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TRANSACTIONS of the ILLINOIS STATE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Supplement to Volume 102 101st Annual Meeting April 17-18, 2009 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Illinois State Academy of Science Founded 1907 Affiliated with the Illinois State Museum, Springfield TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule ........................................................................................................2 Keynote Speaker Biographical Sketch.......................................................3 Event Locations............................................................................................4 Abstracts Poster Presentations Anthropology and Archeology ......................................................................5 Botany............................................................................................................6 Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Biology.............................................15 Chemistry.......................................................................................................20 Earth Science .................................................................................................23 Environmental Science ..................................................................................24 Health Sciences..............................................................................................27 Microbiology..................................................................................................29 Science, Mathematics & Technology Education...........................................33 Zoology..........................................................................................................34 Oral Presentations Botany............................................................................................................41 Cellular, Molecular & Developmental Biology.............................................47 Chemistry.......................................................................................................49 Computer Science ..........................................................................................51 Environmental Science ..................................................................................52 Health Sciences..............................................................................................55 Microbiology..................................................................................................57 Science, Mathematics & Technology Education...........................................58 Zoology..........................................................................................................59 Driving Directions, Parking, Floor Plans ..................................................64 Officials of ISAS...........................................................................................67 Fellows of ISAS ............................................................................................71 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................72 Author Index ................................................................................................73 1 ISAS 101st ANNUAL MEETING Southern Illinois University Edwardsville April 17-18, 2009 SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Friday April 17 - Morris University Center (MUC) Conference Center (building 5 on map, 1st and 2nd floor) 11:00 AM - Registration Opens, MUC Conference Center 11:00 AM - Posters may be put up in the MUC Meridian Ballroom (to remain up all day) 12:00 – 2:00 PM - ISAS Council Meeting, University Club, MUC 2:30 - 5:00 PM - Poster Session, MUC Meridian Ballroom 4:00 - 7:00 PM - Reception, MUC Meridian Ballroom Saturday April 18 - Morris University Center (MUC) Conference Center (building 5 on map, 2nd floor) 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM - Registration Opens, MUC Conference Center 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Continental Breakfast (coffee, tea, muffins) 8:50 AM - Sessions call to order, MUC Conference Center 9:00 – 10:45 AM - Oral Sessions, MUC Conference Center 11:00 – Noon – Keynote Speaker, MUC Conference Center Noon – 12:45 PM – Buffet Lunch, MUC Conference Center 12:45 – 1:00 PM – 101st ISAS Business Meeting 1:00 – 4:30 PM - Oral Sessions, MUC Conference Center 4:30 PM – 101st Annual ISAS Meeting Adjourned ISAS 101st Annual Meeting Contacts (2009 ISAS Vice-Presidents) Dr. William Retzlaff, Department of Biological Sciences, Box 1651 SIUE, Edwardsville, IL 62026, 618-650-2728, [email protected] Dr. Kelly Barry, Department of Biological Sciences and Office of Science and Math Education, Box 1651 SIUE, Edwardsville, IL 62026, 618-650-5245, [email protected] Participants with special needs are requested to inform the Vice-President of the meeting as early as possible in order that their requirements can be adequately taken into consideration. Contact one of us above and we will be glad to assist you. 2 KEYNOTE ADDRESS 11:00 am to Noon Morris University Center Conference Center Living with Great Rivers: Birth of Civilizations, Contemporary Disasters, and New Approaches. Dr. Richard E. Sparks Director of Research National Great Rivers Research and Education Center 5800 Godfrey Road HK129 Godfrey, Illinois 62035-2466 phone: 618-468-4826 email: [email protected] url: www.ngrrec.org What makes a river “great”? Certainly the rivers where civilization began, such as the Nile, the Indus, the Tigris, and the Euphrates, qualify as “great” in human terms and warrant some explication of the link between these rivers and the rise of agriculture, writing, complex societies, and monumental architecture. These rivers were characterized by seasonal floods which inundated floodplains, thereby renewing the fertility of the soil and enabling people to practice agriculture and stay in one place for hundreds to thousands of years. Elsewhere, people had to move on when the fertility of the soil was exhausted. Although early civilizations capitalized on predictable seasonal floods by harvesting natural resources and later practicing a flood-adapted form of agriculture, they were also subject to occasional great floods and droughts that disrupted food production and destroyed lives and property. Now the situation at first appears to be quite different. Virtually all the large rivers in the tropic and temperate parts of the world are regulated by dams and many of the floodplains and deltas are leveed and developed, not just for dryland agriculture, but also for industrial and municipal uses. Despite these technological achievements, severe problems have developed, including: recent damaging floods around the world (including two events in 2008 in the Upper Mississippi River Basin); expansion of hypoxic zones at river mouths; subsidence and erosion of river deltas; and decline or loss of many species, including commercially valuable fishes and charismatic species, such as the Yangtze river dolphin. The new National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, founded by the University of Illinois, the Illinois Natural History Survey, and Lewis & Clark Community College, is partnering with other colleges and universities, government agencies, businesses, and non-governmental organizations to develop new, collaborative approaches to sustain ecological services of great rivers and help people live safely and well with these fascinating and dynamic ecosystems. The address will be open to the public - doors will open to the public at 10:30 AM. ISAS Registration guarantees front section viewing of Keynote Address. 3 ISAS 101st ANNUAL MEETING Southern Illinois University Edwardsville April 17-18, 2009 EVENT LOCATIONS All events take place in the Morris University Center (MUC) (building 5 on map, 2nd floor) Friday April 17 10:00 AM - Registration Opens, Meridian Ballroom 10:00 AM - Posters may be put up in the Meridian Ballroom (to remain up all day) 12:00 – 2:00 PM - ISAS Council Meeting, University Club 2:30 - 5:00 PM - Poster Session, Meridian Ballroom 4:00 - 7:00 PM - Reception, Meridian Ballroom (wine/beer and hors d'oeuvres) Saturday April 18 8:00 AM – 2:30 PM - Registration Opens, Conference Center 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM – Continental Breakfast (coffee, tea, muffins), Conference Center 8:50 AM - Sessions call to order, MUC Conference Center 9:00 – 10:45 AM - Oral Sessions, MUC Conference Center Division Room Botany Oak/Redbud Cell, Mol. & Dev. Hackberry Chemistry Hickory Computer Sc Missouri Env. Sc. Mississippi Health Sc. Illinois Microbiology Illinois Sc. Math & Tech. Ed. Missouri Zoology Maple/Dogwood 11:00 – Noon – Keynote Speaker, Meridian Ballroom Noon – 12:45 PM – Lunch, Meridian Ballroom 12:45 – 1:00 PM – 101st ISAS Business Meeting, Meridian Ballroom 1:00 – 4:30 PM - Oral Sessions, MUC Conference Center 4:00 PM – 101st Annual ISAS Meeting Adjourned 4 POSTER PRESENTATIONS Division: Anthropology and Archaeology 1. A study of foraging behavior and diet of C. capucinus (white-faced capuchin monkey) in a tropical forest in Costa Rica Berner, Jamie E; Zawasky, Amy R and Rehg, Jennifer A. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL. Cebus capucinus (white-faced capuchin) is a medium-sized, frugivorous-insectivorous monkey found throughout much of Central and South America. C. capucinus is found in diverse forested environments providing an excellent case study for understanding the relationship between habitat variability and behavior. C. capucinus is widely studied in tropical wet and dry forests of various successional stages with varying foraging techniques and diet by habitat based on resource