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Consolidated Minutes Of The Ninety-first Annual Meeting Of South
Dakota Academy Of Science, Dakota Wesleyan University, Held At
Cedar Shore Resort, Oacoma, SD, 7-8 April 2006 1
Report Of The Resolutions Committee 6
Resolution Of The South Dakota Academy Of Science 6
South Dakota Academy Of Science 2006-07 Executive Council 7
2006 Regional Science Fairs 8
South Dakota Academy Of Science Treasurer’s Report 14-Oct-06 8
Executive Summary-, Proceedings Editor 9
Presidential Address—The End Of Cheap Oil: Positive Or Negative
Effects For South Dakota? Presented By James Sorenson 11
Complete Senior Research Papers
Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the
South Dakota Academy of Science
Eclipse Of The Inner Satellite Of Jupiter. Perry H. Rahn and
Jeffrey T. Rahn 21
Nitrate In Rapid City’s Water Supply. Perry H. Rahn 31
New Information On The Ree Heights Fossil Site, Hand County, South
Dakota. David C. Parris, Doreena M. Patrick and Jared Williams 43
Descriptive Analysis Of Aquatic Invertebrate Communities In Wadeable
And Non-wadeable Streams Of The Northern Great Plains Network.
Jill D. Rust and Nels H. Troelstrup, Jr. 49
A Cluster For Clusters: High Performance Computing For Molecular
Dynamics Of Large Rare-gas Atomic Clusters. David T. Huebner
and Brian G. Moore 63
Phosphorus Fertilization Impacts On Wheat Growth And Selenium
Bioavailability. Sang H. Lee and J. J. Doolittle 73
Vital Signs Monitoring In Our Parks: What To Measure?
Nels H. Troelstrup, Jr. and Jill D. Rust 83
N And Water Stress Impact On Hard Red Spring Wheat Yield And
Quality. R. Brunner, D. Clay and C. Reese 95
The Evaluation Of Operands And Its Problems In C++. Dan Day
and Steve Shum 107
Effects Of Grazing On Small Mammal Abundance In Eastern South
Dakota. Wesley W. Bouska and Jonathan A. Jenks 113
Detection Of Bison/Cattle Hybridization In Custer State Park Breeding
Bulls Using Microsatellite And Mitochondrial DNA Markers: Tools
For Conservation Management. Cynthia M. Anderson,
Traci L. Berger, Forrest Cain and Shane K. Sarver 119
Dietary Yeast Culture Supplementation During Initial Rearing Of Three
Salmonid Species. Michael E. Barnes, Brian Fletcher, Dan J. Durben
and Stuart G. Reeves 129
Computer Aided Statistical Analysis Of Satellite Sensor Data Cross-
Calibration. Stuart Ness and Daniel Swets 141
Rare And Declining Fishes Of South Dakota: A River Drainage Scale
Perspective. Christopher W. Hoagstrom, Cari-ann Hayer,
Jason G. Kral, Steven S. Wall and Charles R. Berry, Jr. 171
Perennial-warmwater Fish Communities Of The Cheyenne River
Drainage: A Seasonal Assessment. Christopher W. Hoagstrom,
Austin C. Dewitte, Nathan J.C. Gosch and Charles R. Berry, Jr. 213
Recent Range Extensions, Name Changes And Status Updates For
Selected South Dakota Fishes. Cari-Ann Hayer, Brandon C. Harland
and Charles R. Berry, Jr. 247
Economic Performance In Forestry-dominated Lincoln County,
Montana: 1969-2003. Russell L. Stubbles 267
Abstracts of Senior Research Papers
Presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the
South Dakota Academy of Science
Bacterial Succession On The Leaves Of Ponderosa Pine, Pinus Ponderosa.
Crystal Hostetter and David Bergmann 275
Synthesis Of 8-aza-1, 4-Oxidobicyclo[4.3.0]non-2-ene On A Solid
Support. Nandeo Choony, Jeremiah J. Gums, Amanda Pekny
and Mark Ranek 276
Assessment Of Random Metal Binding Peptides As Models For Allowable
Mutations In Functionally Important Metal Binding Motifs.
Carrissa Pietz and Robert Webb 277
Fungi In The Diet Of Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys Sabrinus) Captured
From The Northern Black Hills, June To October 2005. A. Gabel,
C. Ackerman, M. Gabel, E. Krueger and S. Weins 278
Variations In Rare Earth Element (REE) Signatures And Unit Cell
Dimensions (UCD) For Purposes Of Stratigraphic Correlation In
The Pierre Shale, South Dakota. Doreena Patrick,
Paul N. Wegleitner and James E. Martin 279
The Effects Of Hypothyroidism On Spontaneously Hypertensive
Heart Failure Rat Models. Brenda Simon, Bassel Kisso,
and A. Martin Gerdes 280
Gene Expression In Ecologically Meaningful Contexts: Evolution Of
Plant Defenses In Competitive Environments. David H. Siemens,
Riston Haugen, Lexi Steffes and Richard Gayle 281
The First Unequivocal North American Occurrence Of The Mosasaur
Hainosaurus (Reptilia) From The Cretaceous Pierre Shale Of The
Missouri River Trench, Southern South Dakota. James E. Martin,
Wayne A. Thompson and David C. Parris 282
West Nile Virus Infection Rates And Culex Tarsalis Population
Dynamics At A Farm Site In The James River Valley Of East-Central
South Dakota. Ryan J. Beyer, Clayton J. Wulf, Jacob S. Schaeffer,
Mitchel M. McKenzie, Michael B. Hildreth, Anne N. Rounds.
