Pacific Science Volume 53, Number 2, 1999

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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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53:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)
Description of a New Allopatric Sibling Species of Hawaiian Picture-Winged Drosophila

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y; Kambysellis, Michael P (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

A new picture-winged Hawaiian Drosophila species from the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu that is morphologically indistinguishable from Drosophila grimshawi Oldenberg from the Maui Nui islands is described, based on ...
First Highly Stratified Prehistoric Vertebrate Sequence from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Steadman, David W; DeLeon, Valerie Burke (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

We report an assemblage of ca. 6900 vertebrate fossils from a preliminary excavation at Barn Owl Cave, Isla Floreana, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Age of this stratified deposit ranges from historic times (less than 200 ...
Observations of a Probable Hybrid Angelfish of the Genus Holacanthus from the Sea of Cortez, Mexico

Sala, Enric; Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio; Arreola-Robles, Jose L (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

A probable new hybrid angelfish was observed in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico. Body coloration was olive brown, with a dark orange area behind the head and a vertical white bar posterior to the pectoral fin. ...
Occurrence of Indigenous Plant Species in a Middle-Elevation Melaleuca Plantation on O'ahu (Hawaiian Islands)

Woodcock, DW; Perry, JL; Giambelluca, TW (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

The occurrence of native species at a middle-elevation (265-290 m) site on the island of O'ahu is of interest because of the extremely disturbed character of the vegetation and paucity of native forest species in the ...
Pocillopora inflata, A New Species of Scleractinian Coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Glynn, Peter W (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

Pocillopora inflata, n. sp., a relatively rare zooxanthellate scleractinian coral, is described from live colonies collected in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) and from three additional localities in the tropical, ...
A Reassessment of Dubautia (Asteraceae: Heliantheae - Madiinae) on Kaua'i

Carr, Gerald D (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

Aggressive botanical exploration of Kaua'i has yielded nearly 200 collections and two new species of Dubautia since the last monograph of the genus was published about a dozen years ago. This paper presents an updated key ...
Review of the Dragonets (Pisces: Callionymidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with Descriptions of Two New Species

Randall, John E (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

Eight species of dragonets, family Callionymidae, are reported from the Hawaiian Islands: Callionymus caeruleonotatus Gilbert, known from 12 specimens taken by trawling in 43-252 m, the male with the two middle caudal ...