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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Kauai"”.
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The role of precipitation on Bedrock Channel Incision in Kauai, HI
… on mean annual precipitation. The island of Kauai in the Hawaiian island chain is used as a case study due to the island's steep precipitation gradient and relatively constant lithology. Erosion rates are calculated by constructing splines to approximate the island's shape at the end of the …
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Underwater acoustic signal behavior prediction in the region of Kauai Island
Behavior of underwater sound propagation over long-ranges has been studied for several decades. The purpose of this is to describe sound propagation phenomena in various ocean environments. The key to understanding and visualizing is mathematical modeling. In the ocean acoustics community, four …
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Relationships Among Aquatic Macroinvertebrates, Endangered Waterbirds, and Macrophytes in Taro Lo'I At Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii
… National Wildlife Refuge (HNWR) on the island of Kauai provides yearround critical wetland habitat for five endangered waterbirds (EWBs) and supports nearly one-third of the remaining taro loi cultivated in the Hawaiian archipelago. This study focuses on the use patterns of this agricultural crop …
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A magic prison
… a commercial luau and how she became a chef on Kauai.
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Radiation of the bark louse genus Kilauella across the Hawaiian Islands
… specimens were collected from the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui Nui, and Hawaii to create a phylogeny exploring the speciation patterns of the genus. Our results show evidence of forward ‘stepping stone’ radiation across the Hawaiian Islands with a potentially significant level of …
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Evolution of gynodioecy and dioecy: theoretical issues and the case of Bidens sandvicensis and B. cervicata
… Sex ratios in gynodioecious, endemic, Kauaian Bidens sandvicensis and B. cervicata are strongly correlated with elevation, aspect, and out crossing rate as estimated from analysis of electrophoretic genotypes at the phosphglucoisomerase and shikimate dehydrogenase loci. Female …
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Thermobarometry of Hawaiian Spinel Peridotites
… than the Pali vent peridotites (11 to 15kb) and Kauai peridotites (up to 20kb). This is consistent with the presence of deeper garnet pyroxenites found at the Salt Lake Crater vent and their absence in the other locations. These data is the first direct thermobarometric evidence that the Salt …
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Historical Local Knowledge and Cartography:Within GIS: Kaua`i, Hawai`i
There is no easy way to get historic data and maps into Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Maps remain an important and convenient source, snapshots in time that portray landscapes of the past, containing information that has been compiled, filtered and summarized. Maps as historic documents are …