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National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, 1961-1973 : Enderbury, first draft.

Catalog Data

Collection name:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program field research records, 1961-1973
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
box 2, folder 42
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Pacific Ocean
Oceania
Phoenix Islands
Enderbury Atoll
Date Range:
1963-1965
Start Date:
1963
End Date:
1965
Abstract:
The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program (POBSP) was initiated in 1962 when the Smithsonian Institution entered into a grant agreement with the Department of Defense. From January 1963 through June 1969 Smithsonian Institution employees undertook biological surveys in an area of the Pacific Ocean spanning the equator and extending from latitude 30 degrees north to 10 degrees south and from longitude 150 degrees east to 180 degrees west, an area dotted with clusters of islands and atolls. The major goals of the program were to learn what plants and animals occurred on the islands, the seasonal variations in their numbers and reproductive activities, and the distribution and population of the pelagic birds of that area. Emphasis was placed on the banding of birds in an effort to determine migration, distribution, and abundance of pelagic sea birds. During the six and a half years of field work 1,800,000 birds were banded; approximately 150,000 observations of pelagic birds at sea were made; and biological surveys of varying intensity were made on several islands. The present folder includes various field notes and drafts of reports on observations of pelagic birds of Enderbury Island from 1963 to 1965. The data include birds counts, banding data, and details on the birds' populations and on the island's fauna and flora.
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
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Ornithology  Search this
Birds--Oceania  Search this
Bird banding  Search this
Sea birds  Search this
Accession #:
SIA Acc. 83-126
Access Information:
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Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fbr_item_MODSI9767