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40:1-4 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
40: Index - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
Abstracts of Papers: Eleventh Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium

(University of Hawaii Press, 1986)
Amaranthus interruptus R. Br. on Jarvis Island in the Central Pacific

Eliasson, Uno H (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

Amaranthus interruptus R. Br.,' a principally Australian species, has been recorded on Jarvis Island in the Central Pacific. The plant is supposed to have been introduced to the island some time between 1924 and 1935. ...
Diel Movements of Resident and Transient Zooplankters Above Lagoon Reefs at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.

Hobson, Edmund S; Chess, James R (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

Of those zooplankters above reefs on the lagoon shelf at Enewetak Atoll at some time during the diel cycle, the vast majority of those larger than about 1.5 mm were there only at night. Many of these larger forms were ...
Diopatra dexiognatha, a New Species of Onuphidae (Polychaeta) from Oahu, Hawaiian Islands

Paxton, Hannelore; Bailey-Brock, Julie H (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

A second species of Diopatra Audouin and Milne Edwards from the Hawaiian Islands is described. Diopatra dexignatha n. sp. differs from D. leuckarti, the only previously reported species from Hawaii, most notably by ...
The Lizards of Rarotonga and Mangaia, Cook Island Group, Oceania

Crombie, Ronald I; Steadman, David W (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

Eight species of lizards are reported from the islands of Rarotonga and Mangaia with comments on their distribution, ecology, reproduction, and variation. Particular attention is given to systematic problems in the ...
A Revision of Phyllanthus (Euphorbiaceae) in Eastern Melanesia

Webster, Grady L (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

In eastern Melanesia (New Hebrides to Fiji and Tonga), Phyllanthus is represented by eight native species in three subgenera (Isocladus, Anisonema, and Gomphidium); in addition, there are three introduced weedy species in ...
A Synopsis of Native Hawaiian Araliaceae

Lowry, Porter P II (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

The four genera of Araliaceae native to Hawaii, Cheirodendron, Munroidendron, Reynoldsia, and Tetraplasandra, comprise 13 species and 2 subspecies, significantly fewer than have been recognized in previous treatments. Three ...
Two New Species of Rails (Aves: Rallidae) from Mangaia , Southern Cook Islands

Steadman, David W (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

Two species of rails, Porzana rua n. sp. and Gallirallus ripleyi n. sp., are described from bones of late Holocene age found in caves on Mangaia, southern Cook Islands. Their relatively small pectoral elements show that ...
Weather, Eucalyptus Dieback in New England, and a General Hypothesis of the Cause of Dieback

White, TCR (University of Hawaii Press, 1986)

On the New England Tablelands in Australia between 1950 and 1980 very many eucalypts declined and died. This dieback was strongly correlated with a change in the pattern of rainfall. Starting from 1945, trees were ...