Pacific Science Volume 50, Number 3, 1996

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50:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)
Chromosome Counts on Angiosperms Cultivated at the National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kaua'i, Hawai'i

Kiehn, Michael; Lorence, David H (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 ...
Development of a DNA Library for Native Hawaiian Plants

Morden, Clifford W; Caraway, Vickie; Motley, Timothy J (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 ...
Fishes of the Remote Southwest Palau Islands: A Zoogeographic Perspective

Donaldson, Terry J (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. ...
Relative Abundance of Lizards and Marine Toads on Saipan, Mariana Islands

Wiles, Gary J; Guerrero, Jesse P (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. ...
Rhynchocinetes rathbunae, a New Shrimp from the Hawaiian Islands (Crustacea: Decapoda: Rhynchocinetidae)

Okuno, Junji (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)

A new species of caridean shrimp of the family Rhynchocinetidae, Rhynchocinetes rathbunae Okuno, is described and illustrated based on six males, an ovigerous female, a second female, and a juvenile from the Hawaiian Islands. ...
Stratigraphic and Paleobotanical Evidence for Prehistoric Human-Induced Environmental Disturbance on Mo'orea, French Polynesia

Lepofsky, Dana; Kirch, Patrick V; Lertzman, Kenneth P (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-07)

Humans played an important role in modifying the prehistoric environments of most Pacific Islands. In this paper we reconstruct the role of Polynesians in transforming the late Holocene landscape of the 'Opunohu ...