Pacific Science Volume 49, Number 3, 1995

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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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49:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)
Comparison of Water Quality and Reef Coral Mortality and Growth in Southeastern Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 1990 to 1992, with Conditions before Sewage Diversion

Coles, Stephen L; Ruddy, Lara (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

Growth and mortality of the three dominant coral species occurring in Kane'ohe Bay were determined for four periods from November 1991 to January 1993 at four stations in the bay's southeast basin. Twelve water quality ...
The Copepod Genus Herrmannella (Poecilostomatoida) Associated with Marine Bivalve Mollusks at Kodiak Island, Alaska

Humes, Arthur G (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

The sabelliphilid copepods Herrmannella kodiakensis Humes, n. sp., and H. saxidomi (Illg, 1949) are reported from the marine bivalve Saxidomus giganteus (Deshayes). The new species may be differentiated from its congeners ...
Effects of Extreme Drought on Vegetation of a Lava Flow on Mauna Loa, Hawai'i

Lohse, Kathleen A; Nullet, Dennis; Vitousek, Peter M (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

Effects of an extreme drought were examined along an elevational gradient on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai'i. The composition, vigor, and survivorship of plants were examined on a 2400-yr-old pahoehoe lava flow at three ...
Factors Affecting Seed Germination of the Mauna Kea Silversword in Hawai'i

Walker, Lawrence R; Powell, Elizabeth Ann (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

The Mauna Kea silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC, is endemic to the slopes of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawai'i. Once abundant, it is now reduced to a total of less than 500 individuals. We examined germination of ...
Karyotype of a Ranid Frog, Platymantis pelewensis, from Belau, Micronesia, with Comments on Its Systematic Implications

Ota, Hidetoshi; Matsui, Masafumi (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

The karyotype of Platymantis pelewensis Peters, 1867, the only native, endemic amphibian in Belau, extremely isolated from other congeners, consisted of 2n = 22 homologous chromosomes largely forming a graded series. Of ...
Rediscovery of Labordia triflora (Loganiaceae)

Motley, Timothy J (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

Labordia triflora Hillebr. is resurrected as a species distinct from L. tinifolia A. Gray based on its rediscovery on the island of Moloka'i in the Hawaiian Islands. It differs from L. tinifolia in its scandent habit, ...
A Review of the Hawaiian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera)

Hansen, Michael (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

The species of Hydrophilidae occurring in the Hawaiian Islands are reviewed, with all genera and species keyed and briefly diagnosed. Six adventive species are reported for the first time from Hawaii: Coelostoma ...
Scleractinian Corals of Kuwait

Hodgson, G; Carpenter, K (University of Hawaii Press, 1995-07)

A survey was made of the coral reefs of Kuwait to compile a species list of scleractinian corals. Twenty-eight hermatypic and six ahermatypic coral species are listed in systematic order, and a brief description is ...