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23:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-01)
Annual and Proecdysial Variations in Urine Production in Crayfish

Ono, Joyce K; Kamemoto, Fred I (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The crustacean X organ-sinus gland complex has been extensively studied and shown to regulate such diverse activities as molting, integumentary and retinal pigment movements, blood glucose levels, ovarian development, ...
Association between the Echinoid Evechinus chloroticus (Val.) and the Clingfish Dellichthys morelandi Briggs

Dix, Trevor G (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The echinoid Evechinuls chloroticus (Val.) provides shelter and food for the clingfish Dellichthys morelandi Briggs. The latter appears to be attracted to the echinoid by visual recognition.
Feeding Behavior of a Vertically Migrating Lanternfish

Holton, Arthur A (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

Selective fishing of the deep scattering layer, defined by echosounder recordings, with an automatic opening and closing trawl has helped to define the diurnal vertical migration and feeding behavior of Lampanyctus ...
Growth and Size Distribution of the Brachiopod Terebratalia transversa Sowerby

Paine, Robert T (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

Relatively synchronized samplings of man-made structures of known but varying ages have been used to generate a growth curve for Terebratalia. Modes indicative of the first four or five year classes were recognized, and ...
Hawaiian Novelties in the Genus Solanum (Solanaceae) Hawaiian Plant Studies 30

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

Solanum is an enormous genus, and it is represented in the Hawaiian flora by endemic, adventive, and cultivated species. Below are presented descriptions of two new endemic species.
The Iron and Titanium Minerals in the Titaniferous Ferruginous Latosols of Hawaii

Walker, James L; Sherman, GD; Katsura, Takashi (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

Titaniferous Ferruginous latosols are an important group of Hawaiian soils. They have developed by pedogenetic weathering of the volcanic materials of basic and ultrabasic lava flows and their associated pyroclastic ...
Marine Pothole Erosion, Oahu, Hawaii

Abbott, Agatin T; Pottratz, Steven W (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

The term "pothole" has been applied to a variety of depressions by many writers. The term is used here to describe depressions which are abraded and scoured by water and grinding tools under the influence of currents ...
Notes. Batillipes gilmartini, a New Marine Tardigrade from a California Beach

McGinty, Maxine (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)

Two SPECIES of marine tardigrades have been reported from the Pacific coast of North America. Schuster and Grigarick (1965) studied Echiniscoides sigismundi Schultze, 1865, from algae and barnacles. This species is ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Ustilaginales of Hawaii

Makinen, Yrjo (University of Hawai'i Press, 1969-07)
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 ...