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1. Stoddart, D.R. 1976. Continuity and Crisis in the Reef Community. Micronesica. 12 (1): 1-10. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Continuity and Crisis in the Reef Community

Stoddart, D.R.

This Symposium has for its theme reef biology in the Indo-Pacific; it is particularly concerned with the present state of faunistic information in this area, and the extent to which biogeographic patterns are reflected in the structure and morphology of local reef communities. The tropical Indo-Pacific, from the east coast of Africa, Madagascar, and the Red Sea to the easternmost Tuamotus, is one of extraordinary uniformity in shallow benthic marine biota. This applies not only to the more conspicuous components of the coral reefs, but also to many intricate associations of plants and animals found in this environment. This fact alone, based though it is on a patchy and limited sampling of reefs, nevertheless represents a remarkable paradox, for it exists in spite of recurrent crises in the reef seas which reached their peak during the period of Pleistocene glaciations and which are probably not over yet.
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2. Tsuda, R.T. 1976. Role of Benthic Algae in the Coral Reef Ecosystem: Introductory Remarks. Micronesica. 12 (1): 11-12. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Role of Benthic Algae in the Coral Reef Ecosystem: Introductory Remarks

Tsuda, R.T.

Past studies on benthic algae of tropical reefs have focused on the descriptive aspects. In recent years, there has been an increase in interdisciplinary studies whereby researchers in various disciplines have pooled their knowledge to better interpret certain aspects of reef function. Since the benthic algae are the primary producers on the reef and knowledge on this group is basic to other studies, emphasis has focused on the role of benthic algae in the coral reef ecosystem.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 11-12, 1976.
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3. Marsh, Jr. J.A. 1976. Energetic Role of Algae in Reef Ecosystems. Micronesica. 12 (1): 13-22. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Energetic Role of Algae in Reef Ecosystems

Marsh, Jr. J.A.

Reef communities are recognized for their high productivity, but there is little information on the particular populations of primary producers responsible for this. There has as yet been no satisfactory attempt to rank the producer populations in a reef community according to their relative importance, and it is not clear whether community productivity is dominated by one or a few such populations or is distributed fairly evenly over a number of populations. There is also little information on how productivity varies spatially and temporally, nor is it yet known if there are basic differences between different types of reefs. Metabolic studies of reefs have tended to focus more on the community approach than on the study of individual populations.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 13-22, 1976.
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4. Wiebe, W.J. 1976. Nitrogen Cycle on a Coral Reef. Micronesica. 12 (1): 23-26. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Nitrogen Cycle on a Coral Reef

Wiebe, W.J.

While coral reefs are characterized by high rates of biological productivity, it has long been a puzzle to biologists as to how this is accomplished. Most reefs exist in oceanic deserts where phytoplankton production is extremely low. In nutrient poor waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, nitrogen is believed to be the most limiting element (Thomas and Owen, 1971). Starting in 1971 on the Symbios expedition (Johannes et al., 1972), a group of scientists examined the nitrogen flux of a windward reef at Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands. In this paper I wish to review these findings.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 23-26, 1976.
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5. Littler, M.M. 1976. Calcification and its Role among the Macroalgae. Micronesica. 12 (1): 27-42. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Calcification and its Role among the Macroalgae

Littler, M.M.

Calcareous algae are important components of the limestone deposits of antiquity. Such deposits are often associated with petroleum reserves and, for this reason, calcareous algae have attracted attention from a broad spectrum of workers that includes geologists, phycologists and paleontologists. While nearly all have agreed that calcifying algae of modern depositional habitats are abundant, diverse and ecologically important, critical quantitative information is scarce and these organisms are in nearly every respect poorly known. Most of our knowledge of biological calcification comes from studies of bone and shell producing animals. Much of the present information on calcareous macroalgae concerns the location, appearance and degree of calcification, but the mechanisms and ultrastructural features are only beginning to be explored (see for examples Marszalek, 1971; Borowitzka, Larkum and Nockolds, 1974). Reasons for this lack of research are varied, but the naive presumption that calcium deposits in plants are fortuitous or by-products of photosynthesis and other metabolic reactions has contributed heavily.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 27-42, 1976.
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6. Dahl, A.L. 1976. Generation of Photosynthetic Surface Area by Coral Reef Algae. Micronesica. 12 (1): 43-48. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Generation of Photosynthetic Surface Area by Coral Reef Algae

Dahl, A.L.

