Lobel, Phillip S; Lobel, Lisa K(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
This study documents a total of 321 fishes in 64 families occurring at
Wake Atoll, a coral atoll located at 190 17' N, 1660 36' E. Ten fishes are listed
by genus only and one by family; some of these represent undescribed ...
Grigg, Richard W(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
For over 40 yr, the black coral fishery in Hawai'i has been managed
successfully. However, three new developments now threaten sustainability of
the resource. First, harvesting pressure on increasingly smaller colonies ...
Tsuda, Roy T(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
Specimens of Hormophysa cuneiformis (J. Gmelin) P. Silva, collected by
R. E. DeWreede in July 1968 and by the author in January 1971 from Palau, are
documented for the first time and represent the first collections of a ...
Cook, Robert P(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
Laufuti Stream, on the island of Tau, American Samoa, is a complex
interrupted perennial stream, consisting of three accessible sections, lower
Laufuti (perennial), middle Laufuti (intermittent), and upper Laufuti ...
Gray, Blair E; Smith, Abigail M(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
The New Zealand blackfoot abalone, Haliotis iris Gmelin, is among
the few gastropods that precipitate both calcite and aragonite in their shells. The
location, composition, and thickness of these mineral layers may affect ...
Trianni, Michael S; Bryan, Patrick G(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
A survey was conducted in 1997 to assess commercially viable populations
of the surf redfish, Actinopyga mauritiana, and establish a harvest quota
for those populations on the island of Tinian. A simple random sampling ...
Avian census data from tropical Pacific islands often are limited to
brief, one-time surveys. These efforts yield information about species' presence
and distribution but reveal little about variation in abundance through ...
Price, Jonathan P; Elliott-Fisk, Deborah(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
The Maui Nui complex of the Hawaiian Islands consists of the islands
of Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, and Kaho'olawe, which were connected as a single
landmass in the past. Aspects of volcanic landform construction, island ...
