Journal of The Royal Society of New Zealand 1998

Volume 28/Number 1/March 1998

Vertebrate taxonomy

• The ceratioid anglerfishes (Lophiiformes: Ceratioidei) of New Zealand
• Leiopelma pakeka, n. sp. (Anura: Leiopelmatidae), a cryptic species of frog from Maud Island, New Zealand, and a reassessment of the conservation status of L. hamiltoni from Stephens Island

  Vegetation

• Forest persistence at coastal Waikato, 24 000 years BP to present
• Rapid ecological survey, inventory and implementation: A case study from Waikaia Ecological Region, New Zealand

  Earth sciences

• McLeod Fault: associated monocline and Pliocene angular unconformity, Point Range and Mangaopari Stream, Wairarapa, New Zealand

  Zoology

• Note: Embryonic and larval development of Calloria inconspicua (Brachiopoda, Terebratellidae)
• Tooth-sharpening behaviour (thegosis) and other causes of wear on sheep teeth in relation to mastication and grazing mechanisms

Volume 28/Number 2/June 1998

Marine biology

• The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, Southwest Pacific Ocean
• Stratigraphy and paleontology of Pleistocene submarine volcanic-sedimentary sequences at the northern Kermadec Islands
• Macrobenthic assemblages of the continental shelf and upper slope off the west coast of South Island, New Zealand
• The rediscovery of Echinus elevatus Hutton 1872 in New Zealand, and a new name for Acanthotrema Baker & Rowe 1990 (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)
• Increase in the abundance of New Zealand fur seals at the Catlins, South Island, New Zealand

  Invertebrate taxonomy

• A checklist and key to species of Eupodoidea (Acari: Prostigmata) from Australia and New Zealand and their subantarctic islands
• New synonymies and host records for lice of the genus Menacanthus (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Passeriformes (Aves)

  Miscellania

• Vehicle fires and the introduction of premium unleaded petrol into New Zealand
• A reported tektite transported from Australasia and found at Gabriel's Gully mining camp, Central Otago, New Zealand

  Vegetation history

• Evidence of widespread, synchronous, disturbance-initiated forest establishment in Westland, New Zealand.

Volume 28/Number 3/September 1998

Invertebrate taxonomy

• A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand.c.A chronological review of polychaete taxonomy in New Zealand;

  Palaeontology

• Paleocene gymnosperms from Mount Somers, New Zealand
• A quantitative palynostratigraphy of the Miocene Manuherikia Group, New Zealand
• Quaternary fossil faunas of Otago, South Island, New Zealand

  Soil science

• Comparison of soil microbial properties and fauna under tussock-grassland and pine plantation

Volume 28/Number 4/December 1998

Palaeoecology

• The Quaternary fossil avifauna of Southland, South Island, New Zealand

  Entomology

• Nesting behaviour, life history and description of the mature larva of the beetle predator, Podagritus parrotti Leclercq (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Crabroninae)
• A new genus with two new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from New Zealand
• A re-evaluation of the genera of New Zealand aesaline stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

  Conservation

• Te Waahipounamu: South-west New Zealand World Heritage Area. Ecological research and conservation history

  Index

• Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand Index

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