NEWSLETTER
OF THE ARIZONA-NEVADA
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

March, 2002

Editor, Stephen Williams
Assisted by Owen K. Davis
anas@geo.arizona.edu

http://geo.arizona.edu/anas/mapmidwstrn.html

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MEETING SCHEDULE

April 6

7:00 - 11:30 am
Registration, Ocotillo Hall, Lobby, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ

8:00 - 11:30 am
ANAS 46^th Annual Meeting. Ocotillo Hall, Rooms 101-108, Lecture Halls E,F,G. Papers and Poster Session

12:00 -1:15 pm
Luncheon and Annual Business Meeting, Multipurpose Room, Cholla Hall.
The luncheon Lecture will be,

"Bioterrorism: What You Need to Know" Presented by John Burdick, Ph.D., MWU Dean of Basic Sciences; Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Service Corps, United States Army Reserves.
"A historical perspective of the use of biological and chemical agents as instruments of terrorism. Learn the facts about anthrax, smallpox, and other biological agents classified as possible threats by the National Security Council and the World Health Organization."

1:45 - 5:00 pm
ANAS 46^th Annual Meeting. Ocotillo Hall, Rooms 101-108, Lecture Halls E-F,G. Papers and Poster Session

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SUMMARY OF SECTION MEETINGS
HARVILL BUILDING

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BIOLOGY SECTION

SESSION I 8:00

ROOM: OCOTILLO HALL - 104

Chairperson: Robert Bowker

8:00 - 8:15 RESPIRATION IN A PONDEROSA PINE ECOSYSTEM: CANOPY AND RESTORATION EFFECTS ON CO₂ FLUX.

Brian Q. Housley (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

8:15 - 8:30 FLORA OF THE SEVEN SPRINGS AND HUMBOLDT MTN. REGION

Shannon C. Doan (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

8:30 - 8:45 RESPONSE OF PINYON PINE TO A STRESS GRADIENT: REDUCED PRERFORMANCE AND INCREASED HERBIVORY

Colin Purdy (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff Arizona)

8:45 - 9:00 *ASSESSING THE UTILITY OF THE LEAFY GENE FOR PHYLOGENY RECONSTRUCTION IN EPHEDRA (EPHEDRACEAE, GNETALES)

Stefanie Ickert-Bond and Martin Wojciechowski (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

9:00 - 9:15 *POLLEN DIMORPHISM IN EPHEDRA L. (EPHEDRACEAE)

Stefanie M. Ickert-Bond (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona), John J. Skvarla and William F. Chissoe (University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma)

9:15 - 9:30 *THE EFFECTS OF CANNIBALISM ON LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS IN THE ENDANGERED SOCORRO ISOPOD, THERMOSPHAEROMA THERMOPHILUM (CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA).

Ronald L. Ketner, Stephen M. Shuster (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ) and Brian Lang (New Mexico Department of Game and Fish)

9:30 - 9:45 THE VARIABILITY OF MARINE LIFE DURING THE DAY AND NIGHT ON COREL REEFS

Ryan Loeding (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

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10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

10:30 - 10:45 NEAR-SHORE VEGETATION REPSONSES TO TWO FLOW REGIMES ON THE COLORADO RIVER IN GRAND CANYON: A NEED FOR MULTI-YEAR MANAGEMENT

Marianne Porter and Mike Kearsley, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:45 - 11:00 FLORA OF THE UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER

Elizabeth Makings (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

11:00 - 11:15 THE ROLE OF SHRUB ASSOCIATED NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT ON NURSE PLANT INTERACTIONS ACROSS A STRESS GRADIENT

Rachel M Schowalter (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona), Sabine Horvath (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

11:15 - 11:30 KEYSTONE HERBIVORE REMOVAL INCREASES CAMBIUM HERBIVORY IN THE PINYON PINE (PINUS EDULIS).

Cody L. Welton (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

11:30 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING - CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

BIOLOGY SECTION

SESSION II 1:45

Chairperson: Robert Bowker

1:45 - 2:00 EMERSION BEHAVIOR OF THE CRAYFISH PROCAMBARUS CLARKII IN RESPONSE TO TEMPERATURE

Aaron Payette and Iain McGaw (University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada)

2:00 - 2:15 SPECIES DIVERSITY WITHIN TESTS OF THE BARNACLE, TETRACLITA SQUAMOSA, AT PELICAN POINT, PUERTO PEÑASCO, SONORA, MEXICO

Rachel M. Curmi, Kate M. Adkins, Ronald L. Ketner, Kevin M. Serrato, Micah White, Heather V. Yarbrough, Jennifer Learned, and Stephen M. Shuster. (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

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2:15 - 2:30 DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND ORIENTATION OF THE INTERTIDAL BARNACLE TETRACLITA SQUAMOSA AT PELICAN POINT IN PUERTO PEÑASCO, SONORA, MEXICO.

