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(University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)
Blainville's beaked whale in New Caledonia

Borsa, Philippe; Robineau, Daniel (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) was positively identified in the waters around New Caledonia from two strandings, one live sighting, and two rostra collected from the seafloor. This is the only species ...
Chromosome numbers of Angiosperms from the Juan Fernández Islands, the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago, and from Mainland Chile

Kiehn, Michael; Jodl, Marion; Jakubowsky, Gerhard (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Chromosome counts for eight native species in six genera from Juan Fernández Islands, five native species in three genera from Tristan da Cunha, and three species in two genera from mainland Chile are presented and discussed. ...
Chromosome numbers of Hawaiian angiosperms : New records and comments

Kiehn, Michael (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

In this paper chromosome counts for 90 collections representing 67 native Hawaiian angiosperm species and eight hybrids in 22 families are presented and discussed. Included are the first records for 26 species, two subspecific ...
Description of fish assemblages in the black coral beds off Lahaina, Maui, Hawai'i, A

Boland, Raymond C; Parrish, Frank A (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

A series of scuba dives surveyed patches of black corals and their associated deep-reef fish community in the channel waters (50-73 m depth) of Maui, Hawaii. Most of the corals were identified as Antipathes dichotoma and ...
Influence of Mineralogy and Geological Setting on Trace Metal Concentration within Subtropical Weathered Profiles, Bells Creek Catchment, Queensland, Australia

Liaghati, Tania; Preda, Micaela; Cox, Malcolm (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

The effects of mineralogy and geological setting on trace metal concentration and distribution within six weathered profiles developed sandstone mudstone was assessed. Primary minerals occurring in the weathered profiles ...
Origin and nature of vessels in Monocotyledons. 6. Hanguana (Hanguanaceae)

Schneider, Edward Lee; Carlquist, Sherwin John (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Vessel elements from macerations of roots and stems of Hanguana malayana were studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Vessel elements are present in both stems and roots. The vessel elements of roots are slightly ...
Ostracoda from Johnston Atoll, Pacific Ocean, and proposal of a new tribe, Bruuniellini (Myodocopina: Cylindroleberididae)

Kornicker, Louis S; Harrison-Nelson, Elizabeth (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Two new species of Ostracoda (Myodocopina), Parasterope pacifica Kornicker & Harrison-Nelson and Bruuniella beta Kornicker & Harrison-Nelson, from Johnston Atoll are described and illustrated. The ontogeny of the latter ...
Rediscovery and uncertain future of high-elevation Haleakala carabid beetles (Coleoptera)

Krushelnycky, Paul D; Gillespie, Rosemary G; Loope, Lloyd L; Liebherr, James Kenneth (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Recent biotic surveys in subalpine shrubland on Haleakalā Volcano, Maui, Hawai'i, have resulted in rediscovery of several species of carabid beetles previously known only from their nineteenth-century type specimens. ...
Revision of the Hawaiian Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecata)

Cairns, Stephen Douglas (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Four species of stylasterids are described from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (Kure to Kauai) at depths of 293583 m, including three new species: Distichopora asulcata, Stylaster griggi, and S. infundibuliferus. In ...
Sightings of Dwarf (Kogia sima) and Pygmy (K. breviceps) Sperm Whales from the Main Hawaiian Islands

Baird, Robin William (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

Sightings of dwarf (Kogia sima) and pygmy (K. breviceps) sperm whales in Hawaiian waters have only rarely been reported. As part of boat-based surveys of odontocete cetaceans around the main Hawaiian Islands between 2000 ...
Three species of intertidal sea anemones (Anthozoa: Actiniidae) from the Tropical Pacific : Description of anthopleura buddemeieri, n. sp., with remarks on anthopleura asiatica and gyractis sesere

Fautin, Daphne Gail (University of Hawaii Press, 2005-07)

A new species of sea anemone, Anthopleura buddemeieri Fautin, is described from Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Occurring high in the intertidal zone, a typical individual has a column rich brown in color and marked with ...