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Anthropology, History & Culture

Alkire, William H.
1972. An Intro to the Peoples & Cultures of Micronesia. University of Victoria: British Columbia.
Alkire, William H.
1980. Technical Knowledge and the Evolution of Political Systems in the Central and Western Caroline Islands of Micronesia. Canadian Journal of Anthropology 1(2): 229-237.
Ashby, Gene
1993. Pohnpei: Island Argosy. Rainy Day Press: Eugene.
Ashby, Gene, editor and compiler
1993. Some Things of Value: Micronesian Customs and Beliefs. Rainy Day Press: Eugene.
Barnabas, Seberiano and Francis X. Hezel, SJ
1993. The Changing Pohnpeian Family. A Paper Published by the Micronesian Seminar: Kolonia.
Bernart, Luelen, John L. Fischer, Saul H. Riesenberg and Marjorie G. Whiting, translators and editors
1977. The Book of Luelen. National University Press: Canberra.
Brower, Kenneth
1983. A Song for Satawal. Harper & Row: New York.
Buck, Peter H.
1950. Material Culture of Kapingamarangi. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu.
Clyde, Paul H.
1935. Japan’s Pacific Mandate. The Macmillan Company: New York.
Colletta, Nat J.
1980. American Schools for the Natives of Ponape. East-West Center: Honolulu.
Cox, Paul Alan and Sandra Anne Banack, editors
1991. Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany. Dioscorides Press, Portland.
Daiber, Andrew J.
1986. Significance of Constellations in Carolinian Navigation. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 95(3): 317-378.
DeVita, Philip R., editor
1990. The Humbled Anthropologist: Tales from the Pacific. Wadsworth Publishing Company, Bellmont.
Finegan, Edward
1999. Language: Its Structure & Use. Harcourt Brace College Publishers: Fort Worth.
Fischer, John L.
1957. The Eastern Carolines. Pacific Science Board: New Haven.
Gladwin, Thomas
1971. East is a Big Bird: Navigation and Logic on Puluwat Atoll. Harvard University Press: Cambridge.
Goetzfridt, Nicholas J., compiler
1992. Indigenous Navigation and Voyages in the Pacific: A Reference Guide. Greenwood Press: New York.
Goodenough, Ward H.
1951. Native Astronomy in Micronesia: A Rudimentary Science. Scientific Monthly 73(2): 105-110.
Haddon, A. C. and James Hornell
1936. Canoes of Oceania, Volume I. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Press: Honolulu.
Hanlon, David
1987. Upon a Stone Altar. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Hanlon, David
1998. Remaking Micronesia: Discourses Over Development in a Pacific Territory. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Harding, Thomas G. and Ben J. Wallace, editors
1970. Cultures of the Pacific. The Free Press, New York.
Heine, Carl
1973. Micronesia at the Crossroads: A Reappraisal of the Micronesian Political Dilemma. Australian National University Press: Canberra.
Hezel, Francis X.
1983. First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-Colonial Days 1521-1885. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Hezel, Francis X., SJ
1987. The Dilemmas of Development: The Effects of Modernization on Three Areas of Island Life. A Paper Published by the Micronesian Seminar: Kolonia.
Hezel, Francis X.
1995. Strangers in Their Own Lands. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Hezel, Francis X. and M. L. Berg, editors
Micronesia: Winds of Change. Donald L. Buchholz, illustrator. Omnibus Program for Social Studies Cultural Heritage: Kolonia.
Hughes, Daniel T., Ed.
1974. Political Development in Micronesia. Ohio State University Press: Columbus.
Keating, Elizabeth
1998. Power Sharing: Language, Rank, Gender and Social Space in Pohnpei, Micronesia. Oxford University Press: New York.
Levesque, Rodrigue, compiler and editor
The History of Micronesia, Vol. 3: First Real Contact 1596-1637. (A collection of source documents)
Levy, Neil M.
1996. Micronesia Handbook. Moon Publications, Inc.: Chico.
Lewis, David. Sir Derek Oulton, Ed.
1972. We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific, 2nd Edition. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Meller, Norman
1984. Constitutionalism in Micronesia. Institute for Polynesian Studies. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Morgan, William N.
1988. Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia. University of Texas Press: Austin.
Naylor, Larry
1996. Culture and Change: An Introduction. Bergin & Garvey, Westport.
Nevin, David
1977. The American Touch in Micronesia. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New York.
O’Connell, James F., Saul H. Riesenberg, Ed.
1972. A Residence of Eleven Years in New Holland and the Caroline Islands (1820’s). Australian National University Press, Canberra
Peterson, Glenn
1986. Decentralization and Micronesian Federalism: Pohnpei's 1983 Vote Against Free Association. USP Sociological Society, Suva.
Peterson, Glenn
1993. Some Pohnpei Strategies for Economic Survival. Contemporary Pacific Societies: Studies in Development and Change. Victoria S. Lockwood, Thomas G. Harding, and Ben J. Wallace, eds. Prentice Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs.
Pollock, Nancy J.
1992. These Roots Remain: Food Habits in the Islands of the Central and Eastern Pacific Since Western Contact. Institute of Polynesian Studies. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Poyer, Lin
1993. The Ngatik Massacre. Smithsonian Institute Press: Washington.
Price, Willard
1966. American’s Paradise Lost. John Day Company: New York.
Rehg, Kenneth L. and Damian G. Sohl
1981. Ponapean Reference Grammar. Pali Language Texts. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Rehg, Kenneth L. and Damian G. Sohl
1979. Ponapean-English Dictionary. Pali Language Texts. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Riesenberg, Saul
1968. The Native Polity of Ponape. Smithsonian Institution Press.
Rubinstein, Donald H.
1993. Changes in the Micronesian Family Structure Leading to Alcoholism, Suicide, Child Abuse and Neglect. A Paper Published by the Micronesian Seminar: Kolonia.
Ward, Martha C.
1989. Nest in the Wind: Adventures in Anthropology on a Tropical Island. Waveland Press, Inc., Prospect Heights.

