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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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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.

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Mollusca Of The Illinois River, Arkansas, M. E. Gordon, Arthur V. Brown, L. Russert Kraemer Jan 1979

Mollusca Of The Illinois River, Arkansas, M. E. Gordon, Arthur V. Brown, L. Russert Kraemer

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The Illinois River is in the Ozark region of northwestern Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. A survey of the Illinois River in Arkansas produced nine species and one morphological subspecies of gastropods, three species of sphaeriid clams, and 23 species of unionid mussels. Museum records resulted in another two species and an ecophenotype of the Unionidae. This represents the first published survey of molluscan species from the Illinois River in Arkansas.

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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, …

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Time Course Of Pr Of Uv-Induced Chromosomal Aberrations And Lethal Damage In S And G2 Xenopus Cells, Jan Payne, H. Gaston Griggs Jan 1979

Time Course Of Pr Of Uv-Induced Chromosomal Aberrations And Lethal Damage In S And G2 Xenopus Cells, Jan Payne, H. Gaston Griggs

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Sand G2 phase cells were exposed to 150 ergs mm⁻² UV and their ability to photoreactivate the induced cell killing (loss of colony forming ability) and chromosomal aberrations was determined as a function of time following the UV exposure. In S phase cells, the lesions leading to cell death and those leading to aberrations were both converted to a non-photoreactivable state shortly after the UV exposure. A significant fraction of the lesions induced in G2 cells, that led to cell death, were converted to a non-photoreactivable state before the progeny of the exposed cells reached the next succeeding S phase. …

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Abundance, Diversity And Distribution Of Benthic Macro-Invertebrates In The Flat Bayou Drainage Area, Jefferson County, Arkansas, John D. Rickett Jan 1979

Abundance, Diversity And Distribution Of Benthic Macro-Invertebrates In The Flat Bayou Drainage Area, Jefferson County, Arkansas, John D. Rickett

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The main ditch of Flat Bayou Drainage in north central Jefferson County carries water southward into Plum Bayou which then shortly empties into the Arkansas River. Flat Bayou proper flows northward into Wabbaseka Bayou which in turn flows into the Arkansas River in northeastern Lincoln County. Two sites on the main ditch were sampled for physico-chemical parameters and benthic macroin vertebrates on 9 September, 7 October and 11 November 1978. No visible detrimental effects were attributed to physico-chemical characteristics. Thirty-one below-family taxa and 19 families were found in abundance from zero at one site and date to 3580 per m² …

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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 …

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Notes On The Distribution Of The Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene Ornata Ornata) In Arkansas, Lawana England Jan 1979

Notes On The Distribution Of The Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene Ornata Ornata) In Arkansas, Lawana England

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Trichomes Of Some Members Of The Loasaceae: A Scanning Electron Microscope Study, Rachel Gross, Clarence B. Sinclair Jan 1979

Trichomes Of Some Members Of The Loasaceae: A Scanning Electron Microscope Study, Rachel Gross, Clarence B. Sinclair

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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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

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Note On The Food Habits Of Selected Raptors From Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Alan F. Posey, Keith B. Sutton Jan 1979

Note On The Food Habits Of Selected Raptors From Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Alan F. Posey, Keith B. Sutton

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Lichens Of Arkansas I: A Summary Of Current Information, Jewel E. Moore Jan 1979

Lichens Of Arkansas I: A Summary Of Current Information, Jewel E. Moore

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Cave Fauna Of Arkansas: Additional Invertebrate And Vertebrate Records, V. Rick Mcdaniel, Kenneth N. Paige, C. Renn Tumlison Jan 1979

Cave Fauna Of Arkansas: Additional Invertebrate And Vertebrate Records, V. Rick Mcdaniel, Kenneth N. Paige, C. Renn Tumlison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Unusual Results From Pellet Analysis Of The American Barn Owl, Tyto Alba Pratincola (Bonaparte), Kenneth N. Paige, Chris T. Mcallister, C. Renn Tumlison Jan 1979

Unusual Results From Pellet Analysis Of The American Barn Owl, Tyto Alba Pratincola (Bonaparte), Kenneth N. Paige, Chris T. Mcallister, C. Renn Tumlison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Unusual Concentration Of Scarlet Snakes, Keith B. Sutton, V. Rick Mcdaniel Jan 1979

Unusual Concentration Of Scarlet Snakes, Keith B. Sutton, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Age And Growth Of White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Refinesque, From A Flood-Created Pond In Mississippi County, Arkansas, Stephen A. Sewell Jan 1979

Age And Growth Of White Crappie, Pomoxis Annularis Refinesque, From A Flood-Created Pond In Mississippi County, Arkansas, Stephen A. Sewell

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Status Of The Endangered Ozark Big-Eared Bat (Plecotus Townsendii Ingens) In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, Michael L. Kennedy, V. Rick Mcdaniel Jan 1978

Status Of The Endangered Ozark Big-Eared Bat (Plecotus Townsendii Ingens) In Arkansas, Michael J. Harvey, Michael L. Kennedy, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Distribution Of Bats In The Delta Region Of Northeastern Arkansas, James E. Gardner, V. Rick Mcdaniel Jan 1978

Distribution Of Bats In The Delta Region Of Northeastern Arkansas, James E. Gardner, V. Rick Mcdaniel