The quantification of surface area has proven to be a useful approach to the greater understanding of surface-mediated processes in complex ecosystems such as coral reefs (Dahl, 1973). For plants in particular, it is through surfaces that light is absorbed for photosynthesis and materials exchanged with the surrounding medium, whether gaseous or aquatic. Attachment also requires surface, and in highly productive and mature benthic ecosystems, the generation of substratum is an evolutionary strategy permitting an increase in organism density and diversity.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 43-48, 1976.
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7. Thorhaug, A. 1976. Tropical Macroalgae as Pollution Indicator Organisms. Micronesica. 12 (1): 49-66. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Tropical Macroalgae as Pollution Indicator Organisms

Thorhaug, A.

A great deal of emphasis has been placed on the role of phytoplankton as primary producers in marine biology. As our focus changes from oceanic to coastal processes, it becomes clear that benthic macrophytes emerge as dominant, if not predominant, in production of plant material. In two geographical regions is this particularly marked: the tropics and the very nearshore regions. Unfortunately, it is in these same regions that man's impact is rapidly occurring often resulting in irreversible destruction so that rapid and accurate information must be accumulated to control these impacts for optimum usage. Since a great portion of efforts in marine biology have been directed toward an understanding of the phytoplankton system, little data has been accumulated on the effect of various physical and chemical factors on macroalgae, especially tropical species.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 49-66, 1976.
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8. Hadfield, M.G. 1976. Animal Associates on Coral Reefs: Introductory Remarks. Micronesica. 12 (1): 67-68. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Animal Associates on Coral Reefs: Introductory Remarks

Hadfield, M.G.

The organizers of the 1974, "International Symposium on Inda-Pacific Tropical Reef Biology," envisioned a comprehensive examination of problems relating to faunistics and floristics of coral reef communities. Special attention was to be directed toward summations of existing knowledge of the state of taxonomy of various groups. In connection with these reports was to be a series of symposia in which would be summarized biological information about major groups of reef associated organisms.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 67-68, 1976.
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9. Newman, W.A., P.A. Jumars, & A. Ross. 1976. Diversity Trends in Coral-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatinae). Micronesica. 12 (1): 69-82. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Diversity Trends in Coral-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Pyrgomatinae)

Newman, W.A., P.A. Jumars, & A. Ross.

A recent revision of the coral-inhabiting barnacles of the subfamily Pygromatinae (Ross and Newman, 1973) covers various aspects of the biogeography, growth and form, and host specificity, as well as systematics and evolution, and thereby affords an up-to-date source for analyses of diversity trends in the group.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 69-82, 1976.
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10. Bruce, A.J. 1976. Coral Reef Caridea and "Commensalism". Micronesica. 12 (1): 83-98. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Coral Reef Caridea and "Commensalism"

Bruce, A.J.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a general review of what is presently known about the "commensal" caridean shrimps found in the coral reef biotope. The information is based largely upon the available literature and studies carried out in the western Indian Ocean, but the findings in this region probably apply extensively to the rest of the Indo-West Pacific region and also, to a lesser extent, to coral reef regions of the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 83-98, 1976.
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11. Castro, J.S. 1976. Brachyuran Crabs Symbiotic with Scleractinian Corals: A Review of their Biology. Micronesica. 12 (1): 99-110. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1975.
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Brachyuran Crabs Symbiotic with Scleractinian Corals: A Review of their Biology

Castro, J.S.

