Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section in the Solomon Islands

Results were kept on 43 spinal anaesthetics performed for caesarean section in the Solomon Islands, a developing tropical country in the Pacific Ocean. A 25-gauge Quincke needle was used and either 2.5 ml of heavy bupivacaine 0.5% or 2.0-2.5 ml of plain bupivacaine 0.5% were injected. Hypotension down to 85 mmHg occurred in four patients and there were no spinal headaches. Five patients had to be given a general anaesthetic. We recommend this technique to other doctors working in the Pacific Islands.

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Evidence of a geographical variation in Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta: Chaetopteridae) from the Pacific Ocean

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315405012592 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 85 (6) ◽

pp. 1409-1423 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michel R. Bhaud

Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

New South ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

New South Wales ◽

Morphological Variations ◽

Geographical Variations ◽

South Wales ◽

The Pacific ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

Hard Structures

Specimens of Mesochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae) from seven geographical sources in the Pacific Ocean are compared on the basis of their hard structures: specialized chaetae, uncinal plates and tubes. There geographical variations are investigated both locally (New South Wales and the Solomon Islands) and over the whole Pacific Ocean from Australia (New South Wales) through the Solomon Islands to Galapagos and Hawaii. The most interesting result is the existence of intra-regional morphological variations with the hard structures differing on specimens sampled in two areas from New South Wales or in two areas from the Solomon Islands out of a total of three areas. These newly described morphologies imply that M. minutus, isolated in a first step from M. sagittarius and confined to the Pacific, is a pseudo-sibling species complex. Each element of this complex is morphologically distinguishable. Consequently the generally accepted role of the long-lived planktonic larvae characteristic of Mesochaetopterus, as a source of geographical homogeneity must be re-examined.

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The World’s Oldest Tsunami Victim at the Gateway to the Pacific—and Beyond

Tsunami ◽

10.1093/oso/9780197546123.003.0005 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 37-48

Author(s):

James Goff ◽

Walter Dudley

Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

Papua New Guinea ◽

Pacific Islands ◽

New Guinea ◽

Mass Graves ◽

The Pacific ◽

Starting Point ◽

The World ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

Settlement Abandonment

The 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami was a significant puzzle for scientists who finally cracked the cause, but it also marks the most recent event of many that can be dated back to at least 6,000 years ago where the skull of the oldest tsunami victim in the world was found. Papua New Guinea was also the starting point for the most remarkable navigational feat in the world, with Polynesians moving rapidly east into the Pacific Ocean, their settlement of the region being punctuated by hiatuses caused by catastrophic tsunamis approximately 3,000, 2,000, and 600 years ago. It was on isolated Pacific islands that humans first came into contact with the deadly Pacific Ring of Fire. Settlement abandonment, mass graves, and cultural collapse mark their progress.

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Predicting bycatch hotspots for endangered leatherback turtles on longlines in the Pacific Ocean

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2013.2559 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 281 (1777) ◽

pp. 20132559 ◽

Cited By ~ 37

Author(s):

John H. Roe ◽

Stephen J. Morreale ◽

Frank V. Paladino ◽

George L. Shillinger ◽

Scott R. Benson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

Pacific Islands ◽

Fishing Effort ◽

Western Pacific ◽

Central Pacific ◽

Leatherback Turtles ◽

The Pacific ◽

Fisheries Bycatch ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

Nesting Beaches

Fisheries bycatch is a critical source of mortality for rapidly declining populations of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea . We integrated use-intensity distributions for 135 satellite-tracked adult turtles with longline fishing effort to estimate predicted bycatch risk over space and time in the Pacific Ocean. Areas of predicted bycatch risk did not overlap for eastern and western Pacific nesting populations, warranting their consideration as distinct management units with respect to fisheries bycatch. For western Pacific nesting populations, we identified several areas of high risk in the north and central Pacific, but greatest risk was adjacent to primary nesting beaches in tropical seas of Indo-Pacific islands, largely confined to several exclusive economic zones under the jurisdiction of national authorities. For eastern Pacific nesting populations, we identified moderate risk associated with migrations to nesting beaches, but the greatest risk was in the South Pacific Gyre, a broad pelagic zone outside national waters where management is currently lacking and may prove difficult to implement. Efforts should focus on these predicted hotspots to develop more targeted management approaches to alleviate leatherback bycatch.

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A new genus and species of marine crayfish, Palibythus magnificus, and new records of Palinurellus (Decapoda : Palinuridae) from the Pacific Ocean

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/it9900685 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 685 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

PJF Davie

Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

Deep Water ◽

New Genus ◽

New Records ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

New Genus And Species ◽

The Pacific ◽

Western Samoa ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

First Time

A new genus and species of marine crayfish, Palibythus magnificus, is described from deep water off Western Samoa. Palibythus is placed in the Palinuridae, among the 'Stridentes' group of genera, because of the well-developed stridulatory organ. It differs from all other known genera, except Palinurellus, by the flat triangular rostrum and the narrow thoracic sternum; Palinurellus, however, lacks a stridulatory organ. The relationships of Palinurellus are discussed and the Synaxidae is replaced in synonymy with the Palinuridae. Palinurellus wieneckii is recorded from New Guinea and Solomon Islands waters for the first time.

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Redescription of Tetragonurus pacificus (Teleostei: Stromateoidei: Tetragonuridae), based on specimens collected from Taiwan and Tarawa Atoll

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.7 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4702 (1) ◽

pp. 26-31

Author(s):

KEITA KOEDA ◽

AKINORI TERAMURA

Keyword(s):

Pacific Ocean ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

Present Specimen ◽

Dorsal Fin ◽

The Pacific ◽

Juvenile Specimen ◽

Fresh Specimen ◽

The Pacific Ocean ◽

Southwestern Taiwan ◽

Southern Pacific Ocean

The rare squaretail Tetragonurus pacificus Abe 1953 was described on the basis of a single poor-condition specimen obtained from the stomach of a yellowfin tuna collected from west of the Solomon Islands. A fresh specimen of T. pacificus was recently collected from southwestern Taiwan and its morphology and the fresh coloration are herein described in detail. In addition, a juvenile specimen collected from the southern Pacific Ocean was found in the museum collection. The species is characterized by dorsal-fin spines 10–11; longitudinal scale rows along body axis 72–80; and predorsal scales 17–20. The present specimen collected from off southwestern Taiwan represents the northernmost record of the species from the Pacific Ocean.

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