Ragna A. Godtland, Rachel A. Hoffman and Christopher D. Carlson 283
Archaea Associated With The Porcine Ileum Of Weaned Pigs.
Clayton L. Scofield, V. Brözel, S. Lindblom, A. Rosa, S. Vilain,
S. George, R. Kaushik and D. Francis 284
Lectin Binding Profile On The Small Intestine Of 5-Week Old Pigs In
Response To Use Of Antibiotics As Growth Promotants.
Sajan George, Yejin Oh, Sebastien Vilain, Volker Brözel,
Stacy J. Lindblom, Artur J.M. Rosa, David Francis
and Radhey S. Kaushik 285
Pathology And Dissemination Of Encephalitozoon Intestinalis In
Gnotobiotic Piglets. Gopakumar Moorkanat, Aaron F. Harmon,
Yejin Oh, Larry Hollar, David Francis, Michael B. Hildreth
and Radhey S. Kaushik 286
Kinetics Of Quaternary Ammonium Methyl Carbonates With Differing
Chain Lengths. Eric M. Villa, Jessica L. Paumen, Gary W. Earl
and Duane E. Weisshaar 287
Diabetes Population Studies In The Pine Ridge Native American
Reservation. Patricia Hammond, Chance Weston, Deig Sandoval
and Durga Mittinti 288
Statistical Software For Time Series Analysis. Paul Marshall
and Daniel Swets 289
Polymerization And Copolymerization Of Linseed Oil With Styrene
And Divinylbenzene. Jay D. Heeren and Timothy R. Hightower 290
Isomeric Series Of Novel Cyanate Esters And Polycyanurate Resins.
Josiah Reams, Tsvetanka Filipova and David A. Boyles 291
Polyetherimides Incorporating High Aspect Ratio Bisphenolate:
Monomer Synthesis And Polymerization. Kalub Hahne,
Tsvetanka Filipova and David Boyles 292
Effect Of Buckthorn (Rhamnus Cathartica) On The Tree Community
Of An Eastern South Dakota Woodlot. Dale L. Droge
and Javeria Javed 293
Growth And Production Of Different Varieties Of Bitter Gort Millon.
Al Eastman, Brian Danner, Deig Sandoval and Durga Mittinti 294
Evidence For Enameloid In Xenacanthid Shark Teeth. Wendy Stiernagle
and Gary D. Johnson 295
An Inventory Of Amphibians And Reptiles Of The Black Hills Of South
Dakota. Laurelin Cottingham and Brian E. Smith 296
Genetic Variance In The Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys Vernalis,
In South Dakota. Laurelin Cottingham, Brian E. Smith,
Cynthia Anderson and Shane Sarver 297
Eubacterial Diversity Of The Porcine Ileum Of Weaned Pigs.
L. Weyrich, C. Scofield, V. Brözel, S. Lindblom, A. Rosa, S. Vilain,
S. George, R. Kaushik and D. Francis 298
A Study Of The Prion Protein (PrP) Gene: The Evolutionary History
And Serial Transmission To Unrelated Species. Forrest Cain,
Cynthia Anderson and Shane Sarver 299
Cost And Benefits Of Compounds Functioning As A Defense Against
Herbivores In Boechera Stricta. Shane Ziegenbein, Lexi Steffes
and David Siemens 300
Characterization Of Para-Assymetric Bisphenol A Polycarbonate By Gel
Permeation Chromatography. Nathan Roark, Tsvetanka S. Filipova
and David A. Boyles 301
Comparison Of Capture Methods And Home Range Of White-Tailed
Jackrabbits In Selected Fields In Eastern South Dakota.
Dustin Schaible and Charles Dieter 302
Geometric Layered Triangulation Of Lens Spaces. Luc Patry 303
Phosphorylation Of eIF-4e Regulates p53 Protein Synthesis Following
DNA Damage. Ying Zhang and Da-Qing Yang 304
The Identification Of An Internal Ribosomal Entry Site In The
5’-Untranslated Region Of p53 mRNA Provides A Novel
Mechanism For The Regulation Of Its Translation Following DNA
Damage. Marie-Jo Halaby, Ying Zhang, and Da-Qing Yang 305
Big Foot Ride. Sandra Byrd, Brandon Ferguson and Sylvio Mannel 306
Lakota Land—Mapping Culture, History And Recreation.
Charles Comes Killing and Sylvio Mannel 307
Eagle Nest Butte. Elvin Returns and Sylvio Mannel 308
Adaptation Of Leaves In Cypripedium Candidum. Katie Krahn
and Carol Wake 309
Ovary Anatomy Of Cypripedium Candidum. Joann McNally
and Carol Wake 310