BIOLOGY

SESSION I 8:00

ROOM 17, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

8:00 - 8:15 FEEDING AND RESPIRATION IN TRINECTES MACULATUS: HALF A HEAD IS BETTER THAN ONE.
*O'Neill, Matthew W.

8:15 - 8:30 THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS, OPEN OR CLOSED?
*Bernatis, Jennifer and Iain McGraw.

8:30 - 8:45 MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN ALLOPATRIC POPULATIONS OF THE UNICORN SNAIL, ANCANTHINA ANGELICA IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
*Stafford, B. Lucas, et. al

8:45 - 9:00 EFFECTS OF CO₂, NITROGEN FERTILIZATION, AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE ON SIMULATED PRAIRE COMMUNITIES.
*Antoninka, Anita.

9:00 - 9:15 SEXUAL SELECTION IN A GULF OF CALIFORNIA MUD SHRIMP, NEOTRYPAEA UNCINATA.
*Arnold, Emily M., et. al.

9:15 - 9:30 TRAITS OF PLANTS THAT LIVE AND DIE DURING A RECORD DROUGHT: IMPORTANCE OF BELOWGROUND INTERACTIONS
*McHugh, Theresa and Catherine A. Gehring.

9:30 - 9:45 HERBIVORY ALTERING NITROGEN DYNAMICS THROUGH SOIL CARBON INPUTS
*Oerther, Brent.

9:45 - 10:00 DROUGHT STRESS AND COMPETITION WITH A CO-DOMINANT CAN ALTER THE ESTABLISHMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF PINYON PINE.
*Haskins, Kristin E. and Catherine A. Gehring.

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 OFF-ROAD VEHICLES INHIBIT PONDEROSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA) RECRUITMENT.
*Kennedy, Karla J. et. al.

10:45 - 11:00 MOTH RESISTANCE NEGATIVELY AFFECTS SURVIVORSHIP OF PINYON PINE DURING RECORD LEVEL DROUGHT.
*Stulz, Christopher M. and Thomas G. Whitham.

11:00 - 11:15 DWARF MISTLETOE AFFECTS THE GROWTH, WATER STRESS AND ECTOMYCORRHIZAL COLONIZATION OF PINYON PINE.
*Mueller, Rebecca C. and Catherine A. Gehring.

11:15 - 11:30 COLONIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL CAVITIES AT BIOSPHERE II
*Ketner, R.L. et. al.

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

BIOLOGY

SESSION II 1:45

ROOM 17, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

1:45 - 2:00 THE EFFECT OF CONVENTIONAL AND NATIVE AMERICAN AGRICULTURE PRACTICES UPON MYCORRHIZAL INOCULUM POTENTIAL IN SOILS.
*Martinez, Theodore N.

2:00 - 2:15 DECOMMISSIONING THE FOSSIL CREEK DAM IS PREDICTED TO REDUCE SUITABLE TYPHA HABITAT.
*Jones, Charles E. Jr. and Nancy Johnson.

2:15 - 2:30 PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL COVER, COMPOSITION, AND FUNCTION OF BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUSTS IN GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
*Bowker, Matthew A. and Jayne Belnap.

2:30 - 2:45 DO MUDSKIPPERS "SKIP" UNDERWATER?
*Landels, Cydney and Alice C. Gibb.

2:45 - 3:00 COMPETITION REDUCTION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF POLYMORPHISM IN HERICHTHYS MINCKLEYI.
*Swanson, Brook O.

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

3:30 - 3:45 A PROMISING MICROALGAL CANDIDATE FOR BIOLOGICAL CO2 SEQUESTRATION AND HIGH-VALUE CAROTENOID PRODUCTION.
*Bellefeuille, Mike et. al.

3:45 - 4:00 EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CONDITION IN A MARINE ISOPOD, PARACERCEIS SCULPTA HOLMES.
*Serrato, Kevin M. and Stephen M. Shuster.

4:00 - 4:15 A NEW PROTEIN LINKED TO POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHESIS IN RALSTONIA EUTROPHA.
*Dennis, Douglas, et. al.

