Pacific Science Volume 51, Number 2, 1997

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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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51:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)
Abundance and Diets of Rats in Two Native Hawaiian Forests

Sugihara, Robert T (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

Snap traps were set and monitored in two native Hawaiian rain forests on Maui, Hawai'i, to determine the relative abundances, distributions, and diets of rodents. Black rats (R. rattus), Polynesian rats (R. exulans), and ...
Additions to the Rust Fungi of Hawai'i

Gardner, Donald E (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

In a 1989 publication, the 74 species of rust fungi (order Uredinales) known to occur in Hawai'i were listed, based on newly collected material; herbarium specimens, principally those at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum ...
Checklist of Reef Fishes from Taiping Island (Itu Aba Island), Spratly Islands, South China Sea

Chen, Jeng-Ping; Jan, Rong-Quen; Shao, Kwang-Tsao (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

A total of 49 families and 399 species of fishes was recorded from the reef area around Taiping Island (Itu Aba Island) in the Spratlys (Nansha Islands), located at 114°21'-114°23' E, 10°22'-10°23' N. Data were collected ...
Coral Endolithic Algae: Life in a Protected Environment

Shashar, N; Banaszak, AT; Lesser, MP; Amrami, D (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

Endolithic algae inhabiting skeletons of living corals appear to be adapted to an extreme environment created by the coral. However, measurements on three coral species from the genus Porites revealed that these corals ...
Disjunct Distributions of Halobates (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in the Pacific Ocean

Cheng, Lanna (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

Five species of Halobates are specially adapted to a pelagic life. They all occur in the Pacific Ocean, each with a well-defined zoogeographical range. Only two species were caught in a series of samples collected between ...
Interactions between Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and Scleractinian Corals at Kona, Hawai'i

Chess, James R; Hobson, Edmund S; Howard, Daniel F (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)

Annual assessments of reef communities at Kona, Hawai'i, from 1985 to 1995 determined that the corallivorous sea star Acanthaster planci preferred as prey the smaller colonies of Pocillopora meandrina over the far more ...
Note on New Bivalve Records for Easter Island

Trego, Kent D (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-04)
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 ...