scholarly journals Gross Diet Composition and Trophic Level Estimation of the Spotcheek Emperor, Lethrinus Rubrioperculatus (actinopterygii: Perciformes: Lethrinidae), in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Trianni ◽  
Michael C. Tenorio
Keyword(s):  
Trophic Level ◽  
Diet Composition ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Northern Mariana Islands

Diet composition of the invasive cane toad (Chaunus marinus) on Rota, Northern Mariana Islands

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert N. Reed ◽  
Kristin A. Bakkegard ◽  
Glenn E. Desy ◽  
Sheldon M. Plentovich
Keyword(s):  
Diet Composition ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Cane Toad ◽  
Northern Mariana Islands ◽  
Terrestrial Vertebrates ◽  
Exotic Predator

The cane or marine toad (Chaunus marinus, formerly Buto marinus) was introduced to the Northern Mariana Islands starting in the 1930s. The effects of this exotic predator on native vertebrates (especially lizards) are largely unknown. We analysed the stomach contents of 336 cane toads collected from the island of Rota, with the goal of estimating the level of toad predation on native vertebrates. Beetles, ants, millipedes, and grasshoppers/crickets comprised the majority of prey classes consumed by toads. The introduced Brahminy blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops braminus; N = 6) and conspecific cane toads (N = 4) were the vertebrates most commonly found in toad stomachs. Skinks (Emoia; N = 2) were the only native vertebrates represented in our sample. The small numbers of nocturnal terrestrial vertebrates native to Rota likely translates to relatively low rates of predation by cane toads on native vertebrates.

scholarly journals The persistent challenge of rheumatic fever in the Northern Mariana Islands

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. e226-e229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Seckeler ◽  
Leslie L. Barton ◽  
Rachel Brownstein
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatic Fever ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Northern Mariana Islands

Recognizing Inland Expansion of Latte Period Agriculture From Multi-Disciplinary Data on Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boyd Dixon ◽  
Huw Barton ◽  
James Coil ◽  
William Dickinson ◽  
Gail Murakami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Northern Mariana Islands
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