CHEMISTRY

SESSION I 8:00

ROOM 135 SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

8:00 - 8:15 INHIBITING PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF HER2/neu(erbB2) TYROSINE KINASE VIA NOVEL APPROACH VIA THE NOVEL APPROACH OF 2-5 A-ANTISENSE
*Daniel Saxelby

8:15 - 8:30 IN VITRO ANTICANCER DRUG SCREENING: COMPARISON BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL DEHYDROGENASE AND COLONY FORMATION AS ASSAY TECHNIQUES
*Ambar Faridi

*8:30 - 8:45 APPLICATIONS OF PARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES IN DIAGNOSTICS
*Lindsey Bradley

8:45 - 9:00 PLANT STRESS HORMONES INHIBIT PROLIFERATION OF PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINE CULTURED IN VITRO
*Daniel Ezekwudo

9:00 - 9:15 SYNTHESIS OF VARIOUS NOVEL 5-SUBSTITUTED PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGUES
*Michael Korn

9:15 - 9:30 NON-COVALENT ASSEMBLY OF NITROXIDE SPIN LABELS IN LAPONITE FILMS: FORMATION OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEISENBERG ANTIFERROMAGNETS
*Lana Chavez

*9:30 - 9:45 SITE CHARACTERIZATION OF GRAND CANYON SPRINGS WITH MAJOR ION CONSTITUENTS AND URANIUM ACTIVITY RATIOS
*Van S. Blackwood

9:45 - 10:00 SYNTHESIS OF THIOL LIGANDS AS MODELS FOR BIOLOGICAL CHROMIUM (III) CHELATORS
*Fei Huang (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 THE DETECTION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES BY INDUCED FLUORSCENCE EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX FLUORIMETRY
*William Kunkel (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:45 - 11:00 MODELS FOR CR (III) - DNA ADDUCTS
*Tim Cain (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

11:00 - 11:15 2'5'A ANTISENSE CHIMERA
*Manu Robertson (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

11:15 - 11:30 NON-REDUCIBLE ANALOGS OF CYSTINE SUITABLE FOR SOLID PHASE PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS
*Malachi Keddington (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

CONSERVATION

SESSION 1: 8:00

ROOM 18, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

Chairperson: Jim deVos
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*8:00 - 8:15 LANDSCAPE-SCALE HABITAT MODELING FOR DERIVING HABITAT SELECTION IN PASSERINES, PINALEÑOS MOUNTAINS, ARIZONA
*J. Judson Wynne, (USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona), William M. Block (USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona), and Thomas D. Sisk (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

8:15 - 8:30 THE IMPACTS OF GRAZING INTENSITY ON AVAILABLE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN A SEMIARID GRASSLAND
*Lisa D. Taylor, Matthew R. Loeser, and Thomas D. Sisk (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona)

8:30 - 8:45 EXOTIC ANIMAL CARE CENTERS IN ARIZONA AND THAILAND
*Meghan Kokal (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

8:45 - 9:00 STUDIES OF HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VECTORS (Genus Culicoides) IN SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA
*Steven S. Rosenstock, (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ), Frank Ramberg, (University ofArizona, Tucson, AZ), and James Collins, (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

9:00 - 9:15 ELEPHANT TRANSLOCATION IN MALAYSIA
*Kate Jacobs (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:15 - 9:30 THE HHPCC OF Flagstaff: PROMOTING A CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT
*Devon Davia (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:30 - 9:45 Long-TERM Restoration EFFECTS ON SOIL RESPIRATION IN PONDEROSA PINE-BUNCHGRASS ECOSYSTEM
*Jennifer Thomas (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:45 - 10:00 CREATING AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION IN USFS INTERPRETATION: A NEW MEDIUM TO REFLECT THE MISSION & POLICIES OF THE AGENCY
*Ryan Tunseth, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 SURVIVAL AND COUGAR PREDATION OF TRANSLOCATED BIGHORN SHEEP IN ARIZONA
*Jan F. Kamler (Texas Tech University,Lubbock, TX), Raymond M. Lee (Arizona Game & Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ), James C. deVos, Jr. (Arizona Game & Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ), Warren B. Ballard (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX), Heather A. Whitlaw (LGL Alaska Research Associates, Lubbock, TX)
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*10:45 - 11:00 EFFECTS OF MOUNTAIN REDUCTION ON GROWTH OF A DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP POPULATION
*Ted McKinney (Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ)

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

GEOGRAPHY

SESSION I: 8:00

ROOM 136, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

Co-Chairs: Tony Brazel & Lee Dexter

Climate Related Topics

8:00 - 8:15 "HOT" SPOTS ARE NOT AT TOP RESORTS
*Donna A. Hartz (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), Anthony Brazel, (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

8:15 - 8:30 SOLAR RADIATION VARIATIONS IN THE CAP-LTER STUDY AREA
* Roger S. Tomalty (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

8:30 - 8:45 EVAPO-SUBLIMATION LOSS FROM WINTER SNOWCOVER IN A NORTHERN ARIZONA PONDEROSA PINE FOREST SETTING
*Paul Lauck (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)
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*8:45 - 9:00 Discussion and Stretch Break

