National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
3 field books
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 43 Folder 9
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Maps
Place:
Wake Island
United States Minor Outlying Islands
Date Range:
1965, 1968
Start Date:
1965
End Date:
19680314
Abstract:
This record refers to 3 field books created during work with the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey in 1965 and 1968. Envelope 1 contains a field book by an unknown author that includes a brief list of numbers (34-68) and notations indicating chick age and sex. Envelope 2 contains a field book by Ralph W. Schreiber that includes a list of dead Sooty terns; bird counts; population calculations and estimates; banding data (listing band numbers 587-84435 to 993-01849; observations of bird behaviors; and a hand-drawn map of bird colonies. Envelope 3 contains a field book by Vernon M. Kleen that includes hand-drawn maps of bird colonies with counts; and banding and returns data (listing band numbers 743-30069 to 993-01847).
Topic:
Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program Search this
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