Tropical Pacific island environments:
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| adam_text | Tropical Pacific Island
Environments
Christopher S Lobban, Ph D and Maria Schefter, Ph D
University of Guam
Pen-and-ink drawings by
Rick L Castro
University of Guam
UNIVERSITY OF GUAM PRESS
Mangilao, Guam, USA
Contents ix
Table of Contents
Map of the Pacific Islands xvi
Getting the most out of this book xviii
Preface xx
Prologue xx
Acknowledgments xxii
List of illustrations in the text xxv
List of tables xxviii
Color plate captions xxix
Color plates 1
Chapter 1 Islands, People, and Knowledge 17
1 1 Pacific Islands, environments, and people 17
111 The islands 18
112 The climate 19
113 The ecosystems 20
114 The people 20
115 Early human impacts 21
1 2 Islandformation: a scientific explanation 23
1 3 Science as a way of working 25
131A case study: competition between
two species of gecko 26
132 What is scientific method? 29
133 Hypotheses in the process of science 29
134 Scientific reasoning: deduction and induction 31
135 Experimental controls 35
136 Testing a hypothesis when you cannot
run experiments 35
1 4 Science as a way of knowing 36
141 Dispelling the mystique of science 37
142 Searching for principles 37
143 Accepting alternative theories and traditional
knowledge 39
144 The importance of publication 41
145 Important linguistic elements in science:
cause-and-effect and hedging 41
1 5 Key points review 42
Chapter 2 Ecosystems: Relationships Between
Organisms 43
2 1 Introduction to ecology 44
2 2 Ecosystem structure 44
221 Trophic levels 44
X Tropical Pacific Island Environments
222 Energy and carbon 46
223 Plant nutrients 51
224 Levels of biological organization vs
classification 52
Biological organization 52
Classification 55
A note on classification of organisms 56
j225 Simple ecosystems: Palau s marine lakes 58
2 3 Symbiosis on tropical islands 63
231 Mutualism in tiie sea 64
232 Mutualism in the soil 70
Nitrogen fixation 72
TOp W233 Epiphytes as symbionts 73
2 4 Succession on tropical islands 75
241 Primary succession 75
Recovery of Nauru forest after mining 77
242 Secondary succession 79
Pioneers and climax in limestone forest 79
Farmer fish on the reef 81
2 5 Key points review 82
Chapter 3 Habitat and Climate: Relationships Between
Organisms and their Environment 84
3 1 Habitats 85
311 Habitats and microhabitats 85
-312 Abiotic versus biotic factors 86
3 2 Zonation 87
321 Environmental gradients 87
322 Water and salinity 89
Pemphis: response to abiotic factors 89
323A transect into the forest 90
324 Vegetation on atolls 96
325 Zonation on mountains 98
3 3 Climate: introduction 99
Geographic variation 99
Variation over time 100
3 4 El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) 102
341 Droughts 102
342 Developing models of ENSO 103
3 5 Typhoons (hurricanes) 108
351 The meteorology of typhoons 109
352 Effects on community succession 115
Gap dynamics 116
Typhoon effects 117
353 Effects on food webs 118
354 Effects on endangered species 119
355 Effects on reefs 120
356 Effects on atolls 121
Atoll islands 121
3 6 Key points review 125
Chapter 4 Soil, Grassland, and Forest Communities,
and Our Use of Them 127
4 1 Terrestrial ecosystems: introduction 128
4 2 Soil, grassland, and erosion 128
421 Soil as an ecosystem 128
Soil cycle 129
Soil structure 131
Decomposition 132
Ion exchange 133
Soil organisms 135
422 Grassland and savanna 135
423 Formation of badlands 136
424 Soil conservation 138
4 3 Forest ecosystems 141
431 Many kinds of tropical forest 141
432 Classification of tropical forests 142
433 Variation within a forest 145
434 Why don t we see any animals? 145
435 Strand and limestone forest 146
436 Oceanic island rain forests 146
4 4 Medicines from the forest 150
441 Traditional knowledge 150
442 Valuing intellectual property 152
4 5 Conservation of rainforests 153
451 Pohnpei s watershed plan 153
452 Samoa: The Falealupo Covenant 155
4 6 Key points review 159
Chapter 5 Aquatic Habitats 160
5 1 Life in water: aquatic habitats 160
511 Density of water 161
512 Water movement 162
513 Substrate 164
514 Planktonic larvae 165
515 Light in deep water 168
516 Salinity: estuaries and the intertidal zone 170
xii Tropical Pacific Island Environments
5 2 Aquatic ecosystems: overview 170
5 3 Freshwater ecosystems 171
531 Rivers and streams 171
532 Lakes and ponds 174
533 Classification of inland waters 177
5 4 Mangrove ecosystems 178
541 Fish that climb trees and the trees they climb 178
542 Uses and abuses of mangrove ecosystems 182
Case study: Environmental impact assessment 185
5 5 Wetlands: uses and regulations 188
Case study: combining development and
environment 191
5 6 Key points review 193
