Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Preface XI
4. Section 1. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND THE PACIFIC BASIN: HISTORY AND PROCESS
5. Introduction 1
6. Tectonics, Geochronology, and Origin of the Hawaiian-Emperor Volcanic Chain 5
7. Drilling on Midway Atoll, Hawaii 41
8. Geology and Volcanology of the Hawaiian Islands 53
9. The Next Island 86
10. Section 2. THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENT: THE LAND
11. Introduction 93
12. Climates of the States: Hawaii 94
13. Soils of Hawaii 115
14. Hawaiian Quaternary Paleoenvironments: A Review of Geological, Pedological, and Botanical Evidence 118
15. Some Aspects of Island Ecosystem Analysis 131
16. Vegetation Zones 145
17. The First Arrivals 155
18. Section 3. THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENT: THE SEA
19. Introduction 163
20. Paleoceanography of Coral Reefs in the Hawaiian-Emperor Chain 164
21. Long-distance Dispersal by Planktonic Larvae of Shoal-water Benthic Invertebrates among Central Pacific Islands 171
22. Marine Ecosystems in the Hawaiian Islands 187
23. Community Structure, Succession and Development of Coral Reefs in Hawaii 196
24. The Ecology of Conus in Hawaii 210
25. Section 4. EVOLUTION HAWAIIAN STYLE
26. Introduction 257
27. Genetical Processes of Evolution on High Oceanic Islands 259
28. Considerations Regarding the Evolution of Hawaiian Animals 264
29. Endemism in the Hawaiian Flora, and a Revision of the Hawaiian Species of Gunnera (Haloragidaceae) 271
30. Beggar's Ticks and Tarweeds: Masters of Adaptive Radiation 292
31. Hybridization and its Taxonomic Implications in the Scaevola gaudichaudiana Complex of the Hawaiian Islands 300
32. Speciation in the Hawaiian Drosophila 311
33. Extinction in Hawaiian Achatinelline Snails 320
34. Evolutionary Ecology and Radiation of Hawaiian Passerine Birds 335
35. Endemism and Evolution in Hawaiian Marine Invertebrates 346
36. Section 5. ECOSYSTEMS AND ADAPTIVE SHIFTS
37. Introduction 357
38. The Biology of Islands 359
39. Origin of the Hawaiian Insect Fauna 370
40. The Unique Terrestrial Biota of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands 378
41. Life Crawls Upstream 391
42. Section 6. THE EFFECTS OF HUMANS PAST AND PRESENT
43. Introduction 399
44. Hawaiian Natural History: 1778-1900 400
45. The Impact of the Prehistoric Polynesians on the Hawaiian Ecosystem 425
46. Descriptions of Thirty-two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part I. Non-Passeriformes 439
47. Descriptions of Thirty-two New Species of Birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part II. Passeriformes 456
48. Summary of Vegetation Alteration in the Hawaiian Islands 467
49. Hawaii's Native Ecosystems: Importance, Conflicts, and Suggestions for the Future 473
50. Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance on Coral Reefs 490
51. Patterns of Transoceanic Marine Biological Invasions in the Pacific Ocean 504
52. Bibliographic Data for Articles in This Volume 519