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Eight taxa of bats are reported from seven counties in northeastern Arkansas. Localities, natural history notes, sex, age and reproductive condition are reported for most species. New records are combined with previously existing ones to reveal a greater distribution of chiroptera for the state

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Presence Of An Unusual Eosinophilic Staining Substance In The Blood Of Snakes, James J. Daly Sr., Charles H. Calhoun Jan 1978

Presence Of An Unusual Eosinophilic Staining Substance In The Blood Of Snakes, James J. Daly Sr., Charles H. Calhoun

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Additions To The Fish Fauna Of Piney Creek, Arkansas, William J. Matthews, Robert S. Matthews Jan 1978

Additions To The Fish Fauna Of Piney Creek, Arkansas, William J. Matthews, Robert S. Matthews

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Effects Of Hyperbaric Hypoxia On Some Enzyme Systems In The Mammalian Liver, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. J. Meier Jan 1978

Effects Of Hyperbaric Hypoxia On Some Enzyme Systems In The Mammalian Liver, Dennis A. Baeyens, M. J. Meier

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The metabolic effects of hypobaric hypoxic stress on the mammalian liver were studied. The lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity of mouse liver homogenates were measured after exposure to an equivalent altitude of 36,000 feet and compared to controls kept at zero altitude. After six and twelve hour incubation periods, the altitude exposed samples demonstrated a significantly higher LDH activity than controls. SDH activity remained unchanged from controls after six hours but was significantly lower than controls after a 12 hour exposure to altitude. It is concluded that the changes in enzyme activity reflect a metabolic control mechanism …

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Distribution And Habitat Of The Taillight Shiner, Notropis Maculatus (Hay), In Arkansas, Henry W. Robison Jan 1978

Distribution And Habitat Of The Taillight Shiner, Notropis Maculatus (Hay), In Arkansas, Henry W. Robison

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

The distribution of the taillight shiner, Notropis maculatus (Hay), within Arkansas is discussed based on personal collections, literature citations and a search of museum records. N. maculatus appears to be a typical Coastal Plain physiographic province inhabitant occurring below the Fall Line, and it nears its western and northern range limits west of the Mississippi River in Arkansas. Data are provided on preferred habitat, and suggestions are provided as to the current status of the taillight shiner within Arkansas.

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Longevity Of White Bass In Beaver Reservoir, Arkansas, Thomas O. Duncan, Milton R. Myers Jr. Jan 1978

Longevity Of White Bass In Beaver Reservoir, Arkansas, Thomas O. Duncan, Milton R. Myers Jr.

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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Scaled Chrysophyceae From Arkansas. Ii. The Genera Mallaomonas, Paraphysomonas And Spiniferomonas, Robert A. Andersen Jan 1978

Scaled Chrysophyceae From Arkansas. Ii. The Genera Mallaomonas, Paraphysomonas And Spiniferomonas, Robert A. Andersen

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

This is the second paper of a floristic survey of the scaled Chrysophyceae of Arkansas and includes the following species: Mallomonax crassisquama, M. cratis var. Asmumdine, M. papillosa, M. caudata, M. heterospina, M. insignis, Paraph vsomonas vestita, P. imperforwa and Spiniferomonas conica

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Species Composition And Diversity Of Hawk Populations In Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Keith B. Sutton, Alan F. Posey Jan 1978

Species Composition And Diversity Of Hawk Populations In Northeastern Arkansas, Earl L. Hanebrink, Keith B. Sutton, Alan F. Posey

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Species composition and diversity of hawk populations were analyzed for northeastern Arkansas by the use of roadside censuses conducted in September through April from 1974- 1977. Data from 10 years of Jonesboro Christmas Bird Counts were also analyzed. During the roadside survey 20,174 miles were driven and 1819 raptors were counted. Ten species were observed with the Red-tailed Hawk being most abundant followed by the Marsh Hawk and the American Kestrel. Eight species were recorded from the 10 years of Christmas Bird Counts. Annual breeding bird surveys and spot records turned up three additional species making a total of 14 …

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Fishes Of The Mountain Province Section Of The Ouachita River, John L. Harris, Neil H. Douglas Jan 1978

Fishes Of The Mountain Province Section Of The Ouachita River, John L. Harris, Neil H. Douglas

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

A survey of the fishes of the mountain province section of the Ouachita River from the headwaters to Remmel Dam using field collections, literature records, and museum collections showed the ichthyofauna to be made up of 80 species representing 16 families. Fourteen species not previously reported from the mountain province section of the river were collected in this survey. These species include Ichthyomyzon gagei, Nocomis asper, Notropis ortenburgeri, N. rubellus, Pimephales promelas, Moxostoma carinatum, Noturus taylori, Fundulus notatus, Lepomis humilis, Etheostoma histrio, E. proeliare, Percina maculata, P. nasuta, and P. uranidea. The Nocomis specimens were the first collected from the …

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Effect Of Limestone On Spring Weed Populations In A Fertilized Coastal Bermudagrass Sod, H. C. Fulcher, Lyell F. Thompson Jan 1978

Effect Of Limestone On Spring Weed Populations In A Fertilized Coastal Bermudagrass Sod, H. C. Fulcher, Lyell F. Thompson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

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