TABLE 7 



Widths of pioneer herb mats on seaward- and 

 lagoon-facing shores, Caroline Atoll. 



Average Width of Pioneer Herb Mat (m) 

 Bordering Sea Bordering Lagoon 



Leeward Motus 18.5 4.2 



(3-81) (0-28) 

 Windward Motus 36.0 0.9 



(24-69) (0-3) 



TABLE 8 



Species-area relationships of six Pacific islands 

 with entirely indigenous flora. 



Islands are arranged according to decreasing area. 

 Data is from Garnett ( 1983), Fosberg and Sachet 

 (n.d.). Clapp and Sibley ( 1971b), and pers. obs. 



TABLE 9 



Area of plant communities on the islets of Caroline Atoll. 



Coconut Woodlands 96. 1 4 



Total Area Above High Water 398.94 



1 Pure Pandanus only. Also mixed with Pisonia. Tournefortia. and Cocos. 



2 Cordia. where mixed with Pisonia and Tournefortia, is included in totals 

 for those forest communities. 



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