The brachyuran crabs constitute one of the most diverse components of coral reef communities. Serene (1972) has estimated that more than 500 of approximately 2,000 species of Indo-West Pacific brachyurans are inhabitants of coral reefs. Many of these species are associated in one way or another with scleractinian corals. Some of these are found living on dead coral or coral rubble while others arc facultative or obligate associates of living coral.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 99-110, 1976.
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12. Clark, A.M. 1976. Tropical Epizoic Echinoderms and their Distribution. Micronesica. 12 (1): 111-118. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Tropical Epizoic Echinoderms and their Distribution

Clark, A.M.

Although the newly metamorphosed young of many species of echinoderms are frequently epizoic transitorily on larger sessile or sedentary animals, it is only among the comatulid crinoids and the ophiuroids that a significant number of species, particularly suspension feeders, extend such associations throughout their lives. Where crinoids are concerned, the choice of perch for rheophilic (current-loving) species is limited by purely physical factors and it may be either animate or inanimate but for some ophiuroids an animate host is clearly preferred and the association is to some extent obligatory and can be termed commensal (or, in the case of Ophiomaza, even parasitic). It is noticeable that whereas the relict fauna of recent crinoids shows very limited adaptations to special circumstances, the apparently more plastic ophiuroids have evolved several unusual modifications correlated to some extent at least with the epizoic habit
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Micronesica 12 (1): 111-118, 1976.
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13. Rice, M.E. 1976. Sipunculans Associated with Coral Communities. Micronesica. 12 (1): 119-132. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Sipunculans Associated with Coral Communities

Rice, M.E.

Sipunculans occupy several habitats within the coral-reef community, often occurring in great densities. They may be found in burrows of their own formation within dead coral rock, wedged into crevices of rock and rubble, under rocks, or within algal mats covering the surfaces of rocks. In addition, sand-burrowing species commonly occur in the sand around coral heads and on the sand flats of lagoons. Only one species of sipunculan is known to be associated with a living coral. This is Aspidosiphon jukesi Baird 1873 which lives commensally in the base of two genera of solitary corals, Heteropsammia and Heterocyathus. This review will consider first the mutualistic association of the sipunculan and solitary coral and then the association, more broadly defined, of the rock-boring and sand-burrowing sipunculans as members of the coral reef community.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 119-132, 1976.
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14. Hadfield, M.G. 1976. Molluscs Associated with Living Tropical Corals. Micronesica. 12 (1): 133-148. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Molluscs Associated with Living Tropical Corals

Hadfield, M.G.

Of the many thousands of molluscan species which are restricted in their distributions to shallow-water, tropical habitats, few can be shown to have a direct or obligatory association with living corals. For the remainder, a coral reef provides a major type of habitat in which the molluscs are living lives comparable to those of molluscs on temperate shores: they are detritivores, herbivores and carnivores, microphagous or macrophagous, whose life cycles are adapted to the temperatures and food webs of tropical reef ecosystems. In this paper I wish to discuss species with direct and obligatory associations with living corals. The purpose of such a survey is to assess the types of interactions which occur between corals and molluscs, to indicate where knowledge is scant, and to recommend directions for future research.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 133-148, 1976.
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15. Eldredge, L.G. 1976. The Need for Faunistic Information on Pacific Coral Reefs: Introductory Remarks. Micronesica. 12 (1): 149-150. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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The Need for Faunistic Information on Pacific Coral Reefs: Introductory Remarks

Eldredge, L.G.

In conjunction with the International Symposium on Indo-Pacific Tropical Reef Biology, a series of reports were planned to be presented which summarized the status of knowledge of certain Indo-Pacific animals. The prime objective of the Colloquium was to begin a dialogue on how to better compile information on coral reefs. The information was to be presented by specialists familiar with individual animal groups. Unfortunately, because of financial restrictions, not all those originally scheduled to present papers were able to attend. However, eleven papers were presented and eight are published herein. At least one additional is to be published elsewhere. Two which were presented have been collated here as one.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 149-150, 1976.
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16. Randall, R.H. 1976. Some Problems in Reef Coral Taxonomy. Micronesica. 12 (1): 151-156. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Some Problems in Reef Coral Taxonomy

Randall, R.H.