*Vegetation and GIS Related Topics

9:00 - 9:15 ARCHAEOLOGICAL GIS: AN APPLICATION OVERVIEW AND SITESCAPE INVESTIGATION.
*Vince Warner (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:15 - 9:30 THE NEXT FRONTIER IN VEGETATION MAPPING: USING CLASSIFICATION TREES
*Sarah Falzarano and Kathryn Thomas (USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:30 - 9:45 TRACKING THE MOVEMENT OF FOUR PINYON-JUNIPER WOODLAND DOMINANTS OVER THE LAST 30,000 YEARS
*John A. Cannella (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ), Kenneth L. Cole (U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ), and Samantha T. Arundel (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

9:45 - 10:00 Discussion

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 THE IMPACT OF TANK MANEUVERS ON DESERT PAVEMENT: A STUDY OF TRACK SCARS IN BUTLER PASS, ARIZONA
*Daniel Gilewitch (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ )
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*10:45 - 11:00 WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE DITCH: 100 YEARS OF CHANGE ON THE GILA RIVER, NEW MEXICO
*Ellen S. Soles, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

Hydrology-Water Resource Related Topics
*
*11:00 - 11:15 BEYOND DEVIL'S HOLE AND CAPPAERT: PRAXIS AND PROSPECT
*Frances R. Peck (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)
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*11:15-11:30 DISCUSSION

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

GEOGRAPHY

SESSION II: 1:45

ROOM 136

Co-Chairs: Tony Brazel & Lee Dexter

Cultural Topics

1:45 - 2:00 GUATEMALA: IMPRESSIONS OF A DEVELOPING NATION
*Christina Kennedy, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

*Physical Topics

2:00 - 2:15 CLIMATE AND ITS ROLE IN THE CAP-LTER STUDY
*Anthony J. Brazel (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

2:15 - 2:30 HAS URBANIZATION DECREASED DAILY TEMPERATURE RANGE IN METROPOLITAN PHOENIX?
*Talbot J. Brooks, Brent Hedquist, Gregory Goodrich, Adam Kalkstein, Shouriseni San Roy, and Nirmala Palicherla (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

2:30 - 2:45 DOES BALCH VENTILATION ACT ON ROCK GLACIERS? : A PRELIMINARY ENERGY BALANCE ASSESSMENT
*Leland R. Dexter, Department of Geography, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 and Donald A. Friend, Department of Geography, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN.

3:00 - 3:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

GEOLOGY

SESSION I: 9:00

ROOM: 133, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

9:00 - 9:15 * USING PACKRAT MIDDENS TO REVEAL A GRAZING HISTORY IN GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
*Jessa F. Fisher and Kenneth L. Cole

9:15 - 9:30 ECOLOGICAL AND PALEOCLIMATIC IMPLICATIONS OF HOLOCENE MIGRATION OF CREOSOTE BUSH IN THE MOJAVE DESERT
*Kenneth L. Cole, Samantha Arundel, W. Geoffrey Spaulding, and John Cannella

9:30 - 9:45 MIDDLE WISCONSINAN VEGETATION HISTORY OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU, UTAH AND ARIZONA, USA
*Larry L. Coats, Kenneth L. Cole, and Jim I. Mead

9:45 - 10:00 *THE POSTGLACIAL-PALEOECOLOGICAL RECORD FROM LITTLE MOLAS LAKE, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, CO
*Jaime L. Toney and R. Scott Anderson

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 HOLOCENE STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY OF SMALL ALLUVIAL FANS IN THE PONDEROSA PINE FOREST ECOSYSTEM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA
*Robert Duncan Richardson and Diana Elder Anderson

10:45 - 11:00 ENDOSKELETOZOAN TRACE FOSSIL FROM THE PENNSYLVANIAN NACO FORMATION AT KOHL RANCH, CENTRAL ARIZONA
*Helen C. Dyer and David K. Elliott

11:15 - 11:30 *SEGMENT LINKAGE AND STRAIN PARTITIONING IN THE SOUTH VIRGIN-WHITE HILLS DETACHMENT, NW ARIZONA
*Kristi L. Ross and Ernest M. Duebendorfer

11:30 - 11:45
*(or 1:45-2:00) PRELIMINARY PALYNOLOGY OF THE PLEISTOCENE LAKE IN BARRINGER CRATER.
*Owen K. Davis and David A. Kring.

