Pacific Science Volume 48, Number 1, 1994

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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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48:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)
Ammodytoides pylei, a New Species of Sand Lance (Ammodytidae) from the Hawaiian Islands

Randall, John E; Ida, Hitoshi; Earle, John L (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

A new sand lance, Ammodytoides pylei, is described from 17 specimens collected on sand substratum in the depth range of 7 to 120 m from Molokai to the Ladd Seamount in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It is characterized ...
First Record of the Chaetodontid Genus Prognathodes from the Hawaiian Islands

Pyle, Richard L; Chave, EH (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

A total of 32 individuals of a chaetodontid fish resembling Prognathodes guezei (Mauge & Bauchot) were recorded on photographs and videotape taken from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory's deep-sea submersibles ...
Genetic and Morphological Divergence of a Circumtropical Complex of Goatfishes: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis, M. dentatus, and M. martinicus

Stepien, Carol A; Randall, John E; Rosenblatt, Richard H (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

Allozyme and meristic data were used to compare relationships among three species of a circumtropical complex of goatfishes that are very similiar in color and morphology: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Valenciennes) of the ...
Genetic Diversity in Eastern Polynesian Eumusa Bananas

Lebot, Vincent; Meilleur, Brien A; Manshardt, Richard M (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

Genetic variation within and between the Polynesian Eumusa bananas from Hawai'i, the Marquesas, and the Society Islands is described. Morphological, isozymic, ethnographic, and linguistic-assessments of accessions are ...
Inorganic Nutrient Fluxes in Anemone-dominated Tide Pools

Jensen, Susan L; Muller-Parker, Gisele (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

Physical and chemical characteristics of seawater in two natural tide pools on Rosario Beach, Fidalgo Island, Washington, were compared during midday low tides in July 1991. One pool contained a mixed assemblage of ...
New Deep-water Fish Records from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Kramer, Steven H; Kramer, Sharon H; Newman, Stephen J (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

Eighteen new fish records for the Great Barrier Reef, including seven new records for Australia, are reported from line-fishing surveys in deeper waters (> 60 m) off the central and northern sections ofAustralia's Great ...
Palaeo-lake and Swamp Stratigraphic Records of Holocene Vegetation and Sea-level Changes, Mangaia, Cook Islands

Ellison, Joanna C (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

Stratigraphy of swamps inside the inner makatea rim of Mangaia was investigated to show Holocene changes in vegetation and sea level. In the mid-Holocene five lakes existed where there are now clay-filled swamps, and ...
Populations of the Sternoptychid Fish Maurolicus muelleri on Seamounts in the Central North Pacific

Boehlert, George W; Wilson, Christopher D; Mizuno, Keisuke (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-01)

The lightfish, Maurolicus muelleri (Gmelin), is a cosmopolitan sternoptychid fish most abundant near continental shelf-slope breaks and rare in the open ocean. Recent studies have documented dense populations on seamounts ...