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O. A. Bushnell, Editor-in-Chief 
Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii 
John S. Howe, Jr., Assistant to the Editors 
University of Hawaii Press 
Gladys E. Baker 
Department of Botany 
University of Hawaii 
Sidney C. Hsiao 
D epartment of Zoology 
University of Hawaii 
George W. Chu 
Departments of Microbiology and Zoology 
University of Hawaii 
Charles H. Lamoureux 
D epartment of Botany 
University of Hawaii 
Maxwell S. Doty 
Department of Botany 
University of Hawaii 
John J. Naughton 
D epartment of Chemistry 
University of Hawaii 
Augustine S. Furumoto 
Hawaii Institute of Geophysics 
University of Hawaii 
Walter R. Steiger 
D epartment of Physics 
University of Hawaii 
Philip Helfrich 
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology 
University of Hawaii 
Goro Uehara 
D epartment of Agronomy 
and Soil Science 
University of Hawaii 
Robert W. Sparks, Director 
University of Hawaii Press 
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