Browsing Pacific Science, Volume 53, Numbers 1-4, 1999 by Title

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Twenty Years of Disturbance and Change in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, American Samoa

Green, AL; Birkeland, CE; Randall, RH (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-10)

Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary contains a moderately diverse coral reef community (150 coral species, 259 fish species) that is protected from most human activities. The coral community was devastated by ...
Two New Pacific Ocean Species of Hyocrinid Crinoids (Echinodermata), with Comments on Presumed Giant-Dwarf Gradients Related to Seamounts and Abyssal Plains

Roux, Michel; Pawson, David L (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Hyocrinus foelli, n. sp. is a small hyocrinid sea lily from the abyssal ferromanganese nodule fields of the North Pacific Ocean. Hyocrinus giganteus, n. sp. is a very large hyocrinid from Horizon Seamount in the eastern ...
Ultraviolet Floral Patterns in the Native Hawaiian Flora: What Do They Mean for Island Biogeography?

Jones, C Eugene; Dorsett, Deborah K; Roelofs, Faith M; Shah, Chirag V (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-01)

We examined 104 species (13%) of the approximately 784 species of biotically pollinated plants native to Hawai'i and found 14 (13.5%) that have an ultraviolet (UV) floral pattern. However, detailed examination revealed ...