Terrestrial Biology & Botany

Buden, Donald W.
1999. Reptiles, Birds and Mammals of Oroluk Atoll, Eastern Caroline Islands. Micronesica 31(2):289-300.
Buden, Donald W.
2000. The Reptiles of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 32(2):155-180.
Buden, Donald W.
2000. The Reptiles of Sapwuahfik Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia. Micronesica 32(2):245-256.
Cobley, Leslie S.
1956. An Introduction to the Botany of Tropical Crops. Longmans, Green & Company: London.
Cox, Paul Alan and Sandra Anne Banack, editors
1991. Islands, Plants and Polynesians: An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany. Dioscorides Press, Portland.
Glassman, S. F.
1952. Flora of Ponape. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.
Gressitt, J. L.
1954. Insects of Micronesia: an Introduction.
Hogarth, Peter J.
1999. The Biology of Mangroves. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Kruk, Remke, editor
1981. The Tropical Rain Forest: A First Encounter. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg.
Merlin, M., D. Jano, W. Raynor, T. Keene, J. Juvik & B. Sebastian
1992. Tuhke en Pohnpei (Plants of Pohnpei). Department of Education, Pohnpei State, Office of Historic Preservation, FSM & Environment and Policy Institute, East-West Center, University of Hawaii.
Pollock, Nancy J.
1992. These Roots Remain: Food Habits in the Islands of the Central and Eastern Pacific Since Western Contact. Institute of Polynesian Studies. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu.
Roots, Clive
1971. Tropical Birds. Hamlyn Publishing Group, Limited: London.

