Pacific Science Volume 31, Number 2, 1977

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Pacific Science is a quarterly publication devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific Region.

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31:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)
Contributions to the Mineral Chemistry of Hawaiian Rocks. V. Composition and Origin of Ultramafic Nodules and Megacrysts in a Rhyodacite from Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

Fodor, RV; Keil, Klaus; Bauer, GR (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

Dunite nodules (Fo85) and megacrysts of olivine (Fo83 - 84 ) and clinopyroxene (FS13 Wo43 En44) are present as rare inclusions in the rhyodacite ( ~ 66wt%SiO 2 ) of Kauaopuu Ridge, Oahu, Hawaii. The rhyodacite is ...
Contribution to the Biology of the Whitetip Reef Shark (Triaenodon obesus)

Randall, John E (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

The whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus (Ruppell), is broadly distributed in t4e tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans from the Red Sea (type locality) and east coast of Africa to the eastern Pacific. ...
Cytogenetics of Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae): A Meiotic Analysis of Hybrids in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Carr, Gerald D; Baker, James K (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

The chromosome number of 2n = 20 11 reported here is the first determination for Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Rock and H. distans Bishop & Herbst. An earlier report of the same number for H. hualalaiensis Rock ...
Factors Affecting the Distribution of Tylos punctatus (Isopoda, Oniscoidea) on Beaches in Southern California and Northern Mexico

Hayes, Willis B (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

Populations of the isopod Tylos punctatus were studied at five widely separated beaches between Los Angeles, California, and Punta Banda, Baja California (Mexico). Population densities at these sites were 10 3-10 5 animals ...
The Genus Pittosporum (Pittosporaceae) on Rapa Island and on the Austral Islands, Polynesia Pacific Plant Studies 31

St. John, Harold (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)
Movements and Home Ranges of Polynesian Rats in Hawaiian Sugarcane

Nass, Roger D (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

Fifty-seven Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), equipped with transmitters, were monitored in sugarcane fields and neighboring wastelands at various seasons so that a better understanding of crop damage by rats might be ...
On a Hitherto Unknown Phyllosoma Larval Species of the Slipper Lobster Scyllarus (Decapoda, Scyllaridae) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Johnson, Martin W (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)
A Reassessment of Factors, Particularly Rattus rattus L., That Influenced the Decline of Endemic Forest Birds in the Hawaiian Islands

Atkinson, IAE (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-04)

Between 1892 and 1930, 58 percent (30 taxa) of Hawaiian endemic forest birds either were greatly reduced or became extinct. The order in which the islands experienced major declines of several forest birds is Oahu (ca. ...