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56:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)
Abstracts of Papers. Twenty-sixth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 11-12 April 2001

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. The faculty and students ...
Dispersal, Mimicry, and Geographic Variation in Northern Melanesian Birds

Diamond, Jared (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

I present new information about 34 of the 195 resident land and freshwater bird species of Northern Melanesia, an area characterized by a rich avifauna, high endemism, and great geographic variation in morphology. ...
The Ka'ena Highstand of O'ahu, Hawai'i: Further Evidence of Antarctic Ice Collapse during the Middle Pleistocene

Hearty, Paul J (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

Marine isotope stage (MIS) 11 may well represent one of the most significant interglacial highstand events of the past million years. Ocean volume changes charted from coastal exposures imply partial or complete melting ...
Notes on Hawaiian Snake Eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae), with Comments on Ophichthus bonaparti

McCosker, John E (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

The 22 ophichthid eel species of the Hawaiian Islands (including Johnston and the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands) are reviewed, and a key to their identification is provided. New Hawaiian records of Indo-Pacific ...
Predators of the Invasive Mussel Musculista senhousia (Mollusca: Mytilidae)

Crooks, Jeffrey A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

Musculista senhousia (Benson in Cantor, 1842) is a soft sediment-dwelling mussel that has spread anthropogenically from its native Asia to North America, Australasia, and Europe. This byssal mat-forming species can ...
Redescription of the Indo-Pacific Scorpionfish Scorpaenopsis fowleri and Reallocation to the Genus Sebastapistes

Randall, John E; Poss, Stuart G (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

The wide-ranging Indo-Pacific scorpionfish Scorpaenodes fowleri (Pietschmann), long placed in the genus Scorpaenopsis (largely because it lacks palatine teeth), is reclassified in the genus Sebastapistes. It is distinct ...
Reinstatement and Rediagnosis of Catapaguroides setosus and Description of a Second Hawaiian Species of the Genus (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridea: Paguridae)

McLaughlin, Patsy A; Pittman, Cory (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

A species of the hermit crab genus Catapaguroides recently discovered in a sand-dwelling Halimeda community on the island of Maui, Hawaiian Islands, prompted a reexamination of the holotype of Catapaguroides setosus (Edmondson, ...
Reproductive Ecology of the Gobiid Fish Eviota abax at Nobeoka, Japan, with Notes on Geographic Variation

Taru, Masanori; Sunobe, Tomoki (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-01)

The reproductive behavior and spawning cycle of the gobiid fish Eviota abax were observed in a rocky tide pool at Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. Both sexes maintained nonterritorial, overlapping home ranges. The spawnings took ...
56:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)
Ants of Tonga

Wetterer, James K (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

This paper presents combined published, unpublished, and new ant records from 17 islands of Tonga representing all four island groups: Tongatapu (Tongatapu, 'Eua, 'Onevai, Pangaimotu), Ha'apai (Lifuka, Kao, Tofua, ...
Distribution and Biodiversity of Australian Tropical Marine Bioinvasions

Hewitt, Chad L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

Marine invasions have been identified in virtually all regions of the world, yet relatively few introductions have been detected in the Tropics. This has been attributed at least in part to an increase in intrinsic native ...
Do Locals Rule? Interactions between Native Intertidal Animals and a Caribbean Barnacle in Hawai'i

Zabin, Chela; Hadfield, Michael G (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)
Hawaiian Marine Bioinvasions: A Preliminary Assessment

Eldredge, LG; Carlton, JT (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)
The Land Snails of a Small Tropical Pacific Island Aunu'u, American Samoa

Cowie, Robert H; Rundell, Rebecca J (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

Survey work on the American Samoan island of Aunu'u, a small island off the eastern end of Tutuila, combined with review of museum collections, increased the known land snail fauna of the island from 2 to 22 species. Of ...
Mixed Siliciclastic-Skeletal Carbonate Lagoon Sediments from a High Volcanic Island, Viti Levu, Fiji, Southwest Pacific

Gussmann, Oliver A; Smith, Abigail M (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

Modem sedimentation in the Navua-Suva Lagoon, southeastern Viti Levu, Fiji, derives from both allochthonous siliciclastics and autochthonous marine carbonates. Sediments are characterized by a high insoluble load, ...
The Nibbler Girella leonina and the Soldierfish Myripristis murdjan from Midway Atoll, First Records for the Hawaiian Islands

Randall, John E; Stender, G Keoki (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

The girellid fish Girella leonina (Richardson) and the holocentrid Myripristis murdjan (Forsskal) are reported for the first time for the Hawaiian Islands from underwater photographs taken at Midway Atoll. Both species ...
Nonindigenous Species Introductions on Coral Reefs: A Need for Information

Coles, SL; Eldgredge, LG (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

Nonindigenous species invasions have caused disruptions of native communities and detrimental economic impacts to fisheries in many temperate marine areas. However, comparatively little information exists for tropical ...
On Two Species of Kallymenia (Rhodophyta: Gigartinales: Kallymeniaceae) from the Hawaiian Islands, Central Pacific

Abbott, Isabella A; McDermid, Karla J (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

Two species of Kallymenia from the Hawaiian Islands, one rare, K. sessilis Okamura, and the other described here for the first time, K. thompsonii, n. sp., are examined, compared, and contrasted with other similar ...
Reproduction in an Introduced Population of the Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei, from O'ahu, Hawai'i

Goldberg, Stephen R; Kraus, Fred; Bursey, Charles R (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-04)

The reproductive cycle of an introduced population of the brown anole, Analis sagrei, from O'ahu, Hawai'i, was studied from a histological examination of monthly samples collected July 1999 to June 2000. Males undergo a ...