Ohio Journal of Science: Volume 98, Issue 3 (June, 1998)

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The Problem with Relying on Technology
Meserve, Lee A. pp. 34-38
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The Invertebrate Prey of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens, in a Northeastern Ohio Population
Collier, Alexander; Keiper, Joe B.; Orr, Lowell P. pp. 39-41
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A Review and Recent Records of the Bigeye Shiner, Notropis boops (Cyprinidae), in Ohio
Rice, Daniel L.; Barnes, Mark D.; Phinney, George J. pp. 42-51
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Improving Environmental Indicators through Involvement of Experts, Stakeholders, and the Public
Morrone, Michele; Hawley, Matthew pp. 52-58
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Brief Note: Odonata of the Beaver Creek Wetlands, Greene County, Ohio: A Preliminary Survey
Roush, Scott A.; Bumbarger, Daniel J. pp. 59-60
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Book Reviews
Glotzhober, Robert C. pp. 61-62
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Reviewers of Manuscripts for the Ohio Journal of Science During 1997
pp. 64-64
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Reviewers of Manuscripts for the Ohio Journal of Science During 1997
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Book Reviews
(1998-06) Glotzhober, Robert C.
Brief Note: Odonata of the Beaver Creek Wetlands, Greene County, Ohio: A Preliminary Survey
(1998-06) Roush, Scott A.; Bumbarger, Daniel J.
Weekly trips were made to various habitats within the Beaver Creek Wetlands in Greene County, OH, from 15 April to 3 October in 1996 and 20 April to 18 October in 1997. Specimens were collected with aerial nets or recorded as observational records. A species list for the wetlands was built and data was entered into the Ohio Odonate Survey database. Thirty-six species (22 Anisoptera; 15 Zygoptera) were collected including 11 new county records bringing the Greene county list from 43 to 54.
Improving Environmental Indicators through Involvement of Experts, Stakeholders, and the Public
(1998-06) Morrone, Michele; Hawley, Matthew
This research was motivated by the need to identify characteristics of environmental indicators that are meaningful to the public so that these indicators will convey conditions of environmental quality. Four focus groups were conducted to gather qualitative data about expert, stakeholder, and public knowledge and understanding of environmental indicators. The Lake Erie Quality Index (LEQI) was used as a model of environmental indicators and focus group participants offered reactions and interpretations of the LEQI. Results identify the level of the public's understanding of indicators, suggest characteristics that make indicators useful, and identify differences between how experts, stakeholders and the public interpret environmental indicators. All three groups agree on the importance of developing measurable environmental indicators that can present sound scientific information to the public.
A Review and Recent Records of the Bigeye Shiner, Notropis boops (Cyprinidae), in Ohio
(1998-06) Rice, Daniel L.; Barnes, Mark D.; Phinney, George J.
The bigeye shiner (Notropis boops^) is a common fish of upland streams in the middle Mississippi River drainage. It prefers warm, quiet pools with clear water and silt-free substrates. It is threatened in Ohio, which is on the northern edge of its range, and since 1941 has been collected in only a few streams in the southwestern part of the state. In order to assess the current status of the bigeye shiner in Ohio, we examined the extensive stream fish data base for the whole state. We then conducted seining surveys from 1985-1995 to more fully document the distribution of bigeye shiners in the six stream systems in which they had been reported since 1941. The largest populations were found in Turkey Creek and the Sunfish Creek system, which have mostly forested watersheds, clear water, and silt-free substrates. Smaller populations were found in O'Bannon Creek and the White Oak Creek system. Both these systems have agriculturalized watersheds, and the O'Bannon Creek watershed is affected by urban construction activities. Both systems experience heavier silt loading and have more turbid water and siltier substrates. We were unable to find bigeye shiners in Paddy's Run Creek and Scioto Brush Creek, where they had been reported in the 1970s. Siltation, gravel dredging and channelization are the major factors which threaten the remaining populations of bigeye shiners in southern Ohio.
The Invertebrate Prey of the Northern Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens, in a Northeastern Ohio Population
(1998-06) Collier, Alexander; Keiper, Joe B.; Orr, Lowell P.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the feeding habits of the northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens, in northeastern Ohio. To accomplish this we examined the stomach contents of 13 adults and 19 juveniles collected from a restored wetland in Summit County, Ohio during the summers of 1996 and 1997. The adult and juvenile frogs ingested 142 invertebrates representing 2 phyla, 3 classes, 12 orders, and 34 families. Adult and juvenile frogs consumed both diurnal and nocturnal prey belonging primarily to the insect orders Coleoptera, Hemiptera, and Hymenoptera. Although juvenile frogs consumed more individual prey items than adults (t = 2.196, p <0.05), neither age cohort specialized on active or inactive prey (X2 = 3.84, p <0.05)- Approximately 67% of all prey consumed consisted of fossorial or crawling organisms. Our data suggest that R. pipiens is an efficient predator that maximizes prey diversity by employing more than one feeding strategy.
The Problem with Relying on Technology
(1998-06) Meserve, Lee A.
This address will examine problems that arise when a society conies to rely on the technology of its time, and will provide support for this contention in the form of data we have recently collected about unintended effects of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB). The reliance on technology results in the loss of previously accumulated knowledge because we cease to pass knowledge which has become passe. Additionally the reliance on technology convinces the general public of our ability to do any task faster, better, bigger, and to the economic advantage of some. This situation began when early humans discovered that they could manipulate nature through the domestication of plants and animals, and has continued to the present time. The feeling that humans can better nature has led to short term benefits which are likely to become long-term detriments. Although the examples of such outcomes from reliance on technology are numerous, one that is currently being examined is the effect of environmental contamination by polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), and the potential human health consequences of this contamination.
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