Melissa Robbins, Amy Buff, Melissa May, Jamie Rapier, Emily C. Omana, Stephen M. Shuster (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

2:30 - 2:45 DIETARY PATTERNS OF THE GRAY FOX (UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS) IN THE CENTRAL SIERRA MADRE OF SONORA, MEXICO.

Lorena Montaño (CESUES, Hermosillo, Sonora, México), Carlos López-González (Denver Zoological Foundation, Denver, Colorado), Reyna A. Castillo (Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, México).

2:45 - 3:00 VIRTUAL FLORAS: DATABASE INTEGRATION

Edward Gilbert, Corinna Gries, Leslie Landrum, Peter McCartney (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

3:00 - 3:30 COFFEE BREAK: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

3:30 - 3:45 MATERIALS FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY - TERMINALLY SUBSTITUTED MONOFLUORO ALKANE THIOLS

John Stiever, A. L. Johnson (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

3:45 - 4:00 FORMATION OF CHIMERIC-NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN AGGREGATIONS

Chris Spoja and Elizabeth de Beus (Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ)

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CONSERVATION SECTION

SESSION I 8:00

ROOM: OCOTILLO HALL - 102

Chairperson: Shelli Dubay

8:00 - 8:20 EFFECTS OF A WILDFIRE ON BLACK BEAR DEMOGRAPHICS IN CENTRAL ARIZONA

Stan C. Cunningham (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona)Warren Ballard (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas)

8:20 - 8:40 SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO A WILDFIRE ON A CENTRAL ARIZONA SKY ISLAND

Lindsey M. Monroe, Stan C. Cunningham, and Lari Beth Kirkendall (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona)

8:40 - 9:00 DECAY CLASSES OF DOWN WOODY DEBRIS IN BURNED AND UNBURNED FORESTS

Michael Nasenbeny (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

9:00 - 9:20 REVEGETATION OF RETIRED FARMLAND IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA

Travis M. Bean, Martin M. Karpiscak, and Steven E. Smith (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

9:20 - 9:40 AMMONOTELY AND NITROGEN EXCRETION IN THREE SYMPATRIC HUMMINGBIRD SPECIES

Todd J. McWhorter (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona), Donald R. Powers (George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon), Nathan Miller (Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon)

9:40 - 10:00 NECTAR DIGESTION BY FLOWERPIERCERS AND HUMMINGBIRDS

Jorge E. Schondube (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

10 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

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10:30 - 10:50 DIET PREFERENCES OF RED-BACKED VOLES (CLETHRIONOMYS GAPPERI) AND NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELS (GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS)

Shelli A. Dubay (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona), Gregory D. Hayward and Carlos Martínez del Rio (University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming)

10:50 - 11:10 BIOENERGETICS OF WALLEYE (STIZOSTEDION VITREUM) IN THREE CENTRAL ARIZONA RESERVOIRS

Jeffrey A. Falke (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona)

11:10 - 11:30 EXPERIMENTAL HARVEST AND DIET COMPOSITION OF MOUNTAIN LIONS IN THE MAZATZAL MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA

Ted McKinney, Thorry Smith, and James C. deVos, Jr. (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona)

11:30 - 1:40 ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

SESSION II 2:00

Chairperson: Shelli Dubay

2:00 - 2:20 A CASE FOR PREDATOR MANAGEMENT DUE TO ELIMINATION OF WOLVES AND GRIZZLY BEARS IN THE SOUTHWEST

James C. deVos, Jr. (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona) Warren B. Ballard (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas)

2:20 - 2:40 HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE IN BIGHORN SHEEP AND DEER IN ARIZONA

Ted H. Noon¸ Shannon Lynne Wesche, (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona), Dave Cagle (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Pinetop, Arizona), Jim Heffelfinger (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Tucson, Arizona), Art Fuller (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Kingman, Arizona), Daniel G. Mead (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia), Edward J. Bicknell, Gregory A. Bradley (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona), Shawnee Riplog-Peterson (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona) Dave Edsall (Valley Animal Hospital, Tucson, Arizona), Carlos Reggiardo (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

2:40 - 3:00 STATUS OF GOULD'S TURKEY IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA

Tim Rogers (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona)

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SESSION I: 9:00

ROOM: OCOTILLO HALL - 101

Chairperson: Owen K. Davis

8:55 - 9:00 OPENING REMARKS: "SESSION" vs. "SECTION," GEOLOGY & THE INTERNET

Owen Davis (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

9:00 - 9:15 ASPECTS OF PREHISTORIC IRRIGATION CANALS IN ARIZONA

Owen K. Davis (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

9:15 - 9:30 PLEISTOCENE DISTRIBUTIONS AND HOLOCENE MIGRATION OF MOJAVE AND GRAND CANYON DESERT PLANT SPECIES.

