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Monitor Newsletter October 28, 2002, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

A Heterotrophic Desert Stream? The Role Of Sediment Stability, Urs Uehlinger, Markus Naegeli, Stuart G. Fisher

Western North American Naturalist

In autumn 1998 stream metabolism was measured in the Hassayampa River, Arizona, a Sonoran Desert stream, using single-station diel oxygen curves and an oxygen mass balance model. Oxygen consumption rates of parafluvial and channel sediments were determined with respiration chambers. Bedload of channel sediments (sand) prevented significant primary production by benthic autotrophs, despite favorable nutrient, light, and temperature conditions. Ecosystem respiration was relatively low (1.50 g O₂ m⁻²d⁻¹) and presumably fueled by production in the riparian zone and riverine marshes. Respiration rates in the parafluvial zone and in channel sediments ranged from 0.6 to 1.4 …

Trilobite Eyewitness To Evolution By Richard Fortey, C. Riley Nelson

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Index [And Table Of Contents] To Volume 62

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

October 28, 2002, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Morphological And Genetic Variation Among Populations Of The Rare Kachina Daisy (Erigeron Kachinensis) From Southeastern Utah, Loreen Allphin, Michael D. Windham

Western North American Naturalist

Erigeron kachinensis, the Kachina daisy, is a rare species restricted to canyons in southeastern Utah. The species is known to exhibit low fecundity due to low percent fertilization of ovules and high percent abortion of fertilized ovules. Previous reproductive studies suggest that low fecundity is a consequence of small population size and inbreeding depression. This study examines genetic diversity within and among populations of E. kachinensis in Natural Bridges National Monument using enzyme electrophoresis. Field populations are found to have significantly different morphologies. However, morphological differences were less pronounced among populations grown in the greenhouse. The Kachina daisy exhibits …

Geographic Variation In Pelage Color Of Piñon Mice (Peromyscus Truei) In The Northern Great Basin And Environs, Leslie N. Carraway, B. J. Verts

Western North American Naturalist

Cluster analyses of values for hue, value, and chroma (based on Munsell soil-color charts) obtained at 6 points on pelages of 202 adult piñon mice (Peromyscus truei) from the northern Great Basin and environs produced dendrograms with specimens grouped into 5 clusters. In most instances distribution of specimens forming clusters reflected those published for nominal races. In instances in which previous distributions of nominal races were not supported and for specimens previously unclassified, geographic distribution of groups of color morphs was logical and suggested avenues for additional research on geographic variation in the species.

Nest Site Characteristics And Reproductive Success Of The Western Tanager (Piranga Ludoviciana) On The Colorado Front Range, Karen N. Fischer, John W. Prather, Alexander Cruz

Western North American Naturalist

From 1999 through 2001 we located and monitored Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) nests in public open-space properties in Boulder County, Colorado. Fifty-four of 58 nests were located in ponderosa pine and the remainder in Douglas-fir. Nests were generally placed near the midpoint of branches in areas of high canopy cover (>50%) in the middle section of nest trees. Nest height varied as a function of nest tree height, and nests were oriented randomly in relation to trunks of nest trees. Tanager nesting success varied annually, with estimates using the Mayfield method ranging from 11.3% in 2000 to …

Full Issue, Vol. 62 No. 4

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Oreohelices Of Utah, Ii. Extant Status Of The Brian Head Mountainsnail, Oreohelix Parawanensis Gregg, 1941 (Stylommatophora: Oreohelicidae), George V. Oliver, William R. Bosworth Iii

Western North American Naturalist

The Brian Head mountainsnail, Oreohelix parawanensis, is reported for the 1st time as a living species, and for the 1st time its habitat is described. Preliminary determination of the very limited distribution of this species (≤2.3 ha inhabited in ~11 ha overall area) is presented. Morphometric data previously had been reported only for the holotype and for 1 topotype; measurements from 37 new specimens as well as 20 paratypes are provided here, and these data show that the lost holotype was not typical of the species. Sizes of reproductive snails and of embryos are also reported.

