Title
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Singapore, 1988
Related Titles
Contained In:
Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1957-1960, 1963-1965, 1968, 1972, 1976-1993
Series:
SIA Acc. 17-105
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Higgins, Robert P.
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1988
Notes
Robert P. Higgins, born in 1932, is an invertebrate zoologist who held various positions at the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum of Natural History, 1968-1996. The Smithsonian Institution Archives house field notes that document his collecting trips around the world.This field book includes a printed list of codes and abbreviations for supplies, methods for collecting samples and species names. Then 6 leaves of printed forms out 26 are filled in pencil with field notes; they cover "Singapore, Southern Islands near an island west of a Shell Oil refinery" near Semakan Island, and were taken on April 18, 1988. They give coordinates and habitat descriptions.
Subjects
Field notes
,
Marine invertebrates
,
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
,
Singapore
,
Smithsonian Institution
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141238
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