Pacific Science Volume 57, Number 2, 2003

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57:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)
Abstracts of Papers. Twenty-seventh Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 21-22 March 2002

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. 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 ...
Charcoal Stratigraphies for Kaua'i and the Timing of Human Arrival

Burney, Lida Pigott; Burney, David A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

Evidence from microscopic charcoal particle stratigraphy is presented from nine locations distributed throughout Kaua'i in the Hawaiian Islands, including windward and leeward coastal sites and interior bogs at ...
First Record of a Rhizosolenia debyana Bloom in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Garate-Lizarraga, Ismael; Siqueiros-Beltrones, David A; Maldonado-Lopez, Veronica (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

A bloom of the diatom Rhizosolenia debyana H. Peragallo was observed in the southwestern Gulf of California. This bloom was estimated to be about 22 Ian long and represents the first record of this species for the area. ...
Helminths of the Ezo Brown Frog, Rana pirica (Ranidae), from Hokkaido Island, Japan

Goldberg, Stephen R; Bursey, Charles R (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

Rana pirica Matsui, endemic to Hokkaido Island, Japan, was examined for helminths. One species of Monogenea, Polystoma ozakii; three species of Nematoda, Cosmocercoides pulcher, Oswaldocruzia socialis, and Rhabdias ...
Human Impacts on Fluxes of Nutrients and Sediment in Waimanalo Stream, O'ahu, Hawaiian Islands

Laws, Edward A; Ferentinos, Lisa (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

Waimanalo Stream, on the windward side of the island of O'ahu in the Hawaiian Islands, has been greatly altered by human activities. Native riparian vegetation has been removed along much of the course of the stream, and ...
Morphological and Genetic Variation in the Endemic Seagrass Halophila hawaiiana (Hydrocharitaceae) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

McDermid, Karla J; Gregoritza, Monica C; Reeves, Jason W; Freshwater, D Wilson (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

The endemic seagrass Halophila hawaiiana Doty & Stone is found in discrete populations throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. Morphological characteristics of plants from Midway Atoll, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Kaua'i, O'ahu, ...
Movement Patterns of Hawaiian Petrels and Newell's Shearwaters on the Island of Hawai'i

Day, Robert H; Cooper, Brian A; Blaha, Richard J (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

We studied movements and distribution and abundance of endangered Hawaiian Petrels ('Ua'u [Pterodroma sandwichensis Ridgway]) and threatened Newell's Shearwaters ('A'o [Puffinus auricularis newelli Henshaw]) on the island ...
Phylogeny and Biogeography of Pacific Rubus Subgenus ldaeobatus (Rosaceae) Species: Investigating the Origin of the Endemic Hawaiian Raspberry R. macraei

Morden, Clifford W; Gardner, Donald E; Weniger, Dana A (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

The endemic Hawaiian raspberries Rubus hawaiensis and R. macraei (both subgenus Idaeobatus) had been thought to be closely related species until recent molecular studies demonstrated otherwise. These studies suggest ...
Rediscovery of Blackburnia anomala (Coleoptera: Carabidae), in East Maui, Hawai'i, after a l07-Year Hiatus

Polhemus, Dan A; Ewing, Curtis P; Kaholoa'a, R; Liebherr, James K (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

The highly distinctive and diverse native Hawaiian carabid beetle fauna includes a suite of species not recently observed in nature. These are predominantly historical residents of the mesic Acacia koa forest formation. ...
Wood Anatomy of Hawaiian and New Guinean Species of Tetramolopium (Asteraceae): Ecological and Systematic Aspects

Carlquist, Sherwin; Lowery, Timothy K (University of Hawai'i Press, 2003-04)

Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for five Hawaiian and one New Guinean species of Tetramolopium. Tetramolopium humile differs from the other Hawaiian species in its numerous narrow vessels, numerous ...