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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