Chapter 6 Coral Reef Ecosystems and Our
Use of Them 194
6 1 Coral reefs 195
611A view of a reef 195
612 Rocks and sand 195
613A geological time scale 197
614 The living reef 199
615 Producers and herbivores 201
6 2 Ciguatera 202
621A food web poison 202
622 Risk assessment 206
6 3 Red tides: a case study 207
6 4 Value of coral reefs and threats to their health 209
641 Reef fisheries 209
642 Non-food harvests 212
643 Tourism and coastal development 212
6 5 Crown-of-thorns vs reefs 215
651 History of crown-of-thorns plagues 215
652 Theories and questions 215
653 Science, media, and policy 219
654 Policymaking and scientific controversy 221
6 6 Key points review 223
Chapter 7 Island Populations—I: How Species Get to
Islands and What Happens When They Do 224
7 1 Introduction to populations 224
7 2 Getting to islands 225
721 Flying 225
722 Hitchhiking 226
723 Drifting in air 227
724 Swimming and floating 227
Contents xiii
725 Via humans: introduced species 227
7 3 Establishing a population 227
^731 Founders 227
732 Population growth 229
Vp* ^ Numbers of humans 231
734 Estimating population size 236
^ ^ ^ow endemi° species arise 239
P°*nts rev*ew 243
Chapter 8 Island Populations—II Pests
; an * Endangered Species 244
c • P81 Introduced species 244
811 Introducing species 244
812 Some case histories 249
Ants 249
Pigs, goats, and alien plants 251
813 Biological control 252
814 Pesticides 255
815 Integrated pest management 255
8 2 Endangered species and habitats 256
821 Endangered species 256
Species prone to extinction 257
Characteristics of island species 258
U S laws 259
822 Biodiversity 260
823 Why do we need healthy ecosystems? 264
824 Finding solutions: parks and captive breeding 265
8 3 Key points review 267
Chapter 9 Sustainability: Wise Use of Resources 268
9 1 Human resources 270
911 Knowledge 270
912 Values 272
913 Economics 274
9 2 Renewable and nonrenewable resources 275
9 3 Living wild resources 276
931 Fisheries 276
Tuna 276
Turtles 279
Reef fisheries 280
932 Fruit bats and sustainable yield 283
9 4 Food crop resources 287
941 Agricultural dilemmas 287
942 Origin and diversity of island crops 287
943 Horticulture on high islands and atolls 289
xiv Tropical Pacific Island Environments
944 CEMI agriculture 290
945 Sustainable agriculture? 291
9 5 Water 292
951 Water on islands 294
952 Inland waters as renewable resources 296
953 Why are the taro pits getting saltier? 299
9 6 Energy and metals 301
961 Energy 301
962 Minerals and metals 302
P 7 Ecotowrism 302
9 8 Sustainable development? A systems approach
to sustainability 304
9 9 Key points review 306
Chapter 10 Dealing with Our Waste 307
10 1 Sewage disposal 308
10 1 1 Sewage versus health 308
10 1 2 How bubble alga took over Kane ohe Bay,
Hawai i 312
10 2 Solid waste disposal 315
10 2 1 Litter 315
10 2 2 Garbage 317
10 3 Hazardous waste disposal 320
10 4 Radioactive waste and nuclear testing 324
10 5 Key points review 325
- Chapter 11 Global Issues on Island Earth 327
~ 11 1 Global climate change 327
11 1 1 Air pollution 327
11 1 2 Greenhouse gases 329
11 1 3 Global climate system 330
11 2 Risks for Pacific Islands from global climate
change 331
11 2 1 Water supply 331
-1122Foodsupply332
jj23 Coastal flooding 333
11 -2-4 Ecosystems 334
11 3 Risk assessment, insurance, and policymaking 335
11 3 1 Risk assessment 335
11 3 2 Science, controversies, and the media
revisited 336
11 3 3 Insurance and policymaking 337
Contents XV
11 4 Global versus local issues 339
11 4 1 Global environmental change 339
11 4 2 Local environmental change 340
11 4 3 Taking action: cultivating environmental
ethics 342
11 5 Key points review 345
Notes : 347
Glossary 359
Books and Videos 372
References / author index 376
Subject index 393
And once again
a canoe s made ready
for dangerous passage
beyond Unanu s seas
beyond safety: where
we must pay with our lives
for using other men s sea routes
unless we render fine tribute
New Navigator, Rongerhik
looks over his crew:
one wild man
for courage
one tame man -
for caution
one patient man
for perseverance
one diviner with sacred skills
(sufficient for most perils)
for safety
one handy man
(massager, carpenter, doctor, priest)
for all other needs
From Song of Olap: fragment of a
navigational chant by Bill Peck
We chose this quote (from a poem based on a trad
itional Ittang chant from Chuuk) because it fits our
metaphor of writing the book as a voyage on a sea
canoe In our quest we sometimes felt like Rongerhik
and all his crew and we reached out to colleagues for
assistance As the bibliography and preface amply
show, we do pay fine tribute for using other
[people s] sea routes Marshallese sailing canoe
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