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Notes. Two Sea Urchins Found inside the Air Bladder of the Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana)

Nishimoto, Jiro (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

While I was a scientific observer for the United States aboard a Japanese fishing vessel in the North Pacific Ocean, I observed two sea urchins living within the cavity of the air bladder of the bull kelp, Nereocystis ...
Observations on Hawaiian Species of Wikstroemia (Angiospermae: Thymelaeaceae)

Gupta, Samta; Gillett, GW (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-01)

Wikstroemia (Thymelaeaceae) is a genus of tropical and subtropical shrubs or trees, widely distributed in southeast Asia to Malaysia, northeast Australia, and the Pacific islands (Ryukyu, Marianas, Caroline, Hawaiian, ...
Origin of Concentric Banding in the Spines of the Tropical Echinoid Heterocentrotus

Weber, Jon N (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-10)

The concentric bands or rings which are evident in transverse sections of echinoid spines have attracted the interest of biologists for more than a hundred years. First, the basic cause of ring formation remains obscure ...
The Osmotic and Chloride Regulative Capacities of Five Hawaiian Decapod Crustaceans

Kamemoto, Fred I; Kato, Kenneth N (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

The ionic and osmotic regulative capacities of crustacean species have been described by a number of investigators (see reviews by Krogh, 1939; Robertson, 1953, 1960; Ramsay, 1954; Beadle, 1957; Lockwood, 1962, 1964; ...
Paleontological Analyses of North Pacific Ocean-Bottom Cores

Thomas, Charles W (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-10)

Three North Pacific ocean-bottom cores were studied. Core No.1 was taken on the rim of the Aleutian Trench, south of Attu Island; core NO.2, about 140 miles south of Attu Island; and core No.8, on the Marcus-Necker Ridge. ...
A Positive Chitosan Test for Spicules in the Anthozoan Order, Pennatulacea

Shapeero, William (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

In the coelenterate seapen colony, Leioptilus guerneyi, two types of minute spicules have been found; these give the characteristic chitosan tests indicative of chitin. Chitin is essentially unknown in the Anthozoa. The ...
The Predator-Prey Relationship between the Octopus (Octopus bimaculatus) and the California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)

Taylor, Peter B; Chen, Lo-Chai (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The predator-prey relationships between the California scorpionfish Scorpaena guttata Girard and the octopus Octopus bimaculatus Verrill were examined by observations of behavior in aquariums. California scorpionfish eat ...
Primary Productivity in a Hawaiian Fishpond and Its Relationship to Selected Environmental Factors

Malone, Thomas C (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-01)

Community, microbenthic, and planktonic metabolic rates were measured in a Hawaiian fishpond from June 1966 through June 1967. Incident and penetrating light intensity, dissolved phosphate, nitrate and nitrite, and ...
The Properties and Genesis of Four Middle Altitude Dystrandept Volcanic Ash Soils from Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Loganathan, P; Swindale, LD (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

Hawaii is one of the volcanic areas of the world. Volcanic ash is widespread throughout the area, and many soils contain ash as part of their parent material. The soils derived from volcanic ash contain predominantly ...
Quantitative Relationships between Fleas and Rodents in a Hawaiian Cane Field

Haas, Glenn E (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-01)

Relative numbers of Xenopsylla vexabilis Jordan on Rattus exultans (Peale) and Mus musculus L. and in their nests were determined monthly in a field of maturing sugar cane at Kukuihaele, island of Hawaii, January ...
A Review of Ecological Factors Affecting the Annual Cycle 10 Island Populations of Seals

Ling, John K (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-10)

Colonization of island habitats by pinnipeds for all or part of their life cycle may expose the populations to various pressures. While the advantages of an island rookery must override the disadvantages for such a ...
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 33 Further Accounts of Australian Species, and a Key to the Section Microstigma

John, Harold St (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-01)

Species of Pandanus were discovered in eastern and northern Australia at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Subsequent collections have revealed that the genus extends from the northern part of Western Australia, ...
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 34 Four Species from the Philippines

St. John, Harold (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The genus Pandanus has been much investigated by the botanists resident in the Philippines, but a few novelties have come to light. The author's studies of this large and intricate genus have been supported by grants ...
Studies of Pacific Island Plants, XXI. New and Noteworthy Flowering Plants from Fiji

Smith, Albert C (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

Continuing study of botanical collections made in recent years under the auspices of the Fiji Department of Agriculture has indicated the occurrence of various hitherto undescribed species of flowering plants in Fiji. ...
Studies of Pacific Island Plants, XX Notes on Some Fijian Species of Readea and Psychotria (Rubiaceae)

Smith, Albert C (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

In recent years collections made by staff members of the Fiji Department of Agriculture have substantially added to the available study material of Fijian plants, permitting more adequate knowledge of many species and ...
Survival of Rats at Eniwetok Atoll

Jackson, William B (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The story of rats at Eniwetok Atoll (Marshall Islands) and their apparently uncanny ability to survive atomic detonations and inhabit areas with high levels of radiation has been referred to in various documents (Berrill, ...
Taxonomy and Host Associations of Some Parasitic Copepods (Crustacea) from Pelagic Teleost Fishes

Lewis, AG; Dean, J; Gilfillan, E III (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-10)

DURING THE SPRING OF 1963 the senior author was fortunate enough to participate in the second cruise of the United States Research Vessel "Anton Bruun" during the International Indian Ocean Expedition. This paper is ...
Ustilaginales of Hawaii

Makinen, Yrjo (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)
Variation of Sodium and Chloride Concentrations with Rainfall Intensity in Hawaiian Trade Wind Showers

Duce, Robert A; Seto, Yuk-Bon; Moyers, Jarvis L (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-10)

The variation of sodium and chloride concentrations with rainfall intensity in Hawaii was investigated in 13 trade wind showers. The variation was found to be inversely dependent on rainfall intensity, although the ratio ...
Vertical Orientation in a New Gobioid Fish from New Britain

Cohen, Daniel M; Davis, William P (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

While visiting Rabaul, New Britain, during Cruise 6 of the Stanford University vessel "Te Vega" we observed and collected specimens of a small gobioid fish that swam and hovered vertically, with its head up, in midwater ...