Pacific Science Volume 44, Number 3, 1990

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44:3 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)
Changes in the Structure and Composition of a New Zealand Lowland Forest Inhabited by Brushtail Possums

Campbell, DJ (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

All specimens of 19 tree and 11 shrub species greater than 10 cm dbh (more than 3000 stems of trees and tree ferns) were labeled, measured, and mapped in 2.25 ha of lowland forest near Wellington, New Zealand. Their ...
Chromosome Counts from the Flora of the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. III.

Sun, Byung Yun; Stuessay, Tod F; Crawford, Daniel J (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

Thirty-four chromosome counts are reported from populations in 20 species from Masafuera in the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. New species counts are in Abrotanella crassipes (2n = 18), Carpobrotus aequilaterus (n = ...
Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels in Bayliss Cave, Australia: Implications for the Evolution of Obligate Cave Species

Howarth, Francis G; Stone, Fred D (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

In May and June 1985, the deeper passages of Bayliss Cave, North Queensland, Australia, contained up to 200 times the ambient atmospheric level of carbon dioxide and a water-saturated atmosphere, yet supported the most ...
First Central Pacific Plate and Hawaiian Record of the Deep-sea Tripod Fish Bathypterois grallator (Pisces: Chlorophthalmidae)

Jones, Anthony T; Sulak, kenneth J (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

Two species of tripod fish, Bathypterois grallator and B. cf. atricolor, were observed in the Hawaiian Islands at depths of > 1000 m during submersible dives in May and July 1986. This is the first record of B. grallator in ...
Geochemical Study of Fumarolic Condensates from Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Barnard, Walther M; Halbig, Joseph B; Fountain, John C (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

Results of a geochemical study based on 20 samples of condensates obtained between late December 1987 and early January 1989 at five fumarole sites on or near the summit of Kilauea Volcano, island of Hawaii, are presented. ...
Identity of Aralia bastardiana Decaisne

Frodin, DG (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

Aralia bastardiana Decne., since its written description in 1864 [as Panax bastardianus (Decne.) Decne.] thought to be from Tahiti but never recollected there, is considered almost certainly to have been collected in ...
Polychaeta from the Vicinity of Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents in the Eastern Pacific. II. New Species and Records from the Juan de Fuca and Explorer Ridge Systems

Blake, James A; Hilbig, Brigitte (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

A total of 15 genera and species distributed in 10 families of Polychaeta is reported from hydrothermal vent sites on the Juan de Fuca and Explorer ridges off British Columbia and Washington. One genus and 10 species are ...
Zooplankton of the Gulf of California after the 1982-1983 El Nino Event: Biomass Distribution and Abundance

Lavaniegos-Espejo, Bertha E; Lara-Lara, J Ruben (University of Hawaii Press, 1990-07)

From 23 March to 7 April 1984, we studied the responses of zooplankton populations to the 1982-1983 El Nino event in the Gulf of California. Twenty six stations were sampled for zooplankton distribution and abundance. ...