Pacific Science Volume 52, Number 4, 1998

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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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52:4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)
Abstracts of Papers - Presented at the XXth International Congress of the History of Science, Liege, Belgium, July 1997

(University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)
Balistes polylepis and Xanthichthys caeruleolineatus, Two Large Triggerfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Balistidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with a Key to Hawaiian Species

Randall, John E; Mundy, Bruce C (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

The large triggerfish Balistes polylepis Steindachner, the most common species of the family in the eastern Pacific, was previously reported from Hawai'i as Pseudobalistes juscus (Bloch & Schneider) or questionably as B. ...
Editorial - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)
Humboldtian Imagery and "the Humboldt of Australia"

Home, RW (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

When the great German geographer August Petermann called the botanist/explorer Ferdinand von Mueller "the Humboldt of Australia," what did he have in mind? Elaborating the circumstances of his doing so gives us a new ...
"In Behalf of the Science of the Country": The Smithsonian and the U.S. Navy in the North Pacific in the 1850s

Rothenberg, Marc (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

During the early l850s, the United States launched two major expeditions to the Pacific, as well as a series of surveys of the American West. Although the U.S. Army had developed a strong symbiotic relationship with the ...
Lioscincus maruia, A New Species of Lizard (Reptilia: Scincidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific

Sadlier, Ross A; Whitaker, Anthony H; Bauer, Aaron M (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

A new species of scincid lizard, Lioscincus maruia Sadlier, Whitaker & Bauer, n. sp., is described from the central ranges of New Caledonia. It is a moderate-sized species of skink with a particularly long tail. It is ...
Postcolonialism and Museum Knowledge: Revisiting the Museums of the Pacific

MacLeod, Roy (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

Museums are the medium of our age. As such, the museum world cannot be isolated from political realities. On the contrary, far from their idealized image as institutional constants, innocently engaged in the "collectio ...
"That Extensive Enterprise": HMS Herald's North Pacific Survey, 1845-1851

Samson, Jane (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

Despite its enormous scope, the survey of HMS Herald, like most British scientific voyages after the time of Captain Cook, is little known. This article's discussion of naturalist Berthold Seemann's accounts of the ...
Tropical Biology and Research Institutions in South and Southeast Asia since 1500: Botanic Gardens and Scientific Organizations to 1870

Frodin, David G (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

Tropical biological stations have become in the last half-century a well-established phenomenon. They are, however, but a modem manifestation of a long tradition of institutionalized study of tropical biological ...
Two New Species of the Genus Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from New Caledonia, Southwest Pacific

Bauer, Aaron M; Whitaker, Anthony H; Sadlier, Ross A (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

Two new species of the diplodactylid gecko Bavayia are described from restricted areas within the main island of New Caledonia. Both species are characterized by small size, a single row of preanal pores, and distinctive ...
Wood Anatomy of Dubautia (Asteraceae: Madiinae) in Relation to Adaptive Radiation

Carlquist, Sherwin (University of Hawaii Press, 1998-10)

Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for stem wood of 13 collections of 12 species of the Hawaiian genus Dubautia. Although the species share a basic wood plan, quantitative expressions range widely, ...