Kenneth Cole (USGS, Flagstaff, Arizona), Geoffrey Spaulding (CH2M Hill, Las Vegas, Nevada), and John Cannella (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona).

9:30 - 9:45 *TAXODIACEOUS CONIFERS FROM THE MIDDLE MIOCENE YAKIMA CANYON FLORA, WASHINGTON STATE, USA.

Amanda L. Coleman and Kathleen B. Pigg (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

9:49 - 10:00 DESCRIPTION OF A RECENT ROCK FALL IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS, MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA

Doyle C. Wilson (Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City, Arizona)

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

10:30 - 10:45 GEOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PLANET BASIN ALONG THE BILL WILLIAMS RIVER, MOHAVE AND LA PAZ COUNTIES, ARIZONA

Doyle C. Wilson (Mohave Community College, Lake Havasu City, Arizona) Andrew B. Hautzinger (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico) Richard P. Wilson (Western Gunn Hydrology, Tucson, Arizona)

10:45 - 11:00 GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ARIZONA SUMMERTIME PRECIPITATION

Timothy W. Hawkins (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

11:30 - 1:40 ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

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HYDROLOGY SECTION

SESSION I 8:00

ROOM: OCOTILLO HALL - 101

Chairperson: Gerald Gottfried

8:00 - 8:15 A REVISION OF THE BAKER-KOVNER STREAMFLOW REGRESSION MODEL

Boris Poff and Aregai Tecle (School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

8:15 - 8:30 *EFFECTS OF COPPICE THINNING ON TRANSPIRATION IN EMORY OAK WOODLANDS

D. Catlow Shipek, Leonard F. DeBano (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ), and Gerald J. Gottfried (USDA Forest Service, Phoenix, AZ)

8:30 - 8:45 AN ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT IMPACTS ON RIPARIAN AREAS IN THE BEAVER CREEK WATERSHED IN NORTH CENTRAL

Patrick Phillips and Aregai Tecle (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

8:45 - 9:00 EVALUATION OF LONG TERM CHANGES IN CHANNEL GEOMORPHOLOGY RESULTING FROM DUDE WILDFIRE IN ELLISON CREEK

Rebecca Royalty (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

9:00 - 9:15 THE POWER OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN MINNESOTA WATER: THE NECESSITY OF STORM WATER

Jackie Marlette (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

9:15 - 9:30 USING ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS TO FACILITATE RIVER CORRIDOR PLANNING

Leslie F. Liberti (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

9:30 - 9:45 IMPACT OF SLASH PILE BURNING ON PHYSICAL/ CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UPLAND FOREST SOILS

Geoff Seymour, Aregai Tecle (Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry, Flagstaff, AZ)

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9:45 - 10:00 PRESCRIBED FIRE IMPACTS ON SOIL CARBON AND NITROGEN

Erika L. Neary (Flagstaff High School, Flagstaff, Arizona), Daniel G. Neary, and Steven T. Overby (Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona)

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK in LOBBY

10:30 - 10:45 MULTIOBJECTIVE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN SAN MIGUEL, MEXICO

Gustavo Perez-Verdin and Aregai Tecle (School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ )

10:45 - 11:00 WATERSHED PROTECTION IN HAITI POST HURRICANE GEORGE 1998

Roy Jemison (USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Scott Lewis (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC)

11:00 - 11:15 PERSPECTIVES OF WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN ARIZONA

Peter F. Ffolliott (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ), Malchus B. Baker, Jr., (USDA Forest Service), Leonard F. DeBano, (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ), Daniel G. Neary, and Gerald J. Gottfried (USDA Forest Service)

11:15 - 11:30 RIPARIAN HISTORY OF THE SOUTHWEST

Leonard DeBano, and Peter Ffolliott (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

11:30 - 1:40 ANNUAL AWARDS LUNCHEON AND BUSINESS MEETING: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

SESSION II 1:45

Chairperson: Don Young

1:45 - 2:00 HYDROLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF NATIVE SOUTHWESTERN FISHES

John N. Rinne (Rocky Mountain Research Station, 2500 S. Pineknoll Dr., Flagstaff, Arizona)

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2:00 - 2:15 HYDROLOGY OF THE UPPER PARKER CREEK WATERSHED, SIERRA ANCHA MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA

