The Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science (JAAS) is the major publication of the Academy. The Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science appears annually as a single volume. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts that were submitted at the annual meeting of the previous year. The Scope of the Journal reflects the broad vision of the Academy to promote science within Arkansas and disseminate the science being carried out by scientists in Arkansas throughout the US and the world. Specific areas of science include (but are not limited to) Biomedical Sciences, Botany and Plant Science, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Math and Computing Science, Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science, Ecology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Zoology.
Current Volume: Volume 72 (2018)
Entire Issue
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science- Volume 72 2018
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Front Matter
Academy Presidents and Institutional Members
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Table of Contents
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Articles
Germinal Epithelium Cytology during Spermatogenesis in the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Reptilia: Chelydridae)
Stanley E. Trauth and Kevin M. Gribbins
Distal Urogenital Anatomy of Male Southern Coal Skinks, Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis (Reptilia: Scincidae)
Stanley E. Trauth
Generation of Generalized-Gauss Laser Beams via a Spatial Light Modulator
Jessica P. Conry Young and Samantha Dix
Vertebrate Natural History Notes from Arkansas, 2018
Renn Tumlison, D. Blake Sasse, Henry W. Robison, Matt B. Connior, Chris T. McAllister, Kelly Jobe, and Matthew Anderson
Wave Profile for Current Bearing Lightning Strokes
Baylee Landers and M Hemmati
Microbial diversity in the thermal springs within Hot Springs National Park
E. Taylor Stone, Richard Murray, and Matthew D. Moran
Avian Frugivory in a Fruiting Mulberry Tree (Morus rubra) in Arkansas
J. L. Jackson II and Ragupathy Kannan
Deep Learning-based framework for Autism functional MRI Image Classification
Xin Yang, Saman Sarraf, and Ning Zhang
Small Mammal Abundances in a Grassland and Forest Area at the Lake Fayetteville Environmental Center, Arkansas
Douglas A. James, S. A. Bartholomew, A. Deshwal, and P. Panwar
Travel to extraterrestrial bodies over time: some exploratory analyses of mission data
Venkat Kodali, Rohith Kumar Reddy Duggirala, Richard S. Segall, Hyacinthe Aboudja, and Daniel Berleant
Aquatic Invertebrate Community Structure, Biological Condition, Habitat, and Water Quality at Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri, 2005-2014
David E. Bowles, L. W. Morrison, and J. T. Cribbs
Parasites of the Spotted Sucker, Minytrema melanops (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Arkansas and Oklahoma
Chris T. McAllister, Donald G. Cloutman, Anindo Choudhury, Tomas Scholz, Stanley E. Trauth, Thomas J. Fayton, and Henry W. Robison
Additional Records of Acanthocephalan Parasites from Arkansas Fishes, with New Records from Missouri Fishes
Chris T. McAllister, Michael A. Barger, and Henry W. Robison
Comparison of Various Mean Field Formulations for Retrieving Refractive Indices of Aerosol Particles Containing Inclusions
Kristin S. Dooley and Jessica DeYoung
Organochloride Pesticides Present in Animal Fur, Soil, and Streambed in an Agricultural Region of Southeastern Arkansas
Matthew E. Grilliot, John L. Hunt, and Christopher G. Sims
New Applications of Radio Frequency Identification Stations for Monitoring Fish Passage through Headwater Road Crossings and Natural Reaches
Ian R. MacLeod and Charles J. Gagen
Prevalence of Cytauxzoon felis (Protista: Apicomplexa) in Feral Cats in Russellville Arkansas
Cynthia H. Jacobs
Optimum Magnetometer Transect Spacing to Locate Legacy Oil and Gas Wells: Preliminary Results
Jason A. Patton, Michael G. Davis, Kenyon J. Gowing, and Hunter B. Vickers
A Preliminary Checklist of the Stoneflies (Arthropoda: Insecta: Plecoptera) of Arkansas
Henry W. Robison and Chris T. McAllister
Tree Ring Dating of the Ficklin-Imboden Log Structures, Powhatan Historic State Park, Arkansas
Kaylee R. McAdoo and David W. Stahle
Gene flow and genetic structure of two of Arkansas’s rarest darter species (Teleostei: Percidae), the Arkansas Darter, Etheostoma cragini, and the Least Darter, E. microperca
Justin Baker, Brian Wagner, and Robert Wood
Update of Distribution of the Chestnut Lamprey in Arkansas
Jeremiah Salinger, Ronald L. Johnson, and Brian Wagner
General Notes
Observations of Townsend’s Solitaires (Myadestes townsendi) on Mount Magazine in Logan County, Arkansas
Don R. Simons and Kimberly G. Smith
House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) Nesting in December in Arkansas
Kimberly G. Smith
Proportionality of Population Descriptors of Helminth Infections of Smallmouth Bass from the Buffalo National River
James J. Daly Sr. and Ken Wagner
New Records of the American Badger (Taxidea taxus) in Arkansas, with an updated distribution map
Renn Tumlison and D. Blake Sasse
Distribution of Dracunculus sp. Infection in River Otters (Lontra canadensis) in Arkansas
Renn Tumlison, Allison Surf, and Heather May
Distribution of the Highland Stoneroller (Campostoma spadiceum) in Southern Arkansas
Renn Tumlison and Henry W. Robison
Incidental Captures of Plains Spotted Skunks (Spilogale putorius interrupta) By Arkansas Trappers, 2012-2017
D. Blake Sasse
Primeness in Early Season Arkansas Raccoon Pelts
D. Blake Sasse
Additional County Records of Invertebrates from Arkansas
Chris T. McAllister, Henry W. Robison, and Renn Tumlison
Arkansas Academy Annual Meeting reports
In Memoriam: Kimberly G. Smith, 1948-2018
Ragupathy Kannan and Jeffrey Short
Business Meeting Report (Secretary's and Treasurer's Report)
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Keynote Address and Meeting Program Report
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Journal Acknowledgments and Editorial Board
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