This paper is a brief presentation about some of the current problems in reef coral (hermatypic) taxonomy in relation to the role of the taxonomist and how well that role is being fulfilled. In a broad sense, a taxonomist organizes the tremendous diversity of life into an ordered arrangement of related forms. At the first level of organization the life forms are arranged into basic groups, each of which possesses a more or less common set of affinities. At the next level these basic groups are related to other basic groups which together have a broader range of common affinities. This grouping into higher hierarchial organization levels continues until the range of affinities are all encompassing of life itself. Taxonomists work directly in two dimensions of time-the present and the past. They not only organize the living forms, but also those forms which lived in the past by grouping the evidence, which by chance, has been preserved in the crust and sediments of the earth.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 151-156, 1976.
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17. Soule, D.F & J.D. Soule. 1976. The Status of Faunistic Information on Tropical Reef Bryozoans. Micronesica. 12 (1): 157-164. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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The Status of Faunistic Information on Tropical Reef Bryozoans

Soule, D.F & J.D. Soule.

The status of faunistic information concerning tropical reef bryozoans dwells at a very low level, virtually at alpha taxonomy, at the present time. Unless changes can occur in diversifying the approach and in supporting field studies, there is little likelihood that the situation will improve. Yet bryozoans play several important roles in at least some of the tropical reefs.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 157-164, 1976.
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18. Fauchald, K. 1976. A Review of the Need for Work on Polychaete Systematics on Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs. Micronesica. 12 (1): 165-168. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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A Review of the Need for Work on Polychaete Systematics on Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs

Fauchald, K.

The following quote from Ekman (1953: 13) encasulates the common opinion of polychaetes as biogeographical indicators:
"The polychaetes, which are to a large extent cosmopolitan and therefore do no throw much light on regional zoogeography, also show the boundaries between the West and East Pacific, which is a good indication of the effectiveness of this boundary."
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Micronesica 12 (1): 165-168, 1976.
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19. Barnard, J.L. 1976. Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Indo-Pacific Tropics: A Review. Micronesica. 12 (1): 169-182. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Amphipoda (Crustacea) from the Indo-Pacific Tropics: A Review

Barnard, J.L.

The gammaridean Amphipoda are the dominant peracaridan group of crustaceans in most shallow seas, including the tropics. This discussion reviews the status of our knowledge of this group in Indo-Pacific tropical zones, especially on coral reefs.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 169-182, 1976.
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20. Haig, J. 1976. Decapod Crustacea of Pacific Coral Reefs. Micronesica. 12 (1): 183-186. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Decapod Crustacea of Pacific Coral Reefs

Haig, J.

The decapod Crustacea are among the most abundant and diverse animals in the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Serène (1972) estimated that this area is inhabited by nearly 2,000 species of Brachyura alone. A large proportion of the tropical Indo-West Pacific decapods live on coral reefs: Serène gave their number as over 500 for the brachyurans and classified them as associates with other living coral reef organisms; regular inhabitants of the dead part of the reefs; and species which ordinarily live on rocky, sandy, or muddy substrates off the reefs, but occasionally occur there in suitable microhabitats.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 183-186, 1976.
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21. Kay, E.A. 1976. The Status of Faunistic Studies of Pacific Coral Reef Mollusks: 1974. Micronesica. 12 (1): 187-192. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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The Status of Faunistic Studies of Pacific Coral Reef Mollusks: 1974

Kay, E.A.

