Pacific Science Volume 46, Number 1, 1992

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46:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)
Abstracts of Papers: Sixteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 10-12 April 1991

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

The Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium is held in honor of Professor Albert L. Tester, who, at the time of his death in 1974, was senior professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii. The faculty and students of the ...
Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Ile Surprise, D'Entrecasteaux Reefs, New Caledonia

Bauer, Aaron M; Renevier, Alain; Sadlier, Ross A (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

The common, endemic New Caledonian skink Caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus is reported for the first time from the far north of the territory, specifically from lie Surprise in the D'Entrecasteaux Reefs. The herpetofauna ...
A New Moray Eel (Muraenidae: Gymnothorax) from Oceanic Islands of the South Pacific

Lavenberg, Robert J (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

A new moray of the genus Gymnothorax is illustrated and described from 69 individuals taken from oceanic islands and atolls in the subtropical South Pacific Ocean. It differs from all other Gymnothorax except the Atlantic ...
Origin and Population Growth of the Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis, on Guam

Rodda, Gordon H; Fritts, Thomas H; Conry, Paul J (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

After the accidental introduction of the Brown Tree Snake, Boiga irregularis, to the island of Guam after World War II, the snake became exceedingly numerous, and most of Guam's native vertebrates either became endangered ...
Puu Mahana Near South Point in Hawaii Is a Primary Surtseyan Ash Ring, Not a Sandhills-type Littoral Cone

Walker, George PL (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

Puu Mahana has previously been interpreted to be a littoral cone, formed at a secondary rootless vent where lava flowed from land into the ocean, but a number of lines of evidence point to it being a remnant of a Surtseyan ...
Rock Varnish on Hualalai and Mauna Kea Volcanoes, Hawai'i

Dorn, RI; Jull, AJT; Donahue, DJ; Linick, TW; Toolin, LJ; Moore, RB; Rubin, M; Gill, TE; Cahill, TA (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

Tropical rock varnishes found on Hualalai and Mauna Kea Volcanoes, Hawai'i, vary systematically with time and environment. Radiocarbon dating of encapsulated organic matter, (K+ + Ca2+)/Ti4+ ratios, and Zn, Cu, and Ni ...
Soils of the Laloanea Farm, Northwestern Upolu, Western Samoa

Morrison, RJ; Asghar, M (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

Soils of the Laloanea Farm (40 ha), in the uplands of northwestern Upolu, Western Samoa, were studied by an examination of nine pedons composing two toposequences, one running S-N and the other W-E across extensive ...
Species of Fabriciola Friedrich, 1939 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), from the California Coast

Fitzhugh, Kirk (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

Fabriciola berkeleyi Banse is the only species of Fabriciola reported from the California coast. It was described by Hartman as Fabricia berkeleyi in her Atlas of Sedentariate Polychaetous Annelids from California.. ...
Status of Tree Snails (Gastropoda: Partulidae) on Guam, with a Resurvey of Sites Studied by H. E. Campton in 1920

Hopper, David R; Smith, Barry D (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992-01)

Tree snails of the family Partulidae have declined on Guam since World War II. One species, indigenous to the western Pacific, Partula radiolata, is still locally common along stream courses in southern areas of the ...