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SUBJECT INDEX 



Blacktip reef shark, 133 



Bogairikk Island, 34 



Bogallua Island, 216 



Bokandretok Island, 31, 82, 103, 130, 



197 

 Boken Island, 31, 34, 36, 134, 187, 200, 



218 

 Boklnwotme Island, 34, 36 

 Bokoluo Island, 31, 34, 106 

 Boobies, 217 

 Borehole, 140 

 Boulders, 31 

 BRAVO test, 2 

 Breadfruit, 31 

 Bryozoa, 94 



Bubbles, wave induced, 181, 182 

 Buttress zone, 105 



CACTUS test crater and crypt, 32, 134, 



210 

 Calcification, 119, 141, 143, 162, 165, 



166, 167, 171, 173 

 Calcium carbonate, 119, 139, 143, 144, 

 146, 150, 153, 161, 162, 167, 171, 

 172, 173 



producing organisms, 27 



production, 161 

 Calcium crustaceans, 7, 25, 27, 28 



transport, 143, 166 



uptake, 160, 173 

 Callianassids crustaceans, 99, 127, 128, 



129 

 Canoes, sailing, 18 

 Capitellid, 15, 30, 149 

 Carbonate, 191 

 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 59, 141, 142, 161, 



162, 172 

 Carbon-nitrogen ratio, 170, 171, 182, 



183 

 Carnivores, 129, 151 

 Carrion, 197 

 CASTLE test, 2 

 Cats, 203 

 Caves, 116 

 Cement debris, 31 



pavement, 31 



ship, 29 

 Cementation, 190 

 Cemented deposits, 190 

 Cerithiid, 150 

 Cesium, 191 

 Chaetopterid, 149 

 Channel, deep, 50, 60, 61, 63 

 Channels, 110, 114 



major, 29 



Northern Islands, 107, 199 



sand, 114 



South, 61, 64, 65, 68, 200 

 Chemical dissolution, 140 

 Chemoautotrophic bacterium, 142 

 Chemoreception, 150 

 Chinimi Island, 103 

 Chlorinated hydrocarbons, 89 

 Chlorophyll, 24, 25, 165, 170, 171 



Chop Top reef, 124 



Chop, wind produced, 29 



Christianity, 20 



Christmas Island, 173 



Ciguatera fish poisoning, 12, 14 



Circulation systems, 57, 69 



Cirratulids, 146, 149 



Clan, 18 



Clay, 191 



Climate, 27, 72, 187 



marine, 71 

 Clouds, 189, 210, 220, 270 

 Cnidaria, 144 



Coast Guard LORAN Station, 7, 12, 14 

 Coconuts, 18, 31, 187, 189, 190, 191 



195, 200, 215, 216 

 Colonial history, 20 

 Communities, biological, 41 

 Community metabolism, 173 

 Copepods, calanoid, 182 

 Copra, 18, 190, 199 

 Coral-algal ridge, 139, 140, 145, 148 

 Coral atoll, 27 



autoradiographic, 119 



autotrophic, 165 



black, 115 



boulders, 31, 189 



button, 99 



cap, 187 



colony morphology, 120 



deep lagoon, 100 



energy requirements, 165 



growth, 114, 119, 120, 187 



growth gradients, 165 



growth rate, 166 



heads, 106, 107 



head zone, 106, 107 



hermatypic, 144 



knoll, 30, 44 



mucus, 170 



nutrition metabolism and growth, 165 



pinnacles, 27, 29, 30 



pocilloporid, 120 



predators, 124 



production, 168 



radioactive, 6, 15 



rubble, 31, 122, 187, 190, 191, 197 



sand, 31, 190, 191 



skeleton, 122, 123, 124 



skeletal damage, 122 



stoney, 116, 119 



stylasterine, 114 



zonation, 140 

 Cowrey, 146, 150 

 Crab, 130, 148, 191, 193, 194, 195 



behavior, 194, 195, 196, 197 



burrows, 195 



coconut, 189, 194, 195, 196, 197, 

 203, 215 



copulation, 194 



eggs, 194 



fertilization, 194 



ghost, 154, 205 



glaucothoe, 194 



grapsid, 148 



hermit, 193 



land, 187, 189, 190, 193, 194, 197, 

 215 



osmoregulation, 194, 197 



physiological ecology, 194 



population studies, 196, 197 

 Craters, 32, 34, 40, 52, 134 

 Crown-of thorns starfish, 124, 130 

 Crustacean, 151, 154, 194 

 Ctenophore, 117 

 Curlew, 154 

 Current speed, 60, 63 

 Cunents, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 

 91, 107 



drogues, 61, 63, 65 



tidal, 63, 68 

 Cyclone, 80 



Debromoaplysiatoxln, 128 

 Deep lagoon, 93, 99, 100 



benthic communities, 93 



prological communities, 93 



subtidal habitats, 93 

 Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), 7, 12, 14 

 Denitrification, 28, 172 

 Department of Defense (DOD), 22, 23, 24 

 Department of Energy (DOE), 7, 14 

 Deposition, shallow water, 44 

 Depths, profile, 115 

 Desiccation, 189 

 Detritus, 24, 25, 26, 30, 117, 170, 171, 



173, 177, 296 

 Diademnids, 128 

 Discovery European, 20 

 Disease vectors, 197 

 Diversity, animals, 30 



plants, 30, 190 

 Division of Biomedical and 



Environmental Research, AEC, 14, 

 16 

 Dogs, 203 

 Dolphin, 130 

 Dry season, 71, 73, 74, 75, 80, 81, 187, 



189 

 Dust, concentrations, 84 



storm activity, 84 

 Dye releases, 60, 61 

 Dynamic heights, 57 



topography, 57 



Echinoderms, 126, 146 

 Ecological succession, 190, 201 



sustainable yield (ESY) zones, 185 

 Ecology, 139, 187, 189 

 Ecosystems, 183, 184, 187, 193, 197, 

 200, 201 



carrying capacity, 197, 199, 201 

 Eddies, 57, 68 

 Eggs, bird, 195, 215, 217 



fish, 132 

 Ejecta blocks, 35 



trails, 34 



