Title
BCF, Cromwell, October 1964
Related Titles
Contained In:
National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923
Series:
Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project
Series:
SIA RU000245
By
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1964
Notes
This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea in 1964 by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) aboard the Townsend Cromwell, as part of the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program. The cruise covered a fixed grid to the east of the main Hawaiian Islands. Materials include: bird observation data sheets, position data (at sea survey chart B), bird abundance data (at sea survey chart A), and weather and barometric weather (at sea survey chart C). Bird observation sheets list time, species, #, dir., hgt., and remarks. At sea survey chart B lists date, position and distance data. At sea survey chart A includes abundance data for birds including total abundance and abundance of bird groups (Shearwater-Petrel-Albatross Group, Tropicbirds, etc.). At sea survey chart C includes entries for: time, lat, long, pres wea, vis, slp, dry b, dew pt, hum %, tl sky, opa sky, waves, sea temp, wind s, wind d, ship course/spd. Includes photocopied map showing route of cruise.
Subjects
Field notes
,
North Pacific Ocean
,
Ornithology
,
Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
,
Townsend Cromwell (Ship)
BHL Collections
BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140384
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