Pacific Science Volume 50, Number 4, 1996

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50:4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)
50: Index - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1996)
Distribution and Population Status of the Endangered 'Akiapola'au

Fancy, Steven G; Sandin, Stuart A; Reynolds, Michelle H; Jacobi, James D (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 ...
Effect of Exploitation on the Limpet Lottia gigantea: A Field Study in Baja California (Mexico) and California (U.S.A.)

Pombo, Oscar Alberto; Escofet, Anamaria (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.). ...
An Experimental Study of Growth and Reproduction in the Hawaiian Tree Snails Achatinella mustelina and Partulina redfieldii (Achatinellinae)

Kobayashi, Sharon R; Hadfield, Michael G (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 ...
Habitat and Life History of Juvenile Hawaiian Pink Snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus

Moffitt, Robert B; Parrish, Frank A (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 ...
Hermatypic Coral Fauna of Subtropical Southeast Africa: A Checklist

Riegl, Bernhard (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 ...
Long-Term Population Variability in the Palila, An Endangered Hawaiian Honeycreeper

Jacobi, James D; Fancy, Steven G; Giffin, Jon G; Scott, J Michael (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 ...
Shark Records from Longline Fishing Programs in Hawai'i with Comments on Pacific Ocean Distributions

Crow, Gerald L; Lowe, Christopher G; Wetherbee, Bradley M (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)

This paper summarizes records from longline fishing programs conducted in Hawai'i between 1959 and 1980. Data from 11 species of sharks (173 individual sharks) are reported and compared with worldwide records. Although ...
Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Zooplankton Biomass in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico

Ayala-Duval, E; Maldonado-Monroy, M del C; Becerril-Martinez, JA; Ayala-Fernandez, XM; Barrios-Orozco, V; Garcia-Tamayo, DT; Juarez-Ortiz, C (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)

Spatial and temporal zooplankton biomass distribution obtained during three oceanographic cruises in the Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico, located between 14°30'-16°12' N and 92°00'-96°30' W, in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean ...
Two New Soles of the Genus Aseraggodes (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) from the Hawaiian Islands

Randall, John E (University of Hawaii Press, 1996-10)

A brief review is given of the literature of the soleid genus Aseraggodes, restricted to the Indo-Pacific region except for one species in the Galapagos Islands. Aseraggodes ocellatus, described from Sri Lanka by ...