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VIRGINIA JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE

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Vol. 48                                                   No. 2                                              Summer 1997

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                          TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS, 75th Annual Meeting of the
Virginia Academy of Science, May 20 - 23,1997,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, Virginia

SECTION ABSTRACTS
Aeronautical and Aerospace Sciences
Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture Science
Archaeology
Astronomy, Mathematics and Physics
Biology
Biomedical and General Engineering
Botany
Chemishy
Computer Science
Education
Environmental Science
Geography
Geology
Materials Science
Medical Science
Microbioloy and Molecular Biology
Natural History & Biodiversity
Psychology
Statistics









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BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDS
163
RESEARCH AWARDS
168
VIRGINIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AWARDS
170
AUTHOR INDEX
183