Pacific Science Volume 44, Number 2, 1990

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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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44:2 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)
Abstracts of Papers. Fourteenth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 13-14 April 1989

(University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)
Age and Growth of the Scalloped Hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, in Northeastern Taiwan Waters

Chen, CT; Leu, TC; Joung, SJ; Lo, NCH (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

Age and growth of the scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini, caught mostly by longline and harpoon in northeastern Taiwan waters from December 1984 to November 1985, were determined from annulus counts from 325 individuals. ...
Iridoteuthis iris (Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae): New Records from the Central North Pacific and First Description of the Adults

Harman, Robert F; Seki, Michael P (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

Iridoteuthis iris (Berry, 1909) was originally described from a unique specimen collected in the main Hawaiian Islands, but the holotype is no longer extant. New material was collected from the southern Emperor-norther ...
A New and Primitive Barnacle (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from the North Fiji Basin Abyssal Hydrothermal Field, and Its Evolutionary Implications

Yamaguchi, Toshiyuki; Newman, William A (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

A new sessile barnacle, Eochionelasmus ohtai, n. gen., n. sp., has been discovered associated with an abyssal hydrothermal vent at 1990m depth in the North Fiji Basin, Southwest Pacific. The genus is distinguished from ...
The Other Polynesian Gourd

Whistler, W Arthur (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

A review of botanical specimens and ethnographic literature indicates that a small calabash used as a vessel for scented coconut oil in Polynesia before European contact belongs to Benin casa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., the ...
Reproductive Biology and Uniform Culture of Portulaca in Hawaii

Kim, Insun; Carr, Gerald D (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

Ten taxa of Portulaca that occur in Hawaii (P. lutea, P. molokiniensis, P. oleracea, P. pi/osa, P. sclerocarpa, P. villosa, two imperfectly known species, and two cultivars) were included in a study of reproductive biology ...
Review Article: Recent Marine Geological Research in the Mariana and Izu-Bonin Island Arcs

Fryer, Patricia (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

Over the last decade models of the structure, composition, and evolutionary processes of the Mariana and lzu-Bonin island arc systems of the western Pacific have been changed profoundly by an interdisciplinary and ...
Zostera asiatica Miki on the Pacific Coast of North America

Phillips, Ronald C; Echeverria, Sandy W (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-04)

Zostera asiatica Miki is reported from Tomales Bay to Santa Monica, California. It occurs from 5 to 17m below mean lower low water. Plants have wide blades (12.0 to 18.4 mm wide) with tips notched to deeply notched. Freshly ...