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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)Karyological data for 30 collections of angiosperms cultivated at the National Tropical Botanical Garden representing 29 species (mainly Hawaiian or Pacific endemics) from seven families (mostly Rubiaceae) are ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)The native Hawaiian flora is under severe stress because of habitat loss and effects of invasive plants and animals introduced into the ecosystem. These factors are threatening to push many of the endemic species ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)The 'Akiapola'au (Hemignathus munroi Rothschild) is an endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper that is found only in high-elevation native forests on the island of Hawai'i. The Hawai'i Forest Bird Surveys (HFBS) during 1976-1979 ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)Specimens of Lottia gigantea (Sowerby) from intertidal populations, artisanal catches, and shell middens were obtained from 1985 to 1988 at 11 sites along the Pacific coasts of Baja California (Mexico) and California (U.S.A.). ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)Three vernacular names for New Zealand freshwater fishes have phonetic similarities that might suggest related etymologies: "kokopu" (family Galaxiidae), "cockabully" (family Tripterygiidae), and "bully" (family ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)Rhaphithamnus Miers. (Verbenaceae) consists of two species restricted to southern South America. Rhaphithamnus spinosus (A. L. Juss.) Mold. occurs in mainland Chile and adjacent Argentina; R. venustus (philippi) Robinson is ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)Hawaiian tree snails of the subfamily Achatinellinae are unique to the Hawaiian Islands and highly endangered in the wild. Achatinellines are arboreal pulmonate gastropods characterized by slow growth and late age at first ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-04)A rare fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) sighting occurred on 26 February 1994 during an aerial survey of waters north of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i. The sighting occurred ca. 24 nm north of Makaha Point, at 220 31.5' ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)Fishes of the Southwest Palau Islands (SWPI) recorded from the SWPI Expedition of 1992 were analyzed for patterns of distribution, species richness, diversity, evenness, and similarity between island localities. ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)Eteline snappers are an important component of commercial demersal fisheries in the central and western Pacific, but there is a substantial gap in the knowledge of their life histories, specifically the larval and ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)The South African hermatypic coral fauna consists of 96 species in 42 scleractinian genera, one stoloniferous octocoral genus (Tubipora), and one hermatypic hydrocoral genus (Millepora). There are more species in southern ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)This paper is a biography of the Swedish botanist Johan Emanuel Wikstrom (1789-1856), professor at the Bergius Botanic Garden, Stockholm, after whom the plant genus Wikstroemia Endl. (Thymelaeaceae) is named. A short ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)DEDICATION: This paper is dedicated to "Ka'imipono" Rendell D. Tong (13 September 1959-4 January 1995). In his lifetime Rendell supported many environmental efforts in Hawai'i, especially the work reported in this ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)Annual surveys of the entire range of the endangered Palila (Loxioides bailleui Oustalet) on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, were conducted during 1980-1995. The majority of the Palila population was found on the southwestern slope ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-04)The Kane'ohe Bay lagoon floor is one of the largest shallowwater, muddy habitats in Hawai'i and is a major repository for sediments and, possibly, pollutants from the Kane'ohe watershed. Nonetheless, macrobenthic community ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-04)The five native species of amphidromous gobioid fishes inhabiting Hawaiian streams were compared for dentition, gut length to body length ratios, intestinal convolution, gill raker morphology, position of mouth, and diet. ...
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A New, Distinctively Colored Snake Eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Northeastern New Zealand (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)Quassiremus polyclitellum, n. sp., described from three specimens line-fished at island outliers in 35-58 m represents the first record of Quassiremus Jordan & Davis, 1891, for the Indo-West Pacific. It has regularly ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-04)Five new species are described: one in the brown algal genus Padina and four in the red algal genera Hypoglossum, Spirocladia, Micropeuce, and Laurencia. Padina melemele Abbott & Magruder differs from known Padina species ...
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(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)Twelve species of lizards and the marine toad (Bufo marinus L.) were surveyed in six habitat types at three sites on the island of Saipan, Mariana Islands, using visual censuses, hand captures, and adhesive traps. ...