Capnia Caryi, An Interesting New Species Of Winter Stonefly From The American Southwest (Plecoptera: Capniidae), R. W. Baumann, G. Z. Jacobi

Western North American Naturalist

Capnia caryi, a new species of Nearctic Capniidae, is described from adults collected from high-elevation locations in the Southern Rocky Mountains of southern New Mexico and Arizona. Males are distinguished by their rounded club-shaped epiproct and sclerotized knobs on abdominal terga 8 and 9. Females possess a darkly sclerotized subgenital plate that covers most of tergum 8 and is produced posteriorly as a pair of broadly rounded lobes.

Helminths Of The Plains Spadefoot, Spea Bombifrons, The Western Spadefoot, Spea Hammondii, And The Great Basin Spadefoot, Spea Intermontana (Pelobatidae), Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Removal Of Rhododendron Macrophyllum Petals By Camponotus Modoc, Michael D. Weiser

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Temperature Responses And Habitat Sharing In Two Sympatric Species Of Okanagana (Homoptera: Cicadoidea), Allen F. Sanborn, Jessica H. Breitbarth, James E. Heath, Maxine S. Heath

Western North American Naturalist

Okanagana striatipes and O. utahensis are species synchronous in location of activity and utilization of host plants. They possess similar acoustic behavior. Analysis of calling songs shows that calls overlap in frequency but differ in temporal pattern. Based on characteristics of the cicada auditory system and the species recognition mechanism, the potential for acoustic interference exists. Both species are ectothermic behavioral thermoregulators. Measurements of thermal preference and body temperature during singing show that although thermal preferences are similar, O. utahensis sings at a significantly higher body temperature. Differences in body temperature required to coordinate singing in the 2 species provide …

Distribution Of Neurotrichus Gibbsii In California With A Range Extension In The Sierra Nevada, Leslie N. Carraway, B. J. Verts, J. W. Goertz

Western North American Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Oct 26, 2002 - Prairie View A&M Vs Southern, Prairie View A&M University

Football Programs

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

WKU Board of Regents meeting minutes. Agenda items include: resolution in honor of Laquetta Shepard regarding courage displayed during Ku Klux Klan rally, resolution in honor of Joy Boone regarding the Center for Robert Penn Warren Studies, health insurance, emeritus faculty, distinguished university professorship criteria, tuition and fees, building bonds, personnel actions and salaries, real estate purchases and gifts, and resolution in honor of Mary Miller for service rendered as regent.

The Cord Weekly (October 25, 2002)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Volume 38 - Issue 06 - Friday, October 25, 2002, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

October 25, 2002, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

The Courier, Volume 36, Issue 4, October 25, 2002, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Referendum, Two Weeks To Go

Sign Location Not So Easy

High Turnout For Job Fair

The Heat Is On–Quinn Speaks Out On The Current Corruption And Urges Citizens To Vote

Volleyball Ranks First In Conference

Third In N4C Tournament

People:

Patrick Quinn

Kathy Mattea

Rebecca Stoelinga (Stolie)

Danielle Gardener

Valerie Tom

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 25, 2002, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

Volume 40, Number 9: October 25, 2002, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Bison, October 25, 2002

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Influences Of Culture, Socioeconomics, And Migration On The Mexican Immigrant Experience, Jean M. Gunderson

Theses and Graduate Projects

During the past eight years, there has been an increase in the migratory patterns offtamilies from Mexico to a rural community in Minnesota, served by Maternal Child public health nurses. Many of these families are undocumented or are of Mixed Citizenship status, citizens and undocumented residing together, and live in poverty. This ethnographic study examines the migratory experiences of these immigrants and the interconnection to the socioeconomic and cultural influences of community.

The primary tools of poetry, cultural stories, and photography, are incorporated in this field project. Understanding the cultural and socioeconomic context of migration for Mexican immigrants may strengthen …

Flyer News, Vol. 50, No. 13 (Oct. 25, 2002), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton

Daily Eastern News: October 25, 2002, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Newscast, October 25, 2002, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

Volume Cxx, Number 6, October 25, 2002, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Dedication Of The Wilma B. Beckman Auditorium (Video And Program), Illinois Wesleyan University

Ames Library 10th Anniversary

Speakers included are President Minor Myers, jr., Professor Narendra Jaggi, and Jacqueline K. Barton, Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry California Institute of Technology.