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

Vol. 24, No.2, December 1991

ISSN 0026-279X

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

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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, 19881990 .............................. 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

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

57-64

65-80 81-85 87-94

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

Water chemistry and hydrology of the "Blood of Sanvitores", a Micronesian red tide ................................................................................................ ÂŁ. A. Matson 109-135 Nutrient chemistry of the coastal waters of Guam ......................... ÂŁ. A. Matson

95-108

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

163 164

Comment: Casuarina in Miscanthus savana on Guam ................ F. R. Fosberg 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, 19881990 ........ ...................... 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