Pacific Science Volume 50, Number 1, 1996

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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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50:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Hawaiian Sand Dunes: Island of Kaua'i

Koske, RE; Gemma, JN (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)

Fourteen species of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi were isolated from the roots of plants growing on sand dunes of Kaua'i. The dominant AM fungal species included Scutellospora hawaiiensis Koske & Gemma, Glomus 807 ...
Atlantid Heteropods as Living Substrata for Eggs of Halobates sericeus (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

Seapy, Roger R (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)

Atlantid heteropods are collected occasionally in Hawaiian waters with yellow, narrowly elliptical objects attached to their shells. Examination of 139 of these objects from 72 atlantids showed that they consisted of an ...
Etymology of Some Common Names for New Zealand Freshwater Fishes

McDowall, RM (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 ...
Evolution of Rhaphithamnus venustus (Verbenaceae), A Gynodioecious Hummingbird-Pollinated Endemic of the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile

Sun, Byung Y; Stuessy, Tod F; Humana, Ana M; Riveros G, Magaly; Crawford, Daniel J (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 ...
Johan Emanuel Wikstrom, with Historical Notes on the Genus Wikstroemia

Peterson, Bo (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 ...
Land Misuse and Hydrologic Response: Kaho'olawe, Hawai'i

Loague, Keith; Lloyd, D'Artagnan; Giambelluca, Thomas W; Ngyuen, Anh; Sakata, Burt (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 ...
A New, Distinctively Colored Snake Eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Northeastern New Zealand

Castle, PHJ (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 ...
Reproductive Biology and Egg Abundance of the Yellowtail Scad or 'Omaka, Atule mate (Carangidae), in Kane'ohe Bay, Hawai'i

Clarke, Thomas A (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)

Yellowtail scad or 'omaka, Atule mate (Cuvier & Valenciennes), spawn mostly between March and September or October, but there is considerable interannual variation in length of the season and egg density in Kane'ohe Bay. ...
Status of Miconia calvescens (Melastomataceae), a Dominant Invasive Tree in the Society Islands (French Polynesia)

Meyer, Jean-Yves (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-01)

Since its introduction to Tahiti in 1937 as an ornamental, Miconia calvescens DC. (Melastomataceae) has become the most important plant pest in the Society Islands. Its ecological characteristics allow it to thrive ...
Stream Macroalgae of the Fiji Islands: A Preliminary Study

Sheath, Robert G; Cole, Kathleen M (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-02)

Twenty-seven stream segments sampled in August 1994 on the three largest Fiji Islands ranged considerably in channel size (maximum width 1-20 m, maximum depth 20->100 cm) and mean current velocity (1-118 cm sec-1 ). ...