Pacific Science Volume 39, Number 2, 1985

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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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39:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)
Monograph of the Hawaiian Species of Pleomele (Liliaceae). Hawaiian Plant Studies 103

St. John, Harold (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

This paper gives a monographic treatment, based on morphology, of Pleomele (Liliaceae) in the Hawaiian Islands. It recognizes as island endemics three species on Hawaii, two on Oahu, and one each on Kauai, Molokai, Maui, ...
'Ohi'a Dieback in Hawaii: 1984 Synthesis and Evaluation

Mueller-Dombois, Dieter (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

Attention is first drawn to the state of knowledge in 1981 of the Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha ('ohi'a) stand dieback. New findings that have largely been developed or published since then are described; these ...
Polychaetes from Fijian Coral Reefs

Bailey-Brock, Julie H (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

Nineteen polychaete species belonging to five families, and representatives of two others not identified to species, are recorded from Viti Levu, Fiji. Most of the calcareous tubeworms (Serpulidae, Spirorbidae) were ...
Recent Observations on the Plants of Nihoa Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Conant, Sheila (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

Terrestrial plants on Nihoa Island were censused, mapped, and collected during four expeditions to the island between May 1980 and May 1983. Distribution, abundance, and phenology of the vascular plants are reported, including ...
Tissue Elastic Properties of a Mesic Forest Hawaiian Dubautia Species with 13 Pairs of Chromosomes

Robichaux, Robert H (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

Dubautia reticulata grows in a mesic forest habitat in Hawaii and has 13 pairs of chromosomes: The tissue elastic properties of this species are intermediate relative to those of the dry scrub , 13-paired D. menziesii ...
Two New Species of the Deep-Sea Cardinalfish Genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with a Key to the Hawaiian Species

Gon, O (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

Two new species of deep-sea cardinalfish are described from specimens that were collected in Hawaiian waters. Epigonus glossodontus and E. devaneyi have fewer lateral-line scales than all known congeners except E. ...
Uses and Abuses of Wastewater Injection Wells in Hawaii

Peterson, Frank L; Oberdorfer, June A (University of Hawai'i Press, 1985-04)

During the past two decades in Hawaii, more than 500 injection wells for the disposal of domestic sewage wastewater have been constructed and operated. Thus far, contamination of potable groundwater supplies has not ...