Pacific Science Volume 53, Number 3, 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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53:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)
Abundance and Horizontal Distribution of Meiofauna on a Northern California Beach

Hooge, Matthew D (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Distribution and abundance of meiofauna on a sandy beach in Big Lagoon, California, were studied during a 3-week period in the summer of 1996. Sediment cores were taken to a depth of 10 em at three tidal levels. In addition ...
Alien Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (Salmoniformes: Salmonidae) Diet in Hawaiian Streams

Kido, Michael H; Heacock, Donald E; Asquith, Adam (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Diet of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), introduced by the State of Hawai'i into tropical headwater streams of the Waimea River in the Koke'e area of the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, was examined in this study ...
Annual Dispersal Cycle of the Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) (Carnivora: Herpestidae) in Hawai'i

Hays, Warren ST (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Four small Indian mongoose removal plots were monitored on two islands in Hawai'i during a 3-yr period. Both males and females showed natal dispersal in the fall. Males also dispersed during the breeding season. The ...
Botany and Genetics of New Caledonian Wild Taro, Colocasia esculenta

Ivancic, Anton; Lebot, Vincent (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Taro, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott, is considered to be an introduced crop in New Caledonia and has been cultivated since its introduction by Melanesian farmers. Wild germplasm exists on the main (continental) island and ...
A Case Study of Efficacy of Freshwater Immersion in Controlling Introduction of Alien Marine Fouling Communities: The USS Missouri

Brock, Richard; Bailey-Brock, Julie H; Goody, John (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

The historically significant battleship USS Missouri was recently decommissioned and moved from Bremerton, Washington, to Hawai'i to become a memorial museum at Pearl Harbor, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Dry-docking was completed ...
Ecological Observations on Dialommus fuscus (Labrisomidae), the "Four-Eyed Blenny" of the Galapagos Islands

Nieder, Jurgen (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Information is presented on the behavior, abundance, and distribution of Dialommus fuscus Gilbert in its intertidal habitat on the island of Santa Cruz, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador.
Island Environment and Landscape Responses to 1997 Tropical Cyclones in Fiji

Terry, James P; Raj, Rishi (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Principal responses of the physical environment of the Fiji Islands to tropical cyclones Gavin and June in 1997 were investigated. These cyclones, which entered Fiji waters in March and May 1997, respectively, were the ...
Nerillidae of Hawai'i: Two New Records of Interstitial Polychaetes

Bailey-Brock, Julie H (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Two species of the polychaete family Nerillidae are reported from sand collected from the south shore of O'ahu, Hawai'i. Nerilla antennata O. Schmidt was collected from a shallow fringing reef, and Mesonerilla fagei Swedmark ...
Rate of Spread of Introduced Rhodophytes Kappaphycus alvarezii, Kappaphycus striatum, and Gracilaria salicornia and Their Current Distribution in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu Hawai'i

Rodgers, S Ku'ulei; Cox, Evelyn F (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-07)

Spread of the introduced macroalgae Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty), Kappaphycus striatum Schmitz, and Graci/aria salicornia C. Ag. was measured on reefs in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i. The red algae Kappaphycus alvarezii ...
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 ...