Pacific Science Volume 58, Number 4, 2004

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58:4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)
Distribution of the Chuuk Islands Giant Millipede, Acladocricus setigerus (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae), and Identification of Its Defensive Compounds

Buden, Donald W; Attygalle, Athula; Wu, Xiaogang (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

The spirobolidan millipede Acladocrieus setigerus (Silvestri, 1897) grows to at least 155 mm long and is so far known only from Chuuk Islands, Micronesia. It occurs mainly in well-shaded habitats, usually on the forest ...
New Hyocrinid Crinoids (Echinodermata) from Submersible Investigations in the Pacific Ocean

Roux, Michel (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

A few specimens belonging to the deep-sea family Hyocrinidae (stalked Crinoidea, Echinodermata) collected by submersible in the eastern and western Pacific Ocean are described. Laubierierinus pentagonalis, n. genus, n. ...
Population Size and Natural History of Mariana Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) on Sarigan, Mariana Islands

Wiles, Gary J; Johnson, Nathan C (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

Based on count results, we estimated the population of Mariana fruit bats (Pteropus mariannus Desmarest) on Sarigan, Mariana Islands, to number 150-200 bats in 1999, 185-235 bats in 2000, and about 300-400 bats in ...
A Prehistoric, Noncultural Vertebrate Assemblage from Tutuila, American Samoa

Steadman, David W; Pregill, Gregory K (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

Ana Pe'ape'a is a small cave on the southern shore of Tutuila, American Samoa. Excavations at Ana Pe'ape'a yielded 13,600+ bones of small vertebrates, dominated (>95%) by the nonnative Pacific Rat, Rattus exulans. Represented ...
A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia

Borsa, Philippe; Hoarau, Galice (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (220 19-24' S, ...
Spatial Distribution of Fish Larvae in a Bay of the Gulf of California (June and November 1997)

Peguero-Icaza, Martha; Sanchez-Velasco, Laura (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

Bahia Concepcion is one of the largest coastal bodies of water on the peninsular side of the Gulf of California, which is characterized by great fish species diversity. Spatial distributions of fish larvae in Bahia ...
Tropical Transpacific Shore Fishes

Robertson, D Ross; Grove, Jack S; McCosker, John E (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-10)

Tropical transpacific fishes occur on both sides of the world's largest deep-water barrier to the migration of marine shore organisms, the 4,000- to 7,000-km-wide Eastern Pacific Barrier (EPB). They include 64 epipelagic ...