Recently added articles from Pacific Science:
Reproductive biology and early development of two species of sleeper, Eleotris acanthopoma and Eleotris fusca (Teleostei: Eleotridae) (1).(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Reproductive biology and early development of two species of sleepers, Eleotris acanthopoma Bleeker, 1853, and E. fusca (Forster, 1801), were investigated in streams on Okinawa Island in southern Japan. Gonadal examination and morphology of the genital papillae indicated that E ....
Biology and impacts of Pacific Island invasive species. 4. Verbesina encelioides, Golden Crownbeard (Magnoliopsida: Asteraceae) (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray, golden crownbeard, is a sunflower-like herbaceous annual plant ranging in height from 0.3 to 1.7 m with showy yellow flowers. It is native to the southwestern United States, the Mexican Plateau, and other parts of ...
Exploiting macrofauna diadromy for assessing anthropogenic impact in American Samoa streams (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Stream biomonitoring is increasingly used to identify and monitor changes in water quality, stream habitat, and even the surrounding watershed. An effective biomonitoring protocol must comprise attributes able to discriminate human-caused changes from natural variation. We ...
Life history of the red spiny lobster, Panulirus penicillatus (Decapoda: Palinuridae), in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The red spiny lobster, Panulirus penicillatus (Olivier, 1791), is exploited commercially in the Galapagos Marine Reserve by the local fishing sector. Catches and catch per unit effort have declined over the past few years, leading to concerns about sustainability of the fishery ....
A comparison of immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) diets among seven sites in the main Hawaiian Islands (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Understanding resource acquisition and feeding ecology of threatened species is integral to their conservation because diet is intimately linked with growth rate and reproductive output. We examined diets of immature green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas (L.), from seven sites on the ...
Evolutionary lineages in Emballonura and Mosia bats (mammalia: microchiroptera) from the southwestern Pacific (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The microchiropteran bat family Emballonuridae is widely distributed in archipelagos of the southwestern Pacific, with especially strong representation of genera Emballonura and Mosia. DNA sequences from three segments of the mitochondrial genome were collected from four species ...
Relative abundance and distribution of Mariana Swiftlets (Aves: Apodidae) in the Northern Mariana Islands (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: The endangered Mariana Swiftlet, Aerodramus bartschi (Mearns, 1909), occurs in its native habitat on only three islands worldwide--Guam, Saipan, and Aguiguan. It is locally extinct on the islands of Rota and Tinian, and numbers have declined on Guam. On Saipan and Aguiguan, the ...
A new small-bodied species of Bavayia (Reptilia: Squamata: Diplodactylidae) from southeastern New Caledonia (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: A new species of diplodactylid genus Bavayia, B. goroensis, is described from the Plaine des Lacs region of the Province Sud, New Caledonia. The new gecko is the smallest member of the Bavayia cyclura clade (49 mm snout-vent length) and, based on a molecular phylogeny, is basal ...
Role of pro-thrombolites in the geomorphology of a Coastal Lagoon (1).(Ensenada de La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico)(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Thrombolites are lithified biosedimentary structures generated by entrapment, precipitation, and binding of sediments promoted by growth and metabolic activity of cyanobacteria. Beaches of the coastal lagoon known as Ensenada de La Paz in Baja California Sur, Mexico, are bordered ...
Additional marine benthic algae from Howland and Baker Islands, central Pacific (1).(Report)
Apr 01, 2008; ... Abstract: Marine benthic algae from Howland Island and Baker Island were identified from collections made during earlier expeditions in 1924, 1935, and 1964, and during five separate expeditions between 1998 and 2004. Eightynine (six blue-green algae, 53 red algae, five brown algae, and 25 ...
PSA activities.(Association Affairs)(Pacific Science Association )(Report)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Climate Change and Biodiversity in Melanesia (CCBM) Project Report Bishop Museum, Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) along with the Pacific Science Association (PSA) and Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance (IPCA), have announced initial findings in their MacArthur ...