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

HYDROLOGY

SESSION I: 8:00

ROOM 117, PONDEROSA ROOM, USFS, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEACH STATION BUILDING, WITHIN BUILDING 82, ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

8:00 - 8:15 GIS-BASED ANALYSIS OF MOUNTAIN BLOCK RECHARGE FOR OWENS LAKE PLAYA, CALIFORNIA
*Anna Draa and Richard L. Orndorff

8:15 - 8:30 HUMAN MODIFICATION OF THE UPPER MIDDLE RIO GRANDE: USING GIT TECHNIQUES TO MEASURE CHANGE BETWEEN ALBUQUERQUE AND COCHITI DAM, NEW MEXICO
*Joseph J. Fluder III

8:30 - 8:45 RIPARIAN AND HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGIC CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO LAND USE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE VERDE VALLEY OF ARIZONA
*Sharon Masek Lopez, Abraham Springer, and Diana Anderson

8:45 - 9:00 VARIATIONS IN RIPARIAN AREA VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS ALONG WET BEAVER AND BEAVER CREEKS OF NORTH CENTRAL ARIZONA
*Patrick Phillips and Aregai Tecle

9:00 - 9:15 THE AFFECTS RESTORATION HAS ON SOIL COMPACTION IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BOSQUE OF NEW MEXICO
*Cody L. Stropki and Roy Jemison

9:15 - 9:30 THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF FOSSIL SPRINGS' FLOW TO FOSSIL CREEK IN THREE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS
*Cory Helton

9:30 - 9:45 WATER, WOOD, AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT IN EMORY OAK WOODLANDS: A PRELIMINARY DECISION MATRIX
*D. Catlow Shipek and Peter F. Ffolliott

9:45 - 10:00 ASSESSING POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF SKIING SNOWMAKING USING RECLAIMED WATER ON WATER RESOURCES AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
*Duncan Leao and Aregai Tecle

10:00 - 10:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

10:30 - 10:45 ESTABLISHING SATURATED CONDITIONS IN SOILS: A REVIEW OF CURRENT METHODS AND AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD
*Kyle Roseborrough

10:45 - 11:00 IMPACT OF SLASH PILE SIZE AND BURNING ON SOIL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE PONDEROSA PINE (PINUS PONDEROSA) FOREST TYPE
*Geoff Seymour and Aregai Tecle

11:00 - 11:15 SOIL WATER IMPACTS OF FOREST TREATMENT TO PREVENT CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES IN A PONDEROSA PINE FOREST ECOSYSTEM
*Boris Poff and Aregai Tecle

11:15 - 11:30 BUSINESS MEETING: ELECTIONS, FATE OF HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES

11:40 - 1:40 ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS LUNCHEON, BALLROOM, DUBOIS CONFERENCE CENTER, SECOND FLOOR

HYDROLOGY

SESSION II: 1:45

ROOM 117, PONDEROSA ROOM, USFS, ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEACH STATION BUILDING, WITHIN BUILDING 82, ADJACENT TO THE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

1:45 - 2:00 SOIL CONDITION OBJECTIVES FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
*George T. Robertson, Wayne Robbie, and Steve H. Strenger

2:00 - 2:15 LIVESTOCK GRAZING, WILDFIRE AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: RELATIVE IMPACTS ON SUSTAINABILITY OF NATIVE SOUTHWESTERN FISHES
*John N. Rinne

2:15 - 2:30 FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR CATASTROPHIC FIRE IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
*Roy Jemison

2:30 - 2:45 INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE RODEO-CHEDISK FIRE IMPACTS ON HYDROLOGIC PROCESSES
*Peter F. Ffolliott and Daniel Neary

2:45 - 3:00 POST-WILDFIRE PEAK FLOWS IN ARIZONA: SOME CASE STUDIES.
*Daniel G. Neary, Peter Ffolliott, and Gerald Gottfried

3:00 - 3:30 COFFEE BREAK, FOYER, SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

3:30 - 3:45 PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF SEDIMENT MEASUREMENTS AT WEIR BASINS FOLLOWING THE COON CREEK FIRE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA
*Gerald J. Gottfried and Daniel G. Neary

3:45 - 4:00 THE ROLE OF MULTICRITERION DECISION-MAKING IN MANAGING AND RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
*Aregai Tecle

POSTER SESSION
*SESSION 10:00
*ROOM: FOYER, SOUTHWEST FOREST SERVICE COMPLEX

CHAIR: Robert Reavis

10:00 - 10:30 HANDS-ON FLUORESCENT KARYOTYPE
*William P. Baker and Carleton 'Buck' Jones (Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 ARIZONA PUFFBALLS AND EARTHSTARS (LYCOPERDACEAE AND GEASTRACEAE, BASIDIOMYCOTA, FUNGI)
*Scott T. Bates (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), Dr. R. W. Roberson (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ) and Dr. D. E. Desjardin (San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA)

