Small Island Communities Research Articles

An Oscar for Optimism: A Valedictory MichaelBellam, ‘A Question of Balance: New Zealand Trade and the South Pacific’, ‘The Citrus Colony: New Zealand-Cook Islands Economic Relations’ and ‘The Ebbing Tide: The Impact of Migration on Pacific Island Societies’ published in Pacific Viewpoint 25, 1, pp.102-105.

Pacific ViewpointVolume 26, Issue 2 p. 482-486 Book ReviewFree Access An Oscar for Optimism: A Valedictory Michael Bellam, ‘ A Question of Balance: New Zealand Trade and the South Pacific’, ‘The Citrus Colony: New Zealand-Cook Islands Economic Relations’ and ‘The Ebbing Tide: The Impact of Migration on Pacific Island Societies’ published in Pacific Viewpoint 25, 1, pp.102-105. Michael Bellam, Michael BellamSearch for more papers by this author Michael Bellam, Michael BellamSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 May 1985 https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.262011AboutSectionsPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat References 1Amarshi, Azeem et al, 1979, Development and Dependency: the political economy of Papua New Guinea, Melbourne. 2Britton, Stephen, 1981, National Development, Autonomy and International Tourism in Fiji, Tonga and the Cook Islands, Unpublished paper, Auckland. 3Britton, Stephen, 1982, "The Political Economy of Tourism in the Third World", Annals of Tourism Research, 9, 331- 358. 4Britton, Stephen, 1983, Tourism and underdevelopment in Fiji, Development Studies Centre Monograph, no. 31, The Australian National University, Canberra. 5Buckley, K. and Klugman, K., 1981, The History of Burns Philp: The Australian Company in the South Pacific, Sydney. 6Buckley, K., and Klugman, K., 1983, The Australian Presence in the Pacific: Burns Philp 1914-1946, Sydney. 7Connell, John, 1980, Remittances and Rural Development: migration, dependency and inequality in the South Pacific, Development Studies Centre Occasional Paper No. 22, The Australian National University, Canberra. 8De’Ath, Colin, 1980, The Throwaway People: Social Impact of the Gogol Timber Project, Madang Province, Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research Monograph 13, Boroko. 9Hau’ofa, Epeli, 1983, Tales of the Tikongs, Auckland. 10Hooper, Antony, 1982, Aid and Dependency in a Small Pacific Territory (Toke-laus), Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland, Working Paper No. 62, Auckland. 11Howard, Michael, 1983, " Transnational Corporations: The Influence of the Capitalist Economy", in Ahmed Ali, and Ron Crocombe (Eds), Foreign Forces in Pacific Politics, Suva. 12Kent, George, 1980, Transnational Corporations in Pacific Fishing, Transnational Corporations Research Project, University of Sydney. Research Monograph No. 10, Sydney. 13Mamak, Alexander, and McCall, Grant (Eds), 1978, Paradise Postponed: essays on research & development in the South Pacific, Sydney. 14Moynagh, Michael, 1981, Brown or white? a history of the Fiji Sugar industry, 1873-1973, Pacific Research Monograph no. 5, The Australian National University, Canberra. 15Samy, John, 1978, “ Development and research for whom? Towards a critique of economism in the Pacific” in Mamak and McCall, op cit. 16Shankman, Paul, 1976, Migration and Underdevelopment: The Case of Western Samoa, Boulder. 17Shankman, Paul, 1978A, " The Effects of Migration and Remittances on Western Samoa", in Cluny Macpherson et al (Eds), New Neighbours: Islanders in Adaptation, Centre for Pacific Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz. 18Shankman, Paul, 1978B. " Notes on a Corporate ‘Potlatch’: The Lumber Industry in Samoa" in Ahamed Idris-Soven et al (Eds), The World as a Company Town, The Hague. 19Taylor, Michael, 1983, Business Organization Segmentation and the Functioning of the Fiji Economy, Unpublished paper, Canberra. 20Thaman, R. R., 1979, Food Scarcity, Food Dependency and Nutritional Deterioration in Small Island Communities, Unpublished paper, 49th ANZAAS Congress, Auckland. 21Tupouniua, Sione. 1975, " Political Independence: An Opportunity to Create" in Ron Crocombe et al (Eds). The Pacific Way: Social Issues in National Development, Suva. 22Utrecht, Ernst, 1978, " Papua New Guinea: An Australian Neo-Colony", Transnational Corporations in South East Asia and the Pacific, Volume II, Sydney. 23 Ernst Utrecht (Ed), 1984, Fiji: Client State of Australasia? Transnational Corporations Research Project, University of Sydney, Sydney. 24Winkler, James, 1982, Losing Control: Towards an Understanding of Transnational Corporations in the Pacific Islands Context, Suva. Volume26, Issue2May 1985Pages 482-486 ReferencesRelatedInformation

