the transfer of information particularly difficult. A project that
works on American Samoa might be appropriate for Yap, but to get this
information to the proper people on Yap in a reasonable period of time

is extremely difficult. This book describes 100 alternative

ergy

projects that have been tried on the islands since the mid-1970's. This
description and record of what has been done to date should be a source
of ideas for energy workers, reduce duplication of work, and help
encourage successes by describing other successes and failures.
Alternative energy projects are projects that use indigenous, renewable
resources in order to reduce local dependency on imported petroleum for
electricity or liquid fuels. The islands have an apparent abundance of
natural resources for this purpose such as the sun, rivers, vegetation,
the ocean, and wind; and, ideally, it should be relatively simple to
convert these resources to electricity or fuel. However, there are
problems unique to the remote, tropical Pacific that often appear
insurmountable,

and successes to date are the results of unusual

such as biomass

conversion,

persistence, hard work, and ingenuity of those on the islands. Projects
are confined to those that actually develop or demonstrate hardware.
These projects use the complete spectrum of alternative technologies
wind electric,

photovoltaics, wind water pumping,
and integrated systems. 381 refs.,

solar water heating,

hydroelectric,
85 figs.

water desalination,

Major Descriptors: *BIOGAS PROCESS -- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; *BIOMASS -DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; *HYDROELECTRIC POWER -- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS;
*RENEWABLE RESOURCES -- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; *SOLAR ENERGY --~DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; *WIND TURBINES -- DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
Descriptors: AMERICAN SAMOA; BIOMASS PLANTATIONS; CHARCOAL; GRANTS; GUAM;
MARTANA ISLANDS; MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PALAU; PHOTOVOLTAIC
POWER SUPPLIES; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR WATER HEATING; TRUST TERRITORY
OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS; WIND POWER; WIND-POWERED PUMPS
Broader Terms: ADSORBENTS; ALLOYS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOCONVERSION;
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIGESTION; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;
ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; EQUIPMENT; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD BASE ALLOYS;
HEATING; ISLANDS; MACHINERY; MANAGEMENT; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA;
NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIA; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; POWER;
POWER SUPPLIES; PROCESSING; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RESOURCES;
SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS;
TURBINES; TURBOMACHINERY; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING;
WATER HEATING

Subject Categories: 299000*
-- Energy Planning & Policy -- Unconventional
Sources & Power Generation
290400
-- Energy Planning & Policy -- Energy Resources
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03192468
EDB-91-119904
Title: Clinal morphological variation along a depth gradient in the living
scleractinian reef coral Favia pallida: Effects on perceived
Pachut,

Source:

Cuffey,

J.F.

Palaois

R.J.

(Pennsylvania State Univ.,

(Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ.,

(United States)

v 5:6.

Coden:

Publication Date: Dec 1990
p 580-588
Document Type: Journal Article
Language: In English
Journal Announcement: EDB9118
Subfile:
ETD (Energy Technology Data Exchange).

US DOE Project/NonDOE Project: NP

University Park

Indianapolis
PALAE

JMT

(USA) )

(USA));

(DOE contractor)

9003086

evolutionary tempos in the fossil record

Author(s):

Country of Origin: United States
Country of Publication: United States
Abstract: The Holocene reef-building coral Favia pallida was sampled at 4.5
m depth increments

(to 40 m)

from two reefs on Enewetak Atoll to

examine intraspecific environmental effects. An exposed outer reef was
massive and wall-like, whereas a sheltered lagoonal reef grew as a
slender pinnacle. Corallite diameter and growth rate, two attributes
retrievable in fossil corals, were measured with data partitioned into

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