Title
Accessions 172586 and 176603, Marshall & Mariana Islands, 1946-1947
Related Titles
Contained In:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), collected notes, lists, catalogs, illustrations, and records on fishes, circa 1835-1974 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007220
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Schultz, Leonard P. (Leonard Peter), 1901-1986
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1946-1947
Notes
This item refers to field data collected by Leonard P. Schultz on the Marshall and Mariana Islands, as part of Operation Crossroads, 1946-1947. A title page states that field data is for an accession of "38,706 fishes, crustaceans, reptiles, echinoderms, mollusca, corals, annelids, worms, coelenterates, and algae" collected by Schultz and Capt. Earl S. Herald. The contents of this binder include field data record forms issued by the Division of Fishes, U. S. National Museum. The forms have handwritten entries for tag number, location, locality, date, distance from shore, depth of capture, depth of water, method of capture, collector, list of species or kinds. Includes tallies of specimens measured and wrapped, lists of fishes tagged. Some pages include longer narrative notes on specimens and method of collection.
Subjects
Field notes
,
Ichthyology
,
Mariana Islands
,
Marshall Islands
,
Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.144998
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