Pacific Science Volume 43, Number 2, 1989

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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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43:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)
Abstracts of Papers. Thirteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 14-15 April 1988

(University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)
Altitudinal Limits of Life in Subtropical Mountains: What Do We Know?

Halloy, Stephan (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

Present knowledge of the highest altitudinal limits of organisms and their causes is reviewed. Discussion focuses on subtropical latitudes (20- 30°) and altitudes above 4000 m. Methods used in high-altitude studies are ...
Briania Gen. Nov. and Brianiafruticetum Sp. Nov.

Reynolds, Don R (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

The conidiogenous genus Briania is described as new with a single species, Briania fruticetum. Major characters of the Hawaiian fungus are erect setiform, branched phialophores formed in mycothickets on the surface of ...
Coral Reef Recovery Subsequent to the Freshwater Kill of 1965

Holthus, Paul F; Maragos, James E; Evans, W Christopher (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

The reef coral community on the landward side of a patch reef near Kahaluu in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii was resurveyed 18 yr after all live coral was killed by a thick lens of freshwater runoff from a flashflood in ...
Distributions and Habitat Associations of Birds in Waikiki, Hawaii

Williams, Richard N; Fleischer, Robert C (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

We conducted 57 transects along three routes in Waikiki from August through December 1986. Rock Doves, Zebra Doves, and House Sparrows, all alien species, accounted for approximately 80% of all birds observed. All three ...
Feeding Biology of the Blackfin Sculpin (Malacocottus kincaidi Gilbert and Thompson, 1905) and the Spinyhead Sculpin (Dasycottus setiger Bean 1890) in the Northeastern Gulf of Alaska

Jewett, Stephen C; Day, Robert H; Feder, Howard M (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

We examined the feeding biology of two species of sculpins in the northeastern Gulf of Alaska. The blackfin sculpin (Malacocottus kincaidit fed primarily on benthic amphipods and nektobenthic shrimps, although it took a ...
Growth and Behavior of Trichoplax adhaerens: First Record of the Phylum Placozoa in Hawaii

Pearse, Vivki Bushsbaum (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

I report here the first record of Trichoplax adhaerens F. E. Schulze (phylum Placozoa) in Hawaii. Individuals were found on glass slides placed in the seawater system of the Pacific Biomedical Research Center on Kewalo ...
Sexual Selection and Lek Behavior in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Arita, Lorna H; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

Field and laboratory studies were conducted to describe the complex lek mating system of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Results of these studies indicate that there are two phases in the mating ...
A vrainvillea amadelpha (Codiales, Chlorophyta) from Oahu, Hawaii

Brostoff, William N (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

The siphonous green alga Avrainvillea is reported for the first time in Hawaii. The Hawaiian specimens are described and compared to A. amadelpha (Mont.) Gepp and Gepp and other Avrainvillea species elsewhere in the ...