ScholarSpace Home
→
Pacific Science
→
Pacific Science, Volume 51, Numbers 1-4, 1997
→
Browsing Pacific Science, Volume 51, Numbers 1-4, 1997 by Title

Browsing Pacific Science, Volume 51, Numbers 1-4, 1997 by Title

Now showing items 31-45 of 45

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Hawaiian Damselfly Genus Megalagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae): Implications for Biogeography, Ecology, and Conservation Biology

Polhemus, Dan A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

A phylogeny of the 22 species currently recognized in the genus Megalagrion, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, is presented based on an analysis of 23 morphological and ecological characters. After the exclusion ofM. ...
Phylogenetic Relationships and Adaptive Shifts among Major Clades of Tetragnatha Spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) in Hawai'i

Gillespie, Rosemary G; Croom, Henrietta B; Hasty, GL (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

The role of adaptive shifts in species formation has been the subject of considerable controversy for many years. Here we examine the phylogeny of a large radiation of Hawaiian spiders in the genus Tetragnatha to determine ...
Radar Study of Seabirds and Bats on Windward Hawai'i

Reynolds, Michelle H; Cooper, Brian A; Day, Robert H (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

Modified marine surveillance radar was used to study the presence/ absence, abundance, and flight activity of four nocturnal species: Hawaiian darkrumped petrel [Pterodroma phaeopygia sandwichensis (Ridgeway)], Newell's ...
R. C. L. Perkins: 100 Years of Hawaiian Entomology

Liebherr, James K; Polhemus, Dan A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

R. C. L. Perkins comprehensively surveyed the insect fauna of the Hawaiian Islands one century ago, initially as the collector for the Fauna Hawaiiensis survey project and subsequently as an entomologist with the Hawaiian ...
R. C. L. Perkins' Legacy to Evolutionary Research on Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

R. C. L. Perkins' influence on evolutionary research on the Hawaiian Drosophilidae is presented. His observations of the bizarre secondary sexual structures in this group led evolutionary biologists to focus research on ...
Reproductive Biology of the Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) at Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, Hawai'i

Niethammer, Kenneth R; Balazs, George H; Hatfield, Jeff S; Nakai, Glynnis L; Megyesu, Jennifer L (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

We monitored nesting of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas Linnaeus) on Tern Island, French Frigate Shoals, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands from 1986 through 1991. Egg oviposition occurred between 26 April and 20 ...
A Review of the Systematics of Hawaiian Planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea)

Asche, Manfred (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

With 206 endemic species, the phytophagous Fulgoroidea, or planthoppers, are among the most important elements of the native Hawaiian fauna. These principally monophagous or oligophagous insects occur in nearly all ...
A Revision of the Genus Sadleria (Blechnaceae)

Palmer, Daniel D (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-07)

The genus Sadleria is revised. Problems with nomenclature and species descriptions are reviewed and clarified. New keys are presented. A new species is described.
Sea-Floor Geology of a Part of Mamala Bay, Hawai'i

Hampton, Monty A; Torresan, Michael E; Barber, John H Jr (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

We surveyed the sea-floor geology within a 200-km2 area of Mamala Bay, off Honolulu, Hawai'i, by collecting and analyzing sidescan sonar images, 3.5kHz profiles, video and still visual images, and box-core samples. The ...
Striped Skinks in Oceania: The Status of Emoia caeruleocauda in Fiji

Zug, George R; Ineich, Ivan (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

A rediscovered population of Emoia caeruleocauda from the Fiji Islands is compared with populations from Papua New Guinea, the Caroline Islands, and Vanuatu. Morphometrically, females from all populations are somewhat ...
A Taxonomic Revision of the Endemic Hawaiian Lysimachia (Primulaceae) Including Three New Species

Marr, Kendrick L; Bohm, Bruce A (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-07)

A taxonomic revision of the endemic Lysimachia of the Hawaiian Islands was undertaken with the goal of clarifying species boundaries, especially within the L. hillebrandii/L. remyi complex of the previous taxonomic ...
The Terrestrial Herpetofauna of the Loyalty Islands

Sadlier, Ross A; Bauer, Aaron M (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, is reviewed. This is the first comprehensive account of the reptile fauna of these islands since Roux's monograph on the region in 1913 and is based on ...
Terrestrial Nutrient and Sediment Fluxes to the Coastal Waters of West Maui, Hawai'i

Soicher, AJ; Peterson, FL (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-07)

Water-quality degradation is often linked to land use practices in adjacent and upstream areas. Such linkages are here explored for the Lahaina District of Maui, Hawai'i, where severe algae blooms in 1989 and 1991 prompted ...
Transoceanic Transport Mechanisms: Introduction of the Chinese Mitten Crab, Eriocheir sinensis, to California

Cohen, Andrew N; Carlton, James T (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

Live importation of the Chinese mitten crab, (Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1854) was banned by both California and the United States in the late 1980s because of concerns about potential damage to levees, rice ...
Why Sailing Sea Animals Have Mirror Images

Woodcock, Alfred H (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-01)

The worldwide distribution of Physalia physalis (L.) (the Portuguese man-of-war), a wind-propelled jellyfish-like animal on sea-surface waters, is a much discussed but poorly understood phenomenon. The radically different ...