Fitzsimmons, JM; Parham, JE; Benson, LK; McRae, MG; Nishimoto, RT(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
Aquatic biologists surveyed Kahana Stream on O'ahu, Hawai'i, during December 2001 and January, March, and May 2002 to provide a background of information before restoring water diverted from the headwaters of the stream ...
Keppel, Gunnar; Cawani Navuso, Jone; Naikatini, A; Thomas, Nunia T; Rounds, Isaac A; Osborne, Tamara A; Batinamu, Nemani; Senivasa, Eliki(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
Savura is one of the seven focal sites of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) Gateway Transect in Fiji. The site is composed of tropical lowland rain forest located in southeastern Viti Levu and consists of ...
Keppel, Gunnar(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
Botanical studies along mountain-to-sea transects are a key component of the Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) project. For the Fiji PABITRA Wet-Zone Transect, it is suggested that four basic categories of ...
Bridges, Kent W; McClatchey, Will C(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) studies are based on a network of high-island biodiversity sites. These sites are structurally and historically complex. The majority of Pacific islands, in contrast, are ...
Korovulavula, Isoa(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
Nasoata Island is a predominantly mangrove island located near the outflow and delta of the Rewa River, Fiji's largest and longest river. The river originates on the eastern slopes of Mt. Tomaniivi in the Central Highlands ...
Kumar, Roselyn(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The PABITRA Gateway Transect in Fiji covers most of the eastern part of Viti Levu, the largest island in the archipelago. Viti Levu is located exclusively on the Fiji Plate, a microplate between the giant Pacific Plate and ...
Mueller-Dombois, Dieter; Wirawan, Nengah; Jacobi, James D(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The acronym PABITRA stands for Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect, a network of island sites and conservation professionals collaborating throughout the Pacific-Asia region. An ideal PABITRA site is a broad landscape ...
Merlin, Mark David; Raynor, William(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
For many centuries, the kava plant, Piper methysticum, a series of sterile clones of a truly wild Piper species, has been used in several high islands in remote Oceania, including Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. ...
Nasoata Island is a predominantly mangrove island located near the outflow and delta of the Rewa River, Fiji's largest and longest river. The river originates on the eastern slopes of Mt. Tomaniivi in the Central Highlands ...
Mueller-Dombois, Dieter; Daebler, Curtis C(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The Pacific-Asia Biodiversity Transect (PABITRA) is a network of the Ecosystem Division in the Pacific Science Association's Task Force on
Biodiversity. The PABITRA project seeks to develop a network of ocean-to mountain ...
McClatchey, Will C; Sirikolo, MQ; Boe, H; Biliki, E; Votboc, F(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The island of Lauru (Choiseul) in the western Solomon Islands is a high (up to 1,060 m) mixed volcanic and limestone uplifted island, located between 6.5° and 7.5° S latitude and 156.5° and 157.5° E longitude. The central ...
Tuiwawa, Marika.(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-04)
The Monasavu catchment was selected as an additional study site for biodiversity assessment at the top of the PABITRA wet-zone landscape transect on Viti Levu. The site consists of upland rain forest with cloud forest and ...
Fundamental differences in life history patterns of most indigenous freshwater stream species on oceanic islands and freshwater species in continental stream systems require important differences in design of appropriate ...