This is a brief account of the experiences of a zoologist on the reefs of Makuluva, Fiji. The quarters of the party of naturalists from the State University are described, something of daily life touched upon, and the experiences connected with reef collecting are given. Some of the more interesting animal inhabitants of the reefs are described and illustrated

Nutting, C. C.

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Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of ScienceVolume 32 | Annual Issue Article 1191925The Coral Reefs of FijiC. C. NuttingState University of IowaCopyright © Copyright 1925 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/piasThis Research is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa Academy of Science at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion inProceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by an authorized editor of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contactscholarworks@uni.edu.Recommended CitationNutting, C. C. (1925) "The Coral Reefs of Fiji," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 32(1), 444-444.Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol32/iss1/119444 IOWA ACAD EMY bF SCIENCE if maintained at 102 to l Qj degrees F. for any considerable time (a hal f hour or more ) .  At 80 degrees and above, animals show marked increased activity, with signs of discomfort and a rapid respiration, a frothing about the mouth and an accumulation of moisture upon the head and about the eyes .  Although concrete data on the comparative metabolic rates in these forms are not as yet  available, these f acts are tentatively interpreted to mean that there is  in turtles a s light tendency to compensate for critical temperature changes in their environment .  Iow A STAT!� CoLLEGE. THE CORAL REEFS O F  FIJ I C. C. NUTTI NG ( A BSTRA CT) This i s  a brief account o f  the experiences of a zoologist on ,the ree f s  of Makuluva, Fij i .  The quarters o f  the party o f  nat­uralists from the State University are described, something o f  daily l i f e  touched upon, a n d  the experiences connected with ree f collecting arc given. Some o f  the more interesting animal in­habitants of the reefs  are described and i l lustrated . STA'l'E U NIVERST'l'Y oF low A .  THE TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE OF THB GANOID FISHES H. w. NORRIS ( ABSTRA CT) There has  been nmch uncertainty as to the  occurrence o f  a trapezius muscle in the ganoicls .  Two distinct muscles have caused confusion - a levator of the fl ith branchial arch and a true trap­ezius ; both present in A m ia ( and probably in Polyp terus Allis ) ,  but the trapczius vestigial .  In Lcpidosteus a functional trapezius occurs in the same relative position as the vestigial one in  Amia. In Polyodo11, Scaplz irhy11chus and Acipcnser the trapezius i s  func­tional and i s  innervated by a branch of the ramus la tcralis vagi that enters the l atter from the vagus proper near the vagus gang­lion ; in A cip cnscr, however, the nerve for the trapezius merely accompanies the ra m us lateral is. Conclusion : the trapezius muscle i s  present in  all ganoids, but vestigial in Aniia and Polyptcrus. GRIN N ELL COLLEGE. 1Nutting: The Coral Reefs of FijiPublished by UNI ScholarWorks, 1925

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