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MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES OF MICRONESIA AND RELATED AREAS

ISSN 0026-279X Vol. 24, No.2, December 1991

CONTENTS Anthropology

169-194 Architectural and mortuary diversity in late prehistoric settlements at Tumon Bay, Guam ........................................................................................ M. W. Graves

Biology

195-210 The distributional patterns of reptiles and amphibians in the Mariana Islands ................................................... G.H. Rodda, T. H. Fritts & J.D. Reichel

211-215 Arachnids of the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, Palau ......... A. M. Kerr 217-230 Annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Micronesia ...... L. G. Eldredge

231-248

249-260

261-271

273-298

299-300

301

Geology

Shallow reef-front detrital sediments from the Northern Mariana Islands .................................. H. G. Siegrist, Jr., R. H. Randall & C. A. Edwards

Notes

Notes and distribution records for the marine algae of Fiji .................................. D. J. Garbary, J. C. Oliveira, R. F. Scagel & S. Villeneuve New and unusual bird records from the Northern Mariana Islands, 1988-1990 .............................. D. W. Stinson, J. D. Reichel, R. J. Craig & D. T. Aldan

Abstracts of Masters theses in biology at the University of Guam, 1968-1991.

Book reviews: Red Tide Organisms in Japan (Reviewed by C. S. Lobban) Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Mariana Islands (Reviewed by C. S. Lobban)

Correction

MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam

Devoted to the Natural Sciences in Micronesia

Founded by Benjamin C. Stone in 1964

EDITOR: CHRISTOPHER S. LOBBAN Division of Natural Sciences, University of Guam

UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923, U.S.A.

Editorial Board:

C. E. BIRKELAND, The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam

L. G. ELDREDGE, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

F. R. FosBERG, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

M. KuRASHINA, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam

M. J. LEVIN, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.

J. E. RANDALL, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

R. H. RICHMOND, The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam

D. H. RuBINSTEIN, Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam

B. C. STONE, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii

J. H. UNDERWOOD, Dept. Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson

G. J. WILES, Dept. Aquatic & Wildlife Resources, Guam

MICRONESICA is a forum for original research in the fields of physical and social anthropology, archeology, linguistics, and ethnology; systematic and eco­logical botany and zoology, marine sciences, and related disciplines concerned primarily with Micronesia and adjacent areas.

MICRONESICA is published twice a year (June and December) by the University of Guam. Subscription prices: Individual $15 per volume, Institutional $25 per volume (including any Supplement). Views expressed by the authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the University, the editors or printers.

© 1991 by the University of Guam Press

Micronesica is listed in Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS) and CAB Abstracts

MICRONESICA A Journal of the University of Guam DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES OF MICRONESIA AND RELATED AREAS

Volume 24 1991

Edited by Christopher S. Lobban

MICRONESICA

CONTENTS

No.1, June

Anthropology

1-56 A review of traditional Micronesian high island horticulture in Belau, Yap,

57-64

65-80 81-85

87-94

Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae ................................................ R. Hunter-Anderson

Biology

Description of a new species of sea cucumber (Stichopodidae, Holothuroidea, Echinodermata) from the Eastern Indo-Malayan Archipelago: Thelenota rubralineata n. sp ....................................................... C. Massin & D. J. W. Lane The genus Loheria Merrill (Myrsinaceae) ........................................... B. C. Stone Nervilia jacksoniae nov. sp., a new species of Orchidaceae from Guam and Rota ....................................................................... A. F. Rinehart & F. R. Fosberg Anatomical characteristics of Laurencia papillosa (Rhodomelaceae, Rhodophyta) from Guam and Palau .............................. K. W. Nam & Y. Saito

Chemistry

95-108 Water chemistry and hydrology of the "Blood of Sanvitores", a Micronesian red tide ................................................................................................ £. A. Matson

109-135 Nutrient chemistry of the coastal waters of Guam ......................... £. A. Matson

Geology

137-157 Facies development model for emergent Holocene reef limestone: Southern Marianas region .................................................... S. C. Bell & H. G. Siegrist, Jr.

Notes

159-160 Ant damage to Dendrobium flowers ................. J. McConnell & R. Muniappan Correction: see page 301, Volume 24(2)

161 Strongylodon lucidus (Forst. f.) Seem. on Guam ............................ L. Raulerson

163 Comment: Casuarina in Miscanthus savana on Guam ................ F. R. Fosberg 164 Announcement: Coral Reef Symposium

165-168 Book reviews: Virgin Islands Biosphere Reserve Baseline Studies: Marine and Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Virgin Islands National Park and Biosphere Resereve (Reviewed by C. E. Birkeland) An Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Kairiru Island, New Guinea (Reviewed by B. C. Stone) Alteration of Native Hawaiian Vegetation. Effects of Humans, Their Activities and Introductions (Reviewed by F. R. Fosberg)

168 Recent Publications

No. 2, December

Anthropology

169-194 Architectural and mortuary diversity in late prehistoric settlements at Tumon Bay, Guam ................................ ........ .... ........ ........................... ......... M. W. Graves

Biology

195-209 The distributional patterns of reptiles and amphibians in the Mariana Islands ................................................... G.H. Rodda, T. H. Fritts & J. D. Reichel

211-215 Arachnids of the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, Palau ......... A. M. Kerr 217-230 Annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Micronesia ...... L. G. Eldredge

Geology

231-248 Shallow reef-front detrital sediments from the Northern Mariana Islands .................................. H. G. Siegrist, Jr., R. H. Randall & C. A. Edwards

Notes

249-260 Notes and distribution records for the marine algae of Fiji .... .............................. D. J. Garbary, J. C. Oliveira, R. F. Scagel & S. Villeneuve

261-271 New and unusual bird records from the Northern Mariana Islands, 1988-1990 ........ ...................... D. W. Stinson, J. D. Reichel, R. J. Craig & D. T. Aldan

273-298 Abstracts of Masters theses in biology at the University of Guam, 1968-1991.

299-300 Book reviews: Red Tide Organisms in Japan (Reviewed by C. S. Lobban) Trees and Shrubs of the Northern Mariana Islands (Reviewed by C. S. Lobban)

301 Correction: McConnell & Muniappan, vol. 24(1): 159-160