Subject Index 



The reader interested in a particular group of organisms should consult the table of contents at the front of the volume and 

 turn to the appropriate chapter. Scientific names and authors' names are not listed here as they would be redundant with 

 the checklists included in each chapter. Vernacular names of organisms and certain scientific names used in the vernacular 

 sense are included. Only IndoPacific geographic place names are included, with the exception of Enewetak Atoll and 

 Marshall Islands, which are referred to in every chapter, and the names of islands within Enewetak Atoll. 



Ailinglapabp Atoll, 8 



Alaska, 33] 



Algae, 1, 2, 8 



Andaman Islands, 181 



Arachnids, 158 



Arno Atoll, 153, 154, 164, 166, 167, 

 168, 228, 235 



Atomic Energy Commission, 25 



Australia, 67, 80, 102, 103, 141, 158, 

 159, 161169, 180, 181, 182, 194, 

 225, 228. 264, 287, 288, 328, 331 



Barnacles, 193195 

 Basket stars, 281 

 Behavior 



geckos, 325, 328 



stomatopods, 181, 187 

 Bikini Atoll, 1. 24, 25, 63, 67, 77, 80, 

 82, 96, 97, 141, 154, 158, 162, 

 167, 169, 179, 199, 212, 213, 214, 

 227, 235, 277, 281, 313 

 Bioerosion 



corals, 73 



crabs, 248 



polychaetes, 97, 102 



sipunculans, 93 



sponges, 49 

 Biogeography, 17, 23, 134, 141, 



154-156, 313, 314 

 Birds, 331 



Bismarck Archipelago, 325, 331 

 Burma, 180 



Caroline Islands, 37, 105, 141, 155, 156, 

 158, 159, 160-169. 191, 194, 195, 

 199, 316, 325, 328 



Cats, 333 



Ciliates. 46 



Coconut crabs, 29. 34. 236 



Cocos Island. 264 



Color patterns, stomatopods, 181, 182, 

 186, 187 



Communities, soft bottom, 133 

 Copepods, 197 

 Crabs, 235-238 

 Crinoids, 277, 280 

 Crown-of-Thorns, 282 



Dogs, 333 

 Dolphins, 333 

 Domestic animals. 



see Mammals 



Easter Island, 102, 264, 314 

 Ecological succession, 25, 27-29 

 Endemism 



fishes, 314, 316 



insects, 154, 155, 158, 159, 160-169 



mollusks, 133 



stomatopods, 181, 182 

 Environmental effect 



of German occupation, 24, 34 



of Japanese occupation, 24, 30 



of man, 141 



of nuclear testing, 17, 24, 25, 30, 34 



of tropical storms, 23 



of war, 17, 24, 30, 34 

 Extinctions, mollusks, 141, 142 



Fanning Island, 133 



Fiji, 141, 142, 163, 167, 194, 217, 288 



Fishes, 289, 313-316 



Flatworms, 95, 96 



Flukes, 95, 96 



Foraminifera, 37, 46 



Fossil 



bryozoans, 85, 91 



crustaceans, 237 



mollusks, 133, 139, 141, 142 



pollen grains, 17 

 French Polynesia, 54 

 Frigate birds, 34 

 Funafuti Atoll, 133 

 Fungi, 11, 14, 15 



Galapagos Islands, 264 



Geckos, 325-328 



Genetic variability, mollusca, 134 



Geological record, mollusks, 134 



Gilbert Islands, 54, 105, 156, 158, 159, 



160-169, 194, 316 

 Goats, 333 

 Guam, 8, 15, 141, 159, 161, 162, 163, 



164, 168, 264, 280, 314, 328 



Hawaii, 14. 15, 37, 53, 102, 133, 141, 

 153, 156, 158-169. 180. 182. 217. 

 264, 282, 283, 312, 313, 314, 325, 

 328, 329, 331 



Hermit crabs, 235-237 



Heron Island, 102 



Ifaluk Atoll, Caroline islands, 199 

 Indian Ocean, 15, 181, 225, 227, 313, 



325, 328 

 Indonesia, 181, 288 



Jaluit Atoll, 8, 164, 225, 235, 280, 281, 



289 

 Japan, 166, 168, 181, 194, 227, 228, 



287, 288, 331 



Korea, 331 



Kwajalein Atoll, 37, 54, 134, 141, 153, 



155, 156, 159-169, 226, 228, 2.35, 



237, 283, 289313 



Land crabs, 236 

 Line Islands, 264 

 Lizards, 325, 328 

 Lobsters, 221, 228 



Madagascar, 288 



Majuro Atoll, 211, 212, 213, 214, 235, 



289 

 Malaysia, 287, 288, 331 

 Maldives Islands, 264 



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