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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)The study of distinct biogeographic demarcations has played a pivotal role in our understanding processes responsible for patterns of species distributions and, importantly, the role of geologic processes in promoting ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-10)Prosopis pallida and P. juliflora (commonly referred to as algarroba, mesquite, or kiawe) were introduced from South America to areas in Oceania, Asia, and Africa during the early nineteenth century. In many cases, they ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)Body and feather mass data are important in avian studies and are required for determining things such as body condition and energetic carrying capacity. There are 12 subspecies of Common Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus), ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)This paper reports on post-1991 census data and on the breeding phenology of seabirds of the Chesterfield-Bampton and Bellona groups of coral islets in the Coral Sea. In total, 13 resident bird species were observed ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-10)Conservation of endangered habitats of South Pacific islands is partially dependent on activity of seed dispersers. In consuming fruits, animals can spread seeds from parent plants to distant sites, thus contributing to ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-07)Infaunal macroinvertebrates were characterized along an environmental gradient from a shallow-water hydrothermal vent located at Tutum Bay, Ambitle Island, Papua New Guinea. Samples were collected at three sites located ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)Coral cay soil chemical and physical properties were described from Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve, Australia. Soil A horizons under littoral herblands and Argusia argentea shrubs were shallow and coarse textured. ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-01)Climatic changes at Coringa-Herald National Nature Reserve (CHNNR) in the last 82 yr include a 0.7_C rise in mean minimum winter temperatures and increases in drought duration and frequency. Between 1991 and 2002, a plague ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-10)Riparian litter fall is an important source of organic matter to rivers and accounts for a large fraction of their dissolved organic carbon (DOC) load. DOC is metabolically important in rivers, and therefore changes in ...
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Diel and Seasonal Occurrence Patterns of Drifting Fish Larvae in the Teima Stream, Okinawa Island. (Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)Drifting fish larvae were collected with a plankton net in the lower reaches of a freshwater area of the Teima Stream, Okinawa Island, Japan, during 24 hr periods each month from June 1998 to October 1999 (except July ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)In the Northeast Pacific the nonnative seagrass Zostera japonica frequently exists at the same sites as the native seagrass Zostera marina. Although at some sites their vertical distributions overlap, at most sites in the ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)Viruses are generally considered an important agent of bacterial loss in diverse marine environments. However, the impact of viruses on bacteria is unknown in the western equatorial Pacific, where surface waters are warm ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-04)The presence of fire in Hawai‘i has increased with introduction of nonnative grasses. Fire danger estimation using the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) typically requires 5 to 10 yr of data to determine percentile ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-01)Two hundred three individuals representing 10 species of gekkonid lizards from Papua New Guinea collected from 2002 to 2005 were examined for helminths: Cyrtodactylus epiroticus ðn ¼ 2Þ, C. klugei ðn ¼ 2Þ, C. loriae ðn ¼ ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-01)Since 2001, Grupo Tortuguero has been conducting monthly inwater monitoring of East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas), also known as black turtles, at four neritic foraging areas (Bahı´a Magdalena, Laguna San Ignacio, ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-10)Recent growth in the popularity of recreational scuba diving has generated concerns about resulting impacts to coral reefs, particularly in locations such as the Republic of Palau, a world-renowned dive destination with ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-10)Forty-five of the 107 species of marine benthic algae collected during 2004 and 2006 NOAA cruises to isolated Johnston Atoll and two additional species from earlier collections represent new species records. Total number ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-01)Natural tropical wetlands constitute an important but still poorly studied source of atmospheric methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. We measured net methane emission, soil profiles of methane generation and oxidation, and ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-07)Two sympatric species of hermit crabs, Calcinus haigae and Calcinus hazletti, appear to have different microhabitat distributions in the subtidal. Several biotic factors may be influencing this microhabitat difference. We ...
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(Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2010-01)Nonnative species can have serious negative effects on regeneration and restoration of rare plant taxa, particularly in insular ecosystems. An endangered Hawaiian shrub, Delissea rhytidosperma (Campanulaceae), produces ...
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