Pacific Science Volume 27, Numbers 1, 1973
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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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Item The Ecology of Rodents in the Tonga Islands(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Twibell, JohnItem Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman. Part 35 Additional Pandanus Species from New Guinea(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) St. John, HaroldItem Marine Algae of the Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition to the Society and Tuamotu Islands(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Taylor, Wm RandolphShort lists of the marine algae collected by the Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition to the Society and Tuamotu Islands are given. A detailed discussion and description of Giffordia indica (Sond.) Papenf. & Chihara is given.Item A New Halimeda (Chlorophyceae, Codiaceae) from the Philippines(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Taylor, Wm RandolphHalimeda batanensis is described as a new species from Batan Island in the Philippines, and compared with similar species.Item New Species of Pycnogonida from New Britain and Tonga(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Clark, W.C.Pallenopsis tongaensis n. sp. is described from material from Tonga, and Anoplodacrylus squalida n. sp. is described from material from New Britain. Pycnothea flynni Williams and Endeis meridionalis (Bohm) are recorded from New Britain for the first time.Item Pelagic Amphipoda from the Waters near Oahu, Hawaii, Excluding the Family Scinidae(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Brusca, Gary J.This paper reports a study conducted on pelagic Amphipoda collected from the waters near Oahu, Hawaii. Included here are species accounts for all of the amphipods except the hyperiid family Scinidae. The specimens discussed here represent 35 species belonging to 12 families of gammarid and hyperiid amphipods. Data and remarks on the systematics, vertical distribution and migration, and reproductive activities are presented, together with geographic distributions.Item Information Feedback from Photophores and Ventral Countershading in Mid-Water Squid(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01) Young, Richard EdwardThe arrangement of photosensitive vesicles and photophores in two species of mid-water squid suggests that the vesicles function in detecting the intensity of downward-directed surface light and the intensity of light from their own photophores. This information is precisely what is required for an animal to eliminate its ventral shadow by the production of a ventral bioluminescent glow. This arrangement, therefore, offers strong support for the theory of ventral countershading in mid-water animals.Item 27:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science(University of Hawaii Press, 1973-01)