Pacific Science Volume 32, Number 1, 1978

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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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32:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)
Abstracts of Papers - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)
Consumption and Growth Rates of Chaetognaths and Copepods in Subtropical Oceanic Waters

Newbury, TK (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

The natural rates of food consumption and growth were calculated for the chaetognath Pterosagitta draco and the copepod Scolecithrix danae in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. The chaetognath's consumption rate was calculated ...
Edible-Oil Pollution on Fanning Island

Russell, Dennis J; Carlson, Bruce A (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

In August 1975 the M.V. Lindenbank went aground on Fanning Atoll and dumped 17,797 metric tons of cargo onto a pristine coral reef. Nearly 10,000 tons of the cargo were vegetable oils and edible-oil raw materials such ...
Food Availability and Egg Production: A Field Experiment with Hippa pacifica Dana (Decapoda; Hippidae)

Fusaro, Craig (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

The effect of augmented diet on egg production for Hippa pacifica was tested in the crab's natural habitat, the sandy beaches at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. Crabs on a treatment beach were fed cubed shark meat for ...
Gastropods as Predators and Prey at Easter Island

Kohn, Alan J (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

First observations are reported of predator-prey relationships among gastropod mollusks of the depauperate, Indo-West Pacific derivative, intertidal and shallow subtidal benthic fauna of Easter Island. Conus miliaris, which ...
Land Snails from Mothe, Lakemba, and Karoni Islands, Lau Archipelago, Fiji

Solem, Alan (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

Land snails sorted from bagged leaf litter on Karoni, Lakemba, and Mothe Islands in the Lau Archipelago of Fiji numbered 35 species. Literature and Field Museum of Natural History collection records add four others for ...
A New Genus and Species of Parasitic Copepod (Pandaridae) from a Unique New Shark

Cressey, Roger; Boyle, Hillary (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

Dinemoleus indeprensus gen. nov., sp. nov. is a new pandarid copepod parasitic on the recently discovered unique shark referred to as "Megamouth." The parasite is intermediate to the genera Demoleus and Dinemoura. It ...
A Redescription of the Inarticulate Brachiopod Lingula reevii Davidson

Emig, Christian C (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)
Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)

Whittow, GC (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

The behavior of Hawaiian monk seals at French Frigate Shoals was studied in order to obtain information on their adaptation to a tropical climate. The seals were unable to remain on the dry beach platform during the day ...
Vegetation of the Montane Region of Savai'i, Western Samoa

Whistler, W Arthur (University of Hawaii Press, 1978-01)

The natural vegetation of the volcanic region of Savai'i, Western Samoa, as surveyed on an expedition in 1975, is described. The natural vegetation of the highlands consists of cloud forest and smaller amounts of ...