10:00 - 10:30 A PROMISING MICROALGAL CANDIDATE FOR BIOLOGICAL CO₂ SEQUESTRATION AND HIGH-VALUE CAROTENOID PRODUCTION
*Mike Bellefeuille, Qiang Hu, and Milton Sommerfeld (Arizona State Univ, Tempe, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 PHYLOGENY OF CRASPEDACUSTA (CNIDARIA: HYDROIDOMEDUSA: LIMNOMEDUSAE: OLINDIIDAE) BASED ON ITS rDNA, WITH A PRELIMINARY ACCOUNT OF LIMNOCNIDA IN ARIZONA.
*Terry L. Peard, Jason A. Blair (Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA)

10:00 - 10:30 ARSENIC IN MONTEZUMA WELL
*Laona Burk (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF PM-2.5 COLLECTED DURING PRESCRIBED FIRES OF THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST IN FLAGSTAFF, AZ
*Jesus Chavez, Michael Ketterer, and Marin Robinson (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE INCLUSIONS USING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
*Douglas Dennis (Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ), Caroline Liebig, Tara Holley, Kara Thomas, Ahmit Khosla, Douglas Wilson, and Brian Augustine (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA)

10:00 - 10:30 A NEW PROTEIN LINKED TO POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHESIS IN RALSTONIA EUTROPHA
*Douglas Dennis (Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ) David West, Douglas Wilson and Brian Augustine (James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA)

10:00 - 10:30 *FRACTAL MODIFICATION OF TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES FOR DISCHARGE RECONSTRUCTIONS
*David E. Grow (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 TOXICITY OF CHROMIUM IN CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELLS
* Alejandro Lencinas and Diane M. Stearns, Ph.D. (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 DETERMINATION OF DNA LESIONS INDUCED BY CHROMIUM PICOLINATE
*A. M. Luke, B. E. Baker, and D. M. Stearns (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND ORIENTATION OF THE INTERTIDAL BARNACLE TETRACLITA SQUAMOSA, AND ITS INFLUENCE ON INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY AT PELICAN POINT IN PUERTO PENASCO, SONORA, MEXICO.
*Melissa A. May, Emily C. Omana, Jamie Rapier, Melissa Robbins, Amy Buff, Rachel M. Curmi, Kate M. Atkins, Ronald L. Ketner, Kevin M. Serrato, Micah White, Heather V. Yarbrough, Jennifer Learned, and Stephen M. Shuster, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 A MORPHOLOGICAL COMPARISON OF TWO POPULATIONS OF PARADELLADIANAE (CRUSTACEA: ISOPODA)
*E.C. Omana and S.M. Shuster, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 ATMOSPHERIC GAS TRAPPING DURING GROWTH OF WATER-ICE FILMS
*Kevin Pond and Marin Robinson (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 *POXVIRUS ANTIVIRALS AND THYMIDINE PHOSPHORYLASE ACTIVITY
*Linda Powell, Paul Torrence, Allena Buchholz, Daniel Saxelby and Robert Smith (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF WALNUT CANYON, HUALAPAI MOUNTAINS, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA WITH REFERENCE TO PROTEROZOIC TECTONICS
*Gwyn Rhys-Evans (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS IN STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIALS
*Morgan Schafer (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 * BIOASSAY FOR 2,4-D
*Arlene Tavizon (Arizona State University West, Phoenix, AZ) ,Maria Arballo (Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ), Bertina Yellowhair (Paradise Valley Community College, Paradise Valley, AZ).

10:00 - 10:30 DETERMINING THE TRUE COST OF A LOWER ARSENIC DRINKING WATER STANDARD TO VERDE VALLEY, ARIZONA
*Erin Tucker (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 EFFECTS OF ARSENIC(III) ON CHROMIUM(VI) TOXICITY
*Andreea Voichescu, Julie Brown and Diane Stearns PhD (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 * IS OPHIODROMUS PUGETTENSIS ANDRODIOECIOUS?
*Steven A. Vuturo and Stephen M. Shuster, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 REACTION OF URANYL ACETATE WITH ASCORBATE PRODUCES DNA STRAND BREAKS IN VITRO
*M. Yazzie, S. Gamble, E. R. Civitello and D. M. Stearns, (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)

10:00 - 10:30 *ORGANIC SPECIATION OF PM-2.5 COLLECTED DURING PRESCRIBED BURNS OF THE COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST
*Min Zhao, Sergio Velazquez, and Marin Robinson (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ)