Growth And Year Class Composition Of The White Bass (Morone Chrysops) In Degray Lake, Arkansas, Thomas E. Moen, Michael R. Dewey Jan 1980

Growth And Year Class Composition Of The White Bass (Morone Chrysops) In Degray Lake, Arkansas, Thomas E. Moen, Michael R. Dewey

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Water, Waste And Quality Management During Preparation And Processing Of Vegetables, W. A. Sistrunk Aug 1979

Water, Waste And Quality Management During Preparation And Processing Of Vegetables, W. A. Sistrunk

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

The research was designed to test and/or develop new systems of washing, peeling and blanching, develop methods of utilization of solid wastes, and find ways to reduce wastestrength of effluent without affecting quality of vegetables for processing. The highest wastestrength of effluent from vegetable processing in the region was found in plants that were canning Irish potatoes, dry beans and hominy. The high volumes of water used for washing spinach and leafy greens and the physical damage to the washed product is one of the major problems. Repetitive washing of spinach in the same water did not affect quality as …


Hovering Flight In Red-Tailed Hawks, Norman La Vers Jan 1979

Hovering Flight In Red-Tailed Hawks, Norman La Vers

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Occurrence Of The Plains Harvest Mouse, Reithrondontomys Montanus (Baird) In Arkansas, Douglas A. James, John A. Sealander, Jeffrey R. Short Jan 1979

Occurrence Of The Plains Harvest Mouse, Reithrondontomys Montanus (Baird) In Arkansas, Douglas A. James, John A. Sealander, Jeffrey R. Short

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Proceedings Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science - Volume 33 1979, Academy Editors Jan 1979

Proceedings Of The Arkansas Academy Of Science - Volume 33 1979, Academy Editors

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Comparison Of The Lens Protein Profiles Of Three Species Of Ozark Salamanders, James M. Britton Jan 1979

Comparison Of The Lens Protein Profiles Of Three Species Of Ozark Salamanders, James M. Britton

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The vertebrate lens has a high protein content (35%), 80-90% of which is composed of the soluble, lens-specific structural proteins, the crystallins. The lens protein profiles of urodelan species have been found to be qualitatively distinct. On this basis the lens proteins have been proposed as a measure of true speciation in urodelans. This paper is the result of our effort to derive a technique for comparison of lens protein profiles on a purely qualitative basis without utilizing the complex methodology employed by previous workers. With this object in mind, the lens protein profiles of Plethodon glutinosus, Ambystoma annulatum, and …


Status Of The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker At The Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge In Arkansas, Douglas A. James, Fred L. Burnside Jr. Jan 1979

Status Of The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker At The Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge In Arkansas, Douglas A. James, Fred L. Burnside Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The Red-cockaded Woodpecker is an endangered species that is endemic to mature pine forests of the southeastern United States. In Arkansas it presently occurs only in pinelands of the Ouachita Province and Gulf Coastal Plain. Cavity trees for nesting and roosting must be mature pines diseased with red-heart fungus. Due to recent forestry practices mature pine stands are disappearing thus reducing numbers of needed cavity trees. The Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Arkansas contains high densities of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and because of favorable management priorities there the survival of the woodpecker seems assured. Populations of the species in other …


Modifications And Improvements In The Formax Method Of Preparing Small Avian Study Specimens, Martin A. Floyd, Gary A. Heidt Jan 1979

Modifications And Improvements In The Formax Method Of Preparing Small Avian Study Specimens, Martin A. Floyd, Gary A. Heidt

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Three Species Of Trypethelium New To Arkansas, George T. Johnson Jan 1979

Three Species Of Trypethelium New To Arkansas, George T. Johnson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Undergraduate Courses Taught By Biology Teachers, Jewel E. Moore, Robert T. Kirkwood Jan 1979

Evaluation Of Undergraduate Courses Taught By Biology Teachers, Jewel E. Moore, Robert T. Kirkwood

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Electrophoretic Analysis Of Blood Serum Proteins In Three Species Of Water Snakes (Genus Nerodia), Phyllis J. Garnett Jan 1979

Electrophoretic Analysis Of Blood Serum Proteins In Three Species Of Water Snakes (Genus Nerodia), Phyllis J. Garnett

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Serum from three species of water snakes (Nerodia rhombifera, N. erythrogaster and N. fasciata) from one geographic region was analyzed electrophoretically on cellulose acetate, and anodic mobility and relative concentration of the fractions were determined by a recording densitometer with an automatic integrator. Classification of fractions was based on mobility (Rf, values), and for identification purposes, bands were labeled in order of decreasing mobility (albumin and alpha₁, alpha₂, alpha₃, beta₁, beta₂, gamma₁, and gamma₂ globulins). Seven fractions were identified in each species with alpha₃ being absent from N. rhombifera and N. erythrogaster, and only one gamma fraction was observed in …


Genic Variation In White-Tailed Deer From Arkansas, Phyllis K. Price, Michael E. Cartwright, Mitchell J. Rogers Jan 1979

Genic Variation In White-Tailed Deer From Arkansas, Phyllis K. Price, Michael E. Cartwright, Mitchell J. Rogers

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Liver and kidney samples of 33 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) representing three populations in Arkansas were examined with horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. Of 17 loci examined, only PGM-1 and ES-2 exhibited polymorphism. Average individual heterozygosity, ranging from 2.3% to 4.7% with a mean of 3.1 %, was much lower than that reported for white-tailed deer in other parts of its range. The three populations examined in this study were highly similar based on Rogers' genetic similarity coefficient.


