Pacific Science Volume 23, Number 2, 1969

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Pacific Science is a quarterly publication devoted to the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific Region.

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23:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)
The Algal Genus Laurencia from the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Islands and Adjacent Areas

Saito, Yuzuru (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)
A Coral-Eating Barnacle

Ross, Arnold; Newman, William A (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

Many rock barnacles form close associations with other organisms, yet none are known to have become wholly parasitic. In a study of balanids inhabiting corals, we encountered a species-Pyrgoma monticulariae Gray, ...
The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands

Kay, EA; Young, David K (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

The Doridacea form a conspicuous element of the shallow-water molluscan fauna along both tropic and temperate shores. The 50 species described here from the Hawaiian Islands comprise approximately 5 per cent of the ...
A New Species of Hermit Crab, Pylopagurus diegensis (Decapoda: Anomura), with a Key for the Genus in the Eastern Pacific

Scanland, Thomas B; Hopkins, Thomas S (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

During a study of the decapod Crustacea of the San Diego region, a new species of pagurid crab of the genus Pylopagurus was encountered. The following account is a description of this species, including a comparison ...
A New Species of Saccocirrus (Archiannelida) from the West Coast of North America

Gray, John S. (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

A new species of archiannelid, Saccocirrus eroticus, from shell gravel from Orcas Island, Washington, U.S.A., is described. The species is characterized by being 1 to 2.2 cm long when adult and comprising up to 125 body ...
The New Zealand Rain Forest: A Comparison with Tropical Rain Forest

Dawson, JW; Sneddon, BV (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-04)

The structure of and growth forms and habits exhibited by the New Zealand rain forest are described and compared with those of lowland tropical rain forest. Theories relating to the frequent regeneration failure of the ...
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; ...
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 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 ...