United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 9 Folder 23
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Logbooks
Place:
North Atlantic Ocean
Maine, Gulf of
Georges Bank
Cape Cod Bay
United States
Massachusetts
Date Range:
1920
Start Date:
19200412
End Date:
19200519
Abstract:
Original logbook of the Albatross, station numbers c 20099 to 20130, 12 April to 19 May 1920. Data recorded include station number (no.), date, hour, position, locality, depth, bottom, sample, wind (direction and force), sea, sky, temperatures (depth, thermometer make and no., reading, stem temp., correction, corrected temp., w. sample, bottle used), currents (depth, hour, tide, time down, revolutions, speed, direction), color of water, transparency, remarks, nets used (description, depth, time, speed), and notes. Locality: Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, Cape Cod Bay, and in the North Atlantic off the coast of Maine and Massachusetts.
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