Marine Biology & Oceanography

Allen, G.R.
1985 Butterfly and Angelfishes of the World, Volume 2. Mergus Publishers: Melle, Germany.
Allen, G.R. and R.C. Steene
1988. Fishes of Christmas Island Indian Ocean. Christmas Island Natural History Association: Christmas Island.
Allen, G.R.
1991. Damselfishes of the World. Mergus PublishersL: Melle, Germany.
Anderson, C. and A. Hafiz
1987. Common Reef Fishes of the Maldives. Novelty Press: Republic of Maldives.
Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen
1966. Modes of Reproduction in Fishes. T.F.H. Publications: Neptune City, New Jersey.
Bustard, Robert
1970. Sea Turtles. Taplinger Publishing Company, Inc.: New York.
Buston, P.
2003. Size and Growth Modification in Clownfish. Nature 424:145-146.
Carwardine, Mark and Ken Watterson
2002. The Shark Watcher's Handbook. Princeton University Press: Princeton.
Castro, Peter & Michael E. Huber
2000. Marine Biology, 3rd Edition. McGraw Hill.
Compagno, L.J.V.
1984. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 4. Sharks of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Shark Species Known to Date.
Compagno, L.J.V., D.A. Ebert and M.J. Smale
1989. Guide to the Sharks and Rays of Southern Africa. New Holland (Publ.) Ltd.: London.
Compagno, L.J.V. and V.H. Niem
1998. Carcharhinidae: Requiem Sharks. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO: Rome.
Compagno, L.J.V.
1998. Sphyrnidae: Hammerhead and Bonnethead Sharks. In K.E. Carpenter and V.H. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO: Rome.
Cornic, A.
1987. Poissons de l'Ile Maurice. Editions de l'Océan Indien, Stanley Rose Hill, Ile Maurice.
Cousteau, Jacques-Yves
1971. Life and Death in a Coral Sea. Doubleday & Company, Inc.: Garden City.
Darwin, Charles
1897. The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. D. Appleton & Company: New York.
Duxbury, Alyn C., Alison B. Duxbury & Keith A. Sverdrop.
2000. An Introduction to the World's Oceans, 6th Ed. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Fischer, W., I. Sousa, C. Silva, A. de Freitas, J.M. Poutiers, W. Schneider, T.C. Borges, J.P. Feral and A. Massinga
1990. FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes (in Italian). Prepared in Collaboration with the Institute of the Study of Mozambique, financed by PNUD/FAO MOZ/86/030 of NORAD. FAO, Rome.
Frimodt, C.
1995. Multilingual Illustrated Guide to the World's Commercial Warmwater Fish. Fishing News Books: Oxford.
Fautin, D.G. and G.R. Allen
1992. Field Guide to Anemonefishes and Their Host Sea Anemones. Western Australian Museum: Perth.
Fritzsche, R.A.
1984. Aulostomidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO Species Identification Sheets for Fishery Purposes: Western Indian Ocean, Vol 1.
Fritzsche, R.A.
1995. Aulostomidae: Trompetas. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: Central Indo-Pacific, Vol. 3. FAO: Rome.
Heemstra, P.C. and M. M. Smith, editors
1986. Smiths' Sea Fishes. Springer-Verlag: Berlin.
Johnson, Scott
Living Seashells. Oriental Publishing Company: Honolulu.
Lafrance, S.
1994. Archipel des Bijjagos: Fish-life and Elements of Marine Ecology.
Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens
1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. CSIRO: Australia.
Lieske, E. and R. Myers
1994. Collins Pocket Guide: Coral Reef Fishes, Indo-Pacific & Caribbean Including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers.
Longhurst, Alan R. and Daniel Pauly
1987. Ecology of Tropical Oceans. Academic Press, Inc.: San Diego.
McDermid, Karla J. and Ahser Edward
1999. Seagrass Community Composition and Biomass at Nahpali Island, Pohnpei. Micronesica 31(2):255-262.
Muus, B.J. and J.G. Nielsen
1999. Sea Fish: Scandinavian Fishing Year Book. Hedehusene, Denmark.
Myers, R.F.
1991. Micronesian Reef Fishes, Second Ed. Coral Graphics: Barrigada, Guam.
Myers, R.F.
1999. Micronesian Reef Fishes: a Comprehensive Guide to the Coral Reef Fishes of Micronesia, 3rd Revised and Expanded Edition. Coral Graphics: Barrigada, Guam.
Parsons, C.
1986. Dangerous Marine Animals of the Pacific Coast. Helm Publishing: San Luis Obispo.
Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene
1990. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu.
Randall, J.E. and D. W. Greenfield
1996. Revision of the Indo-Pacific Holocentrid Fishes of the Genus Myripristis. Indo-Pacific Fishes (25):1-61.
Schneider, M.
1995. Chaetodontidae: Butterfly Fish. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: Central Indo-Pacific. FAO: Rome.
Sommer, C., W. Schneider and J.-M. Poutiers
1996. FAO Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes: The Living Marine Resources of Somalia. FAO: Rome.
Steene, R.C.
1978. Butterfly and Angelfishes of the World. A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd.: Australia.
Thresher, R.E.
1984. Reproduction in Reef Fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd.: Neptune City, New Jersey.
Tinker, Spencer Wilkie
1958. Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook of Common Marine Mollusks of Hawaii and the South Seas. The Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland.

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