Cover and TOC Micronesica Vol. 15 Nos. 1- 2 June, 1979

Vol. 15, Nos. 1 and 2

June, 1979

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

CONTENTS •Anthropology MARSHALL

. Education and Depopulation on a Micronesian Atoll

eBiology KUMANO . . . Morphological Study of Nine Taxa of Bostrychia (Rhodophyta) from southwestern Japan, Hong Kong and Guam SETO . . . Comparative Study of Thorea gaudichaudii (Rhodophyta) from Guam and Okinawa FOSBERG, SACHET, and OLIVER . . . A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae REICHELT . . . Infaunal Polychaetes of Reef Crest Habitats at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef GREENWOOD and FIELDER . . . A Comparative Study of Larval Morphology of Four Species of Thalamita (Crustacea: Portunidae) FOURMANOIR and RANDALL . . . Three New Species of Serranid Fishes of the Genus Plectranthias from New Caledonia MENZIES and ZUG . . . Papuan Tree Frogs of the Litoria thesaurensis Complex (Salienta: Hylidae) eBook Review

MICRONESICA Journal of the University of Guam DEVOTED TO THE NATURAL SCIENCES IN MICRONESIA Founded by Benjamin C. Stone in 1964 Published twice a year

BOARD OF EDITORS C. E. Birkeland, General Editor The Marine Laboratory, University of Guam S. H. Riesenberg F. R. Fosberg National Museum of Natural History National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution J. A. Marsh, Jr. Marine Laboratory University of Guam

B. C. Stone Department of Botany University of Malaya

M. Marshall Department of Anthropology University of Iowa

R. T. Tsuda Marine Laboratory University of Guam

S. T. Price Pacific Studies Institute Agana, Guam

J. H. Underwood Department of Anthropology University of Arizona

J. E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum Honolulu, Hawaii Actual date of issue June,20, 1979

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MICRONESICA Journal of the University of Guam

VOL. 15, Nos. 1 and 2

Agana, GUAM

June, 1979

CONTENTS Anthropology MARSHALL, M.

Education and depopulation on a Micronesian atoll .......... I Biology

KuMANO, S. Morphological study of nine taxa of Bostrychia (Rhodophyta) from southwestern Japan, Hong Kong and Guam ...................... 13 SETO, R. Comparative study of Thorea gaudichaudii (Rhodophyta) from Guam and Okinawa ....................... . ...................... 35 FOSBERG, F. R., M .-H. SACHET, and R. OLIVER. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae .................................... 41 REICHELT, R. Infaunal polychaetes of reef crest habitats at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef.................. . .. . ............ . ............ 297 GREENWOOD, J. G., and D. R. FIELDER. A comparative study of larval morphology of four species of Thalamita (Crustacea : Portunidae) ...... 309 FoURMANOIR, P., and J. E. RANDALL. Three new species of serranid fishes of the genus Plectranthias from New Caledonia . . ...................... 315 MENZIES, J. I., and G. R. ZuG. Papuan tree frogs of the Litoria thesaurensis complex (Salienta: Hylidae) ........ . ................ . ............ 325 Book Review MARSH, J. A., Jr.

Mankind's Future in the Pacific by R. F. Scagel (ed.) ........ 335