Four themes characterize faunistic studies of coral reef-associated mollusks in the Pacific: that they are representative of the lndo-West-Pacific faunal region, that within the faunal region there are areas of endemism, that there is an attenuation in numbers of species from west to east across the tropical Pacific, and that tropical Pacific mollusks exhibit high species diversity compared with temperate regions. These patterns have emerged from the descriptions and records of 19th century explorer-naturalists who crossed and re-crossed the Pacific. Their observations are summarized in such great molluscan classics as Kiener's (1834-1879) Coquilles Vivantes, Reeve's (1843-1878) Conchologia Iconica, Sowerby's (1842 1887) Thesaurus Conchyliorum, and Tryon's (1879-1898) Manual of Conchology . In the 20th century, the descriptive and summary work of Dall, Bartsch, and Rehder (1938), Ladd (1966, 1972), Cernohorsky (1967, 1972), and the ever increasing issues of Indo-Pacific Mollusca (edited by R.T. Abbott) provide further documentation for the themes.
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22. Clark, A.M. 1976. Review of Present Status of Knowledge of Pacific Echinoderms. Micronesica. 12 (1): 193-196. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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Review of Present Status of Knowledge of Pacific Echinoderms

Clark, A.M.

Inevitably most work in the Pacific on echinoderms has been done intertidally and in the upper 20 meters or so of water. The fauna of the tropical area, excepting the East Pacific, has been reviewed comprehensively by Clark and Rowe (1971) who give a fauna list/distribution table for the sub-areas of the Indo-West Pacific and annotated keys to the species (except for holothurians which are dealt with to genus or subgenus only). Since that date, notable contributions on the taxonomy of the Asterozoa of south-east Polynesia by Devaney and by Marsh have appeared and Devaney's revision of the dominant family of coral reef ophiuroids-the Ophiocomidae (to be concluded) includes many relevant species.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 193-196, 1976.
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23. Eldredge, L.G. 1976. lndo-Pacific Ascidian Studies. Micronesica. 12 (1): 197-198. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 June 1976.
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lndo-Pacific Ascidian Studies

Eldredge, L.G.

Ascidians are sessile tunicates which are cosmopolitan, occurring in all seas, at all depths. All the species are generally considered to belong to fourteen families. As with the other small-sized and virtually noneconomic invertebrates, little work is being carried out at present. Older expedition reports were extensive and well illustrated, but, unfortunately, almost none of these are useable in the identification of specimens from the shallow waters of the islands. Studies for ascidians in Japanese waters continues. Tokioka's (1953) work on Sagami Bay is probably one of the most valuable, but it contains no keys to assist in identification.
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Micronesica 12 (1): 197-198, 1976.
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24. Underwood, J.H. 1976. The Native Origins of the Neo-Chamorros of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica. 12 (2): 203-210. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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The Native Origins of the Neo-Chamorros of the Mariana Islands

Underwood, J.H.

The recent discovery of Spanish census records from the 19th Century challenges the notion that modern hybrid populations of these islands represent descendants of a predominantly alien origin. The persistence of a large native segment of the total population into the 19th Century argues against the extensive, early hybridization with Europeans and Asiatics proposed by most authorities and confirms Howells' (1973) qualifications, suggested by biological evidence, that foreign contributions to the gene pool have been less extensive than hitherto believed.
Micronesica 12 (2): 203-210, 1976.
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25. Klee, G.A. 1976. Traditional Time Reckoning and Resource Utilization. Micronesica. 12 (2): 211-246. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Traditional Time Reckoning and Resource Utilization

Klee, G.A.

The perception, utilization, and consequent management of natural resources can partially be attributed to a culture's perceived model of "cyclic time". This field study focuses on an important aspect of cultural ecology which is usually neglected in studies of traditional subsistence. The study area, Ngermetengel, is a small fishing village in Micronesia.
Micronesica 12 (2): 211-246, 1976.
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26. Gordon, G.D., T. Masaki, & H. Akioka. 1976. Floristic and Distributional Account of the Common Crustose Coralline Algae on Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 247-278. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Floristic and Distributional Account of the Common Crustose Coralline Algae on Guam

Gordon, G.D., T. Masaki, & H. Akioka.

