National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 152 Folder 24
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Maps
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Date Range:
1963-1965
Start Date:
19630200
End Date:
19650800
Abstract:
This folder contains maps showing distribution and abundance of Diomedia nigripes (Black-footed Albatross) and Diomedia immutabilis (Laysan Albatross) based on at-sea observations from February 1963 through August 1965 for the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. Distribution and abundance data are represented by symbols, numbers, and colors added to printed maps of the central Pacific Ocean. Each map records data from one calendar month, with one map for each month of the year. No year information is shown on the maps, although an explanatory page in the folder says that the maps represent observational data from February 1963 through August 1965. Each map may therefore represent data collected during that month in one year or more than one year. Each symbol (square or circle) on the map represents one day's observations; letters, numbers, and colors added to the symbols represent species and number of birds of each species. The map legends and explanatory sheet in the folder provide additional information on interpretation of the maps.
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