Palmyra Atoll, in the Line Islands of the equatorial Pacific, supports one of the largest remaining native stands of Pisonia grandis forest in the tropical Pacific Ocean. In 2003, we surveyed terrestrial arthropods to ...

In the Pacific region, the African big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala, is now widespread in tropical areas; populations are also found at higher latitudes in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. On most inhabited tropical ...

The semi-slug Parmarion cf. martensi Simroth, 1893, was first discovered on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, in 1996 and then on the island of Hawai‘i in 2004. This species, which is probably native to Southeast Asia, is abundant in eastern ...

Eight anuran species were recorded for the first time in Guam in the period May 2003–December 2005, all apparently the result of arrivals to the island since 2000. Three of the eight species (Rana guentheri, Polypedates ...

We provide the first inventory of members of orders Actiniaria (sea anemones sensu stricto) and Ceriantharia (tube anemones) from the Gala´pagos Islands. Based on observations and collections at 48 localities throughout ...

The seasonal evolution of vertical distribution of fish larvae and its relationship with seasonal stratification, as measured by a quantitative stability parameter, were analyzed for a region off Bahı´a de La Paz in the ...