Pacific Science Volume 55, Number 4, 2001

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55:4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)
Cruise Ships and Prison Camps: Reflections from the Russian Far East on Museums and the Crafting of History

Bloch, Alexia (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

In formerly socialist societies the state has dominated sites like museums viewed as critical for producing a national past, but in the case of the Russian Federation these same institutions often are being utilized now ...
Dangerous Objects: Changing Indigenous Perceptions of Material Culture in a Papua New Guinea Society

Barker, John (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

In this article I examine the ways that the Maisin people of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea have understood and deployed objects of their material culture over the course of a century of interactions with European outsiders. ...
Factors Affecting the Distribution of Atyid Shrimps in Two Tropical Insular Rivers

Leberer, Trina; Nelson, Stephen G (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

We investigated factors affecting distribution of atyid shrimps, common inhabitants of insular freshwater ecosystems. Several abiotic and biotic variables were measured to determine their influence on atyid shrimp ...
"From having no Herbarium." Local Knowledge versus Metropolitan Expertise: Joseph Hooker's Australasian Correspondence with William Colenso and Ronald Gunn

Endersby, Jim (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

Between 1844 and 1860, Joseph Dalton Hooker published a series of major floras of the southern oceans, including the first floras of Tasmania and New Zealand. These books were essential to establishing his scientific ...
Gross Anatomy of the Digestive Tract of the Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi

Goodman-Lowe, Gwen D; Atkinson, Shannon; Carpenter, James R (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

The digestive tract of a female juvenile Hawaiian monk seal was dissected and described. Intestine lengths were measured for a total of 19 seals ranging in age from 1 day old to over 10 yr old. Small intestine (SI) ...
Introduction - Museums and the Cultivation of Knowledge in the Pacific

MacLeod, Roy (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)
Naturalists' Practices and Nature's Empire: Paris and the Platypus, 1815-1833

Burkhardt, Richard W Jr (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

Among the multiple interactions between governments and museums that were so important for the growth of natural history in the nineteenth century, perhaps none looked more promising at its inception than did the ...
A New Species of Crangonid Shrimp of the Genus Philocheras (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from Hawai'i

Komai, Tomoyuki (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

Philocheras breviflagella, a new species of crangonid shrimp, is described and illustrated on the basis of a single ovigerous female collected from O'ahu, Hawai'i, at subtidal depth. The new species is most similar to ...
Polydora and Related Genera Associated with Hermit Crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with Descriptions of Two New Species and a Second Polydorid Egg Predator of Hermit Crabs

Williams, Jason D (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

Polydora and related genera associated with hermit crabs from shallow subtidal coral reef areas of the Indo-West Pacific are described. Over 2000 hermit crabs were collected from localities in the Philippines and Indonesia ...
The Risk to Hawai'i from Snakes

Kraus, Fred; Cravalho, Domingo (University of Hawai'i Press, 2001-10)

We assessed the risk to Hawai'i's native species and human quality of life posed by the introduction of alien snake species. An examination of Hawai'i Department of Agriculture records from 1990 to 2000 indicated hundreds ...