Treatment of Saline Domestic Wastewater Using RBCs

The treatment of high salinity wastewaters from small island communities by use of rotating biological contactors was evaluated. Domestic wastewaters containing up to full strength seawater were utilized. The effects of salinity, loading rate and disk media composition on organic removal rate were examined. It was shown that RBCs can treat high salinity wastewaters to the same degree as non-saline wastewaters. The resulting effluent organic content was adequate for discharge into either marine or freshwater receiving waters. Mean COD removals of 61% and 64% were achieved using hydraulic loading rates of 0.04 and 0.08 m³/m²⋅d (1.0 and 2.0 gpd/sq ft), respectively. At higher loading rates, up to 0.33 m³/m²⋅d (8.0 gpd/sq ft), organic removal efficiency was reduced. No difference in treatment efficiency was observed using either plastic or Masonite® as the disk media.

Hemoglobin variations on a small Bahamian island.

Hemoglobino characteristic were investigated in 492 blood specimens collected in a small island community (1,450 inhabitants) in the Bahamas. Using two different methods, abnormal variants were detected in 20.3% of the sample, including genotypes AS, AC, AF(A/HPFH), SC, and SF. Biodemographic evidence suggests that the origin and distribution of the hemoglobinpathies in this population have been influenced by historical migrations and genetic drift. The opportunity for drift has been particularly heightened by the "founder effect," the maintenance of small population size, a relatively endogamous mating structure, and restricted immigration. Health survey results reveal a wide discrepancy between the actual prevalence of abnormal hemoglobins and that indicated by informant reports.

A Small Island Community in Midsummer

In many respects a small island is an ideal laboratory for ecologic investigations. The limited area and, usually, the smaller numbers of individuals and species, as compared with the mainland, make it easier to census the fauna and flora and to comprehend the interrelationships that exist. Furthermore, the peculiar insular situation, with fewer habitats available and often with the absence of competition typical of larger areas, brings about special responses on the part of island animals which help to point up the more involved relationships existing in larger communities. Little Rogg Island, situated in Potagannissing Bay at the eastern extremity of Chippewa County, Michigan, is such a spot near the upper end of Lake Huron. The present study was undertaken with a view to the population and distribution of small mammals, and most attention was centered thereon. Partial results have been published elsewhere (Manville 1950b). During a month's time (July 2 to 30, 1949) observations and specimens of many other members of the community were collected. These data are presented herewith as an indication of the island complex, although no clear-cut picture of the various interrelationships was obtained. The community is of further interest as representing a repopulation by the fauna and flora since a severe fire many years ago.

The Village Census in the Study of Culture Contact

Opening ParagraphAny anthropologist working in Africa at the moment is really experimenting with a new technique. Anthropological theory was evolved very largely in Oceania, where the relative isolation of small island communities provided something like ‘typical’ primitive social groups. Most of Rivers's hypotheses were based on Melanesian material, and Malinowski's functional method, the inspiration of most modern field work in all parts of the world, originated on an island off New Guinea with only 8,000 inhabitants. The anthropologist who embarks for Africa has obviously to modify and adapt the guiding principles of field work from the start. He has probably to work in a much larger and more scattered tribal area, and with a people that are increasing in numbers rather than diminishing. He has to exchange his remote island for a territory where the natives are in constant contact with other tribes and races. More important still, he has arrived at a moment of dramatic and unprecedented change in tribal history. Melanesian societies, it is true, are having to adapt themselves slowly to contact with white civilization, but most of the tribes in Africa are facing a social situation which is, in effect, a revolution. In fact, the whole picture of African society has altered more rapidly than the anthropologist's technique.