Pacific Science Volume 29, Number 1, 1975

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29:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)
A Comparison of Effects of Elevated Temperature versus Temperature Fluctuations on Reef Corals at Kahe Point, Oahu

Coles, Stephen L (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

Bottom temperature and the condition of live corals in the vicinity of the discharge plume from the Hawaiian Electric Company Kahe Generating Station, Oahu, Hawaii, were monitored August-December 1973. Mortality ...
Distribution and Ecology of the Marine Toad, Bufo marinus, in Papua New Guinea

Zug, George R; Lindgren, Eric; Pippet, John R (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

Bufo marinus was introduced into the New Guinea region in the late 1930s. Its present distribution in Papua New Guinea is mapped. In the Port Moresby area, the population of Bufo marinus is capable of reproduction at any ...
Leachia pacifica (Cephalopoda, Teuthoidea): Spawning Habitat and Function of the Brachial Photophores

Young, Richard E (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

Leachia pacifica reaches about 80 percent of its maximum length in near-surface waters off Hawaii, then abruptly descends to depths greater than 1,000 meters where maturation and mating occur. At these latter depths, ...
Observations on Living Juvenile Specimens of the Slender Mola, Ranzania laevis (Pisces, Molidae)

Robison, Bruce H (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)
On the Use of Benthic Foraminifera as Sediment Tracers in a Hawaiian Bay

Coulbourn, William T; Resig, Johanna M (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

Populations of foraminifera were investigated in regard to the suitability of the various species as indicators of sand transport. Of 53 species recorded in the sediments of Kahana Bay, Oahu, 16 showed distribution ...
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Papua New Guinea, 1972

Worth, GK; Maclean, JL; Price, MJ (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

Outbreaks of paralytic shellfish poisoning and simultaneous red tides (Pyrodinium bahamense Plate) in the Port Moresby district during 1972 are recorded. Bioassays of various bivalve shellfish during and subsequent to ...
Red Tide in the Morobe District of Paupa New Guinea

Maclean, JL (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

A red tide near Lae in the Morobe District of Papua New Guinea is described. The causative dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense Plate, is known to produce paralytic shellfish poisoning. Its characteristics are extensive ...
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman. Part 38 Pandanus in Fiji, First Group (except Section Pandanus)

St. John, Harold (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)
Sertulum Papuanum 20 The Boraginaceae of the Alpine Regions of New Guinea

van Royen, P (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

In the alpine flora of New Guinea the Boraginaceae occupy a small place with only three genera, Cynoglossum, Myosotis, and Trigonotis, and a problematical fourth one, Crucicaryum, being reported. In the present treatment ...
Surface Sediments of the Nazca Plate

Rosato, Victor J; Kulm, LD; Derks, P Steve (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)

A new surface sediment distribution map of the southeast Pacific Ocean has been compiled from approximately 800 existing samples. Ridge sediments are characterized by calcareous ooze; deep ocean basin sediments by ...
The Warbling Silverbill, A New Nesting Bird in Hawaii

Berger, Andrew J (University of Hawai'i Press, 1975-01)