Sharks and rays are facing increasing anthropogenic pressure globally, including in the Pacific. However, data on their status and biodiversity are lacking for many Pacific Large Ocean Island States. This study aimed to construct a species checklist for the sharks and rays occurring in the Solomon Islands, review the human interactions with these species, and present a synthesis of their conser...

To describe patterns of gene flow for the fished holothurian species Holothuria scabra 17 to 141 individuals were collected from 8 populations from north-east Australia, the Torres Strait, and the Solomon Islands. Samples were investigated by allozyme electrophoresis of 7 polymorphic loci. Cluster analyses using Rogers’ genetic distance identified 3 distinct groups of populations from the north...

This paper draws on a recent household survey to examine the incidence and depth of poverty in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It replicates the Multidimensional Poverty Index recently developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. This represents the first time that the Multidimensional Poverty Index is calculated for the Solomon Islands and the first time that it is report...

The impacts of Wasmannia auropunctata (the little fire ant) on the native biota and subsistence agriculture in the Solomon Islands are poorly understood. This species was originally introduced as a biological control against nut-fall bugs (Amblypelta sp.) around 30 years ago and in the intervening time has spread throughout the Solomon Islands, aided movement of produce and planting material. I...

The Benson–Solomon systems comprise an infinite ascending family of simple exotic fusion at the prime 2. results we prove give significant additional evidence that these are only 2-fusion systems, as conjectured by Solomon. We consider a saturated system F having involution centralizer with component C isomorphic to system, and show under rather general hypotheses cannot be simple. Furthermore,...

The thesis develops a new approach to the central themes of algebraic coding theory. The focus here is the newly introduced concept of a partial-inverse polynomial in a quotient ring F [x]/m(x). In particular, the decoding of Reed-Solomon codes can be attributed to the computation of a partial-inverse polynomial. The problem of practical computation of a partial-inverse polynomial is closely re...