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