Pacific Science Volume 58, Number 1, 2004

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58:1 Table of Contents - Pacific Science

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
Abstracts of Papers. Twenty-eighth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, 16-17 April 2003

(University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)
Annotated Checklist of the Fishes of Wake Atoll

Lobel, Phillip S; Lobel, Lisa K (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

This study documents a total of 321 fishes in 64 families occurring at Wake Atoll, a coral atoll located at 190 17' N, 1660 36' E. Ten fishes are listed by genus only and one by family; some of these represent undescribed ...
Harvesting Impacts and Invasion by an Alien Species Decrease Estimates of Black Coral Yield off Maui, Hawai'i

Grigg, Richard W (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

For over 40 yr, the black coral fishery in Hawai'i has been managed successfully. However, three new developments now threaten sustainability of the resource. First, harvesting pressure on increasingly smaller colonies ...
Hormophysa cuneiformis (Phaeophyta: Fucales) in Micronesia

Tsuda, Roy T (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

Specimens of Hormophysa cuneiformis (J. Gmelin) P. Silva, collected by R. E. DeWreede in July 1968 and by the author in January 1971 from Palau, are documented for the first time and represent the first collections of a ...
Macrofauna of Laufuti Stream, Tau, American Samoa, and the Role of Physiography in Its Zonation

Cook, Robert P (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

Laufuti Stream, on the island of Tau, American Samoa, is a complex interrupted perennial stream, consisting of three accessible sections, lower Laufuti (perennial), middle Laufuti (intermittent), and upper Laufuti ...
Mineralogical Variation in Shells of the Blackfoot Abalone, Haliotis iris (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Haliotidae), in Southern New Zealand

Gray, Blair E; Smith, Abigail M (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

The New Zealand blackfoot abalone, Haliotis iris Gmelin, is among the few gastropods that precipitate both calcite and aragonite in their shells. The location, composition, and thickness of these mineral layers may affect ...
Survey and Estimates of Commercially Viable Populations of the Sea Cucumber Actinopyga mauritiana (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea), on Tinian Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Trianni, Michael S; Bryan, Patrick G (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

A survey was conducted in 1997 to assess commercially viable populations of the surf redfish, Actinopyga mauritiana, and establish a harvest quota for those populations on the island of Tinian. A simple random sampling ...
Temporal Variation in Forest Bird Survey Data from Tutuila Island, American Samoa

Freifeld, Holly B; Solek, Chris; Tualaulelei, Ailao (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

Avian census data from tropical Pacific islands often are limited to brief, one-time surveys. These efforts yield information about species' presence and distribution but reveal little about variation in abundance through ...
Topographic History of the Maui Nui Complex, Hawai'i, and Its Implications for Biogeography

Price, Jonathan P; Elliott-Fisk, Deborah (University of Hawai'i Press, 2004-01)

The Maui Nui complex of the Hawaiian Islands consists of the islands of Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, and Kaho'olawe, which were connected as a single landmass in the past. Aspects of volcanic landform construction, island ...