A fourth generation Achatinella fuscobasis born into captivity at the University of Hawai’i’s tree-snail captive rearing facility. This population’s wild counterparts were long ago wiped out by invasive predators. In this issue David R. Sischo examines genetic and demographic trends in the captive population over a period of more than 20 years.
Pacific Science, Vol. 70#2, April 2016, is now out and contains the following works:
ARTICLES
“Genetic and Demographic Insights into the Decline of a Captive Population of the Endangered Hawaiian Tree Snail Achatinella fuscobasis (Achatinellinae)”
David R. Sischo, Melissa R. Price, Mark- Anthony Pascua, and Michael G. Hadfi eld, 133
“Population and Human Welfare Scenarios for the Island of Hawai‘i up to the Year 2100″
M. Kimura and P.- M. Binder, 143
“Ecology of a Vulnerable Shorebird across a Gradient of Habitat Alteration: Bristle- Thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) (Aves: Charadriiformes) on Palmyra Atoll”
Ana Sofía Guerra, Fiorenza Micheli, and Chelsea L. Wood, 159
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“Reef Community Changes Associated with the 2009–2010 El Niño
in the Southern Mexican Pacific”
Andrés López- Pérez, Sergio Guendulain- García, Rebeca Granja- Fernández, Valeria Hernández- Urraca, Laura Galván- Rowland, Ronald Zepeta- Vilchis, and Daniel López- López, 175
“Effect of Light Intensity and Wavelength on Diurnal Activity of the Banded Coral Shrimp Stenopus hispidus (Decapoda, Stenopodidae): A Possible Adaptation for a Cleaner Shrimp in Reef Environments”
Yuriko Esaka, Eiji Yoshioka, Yuki Takeuchi, Sung- Pyo Hur, and Akihiro Takemura, 191
“Recent Dispersal Events among Solomon Islands Bird Species Reveal Differing Potential Routes of Island Colonization”
Jason M. Sardell, 201
“Leaf Litter Breakdown of Native and Exotic Tree Species in Two Hawaiian Streams that Differ in Flow”
Megan Roberts, Ayron M. Strauch, Tracy Wiegner, and Richard A. Mackenzie, 209
“Spider Stowaways: Molecular Data Support the Synonymization of Selenops galapagoensis with Selenops mexicanus (Araneae: Selenopidae) and Indicate Human- Mediated Introduction to the Galápagos Islands”
Sarah C. Crews, León Baert, and Anthea Carmichael, 223
“Origin and Identity of Fejervarya (Anura: Dicroglossidae) on Guam”
Elijah Wostl, Eric N. Smith, and Robert N. Reed, 233
“Anisakinae Nematodes in Two Commercial Marine Fish from the East Pacific of Baja California, Mexico”
M. A. Rodríguez- Santiago, J. A. Rosales- Casián, and M. I. Grano- Maldonado, 243
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Appearing quarterly since 1947, Pacific Science is an international, multidisciplinary journal reporting research on the biological and physical sciences of the Pacific basin. It focuses on biogeography, ecology, evolution, geology and volcanology, oceanography, paleontology, and systematics.
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