Browsing Pacific Science Volume 56, Number 4, 2002 by Author "Pitman, Robert L"

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Mass Oviposition and Egg Development of the Ocean-Skater Halobates sobrinus (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

Cheng, Lanna; Pitman, Robert L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-10)

We report the first observation of mass oviposition by the ocean-skater Halobates sobrinus White in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. We netted, in one scoop, 833 insects and a single egg mass with an estimated 70,000 ...
Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) as Predators of Mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus)

Pitman, Robert L; Stinchcomb, Charles (University of Hawai'i Press, 2002-10)

We present details of four separate observations of rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis) apparently preying on adult-sized (>or=1 m) mahimahi (Coryphaena hippurus) in the eastern Pacific. We cite similar sightings ...