LORD HOWE ISLAND A Summary of Current and Projected Scientific and Environmental Activities This publication is, in large part, a SUIDIIJ.ary of a Symposium held at The Australian Museum 30 Nov.-1 Dec., 1979. Edited by H.F. Recher and W.F. Ponder The Australian Museum Sydney, 1981 725A-1 ISBN 0 7240 2060 8 i CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 A SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION 1 Management and the environment 2 The concept of a Lord Howe Island National Park 3 Future scientific research on Lord Howe Island 4 CONCLUSION 4 .ABSTRACTS OF SCIENTIFIC WORK A. GEOLOGY 6 Origin and evolution - I. McDougall, B.J.J. Embleton and D.B. Stone 6 Geology - C.V.G. Phipps 6 The caves at North Head - L.S. Hall, H. Shannon and R. Shannon 8 B. INVERTEBRATES 9 Corals and coral communities - J.E.N. Veron and T.J. Done 9 Non-marine annelids - P. Hutchings 9 Marine Mollusca - W.F. Ponder 10 Freshwater snails - W.F. Ponder 11 Land Mollusca - J. Stanisic 12 Punctidae - minute land snails - F.M. Clime 13 Crustacea - J.K. Lowry 13 Amarinus lacustris (Chilton), a freshwater crab - J.S. Lucas 15 Terrestrial isopods - T.J. and S.C. Kingston 15 Spiders - M.R. Gray 16 Insects - C.N. Smithers 17 Patterns of distribution of some Hemiptera - J.W. Evans 21 Acalyptrate flies - D.K. McAlpine 21 ll \ B. INVERTEBRATES ) . ~ Wasps - G. Holloway 22 Abundance invertebrates at potential Woodhen release sites - T.J. Kingston 23 C. VERTEBRATES 25 Fish - J.R. Paxton and D.F. Hoese 25 Reptiles - H. Cogger 25 Phylogeny and biogeography of Meiolaniid turtles - E.S. Gaffney 26 Birds - H.F. Recher 29 Fossil, subfossil and early historic birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islams - G.F. van Tets, P.V. Rich, P.J. Fullager and P.M. Davidson 29 Studies of the Fleshy-footed Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes - H.J. de S. Disney and P.J. Fullager 31 Studies on the Woodhen, Tricholimnas sylvestris - H.J. de S. Disney and P.J. Fullager 32 Do PLANTS 35 Annotated botanical bibliography - J. Pickard 35 Keys to vegetation - J. Pickard 36 Marine algae - T. Kraft 36 Bryophytes - H.P. Ramsay 37 Handbook of the ferns - J. Pickard 38 Key to the angiosperms - J. Pickard 41 Pandanus - B.C. Stone and J. Pickard 41 Some aspects of the problem of palm seed yields - H. Dowden 41 Catastrophic disturbance on Little Slope - J. Pickard 42 E. CONSERVATION 43 Proposal for marine reserves - D.A. Pollard 43 Conservation of marine environments as affected by development alternatives - S. Rooney 44 Conservation of terrestrial and marine environments as affected by development alternatives - S. Clark 44 iii E. CONSERVATION (Cont.) Conserving an endangered species, the Howe Island Woodhen - B, Miller 46 The energy crisis - G.J. Bowden 47 F. GENERAL 51 Biogeography of the non-marine fauna and flora - W.F. Ponder 51 Geographical place names - J. Pickard 52 Cartography - J. Pickard 52 52 REFERENCES 53 BIBLIOGRAPHY 54 .