Atoll Research Bulletin (ARB)

Issued by the National Museum of Natural History, The Smithsonian Institution (1951-present)

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No. 556-566. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. November 2008.

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No. 545-555. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. December 2007.

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No. 544. Ed. Stoddart, D.R. July 2007. Tsunamis and coral reefs

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No. 543. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. February 2006. Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Third Scientific Symposium. November 2-4, 2004

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Nos. 531-542. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. November 2005

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Nos. 509-530. Eds. Macintyre, I.G., K. Rutzler, and I.C. Feller. September 2004

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Nos. 497-508. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. August 2003

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No. 496. Ed. Lang, J. C. July 2003. Status of coral reefs in the Western Atlantic

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No. 495. Ed. Hill, M. J. July 2002. Biodiversity surveys and conservation potential of inner Seychelles Islands

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No. 494. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. December 2001. Atoll Research Bulletin Golden Issue

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No. 481-493. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. June 2001

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No. 466-480. Eds. Macintyre, I.G., and K. Rutzler. March 2000. Natural History of the Pelican Cays, Belize

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No. 459-465. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. August 1999

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No. 450-458. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. September 1998

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No. 443-449. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. October 1997 

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No. 435-442. Ed. Macintyre, I.G. April 1996 

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No. 434. Clapp, R.B., M.D.F. Udvardy, and A.K. Kepler. February 1996. An annotated bibliography of Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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No. 433. Olson, S. L. February 1996. History and ornithological journals of the Tanager expedition of 1923 to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Johnston and Wake Islands

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No. 432. Schauinsland, H. H. February 1996. Three months on a coral island (Laysan)

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Nos. 426-431. Eds. Littler, M.S., I.G. Macintyre and D.S. Littler. August, 1995. Biology and geology of Tobacco Range, Belize, Central America: a mangrove system containing unique fractured peat deposits

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Nos. 415-425. August 1994

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Nos. 399-414. February 1994. Scientific studies in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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No. 397-398. Eds. Kepler, A.K., and C.B. Kepler.  February 1994. The natural history of the Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands

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No. 390-396. Ed. Stoddart, D.R. February 1994

No. 389. Fosberg, F.R., and S.H. Pearsall III. January 1993. Classification of non-marine ecosystems

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Nos. 379-388. January 1993

Nos. 365-378. Eds. Littler, M.M., and D.S. Littler. June 1992. Results of the USSR-USA expedition in marine biology to the Seychelles Islands

Nos. 355-364. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. May 1992. 40th Anniversary Issue

Nos. 348-354. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. July 1991

No. 347. McCutcheon, M. February 1991. Contents list and indexes for the Atoll Research Bulletin

Nos. 339-346. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. September 1990

Nos. 330-338. Ed. Fosberg, F.R. January 1990

Nos. 321-329. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. October 1989. Henderson Island Issue

Nos. 312-320. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M. M. Littler, I.G. MacIntyre, J. I. Tracey, Jr. October 1988

Nos. 306-311. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. October 1987

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Nos. 293-305. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., D.R. Stoddart, and B. Salvat. August 1987. Marie-Helene Sachet Commemorative Issue

Nos. 282-292. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. Macintyre, M.H. Sachet. and D.R. Stoddart. May 1985

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Nos. 273-281. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, and M.H. Sachet. December 1983

Nos. 260-272. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, and M.H. Sachet. September 1983

Nos. 256-259. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, M.H. Sachet. April 1982

Nos. 252-255. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, and M.H. Sachet. July 1981

Nos. 242-251. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, and M.H. Sachet. July 1981.

No. 241. Eds. Stoddart, D.R., and M.E.C. Giglioli.  March 1980. Geography and ecology of Little Cayman

No. 240. Byrne, R. January 1980. Man and variable vulnerability of island life. A study of recent vegetation change in the Bahamas

Nos. 233-239. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M.H. Sachet. November 1979

Nos. 223-232. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., I.G. MacIntyre, M.H. Sachet and D.R. Stoddart. September 1979

No. 222. Pichon, M. December 1978. Recherches sur les peuplements a dominance d'anthozoaires dans les recifs coralliens de Tulear

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No. 221. Smith, S. V., and R. S. Henderson. September 1978. Phoenix Islands Report. I: An Environmental Survey of Canton Atoll Lagoon, 1973

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No. 220. Ed. Smith, S. V. September 1978 Coral Reef Ecosystems: Proceedings of Papers Presented of Papers Presented at the 13th Pacific Science Congress Vancouver

Nos. 208-219. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M. -H. Sachet and D.R. Stoddart. May 1977

Nos. 206-207. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M. -H. Sachet and D.R. Stoddart. May 1977

Nos. 193-205. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M. -H. Sachet and D.R. Stoddart. February 1977

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No. 192. Amerson, Jr., A.B. and P.C. Shelton. December 1976. The Natural History of Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean

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No. 191. Gillis, W.T., R. Byrne and W. Harrison. August 20, 1975. Bibliography of the Natural History of the Bahama Islands

