Pacific Science Volume 55, Number 3, 2001

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55:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)
Black Coral: History of a Sustainable Fishery in Hawai'i

Grigg, Richard W (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

The black coral fishery in Hawai'i has been sustainable for the past 40 yr. The fishery began in 1958, shortly after its discovery off Lahaina, Maui, by Jack Ackerman and Larry Windley, who later formed the company ...
Decapod Crustaceans of the Headwater Streams of Pohnpei, Eastern Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia

Buden, Donald W; Lynch, Brian D; Short, John W; Leberer, Trina (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Two species of Macrobrachium (Palaemonidae) and three atyid shrimp (Atyidae) species were identified among 986 decapod crustaceans collected in headwater streams on Pohnpei, Micronesia, during 1999 and among incidental ...
Impacts of Feral Livestock on Island Watersheds

Van Vuren, Dirk H; Johnson, Michael L; Bowen, Lizabeth (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

We assessed the effects of overgrazing by feral sheep on watersheds on Santa Cruz Island, California. Overgrazing had a marked effect on stream flow; flows were much greater in overgrazed than in lightly grazed ...
Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Sighted West of Ni'ihau, Hawai'i

Mobley, Joseph R Jr; Mazzuca, Lori; Craig, Alison S; Newcomer, Michael W; Spitz, Scott S (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

A rare sighting of five killer whales (Orcinus orca), including one juvenile, occurred on 20 March 2000 during an aerial survey of waters west of the Hawaiian island of Ni'ihau. The sighting occurred ca. 11 km west ...
Links between the Southern Oscillation Index and Hydrological Hazards on a Tropical Pacific Island

Terry, James P; Raj, Rishi; Kostaschuk, Ray A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

River floods and hydrological droughts (low stream water resources) are a recurrent problem in different parts of Fiji, causing disruption and hardship for many rural communities. These extremes in fluvial behavior are ...
Rediscovery of Talehsapia annandalei (Polychaeta: Pilargidae) in Songkhla Lagoon, Thailand

Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I; Nishi, Eijiroh; Anguspanich, Saowapa (University of Hawai'i Press, 1996-07)

The pilargid polychaete Talehsapia annandalei Fauvel, 1932, has been rediscovered in its type locality and its taxonomic affinities are clarified. The genus is set off from remaining synelmins based on possession of palps ...
Review of the Fishes of the Genus Kuhlia (Perciformes: Kuhliidae) of the Central Pacific

Randall, John E; Randall, Helen A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Ten species offishes of the genus Kuhlia are recognized from Palau to Hawai'i in the North Pacific and from Fiji to Easter Island in the South Pacific: K malo (Valenciennes) from fresh water in the Society Islands; K ...
Swimming Speed and Metabolic Rate during Routine Swimming and Simulated Diel Vertical Migration of Sergestes similis in the Laboratory

Cowles, David L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Sergestes similis (Hansen, 1903) is a common mesopelagic vertically migrating shrimp common in the temperate and subarctic North Pacific Ocean. The species is a diel vertical migrator, although it remains primarily above ...
Vegetative Anatomy of the New Caledonian Endemic Amborella trichopoda: Relationships with the Illiciales and Implications for Vessel Origin

Carlquist, Sherwin; Schneider, Edward L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-07)

Light microscopy was used to study leaf hypodermis, vein sclerenchyma, stomatal subsidiary cell types, and stem and root xylem in liquid-preserved material of Amborella trichopoda; oblique borders on tracheid pits, ...