A collection of crustose coralline algae from Guam, Mariana Islands, is described. Fifteen species from nine genera of Corallinaceae have been named. Specimens were taken from the reef flat and to depths of 40 m. Their distribution is discussed along with possible environmental factors that are thought to affect distribution. The following species are reported for the first time from Guam: Sporolithon schmidtii, Mesophyllum erubescens., M. mesomorphum, Lithothamnium asperulum, Fosliella farinosa, Lithoporella melobesioides, L. pacifica, Neogoniolithon conicum, and N. pacificum. Due to its ecological role in cementing the reef margin, its wide distributional range, and its general abundance, Porolithon onkodes was felt to be the most important single species. Other species which were abundant were Lithophyllum moluccense and Hydrolithon reinboldii. Keys are given for the genera and appropriate species.
Micronesica 12 (2): 247-278, 1976.
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27. Tsuda, R.T. 1976. Occurrence of the Genus Sargassum (Phaeophyta) on Two Pacific Atolls. Micronesica. 12 (2): 279-282. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Occurrence of the Genus Sargassum (Phaeophyta) on Two Pacific Atolls

Tsuda, R.T.

In a discussion of the distribution of Sargassum on Pacific islands, Doty (1954) hypothesized that the genus Sargassum may be restricted to only high islands, i.e., islands of igneous origin. The hypothesis was based on the few records of this genus from low islands, i.e., islands of limestone composition, in the literature and from personal observations in the field as well as from studies of herbarium specimens. The only records were the presence of Sargassum on two low islands in the leeward Hawaiian Islands. Reinbold (1899) and Lemmerman (1905) report S. polyphyllum J. Ag. from Laysan Islands. Howe (1934) reports both S. vulgare J. Ag. and S. piluliferum (Turn.) C. Ag. from Pearl and Hermes Reef.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 279-282, 1976.
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28. Muniappan, S. 1976. The Determination of Plant Communities Along a Complex Environmental Gradient at Hilaan Beach, Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 283-302. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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The Determination of Plant Communities Along a Complex Environmental Gradient at Hilaan Beach, Guam

Muniappan, S.

A belt transect 5 m x 290 m was established at Hilaan Beach. The transect extended from the beach, through a fresh water cenote and terminated at the base of the cliff which rises to the plateau of northern Guam. All vascular plants within each 5 m2 subplot were identified and measured. From these data a profile diagram was drawn and species importance values computed, graphed and analyzed by statistical clustering. Six distinct vegetational communities were distinguished and named according to computed dominance: Scaevola/Messerschmidia, Cocos, Aglaia/Guamia, Pandanus dubius/ Marsh Ferns, and Merrilliodendron. Each community was described by species composition and physiognomy. Soil samples were mechanically and chemically analyzed. A correlation exists between the number of species present and exchangeable soil potassium, sodium, and calcium.
Micronesica 12 (2): 283-302, 1976.
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29. Gawel, M.J. 1976. Asterospicularia randalli: A New Species of Asterospiculariidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 303-308. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Asterospicularia randalli: A New Species of Asterospiculariidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Guam

Gawel, M.J.

Asterospicularia randalli, a new second species of a previously monotypic family Asterospiculariidae is described. The species is characterized by the presence of both stellate and thin oval disc-like sclerites.
Micronesica 12 (2): 303-308, 1976.
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30. Eldredge, L.G. 1976. Two New Species of Lithodid (Anomura, Paguridea, Lithodidae) Crabs from Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 309-316. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Two New Species of Lithodid (Anomura, Paguridea, Lithodidae) Crabs from Guam

Eldredge, L.G.

Two new species of stone crabs of the family Lithodidae are described from depths of 730 m, from the island of Guam, the southermost of the Mariana Islands. These crabs represent the first record of the family in the northwestern Pacific south of Japan. The crabs were collected in experimental shrimp traps along with a number of other deep-water crustaceans.
Micronesica 12 (2): 309-316, 1976.
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31. Fosberg, F.R. 1976. Distributional Extensions of Marine Spermatophytes. Micronesica. 12 (2): 317-318. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Distributional Extensions of Marine Spermatophytes

Fosberg, F.R.

