SUBJECT INDEX 



227 



Plumage, 220 

 Plutonium, 60, 191 

 Pole pinnacle, 100, 124 

 Political structure, 18, 22, 24, 25 

 Polychaetes, 123, 145, 146, 149, 150, 



151 

 Ponape, 18, 27, 198 

 Populations, 164, 197 



human, 197, 198, 199, 201 



individual, 164, 165, 173 

 Porifera, 144 

 Porolithon ridge, 140 

 Potassium, 191 

 Precipitation, 73, 74 

 Predators, 151, 215, 218 



fish, 129 

 Primary producers, 160 

 Productivity, algal, 164, 165, 169 



primary, 141, 142, 143, 161, 164, 

 165 



reef, 184 



zooplankton, 182, 183, 184 

 Promontories, 31 

 Prosobranch, 151 

 Protozoa, 144, 183 

 Pteropods, 117 

 Pumice, 31 



Quarries, 39, 43, 146, 153 

 Quaternary f)eriod, 141 



Radioactive material, 6, 191 



Radiocarbon dates, 141 



Radiological surveys, 7, 24, 191 



Radionuclides, 15, 30, 128, 191, 201 



Radionuclide transport, 68 



Rafting debris, 31 



Rainfall, 27, 37, 57, 59, 73, 74, 80, 189 



Rain storm, 154 



Rat, nematode, 209 



Norway, 197 



Polynesian, 197, 205, 206 



roof, 197 



tapeworm, 208 

 Rats, 187, 190, 191, 195, 196, 197, 

 203, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 

 211, 212, 215 

 Recolonizers, 120 

 Recycling processes, 28 

 Redfield ratio, 163 

 Reef area, 91, 215 



back, 58 



Carrlbean, 172 



communities, 27 



currents, 183 



destruction, 119 



detritus, 182 



ecosystem, 1, 5, 27 



environments, 181 



face, 34 



fishes, 116 



flat, 2, 3, 6, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 

 32, 34, 41, 43, 44, 57, 58, 59, 64 



flat ecosystems, 6, 28, 29, 30, 130, 



140, 161, 172, 190, 240 



flat rips, 106 



fore, 58 



front, 60 



gross production, 28, 29 



growth, 119, 184 



heron, 203 



leeward, 59, 60, 61, 63 



margin, 60 



metabolism, 161 



net production, 28 



particles, 182 



patch, 30, 37, 44 



perimeter, 57 



platform, 139, 148 



productivity, 142, 173 



rock, 148 



rubble, 27 



seawater transport, 182 



structure, 57, 160 



systems, 184 



types, 160 



windward, 30, 31, 37, 39, 41, 43, 54, 

 59, 60, 63, 64, 65, 68, 69 

 Reefs, Pacific, 172 

 Reentrants, 31 

 Reference collection, 6 

 Regenerative spaces, 164, 172, 173 

 Rehabilitation program, 15 

 Residence time, 68 

 Ri Enewetak, 18, 21, 22 

 RiEnjebi, 18, 20, 21, 22 

 Rigili Island, 216, 217 

 Rips, 300 

 Rock, 191 



beach, 31, 43, 44, 148 



carbonate, 31 



noncarbonate, 280 



pavement, 30, 43 



substrate, 113 

 Rodents, 193, 197, 203, 205, 206, 207, 

 208, 209, 210, 211, 212 



adrenal weight, 207, 208 



behavior, 206 



fighting, 208 



food habits, 205 



home range, 205 



necropsy, 207 



parasites, 207, 208 



population density, 205, 206, 207, 

 208, 210 



reproduction, 205 



wounding, 207 

 Rongelap Atoll, 27, 217 

 Rongerik Atoll, 21 

 Rubble, 30, 31, 103, 148, 191 

 Runit craters, 32, 34, 134, 200 



Island, 31, 32, 40, 43, 44, 50, 63, 

 115, 191, 205, 210, 211, 212 



Sabellid, 149 



Salinity, 57, 59, 61, 67, 68, 69 



lagoon, 91 

 Salps, 117 



Salt water consumption, 217 



Sand, 27, 31, 43, 44, 99, 189, 190 



grain size, 58 



processors, 126 



spits, 58 



transport, 57, 58, 189 

 Scarp, 34 



Scavengers, 195, 197, 215 

 Sclerosponges, 14, 114 

 Sea anemones, 130, 140, 143, 145 



cucumbers, 146, 149, 177 



grasses, 134 



hare, 128 



level, 141, 187 



urchin, 99, 113, 127, 128, 145, 146, 

 150 

 Sea/Air Exchange Program (SEAREX), 



82, 85 

 Seapens, 116 



Seaward lagoon, subtidal habitats, 91, 93, 

 94 



shelf, 31 



slope, 31 

 Sediment-bottomed areas, 30, 37 



communities, 70, 172 



distribution, 27, 41 



production, 21 

 Sediments, 99, 100, 103, 115, 116, 120, 

 124, 126, 127, 128, 129 



channels, 13 



lagoon, 99, 100 



patch reaf, 109 

 SEMINOLE test crater, 134 

 Shallow lagoon, subtidal habitats, 93 

 Shark attack, 133, 134 

 Sharks, Galapagos, 133 



gray reef, 133, 134 



lemon, 133 



reef, 154 



research, 7 



silvertip, 133 



tiger, 133, 134 



whitetip reef, 133 

 Shells, 190 

 Ship channel, 100 

 Shrimps, alpheid, 122 



ghost, 128, 129, 184 

 Shrubs, 187, 189 

 Silicate, 191 



Sipunculans, 123, 146, 151 

 Social organization, 18 

 Soft bottom, 27 



Soil, 18, 31, 39, 40, 50, 187, 189, 190, 

 191, 199 



Arno type, 190 



calcareous, 190 



contaminated, 200 



dust, 84 



Jemo type, 190 



profiles, 190, 191 



removal, 200 



Shioya type, 190 

 Solar energy, 160 



radiation, 27, 74 75, 81 



