http://hdl.handle.net/10125/451 Search the Channel search http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1603 Title: Abstracts of Papers: Twenty-Fourth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 15-16 April 1999 Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1602 Title: SEM Studies on Vessels in Ferns. 16. Pacific Tree Ferns (Blechnaceae, Cyatheaceae, Dicksoniaceae)<br/><br/>Author(s): Carlquist, Sherwin; Schneider, Edward L<br/><br/>Abstract: Scanning electron microscope (SEM) studies of tracheary elementsof one species each of Sadleria (Blechnaceae), Alsophila (Cyatheaceae),Cibotium, and Dicksonia (Dicksoniaceae) showed that metaxylem of both rootsand stems contains vessels with scalariform lateral wall pitting and scalariformperforation plates in which perforations are like lateral wall pits in size andshape. In Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae, rhizome tracheary elements areshort, contorted, with numerous facets. Several end wall facets of any given trachearyelement in all genera studied can be perforation plates. At upper andlower ends of perforation plates, perforations have pit membrane remnantsthat contain porosities of various sizes, from large (nearly as big as the perforation)to extremely small (at the limit of resolution); the porosities are mostly circularin outline. No tracheids were observed with certainty. All tree ferns studiedlack modifications of perforation plates like those of xeric ferns. Therhizome tracheary elements of Cyatheaceae are like those of Dicksoniaceae,but fusiform tracheary elements like those of many fern families occur in Sadleria(Blechnaceae); this correlates with the close grouping of Cyatheaceae withDicksoniaceae in recent phylogenies that show Blechnaceae well removedfrom the tree fern families Cyatheaceae and Dicksoniaceae. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1600 Title: Reexamination of an Anomalous Distribution: Resurrection of Ramphotyphlops becki (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)<br/><br/>Author(s): Shea, Glenn M; Wallach, Van<br/><br/>Abstract: Ramphotyphlops becki (Tanner, 1948), restricted to Guadalcanal,Solomon Islands, is resurrected from the synonymy of Ramphotyphlops willeyi(Boulenger, 1900), from the Loyalty Islands, on the basis of consistent differencesin external morphology and visceral anatomy. New records of Ramphotyphlopsbraminus (Daudin, 1803) are reported from Vanuatu and the LoyaltyIslands. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1599 Title: A New High-Elevation Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from Northeastern New Caledonia<br/><br/>Author(s): Bauer, Aaron M; Jones, Julia PG; Sadlier, Ross A<br/><br/>Abstract: A new species in the diplodactylid gecko genus Bavayia is describedfrom the northern ranges of Province Nord, New Caledonia. The newgecko is a gracile, large-bodied form distinguished from its congeners by themorphology of digit I of the manus and pes, and the presence of two longrows of preanal pores that extend onto the thigh. The two known specimensare from high elevation in closed forest. This is the first species of diplodactylidgecko apparently restricted to high elevations in New Caledonia and joins agrowing group of high-elevation skinks that have been described in recentyears. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1598 Title: The Scincid Lizard Genus Marmorosphax (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia in the Southwest Pacific: Description of a New Species Restricted to High-Altitude Forest in Province Sud<br/><br/>Author(s): Sadlier, Ross A; Bauer, Aaron M<br/><br/>Abstract: A new species of lizard in the genus Marmorosphax is describedfrom between 900 and llOO m on Mt. Ouin in the south of New Caledonia. It isthe second species of skink discovered in recent times that is restricted to high-altitudehabitats in that region of the island. The new species is similar to Marmorosphaxtricolor (Bavay), but is more gracile in appearance and shows subtledifferences in coloration and scalation. The conservation status of this species isassessed. Because of its apparently restricted distribution and habitat preference,it is of particular conservation concern and is here regarded as potentiallyvulnerable. