http://hdl.handle.net/10125/389 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:10:30 GMT 2013-06-19T01:10:30Z http://hdl.handle.net/10125/795 Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/795 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Kobayashi, Herbert K http://hdl.handle.net/10125/794 Hydrographic conditions are presented for a series of seven saline lakes which open off of the main lagoon at Christmas Island, and which are being considered as a potential aquaculture site for brine shrimp. The first five ponds have typical tidal ranges of 1 foot and residence times of about 11 days. The two ponds farthest inland are penetrated only by spring tides and have residence times in the order of 15 months. The tides themselves, as well as mean water-level and tidal phase differences, present several possibilities for producing a controlled flow through the ponds. Circulation and structure in one of the innermost ponds show that no significant nutrient traps exist, and that flow patterns would serve to help collect floating brine shrimp eggs. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/794 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Gallagher, Brent http://hdl.handle.net/10125/793 The results of a survey of phytoplankton productivity, chlorophyll a and nutrient concentrations in Pala Lagoon, American Samoa, are shown to be interpretable in terms of two regimes: an ocean-dominated region where productivity is controlled by fixed nitrogen concentrations, and a land-runoff-dominated regime where productivity is unrelated to major nutrient concentration. A quantitative relationship between nutrient concentrations in the lagoon and phytoplankton growth rates is presented. This relationship is used as the basis for predicting the effects of a proposed dredging operation within the lagoon as well as for predicting the effects of increased waste discharge into the local marine environment. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/793 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Krasnick, George; Caperon, John http://hdl.handle.net/10125/792 Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/792 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Boesch, Donald F http://hdl.handle.net/10125/791 Allocentrotus fragilis (Jackson) was obtained from six stations at depths of 100 to 1,260 m on the continental shelf and upper slope off Newport, Oregon. Ages and growth rates of A. fragilis were determined by two methods: (1) from size-frequency distributions of trawl collections from 200 m, and (2) from growth zones on skeletal test plates. Collections from other depths were not adequate for size-frequency analyses. Gonad indices of A. fragilis from 200 m were used to determine spawning periodicity and frequency. A semiannual frequency was suggested, with spawning occurring in early spring and early autumn. No individuals collected below 400 m were reproductively mature. A procedure was developed to make growth zones of the skeletal test plates visible. Dark growth zones are thought to correspond to semiannual periods of growth, one-half the number of dark growth zones indicating the urchin's age. The growth curve of A. fragilis from 200 m, which was plotted from the mean test diameter of age groups defined by test plate growth zones, shows a good least-squares fit to von Bertalanffy's growth equation. Growth rates determined from plate growth zones appeared to be similar for A.fragilis from 100 to 600 m, but decreased for specimens from 800 to 1,260 m. The asymptotic size decreased with increasing depth below 200 m. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/791 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Sumich, James L; McCauley, James E http://hdl.handle.net/10125/790 Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/790 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Wijsman-Best, Maya http://hdl.handle.net/10125/789 Palauans have names for most fishes of importance to them. Three hundred thirty-six vernacular fish names and their 312 scientific equivalents are listed. Palauan names show little similarity to Yapese and Guamanian names. Different native names exist for different life stages and sexes of many fishes, and some variation in names occurs between northern and southern Palau. Earlier publications of Palauan fish names are discussed. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/789 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Helfman, Gene S; Randall, John E http://hdl.handle.net/10125/788 Coral reef fishes were observed from the Hook Island Underwater Observatory and the light intensity and time at which each species appeared at dawn and disappeared at dusk were measured. For the species considered there was a definite sequence of disappearance at dusk (showing family groupings) that more or less reversed itself in the appearance at dawn. Light is probably a factor governing this behavior but whether it is light intensity, rate of change of light intensity, or a change in light quality (wavelength) is not known. It is postulated that the sequential appearance at dawn and disappearance at dusk of the fishes may have evolved to reduce confusion and hence the likelihood of predation at this time. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/788 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Domm, SB; Domm, AJ http://hdl.handle.net/10125/787 Several aspects of the ecology of Rattus exulans are reviewed in an effort to collate a large proportion of the widely scattered literature relating to the species. Subspecific relationships are discussed to illustrate the early confusion regarding taxonomic position. Literature covering R. exulans geographic distribution, habitat, nutrition, reproduction, movements, and competition with other species of Rattus, is reviewed and discussed. Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/787 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Williams, J Morgan http://hdl.handle.net/10125/786 Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/786 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z Sealy, Spencer G http://hdl.handle.net/10125/785 Sun, 01 Apr 1973 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/785 1973-04-01T00:00:00Z