Station record, Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expedition, 1959

Related Titles

Contained In: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Curatorial Records, 1956-1959

Series: SIA Acc. 16-291

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-1959)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1959

Notes

The notebook documents work completed during the Smithsonian-Bredin Expedition in the Caribbean, 1959. Includes a list of expedition members and crew. Entries are organized by station number (1-59 to 119-59), followed by locality, date (April 2 to May 3, 1959), description of habitat, specimens collected, and remarks and observations. Subsequent entries list type (usually common name) and quantity of specimens. There are multiple authors. Locations include West Indies, Barbuda, Antigua among others. Specimens collected include plankton, fishes, crustacea, worms, and algae. Relates to accession number 223851 at Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History.

Subjects

Caribbean Sea , Field notes , Ichthyology , Marine invertebrates , Smithsonian-Bredin Caribbean Expeditions (1956-195

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.146250