SOSC 27/POBSP 2

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 folder contains photocopies of the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC) data sheets for the Pacific Ornithological Oceanographic Project (POOP) 2, SOSC acc. no. 27. Each data sheet records the stomach contents of an individual bird. Birds were caught 14-20 Oct. 1963 on Baker Island and Howland Island in the Pacific Ocean. Stomach contents were recorded 5-26 May 1964. There are a total of 17 data sheets plus one drawing supplementing one data sheet. Bird species include Pluvialis dominica, Heteroscelus incanum, Anous stolidus, and Sula leucogaster. Fields include species, station no., SOSC acc no., lat. & long., date, time caught, direction flying, squid, ceph. beaks, fish, fish remains, crustacea, other animals, parasitic animals, notes on squid, notes on fish, and general notes.

Subjects

Baker Island , Field notes , Howland Island , National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) , Ornithology , Pacific Ocean , Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program , United States

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.144050
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51417606