Pacific Science Volume 31, Number 3, 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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31:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)
An Analysis of Some Meristic Characters of the Staghorn Sculpin Leptocottus armatus Girard

Morris, Robert W (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Over a 4-year period, juvenile specimens of Leptocottus armatus were collected annually at nine stations along the Pacific coast from approximately 37 to 47° N latitude. Collecting was repeated at intervals at two ...
Contributions to the Mineral Chemistry of Hawaiian Rocks. VI. Olivines in Rocks from Haleakala and West Maui Volcanoes, Maui, Hawaii.

Fodor, RV; Keil, Klaus; Bunch, TE (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Phenocryst and groundmass olivine in 22 rocks of the tholeiitic, alkalic, and nephelinicsuites from Haleakala and West Maui volcanoes were analyzed by electron microprobe. Results and conclusions: Ranges for average c ...
Coral-Crab Commensalism in Xanthids

Lamberts, Austin E; Garth, John S (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Report of a coral-crab commensalism is described. Xanthid crabs of the genus Actumnus apparently select pieces of live coral for construction of a cover they can move from place to place. The crabs protect the shelter ...
Environmental Impact on a Samoan Coral Reef: A Resurvey of Mayor's 1917 Transect

Dahl, Arthur L; Lamberts, Austin E (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Coral reef sites in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa, for which descriptions and quantitative data were obtained by Alfred G. Mayor and the Carnegie Institution of Washington expeditions of 1917-1920, were resurveyed ...
A Fossil Garcinia Fruit from the New Hebrides, Melanesia

Fosberg, FR (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)
Hybrid Hibiscadelphus (Malvaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands

Baker, James K; Allen, Suzy (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

First- and second-generation hybrids of Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Rock and H. hualalaiensis Rock have been found in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands. They are under cultivation ...
Low Seabird Densities in the Pelagic Environment of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Robertson, Ian (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Seabird surveys in the pelagic environment of the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, indicated an exceptionally low annual average density of 3.16 seabirds per km2 when compared to similar estimates of seabird densities ...
A New Species of Peroderma Heller (Caligoida: Lernaeoceridae), Parasitic on the Fish Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka

Izawa, Kunihiko (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

Two female specimens of parasitic copepods found on the fish Bregmaceros japonicus Tanaka, taken on the Pacific coast of Japan, represent a new species, which is described under the name of Peroderma pacifica n. sp.
Note on Cryptodromiopsis tridens (Brachyura, Dromiidae)

Eldredge, LG (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)
Population Biology of the Japanese Little-neck Clam, Tapes philippinarum, in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

Yap, Wilfredo G (University of Hawaii Press, 1977-07)

The Japanese little-neck clam, Tapes philippinarum, an introduced species in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, has a thriving population only in a U5-hectare mud flat after heavy fishing triggered depletion in six other ...