63rd Annual Meeting, 1979. Program, Academy Editors Jan 1979

63rd Annual Meeting, 1979. Program, Academy Editors

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Age And Huddling As Determinants Of Metabolic Rate In Grasshopper Mice (Onychomys Leucogaster), Meredith Bailey, Dennis A. Baeyens, Lana Mann Jan 1979

Age And Huddling As Determinants Of Metabolic Rate In Grasshopper Mice (Onychomys Leucogaster), Meredith Bailey, Dennis A. Baeyens, Lana Mann

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The metabolic rates of grasshopper mice (Onychomys leucogaster) were determined every third day from birth to adulthood. Metabolic rates were quantitated by measuring oxygen consumption in an open circuit system. There was a rapid fall in oxygen consumption from the third day after birth until the ninth day. Mice which were housed separately assumed a constant metabolic rate at an earlier age than mice which were kept with litter-mates. The greatest increases in metabolism occurred when immature mice were separated from litter-mates for oxygen consumption determinations. It is concluded that huddling plays an important role in reducing the metabolic rate …


Hematology As Related To Diving Characteristics Of Elaphe Obsoleta, Nerodia Erythrogaster, Nerodia Fasciata And Nerodia Rhombifera, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. W. Patterson, Chris T. Mcallister Jan 1979

Hematology As Related To Diving Characteristics Of Elaphe Obsoleta, Nerodia Erythrogaster, Nerodia Fasciata And Nerodia Rhombifera, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. W. Patterson, Chris T. Mcallister

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The diving capabilities of Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster and Nerodia fasciata confluens were investigated and the results were compared with similar studies on Nerodia rhombifera rhombifera and Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta (Baeyens et al., 1978). In addition, morphological and hematological parameters contributing to underwater survival were examined. The duration of underwater survival for N. erythrogaster and N. fasciata was approximately one hour with no difference between the species. The lung volumes of the two species were also similar but were significantly less than lung volumes reported for E. obsoleta. There were no significant differences in hemoglobin concentration, red blood cell count or …


Maturation And Fecundity Of Redear Sunfish, James C. Adams, Raj V. Kilambi Jan 1979

Maturation And Fecundity Of Redear Sunfish, James C. Adams, Raj V. Kilambi

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Based on gonosomatic indices and ovum diameter frequency distributions, the redear sunfish spawns from May through July. Fast growing 2-year-old (above 150 mm) and older fish attain sexual maturity. Mature ovum diameter ranged from 0.60 to 1.30 mm. Fecundity • total length, • total weight, and • age relationships were: 1nF = 5.95242 + 0.01967L (r²= 0.90), LnF = 8.80328 + 0.00594W (r²= 0.92), and 1nF = 8.19332 + 0.50231 A (r² =0.83), respectively.


Seasonal Abundance And Habitat Distribution Of Birds In Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Alan F. Posey Jan 1979

Seasonal Abundance And Habitat Distribution Of Birds In Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Alan F. Posey

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Bird sighting records from 1964 through 1978 for 17 northeastern Arkansas counties were compiled according to the seasonal status, relative abundance and habitat distribution of each species. The five seasonal occurrence categories and their relative species composition were: transient visitant (46.6%), summer resident (20.3%), winter resident (14.8%), permanent resident (17.2%) and winter visitant (1.0%). The seven seasonal abundance categories and their relative species composition were: very rare (13.9%), rare 15.9%), uncommon (30.7%), fairly common (10.5%), common (25.6%), very common (1.7%) and abundant (1.7%). Eleven habitat categories were included: campestrian, abandoned fields, forest edge, lowland woods, upland woods, riparian woods, marshes, …


Effect Of Turf Fungicides On Earthworms, J. H. Roark, J. L. Dale Jan 1979

Effect Of Turf Fungicides On Earthworms, J. H. Roark, J. L. Dale

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Numerous turf fungicides were tested under various conditions for possible deleterious effects upon the earthworm Eisenla foetida. Earthworms treated by immersion for one minute in 0.1% solutions of 10 different fungicides died insignificant numbers after benomyl and thiophanate methyl treatments. After 1% fungicide treatments, there was significant mortality from benomyl, ethazole, Kromad, and thiophanate methyl fungicides. With 2% fungicide solutions, significant numbers died after benomyl, cadmium succinate, ethazole, thiophanate methyl, and thiram treatments. Earthworms fed bermudagrass clippings treated with 10 different fungicides showed a significant decrease in longevity from clippings treated with benomyl, dinocap, ethazole, and thiophanate methyl. Earthworms reared …


Status Of The Endangered Bats, Myotis Sodalis, M. Grisescens, And Plecotus Townsendii Ingens, In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, John J. Cassidy, Gary G. O'Hagan Jan 1979

Status Of The Endangered Bats, Myotis Sodalis, M. Grisescens, And Plecotus Townsendii Ingens, In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, John J. Cassidy, Gary G. O'Hagan

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.