Pacific Science Volume 48, Number 2, 1994

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48:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)
Annual Reproductive Cycle of Two Japanese Species of Sipunculans: Siphonosoma cumanense (Sipunculidae) and Phascolosoma scolops (Phascolosomatidae)

Catalan, Maria Antonina Batac; Yamamoto, Masamichi (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

The annual reproductive cycles of the Japanese sipunculans Siphonosoma cumanense (Keferstein) and Phascolosoma scolops (Selenka, de Man & Biilow) were studied based on size, density, and frequency distribution of gametes ...
Biogeography and Prehistoric Exploitation of Birds from Fais Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia

Steadman, David W; Intoh, Michiko (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

Five archaeological sites on the remote, raised limestone island of Fais, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, yielded nearly 200 identifiable bird bones from strata that range in age from about 400 to 1800 radiocarbon ...
Distribution and Abundance of the Endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus, on the Island of Hawai’i

Jacobs, David S (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

The endangered Hawaiian hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus (H. Allen), has an island-wide distribution on the island of Hawai'i. However, abundance estimates suggest that its endangered status is appropriate. ...
Eighteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 22-23 April 1993

(University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii. The faculty and students of the ...
Incubation Biology and Nestling Growth of Bulwer's Petrels on Manana Island, Oahu, Hawaii

Whittow, GC (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

Data were gathered on incubation of eggs and growth of nestlings of Bulwer's Petrels nesting on Manana Island in the Hawaiian Islands. Mean incubation period of five eggs was 45.2 days. Duration of pipping period of ...
The Later Publications of Harold St. John

Carr, Gerald D (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

This paper lists the bibliography after 1980 of Dr. Harold St. John professor emeritus of the University of Hawaii Botany Department, who died 12 December 1991.
A New Hymenosomatid Crab, Elamenopsis okinawaensis, n. sp. (Crustacea: hymenosomatidae), from Okinawa, the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Nakasone, Yukio; Takeda, Masatsune (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

A new species of the Hymenosomatidae (Crustacea, Brachyura), Elamenopsis okinawaensis Nakasone & Takeda, n. sp., is described on the basis of two specimens (male and female) from the Aha River, on Okinawa in the Ryukyu ...
A Review of Shark Control in Hawaii with Recommendations for Future Research

Wetherbee, Bradley M; Lowe, Christopher G; Crow, Gerald L (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

In an attempt to allay public fears and to reduce the risk of shark attack, the state government of Hawaii spent over $300,000 on shark control programs between 1959 and 1976. Six control programs of various intensity resulted ...
Shallow-water Holothuroids (Echinodermata) of Kosrae, Eastern Caroline Islands

Kerr, Alexander M (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

Line transects and qualitative surveys were used to determine species composition and abundance distributions of holothuroids on the fringing coral reefs of Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia. On the reef flats, in ...
Stream Macroalgae of the Hawaiian Islands: a Preliminary Study

Vis, Morgan L; Sheath, Robert G; Hambrook, Julie A; Cole, Kathleen M (University of Hawaii Press, 1994-04)

Thirty-four stream segments sampled on the four largest Hawaiian Islands had water temperatures ranging from 20 to 27°C, neutral to alkaline pH (6.7-8.0), and relatively low ion content (30-360 uS cm-l). Mean species number ...