Title
No. 17, May 30th 1890, June 24th 1890, dr 3228 to 3262, hyd 2317 to 2385
Title Variants
Alternative:
Original logbooks of the Albatross
Related Titles
Contained In:
United States Bureau of Fisheries, Records, circa 1877-1948
Series:
SIA RU007184
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
United States. Bureau of Fisheries.
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1890
Notes
English
Original logbook of the Albatross covering station numbers Dr 3228 to 3262, Hyd 2317 to 2385, recorded 30 May to 24 June 1890. Data recorded include station number (no.), date, machine, turns, correction, depth, shot or lead, bottom, bottom temperature, number of thermometer, correction, corrected temperature, air temperature, surface temperature, drift, trawl or dredge, sounding wire readings, dredge rope readings, serial temperatures, and general remarks. Some notes on specimens caught are included (type and quantities of fish or other marine life such as crustaceans, urchins, worms, and mollusks). Localities are not listed in this volume, but the albatross was known to be between San Francisco to the Bering Sea region at this time (based on the history of the ship's activities).
Subjects
Albatross (Steamer)
,
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Logbooks
,
Marine biology
,
Marine invertebrates
,
North Pacific Ocean
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.98085
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