Archaeological Evidence of Historic Mining at Forestville Saltpeter Cave (15Ht94), Hart County, Kentucky

Darlene Applegate, Western Kentucky University
Emily L. Duke, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Contribution of Freshwater Bivalves to Muskrat Diets in the Green River, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Kimberly Asmus Hersey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joseph D. Clark, Southern Appalachian Research Branch, U.S. Geological Survey
James B. Layzer, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, U.S. Geological Survey

2:50 PM

From Board Games to Tobacco Products: U.S. Patents Related to Mammoth Cave

Margaret M. Gripshover, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Influences of a Cladophora Bloom on the Diets of Amblema plicata and Elliptio dilatata in the Upper Green River, Kentucky

Jennifer Yates, Western Kentucky University
Scott Grubbs, Western Kentucky University
Albert Meier, Western Kentucky University
Michael Collyer, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Inventory of Terrestrial Wild Mammals at Mammoth Cave National Park: 2005-2010

Steven Thomas, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM

Long-term Monitoring of Aquatic Biota Using Occupancy Modeling

Kurt Helf, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM

MAPS (Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship)

Brice Leech, Science and Resources Management, Mammoth Cave National Park

2:50 PM

Mercury Analysis in Rafi nesque Big Eared Bat Populations

Lara van der Heiden, The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, Western Kentucky University
Cathleen J. Webb, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Monitoring Cave Bats at Mammoth Cave National Park

Steven Thomas, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM

Ozone and Foliar Injury at Mammoth Cave National Park

Johathan Jernigan, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM

Remote Sensing of Forest Trends at Mammoth Cave National Park from 2000 to 2011

Sean Taylor Hutchinson, Western Kentucky University
John All, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Seasonal Occurrence and Habitat Affi liations of Trichoptera at Mammoth Cave National Park

Luke E. Dodd, University of Kentucky
Michael A. Floyd, US Fish and Wildlife Service
David A. Etnier, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

2:50 PM

The Cave Beetle Neaphaenops tellkampfi Erichson: Relationships Within and Among Related Genera Using Molecular Data

T. Keith Philips, Western Kentucky University
Elise Valkanas, St. Mary’s College
Kurt Helf, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM

The Mammoth Eagle: The CCC Era at Mammoth Cave

David H. Kime, Northern Kentucky University

2:50 PM

White-nose Syndrome at Mammoth Cave National Park: Actions Before and After Its Detection

Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Steven Thomas, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service
Joel Gillespie, Mammoth Cave National Park, National Park Service
Vickie Carson, Mammoth Cave National Park, National Park Service
Shannon R. Trimboli, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Geophysical Logging of a Park Well, Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Michael W. Bradley, Tennessee Water-Science Center, U.S Geological Survey

2:50 PM

Improvements to the RV Waste-transfer Station Design to Reduce Contaminated Storm Runoff

David Solomon, Tennessee State University
Sean McMillian, Tennessee State University
Ashley West, Tennessee State University
Lonnie Sharpe, Tennessee State University

2:50 PM

Karst Hydrogeology of the Haney Limestone, South Central Kentucky

Sarah Arpin, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University
Chris Goves, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Mammoth Cave National Park Backcountry Trail and Stream Monitoring, 2009-2012

Larry Johnson, Mammoth Cave National Park
Student Conservation Association Conservation

2:50 PM

Mammoth Cave National Park NPScape

Lillian Scoggins, Mammoth Cave National Park, Cumberland Piedmont Network
Shepard McAninich

2:50 PM

Multiple Storm Event Impacts on Epikarst Storage and Transport of Organic Soil Amendments in South-central Kentucky

Jason Polk, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University
Sean Vanderhoff, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University
Chris Groves, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University
Benjamin Miller, Hoffman Environmental Research Institute, Western Kentucky University
Carl Bolster, USDA

2:50 PM

Mysteries of the Underground River

TK Stone Middle School Students
Shannon R. Trimboli, Western Kentucky University
Kim Weber, TK Stone Middle School, Elizabethtown Independent Schools
Susan Ryan, TK Stone Middle School, Elizabethtown Independent Schools
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Paleontology and Paleoecology of Interglacial Guano Deposits in Mammoth Cave, KY

Chris Widga, Illinois State Museum
Mona Colburn, Illinois State Museum

2:50 PM

Particulate Inorganic Carbon Flux in Karst and its Signifi cance to Karst Development and the Carbon Cycle

Randall L. Paylor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Carol M. Wicks, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

2:50 PM

Potential Effects of Hydrogen Sulfide and Hydrocarbon Seeps on Mammoth Cave Ecosystems

Rick Olson, Science and Resources Management, Mammoth Cave National Park

2:50 PM

Pre-service Teachers Learn about Karst Geology at Mammoth Cave National Park

Jeanine Huss, Western Kentucky University
Cheryl Messenger, Mammoth Cave National Park

2:50 PM

Sable Melodists

Janet Bass Smith, Mammoth Cave National Park

2:50 PM

Spill Retention and Routine Runoff Filtration Structures on Interstate 65 in the Vicinity of Mammoth Cave National Park

Rick Olson, Science and Resources Management, Mammoth Cave National Park

2:50 PM

Three Examples of Chemical Transport in Storm Runoff at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky

Ashley West, Tennessee State University
David Solomon, Tennessee State University
Hung-Wai Ho, Tennessee State University
Victor Roland, Tennessee State University, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Irucka Embry, Tennessee State University, Tenn. Tech. University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Roger Painter, Tennessee State University
Lonnie Sharpe, Tennessee State University
Dafeng Hui, Tennessee State University

2:50 PM

Use of Sorption Isotherms to Improve the Efficacy of the Storm-water Filters

Hung-Wai Ho, Tennessee State University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University

2:50 PM

Using Interactive Simulation to Extend Access to Learning Along the Historic Tour Route of Mammoth Cave National Park

Christopher L. Atchison, Georgia State University
Don Stredney, Ohio State University
Karen E. Irving, Ohio State University
Rick Toomey, MCICSL, Mammoth Cave National Park, Western Kentucky University
Alan Price, Ohio State University
Thomas Kerwin, Ohio State University
Bradley Hittle, Ohio State University
Phillip J. Reed, Georgia State University

2:50 PM

Using S Isotopes to Identify the Source of Gypsum in Mammoth Cave

J. Garrecht Metzger, Washington University in St. Louis
David A. Fiske, Washington University in St. Louis
Bob Osburn, Washington University in St. Louis
Aaron Addison, Washington University in St. Louis

2:50 PM

Water Quality Monitoring at Mammoth Cave National Park

Brenda Wells, Cumberland Piedmont Network, National Park Service
Joe Meiman, Gulf Coast Network, National Park Service

2:50 PM