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1597 Title: Two New Gecko Species Allied to Bavayia sauvagii and Bavayia cyclura (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from New Caledonia<br/><br/>Author(s): Wright, Jennifer L; Bauer, Aaron M; Sadlier, Ross A<br/><br/>Abstract: Two new species of the diplodactylid gecko Bavayia are describedfrom Mt. Koghis, Province Sud, New Caledonia. One species is a large,characteristically colored representative of the B. sauvagii complex. It is sympatricwith B. sauvagii itself, for which a neotype is here designated. The secondnew taxon is a large member of the Bavayia cyclura group. Selection of a neotypeof B. sauvagii and designation of a lectotype of B. cyclura facilitate futureevaluation of intra- and interspecific variation within these two species groups.Although restricted in apparent range, both new species are relatively commonwhere they occur. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1591 Title: 54:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1592 Title: Conservation Status and Research on the Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kaua'i, Tinostoma smaragditis (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), Including Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the Diverse Mesic Forests of Kaua'i, Hawai'i<br/><br/>Author(s): Heddle, ML; Wood, KR; Asquith, A; Gillespie, RG<br/><br/>Abstract: In 1895, a moth was captured in a mountain home in Makaweli,Kaua'i, that would captivate and elude entomologists for the next century. Tinostomasmaragditis (Meyrick), aptly nicknamed the "Fabulous Green Sphinxof Kaua'i" is a stunningly beautiful moth with green wings and thorax, palebrown hind wings, and orange antennae. Eighteen individuals are known tohave been collected on Kaua'i. However, despite extensive searches in areasaround Koke'e, all the specimens discovered until the 1990s were incidentalcatches, and the natural habitat and host plant of the moth remained unknown.This study describes the results of extensive searches of the diverse mesic forestswith the aim of establishing range, habitat, and host-plant associations of theFabulous Green Sphinx. In February 1998 a male T smaragditis was attractedto a mercury vapor light set up in the diverse mesic forest. Subsequently, oneother specimen was collected in a similar habitat type on another part of theisland. However, the host plant of the moth remains unknown. In this paperwe provide a history of collections, a summary of known biology, and a guideto potential host plants, including checklists of vascular plants found in the diversemesic forests of two locations where T smaragditis was found, Kalalauand Mahanaloa Valleys on Kaua'i. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1593 Title: Description of a New Deep-Water Calcareous Sponge (Porifera: Calcarea) from Northern California<br/><br/>Author(s): Duplessis, Kirk; Reiswig, Henry M<br/><br/>Abstract: A new species, Sycon escanabensis Duplessis & Reiswig, is describedfrom material retrieved by submersible from 3500 m depth in the EscanabaTrough, central Gorda Ridge, off northern California. The species differsfrom all other members of the genus by the combination of conspicuous tripartitebody organization and slender, lancet-head diactins that ornament the externalsurface and the oscular margin. This is the first deep-water (> 1000 m)calcareous sponge described from the North Pacific Basin. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10125/1596 Title: Distribution, Recruitment, and Growth of the Black-Lip Pearl Oyster, Pinctada margaritifera, in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i<br/><br/>Author(s): Rodgers, S Ku'ulei; Sims, Neil A; Sarver, Dale J; Cox, Evelyn F<br/><br/>Abstract: Stocks of Hawaiian black-lip pearl oysters, Pinetada margaritifera(Linnaeus, 1758), appear to have been depleted by overfishing and environmentaldegradation. Permanent survey transect sites were set up in Kane'oheBay in 1989 to monitor changes in the status of stocks. Only 17 pearl oysterswere found in 1989. Transects were resurveyed in 1997, and 22 pearl oysterswere counted. Most were found on the slopes of patch reefs around the SampanChannel in 2-6 m depth. Recruitment is low. Standing stock estimated fromobserved densities on transects in 1997 and the extent of available habitat isabout 950 individuals. The size distribution of pearl oysters on transects indicatesthat they are fished, despite legal protection. Growth of Pinetada margaritiferain Kane'ohe Bay is comparable with that in other locations. The prospectsfor commercial culture of black pearls in Kane'ohe Bay are limited byenvironmental constraints and the heavy recreational use of the bay. Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT