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SUBJECT INDEX 



Ugoon, 27, 37, 40, 41, 44, 52, 57, 58, 

 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 

 91, 93, 116, 117, 118, 153, 160, 

 181 



area, 187 



bottom, 27, 37, 44, 93 



central, 93 



circulation, 12, 116 



deposits, 121 



depth, 91 



floor, 160 



margin, 30 



ocean passages, 27, 29, 30, 93 



pinnacles, 63 



sediments, 121 



slopes, 27 



southern, 9, 36, 93 



substratum, 15 



waters, 60, 116, 163 

 Lancets, 99 

 Und, dry, 187 



parcels (wato), 18, 19 



tenure system, 19 

 Lawrence Livermore National 



Uboratory (LLNL), 31 

 Lead, 85, 87 

 Leaf litter, 32, 191 

 League of Nations mandate, 199 

 Lebensspuren, 128 

 Leeward shore, 30 

 Libiron Island, 218 

 Lidilbut Island, 31 

 Liktanur (motor vessel), 9, 15, 16 

 Limestone, 141, 190, 191 

 Limpet, 147, 150 

 Lujor Island, 211, 218 

 Lojwa Island, 31, 107, 205, 210 

 Luoj Island, 31, 44, 218 



Macrohabitats, benthic, 94 



Macruran diet, 151 



Majuro Atoll, 12, 17, 22, 135, 199 



Makali'i (research submarine), 93, 115, 



128, 129 

 Mangroves, 31, 135 

 Marcus Island, 27 

 Mare incognitum. 139, 162 

 Mariana Islands, 27, 194 

 Marine communities, 119 



environments subtidal, 93 



resources, 18 

 Marshallese bird names, 215 



language, 17 



people, 215 

 Marshall Islands, 7, 18, 27, 37, 39, 134, 

 135 



District Administrator, 22 



waves, 92 

 Mass mortality, 154, 155 

 Medren Island, 1, 3, 6, 7, 29, 31, 32, 37, 

 39, 43, 45, 46, 93, 100, 103, 118, 

 119, 132, 144, 199, 200, 201, 203, 

 205, 207, 211, 212 



Pinnacle, 100, 128 



Mercury, 87, 88 

 Metabolic activity, 161 



quotient, 142 



ratio (CO2-O2), 161 

 Meteorological data, sources, 81 

 Meteorology, 27 

 Mice, 203, 205 

 Microatoll, 103, 106, 144 

 Microhabitat, 147, 189 

 Micronesian Legal Services Corporation 



(MLSC), 12, 22 

 Mid-Pacific Marine Laboratory (MPML), 



12, 14 

 Mid-Pacific Research Laboratory (MPRL), 



14, 16, 69, 190 

 Migration, human, 17 

 MIKE test crater, 31, 34, 41, 119, 13^ 



203, 216 

 Military fortifications, 199 

 Missionization, 19 

 Mitrids, 147 

 Moisture, 189, 190 

 Mokil Atoll, 20 

 Mollusks, 122, 146, 151 

 Monitor lizards, 203, 215 

 Mortality rate, 146. 154 

 Mucus floes, 119 

 Muricids, 147, 151, 154 

 Mut Island, 6, 114, 187, 190, 200 

 Muti Island, 139, 141 

 Mycidaceans, 154 



National Climatic Center, 72 



National Museum of Natural History, 16 



National Oceanographic and 



Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), 15 

 National Science Foundation, 12 

 Nematode, rat, 209 

 Neogastropods, 146 

 Neogenes, 140 

 Net plankton, 171, 290 

 Nevada Operations Office, DOE, 7 

 Nitrate, 25, 59, 68, 191 



nitrogen, 162 



uptake, 167 

 Nitrification, 163, 173 

 Nitrogen, 162, 163, 173 



dissolved organic (DON), 162, 163, 171 



fixation, 117, 118, 142, 143, 160, 

 161, 162, 163, 172, 173, 191 



flux, 162, 166, 167, 173 



metabolism, 163, 173 

 North Equatorial Cunent, 57, 59, 91, 



132, 135 

 North Pacific Water, 57 

 Nuclear explosion craters, 200 



explosion effects, 12, 190 



test sites, 17, 200 



weapons testing, 1, 5, 7, 17, 31, 34, 

 37, 39, 40, 44, 190, 191, 201, 216 

 Nudibranch, 147, 151 

 Nukuoro Island, 198 

 Nutrient concentration, 172, 184 



regeneration, 164, 172 



transfer, 193 

 Nutrients, 31, 59, 68, 142, 217 



OAK test crater, 134 



Oceanography, 57 



Office of Defense Programs, DOE, 16 



Office of Naval Research, 1, 16 



Onotoa Atoll, 1 



Operation CROSSROADS, 1, 57, 159 



Organic aggregates, 170 



carbon, 82, 88, 143, 162, 167, 182, 

 183 



flexes, 183 



inputs, 183 



lipid, 88 



litter, 190 



matter, 181, 182, 191, 197 



matter dissolved, 31, 171 



matter particulate, 171 



nitrogen, 162, 163 



particles, 181, 182 

 Organisms, marine, 191 



soil, 193, 199 



terrestrial, 189, 191 

 Owl, 20 

 Oxygen concentration, 161 



consumption, sediments, 164, 172 



demand, sediments, 164 



metabolism, 161 



production, 141, 161 



Pacific Cratering Experiment (PACE), 23, 



24, 210 

 Pacific-Enewetak Atoll Craters 



(PEACE), 40, 41, 44, 46, 50, 52 

 Pacific Proving Ground, 7 

 Pacific Science Association, 1 

 Pandanus, 18, 270 

 Particulate organic matter (POM), 171 



organic nitrogen (PON), 163 



C and N, 171 



organic carbon (POC), 171 

 Parry Island, 143 

 Passage, 27, 29, 30 

 Passerine species, 215 

 Passes, 107 

 PCB, 89 

 Peptides, 143 

 Phaeopigment, 171 

 Phosphate, 59, 68, 163, 168, 191 

 Phosphorus, 161, 163, 167, 168, 173, 

 177 



cycling, 163, 168, 173 



flux, 167, 173 



uptake, 168 

 Photosynthate, algal, 165 



zooxanthellae, 167, 168 

 Photosynthesis, 164, 165 

 Physical deprivation, 22 

 Physiographic zones, 139 

 Phytoplankton, 117, 118, 143, 183 

 Pinnacle, 100, 101 

 Pisonia, 187, 190, 191 

 Plants, 189 

 Planulation, 120 



