Pacific Science Volume 54, Number 4, 2000

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54:4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)
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Bruguiera Species in Hawai'i: Systematic Considerations and Ecological Implications

Allen, James A; Krauss, Ken W; Duke, Norman C; Herbst, Derral R; Bjorkman, Olle; Shih, Connie (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

At least two mangrove tree species in the genus Bruguiera were introduced into Hawai'i from the Philippines in 1922. The two are described in the most current manual on the flora of Hawai'i as B. gymnorrhiza (L.) Lamk. and ...
Food Habits of Introduced Rodents in High-Elevation Shrubland of Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawai'i

Cole, F Russell; Loope, Lloyd L; Medeiros, Arthur C; Howe, Cameron E; Anderson, Laurel J (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

Mus musculus and Rattus rattus are ubiquitous consumers in the high-elevation shrubland of Haleakala National Park. Food habits of these two rodent species were determined from stomach samples obtained by snap-trapping along ...
Notes on Status and Ecology of the Endangered Hawaiian Annual Awiwi, Centaurium sebaeoides (Gentianaceae)

Medeiros, Arthur C; Chimera, Charles G; Loope, Lloyd L; Joe, Stephanie M; Krushelnycky, Paul D (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

The annual, endemic, coastal herb Centaurium sebaeoides is the only native Hawaiian species in the gentian family. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed it as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act on 29 ...
Notes on the Identity of Small, Brown, Unpatterned Indo-Pacific Moray Eels, with Descriptions of Three New Species (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

Bohlke, Eugenia B (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

Eight species of Indo-Pacific morays, including three new species, are described and discussed. Most are plain brown and have unpatterned body coloration (one with small dark spots); they are small to moderate-sized ...
Nutritional Quality of Leaves and Unripe Fruit Consumed as Famine Foods by the Flying Foxes of Samoa

Nelson, Suzanne L; Miller, Martin A; Heske, Edward J; Fahey, George C Jr (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

Many tropical herbivores alter their diets throughout the year in response to different levels of food availability. Fruit bats, including Pteropus samoensis Peale and Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, are phytophagous species ...
Occurrence of a Rare Squaloid Shark, Trigonognathus kabeyai, from the Hawaiian Islands

Wetherbee, Bradley M; Kajiura, Stephen M (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

The first occurrence of the rare viper shark, Trigonognathus kabeyai, from the central Pacific Ocean is reported. Morphometries are compared between this specimen and the type specimens from Japan, and this specimen differs ...
A Preliminary Checklist of the Flora of Rotuma with Rotuman Names

McClatchey, Will; Thaman, Randy; Vodonaivalu, Saula (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

The terrestrial flora of the Rotuma island group consists of over 500 species of indigenous and introduced plants. Although the environment of these islands has been highly modified by the Rotuman people, areas of ...
SEM Studies on Vessels in Ferns. 20. Hawaiian Hymenophyllaceae

Carlquist, Sherwin; Schneider, Edward L; Lamoureux, Charles H (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

Tracheary elements of three species (Mecodium recurvum, Vandenboschia devallioides, and Callistopteris baldwinii) (two epiphytic, one terrestrial) representing three genera of Hymenophyllaceae were studied with scanning ...
Spawning, Fertilization, and Larval Development of Potamocorbula amurensis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from San Francisco Bay, California

Nicolini, Mary Helen; Penry, Deborah L (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

In Potamocorbula amurensis time for development to the straight-hinge larval stage is 48 hr at 15°C. Potamocorbula amurensis settles at a shell length of approximately 135 um 17 to 19 days after fertilization. Our ...
Stratigraphy and Whole-Rock Amino Acid Geochronology of Key Holocene and Last Interglacial Carbonate Deposits in the Hawaiian Islands

Hearty, Paul J; Kaufman, Darrell S; Olson, Storrs L; James, Helen F (University of Hawai'i Press, 2000-10)

We evaluated the utility of whole-rock amino acid racemization as a method for the stratigraphic correlation and dating of carbonate sediments in the Hawaiian Islands. D-alloisoleucine/L-isoleucine (A/I) ratios were ...