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No. 190. Stoddart, D.R. and P.E. Gibbs. August 13, 1975. Almost-Atoll of Aitutaki: Reef Studies in the Cook Islands, South Pacific

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Nos. 187-189. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M.H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. August 6, 1975

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No. 186. Clapp, R.B. and W.O. Wirtz, II. February 15, 1975. The natural history of Lisianski Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Nos. 175-185. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M.H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. January 15, 1975

No. 174. Binion Amerson Jr., A., R.B. Clapp and W.O. Wirtz II. December 31, 1974. The natural history of Pearl and Hermes Reef, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Nos. 172-173. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M.H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. December 15, 1974

No. 171. Ely, C.A. and R.B. Clapp. December 31, 1973. The natural history of Laysan Island, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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Nos. 166-170. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., M.H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. November 23, 1973

No. 165. Peters, A.J. and J.F.G. Lionnet. May 2, 1973. Central Western Indian Ocean Bibliography

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Nos. 163-164. Eds. Fosburg, F.R., M.-H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. December 31, 1972

Nos. 151-162. Eds. Fosburg, F.R., M.-H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. December 31, 1972

No. 150. Binion Amerson Jr., A. December 20, 1971. The natural history of French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

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No. 149. Eds. Stoddart, D.R. and J.D. Taylor. August 27, 1971. Geography and ecology of Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago

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Nos. 137-148. Eds. Fosburg, F.R., M.-H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. February 16, 1971

No. 136. Stoddart, D.R. August 28, 1970.  Coral islands of the Western Indian Ocean

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Nos. 128-135. Eds. Fosburg, F.R., M.-H. Sachet, and D.R. Stoddart. August 15, 1969

No. 127. Binion Amerson, A. Jr. May 28, 1969. Ornithology of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands Updated Nov. 2007

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Nos. 120-126. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M. -H. Sachet. March 30, 1969

Nos. 118-119. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M. -H. Sachet. November 15, 1967

Nos. 114-117. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M. -H. Sachet. March 31, 1966

No. 113. Fosberg, F.R., and D. Carroll. December 31, 1965. Terrestrial sediments and soils of the Northern Marshall Islands

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Nos. 109-112. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M.H. Sachet. July 15, 1965

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Nos. 101-108. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M.H. Sachet. September 30,1964

Nos. 97-100. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M.H. Sachet. November 15, 1963

No. 96. Lavoie, R.L.  May 15, 1963. Some aspects of the meteorology of the tropical Pacific viewed from an atoll

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No. 95. Stoddart, D.R. May 15, 1963. Effects of Hurricane Hattie on the British Honduras Reefs and Cays, October 30-31, 1961

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Nos. 88-94. Eds. Fosberg, F.R. and M.H. Sachet. December 16, 1962

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No. 87. Stoddart, D.R. June 30, 1962. Three Caribbean atolls: Turneffe Islands, Lighthouse Reef, and Glover's Reef, British Honduras

No. 86. Sachet, M.H. February 28, 1962. Geography and land ecology of Clipperton Island

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No. 85. Doran, E. Jr. December 31, 1961. Land tenure in the pacific. A symposium of the 10th Pacific Science congress

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Nos. 76-84. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. December 31, 1961

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No. 75. Blumenstock, D.I. April 15, 1961. A report on typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll

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Nos. 72-74. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. October 15, 1960

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No. 71. Blumenstock, D.I., and D.F. Rex. Microclimatic observations at Enivetok with a special section on vegetation by Irwin E. Lane. June 30, 1960

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Nos. 61-70. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. May 15, 1959

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Nos. 59-60. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. October 31, 1957

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Nos. 51-58. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. September 15, 1957

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Nos. 48-50. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. June 30, 1956

11 MB

No. 47. Randall, J.E. Fishes of the Gilbert Islands. August 31, 1955

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Nos. 41-46. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. August 15, 1955

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Nos. 37-40. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. May 15, 1955

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Nos. 33-36. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. November 30, 1954.

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Nos. 31-32. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. November 30, 1954

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Nos. 28-30. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. May 31, 1954

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No. 27. Murai, Mary. Nutrition Study in Micronesia. January 31, 1954

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Nos. 24-26. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. November 15, 1953

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Nos. 19-23. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. September 30, 1953

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No. 18. Harry, Robert R. Ichthyological Field Data of Raroia Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago. July 31, 1953

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No. 17. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. Handbook for Atoll Research (second Preliminary Edition). May 15, 1953

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Nos. 15-16. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. April 30, 1953

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Nos. 12-14. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. December 15, 1952

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Nos. 10-11. Eds. Fosberg, F.R., and M.-H. Sachet. September 1, 1952

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Nos. 8-9. Ed. Fosberg, F.R. December 15, 1951

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Nos. 5-7. Ed. Fosberg, F.R. November 15, 1951

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Nos. 3-4. Ed. Fosberg, F.R. October 15, 1951

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Nos. 1-2. Ed. Fosberg, F.R. September 10, 1951

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