A small collection of sea-grasses was recently made by Alastair Birtles in the southwest Pacific and presented by him for identification. Most of the specimens represent substantial range extensions. The plants came from three localities: on the southeast coast of Upolu, Western Samoa; Malassa Village, on the northeast coast, and Mosso Islet off the northwest coast, of Efate (Vate) Island, New Hebrides.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 317-318, 1976.
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32. Birkeland, C. 1976. An Experimental Method of Studying Corals During Early Stages of Growth. Micronesica. 12 (2): 319-322. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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An Experimental Method of Studying Corals During Early Stages of Growth

Birkeland, C.

Research in the subjects of taxonomy and ecology of reef-building corals would be benefited if we could manipulate the location, species composition, dispersion pattern and abundance of settling planula larvae or of polyps soon after metamorphosis. The taxonomy of corals is confused by the variation in growth form of corals when growing in different habitats. It would be instructive to obtain planulae, or polyps soon after metamorphosis, known to be of the same genotype and place them in several habitats to compare their resultant phenotypes. However, even sibling planulae do not have identical genotypes and they are not easily placed in predetermined locations.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 319-322, 1976.
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33. Kami, H.T. & I.I. Ikehara. 1976. Notes on the Annual Juvenile Siganid Harvest in Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 323-326. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Notes on the Annual Juvenile Siganid Harvest in Guam

Kami, H.T. & I.I. Ikehara.

Rabbitfishes (Siganidae) are important food fishes throughout the Western Pacific. Eight species of siganids are recorded from Guam (Shultz et al. 1953; Kami et al. 1968; Kami, 1975), but only six of these have been observed near Guam within the last twenty years. Of these, Siganus spinus and S. argenteus are the predominant food fishes. Although the adults of these species are sought by the local residents, it is the juveniles that play an important part in the culture of the people of Guam. Traditionally, the annual harvesting of juvenile siganids when they first appear in the reef flats is a major village event. Based on records kept by the Division of Fish and Wildlife and according to local fishermen, the juveniles appear in the reef flats a few days before or after the last quarter of the moon (called Quarto Menquate locally) in April and May. Occasionally a third and fourth run may occur in June and October, again during the last phase of the moon.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 323-326, 1976.
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34. Kami, H.T. & R.J. Lujan. 1976. Records of the Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia simus Owen from Guam. Micronesica. 12 (2): 327-332. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Records of the Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia simus Owen from Guam

Kami, H.T. & R.J. Lujan.

Although the occurrences of whalers in Guam during the 19th Century were chronicled by Searles (1932), relating events from the log of the EMILY MORGAN from New Bedford, early records of sightings or strandings of whales in Guam are lacking.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 327-332, 1976.
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35. King, B. 1976. Matsudaira's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, a new bird species for Micronesia. Micronesica. 12 (2): 333-334. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Matsudaira's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, a new bird species for Micronesia

King, B.

At 1400 on 24 April 1960, at sea about 4 miles west of Apra Harbor on Guam, I observed 2 large, all-black storm-petrels. They were long-winged, had a broad brown band on upper wing coverts, and had long, forked tails. They seemed larger than Swinhoe's Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe) and had a different manner of flight. Of diagnostic importance was the small white patch just beyond the bend on the upperside of each wing, shaped like a half crescent.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 333-334, 1976.
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36. Birkeland, C. 1976. Wood, E.J.F & R.E. Johannes. Tropical Marine Pollution. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 12. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, New York. 192 p. Micronesica. 12 (2): 335-338. Date Revised/Accepted: 01 December 1976.
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Wood, E.J.F & R.E. Johannes. Tropical Marine Pollution. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 12. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, New York. 192 p.

Birkeland, C.

There have been numerous compilations and reviews of oil pollution studies from work carried out in temperate regions since the wreck of the Torrey Canyon in 1967. Until recently, the data and conclusions of work on pollution in tropical marine systems was widely scattered through the literature, often available only in difficult-to-locate impact studies and technical reports. A very thorough, well organized, concise and clearly presented summary of our present understanding of tropical marine pollution is now available in a book planned by the late E.J. Ferguson Wood and edited and completed by R.E. Johannes.
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Micronesica 12 (2): 335-338, 1976.
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