Gerald J. Gottfried and Daniel G. Neary (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ)

2:15 - 2:30 POST-WILDFIRE FLOOD GENERATION PROCESSES

Daniel G. Neary (Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona)

2:30 - 2:45 TREE GROWTH AND NUTRIENT STATUS IN A WATER HARVESTING SYSTEM USING POTABLE AND TREATED WASTEWATER

Martin M. Karpiscak (Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona) Gerald J. Gottfried (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona) Susan B. Hopf (Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

2:45 - 3:00 SALINITY AND NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY IN SOILS OF THE ORAIBI BASIN, HOPI RESERVATION

Aregai Tecle(School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, AZ) and Ron Morgan (Water Resources Program, Hopi Reservation, Kykotsmovi, AZ.)

3:00 - 3:00 COFFEE BREAK: CHOLLA HALL MULTIPURPOSE ROOM

3:00 - 3:45 PREPARATION OF TMDL PLANS: ESTIMATING CONCENTRATIONS OF NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS TO WATER BODIES

Peter F. Ffolliott (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

3:45 - 4:00 IMPROVING ACCESS TO WATERSHED MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

Malchus B. Baker, Jr. (USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona), Michael Haseltine, and Barbara Hutchinson (University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona)

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POSTER SESSION

POSTER SESSION

ROOM: Cholla Hall Multipurpose Room

Chairperson: Robert Reavis

10:00 - 10:30 HUACHUCA WATER UMBEL MONITORING - AN ENDANGERED WETLAND PLANT IN ARIZONA

Ellen Robertson Matt Clinton, (Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona), Priscilla Titus, (Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona, and SWCA Inc., Environmental Consultants, Tucson, Arizona), and Jonathan Titus (Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona),

10:00 - 10:30 INTERDISCIPLINARY IMMERSION EDUCATION AT THE BIOSPHERE 2 CENTER.

Jonathan Titus, Wylie Cox, Karolyn Kendrick, Anu Gupta, Rod Mondt, Tony Burgess, Andrew Peterson and Kristan Cockerill (Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center, Oracle, Arizona).

10:00 - 10:30 LIFE HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS OF PARADELLA DIANAE (CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA) IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Emily C. Omana and Stephen M. Shuster (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 PREVALENCE OF E. COLI O157:H7 AMONG FERAL CATS IN ARIZONA

John Nashed, Jill West, Kathryn J. Leyva, Sue Katz, and William Perry Baker (Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona)

10:00 - 10:30 WATERSHED PROTECTION IN HAITI POST HURRICANE GEORGE 1998

Roy Jemison (USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Scott Lewis (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Washington, DC)

10:00 - 10:30 AMBIENT GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF THE PRESCOTT ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA: A 1997-1998 BASELINE STUDY

Douglas C. Towne (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality), Maureen C. Freark (Arizona Department of Water Resources)

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10:00 - 10:30 *TOOL USE AND OBJECT MANIPULATION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROSIMIAN, A NEW WORLD MONKEY, AN OLD WORLD MONKEY AND AN APE

Jill Koehler and Leanne T. Nash (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

10:00 - 10:30 RESPONSE OF SMALL MAMMAL EIMERIA (APICOMPLEXA: EIMERIIDAE) PARASITES TO PRESCRIBED FIRE IN SHORTGRASS STEPPE

Megan M. Ryan (University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico), and Paulette L. Ford (USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico)

10:00 - 10:30 AMBIENT GROUNDWATER QUALITY OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY BASIN: A 1999 BASELINE STUDY

Douglas C. Towne (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality), Maureen C. Freark (Arizona Department of Water Resources)

10:00 - 10:30 TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION OF CYLINDROPUNTIA MULTIGENICULATA (CLOKEY) BACKB. (CACTACEAE) USING CHLOROPLAST DNA

Amit Agrawal and Andrew Salywon (Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University)

10:00 - 10:30 * PARTIAL SEX CHANGE IN LYTHRYPNUS DALLI: COSTS VS. BENEFITS

Ruth M. Potrafka, Robert H. Reavis, and Matthew S. Grober (Glendale Community College and Arizona State University West, Glendale, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 THE ASU HERBARIUM VASCULAR PLANT IMAGE LIBRARY ON-LINE

Shannon Doan, Gretchen Buegge, J. Jeremy Buegge, Robin Schoeninger, Edward Gilbert & Leslie R. Landrum (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona)

10:00 - 10:30 UNWINDING OF CHROMATIN BY DNA HELICASES

Jarret Sands, B. S. and Jaya Yodh, Ph.D. (Midwestern University, Glendale, Arizona)

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