Holly Bolick

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum · Invertebrate Zoology

Background. We present length–weight relations (LWR) and describe the reproductive biology of five species of coral reef fishes from Papua New Guinea (PNG). Each of these species are targeted by artisanal-and small-scale commercial fisheries throughout the country. As such the purpose of this study was to provide baseline reproductive information t...

We present length–weight relations (LWR) and use rapid, low-cost histological methods to describe the reproductive biology of three reef fishes from a remote area in Papua New Guinea: the striped monocle bream, Scolopsis lineata Quoy et Gaimard, 1824; the Indian goatfish, Parupeneus indicus (Shaw, 1803); and the blackbelly triggerfish, Rhinecanthus...

Although the existence of coral-reef habitats at depths to 165 m in tropical regions has been known for decades, the richness, diversity, and ecological importance of mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has only recently become widely acknowledged. During an interdisciplinary effort spanning more than two decades, we characterized the most expansive...

Raw data from this study Tab 1: Algae Depth Data; Tab 2: Fish Depth Data; Tab 3: NWHI Fish Trophic Data; Tab 4: Temperature Depth Datasets; Tab 5: Temperature Depth Data.

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The Kamiali Initiative is a Bishop-Museum-led project to develop a self-sustaining cycle of environmental conservation, scientific research, and economic development in the coastal community of Kamiali, Papua New Guinea. The area includes approximately 120,000 acres of terrestrial and marine habitat, and is larger than most state parks in Californi...

The Kamiali Initiative is a Bishop-Museum-led project to develop a self-sustaining cycle of environmental conservation, scientific research, and economic development in the coastal community of Kamiali, Papua New Guinea. The area includes approximately 120,000 acres of terrestrial and marine habitat, and is larger than the land area of 16 countries...

Live coral is harvested throughout the Indo-West Pacific to make lime, used in the consumption of the world's fourth-most consumed drug, betel nut. Coral harvesting is an environmental concern; however, because lime-making is one of the few sources of income in some areas of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the practice is unlikely to stop. To better manage...

What shapes variation in genetic structure within a community of co-distributed species is a central but difficult question for the field of population genetics. With a focus on the isolated coral reef ecosystem of the Hawaiian Archipelago, we assessed how life history traits influence population genetic structure for 35 reef animals. Despite the a...

We present length-weight relations (LWR) and use rapid, low-cost histological methods to describe the reproductive biology of the red-bellied fusilier, Caesio cuning (Bloch, 1791), and the longfin emperor, Lethrinus erythropterus Valenciennes, 1830, based on 137 and 139 specimens, respectively, collected from a remote area in Papua New Guinea. The...

The Kamiali Initiative is a Bishop-Museum-led project to develop a self-sustaining cycle of environmental conservation, scientific research, and economic development in the coastal community of Kamiali, Papua New Guinea. The area includes approximately 120,000 acres of terrestrial and marine habitat, and is larger than most state parks in Californi...

We describe a simple, inexpensive method for field-based histological analysis of fish gonads, and we used this method to describe the reproductive biology of the small snapper Lutjanus biguttatus from a remote area in Papua New Guinea (i.e., where laboratory equipment is limited and electrical service is lacking). We estimate male L50 at 13 cm FL...

We present a length–weight relation and use rapid, low-cost histological methods to describe the reproductive biology of the blacktail snapper, Lutjanus fulvus (Forster, 1801), based on 124 specimens collected from a remote area in Papua New Guinea [W = 0.0134(FL)3.100]. We estimate male L 50 at 13.5 cm FL and female L 50 at 18.8 cm FL. Sex ratio i...

The Kamiali Initiative is a Bishop-Museum-led project to develop a self-sustaining cycle of environmental conservation, scientific research, and economic development in the coastal community of Kamiali, Papua New Guinea. The area includes approximately 120,000 acres of terrestrial and marine habitat, and is larger than most state parks in Californi...

Here we describe the status of Kamiali’s exploited reef-fish populations to help guide and evaluate conservation efforts. We conducted rapid, histology-based reproductive analysis on five species to generate parameters necessary for life-history-based management of fisheries, decribed catch characteristics of the same five species and evaluate the...

The marine and estuarine algae, invertebrte, and fish communities in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu Harbor and Ke'ehi Lagoon Oahu, Hawai'i were surveyed between October 2007 and April 2008 for a comparison of the biotic communities with results determined by previous surveys in Pearl Harbor in 1996 (Coles et al. 1997) and Honolulu Harbor-Ke'ehi Lagoon in 1...

Pseudambasia kalaupapa, n. sp. from Moloka'i and O'ahu is described and illustrated and marks the first record of the genus from Hawaiian waters. A key to species of Pseudambasia is presented.

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High-resolution dietary analysis can increase understanding of the foraging behavior, food requirements, and ecological interactions of animals. Such analysis is difficult because the characters traditionally used for taxonomic determination are modified or eliminated by the process of digestion. We are developing alternative means for identifying...